1980–81 DDR-Oberliga

The 1980–81 DDR-Oberliga was the 32nd season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1980–81
ChampionsBFC Dynamo
Relegated
European CupBFC Dynamo
European Cup Winners' Cup1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored621 (3.41 per match)
Top goalscorerJoachim Streich (20)[1]
Total attendance2,265,400[2]
Average attendance12,445[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. BFC Dynamo won the championship, the club's third 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 20 goals,[5] while Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin of FC Carl Zeiss Jena took out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1980–81 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Aston Villa in the second round. Sixth-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and lost to FC Barcelona in the quarter finals. Second-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1981–82 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by Real Madrid while third-placed 1. FC Magdeburg lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the first round and fourth-placed Dynamo Dresden was eliminated by Feyenoord Rotterdam in the second round.[7]

Table

The 1980–81 season saw two newly promoted clubs F.C. Hansa Rostock and BSG Chemie Böhlen.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Berliner FC Dynamo (C) 26 17 5 4 74 31 +43 39 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 16 4 6 57 29 +28 36 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 1. FC Magdeburg 26 15 4 7 58 35 +23 34
4 SG Dynamo Dresden 26 16 2 8 49 37 +12 34
5 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt 26 13 5 8 58 40 +18 31
6 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 12 4 10 46 35 +11 28 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt 26 10 7 9 37 49 −12 27
8 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 11 3 12 41 41 0 25
9 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 6 9 11 37 54 −17 21
10 F.C. Hansa Rostock 26 6 8 12 35 47 −12 20
11 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 7 4 15 32 51 −19 18
12 BSG Wismut Aue 26 7 4 15 34 60 −26 18
13 BSG Stahl Riesa (R) 26 6 5 15 38 64 −26 17 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 BSG Chemie Böhlen (R) 26 5 6 15 25 48 −23 16
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BFC CZJ CHB DRE HFC HRO KMS LOK MAG RWE SZW STR VFO AUE
BFC Dynamo 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 5–0 3–0 1–1 7–1 2–0 4–1 1–2 5–1
Carl Zeiss Jena 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 2–3 1–2 5–0 1–0 1–1 2–0
Chemie Böhlen 2–2 1–3 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–0
Dynamo Dresden 3–1 3–2 2–1 3–2 4–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 3–2 1–2 3–1 3–0
Hallescher FC Chemie 2–1 0–1 2–0 4–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 4–2 3–1 2–3 2–1
Hansa Rostock 4–4 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 6–2 1–0 4–1
Karl-Marx-Stadt 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 6–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 5–4 1–1 0–0
Lokomotive Leipzig 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 3–0 6–1 6–1
1. FC Magdeburg 2–4 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 4–0 4–1 1–2 3–2 5–1 4–1 4–1
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 3–3 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 2–5 2–1 2–0 1–3 2–2
Sachsenring Zwickau 1–3 0–3 2–2 3–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–0 5–1 0–2 3–2
Stahl Riesa 1–4 3–5 4–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–3 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2
Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) 2–1 1–2 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 6–1 5–2 5–1
Wismut Aue 0–5 1–4 3–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–3 1–1
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 1981–82". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1980–81". 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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