1968–69 DDR-Oberliga
Football league season
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The 1968–69 DDR-Oberliga was the 20th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
| Season | 1968–69 |
|---|---|
| Champions | FC Vorwärts Berlin |
| Relegated | |
| European Cup | FC Vorwärts Berlin |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | 1. FC Magdeburg |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 456 (2.51 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Gerd Kostmann (18)[1] |
| Total attendance | 2,111,000[2] |
| Average attendance | 11,599[2] |
← 1967–68 1969–70 → | |
The league was contested by fourteen teams. National People's Army club FC Vorwärts Berlin won the championship, the club's last of six East German championships.[3][4] It marked, together with a cup win in the following season, the last highlight in the club's history as, two seasons later, Vorwärts was moved from East Berlin to Frankfurt/Oder for political reasons and never again won another national title after the move.[5]
Gerd Kostmann of F.C. Hansa Rostock was the league's top scorer with 18 goals,[6] while Eberhard Vogel of FC Karl-Marx-Stadt won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[7]
On the strength of the 1968–69 title Vorwärts qualified for the 1969–70 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Feyenoord in the quarter-finals. Third-placed club 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by Académica de Coimbra in the second round. Second-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where it was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Ajax while fourth-placed F.C. Hansa Rostock was knocked out by Inter Milan in the second round.[8]
Table
The 1968–69 season saw two newly promoted clubs Berliner FC Dynamo and BSG Stahl Riesa.[9][10]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Vorwärts Berlin (C) | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 34 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 32 | Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 3 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 31 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | F.C. Hansa Rostock | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 29 | Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 5 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 27 | |
| 6 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 27 | |
| 7 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 26 | |
| 8 | FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 25 | |
| 9 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 25 | |
| 10 | Berliner FC Dynamo | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 25 | |
| 11 | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 22 | |
| 12 | BSG Stahl Riesa | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 22 | |
| 13 | 1. FC Union Berlin (R) | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 20 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
| 14 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (R) | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 38 | −21 | 19 |