1957 DDR-Oberliga
| Season | 1956 |
|---|---|
| Champions | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| Relegated | BSG Lokomotive StendalSC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| European Cup | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 524 (2.88 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Heinz Kaulmann (15)[1] |
| Total attendance | 2,065,000[2] |
| Average attendance | 11,350[2] |
← 1956 1958 → | |
The 1957 DDR-Oberliga was the ninth season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany. Rather than in the traditional autumn-spring format the Oberliga played for six seasons from 1955 to 1960 in the calendar year format, modelled on the system used in the Soviet Union. From 1961–62 onwards the league returned to its traditional format.
The league was contested by fourteen teams. SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt, incidentally based at Aue and not Karl-Marx-Stadt, won the championship, the club's second consecutive one, having won the 1956 championship as well.[3][4] On the strength of the 1957 title Wismut qualified for the 1958–59 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Young Boys Bern in the quarter finals.[5]
Heinz Kaulmann of ASK Vorwärts Berlin was the league's top scorer with 15 goals.[6]
Table
The 1957 season saw two newly promoted clubs, SC Motor Jena and SC Chemie Halle-Leuna.[7][8]
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 36 |
| 2 | ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 33 |
| 3 | SC Rotation Leipzig | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 32 |
| 4 | SC Motor Jena | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 28 |
| 5 | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 28 |
| 6 | SC Turbine Erfurt | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 27 |
| 7 | SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 26 |
| 8 | SC Einheit Dresden | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 44 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Fortschritt Weißenfels | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | BSG Motor Zwickau | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 43 | -8 | 23 |
| 11 | BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 44 | -15 | 23 |
| 12 | SC Chemie Halle-Leuna | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 51 | -9 | 22 |
| 13 | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 43 | -15 | 22 |
| 14 | SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 62 | -31 | 16 |
Key
| League champion &Qualified for the European Cup | FDGB-Pokal winner | Relegated |
References
- ^ fuwo, page: 93
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "European Competitions 1958-59". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR » Oberliga 1957" [DDR-Oberliga 1957]. 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.
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External links
- Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv Template:De icon Historic German league tables