1978–79 DDR-Oberliga

DDR-Oberliga

The championship-winning team of BFC Dynamo
Season 1978–79
Champions Berliner FC Dynamo
Relegated

BSG Chemie Böhlen

F.C. Hansa Rostock

European Cup Berliner FC Dynamo
European Cup Winners' Cup 1. FC Magdeburg
UEFA Cup

Dynamo Dresden

FC Carl Zeiss Jena

Matches played 182
Top goalscorer Joachim Streich (23)[1]
Total attendance 2,044,500[2]
Average attendance 11,234[2]

The 1978–79 DDR-Oberliga was the 30th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

The league was contested by fourteen teams. Berliner FC Dynamo won the championship, the club's first 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 23 goals,[5] with Streich also taking out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1978–79 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1979–80 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Nottingham Forest in the quarter finals. Fourth-placed club 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and was knocked out by Arsenal in the second round. Second-placed Dynamo Dresden qualified for the 1979–80 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by VfB Stuttgart while third-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena lost to Red Star Belgrade, also in the second round.[7]

Table

The 1978–79 season saw two newly promoted clubs Stahl Riesa and F.C. Hansa Rostock.[8][9]

PosClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Berliner FC Dynamo2621417518+5746
2Dynamo Dresden2615925919+4039
3FC Carl Zeiss Jena2614663821+1734
41. FC Magdeburg2614576332+3133
51. FC Lokomotive Leipzig2611784140+129
6Hallescher FC Chemie2610793632+427
7FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt2696113746-924
8FC Karl-Marx-Stadt2694133238-622
9Stahl Riesa2685133347-1421
101. FC Union Berlin2677122239-1721
11BSG Wismut Aue2683153449-1519
12BSG Sachsenring Zwickau2674152363-4018
13BSG Chemie Böhlen2656153366-3316
14F.C. Hansa Rostock2655163046-1615

Key

League champion &
Qualified for the European Cup
FDGB-Pokal winners
& Qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup
Qualified for the UEFA 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 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 1979–80". rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1978–79". Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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