1985–86 DDR-Oberliga

DDR-Oberliga
Season 1985–86
Champions Berliner FC Dynamo
Relegated

F.C. Hansa Rostock

BSG Sachsenring Zwickau

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

FC Carl Zeiss Jena

1. FC Magdeburg

Stahl Brandenburg

Matches played 182
Goals scored 476 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer Ralf Sträßer (14)[1]
Total attendance 1,782,150[2]
Average attendance 9,411[2]

The 1985–86 DDR-Oberliga was the 37th 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 eighth of ten consecutive East German championships from 1978 to 1988.[3][4]

Ralf Sträßer of 1. FC Union Berlin was the league's top scorer with 14 goals,[5] while René Müller of 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig took out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1985–86 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1986–87 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Brøndby IF in the second round. Second-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and advanced all the way to the final where it lost to Ajax. Third-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1986–87 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out by Bayer 05 Uerdingen in the first round while fourth-placed 1. FC Magdeburg lost to Athletic Bilbao in the first round and fifth-placed Stahl Brandenburg was eliminated by IFK Göteborg in the second round.[7]

Table

The 1985–86 season saw two newly promoted clubs, 1. FC Union Berlin and BSG Sachsenring Zwickau.[8][9]

PosClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Berliner FC Dynamo26121044631+1534
21. FC Lokomotive Leipzig2612863322+1132
3FC Carl Zeiss Jena2691343218+1431
41. FC Magdeburg2691163933+629
5Stahl Brandenburg2610972723+429
6Dynamo Dresden2610884039+128
71. FC Union Berlin269983231+127
8FC Karl-Marx-Stadt269893332+126
9FC Vorwärts Frankfurt268993735+225
10FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt2661284134+724
11BSG Wismut Aue2671093140-924
12Stahl Riesa2678112736-922
13F.C. Hansa Rostock2676133146-1520
14BSG Sachsenring Zwickau2629152756-2913

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 1986–87". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR-Oberliga 1985–86". Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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