1961–62 DDR-Oberliga

For other uses, see 1961–62 Oberliga (disambiguation).
DDR-Oberliga
Season1961–62
ChampionsASK Vorwärts Berlin
Relegated
European CupASK Vorwärts Berlin
European Cup Winners' CupSC Chemie Halle
Matches played273
Goals scored851 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorerArthur Bialas (23)[1]
Total attendance2,207,900[2]
Average attendance8,088[2]
← 1960

The 1961–62 DDR-Oberliga was the 13th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany. It was the first season played in the traditional autumn-spring format again after the Oberliga had played for six seasons from 1955 to 1960 in the calendar year format instead, modelled on the system used in the Soviet Union. The league was played as a triple round with a home-and-away round and an additional round of games at neutral venues to allow for an earlier start.

The league was contested by fourteen teams. National People's Army club ASK Vorwärts Berlin won the championship, the club's second consecutive one and third overall, eventually winning six national East German championships overall.[3][4] On the strength of the 1961–62 title Vorwärts qualified for the 1962–63 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Dukla Prague in the preliminary round. Eleventh-placed club SC Chemie Halle qualified for the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by OFK Beograd in the preliminary round as well.[5]

Arthur Bialas of SC Empor Rostock was the league's top scorer with 23 goals.[1]

The 1961–62 season saw the third-most games played in an Oberliga season, 273. Only 1950–51 and 1951–52 had there been more, 306 and 342, when the league consisted of 18 and 19 clubs. The season also saw the lowest-ever average attendance with 8,088 per match.[2]

Table

The 1961–62 season saw two newly promoted clubs, SC Turbine Erfurt and BSG Lokomotive Stendal.[6][7]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ASK Vorwärts Berlin (C) 39 21 8 10 69 49 +20 50 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 SC Empor Rostock 39 20 7 12 70 43 +27 47
3 SC Dynamo Berlin 39 18 9 12 72 64 +8 45
4 SC Motor Jena 39 15 13 11 77 60 +17 43
5 BSG Motor Zwickau 39 16 9 14 59 66 −7 41
6 SC Lokomotive Leipzig 39 15 10 14 67 57 +10 40
7 SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt[a] 39 13 14 12 60 48 +12 38
8 SC Rotation Leipzig 39 11 16 12 57 57 0 38
9 SC Aufbau Magdeburg 39 16 5 18 59 63 −4 37
10 SC Turbine Erfurt 39 13 9 17 66 69 −3 35
11 SC Chemie Halle 39 11 12 16 53 66 −13 34 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
12 SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg 39 10 13 16 45 53 −8 33
13 SC Einheit Dresden (R) 39 9 14 16 48 73 −25 32 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 BSG Lokomotive Stendal (R) 39 12 7 20 49 83 −34 31
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt deducted two points

Results

First and second round

Home \ Away ABS MAG CHH DBE EIN ROS LLE LST MJE ZWI ROT ERF VBE WIS
Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg 2–0 1–1 2–1 5–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 4–1 0–2 1–2 2–3 0–0
Aufbau Magdeburg 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–3 2–0 3–2 1–1 5–0 0–1 3–4 2–1 3–1
Chemie Halle 1–1 2–1 2–5 2–4 0–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 2–2
Dynamo Berlin 1–0 5–3 0–2 2–2 1–4 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 5–1 1–3 0–1
Einheit Dresden 2–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–2
Empor Rostock 2–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–3 1–3 3–0
Lokomotive Leipzig 2–1 1–3 3–0 0–3 2–0 3–2 4–0 2–0 0–1 4–1 5–3 3–0 3–1
Lokomotive Stendal 1–1 2–2 3–3 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–3 4–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–0
Motor Jena 2–2 5–0 1–1 5–1 6–1 3–1 3–2 6–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–2
Motor Zwickau 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–3 4–2 3–0 3–2 3–0 3–1
Rotation Leipzig 6–1 1–2 2–2 4–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 5–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 0–0
Turbine Erfurt 1–3 0–1 4–1 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 5–0 1–1 4–2 1–1 1–2 3–3
Vorwärts Berlin 1–0 2–0 5–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–1
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 3–1 5–0 2–4 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 4–0 2–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home \ Away ABS MAG CHH DBE EIN ROS LLE LST MJE ZWI ROT ERF VBE WIS
Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1
Aufbau Magdeburg 2–0 1–3 3–2 0–2 0–0
Chemie Halle 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–1
Dynamo Berlin 1–1 1–0 2–2 5–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–1
Einheit Dresden 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 0–2 1–3
Empor Rostock 1–2 0–1 6–0 0–0 4–1 2–2 3–1 0–0
Lokomotive Leipzig 2–2 2–3 3–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–4 2–1
Lokomotive Stendal 1–5 1–0 3–1 2–3 2–1
Motor Jena 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–3 3–3 3–5 2–0
Motor Zwickau 1–1 1–0 0–4 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–1
Rotation Leipzig 0–4 3–1 1–1 1–2
Turbine Erfurt 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1
Vorwärts Berlin 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ^ a b "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c fuwo, page: 23
  3. ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. ^ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. ^ "European Competitions 1962-63". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  6. ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  7. ^ "DDR » Oberliga 1961–62" [DDR-Oberliga 1961–62]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 20 January 2016.

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  • "Das war unser Fußball im Osten" [This was our football in the East]. Fußball-Woche (fuwo) (in German). Berlin: Axel-Springer-Verlag. 1991.