1978–79 DDR-Oberliga

The 1978–79 DDR-Oberliga was the 30th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
The championship-winning team of BFC Dynamo
Season1978–79
ChampionsBFC Dynamo
Relegated
European CupBFC Dynamo
European Cup Winners' Cup1. FC Magdeburg
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Top goalscorerJoachim Streich (23)[1]
Total attendance2,044,500[2]
Average attendance11,234[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. BFC Dynamo won the championship, the club's first 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 23 goals,[5] with Streich also taking out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1978–79 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1979–80 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Nottingham Forest in the quarter finals. Fourth-placed club 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and was knocked out by Arsenal in the second round. Second-placed Dynamo Dresden qualified for the 1979–80 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by VfB Stuttgart while third-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena lost to Red Star Belgrade, also in the second round.[7]

Table

The 1978–79 season saw two newly promoted clubs Stahl Riesa and F.C. Hansa Rostock.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BFC Dynamo (C) 26 21 4 1 75 18 +57 46 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Dynamo Dresden 26 15 9 2 59 19 +40 39 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 14 6 6 38 21 +17 34
4 1. FC Magdeburg 26 14 5 7 63 32 +31 33 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 11 7 8 41 40 +1 29
6 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 10 7 9 36 32 +4 27
7 FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt 26 9 6 11 37 46 −9 24
8 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 9 4 13 32 38 −6 22
9 Stahl Riesa 26 8 5 13 33 47 −14 21
10 1. FC Union Berlin 26 7 7 12 22 39 −17 21
11 BSG Wismut Aue 26 8 3 15 34 49 −15 19
12 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 7 4 15 23 63 −40 18
13 BSG Chemie Böhlen (R) 26 5 6 15 33 66 −33 16 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 F.C. Hansa Rostock (R) 26 5 5 16 30 46 −16 15
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

References
  1. fuwo, page: 93
  2. fuwo, page: 23
  3. "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. 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 1979–80". rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1978–79". 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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