1968–69 DDR-Oberliga

DDR-Oberliga
Season 1968–69
Champions FC Vorwärts Berlin
Relegated 1. FC Union Berlin
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
European Cup FC Vorwärts Berlin
European Cup Winners' Cup 1. FC Magdeburg
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup FC Carl Zeiss Jena
F.C. Hansa Rostock
Matches played 182
Goals scored 456 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer Gerd Kostmann (18)[1]
Total attendance 2,111,000[2]
Average attendance 11,599[2]

The 1968–69 DDR-Oberliga was the 20th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

The league was contested by fourteen teams. National People's Army club FC Vorwärts Berlin won the championship, the club's last of six East German championships.[3][4] It marked, together with a cup win in the following season, the last highlight in the club's history as, two seasons later, Vorwärts was moved from East Berlin to Frankfurt/Oder for political reasons and never again won another national title after the move.[5]

Gerd Kostmann of F.C. Hansa Rostock was the league's top scorer with 18 goals,[6] while Eberhard Vogel of FC Karl-Marx-Stadt won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[7]

On the strength of the 1968–69 title Vorwärts qualified for the 1969–70 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Feyenoord in the quarter finals. Third-placed club 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by Académica de Coimbra in the second round. Second-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where it was knocked out in the quarter finals by Ajax while fourth-placed F.C. Hansa Rostock was knocked out by Inter Milan in the second round.[8]

Table

The 1968–69 season saw two newly promoted clubs Berliner FC Dynamo and BSG Stahl Riesa.[9][10]

PosClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1FC Vorwärts Berlin2615474728+1934
2FC Carl Zeiss Jena2613674322+2132
31. FC Magdeburg2613584341+231
4F.C. Hansa Rostock2610974233+929
5BSG Sachsenring Zwickau2610792319+427
6BSG Chemie Leipzig2681173027+327
7FC Karl-Marx-Stadt26106103536-126
8FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt26105113227+525
9BSG Wismut Aue2697103331+225
10Berliner FC Dynamo26105112637-1125
11Hallescher FC Chemie26610103235-322
12BSG Stahl Riesa2694132643-1722
131. FC Union Berlin2668122941-1220
141. FC Lokomotive Leipzig2659121738-2119

Key

League champion &
Qualified for the European Cup		 FDGB-Pokal winner
& Qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup		 Qualified for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Relegated to DDR-Liga

References

  1. ↑ fuwo, page: 93
  2. 1 2 fuwo, page: 23
  3. ↑ "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  5. ↑ fuwo, page: 34 & 35
  6. ↑ "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  7. ↑ fuwo, page: 92
  8. ↑ "European Competitions 1969-70". rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "DDR » Oberliga 1968–69" [DDR-Oberliga 1968–69]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 25 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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