1953–54 DDR-Oberliga

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BSG Lokomotive Stendal
  • Motor Dessau
  • BSG Stahl Thale
  • Matches played210
    Goals scored676 (3.22 per match)
    Top goalscorerHeinz Satrapa (21)[1]
    Total attendance2,941,000[2]
    Average attendance14,005[2]

    The 1953–54 DDR-Oberliga was the fifth season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

    The league was contested by fifteen teams, two less than in the previous season, and

    BSG Turbine Erfurt won the championship. It was the first of two championships for the club, winning it the following season as well.[3][4]

    BSG Wismut Aue was the league's top scorer with 21 goals.[1]

    The 1953–54 season saw the best-ever average support for the Oberliga with 14,005 spectators per game.[2]

    Table

    The 1953–54 season saw two newly promoted clubs,

    Einheit Ost Leipzig. The FDGB-Pokal was won by second division DDR-Liga club ZSK Vorwärts Berlin.[5][6]

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
    1
    BSG Turbine Erfurt
    (C)
    28 17 5 6 58 36 1.611 39 League champions
    2 BSG Chemie Leipzig 28 15 5 8 51 37 1.378 35
    3
    SG Dynamo Dresden
    28 15 4 9 54 44 1.227 34
    4 BSG Wismut Aue 28 15 3 10 59 42 1.405 33
    5 BSG Rotation Babelsberg 28 12 8 8 58 43 1.349 32
    6
    BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost
    28 11 8 9 48 43 1.116 30
    7
    BSG Rotation Dresden
    28 9 10 9 46 39 1.179 28
    8 BSG Turbine Halle 28 11 6 11 30 30 1.000 28
    9
    BSG Empor Lauter
    28 8 11 9 40 38 1.053 27
    10 BSG Fortschritt Meerane 28 8 9 11 46 46 1.000 25
    11 BSG Motor Zwickau 28 10 5 13 39 56 0.696 25
    12
    BSG Einheit Ost
    28 9 5 14 43 57 0.754 23
    13
    BSG Lokomotive Stendal
    (R)
    28 6 11 11 38 51 0.745 23 Relegation to DDR-Liga
    14 BSG Motor Dessau (R) 28 7 9 12 38 55 0.691 23
    15 BSG Stahl Thale (R) 28 4 7 17 28 59 0.475 15
    Source: [citation needed]
    (C) Champions; (R) Relegated

    Results

    Home \ Away
    ABO
    CHM
    DRE
    EOL
    EMP
    MEE
    LST
    DES ZWI BAB
    RDD
    THA
    ERF
    HAL AUE
    Aktivist Brieske-Ost
    0–0 3–5 2–1 1–1 4–2 3–3 5–2 3–0 3–1 0–4 4–0 3–1 2–2 3–2
    Chemie Leipzig 3–0 2–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 -:+[a] 2–0 1–0 3–2
    Dynamo Dresden
    1–0 0–3 3–2 0–0 1–3 2–0 4–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 3–0 2–1
    Einheit Ost Leipzig
    2–1 1–5 2–3 2–4 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–2 0–3 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–2
    Empor Lauter
    0–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 2–2 4–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 5–1 1–4 1–0 2–0
    Fortschritt Meerane 1–2 3–1 4–2 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 5–1 0–0 2–0 3–3
    Lokomotive Stendal
    1–2 2–2 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 4–2 0–3 0–1 1–3
    Motor Dessau 2–3 2–4 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–4 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–5 1–1 1–1
    Motor Zwickau 1–0 4–1 0–4 2–1 0–5 3–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–2 2–3
    Rotation Babelsberg 1–1 2–0 5–3 4–2 5–0 4–3 2–0 1–1 2–2 4–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–0
    Rotation Dresden
    1–1 3–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–4 0–2 1–0 0–1
    Stahl Thale 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–4 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–1
    Turbine Erfurt
    2–1 3–0 1–0 3–3 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 5–2 3–2 1–0 3–5 1–0 2–0
    Turbine Halle 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–1
    Wismut Aue 3–1 2–1 1–2 6–2 0–0 4–1 4–0 4–0 1–2 0–1 5–3 3–0 3–2 3–0
    Source: [citation needed]
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    Notes:
    1. ^ The match between Chemie Leipzig and Stahl Thale (originally 6–3) was scored 0–0 and a victory for Thale. The players from Chemie Leipzig, who had changed at their home Georg-Schwarz-Sportpark in Leutzsch, arrived late for the game at the Bruno-Plache-Stadion in Probstheida because of a bus breakdown.

    References

    1. ^ a b "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.
    2. ^ a b c fuwo, page: 23
    3. ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
    4. ^ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
    5. ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
    6. ^ "DDR » Oberliga 1953/1954" [DDR-Oberliga 1953–54]. 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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