1983–84 DDR-Oberliga

DDR-Oberliga
Season 1983–84
Champions Berliner FC Dynamo
Relegated

1. FC Union Berlin

Hallescher FC Chemie

European Cup Berliner FC Dynamo
European Cup Winners' Cup Dynamo Dresden
UEFA Cup

FC Vorwärts Frankfurt

1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig

Matches played 182
Goals scored 604 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer Rainer Ernst (20)[1]
Total attendance 2,221,100[2]
Average attendance 12,071[2]

The 1983–84 DDR-Oberliga was the 35th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

The league was contested by fourteen teams. Berliner FC Dynamo won the championship, the club's sixth of ten consecutive East German championships from 1978 to 1988, thereby equalling the record held by Dynamo Dresden and FC Vorwärts Berlin.[3][4]

Rainer Ernst of Berliner FC Dynamo was the league's top scorer with 20 goals,[5] while Hans-Jürgen Dörner of Dynamo Dresden took out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1983–84 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1984–85 European Cup where the club was knocked out by FK Austria Wien in the second round. Second-placed club Dynamo Dresden qualified for the 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and lost to SK Rapid Wien in the quarter finals. Third-placed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1984–85 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out by FC Spartak Moscow in the second round while fourth-placed FC Vorwärts Frankfurt lost to PSV Eindhoven in the first round.[7]

Table

The 1983–84 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Stahl Riesa and BSG Chemie Leipzig.[8][9]

PosClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Berliner FC Dynamo2617546636+3039
2Dynamo Dresden2614936128+3337
31. FC Lokomotive Leipzig2616555628+2837
4FC Vorwärts Frankfurt2613765636+2033
51. FC Magdeburg2612865633+2332
6FC Karl-Marx-Stadt26101063734+330
7FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt2610883639-328
8BSG Wismut Aue2697102834-625
9F.C. Hansa Rostock2688103241-924
10FC Carl Zeiss Jena2676135063-1320
11Stahl Riesa2676134155-1420
12BSG Chemie Leipzig2646162149-2814
131. FC Union Berlin2646162755-2814
14Hallescher FC Chemie2619163268-3611

Key

League champion &
Qualified for the European Cup
FDGB-Pokal winners
& Qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup
Qualified for the UEFA Cup Relegated to DDR-Liga

References

  1. fuwo, page: 93
  2. 1 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 1984–85". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1983–84". Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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