![]() The championship-winning team of BFC Dynamo | |
Season | 1978–79 |
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Champions | BFC Dynamo |
Relegated | |
European Cup | BFC Dynamo |
European Cup Winners' Cup | 1. FC Magdeburg |
UEFA Cup | |
Matches played | 182 |
Top goalscorer | Joachim Streich (23)[1] |
Total attendance | 2,044,500[2] |
Average attendance | 11,234[2] |
← 1977–78 1979–80 → |
The 1978–79 DDR-Oberliga was the 30th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The league was contested by fourteen teams. BFC Dynamo won the championship, the club's first of ten consecutive East German championships.[3][4] Joachim Streich of 1. FC Magdeburg was the league's top scorer of the league with 23 goals.[5] Streich also took out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]
BFC Dynamo broke four records for the DDR-Oberliga during the season. The team set a new record for the number of consecutive matches won at the start of a season, by winning its first ten matches. The previous record of seven matches was held by Dynamo Dresden from the 1972-73 DDR-Oberliga. The team then set a new record for the number of points won after the first half of a season under the current format, by winning 25 points during the first half of the season. BFC Dynamo then set a new record for the number of matches undefeated since the start of a season, by being undefeated in the first 22 matches of the season. The team broke a record of Dynamo Dresden also this time. Dynamo Dresden was undefeated in its first 17 matches of the 1972-73 DDR-Oberliga. The team then also set a new record for the number of goals scored during a season under the current format. The previous record of 73 goals was held by ASK Vorwärts Berlin from the 1960 DDR-Oberliga.
On the strength of the 1978–79 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1979–80 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Nottingham Forest in the quarter finals. Fourth-placed club 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and was knocked out by Arsenal in the second round. Second-placed Dynamo Dresden qualified for the 1979–80 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by VfB Stuttgart while third-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena lost to Red Star Belgrade, also in the second round.[7]
Table
[edit]The 1978–79 season saw two newly promoted clubs Stahl Riesa and F.C. Hansa Rostock.[8][9]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | BFC Dynamo (C) | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 18 | +57 | 46 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
2 | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 59 | 19 | +40 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
3 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 34 | |
4 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 33 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
5 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 29 | |
6 | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 27 | |
7 | FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 24 | |
8 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 22 | |
9 | BSG Stahl Riesa | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 21 | |
10 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 21 | |
11 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 19 | |
12 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 63 | −40 | 18 | |
13 | BSG Chemie Böhlen (R) | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 16 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
14 | F.C. Hansa Rostock (R) | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 15 |
Results
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals[10] |
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1 | ![]() |
1. FC Magdeburg | 23 |
2 | ![]() |
BFC Dynamo | 20 |
3 | ![]() |
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 17 |
4 | ![]() |
BFC Dynamo | 16 |
5 | ![]() |
1 FC. Magdeburg | 12 |
6 | ![]() |
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 11 |
References
[edit]- ^ fuwo, page: 93
- ^ a b fuwo, page: 23
- ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". RSSSF. 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 1979–80". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR-Oberliga 1978–79". Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "26. Spieltag: Torschützenliste" (PDF). Die neue Fußballwoche (in German). Vol. 1979, no. 24. Berlin: DFV der DDR. 12 June 1979. p. 3. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
Sources
[edit]- "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
[edit]- Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables