List of Dynamo Dresden seasons

A season-by-season record of SG Dynamo Dresden, who were founded as SG Volkspolizei Dresden in 1950.

Key

Key to league record: P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

Key to rounds: R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Seasons

Dynamo face Bayern Munich in the 1973–74 European Cup

The championship-winning squad of 1975–76

Dynamo Dresden win the FDGB Pokal in 1977

Dynamo Dresden's 1980–1981 squad

Dynamo Dresden's 1982–1983 squad

Dynamo Dresden's 1986–1987 squad

Dynamo Dresden's squad celebrate the title in 1989

Dynamo Dresden's 1990–1991 squad

Season	League										Domestic Cup[1]	Europe/Local		Top goalscorer(s)		Average attendance	Notes
	Division	Tier	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Name	Goals
1950–51	DDR-Oberliga	1	34	17	9	8	75	40	43	4th				Günter Schröter	32
1951–52	DDR-Oberliga	1	36	23	3	10	79	53	49	2nd	Winners			Gerhard Hänsicke	24
1952–53	DDR-Oberliga	1	32	15	8	9	51	33	38	1st				Günter Schröter	15
1953–54	DDR-Oberliga	1	28	15	4	9	54	44	34	3rd				Karl-Heinz Holze	12		[2]
1954–55	DDR-Liga (Staffel 3)	2	12	3	3	6	21	24	9	10th
1955	2. DDR-Liga Süd	3	13	6	5	2	24	20	17	4th							[3]
1956	2. DDR-Liga Süd	3	26	6	6	14	37	29	18	13th
1957	Bezirksliga Dresden	4	26	16	8	2	72	23	40	1st	Round 2
1958	2. DDR-Liga (Staffel 4)	3	26	19	4	3	80	25	42	1st
1959	DDR-Liga	2	26	10	5	11	48	41	25	7th
1960	DDR-Liga	2	26	13	5	8	57	42	31	3rd	Round 2
1961–62	DDR-Liga	2	39	25	10	4	57	42	31	1st							[3]
1962–63	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	8	6	12	36	45	22	13th
1963–64	DDR-Liga Süd	2	30	20	9	1	57	14	49	1st
1964–65	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	9	5	12	34	38	23	10th
1965–66	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	11	6	9	34	31	28	5th	Round of 16			Klaus Engels	8	25,615
1966–67	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	11	5	10	35	31	27	4th				Hans-Jürgen Kreische	8	20,538
1967–68	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	5	11	10	25	33	21	13th	Quarter-final	Fairs Cup	R1			19,615
1968–69	DDR-Liga Süd	2	30	20	7	3	57	9	47	1st	Quarter-final
1969–70	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	13	5	8	36	26	31	3rd	Quarter-final					18,500
1970–71	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	18	3	5	56	29	39	1st	Winners	Fairs Cup	R2	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	17	22,769
1971–72	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	12	9	5	59	30	33	3rd	Runners-Up	European Cup	R1	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	14	23,038
1972–73	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	18	6	2	61	30	42	1st	Quarter-final	UEFA Cup	QF	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	26	24,231
1973–74	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	15	5	6	55	40	35	3rd	Runners-Up	European Cup	R2	Peter Kotte	12	27,231
1974–75	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	12	8	6	42	30	32	3rd	Runners-Up	UEFA Cup	R3			25,923
1975–76	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	19	5	2	70	23	43	1st	Semi-final	UEFA Cup	QF	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	24	28,308
1976–77	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	16	6	4	66	27	38	1st	Winners	European Cup	QF	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	13	29,385
1977–78	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	18	5	3	70	25	41	1st	Runners-Up	European Cup	R2	Peter Kotte	11	30,231
1978–79	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	15	9	2	59	19	39	2nd	Semi-final	European Cup	QF			24,154
1979–80	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	20	2	4	65	22	42	2nd	Semi-final	UEFA Cup	R2	Gerd Weber	16	24,615
1980–81	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	16	2	8	49	37	34	4th	Semi-final	UEFA Cup	R3			25,769
1981–82	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	15	4	7	50	24	34	2nd	Winners	UEFA Cup	R2	Ralf Minge	14	22,462
1982–83	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	12	5	9	51	43	29	7th	Semi-final	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Ralf Minge	17	22,538
1983–84	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	14	9	3	61	28	37	2nd	Winners			Ralf Minge	17	25,154
1984–85	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	15	8	3	69	34	38	2nd	Winners	Cup Winners' Cup	QF	Torsten Gütschow	17	24,769
1985–86	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	10	8	8	40	39	28	6th	Semi-final	Cup Winners' Cup	QF	Ralf Minge	9	19,769
1986–87	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	13	10	3	52	24	36	2nd	Quarter-final			Ralf Minge	14	19,000
1987–88	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	12	9	5	47	24	33	3rd	Quarter-final	UEFA Cup	R1	Torsten Gütschow	9	19,308
1988–89	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	16	8	2	61	26	40	1st	Round 3	UEFA Cup	SF	Torsten Gütschow	17	22,215
1989–90	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	12	12	2	47	26	36	1st	Winners	European Cup	R1	Torsten Gütschow	18	20,230
1990–91	NOFV-Oberliga	1	26	12	8	6	48	28	32	2nd	Round 3	European Cup	QF	Torsten Gütschow	20	10,013	[4]
1991–92	Bundesliga	1	38	12	10	16	34	50	34	14th	Round 4	Banned		Torsten Gütschow	10	16,642	[5]
1992–93	Bundesliga	1	34	7	13	14	32	49	27	15th	Round 2			Uwe Jähnig	5	15,650
1993–94	Bundesliga	1	34	10	14	10	33	44	30	13th	Semi-final			Olaf Marschall	11	15,984	[6]
1994–95	Bundesliga	1	34	4	8	22	33	68	16	18th	Round 3			Johnny Ekström	7	16,700	[7]
1995–96	Regionalliga Nordost	3	34	19	10	5	46	23	67	4th	Round 1	Saxony Cup	R1	Igor Lazič	15	5,221	[8]
1996–97	Regionalliga Nordost	3	34	16	6	11	57	38	57	7th		Saxony Cup	R2	Torsten Gütschow	12	4,422
1997–98	Regionalliga Nordost	3	34	17	9	8	60	39	60	2nd		Saxony Cup	R4	Torsten Gütschow	16	4,232
1998–99	Regionalliga Nordost	3	34	10	8	16	43	44	38	11th		Saxony Cup	R4	Nico Patschinski	12	3,309
1999–2000	Regionalliga Nordost	3	34	13	13	8	44	34	52	8th		Saxony Cup	R2	Rico Hanke	8	6,173	[9]
2000–01	Oberliga Nordost-Süd	4	34	16	8	10	58	35	56	5th		Saxony Cup	R2	Vladimir Manislavić	11	3,833
2001–02	Oberliga Nordost-Süd	4	34	24	6	2	61	16	78	1st				Denis Koslov	16	5,328	[10][11]
2002–03	Regionalliga Nord	3	34	13	11	10	34	34	50	7th		Saxony Cup	W	Thomas Neubert	8	6,671
2003–04	Regionalliga Nord	3	34	18	11	5	51	26	65	2nd	Round 1	Saxony Cup	RU	Maik Wagefeld	10	8,702
2004–05	2. Bundesliga	2	34	15	4	15	48	53	49	8th	Round 1			Klemen Lavric	17	16,316
2005–06	2. Bundesliga	2	34	11	8	15	39	45	41	15th	Round 2			Joshua Kennedy	7	15,614
2006–07	Regionalliga Nord	3	36	16	7	13	54	45	55	7th	Round 1	Saxony Cup	W	Alexander Ludwig	11	13,406
2007–08	Regionalliga Nord	3	36	15	10	11	45	39	55	8th	Round 1	Saxony Cup	SF	Thomas Bröker Pavel Dobry	9	9,343
2008–09	3. Liga	3	38	13	11	14	46	46	50	9th		Saxony Cup	R1	Halil Savran	14	10,948	[12]
2009–10	3. Liga	3	38	14	8	16	39	46	50	12th	Round 1	Saxony Cup	SF	Halil Savran	12	14,440
2010–11	3. Liga	3	38	19	8	11	55	37	65	3rd		Saxony Cup	QF	Alexander Esswein	17	17,225	[13]
2011–12	2. Bundesliga	2	34	12	9	13	50	52	45	9th	Round 2			Zlatko Dedić	13	26,401	[14]
2012–13	2. Bundesliga	2	34	9	10	15	35	49	37	16th	Round 2			Mickaël Poté	6	24,964	[15]
2013–14	2. Bundesliga	2	34	5	17	12	36	53	32	17th	Banned			Mohamed Aoudia Zlatko Dedić	6	27,004	[16]
2014–15	3. Liga	3	38	16	8	14	52	48	56	6th	Round 3	Saxony Cup	QF	Justin Eilers	19	22,748
2015–16	3. Liga	3	38	21	15	2	75	35	78	1st		Saxony Cup	SF	Justin Eilers	23	27,544
2016–17	2. Bundesliga	2	34	13	11	10	53	46	50	5th	Round 2			Stefan Kutschke	16	28,515
2017–18	2. Bundesliga	2	34	11	8	15	42	52	41	14th	Round 2			Lucas Röser	9	28,017
2018–19	2. Bundesliga	2	34	11	9	14	41	48	42	12th	Round 1			Moussa Koné	9	28,434
2019–20	2. Bundesliga	2	34	8	8	18	32	58	32	18th	Round 2			Moussa Koné	7	20,824

Notes

1. FDGB-Pokal until 1991, DFB Pokal thereafter. The FDGB-Pokal was named the NOFV-Pokal for its final season.
2. In 1954, Dynamo Dresden were moved to Berlin to form Dynamo Berlin. The club was left to reform in the second-tier DDR-Liga.
3. From 1955 to 1960 the East German league operated by calendar year.
4. After German reunification in 1990, the DDR-Oberliga was named the NOFV-Oberliga, and was used to determine qualification for East German teams in the unified German football league system
5. Dynamo were banned for two years from European competition after their fans rioted in their 1990–91 European Cup quarter-final against Red Star Belgrade.
6. Dynamo were docked 4 points in 1993–94 for financial mismanagement
7. In 1995, Dynamo were relegated two levels into the Regionalliga Nordost for failing to meet the financial requirements for a professional licence
8. The German league changed from 2 points to 3 points for a win in 1995
9. The Regionalliga was reduced from four leagues to two in 2000, so the bottom 11 teams in the Regionalliga Nordost were all relegated
10. Dynamo beat Hertha BSC (A), champions of the Oberliga Nordost-Nord, in a playoff to reach the Regionalliga Nord
11. Dynamo were suspended from the Saxony Cup in 2001–02 for providing too few referees in previous seasons
12. A new, national 3. Liga was founded in 2008
13. Dynamo faced VfL Osnabrück, who had finished 16th in the 2. Bundesliga, in a playoff, and won 4–2 on aggregate to earn promotion to the second tier.
14. Dynamo Dresden's home game with FC Ingolstadt 04 during the 2011–12 season was played behind closed doors, after Dynamo's fans had rioted during an earlier DFB-Pokal tie with Borussia Dortmund. With this match taken into account, Dynamo's average attendance is 24,848
15. Dynamo faced VfL Osnabrück, who had finished 3rd in the 3. Liga, in a playoff, and won 2–1 on aggregate to stay in the 2. Bundesliga
16. Dynamo were banned from the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal due to their fans rioting in the previous season's competition.

References

• "SAISON - ARCHIV". Dynamo Dresden (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2010.