1976–77 DDR-Oberliga

DDR-Oberliga
Season 1976–77
Champions Dynamo Dresden
Relegated

Stahl Riesa

F.C. Hansa Rostock

European Cup Dynamo Dresden
European Cup Winners' Cup 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
UEFA Cup

1. FC Magdeburg

FC Carl Zeiss Jena

Matches played 182
Goals scored 500 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer Joachim Streich (17)[1]
Total attendance 2,516,500[2]
Average attendance 13,827[2]

The 1976–77 DDR-Oberliga was the 28th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's fifth of eight East German championships.[3][4] Dynamo Dresden to went on to win the FDGB-Pokal as well, defeating 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig in the final and thereby repeating its double.[1]

Joachim Streich of 1. FC Magdeburg was the league's top scorer with 17 goals, the first of four occasions to finish as league top scorer, a record jointly held with Hans-Jürgen Kreische,[5] while Hans-Jürgen Dörner of Dynamo Dresden won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1976–77 title Dresden qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup where the club was knocked out by eventual winners Liverpool in the second round. Fourth-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal runners-up and was knocked out by Real Betis in the second round. Second-placed 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1977–78 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the quarter finals by PSV Eindhoven while third-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena lost to SEC Bastia, also in the quarter finals.[7]

Table

The 1976–77 season saw two newly promoted clubs 1. FC Union Berlin and F.C. Hansa Rostock.[8][9]

PosClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Dynamo Dresden2616646627+3938
21. FC Magdeburg2614664728+1934
3FC Carl Zeiss Jena2614574531+1433
4Berliner FC Dynamo2614484327+1632
51. FC Lokomotive Leipzig2610974029+1129
6FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt268992735-825
7Hallescher FC Chemie2671093439-524
8BSG Sachsenring Zwickau2678113234-222
9FC Karl-Marx-Stadt26102143539-422
10BSG Wismut Aue26610102745-1822
111. FC Union Berlin2677123042-1221
12FC Vorwärts Frankfurt2693142336-1321
13Stahl Riesa2685132847-1921
14F.C. Hansa Rostock2668122341-1820

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

  1. 1 2 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 1977-78". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1976–77". Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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