1971–72 DDR-Oberliga

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  • Dynamo Dresden
    • Matches played182
    Goals scored482 (2.65 per match)
    Top goalscorerHans-Jürgen Kreische (14)[1]
    Total attendance2,071,700[2]
    Average attendance11,383[2]
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    The 1971–72 DDR-Oberliga was the 23rd season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

    The league was contested by fourteen teams. 1. FC Magdeburg won the championship, the club's first of three East German championships.[3][4]

    East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

    On the strength of the 1971–72 title Magdeburg qualified for the

    BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1972–73 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the third round by Liverpool F.C. while third-placed Dynamo Dresden lost to the same club in the quarter-finals.[7]

    Before the start of the season

    BFC Dynamo. BFC Dynamo was supported by the Ministry for State Security and its head Erich Mielke.[10] The relocation was allegedly driven by Erich Mielke, who wanted to create better sporting conditions for BFC Dynamo in East Berlin, and his fellow Politburo member and SED First Secretary in Bezirk Frankfurt Erich Mückenberger, who anticipated a boost for the Frankfurt/Oder region.[11]

    Table

    The 1971–72 season saw two newly promoted clubs

    ASG Vorwärts Stralsund.[12][13]

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 1. FC Magdeburg (C) 26 17 4 5 48 23 +25 38 Qualification to
    European Cup first round
    2
    BFC Dynamo
    		 26 13 9 4 45 20 +25 35 Qualification to
    UEFA Cup first round
    3
    SG Dynamo Dresden
    		 26 12 9 5 59 30 +29 33
    4 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 12 7 7 42 34 +8 31 Qualification to
    Cup Winners' Cup first round
    5
    FC Vorwärts Frankfurt
    		 26 9 9 8 33 36 −3 27
    6 Hallescher FC Chemie 26 10 7 9 40 44 −4 27
    7 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 7 11 8 26 25 +1 25
    8 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 9 7 10 30 31 −1 25
    9
    F.C. Hansa Rostock
    		 26 8 8 10 27 24 +3 24
    10 BSG Wismut Aue 26 7 9 10 34 46 −12 23
    11 1. FC Union Berlin 26 5 11 10 21 32 −11 21
    12 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 7 5 14 34 48 −14 19
    13
    BSG Stahl Riesa
    (R)     		26 5 8 13 23 41 −18 18 Relegation to DDR-Liga
    14
    ASG Vorwärts Stralsund
    (R)     		26 6 6 14 20 48 −28 18
    Source: [citation needed]
    (C) Champions; (R) Relegated

    Results

    Home \ Away
    BFC
    		 CZJ DRE HFC
    HRO
    		 KMS LOK MAG SZW STR UNI
    VFO
    VST
    AUE
    BFC Dynamo
    		 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 4–0 5–1
    Carl Zeiss Jena 3–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 6–2 4–0 1–0 1–0
    Dynamo Dresden 2–2 5–1 6–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 5–2 4–2 4–1 0–0 6–0 5–3
    Hallescher FC Chemie 3–8 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 5–1 2–1 0–0 3–2
    Hansa Rostock
    		 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 5–1 4–0
    Karl-Marx-Stadt 0–1 2–1 1–5 4–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1
    Lokomotive Leipzig 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–2 2–0 7–1 3–2
    1. FC Magdeburg 1–0 5–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 5–0
    Sachsenring Zwickau 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
    Stahl Riesa 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 5–1 1–0 1–0
    Union Berlin 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 4–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0
    Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder)
    		 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–3 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–1
    Vorwärts Stralsund
    		 3–3 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–3
    Wismut Aue
    		 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 4–3 2–0 2–0 2–4 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0
    Source: [citation needed]
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    References

    1. ^ fuwo, page: 93
    2. ^ a b 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 1972-73". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
    8. ^ Müller, Ronny (18 December 2015). "Club der Bessergestellten". Sportbuzzer (in German). Hannover: Sportbuzzer GmbH. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
    9. ^ Schwaß, Robert (14 August 2021). "Frankfurter DDR-Kicker feiern ihren Verein und alte Erfolge". www.rbb24.de (in German). Berlin: Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
    10. ^ fuwo, page: 34 & 35
    11. ISBN 978-0-230-22784-2
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    12. ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
    13. ^ "DDR » Oberliga 1971–72" [DDR-Oberliga 1971–72]. 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.

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