1985–86 DDR-Oberliga

The 1985–86 DDR-Oberliga was the 37th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1985–86
ChampionsBFC Dynamo
Relegated
European CupBFC Dynamo
European Cup Winners' Cup1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored476 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerRalf Sträßer (14)[1]
Total attendance1,782,150[2]
Average attendance9,411[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. BFC Dynamo won the championship, the club's eighth of ten consecutive East German championships from 1978 to 1988.[3][4]

Ralf Sträßer of 1. FC Union Berlin was the league's top scorer with 14 goals,[5] while René Müller of 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig took out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1985–86 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1986–87 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Brøndby IF in the second round. Second-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and advanced all the way to the final where it lost to Ajax. Third-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1986–87 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out by Bayer 05 Uerdingen in the first round while fourth-placed 1. FC Magdeburg lost to Athletic Bilbao in the first round and fifth-placed Stahl Brandenburg was eliminated by IFK Göteborg in the second round.[7]

Table

The 1985–86 season saw two newly promoted clubs, 1. FC Union Berlin and BSG Sachsenring Zwickau.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Berliner FC Dynamo (C) 26 12 10 4 46 31 +15 34 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 12 8 6 33 22 +11 32 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 9 13 4 32 18 +14 31 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 1. FC Magdeburg 26 9 11 6 39 33 +6 29
5 BSG Stahl Brandenburg 26 10 9 7 27 23 +4 29
6 SG Dynamo Dresden 26 10 8 8 40 39 +1 28
7 1. FC Union Berlin 26 9 9 8 32 31 +1 27
8 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 9 8 9 33 32 +1 26
9 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt 26 8 9 9 37 35 +2 25
10 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt 26 6 12 8 41 34 +7 24
11 BSG Wismut Aue 26 7 10 9 31 40 −9 24
12 BSG Stahl Riesa 26 7 8 11 27 36 −9 22
13 F.C. Hansa Rostock (R) 26 7 6 13 31 46 −15 20 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau (R) 26 2 9 15 27 56 −29 13
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BFC CZJ DRE HRO KMS LOK MAG RWE SZW STB STR UNI VFO AUE
BFC Dynamo 1–1 5–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 2–2 1–1
Carl Zeiss Jena 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 5–1 0–0 2–1 4–1
Dynamo Dresden 4–1 0–0 4–3 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0
Hansa Rostock 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–0
Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–2
Lokomotive Leipzig 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1
1. FC Magdeburg 0–0 1–1 2–3 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–4 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 6–0
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2–3 2–2 2–1 4–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–2
Sachsenring Zwickau 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–3 3–3 1–6 1–3 0–2 0–0 3–1 3–3
Stahl Brandenburg 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0
Stahl Riesa 1–2 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 3–2 3–0 0–0
Union Berlin 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0
Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 5–0 0–2 2–1
Wismut Aue 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–2
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 1986–87". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1985–86". 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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