1976–77 DDR-Oberliga
| Season | 1976–77 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dynamo Dresden |
| Relegated | |
| European Cup | Dynamo Dresden |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
| UEFA Cup | |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 500 (2.75 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Joachim Streich (17)[1] |
| Total attendance | 2,516,500[2] |
| Average attendance | 13,827[2] |
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← 1975–76 1977–78 → | |
The 1976–77 DDR-Oberliga was the 28th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
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 to 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 | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 38 |
| 2 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 34 |
| 3 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 33 |
| 4 | Berliner FC Dynamo | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 32 |
| 5 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 29 |
| 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 | Stahl Riesa | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 47 | -19 | 21 |
| 14 | F.C. Hansa Rostock | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 41 | -18 | 20 |
Key
| League champion &Qualified for the European Cup | FDGB-Pokal runners-up & Qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup | Qualified for the UEFA Cup | Relegated to DDR-Liga |
References
- 1 2 fuwo, page: 93
- 1 2 fuwo, page: 23
- ↑ "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ↑ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ↑ "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ fuwo, page: 92
- ↑ "European Competitions 1977-78". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ↑ "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ↑ "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.
External links
- Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (German) Historic German league tables