1967–68 DDR-Oberliga
| Matches played | 182 |
|---|---|
| Goals scored | 474 (2.6 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Gerd Kostmann (15)[1] |
| Total attendance | 2,213,000[2] |
| Average attendance | 12,159[2] |
← 1966–67 → | |
The 1967–68 DDR-Oberliga was the 19th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The league was contested by fourteen teams. FC Carl Zeiss Jena won the championship, the club's second of three East German championships, having previously won the 1962–63 edition under the name of SC Motor Jena.[3][4]
East German Footballer of the year award.[6]
On the strength of the 1967–68 title Jena qualified for the
F.C. Hansa Rostock was knocked out by Fiorentina, also in the second round.[7]
Towards the end of the season BSG Motor Zwickau was renamed to BSG Sachsenring Zwickau, Sachsenring being both a race track and a car manufacturer in East Germany.[8]
Table
The 1967–68 season saw two newly promoted clubs
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena (C) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 39 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | F.C. Hansa Rostock
|
26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 34 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 33 | |
| 4 | FC Vorwärts Berlin
|
26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 28 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 25 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 25 | |
| 7 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 25 | |
| 8 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 25 | Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 9 | FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt
|
26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 23 | |
| 10 | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 23 | |
| 11 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 22 | |
| 12 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 21 | |
| 13 | SG Dynamo Dresden (R)
|
26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 21 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
| 14 | BSG Lokomotive Stendal (R)
|
26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 20 |
Results
Attendances
| # | Football club | Average attendance[10] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SG Dynamo Dresden |
19,615 |
| 2 | Hansa Rostock |
15,808 |
| 3 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
15,692 |
| 4 | Hallescher FC Chemie |
15,231 |
| 5 | RW Erfurt |
14,269 |
| 6 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 13,962 |
| 7 | Chemie Leipzig | 12,885 |
| 8 | Lokomotive Leipzig |
10,769 |
| 9 | Sachsenring Zwickau |
10,000 |
| 10 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 9,923 |
| 11 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 9,308 |
| 12 | Wismut Aue |
9,077 |
| 13 | Vorwärts Berlin |
7,238 |
| 14 | Lokomotive Stendal |
6,038 |
References
- ^ fuwo, page: 93
- ^ a b fuwo, page: 23
- ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ fuwo, page: 92
- ^ "European Competitions 1968-69". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ a b "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR » Oberliga 1967–68" [DDR-Oberliga 1967–68]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ddr/aveddr68.htm
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