1964–65 DDR-Oberliga

The 1964–65 DDR-Oberliga was the 16th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1964–65
ChampionsASK Vorwärts Berlin
Relegated
European CupASK Vorwärts Berlin
European Cup Winners' CupSC Aufbau Magdeburg
Inter-Cities Fairs CupSC Leipzig
Matches played182
Goals scored529 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorerBernd Bauchspieß (14)[1]
Total attendance1,767,500[2]
Average attendance9,712[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. National People's Army club ASK Vorwärts Berlin won the championship, the club's fourth of six national East German championships all up.[3][4]

Bernd Bauchspieß of BSG Chemie Leipzig was the league's top scorer with 14 goals, becoming the first player to finish as top scorer on three occasions.[5] For the third time the title East German Footballer of the year was awarded, going to Horst Weigang of SC Leipzig.[6]

On the strength of the 1964–65 title Vorwärts qualified for the 1965–66 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Manchester United in the first round. Seventh-placed club SC Aufbau Magdeburg qualified for the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by West Ham United in the quarter finals. Fourth-placed SC Leipzig qualified for the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by Leeds United.[7]

Table

The 1964–65 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Dynamo Dresden and SC Neubrandenburg.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ASK Vorwärts Berlin (C) 26 17 3 6 51 24 +27 37 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 SC Motor Jena 26 14 4 8 41 27 +14 32
3 BSG Chemie Leipzig 26 11 9 6 47 29 +18 31
4 SC Leipzig 26 12 6 8 53 34 +19 30 Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5 SC Empor Rostock 26 13 2 11 37 33 +4 28
6 BSG Lokomotive Stendal 26 9 8 9 47 42 +5 26
7 SC Aufbau Magdeburg 26 9 7 10 35 35 0 25 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
8 BSG Motor Zwickau 26 9 6 11 36 46 −10 24
9 BSG Wismut Aue 26 6 12 8 23 36 −13 24
10 Dynamo Dresden 26 9 5 12 34 38 −4 23
11 SC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 8 7 11 36 41 −5 23
12 SC Dynamo Berlin 26 8 6 12 27 37 −10 22
13 SC Neubrandenburg (R) 26 7 6 13 34 58 −24 20 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 BSG Motor Steinach (R) 26 8 3 15 28 49 −21 19
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

References
  1. fuwo, page: 93
  2. fuwo, page: 23
  3. "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  5. "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  6. fuwo, page: 92
  7. "European Competitions 1965-66". rsssf.com. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  9. "DDR » Oberliga 1964–65" [DDR-Oberliga 1964–65]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 22 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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