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1949–50 DDR-Oberliga

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The 1949–50 DDR-Oberliga, playing as the DS-Liga in its first season as the DDR, the German Democratic Republic was only formed after the start of the season, was the inaugural season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

Season1949–50
ChampionsZSG Horch Zwickau
Relegated
Matches182
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DDR-Oberliga
Season1949–50
ChampionsZSG Horch Zwickau
Relegated
Matches182
Goals668 (3.67 per match)
Top goalscorerHeinz Satrapa (23)[1]
Total attendance1,837,500[2]
Average attendance10,096[2]
← 1949 (Ostzonenmeisterschaft)
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The league was contested by 14 teams and ZSG Horch Zwickau won the championship. It was Zwickau's second and last East German championship, having previously won the 1948 edition under the name SG Planitz.[3][4]

Heinz Satrapa of ZSG Horch Zwickau was the league's top scorer with 23 goals.[5]

Table

The 1949–50 season was the inaugural season of the league.[6][7]

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ZSG Horch Zwickau (C) 26 20 1 5 69 27 +42 41 League champions
2 SG Friedrichstadt[a] 26 18 3 5 87 29 +58 39 Club dissolved
3 BSG Waggonbau Dessau 26 17 3 6 67 36 +31 37
4 BSG KWU Erfurt 26 15 5 6 58 30 +28 35
5 ZSG Union Halle 26 13 5 8 56 38 +18 31
6 BSG Franz Mehring Marga 26 13 5 8 49 48 +1 31
7 BSG Märkische Volksstimme Babelsberg 26 10 4 12 42 66 −24 24
8 ZSG Industrie Leipzig 26 8 6 12 38 45 −7 22
9 Einheit Meerane 26 9 3 14 38 56 −18 21
10 BSG Hans Wendler Stendal 26 7 5 14 31 45 −14 19
11 SG Gera Süd 26 6 7 13 34 54 −20 19
12 ZSG Altenburg[b] 26 6 5 15 34 50 −16 17
13 ZSG Anker Wismar (R) 26 6 5 15 35 60 −25 17 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 BSG Vorwärts Schwerin (R) 26 4 3 19 30 84 −54 11
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Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    SG Friedrichstadt was disbanded at the end of season and scheduled to be replaced by BSG VVB Tabak Dresden but the latter was unable to compete in the league in 1950–51 because it lost a large number of players to clubs from West Germany. The team was than replaced by SG Volkspolizei Dresden
  2. [b]
    ZSG Altenburg defeated ZSG Anker Wismar 3–2 in the relegation play-off

Results

More information Home \ Away, ALT ...
Home \ Away ALT ANK MEE FMM FRI GER STN ZWI IND ERF BAB DES HAL VSW
ZSG Altenburg 2–1 5–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–4 2–2 1–2 2–1
Anker Wismar 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–4 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–4 0–1
Einheit Meerane 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–4 4–1 2–1 2–4 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–4 2–1 2–1
Franz Mehring Marga 5–2 3–2 5–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 4–3 2–3 1–0 2–1
SG Friedrichstadt 4–0 11–0 1–2 8–0 3–1 6–1 1–5 3–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 5–0
Gera Süd 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–5 4–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 5–1
Hans Wendler Stendal 0–1 5–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 0–2 2–2 3–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Horch Zwickau 1–0 3–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–3 2–3 6–0 0–1 1–2 7–1
Industrie Leipzig 1–0 3–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–4 2–2 1–2 1–2 4–0
KWU Erfurt 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 +:-[a] 2–5 3–0 5–0 4–0 2–2 5–2
MV Babelsberg 2–1 2–1 3–4 3–1 2–12 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 2–0 2–5
Motor Dessau 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–3 5–2 3–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 5–1 0–1 10–0
Union Halle 3–3 2–0 1–0 3–4 1–4 6–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 3–5 3–0 1–4 6–0
Vorwärts Schwerin 5–0 0–6 4–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 2–4 1–4 2–6 0–0 1–3 1–1
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    The result of the match between BSG KWU Erfurt and Hans Wendler Stendal (3–4) has been declared invalid. It was scored with a goalless win for Erfurt.

Name changes

East German clubs were subject to frequent name changes in this era. The following 1949–50 DDR-Oberliga clubs changed their name during the off-season and in the season.[6]

More information 1948–49 name, 1950–51 name ...
1948–49 name 1949–50 name 1950–51 name
SG PlanitzZSG Horch ZwickauBSG Motor Zwickau
Waggonbau DessauMotor Dessau
Eintracht ErfurtKWU ErfurtTurbine Erfurt
Union HalleTurbine Halle
Franz Mehring MargaAktivist Brieske-Ost
SG BabelsbergMärkische Volksstimme BabelsbergRotation Babelsberg
Industrie LeipzigChemie Leipzig
SG MeeraneEinheit MeeraneFortschrit Meerane
Hans Wendler StendalLokomotive Stendal
SG GeraMotor Gera
SG Altenburg-NordZSG AltenburgStahl Altenburg
Wismar-SüdAnker Wismar
SG SchwerinVorwärts Schwerin
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