The 1960 DDR-Oberliga was the twelfth season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany. It was the last season not to be played in the traditional autumn-spring format, with the Oberliga having played for six seasons from 1955 to 1960 in the calendar year format instead, modelled on the system used in the Soviet Union. From 1961–62 onwards the league returned to its traditional format.
 Players of Vorwärts Berlin receive the championship trophy before the final game of the season | |
| Season | 1960 |
|---|---|
| Champions | ASK Vorwärts Berlin |
| Relegated | |
| European Cup | ASK Vorwärts Berlin |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | SC Motor Jena |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 590 (3.24 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Bernd Bauchspieß (25)[1] |
| Total attendance | 1,692,500[2] |
| Average attendance | 9,299[2] |
← 1959 1961–62 → | |
The league was contested by fourteen teams. National People's Army club ASK Vorwärts Berlin won the championship, the club's second of six national East German championships.[3][4] On the strength of the 1960 title Vorwärts qualified for the 1961–62 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Rangers F.C. in the first round. Eighth-placed club SC Motor Jena qualified for the 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1960 FDGB-Pokal winner and advanced to the semi-finals before being knocked out by eventual winners Atlético Madrid.[5]
Bernd Bauchspieß of Chemie Zeitz was the league's top scorer with 25 goals.[6]
Table edit
The 1960 season saw two newly promoted clubs, SC Aufbau Magdeburg and SC Chemie Halle.[7][8]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASK Vorwärts Berlin (C) | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 73 | 28 | +45 | 41 | Qualification to European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | SC Dynamo Berlin | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 32 | |
| 3 | SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 32 | |
| 4 | BSG Motor Zwickau | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 31 | |
| 5 | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 30 | |
| 6 | SC Empor Rostock | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 36 | +10 | 29 | |
| 7 | SC Aufbau Magdeburg | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 27 | |
| 8 | SC Motor Jena | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 24 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round |
| 9 | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 24 | |
| 10 | SC Rotation Leipzig | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 23 | |
| 11 | SC Chemie Halle | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 22 | |
| 12 | SC Einheit Dresden | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 21 | |
| 13 | BSG Chemie Zeitz (R) | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 20 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
| 14 | SC Fortschritt Weißenfels (R) | 26 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 69 | −42 | 8 |
Results edit
References edit
- ^ fuwo, page: 93
- ^ a b fuwo, page: 23
- ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ "European Competitions 1961-62". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR » Oberliga 1960" [DDR-Oberliga 1960]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 20 January 2016.
Sources edit
- "Das war unser Fußball im Osten" [This was our football in the East]. Fußball-Woche (fuwo) (in German). Berlin: Axel-Springer-Verlag. 1991.
External links edit
- Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables