1985–86 DDR-Oberliga
The 1985–86 DDR-Oberliga was the 37th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
Season | 1985–86 |
---|---|
Champions | BFC Dynamo |
Relegated | |
European Cup | BFC Dynamo |
European Cup Winners' Cup | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
UEFA Cup |
|
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] |
← 1984–85 1986–87 → |
The league was contested by fourteen teams. BFC 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]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Berliner FC Dynamo (C) | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 34 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
2 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 32 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
3 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 31 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
4 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 29 | |
5 | Stahl Brandenburg | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 29 | |
6 | Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 28 | |
7 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 27 | |
8 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 26 | |
9 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 25 | |
10 | FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 24 | |
11 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 24 | |
12 | Stahl Riesa | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 22 | |
13 | F.C. Hansa Rostock (R) | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 20 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
14 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau (R) | 26 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 56 | −29 | 13 |
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
References
- fuwo, page: 93
- fuwo, page: 23
- "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- fuwo, page: 92
- "European Competitions 1986–87". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- "DDR-Oberliga 1985–86". 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.
External links
- Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables