1974–75 DDR-Oberliga

The 1974–75 DDR-Oberliga was the 26th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

For other uses, see 1974–75 Oberliga (disambiguation).
DDR-Oberliga
Season1974–75
Champions1. FC Magdeburg
Relegated
European Cup1. FC Magdeburg
European Cup Winners' CupBSG Sachsenring Zwickau
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored514 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerManfred Vogel (17)[1]
Total attendance2,209,800[2]
Average attendance12,142[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. 1. FC Magdeburg won the championship, the club's third and last East German championships.[3][4]

Manfred Vogel of BSG Sachsenring Zwickau was the league's top scorer with 17 goals,[5] while Jürgen Pommerenke of 1. FC Magdeburg won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1974–75 title Magdeburg qualified for the 1975–76 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Malmö FF in the first round. Seventh-placed club BSG Sachsenring Zwickau qualified for the 1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and was knocked out by R.S.C. Anderlecht in the semi-finals. Second-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1975–76 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by Stal Mielec while third-placed Dynamo Dresden lost to Liverpool F.C. in the quarter finals.[7]

Table

The 1974–75 season saw two newly promoted clubs Hallescher FC Chemie and ASG Vorwärts Stralsund.[8][9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Magdeburg (C) 26 17 7 2 57 28 +29 41 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 17 4 5 42 23 +19 38 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Dynamo Dresden 26 12 8 6 42 30 +12 32
4 Berliner FC Dynamo 26 10 10 6 47 29 +18 30
5 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt 26 8 10 8 37 31 +6 26
6 BSG Stahl Riesa 26 11 4 11 34 42 −8 26
7 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 9 7 10 42 39 +3 25 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
8 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 9 6 11 37 39 −2 24
9 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 26 9 5 12 37 42 −5 23
10 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 7 8 11 28 38 −10 22
11 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 5 11 10 37 49 −12 21
12 BSG Wismut Aue 26 7 7 12 24 43 −19 21
13 F.C. Hansa Rostock (R) 26 7 6 13 28 38 −10 20 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 ASG Vorwärts Stralsund (R) 26 4 7 15 21 46 −25 15
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 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 1975-76". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. "DDR » Oberliga 1974–75" [DDR-Oberliga 1974–75]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 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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