GDR soccer league 1965/66

In the 1965/66 season , 1. FC Union Berlin and BSG Wismut Gera were promoted to the GDR league .

Formation of football clubs

In order to promote the development of soccer sport in a more targeted manner, the DTSB decided in 1965 to form independent soccer clubs , for the purpose of which the soccer departments were separated from the sports clubs. With the exception of TSC Berlin , all sports club sections were excluded from this measure, whose first teams did not belong to the upper league at the time . The affected SC teams from Potsdam , Cottbus , Neubrandenburg and Dresden thus lost their previous sponsorship status as future BSG teams.

Due to these changes, there were various renaming in the leagues during the season. In the GDR league, the team names changed as follows.

previous SC membership	newly formed clubs
TSC Berlin	1. FC Union Berlin (January 20, 1966)
SC Neubrandenburg	BSG Post Neubrandenburg (April 26, 1966)
SC Cottbus	BSG Energie Cottbus (January 31, 1966)
SC Potsdam	BSG Motor Babelsberg (?? January 1966)
SC unit Dresden	FSV Lokomotive Dresden (January 12, 1966)

1. ↑ On January 19, 1966, SC Neubrandenburg became the Soccer Game Association (FSV) Neubrandenburg and from it the BSG Post Neubrandenburg.

mode

The game was played in 2 seasons of 16 teams each (regional aspects). In a double round with a return game, the relay winners and relegated teams were determined.

North season

Closing table

The final table of the GDR League North Staffel

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	+/-	Points
01.	1. FC Union Berlin	30th	18th	09	03	52:26	+26	45:15
02.	BSG Post Neubrandenburg (A)	30th	16	07th	07th	42:36	+ 06	39:21
03.	BSG Energie Cottbus	30th	13	12	05	51:30	+21	38:22
04th	ASG forward Cottbus	30th	16	04th	10	50:33	+17	36:24
05.	BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt	30th	12	12	06th	46:29	+17	34:26
06th	ASG forward Rostock	30th	12	09	09	53:39	+14	33:27
07th	ASG forward Neubrandenburg	30th	11	09	10	28:29	- 01	31:29
08th.	TSG Wismar	30th	11	08th	11	36:37	- 01	30:30
09.	BSG Motor Hennigsdorf (N)	30th	10	08th	12	50:39	+11	28:32
10.	SG Dynamo Schwerin	30th	11	06th	13	51:48	+ 03	28:32
11.	BSG Motor Babelsberg	30th	09	10	11	36:46	-10	28:32
12.	BSG Motor Köpenick (N)	30th	08th	10	12	30:37	- 07th	26:34
13.	BSG Motor Dessau	30th	08th	10	12	41:54	-13	26:34
14th	SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen	30th	10	05	15th	36:43	- 07th	25:35
15th	BSG activist Black Pump (N)	30th	05	11	14th	28:44	-16	21:39
16.	BSG unit Greifswald	30th	03	04th	23	21:81	-60	08:52

Legend
	Promoted to the GDR league
	Relegated to the district league
(A)	Relegated from the GDR league last season
(N)	Promoted from the district league last season

1. ↑ BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt was deducted two plus points and added two minus points, as Plamann was not yet eligible to play in a preparatory game ( change of club ).
2. ↑ Two plus points were deducted from the BSG unit Greifswald and two minus points were added because the player Duxa was used in spite of the lack of playing authorization .

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

1965/66

01.

1. FC Union Berlin

2-0

1-0

1-0

1: 1

2: 2

0-0

3-0

1-0

5: 3

2: 2

1-0

1: 1

2: 1

3: 1

5-0

02.

BSG Post Neubrandenburg

2: 2

1: 1

3: 2

1-0

2: 4

2: 1

1-0

1: 1

3: 2

2-0

0-0

3: 1

1-0

2: 1

3: 1

03.

BSG Energie Cottbus

0: 1

2-0

1: 2

0-0

0-0

3: 1

3-0

3: 1

2: 1

3: 1

3: 1

2: 2

3: 1

2: 1

4-0

04th

ASG forward Cottbus

3: 1

0: 1

3: 1

2-0

2-0

1-0

1-0

1: 2

2-0

0: 1

0: 2

6: 2

2: 1

2: 1

5: 1

05.

BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt

2: 2

3: 1

1: 1

3-0

0-0

2-0

1: 1

2: 2

2-0

2-0

2-0

2-0

2: 1

2: 2

4: 1

06th

ASG forward Rostock

1: 3

0-0

1: 1

3: 2

1-0

0: 1

6: 1

1: 1

3: 4

6-0

2-0

2-0

0: 1

1: 1

4: 1

07th

ASG forward Neubrandenburg

3: 2

1-0

0-0

0-0

2: 1

0-0

0-0

3: 1

2: 2

2: 1

0-0

0: 2

2-0

1-0

3-0

08th.

TSG Wismar

1-0

3-0

0-0

2-0

2: 2

4: 2

3-0

1-0

0: 1

3: 2

3: 2

2: 1

1: 1

0-0

2: 1

09.

BSG Motor Hennigsdorf

0: 1

1: 2

2: 2

1: 2

2-0

2: 3

0: 2

1-0

1: 1

6: 2

0: 1

2: 1

0: 1

4-0

6-0

10.

SG Dynamo Schwerin

0: 1

5: 1

2: 2

1: 3

0: 1

3: 1

1-0

2: 1

1: 1

1: 1

1: 1

3: 1

2: 3

2-0

7-0

11.

BSG Motor Babelsberg

0-0

1: 1

1: 1

2: 2

2-0

0-0

2: 1

1: 1

6: 2

2-0

2: 2

1-0

1: 1

3-0

12.

BSG Motor Köpenick

1: 1

0-0

0-0

1: 2

2: 1

1: 2

1: 2

1: 1

0: 3

3: 2

2-0

4: 1

2: 1

1: 1

2: 1

13.

BSG Motor Dessau

1: 1

0: 1

2: 2

0: 4

1: 1

2: 1

3: 1

0-0

2: 5

1-0

5-0

0-0

2: 1

5-0

14th

SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen

1: 3

0: 4

1: 4

2: 1

1: 3

0: 2

2: 1

2-0

0-0

1-0

0: 1

2: 2

5-0

1: 1

1-0

15th

BSG activist Black Pump

0: 2

0: 1

1: 2

1: 1

0: 3

2: 2

0-0

2: 1

3: 1

0: 1

1-0

2-0

2: 2

1: 1

0: 3

16.

BSG unit Greifswald

0: 2

3: 4

0: 3

0-0

1: 1

1: 1

2-0

0: 3

1: 3

0: 1

0: 1

1-0

1: 1

2: 5

0: 2

1. ↑ BSG Motor Babelsberg - 1. FC Union Berlin 0-0 (18th matchday)  ; Scoring: 2: 0 points and 0: 0 goals for Union, as six players at Babelsberg could not prove a valid sports medical examination in their member books.
2. ↑ BSG Motor Dessau - SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen 0: 1 ( 1st matchday)  ; Scoring: 2: 0 points and 0: 0 goals for Dessau, because the player Nebeling participated without authorization .

List of goalscorers

	player	team	Gates
01.	Gerhard Kanter	BSG Motor Hennigsdorf	16
02.	Heinz Kaulmann	1. FC Union Berlin	15th
03.	Werner Grun	ASG forward Cottbus	14th
04th	Gerd Stieler	BSG Motor Dessau	13
05.	Manfred Becker	SG Dynamo Schwerin	12
	Meinhard Uentz	BSG Post Neubrandenburg (5) 1. FC Union Berlin (7)
07th	Joachim Ernst	1. FC Union Berlin	11
	Dieter Scheitler	ASG forward Rostock
	Jochen Vick	BSG Post Neubrandenburg
	Lothar Wagner	BSG Energie Cottbus
11.	Reinhard Gärtner	ASG forward Cottbus	10
	Christian Hofmann	SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen
	Klaus Schernikau	TSG Wismar

spectator

• In 240 games, 545,350 spectators ( 2,272 per game) came to the stadiums. ${\displaystyle \varnothing }$

Biggest crowd

15,000 1. FC Union Berlin - BSG Post Neubrandenburg (27th Sp.)

Lowest audience

100 SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen - SG Dynamo Schwerin (15th column)

100 SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen - BSG Motor Dessau (16th Sp.)

100 SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen - ASG Forward Rostock (20th Sp.)

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Selection	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
1. FC Union Berlin	094,600	3,153	43,800	2,920	50,800	3,387
BSG Post Neubrandenburg	114,900	3,830	76,700	5.113	38,200	2,547
BSG Energie Cottbus	090,700	3,023	57,000	3,800	33,700	2,247
ASG forward Cottbus	092,900	3,097	42,600	2,840	50,300	3,353
BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt	078,400	2,613	39,500	2,633	38,900	2,593
ASG forward Rostock	055,450	1,848	22,550	1,503	32,900	2,193
ASG forward Neubrandenburg	052,850	1,762	18,450	1,230	34,400	2,293
TSG Wismar	073,000	2,433	42,800	2,853	30,200	2.013
BSG Motor Hennigsdorf	062,000	2,067	31,900	2.127	30,100	2.007
SG Dynamo Schwerin	061,800	2,060	28,200	1,880	33,600	2,240
BSG Motor Babelsberg	051,150	1,705	23,150	1,543	28,000	1,867
BSG Motor Köpenick	047,500	1,583	14,800	0987	32,700	2,180
BSG Motor Dessau	071,350	2,378	43,400	2,893	27,950	1,863
SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen	034,100	1,137	05,400	0360	28,700	1.913
BSG activist Black Pump	062,650	2,088	36,500	2,433	26,150	1,743
BSG unit Greifswald	047,350	1,578	18,600	1,240	28,750	1.917

Season south

Closing table

The final table of the GDR League South Staffel

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	+/-	Points
01.	BSG Wismut Gera	30th	17th	07th	06th	54:24	+30	41:19
02.	BSG Motor Steinach (A)	30th	13	09	08th	55:30	+25	35:25
03.	BSG Motor WEMA Plauen	30th	13	08th	09	56:40	+16	34:26
04th	SG Dynamo Eisleben	30th	14th	05	11	55:47	+ 08	33:27
05.	ASG forward Leipzig	30th	12	09	09	46:39	+ 07	33:27
06th	BSG activist "Karl Marx" Zwickau	30th	14th	05	11	41:37	+ 04	33:27
07th	BSG Stahl Riesa	30th	12	07th	11	50:37	+13	31:29
08th.	BSG Chemie Zeitz	30th	12	07th	11	47:48	- 01	31:29
09.	ASG Forward Meiningen (N)	30th	12	06th	12	53:54	- 01	30:30
10.	BSG Motor Weimar	30th	11	08th	11	41:45	- 04th	30:30
11.	BSG Motor Eisenach	30th	10	09	11	45:50	- 05th	29:31
12.	FSV locomotive Dresden	30th	09	08th	13	35:37	- 02nd	26:34
13.	BSG Motor Bautzen	30th	11	04th	15th	39:64	-25	26:34
14th	BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau (N)	30th	08th	09	13	35:56	-21	25:35
15th	BSG Motor WAMA Görlitz (N)	30th	07th	08th	15th	34:57	-23	22:38
16.	BSG progress Weissenfels	30th	07th	07th	16	36:58	-22	21:39

Legend
	Promoted to the GDR league
	Relegated to the district league
(A)	Relegated from the GDR league last season
(N)	Promoted from the district league last season

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

1965/66

01.

BSG Wismut Gera

2-0

2: 1

1: 1

3: 1

2-0

2-0

2-0

3-0

2-0

0: 3

0-0

4-0

8-0

1-0

5: 1

02.

BSG Motor Steinach

1: 1

2: 2

3-0

2-0

5-0

1-0

4: 1

3: 1

0: 1

1: 1

2-0

3-0

3: 3

4-0

5-0

03.

BSG Motor WEMA Plauen

1-0

2: 1

1: 2

0: 2

1: 2

5: 2

3: 2

6: 2

1-0

3-0

1: 1

3: 3

5-0

2-0

2-0

04th

SG Dynamo Eisleben

0-0

1-0

1-0

1: 1

2: 1

2-0

1: 1

0: 4

2-0

3: 1

1-0

3-0

3: 1

4: 5

1: 2

05.

ASG forward Leipzig

0: 1

2: 5

1: 1

2: 1

3-0

1: 1

2: 1

2: 1

1: 1

3: 1

3: 2

2-0

3-0

4-0

0-0

06th

BSG activist "Karl Marx" Zwickau

0: 2

2: 1

3-0

3: 1

1: 1

1-0

1: 1

1-0

4: 2

2: 1

3: 1

2: 1

3: 1

3: 1

07th

BSG Stahl Riesa

1: 3

0-0

1-0

3: 1

3: 3

2: 1

3-0

0-0

1: 2

5: 1

3-0

5: 1

4-0

3: 2

2: 3

08th.

BSG Chemie Zeitz

2: 1

3: 1

2: 2

0: 3

1-0

2-0

0: 1

3: 1

3: 3

1: 2

3: 2

1: 1

3: 2

4: 1

2: 2

09.

ASG forward Meiningen

2: 2

2: 2

2: 2

4: 3

1: 1

1-0

1: 3

1-0

5: 1

0: 4

4: 2

2: 2

3-0

2-0

2: 1

10.

BSG Motor Weimar

4: 2

1: 1

2: 1

3: 2

1-0

1: 1

0-0

1: 2

0: 2

0: 1

2: 1

2: 1

0: 1

6: 2

2: 2

11.

BSG Motor Eisenach

2: 1

0-0

3: 3

1: 4

3-0

2: 1

1: 1

1-0

4: 2

1: 1

2: 2

0: 1

0: 3

1: 1

3: 1

12.

FSV locomotive Dresden

1: 1

1: 2

0: 2

1-0

3-0

1-0

1: 1

2-0

1-0

1-0

1: 1

4: 1

0-0

0-0

4: 1

13.

BSG Motor Bautzen

3-0

3: 2

2: 1

0: 5

2: 4

1-0

2-0

2: 4

0: 5

2-0

2: 1

1-0

0: 2

1: 1

4: 1

14th

BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau

0-0

0: 1

2: 2

2: 3

1: 1

0-0

2-0

2: 3

2: 1

2: 2

3: 2

2: 1

1: 2

0: 1

3: 3

15th

BSG Motor WAMA Görlitz

0: 2

0-0

0: 1

5: 2

2: 1

1: 1

0: 3

1: 1

1: 2

0: 1

4: 1

2: 1

2: 1

0-0

2: 2

16.

BSG progress Weissenfels

0: 1

1-0

0: 2

2: 2

0: 2

0: 4

1-0

0: 1

3-0

1: 2

1: 1

1: 2

3-0

0: 1

3-0

1. ↑ The game BSG activist "Karl Marx" Zwickau - FSV Lokomotive Dresden (22nd matchday) was whistled in the 56th minute when the score was 1-0, because a goal post broke off directly below the ground. The replay also ended 1-0 for Zwickau.

List of goalscorers

	player	team	Gates
01.	Werner Bamberger	BSG Motor WEMA Plauen	20th
	Günter Kluge	ASG forward Meiningen
03.	Siegward Reinicke	SG Dynamo Eisleben	16
	Günter Queck	BSG Motor Steinach
05.	Helmut Kropp	FSV locomotive Dresden	15th
06th	Peter Prell	BSG Stahl Riesa	14th
	Jürgen Schülbe	SG Dynamo Eisleben
08th.	Hans Boehme	BSG Motor Bautzen	13
	Jürgen Hartmann	BSG progress Weissenfels
10.	Lothar Paul	BSG Chemie Zeitz	11
	Dieter Schmidt	BSG Motor WEMA Plauen
	Egon Wündsch	BSG Motor Weimar

spectator

• 767,600 spectators ( 3,198 per game) came to the stadiums in 240 games . ${\displaystyle \varnothing }$

Biggest crowd

12,000 BSG Wismut Gera - BSG Motor Steinach (22nd Sp.)

12,000 BSG Motor WEMA Plauen - BSG Wismut Gera (25th Sp.)

12,000 BSG Wismut Gera - BSG Progress Weissenfels (30th Sp.)

Lowest audience

300 ASG Vorwärts Leipzig - BSG Stahl Riesa (19th Sp.)

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Selection	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
BSG Wismut Gera	153,000	5,100	086,000	5,733	67,000	4,467
BSG Motor Steinach	117,500	3,917	047,500	3,167	70,000	4,667
BSG Motor WEMA Plauen	153,100	5,103	113,500	7,567	39,600	2,640
SG Dynamo Eisleben	078,300	2,610	026,200	1,747	52,100	3,473
ASG forward Leipzig	067,700	2,257	021,900	1,460	45,800	3,053
BSG activist "Karl Marx" Zwickau	071,200	2,373	027,300	1,820	43,900	2,927
BSG Stahl Riesa	077,700	2,590	039,100	2,607	38,600	2,573
BSG Chemie Zeitz	083,700	2,790	046,500	3,100	37,200	2,480
ASG forward Meiningen	112,000	3,733	057,000	3,800	55,000	3,667
BSG Motor Weimar	080,300	2,677	027,700	1,847	52,600	3,507
BSG Motor Eisenach	074,800	2,493	035,600	2,373	39,200	2,613
FSV locomotive Dresden	100,100	3,337	048,300	3,220	51,800	3,453
BSG Motor Bautzen	090,800	3,027	052,200	3,480	38,600	2,573
BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	068,300	2,277	033,800	2,253	34,500	2,300
BSG Motor WAMA Görlitz	124,400	4.147	079,500	5,300	44,900	2,993
BSG progress Weissenfels	082,300	2,743	025,500	1,700	56,800	3,787

Climbers

1. North	TSC / 1. FC Union Berlin
	Peter Blüher (28 games / goals -) Wolfgang Wruck (29/2), Jürgen Belger (26 / -), Klaus Korn (21 / -) Ulrich Prüfke (30/2) , Werner Basel (12 / -) Günter Hoge (30/4), Heinz Kaulmann (23 / 15), Joachim Ernst (29/11), Meinhard Uentz (10/7), Ralf Quest (27/6) Trainer: Werner Schwenzfeier
	also: Peter Halupczok (gate 1 / -), Manfred Kasprczak (gate 1 / -); Joachim Kluck (3 / -), Rainer Schönborn (1 / -), Günter Stange (17/1); Harald Betke (10 / -), Peter Rentzsch (1 / -); Detlef Biernoth (2 / -), Detlef Dollhardt (1 / -), Wolfgang Hübscher (3 / -), Manfred Jatzek (6/2), Helmut Kalbe (4 / -), Norbert Meier (4 / -), Jürgen Stoppok (11/1). plus an own goal by Rosenthal (Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt) without commitment : Wolfgang Weißenborn

1. South	BSG Wismut Gera
	Dieter Kühne (29 games / goals -) Gerd-Reiner Milek (18 / -), Hans-Peter Fenk (19/1), Hans Mihalovicz (29 / -) Rudi Bätz (26/3), Dieter Fischer (30/3) Fritz Schattauer (28/6), Harald Krause (21/7), Hilmar Feetz (26/10), Peter Richter (20/7), Otto Skrowny (25/10) Trainer: Heinz Ernst up to the 4th matchday, from 5th matchday Manfred Kaiser
	also: Manfred Jost (Gate 1 / -); Kurt Kosmanek (15 / -), Günter Schimmel (10 / -), Michael Strempel (10 / -); Ulrich Egerer (14 / -); Gerhard Elmecker (8/6), Harald Schramm (1 / -). plus an own goal by Kern (forward Meiningen) without use : Manfred Grimm (goal), Norbert Czempiel , Klaus Heetel , Klaus Büchner

mode

Six teams from the 15 district leagues are promoted to the GDR league . In 3 groups of 5 teams each, the 15 district champions or clubs eligible for promotion determined the promoted teams. The first two in each group will be promoted. Each team played two home games and two away games in their group.

Season A

Closing table

The final table of the promotion round to the GDR League Season A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	+/-	Pt.
01.	SG Lichtenberg 47	04th	03	0-	01	12: 6	+6	6: 2
02.	BSG Motor Stralsund	04th	03	0-	01	09: 3	+6	6: 2
03.	BSG Motor Eberswalde	04th	02	0-	02	05: 5	± 0	4: 4
04th	BSG locomotive Prenzlau	04th	01	0-	03	05: 9	-4	2: 6
05.	BSG activist Welzow	04th	01	0-	03	003:11	-8th	2: 6

Legend
	Promoted to the GDR league

Crosstab

1965/66
01.	SG Lichtenberg 47		---	---	5: 2	4: 1
02.	BSG Motor Stralsund	2-0		---	2-0	---
03.	BSG Motor Eberswalde	1: 3	3: 1		---	---
04th	BSG locomotive Prenzlau	---	---	0: 1		3: 1
05.	BSG activist Welzow	---	0: 4	1-0	---

Season B

Closing table

The final table of the promotion round to the GDR League Season B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	+/-	Pt.
01.	BSG locomotive Halberstadt	04th	04th	0-	0-	12: 3	+9	8-0
02.	BSG activist Böhlen	04th	03	0-	01	06: 3	+3	6: 2
03.	BSG Motor Ammendorf	04th	02	0-	02	05: 6	-1	4: 4
04th	BSG Motor South Brandenburg	04th	01	0-	03	03: 6	-3	2: 6
05.	BSG CM Veritas Wittenberge	04th	0-	0-	04th	002:10	-8th	0: 8

Legend
	Promoted to the GDR league

Crosstab

1965/66
01.	BSG locomotive Halberstadt		---	3-0	4: 2	---
02.	BSG activist Böhlen	1: 2		---	---	2: 1
03.	BSG Motor Ammendorf	---	0: 2		1-0	---
04th	BSG Motor South Brandenburg	---	0: 1	---		1-0
05.	BSG CM Veritas Wittenberge	0: 3	---	1: 4	---

Season C

Closing table

The final table of the promotion round to the GDR League Season C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	+/-	Pt.
01.	BSG Motor Nordhausen West	04th	02	02	0-	7: 3	+4	6: 2
02.	BSG Chemie Jena	04th	01	03	0-	3: 2	+1	5: 3
03.	BSG Motor West Karl-Marx-Stadt	04th	01	02	01	8: 7	+1	4: 4
04th	TSG Gröditz	04th	01	01	02	5: 8	-3	3: 5
05.	BSG activist Kali Werra Tiefenort	04th	01	0-	03	6: 9	-3	2: 6

Legend
	Promoted to the GDR league

Crosstab

1965/66
01.	BSG Motor Nordhausen West		1: 1	---	2-0	---
02.	BSG Chemie Jena	---		1: 1	---	1-0
03.	BSG Motor West Karl-Marx-Stadt	1: 1	---		---	5-0
04th	TSG Gröditz	---	0-0	5: 1		---
05.	BSG activist Kali Werra Tiefenort	1: 3	---	---	5-0

See also

• GDR football league 1965/66
• FDGB Cup 1965/66

Web links

• http://www.rsssf.com/tablesd/ddr66.html

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• Hanns Leske : Encyclopedia of GDR football . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3 .
• The new football week (fuwo) . Sportverlag, ISSN  0323-8407 (season 1965-1966).