1966–67 DDR-Oberliga
| Season | 1966–67 |
|---|---|
| Champions | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| Relegated | |
| European Cup | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | BSG Motor Zwickau |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 500 (2.75 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Hartmut Rentzsch (17)[1] |
| Total attendance | 1,832,000[2] |
| Average attendance | 10,066[2] |
← 1965–66 1967–68 → | |
The 1966–67 DDR-Oberliga was the 18th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The league was contested by fourteen teams. FC Karl-Marx-Stadt won the championship, the club's sole national East German championship, being a separate club from SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt, a club that won three championships in the 1950s.[3][4]
Hartmut Rentzsch of BSG Motor Zwickau was the league's top scorer with 17 goals,[5] while Dieter Erler of FC Karl-Marx-Stadt won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]
On the strength of the 1966–67 title Karl-Marx-Stadt qualified for the 1967–68 European Cup where the club was knocked out by R.S.C. Anderlecht in the first round. Third-placed club BSG Motor Zwickau qualified for the 1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by FC Torpedo Moscow in the first round. Second-placed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1967–68 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by FK Vojvodina while fourth-placed Dynamo Dresden was knocked out by Rangers F.C. in the first round.[7]
Table
The 1966–67 season saw two newly promoted clubs, 1. FC Union Berlin and BSG Wismut Gera.[8][9]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (C) | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 37 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 30 | Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 3 | BSG Motor Zwickau | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 27 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 27 | Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 5 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 27 | |
| 6 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 27 | |
| 7 | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 27 | |
| 8 | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 26 | |
| 9 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 26 | |
| 10 | F.C. Hansa Rostock | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 26 | |
| 11 | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 26 | |
| 12 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 25 | |
| 13 | Berliner FC Dynamo (R) | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 21 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
| 14 | BSG Wismut Gera (R) | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 57 | −30 | 12 |
References
- ^ fuwo, page: 93
- ^ a b fuwo, page: 23
- ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ fuwo, page: 92
- ^ "European Competitions 1967-68". rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR » Oberliga 1966–67" [DDR-Oberliga 1966–67]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 24 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