1976–77 DDR-Oberliga

The 1976–77 DDR-Oberliga was the 28th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1976–77
ChampionsDynamo Dresden
Relegated
European CupDynamo Dresden
European Cup Winners' Cup1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored500 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerJoachim Streich (17)[1]
Total attendance2,516,500[2]
Average attendance13,827[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's fifth of eight East German championships.[3][4] Dynamo Dresden went on to win the FDGB-Pokal as well, defeating 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig in the final and thereby repeating its double.[1]

Joachim Streich of 1. FC Magdeburg was the league's top scorer with 17 goals, the first of four occasions to finish as league top scorer, a record jointly held with Hans-Jürgen Kreische,[5] while Hans-Jürgen Dörner of Dynamo Dresden won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1976–77 title Dresden qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup where the club was knocked out by eventual winners Liverpool in the second round. Fourth-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal runners-up and was knocked out by Real Betis in the second round. Second-placed 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1977–78 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the quarter-finals by PSV Eindhoven while third-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena lost to SEC Bastia, also in the quarter-finals.[7]

Table

The 1976–77 season saw two newly promoted clubs 1. FC Union Berlin and F.C. Hansa Rostock.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SG Dynamo Dresden (C) 26 16 6 4 66 27 +39 38 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 1. FC Magdeburg 26 14 6 6 47 28 +19 34 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 14 5 7 45 31 +14 33
4 BFC Dynamo 26 14 4 8 43 27 +16 32
5 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 10 9 7 40 29 +11 29 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt 26 8 9 9 27 35 8 25
7 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 7 10 9 34 39 5 24
8 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 7 8 11 32 34 2 22
9 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 10 2 14 35 39 4 22
10 BSG Wismut Aue 26 6 10 10 27 45 18 22
11 1. FC Union Berlin 26 7 7 12 30 42 12 21
12 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt 26 9 3 14 23 36 13 21
13 BSG Stahl Riesa (R) 26 8 5 13 28 47 19 21 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 F.C. Hansa Rostock (R) 26 6 8 12 23 41 18 20
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BFC CZJ DRE HFC HRO KMS LOK MAG RWE SZW STR UNI VFO AUE
BFC Dynamo 2–0 2–1 2–1 6–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–1
Carl Zeiss Jena 2–0 0–2 4–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 5–3 2–1 2–1 4–2 3–2 2–0 4–2
Dynamo Dresden 2–1 1–1 4–0 6–2 3–0 3–1 1–0 7–2 5–2 4–0 3–2 7–1 4–0
Hallescher FC Chemie 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–1 7–0
Hansa Rostock 2–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–5 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 5–1
Lokomotive Leipzig 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 4–2
1. FC Magdeburg 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 5–1 2–0 1–0
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1
Sachsenring Zwickau 3–4 3–1 1–2 6–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–1
Stahl Riesa 0–3 0–2 0–2 3–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–4 0–0 2–0
Union Berlin 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1
Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 5–1 1–0 1–0
Wismut Aue 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–4 1–1 1–1 6–0 2–2 1–0
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 1977-78". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1976–77". 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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