1977–78 DDR-Oberliga

The 1977–78 DDR-Oberliga was the 29th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1977–78
ChampionsDynamo Dresden
Relegated
European CupDynamo Dresden
European Cup Winners' Cup1. FC Magdeburg
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored528 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerKlaus Havenstein (15)[1]
Total attendance2,132,300[2]
Average attendance11,716[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's sixth of eight East German championships, thereby equalling FC Vorwärts Berlin's record.[3][4]

Klaus Havenstein of BSG Chemie Böhlen was the league's top scorer with 15 goals,[5] while Jürgen Croy of BSG Sachsenring Zwickau won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award for a record third time.[6]

On the strength of the 1977–78 title Dresden qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup where the club was knocked out by FK Austria Wien in the quarter-finals. Second-placed club 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and was knocked out by Baník Ostrava in the quarter-finals. For the first time three East German clubs qualified for the 1978–79 UEFA Cup with third-placed BFC Dynamo being knocked out in the first round by Red Star Belgrade while fourth-placed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig lost to Arsenal, also in the first round and fifth-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena was defeated by MSV Duisburg in the second round.[7]

Table

The 1977–78 season saw two newly promoted clubs BSG Chemie Böhlen and BSG Wismut Gera.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SG Dynamo Dresden (C) 26 18 5 3 70 25 +45 41 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 1. FC Magdeburg 26 16 6 4 52 17 +35 38 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 BFC Dynamo 26 14 7 5 54 25 +29 35 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 13 6 7 57 34 +23 32
5 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 13 5 8 53 32 +21 31
6 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 11 8 7 44 34 +10 30
7 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 6 12 8 34 37 −3 24
8 1. FC Union Berlin 26 9 6 11 27 36 −9 24
9 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt 26 7 9 10 23 35 −12 23
10 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 8 7 11 22 45 −23 23
11 BSG Wismut Aue 26 8 6 12 22 47 −25 22
12 BSG Chemie Böhlen 26 6 8 12 34 51 −17 20
13 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt (R) 26 3 9 14 19 35 −16 15 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 BSG Wismut Gera (R) 26 1 4 21 17 75 −58 6
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BFC CZJ CHB DRE HFC KMS LOK MAG RWE SZW UNI VFO AUE WGE
BFC Dynamo 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–3 1–1 5–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 4–0
Carl Zeiss Jena 2–0 2–1 4–3 6–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 5–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 6–0 5–1
Chemie Böhlen 1–0 1–4 1–1 5–3 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 4–1 0–0 2–0 3–1
Dynamo Dresden 1–2 2–0 7–1 2–1 4–2 5–1 1–0 6–0 5–0 4–1 1–0 4–1 2–1
Hallescher FC Chemie 0–0 1–2 4–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 6–0 4–2
Karl-Marx-Stadt 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–4 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 4–0 1–1
Lokomotive Leipzig 4–1 0–0 6–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 7–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 4–0
1. FC Magdeburg 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 5–0 3–3 2–0 6–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–0
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Sachsenring Zwickau 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0
Union Berlin 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–3 1–3 0–4 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0
Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0
Wismut Aue 0–4 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–2
Wismut Gera 0–6 1–6 1–1 2–4 0–1 0–5 1–5 0–4 0–0 2–3 0–4 2–2 0–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
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  2. fuwo, page: 23
  3. "East Germany - List of Champions". RSSSF. 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 1978-79". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1977–78". 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.
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