1982–83 DDR-Oberliga

The 1982–83 DDR-Oberliga was the 34th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1982–83
ChampionsBFC Dynamo
Relegated
European CupBFC Dynamo
European Cup Winners' Cup1. FC Magdeburg
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored592 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorerJoachim Streich (19)[1]
Total attendance2,151,300[2]
Average attendance11,271[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. BFC Dynamo won the championship, the club's fifth of ten consecutive East German championships from 1978 to 1988.[3][4]

Joachim Streich of 1. FC Magdeburg was the league's top scorer with 19 goals,[5] with Streich also taking out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1982–83 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1983–84 European Cup where the club was knocked out by A.S. Roma in the quarter finals. Sixth-placed club 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and lost to FC Barcelona in the first round. Second-placed FC Vorwärts Frankfurt qualified for the 1983–84 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out by Nottingham Forest in the first round while third-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena lost to Sparta Rotterdam in the second round and fourth-placed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig was eliminated by Sturm Graz in the third round.[7]

Table

The 1982–83 season saw two newly promoted clubs, 1. FC Union Berlin and BSG Chemie Böhlen.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Berliner FC Dynamo (C) 26 20 6 0 72 22 +50 46 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt 26 13 8 5 56 29 +27 34 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 15 4 7 46 29 +17 34
4 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 12 7 7 45 27 +18 31
5 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt 26 11 9 6 45 37 +8 31
6 1. FC Magdeburg 26 10 9 7 52 32 +20 29 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Dynamo Dresden 26 12 5 9 51 43 +8 29
8 F.C. Hansa Rostock 26 11 6 9 38 40 −2 28
9 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 10 6 10 41 41 0 26
10 BSG Wismut Aue 26 6 8 12 30 45 −15 20
11 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 5 7 14 41 53 −12 17
12 1. FC Union Berlin 26 5 7 14 23 50 −27 17
13 BSG Chemie Böhlen (R) 26 4 5 17 31 80 −49 13 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau (R) 26 2 5 19 21 64 −43 9
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

References
  1. fuwo, page: 93
  2. fuwo, page: 23
  3. "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  6. fuwo, page: 92
  7. "European Competitions 1983–84". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1982–83". Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.

Sources
  • "Das war unser Fußball im Osten" [This was our football in the East]. Fußball-Woche (fuwo) (in German). Berlin: Axel-Springer-Verlag. 1991.
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