1987–88 DDR-Oberliga

DDR-Oberliga
Season 1987–88
Champions Berliner FC Dynamo
Relegated

FC Vorwärts Frankfurt

Stahl Riesa

European Cup Berliner FC Dynamo
European Cup Winners' Cup FC Carl Zeiss Jena
UEFA Cup

1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig

Dynamo Dresden

Matches played 182
Goals scored 524 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer Andreas Thom (20)[1]
Total attendance 1,714,300[2]
Average attendance 9,419[2]

The 1987–88 DDR-Oberliga was the 39th 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 last of ten consecutive East German championships from 1978 to 1988. BFC Dynamo also won the FDGB-Pokal, thereby becoming the second club after Dynamo Dresden to win the double in East Germany.[3][4]

Andreas Thom of Berliner FC Dynamo was the league's top scorer with 20 goals,[5] with Thom also taking out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1987–88 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1988–89 European Cup where the club was knocked out in an East-West German encounter by SV Werder Bremen in the first round. Sixth-placed club FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal runners-up and was knocked out by Sampdoria second round. Second-placed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1988–89 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out by S.S.C. Napoli in the second round while third-placed Dynamo Dresden lost to VfB Stuttgart in the semi-finals.[7]

Table

The 1987–88 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Hallescher FC Chemie and F.C. Hansa Rostock.[8][9]

PosClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Berliner FC Dynamo2615745930+2937
21. FC Lokomotive Leipzig2614934221+2137
3Dynamo Dresden2612954724+2333
4Stahl Brandenburg2612594437+729
5Hallescher FC Chemie2671273333026
6FC Carl Zeiss Jena2681082829-126
71. FC Magdeburg2697103433+125
8FC Karl-Marx-Stadt268994045-525
9F.C. Hansa Rostock2679104249-723
10BSG Wismut Aue2687112434-1023
111. FC Union Berlin2678113554-1922
12FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt2685134049-921
13FC Vorwärts Frankfurt2669113343-1021
14Stahl Riesa26310132343-2016

Key

League champion &
Qualified for the European Cup
FDGB-Pokal runners-up
& 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 1988–89". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1987–88". Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.

Sources

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/11/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.