1959 DDR-Oberliga

The 1959 DDR-Oberliga was the eleventh season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany. Rather than in the traditional autumn-spring format the Oberliga played for six seasons from 1955 to 1960 in the calendar year format, modelled on the system used in the Soviet Union. From 1961–62 onwards the league returned to its traditional format.

For other uses, see 1958–59 Oberliga (disambiguation).
DDR-Oberliga
Season1959
ChampionsSC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Relegated
  • SC Turbine Erfurt
  • BSG Lokomotive Stendal
European CupSC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
European Cup Winners' CupASK Vorwärts Berlin
Matches played182
Goals scored476 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorerBernd Bauchspieß (18)[1]
Total attendance1,785,000[2]
Average attendance9,808[2]
← 1958
1960 →

The league was contested by fourteen teams. SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt, incidentally based at Aue and not Karl-Marx-Stadt, won the championship, the club's last of three national East German championships.[3][4] On the strength of the 1959 title Wismut qualified for the 1960–61 European Cup where the club was knocked out by SK Rapid Wien in the first round. League runners-up ASK Vorwärts Berlin qualified for the 1960–61 European Cup Winners' Cup instead of FDGB-Pokal winner SC Dynamo Berlin and was knocked out by Rudá Hvězda Brno in the preliminary round.[5]

Bernd Bauchspieß of Chemie Zeitz was the league's top scorer with 18 goals.[6]

Table

The 1959 season saw two newly promoted clubs, BSG Lokomotive Stendal and Chemie Zeitz.[7][8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (C) 26 17 5 4 44 25 +19 39 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 ASK Vorwärts Berlin 26 13 9 4 49 24 +25 35 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
3 SC Dynamo Berlin 26 14 5 7 46 26 +20 33 FDGB-Pokal winners
4 SC Empor Rostock 26 10 9 7 36 26 +10 29
5 SC Motor Jena 26 10 9 7 29 27 +2 29
6 Fortschritt Weißenfels 26 10 7 9 36 39 −3 27
7 SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg 26 8 8 10 36 30 +6 24
8 BSG Motor Zwickau 26 9 6 11 30 32 −2 24
9 SC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 8 8 10 28 36 −8 24
10 Chemie Zeitz 26 9 6 11 42 52 −10 24
11 SC Rotation Leipzig 26 6 10 10 31 40 −9 22
12 SC Einheit Dresden 26 4 11 11 23 42 −19 19
13 SC Turbine Erfurt (R) 26 6 6 14 27 45 −18 18 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 BSG Lokomotive Stendal (R) 26 4 9 13 19 32 −13 17
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
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References
  1. fuwo, page: 93
  2. fuwo, page: 23
  3. "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  5. "European Competitions 1960-61". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  6. "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  7. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  8. "DDR » Oberliga 1959" [DDR-Oberliga 1959]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.

Sources
  • "Das war unser Fußball im Osten" [This was our football in the East]. Fußball-Woche (fuwo) (in German). Berlin: Axel-Springer-Verlag. 1991.
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