1967–68 DDR-Oberliga
 1967–68 East German champions FC Carl Zeiss Jena | |
| Season | 1967–68 |
|---|---|
| Champions | FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
| Relegated | Dynamo DresdenBSG Lokomotive Stendal |
| European Cup | FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | 1. FC Union Berlin |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | 1. FC Lokomotive LeipzigF.C. Hansa Rostock |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 474 (2.6 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Gerd Kostmann (15)[1] |
| Total attendance | 2,213,000[2] |
| Average attendance | 12,159[2] |
← 1966–67 1968–69 → | |
The 1967–68 DDR-Oberliga was the 19th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The league was contested by fourteen teams. FC Carl Zeiss Jena won the championship, the club's second of three East German championships, having won the 1962–63 edition under the name of SC Motor Jena.[3][4]
Table
The 1967–68 season saw two newly promoted clubs 1. FC Magdeburg and FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt.[5][6]
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 39 |
| 2 | F.C. Hansa Rostock | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 34 |
| 3 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 33 |
| 4 | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 26 |
| 5 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 25 |
| 6 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 25 |
| 7 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 25 |
| 8 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 35 | -9 | 25 |
| 9 | FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 39 | -5 | 23 |
| 10 | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 41 | -9 | 23 |
| 11 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 40 | -8 | 22 |
| 12 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 32 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 33 | -8 | 21 |
| 14 | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 42 | -16 | 20 |
Key
| League champion &Qualified for the European Cup | FDGB-Pokal winner & Qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup | Qualified for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | Relegated to DDR-Liga |
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.
- ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR » Oberliga 1967–68" [DDR-Oberliga 1967–68]. 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.
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External links
- Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv Template:De icon Historic German league tables