1987–88 DDR-Oberliga

DDR-Oberliga
Season	1987–88
Champions	Berliner FC Dynamo
Relegated	FC Vorwärts Frankfurt Stahl Riesa
European Cup	Berliner FC Dynamo
European Cup Winners' Cup	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
UEFA Cup	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig Dynamo Dresden
Matches played	182
Goals scored	524 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andreas Thom (20)^[1]
Total attendance	1,714,300^[2]
Average attendance	9,419^[2]
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 DDR-Oberliga was the 39th 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 last of ten consecutive East German championships from 1978 to 1988. BFC Dynamo also won the FDGB-Pokal, thereby becoming the second club after Dynamo Dresden to win the double in East Germany.^[3]^[4]

Andreas Thom of Berliner FC Dynamo was the league's top scorer with 20 goals,^[5] with Thom also taking out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.^[6]

On the strength of the 1987–88 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1988–89 European Cup where the club was knocked out in an East-West German encounter by SV Werder Bremen in the first round. Sixth-placed club FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal runners-up and was knocked out by Sampdoria second round. Second-placed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1988–89 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out by S.S.C. Napoli in the second round while third-placed Dynamo Dresden lost to VfB Stuttgart in the semi-finals.^[7]

Table

The 1987–88 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Hallescher FC Chemie and F.C. Hansa Rostock.^[8]^[9]

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Berliner FC Dynamo	26	15	7	4	59	30	+29	37
2	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	26	14	9	3	42	21	+21	37
3	Dynamo Dresden	26	12	9	5	47	24	+23	33
4	Stahl Brandenburg	26	12	5	9	44	37	+7	29
5	Hallescher FC Chemie	26	7	12	7	33	33	0	26
6	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	26	8	10	8	28	29	-1	26
7	1. FC Magdeburg	26	9	7	10	34	33	+1	25
8	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	26	8	9	9	40	45	-5	25
9	F.C. Hansa Rostock	26	7	9	10	42	49	-7	23
10	BSG Wismut Aue	26	8	7	11	24	34	-10	23
11	1. FC Union Berlin	26	7	8	11	35	54	-19	22
12	FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt	26	8	5	13	40	49	-9	21
13	FC Vorwärts Frankfurt	26	6	9	11	33	43	-10	21
14	Stahl Riesa	26	3	10	13	23	43	-20	16

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

↑ 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 1988–89". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
↑ "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
↑ "DDR-Oberliga 1987–88". 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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