Overview

After the conclusion of the 1954-55 season

DDR-Oberliga 1954-55

-Overview:It was contested by 14 teams, and SC Turbine Erfurt won the championship.-League standings:-References:...

, the Oberliga was supposed to be played exclusively in the summer months, as was the standard in the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

. As it was deemed impractical to not hold a competition for almost a year (the 1954-55 season had ended in April, the 1956 season was slated to begin in March) a transition championship was played. 14 clubs competed, but neither a champion was determined, nor was any club relegated.

League standings

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Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt FC Erzgebirge Aue FC Erzgebirge Aue is a German football club based in Aue, Saxony. The former East German side was a charter member of the 3. Liga in 2008–09, after being relegated from the 2. Bundesliga in 2007–08. The city of Aue has a population of about 18,000 making it one of the smallest cities to ever...	13	8	4	1	30	13
20
2	SC Empor Rostock	13	8	3	2	25	13
19
3	SC Dynamo Berlin SC Dynamo Berlin The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was a training center for the Sports Club Dynamo .-Sporting spectrum:...	13	8	2	3	35	12
18
4	BSG Motor Zwickau FSV Zwickau FSV Zwickau is a German association football club located in Zwickau, Saxony. Today's club claims as part of its complex heritage sides that were East Germany's first champions: 1948 Ostzone winners SG Planitz and 1950 DDR-Oberliga champions ZSG Horch Zwickau.-History:In addition to the earliest...	13	7	3	3	36	21
17
5	BSG Rotation Babelsberg Fortuna Babelsberg Fortuna Babelsberg is a German football club from the south-eastern part of the city of Potsdam in Brandenburg. A former East German side, they currently play in the Landesliga Brandenburg-Nord, the 7th tier of the German football league system....	13	6	3	4	29	24
15
6	SC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Sachsen Leipzig FC Sachsen Leipzig was a German football club from Leipzig, Saxony. The roots of the club go back to 1899 and the founding of Britannia Leipzig. Following World War I, a 1919 merger with FC Hertha 05 Leipzig created Leipziger Sportverein 1899...	13	6	2	5	21	17
14
7	Fortschritt Weißenfels	13	5	3	5	19	20
13
8	SC Turbine Erfurt FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt is a German association football club based in Erfurt, Thuringia.-Foundation to World War II:The club has roots that go back to a cricket club founded in 1895. As they broadened their interests they came to be called Sport Club Erfurt...	13	5	3	5	16	18
13
9	BSG Lokomotive Stendal Lok Stendal 1. FC Lok Stendal is a German association football club that plays in Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt.- History :Founded in 1909, FC Viktoria Stendal was dissolved in the aftermath of World War II and re-established in Soviet-occupied East Germany in 1945 as SG Stendal-Nord. The club underwent a number of...	13	5	1	7	16	31
11
10	ASK Vorwärts Berlin FC Viktoria Frankfurt Frankfurter FC Viktoria is a German association football club based in Frankfurt , Brandenburg. The club was originally founded in East Germany as the army club SV Vorwärts der HVA Leipzig in 1951 in the city of Leipzig.- History :One of the characteristics of East German football after World War...	13	4	2	7	26	28
10
11	SC Rotation Leipzig Lokomotive Leipzig 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig is a German football club based in the city of Leipzig in Saxony and may be more familiar to many of the country's football fans as the historic side VfB Leipzig, the first national champions of Germany...	13	4	2	7	16	27
10
12	SC Einheit Dresden	13	3	2	8	21	24
8
13	SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg	13	4	0	9	17	33
8
14	BSG Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer FC is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony.The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 1933 in 1933 after the collapse of former Chemnitzer BC 1899....	13	2	2	9	16	42
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