1969–70 DDR-Oberliga
The 1969–70 DDR-Oberliga was the 21st season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
| Season | 1969–70 |
|---|---|
| Champions | FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
| Relegated | |
| European Cup | FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | FC Vorwärts Berlin |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Dynamo Dresden |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 452 (2.48 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Otto Skrowny (12)[1] |
| Total attendance | 1,934,000[2] |
| Average attendance | 10,629[2] |
← 1968–69 1970–71 → | |
The league was contested by fourteen teams. FC Carl Zeiss Jena won the championship, the club's last of three East German championships.[3][4]
Otto Skrowny of BSG Chemie Leipzig was the league's top scorer with 12 goals, the lowest total of any top scorer in the history of the league,[5] while Roland Ducke of FC Carl Zeiss Jena won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]
The 452 goals scored during the season marked the lowest total in the history of the DDR-Oberliga, as did the 2.48 goal average per game.[2]
On the strength of the 1969–70 title Jena qualified for the 1970–71 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Red Star Belgrade in the quarter-finals. Second-placed club FC Vorwärts Berlin qualified for the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by PSV Eindhoven in the quarter-finals. Third-placed Dynamo Dresden qualified for the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by Leeds United.[7]
The 1969–70 season marked the half-way point for the DDR-Oberliga, with 21 seasons played and another 21 to come. Of the champions of the first 21 seasons only Dynamo Dresden won a championship in the second 21 which were dominated by Dresden, 1. FC Magdeburg and Berliner FC Dynamo.[4]
Table edit
The 1969–70 season saw two newly promoted clubs Dynamo Dresden and FC Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt.[8][9]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena (C) | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 16 | +34 | 39 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 32 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 31 | Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 4 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 30 | |
| 5 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 28 | |
| 6 | Berliner FC Dynamo | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 28 | |
| 7 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 27 | |
| 8 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 24 | |
| 9 | FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 24 | |
| 10 | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 22 | |
| 11 | BSG Stahl Riesa | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 22 | |
| 12 | F.C. Hansa Rostock | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 21 | |
| 13 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (R) | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 19 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
| 14 | FC Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt (R) | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 17 |
Results edit
References edit
- ^ fuwo, page: 93
- ^ a b c fuwo, page: 23
- ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ a b "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 1970-71". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR » Oberliga 1969–70" [DDR-Oberliga 1969–70]. 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