The 1975–76 DDR-Oberliga was the 27th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
| Season | 1975–76 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dynamo Dresden |
| Relegated | |
| European Cup | Dynamo Dresden |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
| UEFA Cup | |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 575 (3.16 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Hans-Jürgen Kreische (24)[1] |
| Total attendance | 2,283,200[2] |
| Average attendance | 12,545[2] |
← 1974–75 1976–77 → | |
The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's fourth of eight East German championships. The 1975–76 championship marked the beginning of a new era in the Oberliga with fifteen consecutive league titles between 1975 and 1990 going to the Dynamo clubs, Dynamo Dresden and BFC Dynamo.[3][4]
Hans-Jürgen Kreische of Dynamo Dresden was the league's top scorer with 24 goals, the record fourth time for Kreische to finish as league top scorer,[5] while Jürgen Croy of BSG Sachsenring Zwickau won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]
On the strength of the 1975–76 title Dresden qualified for the 1976–77 European Cup where the club was knocked out by FC Zürich in the quarter-finals. Fourth-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and was knocked out by Heart of Midlothian in the first round. Second-placed BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1976–77 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the first round by Shakhtar Donetsk while third-placed 1. FC Magdeburg lost to Juventus in the quarter-finals.[7]
Table edit
The 1975–76 season saw two newly promoted clubs BSG Chemie Leipzig and BSG Energie Cottbus.[8][9]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SG Dynamo Dresden (C) | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 70 | 23 | +47 | 43 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | BFC Dynamo | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 67 | 24 | +43 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 36 | |
| 4 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 31 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 29 | |
| 6 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 27 | |
| 7 | FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 26 | |
| 8 | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 25 | |
| 9 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 22 | |
| 10 | BSG Stahl Riesa | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 21 | |
| 11 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 21 | |
| 12 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 20 | |
| 13 | BSG Chemie Leipzig (R) | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 62 | −37 | 14 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
| 14 | BSG Energie Cottbus (R) | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 63 | −40 | 12 |
Results edit
References edit
- ^ fuwo, page: 93
- ^ a b fuwo, page: 23
- ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ fuwo, page: 92
- ^ "European Competitions 1976-77". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR-Oberliga 1975–76". Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 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