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.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1969–70
ChampionsFC Carl Zeiss Jena
Relegated
European CupFC Carl Zeiss Jena
European Cup Winners' CupFC Vorwärts Berlin
Inter-Cities Fairs CupDynamo Dresden
Matches played182
Goals scored452 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerOtto Skrowny (12)[1]
Total attendance1,934,000[2]
Average attendance10,629[2]

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

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
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BFC CZJ CHM DRE HFC HRO KMS MAG RWE SZW STE STR VBE AUE
BFC Dynamo 1–1 0–3 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0
Carl Zeiss Jena 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–1
Chemie Leipzig 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–0
Dynamo Dresden 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 6–0 0–1 1–1 3–0
Hallescher FC Chemie 4–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–0
Hansa Rostock 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0
Karl-Marx-Stadt 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–4 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 1–2
1. FC Magdeburg 3–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–1
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1–1 0–3 1–1 4–1 0–3 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–2
Sachsenring Zwickau 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1
Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–3 2–3
Stahl Riesa 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–3
Vorwärts Berlin 5–2 0–5 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0
Wismut Aue 0–2 0–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–2
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.
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  6. fuwo, page: 92
  7. "European Competitions 1970-71". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR » Oberliga 1969–70" [DDR-Oberliga 1969–70]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.

Sources
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