1953–54 DDR-Oberliga

DDR-Oberliga
Season 1953–54
Champions BSG Turbine Erfurt
Relegated

BSG Lokomotive Stendal

Motor Dessau

BSG Stahl Thale

Matches played 210
Goals scored 676 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorer Heinz Satrapa (21)[1]
Total attendance 2,941,000[2]
Average attendance 14,005[2]

The 1953–54 DDR-Oberliga was the fifth season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

The league was contested by fifteen teams, two less than in the previous season, and BSG Turbine Erfurt won the championship. It was the first of two championships for the club, winning it the following season as well.[3][4]

Heinz Satrapa of BSG Wismut Aue was the league's top scorer with 21 goals.[1]

The 1953–54 season saw the best-ever average support for the Oberliga with 14,005 spectators per game.[2]

Table

The 1953–54 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Fortschritt Meerane and Einheit Ost Leipzig. The FDGB-Pokal was won by second division DDR-Liga club Vorwärts Berlin.[5][6]

PosClubPWDLGFGAGAvgPts
1BSG Turbine Erfurt28175658361,6139
2BSG Chemie Leipzig28155851371,3835
3Dynamo Dresden28154954441,2334
4BSG Wismut Aue281531059421,4133
5BSG Rotation Babelsberg28128858431,3532
6BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost28118948431,1230
7BSG Rotation Dresden28910946391,1828
8BSG Turbine Halle281161130301,0028
9Empor Lauter28811940381,0527
10Fortschritt Meerane28891146461,0025
11BSG Motor Zwickau281051339560,7025
12Einheit Ost Leipzig28951443570,75423
13BSG Lokomotive Stendal286111138510,74523
14Motor Dessau28791238550,6923
15BSG Stahl Thale28471728590,4815

Key

League champion FDGB-Pokal winner Relegated

References

  1. 1 2 "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 fuwo, page: 23
  3. "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  5. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  6. "DDR » Oberliga 1953/1954" [DDR-Oberliga 1953–54]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.

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