1969–70 DDR-Oberliga

DDR-Oberliga
Season	1969–70
Champions	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Relegated	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt FC Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt
European Cup	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
European Cup Winners' Cup	FC Vorwärts Berlin
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Dynamo Dresden
Matches played	182
Goals scored	452 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Otto Skrowny (12)^[1]
Total attendance	1,934,000^[2]
Average attendance	10,629^[2]
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 DDR-Oberliga was the 21st season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

The league was contested by fourteen teams. FC Carl Zeiss Jena won the championship, the club's last of three East German championships.^[3]^[4]

Otto Skrowny of BSG Chemie Leipzig was the league's top scorer with 12 goals, the lowest total of any top scorer in the history of the league,^[5] while Roland Ducke of FC Carl Zeiss Jena won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.^[6]

The 452 goals scored during the season marked the lowest total in the history of the DDR-Oberliga, as did the 2.48 goal average per game.^[2]

On the strength of the 1969–70 title Jena qualified for the 1970–71 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Red Star Belgrade in the quarter finals. Second-placed club FC Vorwärts Berlin qualified for the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by PSV Eindhoven in the quarter finals. Third-placed Dynamo Dresden qualified for the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by Leeds United.^[7]

The 1969–70 season marked the half-way point for the DDR-Oberliga, with 21 seasons played and another 21 to come. Of the champions of the first 21 seasons only Dynamo Dresden won a championship in the second 21 which were dominated by Dresden, 1. FC Magdeburg and Berliner FC Dynamo.^[4]

Table

The 1969–70 season saw two newly promoted clubs Dynamo Dresden and FC Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt.^[8]^[9]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	26	16	7	3	50	16	+34	39
2	FC Vorwärts Berlin	26	12	8	6	43	34	+9	32
3	Dynamo Dresden	26	13	5	8	36	26	+10	31
4	BSG Chemie Leipzig	26	11	8	7	33	27	+6	30
5	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	26	9	10	7	25	26	-1	28
6	Berliner FC Dynamo	26	10	8	8	29	32	-3	28
7	BSG Wismut Aue	26	10	7	9	31	34	-3	27
8	1. FC Magdeburg	26	10	4	12	37	37	0	24
9	FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt	26	8	8	10	32	40	-8	24
10	Hallescher FC Chemie	26	8	6	12	35	34	+1	22
11	Stahl Riesa	26	9	4	13	31	35	-4	22
12	F.C. Hansa Rostock	26	7	7	12	22	33	-11	21
13	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	26	7	5	14	27	42	-15	19
14	FC Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt	26	5	7	14	21	36	-15	17

Key

League champion & Qualified for the European Cup	FDGB-Pokal winner & Qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup	Qualified for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Relegated to DDR-Liga

References

↑ fuwo, page: 93
1 2 3 fuwo, page: 23
↑ "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
1 2 "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 1970-71". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
↑ "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
↑ "DDR » Oberliga 1969–70" [DDR-Oberliga 1969–70]. 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. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (German) Historic German league tables

DDR-Oberliga and NOFV-Oberliga seasons

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