East German Football Championship Founded 1948 Folded 1991 Last Champions F.C. Hansa Rostock (1st title) Country Most successful clubBFC Dynamo (10 titles)
The East German football champions were the annual winners of the DDR-Oberliga.
History The 1948 and 1949 East German Champions were determined in a single elimination tournament of three rounds. A nationwide football league, the DDR-Oberliga, was established for the 1949–50 season. The Oberliga was dissolved after the 1990–91 season.
The 1954–55 season was a transitional season and neither was a championship awarded nor were clubs relegated. Due to the transition from a fall-spring to a spring-fall schedule starting with 1956, teams only met each other once from August to December 1955.
In the 1961–62 season the DDR-Oberliga returned from a spring-fall to fall-spring schedule, the teams thus met each other three times. The third meeting was held on neutral ground.
Champions The performance of various clubs is shown in the following table:
Season Champion Runner-up Third Place Top Scorer (Goals)1948SG Planitz (1)SG Freiimfelde Halle——1949ZSG Union Halle (1)SG Fortuna Erfurt——1949–50ZSG Horch Zwickau (2)SG FriedrichstadtBSG Waggonbau Dessau Heinz Satrapa (23)1950–51BSG Chemie Leipzig (1)BSG Turbine ErfurtBSG Motor Zwickau Johannes Schöne (37)1951–52BSG Turbine Halle (2)SV Deutsche Volkspolizei DresdenBSG Chemie Leipzig Rudolf Krause (27)1952–53SG Dynamo Dresden (1)BSG Wismut AueBSG Motor Zwickau Harry Arlt (26)1953–54BSG Turbine Erfurt (1)BSG Chemie LeipzigSG Dynamo Dresden Heinz Satrapa (21)1954–55SC Turbine Erfurt (2)SC Wismut Karl-Marx-StadtSC Rotation Leipzig Willy Tröger (22)SC Wismut Karl-Marx-StadtSC Empor RostockSC Dynamo Berlin Klaus Seligow (12)1956SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1)SC Aktivist Brieske SenftenbergSC Lokomotive Leipzig Ernst Lindner (18)1957SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (2)ASK Vorwärts BerlinSC Rotation Leipzig Heinz Kaulmann (15)1958ASK Vorwärts Berlin (1)SC Motor JenaSC Aktivist Brieske Senftenberg Helmut Müller (17)1959SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (3)ASK Vorwärts BerlinSC Dynamo Berlin Bernd Bauchspieß (18)1960ASK Vorwärts Berlin (2)SC Dynamo BerlinSC Lokomotive Leipzig Bernd Bauchspieß (25)1961–62ASK Vorwärts Berlin (3)SC Empor RostockSC Dynamo Berlin Arthur Bialas (23)1962–63SC Motor Jena (1)SC Empor RostockASK Vorwärts Berlin Peter Ducke (19)1963–64BSG Chemie Leipzig (2)SC Empor RostockSC Leipzig Gerd Backhaus (15)1964–65ASK Vorwärts Berlin (4)SC Motor JenaBSG Chemie Leipzig Bernd Bauchspieß (14)1965–66FC Vorwärts Berlin (5)FC Carl Zeiss Jena1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig Henning Frenzel (22)1966–67FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (1)1. FC Lokomotive LeipzigBSG Motor Zwickau Hartmund Rentzsch (17)1967–68FC Carl Zeiss Jena (2)F.C. Hansa Rostock1. FC Magdeburg Gerhard Kostmann (15)1968–69FC Vorwärts Berlin (6)FC Carl Zeiss Jena1. FC Magdeburg Gerhard Kostmann (18)1969–70FC Carl Zeiss Jena (3)FC Vorwärts BerlinDynamo Dresden Otto Skrowny (12)1970–71Dynamo Dresden (2)FC Carl Zeiss JenaHallescher FC Chemie Hans-Jürgen Kreische (17)1971–721. FC Magdeburg (1)BFC DynamoDynamo Dresden Hans-Jürgen Kreische (14)1972–73Dynamo Dresden (3)FC Carl Zeiss Jena1. FC Magdeburg Hans-Jürgen Kreische (26)1973–741. FC Magdeburg (2)FC Carl Zeiss JenaDynamo Dresden Hans-Bert Matoul (20)1974–751. FC Magdeburg (3)FC Carl Zeiss JenaDynamo Dresden Manfred Vogel (17)1975–76Dynamo Dresden (4)BFC Dynamo1. FC Magdeburg Hans-Jürgen Kreische (24)1976–77Dynamo Dresden (5)1. FC MagdeburgFC Carl Zeiss Jena Joachim Streich (17)1977–78Dynamo Dresden (6)1. FC MagdeburgBFC Dynamo Klaus Havenstein (15)1978–79BFC Dynamo (1)Dynamo DresdenFC Carl Zeiss Jena Joachim Streich (23)1979–80BFC Dynamo (2)Dynamo DresdenFC Carl Zeiss Jena Dieter Kühn (21)1980–81BFC Dynamo (3)FC Carl Zeiss Jena1. FC Magdeburg Joachim Streich (20)1981–82BFC Dynamo (4)Dynamo Dresden1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig Rüdiger Schnuphase (19)1982–83BFC Dynamo (5)FC Vorwärts FrankfurtFC Carl Zeiss Jena Joachim Streich (19)1983–84BFC Dynamo (6)Dynamo Dresden1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig Rainer Ernst (20)1984–85BFC Dynamo (7)Dynamo Dresden1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig Rainer Ernst (24)1985–86BFC Dynamo (8)1. FC Lokomotive LeipzigFC Carl Zeiss Jena Ralf Sträßer (14)1986–87BFC Dynamo (9)Dynamo Dresden1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig Frank Pastor (17)1987–88BFC Dynamo (10)1. FC Lokomotive LeipzigDynamo Dresden Andreas Thom (20)1988–89Dynamo Dresden (7)BFC DynamoFC Karl-Marx-Stadt Torsten Gütschow (17)1989–90Dynamo Dresden (8)FC Karl-Marx-Stadt1. FC Magdeburg Torsten Gütschow (18)1990–91FC Hansa Rostock (1)Dynamo DresdenFC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Torsten Gütschow (20)
Performances Performance by club Clubs are named by the last name they used before the German reunification. ClubWinnersRunners-upThird PlaceBerliner FC Dynamo1SG Dynamo Dresden2FC Vorwärts Frankfurt 3FC Carl Zeiss Jena 41. FC MagdeburgBSG Wismut Aue 5FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 6BSG Chemie Leipzig 7BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 8BSG Turbine Halle 9F.C. Hansa Rostock 10FC Karl-Marx-Stadt1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 11Hallescher FC Chemie 12BSG Aktivist Senftenberg13SG FriedrichstadtBSG Motor Dessau14 Notes: 1 Played as part of sports club SC Dynamo Berlin until the founding of BFC Dynamo in 1966. 2 Played as SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden until the founding of SG Dynamo Dresden in 1953. 3 In 1953, the club was picked up from Leipzig and moved to East Berlin to play as ZSK Vorwärts Berlin, later known as ASK Vorwärts Berlin and after that FC Vorwärts Berlin. In 1971, the club was picked up and moved again, this time from the capital to Frankfurt an der Oder in Bezirk Frankfurt. The team was known as FC Vorwärts Frankfurt. 4 Also known as BSG Motor Jena and SC Motor Jena. 5 Also known as SG Aue, BSG Pneumatik Aue, Zentra Wismut Aue, BSG Wismut Aue and SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt. In 1954, the football department of BSG Wismut Aue was delegated to sports club SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt in Chemnitz. In 1963, SC Wismut Karl-Marx Stadt merged with SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt to form SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, and the football department of SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt was moved back to Aue and re-attached to BSG Wismut Aue. After German reunification in 1990, the club was renamed FC Wismut Aue before taking on its current form, FC Erzgebirge Aue in 1993. 6 Also known as SG Fortuna Erfurt, BSG KWU Erfurt, BSG Turbine Erfurt and SC Turbine Erfurt. In 1966, the football departments of SC Turbine Erfurt and BSG Optima Erfurt were merged under the name FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt. 7 Also known as SC Lokomotive Leipzig (not to be confused with 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig) and FC Sachsen Leipzig. 8 Also known as SG Planitz, ZSG Horch Zwickau and BSG Motor Zwickau. 9 Also known as ZSG Union Halle. 10 Also known as SC Empor Rostock. 11 Also known as SC Rotation Leipzig and SC Leipzig (not to be confused with SC Lokomotive Leipzig). 12 Also known as SG Freiimfelde Halle. 13 Also known as Sportgemeinde Grube Marga , BSG Franz Mehring Grube, BSG Aktivist Ost Brieske and SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg. 14 Also known as BSG Waggonbau Dessau and BSG Waggonfabrik Dessau.
Performance by city CityWinnersClub(s)BerlinBFC Dynamo (10), FC Vorwärts Berlin (6)DresdenSG Dynamo Dresden (8)ChemnitzSC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (3), FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (1)JenaFC Carl Zeiss Jena (3)Magdeburg1. FC Magdeburg (3)ErfurtFC Rot-Weiß Erfurt (2)LeipzigBSG Chemie Leipzig (2)ZwickauBSG Sachsenring Zwickau (2)HalleBSG Turbine Halle (2)RostockF.C. Hansa Rostock (1)
See also FDGB-Pokal DFV-Supercup List of German football champions
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