1953–54 DDR-Oberliga
| Season | 1953–54 |
|---|---|
| Champions | BSG Turbine Erfurt |
| Relegated | BSG Lokomotive StendalMotor DessauBSG Stahl Thale |
| Matches played | 210 |
| Goals scored | 676 (3.22 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Heinz Satrapa (21)[1] |
| Total attendance | 2,941,000[2] |
| Average attendance | 14,005[2] |
← 1952–53 1954–55 → | |
The 1953–54 DDR-Oberliga was the fifth season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The league was contested by fifteen teams, two less than in the previous season, and BSG Turbine Erfurt won the championship. It was the first of two championships for the club, winning it the following season as well.[3][4]
Heinz Satrapa of BSG Wismut Aue was the league's top scorer with 21 goals.[1]
The 1953–54 season saw the best-ever average support for the Oberliga with 14,005 spectators per game.[2]
Table
The 1953–54 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Fortschritt Meerane and Einheit Ost Leipzig. The FDGB-Pokal was won by second division DDR-Liga club Vorwärts Berlin.[5][6]
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAvg | Pts |
| 1 | BSG Turbine Erfurt | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 36 | 1,61 | 39 |
| 2 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 37 | 1,38 | 35 |
| 3 | Dynamo Dresden | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 54 | 44 | 1,23 | 34 |
| 4 | BSG Wismut Aue | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 59 | 42 | 1,41 | 33 |
| 5 | BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 43 | 1,35 | 32 |
| 6 | BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 43 | 1,12 | 30 |
| 7 | BSG Rotation Dresden | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 39 | 1,18 | 28 |
| 8 | BSG Turbine Halle | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 30 | 1,00 | 28 |
| 9 | Empor Lauter | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 38 | 1,05 | 27 |
| 10 | Fortschritt Meerane | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 46 | 1,00 | 25 |
| 11 | BSG Motor Zwickau | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 56 | 0,70 | 25 |
| 12 | Einheit Ost Leipzig | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 57 | 0,754 | 23 |
| 13 | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 51 | 0,745 | 23 |
| 14 | Motor Dessau | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 55 | 0,69 | 23 |
| 15 | BSG Stahl Thale | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 59 | 0,48 | 15 |
Key
| League champion | FDGB-Pokal winner | Relegated |
References
- ^ a b "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ a b c fuwo, page: 23
- ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR » Oberliga 1953/1954" [DDR-Oberliga 1953–54]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 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.
External links
- Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv Template:De icon Historic German league tables