1950–51 DDR-Oberliga

For other uses, see 1950–51 Oberliga (disambiguation).

DDR-Oberliga

Season	1950–51
Champions	BSG Chemie Leipzig
Relegated	BSG Turbine Weimar SV Lichtenberg
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,178 (3.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Johannes Schöne (37)
Total attendance	2,635,800
Average attendance	8,614
← 1949–50 1951–52 →

The 1950–51 DDR-Oberliga was the second season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

The league was contested by 18 teams and BSG Chemie Leipzig won the championship after a championship play-off with BSG Turbine Erfurt because the two teams finished on equal points. It was Chemie Leipzig's first-ever East German championship, with the club winning a second one in 1963–64.

Johannes Schöne of BSG Rotation Babelsberg was the league's top scorer with 37 goals, the highest total of any DDR-Oberliga top scorer throughout the history of the league. The 1950–51 season also saw the highest-ever goal average for the league with 3,85 goals scored per game. While the total goals scored was second only to the following season, 1,178 compare to 1,233, the 1951–52 season had 19 instead of 18 clubs in the league and therefore 36 extra season games.

Table

The 1950–51 season saw SG Volkspolizei Dresden take the place of SG Friedrichstadt while SG Union Oberschöneweide, VfB Pankow and SV Lichtenberg 47 moved across from the Stadtliga Berlin and BSG Rotation Dresden, BSG Stahl Thale and BSG Turbine Weimar were promoted from the second level. Originally four clubs were scheduled to be relegated but the two East Berlin clubs SG Union Oberschöneweide and VfB Pankow were allowed to remain in the league for the following season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	BSG Chemie Leipzig (C)	34	22	6	6	66	33	+33	50	Champions
2	BSG Turbine Erfurt	34	22	6	6	80	37	+43	50
3	BSG Motor Zwickau	34	17	9	8	72	35	+37	43
4	SG Volkspolizei Dresden	34	17	9	8	75	40	+35	43
5	BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost	34	20	3	11	87	79	+8	43
6	BSG Turbine Halle	34	16	8	10	74	50	+24	40
7	BSG Stahl Thale	34	17	5	12	82	65	+17	39
8	BSG Rotation Babelsberg	34	18	3	13	95	78	+17	39
9	Motor Dessau	34	14	6	14	68	62	+6	34
10	Fortschritt Meerane	34	12	8	14	65	71	−6	32
11	BSG Stahl Altenburg	34	12	7	15	46	61	−15	31
12	BSG Rotation Dresden	34	12	6	16	64	61	+3	30
13	Motor Gera	34	9	12	13	59	63	−4	30
14	BSG Lokomotive Stendal	34	12	5	17	73	73	0	29
15	SG Union Oberschöneweide	34	9	8	17	49	72	−23	26
16	BSG Turbine Weimar (R)	34	10	6	18	45	71	−26	26	Relegation to the DDR-Liga
17	SV Lichtenberg 47 (R)	34	6	8	20	49	96	−47	20
18	VfB Pankow	34	2	3	29	29	131	−102	7

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Name changes

Compare to the previous season all eleven clubs that had retained their league place changed their name during the off-season and in the season.

1949–50 name	1950–51 name
ZSG Horch Zwickau	BSG Motor Zwickau
Waggonbau Dessau	Motor Dessau
KWU Erfurt	Turbine Erfurt
Union Halle	Turbine Halle
Franz Mehring Marga	Aktivist Brieske-Ost
Märkische Volksstimme Babelsberg	Rotation Babelsberg
Industrie Leipzig	Chemie Leipzig
Einheit Meerane	Fortschrit Meerane
Hans Wendler Stendal	Lokomotive Stendal
SG Gera	Motor Gera
ZSG Altenburg	Stahl Altenburg

References

Sources

• "Das war unser Fußball im Osten" [This was our football in the East]. Fußball-Woche (fuwo) (in German). Berlin: Axel-Springer-Verlag. 1991. {{cite magazine}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

• Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv Template:De icon Historic German league tables