1985–86 DDR-Oberliga

The 1985–86 DDR-Oberliga was the 37th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1985–86
ChampionsBFC Dynamo
Relegated
European CupBFC Dynamo
European Cup Winners' Cup1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored476 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerRalf Sträßer (14)[1]
Total attendance1,782,150[2]
Average attendance9,411[2]

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

Ralf Sträßer of 1. FC Union Berlin was the league's top scorer with 14 goals,[5] while René Müller of 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig took out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1985–86 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1986–87 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Brøndby IF in the second round. Second-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and advanced all the way to the final where it lost to Ajax. Third-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1986–87 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out by Bayer 05 Uerdingen in the first round while fourth-placed 1. FC Magdeburg lost to Athletic Bilbao in the first round and fifth-placed Stahl Brandenburg was eliminated by IFK Göteborg in the second round.[7]

Table

The 1985–86 season saw two newly promoted clubs, 1. FC Union Berlin and BSG Sachsenring Zwickau.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Berliner FC Dynamo 26 12 10 4 46 31 +15 34 League champion and qualified for the European Cup
2 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 12 8 6 33 22 +11 32 FDGB-Pokal winners and qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup
3 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 9 13 4 32 18 +14 31 Qualified for the UEFA Cup
4 1. FC Magdeburg 26 9 11 6 39 33 +6 29
5 Stahl Brandenburg 26 10 9 7 27 23 +4 29
6 Dynamo Dresden 26 10 8 8 40 39 +1 28
7 1. FC Union Berlin 26 9 9 8 32 31 +1 27
8 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 9 8 9 33 32 +1 26
9 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt 26 8 9 9 37 35 +2 25
10 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt 26 6 12 8 41 34 +7 24
11 BSG Wismut Aue 26 7 10 9 31 40 −9 24
12 Stahl Riesa 26 7 8 11 27 36 −9 22
13 F.C. Hansa Rostock 26 7 6 13 31 46 −15 20 Relegated to DDR-Liga
14 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 2 9 15 27 56 −29 13
Source:

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 1986–87". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1985–86". 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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