1988–89 DDR-Oberliga
| Season | 1988–89 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dynamo Dresden |
| Relegated | |
| European Cup | Dynamo Dresden |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | BFC Dynamo |
| UEFA Cup | |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 503 (2.76 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Torsten Gütschow (17)[1] |
| Total attendance | 1,857,830[2] |
| Average attendance | 10,208[2] |
← 1987–88 1989–90 → | |
The 1988–89 DDR-Oberliga was the 40th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's seventh out of eight East German championships.[3][4]
Torsten Gütschow of Dynamo Dresden was the league's top scorer with 17 goals,[5] while Andreas Trautmann of Dynamo Dresden took out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]
On the strength of the 1988–89 title Dynamo Dresden qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup where the club was knocked out by AEK Athens in the first round. Second-placed club BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and was knocked out by AS Monaco in the second round. Third-placed FC Karl-Marx-Stadt qualified for the 1989–90 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out by Juventus in the third round while fourth-placed F.C. Hansa Rostock lost to FC Baník Ostrava in the first round.[7]
Table
The 1988–89 season saw two newly promoted clubs, BSG Energie Cottbus and BSG Sachsenring Zwickau.[8][9]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 61 | 26 | +35 | 40 | League champion and Qualified for the European Cup |
| 2 | BFC Dynamo | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 32 | FDGB-Pokal winners and Qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 30 | Qualified for the UEFA Cup |
| 4 | F.C. Hansa Rostock | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 29 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 28 | |
| 6 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 28 | |
| 7 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 28 | |
| 8 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 27 | |
| 9 | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 25 | |
| 10 | BSG Energie Cottbus | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 23 | |
| 11 | Stahl Brandenburg | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 22 | |
| 12 | FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 21 | |
| 13 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 16 | Relegated to DDR-Liga |
| 14 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 53 | −31 | 15 |
References
- ^ fuwo, page: 93
- ^ a b fuwo, page: 23
- ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ fuwo, page: 92
- ^ "European Competitions 1989–90". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR-Oberliga 1988–89". Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 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 (in German) Historic German league tables