East German football champions
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The East German football champions were the annual winners of the DDR-Oberliga
. The 1948 and 1949 East German champions were determined in a single elimination tournament of three rounds. A nationwide football league, the DDR-Oberliga
, was established for the 1949–50 season. The Oberliga was dissolved after the 1990–91 season.
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...
. The 1948 and 1949 East German champions were determined in a single elimination tournament of three rounds. A nationwide football league, the DDR-Oberliga
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...
, was established for the 1949–50 season. The Oberliga was dissolved after the 1990–91 season.
| Season | Champion | Runners-up | Third | Top scorer (goals) |
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| 1949 1949 Ostzonenmeisterschaft The Ostzonenmeisterschaft 1949 was the second association football championship in what was to become East Germany. As in the previous season, it was played in a one-leg knock-out format with ten participating teams. Each of the five Länder—Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia... |
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| 1949–50 | (1) |  (23) |
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| 1950–51 | (1) | (37) |
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| 1951–52 | (2) | (27) |
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| 1952–53 | (1) | (26) |
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| 1953–54 | (1) | (21) |
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| 1954–55 | (2) | (22) |
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| 1955 The 1955 season was a transitionary season and neither was a championship awarded nor were clubs relegated. Due to the transition from a fall-spring to a spring-fall schedule starting with 1956, teams only met each other once from August to December 1955. | (12) |
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| 1956 | (1) | (18) |
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| 1957 | (2) | (15) |
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| 1958 | (1) | (17) |
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| 1959 | (3) | (18) |
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| 1960 | (2) | (25) |
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| 1961–62In the 1961–62 season the DDR-Oberliga returned from a spring-fall to fall-spring schedule, the teams thus met each other three times. The third meeting was held on neutral ground. | (3) | (23) |
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| 1962–63 | (1) | (19) |
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| 1963–64 | (2) | (15) |
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| 1964–65 | (4) | (14) |
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| 1965–66 | (5) | (22) |
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| 1966–67 | (1) | (17) |
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| 1967–68 | (2) | (15) |
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| 1968–69 | (6) | (18) |
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| 1969–70 | (3) | (12) |
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| 1970–71 | (2) | Hallescher FC Chemie | (17) |
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| 1971–72 | (1) | 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:... |
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| 1972–73 | (3) | (26) |
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| 1973–74 | (2) | (20) |
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| 1974–75 | (3) | (17) |
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| 1975–76 | (4) | 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:... |
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| 1976–77 | (5) | (17) |
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| 1977–78 | (6) | 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:... |
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| 1978–79 | 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:... (1) |
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| 1979–80 | 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:... (2) |
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| 1980–81 | 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:... (3) |
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| 1981–82 | 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:... (4) |
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| 1982–83 | 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:... (5) |
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| 1983–84 | 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:... (6) |
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| 1984–85 | 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:... (7) |
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| 1985–86 | 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:... (8) |
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| 1986–87 | 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:... (9) |
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| 1987–88 | 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:... (10) |
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| 1988–89 | (7) | 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:... |
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| 1989–90 | (8) | (18) |
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| 1990–91 | (1) |  (20) |