1976–77 DDR-Oberliga

The 1976–77 DDR-Oberliga was the 28th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga

Season	1976–77
Champions	Dynamo Dresden
Relegated	BSG Stahl Riesa F.C. Hansa Rostock
European Cup	Dynamo Dresden
European Cup Winners' Cup	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
UEFA Cup	1. FC Magdeburg FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Matches played	182
Goals scored	500 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joachim Streich (17)[1]
Total attendance	2,516,500[2]
Average attendance	13,827[2]
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's fifth of eight East German championships.^[3][4] Dynamo Dresden went on to win the FDGB-Pokal as well, defeating 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig in the final and thereby repeating its double.^[1]

Joachim Streich of 1. FC Magdeburg was the league's top scorer with 17 goals, the first of four occasions to finish as league top scorer, a record jointly held with Hans-Jürgen Kreische,^[5] while Hans-Jürgen Dörner of Dynamo Dresden won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.^[6]

On the strength of the 1976–77 title Dresden qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup where the club was knocked out by eventual winners Liverpool in the second round. Fourth-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal runners-up and was knocked out by Real Betis in the second round. Second-placed 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1977–78 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the quarter-finals by PSV Eindhoven while third-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena lost to SEC Bastia, also in the quarter-finals.^[7]

Table

The 1976–77 season saw two newly promoted clubs 1. FC Union Berlin and F.C. Hansa Rostock.^[8][9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SG Dynamo Dresden (C)	26	16	6	4	66	27	+39	38	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	1. FC Magdeburg	26	14	6	6	47	28	+19	34	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	26	14	5	7	45	31	+14	33
4	BFC Dynamo	26	14	4	8	43	27	+16	32
5	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	26	10	9	7	40	29	+11	29	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt	26	8	9	9	27	35	−8	25
7	Hallescher FC Chemie	26	7	10	9	34	39	−5	24
8	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	26	7	8	11	32	34	−2	22
9	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	26	10	2	14	35	39	−4	22
10	BSG Wismut Aue	26	6	10	10	27	45	−18	22
11	1. FC Union Berlin	26	7	7	12	30	42	−12	21
12	FC Vorwärts Frankfurt	26	9	3	14	23	36	−13	21
13	BSG Stahl Riesa (R)	26	8	5	13	28	47	−19	21	Relegation to DDR-Liga
14	F.C. Hansa Rostock (R)	26	6	8	12	23	41	−18	20

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BFC	CZJ	DRE	HFC	HRO	KMS	LOK	MAG	RWE	SZW	STR	UNI	VFO	AUE
BFC Dynamo		2–0	2–1	2–1	6–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1
Carl Zeiss Jena	2–0		0–2	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	5–3	2–1	2–1	4–2	3–2	2–0	4–2
Dynamo Dresden	2–1	1–1		4–0	6–2	3–0	3–1	1–0	7–2	5–2	4–0	3–2	7–1	4–0
Hallescher FC Chemie	1–1	1–1	3–1		1–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	7–0
Hansa Rostock	2–3	1–2	0–0	0–0		2–0	2–5	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
Karl-Marx-Stadt	2–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	3–0		2–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	5–1
Lokomotive Leipzig	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	4–1		3–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	4–2
1. FC Magdeburg	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–0		0–1	1–0	3–0	5–1	2–0	1–0
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0		0–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1
Sachsenring Zwickau	3–4	3–1	1–2	6–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–3	2–2		2–0	1–2	1–0	3–1
Stahl Riesa	0–3	0–2	0–2	3–0	4–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–1		2–4	0–0	2–0
Union Berlin	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1		1–0	0–1
Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder)	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–0	5–1	1–0		1–0
Wismut Aue	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	6–0	2–2	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. fuwo, page: 93
2. fuwo, page: 23
3. "East Germany - List of Champions". RSSSF. 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 1977-78". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
8. "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
9. "DDR-Oberliga 1976–77". 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