1967–68 DDR-Oberliga

DDR-Oberliga

1967–68 East German champions FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Season 1967–68
Champions FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Relegated

Dynamo Dresden

BSG Lokomotive Stendal

European Cup FC Carl Zeiss Jena
European Cup Winners' Cup 1. FC Union Berlin
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig

F.C. Hansa Rostock

Matches played 182
Goals scored 474 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer Gerd Kostmann (15)[1]
Total attendance 2,213,000[2]
Average attendance 12,159[2]

The 1967–68 DDR-Oberliga was the 19th 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 second of three East German championships, having previously won the 1962–63 edition under the name of SC Motor Jena.[3][4]

Gerd Kostmann of F.C. Hansa Rostock was the league's top scorer with 15 goals,[5] while Bernd Bransch of Hallescher FC Chemie won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1967–68 title Jena qualified for the 1968–69 European Cup where the club was drawn against Red Star Belgrade in the first round but withdrew after a redraw following the events of the Prague Spring. UEFA had drawn all Eastern European teams against each other to avoid a possible boycott by Western European clubs which, in turn, resulted in a boycott by the clubs from the Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Hungary and Bulgaria. Eighth-placed club 1. FC Union Berlin qualified for the 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner but withdrew for the same reasons. Fifth-placed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, a non-UEFA competition, where it was knocked out in the second round by Hibernian F.C. while second-placed F.C. Hansa Rostock was knocked out by Fiorentina, also in the second round.[7]

Towards the end of the season BSG Motor Zwickau was renamed to BSG Sachsenring Zwickau, Sachsenring being both a race track and a car manufacturer in East Germany.[8]

Table

The 1967–68 season saw two newly promoted clubs 1. FC Magdeburg and FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt.[8][9]

PosClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1FC Carl Zeiss Jena2617545119+3239
2F.C. Hansa Rostock2615473727+1034
31. FC Magdeburg2613764338+533
4FC Vorwärts Berlin2691073429+526
51. FC Lokomotive Leipzig2697103935+425
6FC Karl-Marx-Stadt268993330+325
7BSG Sachsenring Zwickau26113123634+225
81. FC Union Berlin2697102635-925
9FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt2687113439-523
10Hallescher FC Chemie2687113241-923
11BSG Wismut Aue2694133240-822
12BSG Chemie Leipzig2677122632-621
13Dynamo Dresden26511102533-821
14BSG Lokomotive Stendal2676132642-1620

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

  1. fuwo, page: 93
  2. 1 2 fuwo, page: 23
  3. "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  4. "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  5. "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  6. fuwo, page: 92
  7. "European Competitions 1968-69". rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  8. 1 2 "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  9. "DDR » Oberliga 1967–68" [DDR-Oberliga 1967–68]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 24 January 2016.

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