DDR-Oberliga 1971-72
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The 1971/72 DDR-Oberliga
season was the 22nd season of the top football league in East Germany. As in the previous season, 14 teams from all over the GDR competed. The teams played each other twice, once at home and once on the road. Two points were awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss.
1972 saw 1. FC Magdeburg
win their first of eventually three Oberliga titles.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World...
season was the 22nd season of the top football league in East Germany. As in the previous season, 14 teams from all over the GDR competed. The teams played each other twice, once at home and once on the road. Two points were awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss.
1972 saw 1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated...
win their first of eventually three Oberliga titles.
League standings
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated... (C) |
26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 23 | 38-14 |
| 2 | Berliner FC Dynamo Berliner FC Dynamo Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:... |
26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 35-17 |
| 3 | Dynamo Dresden Dynamo Dresden SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles... |
26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 59 | 30 | 33-19 |
| 4 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss... |
26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 31-21 |
| 5 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 36 | |
| 27-25 | ||||||||
| 6 | Hallescher FC Chemie Hallescher FC Hallescher FC is a German association football club based in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:The club's roots are in the 1946 formation of SG Glaucha in Soviet-occupied East Germany around the core of Hallescher Fußball-Club Wacker which was founded in 1900... |
26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 44 | |
| 27-25 | ||||||||
| 7 | BSG Sachsenring 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... |
26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 25-27 |
| 8 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 31 | |
| 25-27 | ||||||||
| 9 | Hansa Rostock | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 24 | 24-28 |
| 10 | BSG Wismut Aue 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... |
26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 46 | |
| 23-29 | ||||||||
| 11 | 1. FC Union Berlin 1. FC Union Berlin 1. FC Union Berlin is a German association football club based in Berlin. It is one of two sides in the city bearing the name Union that emerged during the Cold War and played in East Germany, while the other played in the west. The club currently plays in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-Foundation to... |
26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 32 | |
| 21-31 | ||||||||
| 12 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 48 | |
| 19-33 | ||||||||
| 13 | BSG Stahl Riesa Stahl Riesa TSV Stahl Riesa is a German association football club from Riesa in Saxony.-History:The club was founded as SC Riesa in 1903 in the cellar of the local pub "Bodega" and was re-named Riesaer SV two years later... |
26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 41 | |
| 18-34 | ||||||||
| 14 | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 48 | |
| 18-34 |
| (C) | 1971/72 DDR-Oberliga champions |
| Qualified for the European Cup European Cup 1972-73 The 1972–73 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by for the third consecutive time by Ajax in the final against Juventus at Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade... |
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| Qualified for the UEFA Cup | |
| Qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | |
| Relegated to DDR-Liga DDR-Liga The DDR-Liga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the second level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Bundesliga in West Germany.-1950-1955:The league was established with two divisions of ten teams each in 1950... |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points