1978–79 DDR-Oberliga
Season | 1978–79 |
---|---|
Champions | BFC Dynamo |
Relegated |
|
European Cup | BFC Dynamo |
European Cup Winners' Cup | 1. FC Magdeburg |
UEFA Cup | |
Matches played | 182 |
Top goalscorer | Joachim Streich (23)[1] |
Total attendance | 2,044,500[2] |
Average attendance | 11,234[2] |
← 1977–78 1979–80 → |
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. BFC 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]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | BFC Dynamo (C) | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 18 | +57 | 46 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
2 | Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 59 | 19 | +40 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
3 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 34 | |
4 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 33 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
5 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 29 | |
6 | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 27 | |
7 | FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 24 | |
8 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 22 | |
9 | BSG Stahl Riesa | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 21 | |
10 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 21 | |
11 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 19 | |
12 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 63 | −40 | 18 | |
13 | BSG Chemie Böhlen (R) | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 16 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
14 | F.C. Hansa Rostock (R) | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 15 |
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
References[]
- ^ fuwo, page: 93
- ^ Jump up to: a b fuwo, page: 23
- ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "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 1979–80". rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR-Oberliga 1978–79". 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.
External links[]
- Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables
- 1978–79 in German football leagues
- DDR-Oberliga seasons
- 1978–79 in East German football