1988–89 DDR-Oberliga

The 1988–89 DDR-Oberliga was the 40th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1988–89
ChampionsDynamo Dresden
Relegated
European CupDynamo Dresden
European Cup Winners' CupBFC Dynamo
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored503 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerTorsten Gütschow (17)[1]
Total attendance1,857,830[2]
Average attendance10,208[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's seventh out of eight East German championships.[3][4]

Torsten Gütschow of Dynamo Dresden was the league's top scorer with 17 goals,[5] while Andreas Trautmann of Dynamo Dresden took out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1988–89 title Dynamo Dresden qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup where the club was knocked out by AEK Athens in the first round. Second-placed club BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and was knocked out by AS Monaco in the second round. Third-placed FC Karl-Marx-Stadt qualified for the 1989–90 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out by Juventus in the third round while fourth-placed F.C. Hansa Rostock lost to FC Baník Ostrava in the first round.[7]

Table

The 1988–89 season saw two newly promoted clubs, BSG Energie Cottbus and BSG Sachsenring Zwickau.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SG Dynamo Dresden (C) 26 16 8 2 61 26 +35 40 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Berliner FC Dynamo 26 12 8 6 51 32 +19 32 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 12 6 8 38 36 +2 30 Qualified for the UEFA Cup first round
4 F.C. Hansa Rostock 26 12 5 9 34 31 +3 29
5 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 11 6 9 39 26 +13 28
6 1. FC Magdeburg 26 11 6 9 35 30 +5 28
7 BSG Wismut Aue 26 10 8 8 35 35 0 28
8 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 11 5 10 35 24 +11 27
9 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 8 9 9 36 38 −2 25
10 BSG Energie Cottbus 26 9 5 12 29 41 −12 23
11 BSG Stahl Brandenburg 26 9 4 13 36 43 −7 22
12 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt 26 9 3 14 27 39 −12 21
13 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau (R) 26 6 4 16 25 49 −24 16 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 1. FC Union Berlin (R) 26 5 5 16 22 53 −31 15
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BFC CZJ DRE ECO HFC HRO KMS LOK MAG RWE SZW STB UNI AUE
BFC Dynamo 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 4–0 5–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1
Carl Zeiss Jena 0–1 3–4 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 5–1 2–0
Dynamo Dresden 2–1 1–1 5–1 1–1 5–0 3–4 3–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 5–0 2–0
Energie Cottbus 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–0
Hallescher FC Chemie 1–4 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 4–1 1–1 3–0 1–1
Hansa Rostock 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 5–0 1–2
Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 5–3 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 4–2
Lokomotive Leipzig 4–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 7–2 0–0 0–1 1–1
1. FC Magdeburg 2–2 0–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 5–0 3–1 2–2
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2–6 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–5 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–0
Sachsenring Zwickau 0–3 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 5–1 1–2
Stahl Brandenburg 1–2 1–0 2–2 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 2–0 5–0 2–1 1–4
Union Berlin 2–3 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–4 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2
Wismut Aue 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–5 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–0
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 1989–90". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1988–89". 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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