1962–63 DDR-Oberliga
| Season | 1962–63 |
|---|---|
| Champions | SC Motor Jena |
| Relegated | |
| European Cup | SC Motor Jena |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | BSG Motor Zwickau |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 541 (2.97 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Peter Ducke (19)[1] |
| Total attendance | 1,802,900[2] |
| Average attendance | 9,906[2] |
← 1961–62 1963–64 → | |
The 1962–63 DDR-Oberliga was the 14th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The league was contested by fourteen teams. SC Motor Jena won the championship, the club's first-ever national East German championship. The club would go on to win two more, then under the name of FC Carl Zeiss Jena.[3][4]
Peter Ducke of SC Motor Jena was the league's top scorer with 19 goals.[1] For the first time the title East German Footballer of the year was awarded, going to Manfred Kaiser of SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt.[5]
On the strength of the 1962–63 title Motor Jena qualified for the 1963–64 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Dinamo Bucharest in the preliminary round. Seventh-placed club BSG Motor Zwickau qualified for the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by MTK Budapest in the second round after having received a bye in the first round.[6]
Table
The 1962–63 season saw two newly promoted clubs, SC Karl-Marx-Stadt and Dynamo Dresden.[7][8]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC Motor Jena (C) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 39 | Qualification to European Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | SC Empor Rostock | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 33 | |
| 3 | ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 31 | |
| 4 | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 28 | |
| 5 | SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 27 | |
| 6 | SC Chemie Halle | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 25 | |
| 7 | BSG Motor Zwickau | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 25 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup second round |
| 8 | SC Turbine Erfurt | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 24 | |
| 9 | SC Rotation Leipzig | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 24 | |
| 10 | SC Dynamo Berlin | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 23 | |
| 11 | SC Aufbau Magdeburg | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 23 | |
| 12 | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 23 | |
| 13 | Dynamo Dresden (R) | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 22 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
| 14 | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg (R) | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 56 | −34 | 17 |
References
- ^ a b "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ a b fuwo, page: 23
- ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ fuwo, page: 92
- ^ "European Competitions 1963-64". rsssf.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR » Oberliga 1962–63" [DDR-Oberliga 1962–63]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 21 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