GDR soccer league 1978/79

In the 1978/79 season , FC Vorwärts Frankfurt / O succeeded. the immediate resurgence in the GDR Oberliga and the BSG Chemie Leipzig returned to the House of Lords after their descent in 1975/76 .

mode

The game was played in 5 seasons of 12 teams each (regional aspects). In a double round with a two-way leg, the relay winners and 3 relegated teams per relay were determined. The season winners also determined the 2 league promoters with a round of promotion in a round of promotion.

Season A

Closing table

The final table of the GDR League Season A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	+/-	Points
01.	TSG construction Rostock	22nd	16	04th	02	52:23	+29	36: 80
02.	ASG forward Stralsund	22nd	12	07th	03	49:22	+27	31:13
03.	ASG forward Neubrandenburg	22nd	09	10	03	39:23	+16	28:16
04th	SG Dynamo Schwerin	22nd	10	07th	05	47:31	+16	27:17
05.	TSG Wismar	22nd	09	05	08th	33:24	+ 09	23:21
06th	BSG Shipping / Rostock Port	22nd	08th	06th	08th	38:40	- 02nd	22:22
07th	ISG Schwerin-Süd	22nd	06th	08th	08th	25:27	- 02nd	20:24
08th.	BSG Post Neubrandenburg	22nd	05	09	08th	28:27	+ 01	19:25
09.	BSG Greifswald NPP	22nd	06th	06th	10	28:29	- 01	18:26
10.	BSG CM Veritas Wittenberge (N)	22nd	07th	04th	11	38:45	- 07th	18:26
11.	BSG Motor Wolgast	22nd	02	07th	13	19:50	-31	11:33
12.	BSG Motor Stralsund (N)	22nd	03	05	14th	19:74	-55	11:33

Legend
	Qualification for the promotion round to the GDR Oberliga
	Relegated to the district league
(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.

1978/79
01.	TSG construction Rostock		3: 1	2: 2	1: 2	3: 2	4: 3	1: 3	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	4-0	7-0
02.	ASG forward Stralsund	1: 3		1: 1	4: 2	1-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	2-0	1: 1	8: 2	5-0
03.	ASG forward Neubrandenburg	0-0	2: 2		5: 1	1-0	5: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	3-0	2-0	2-0
04th	SG Dynamo Schwerin	1: 2	2: 2	2-0		0-0	6: 3	2: 3	0-0	1: 1	3: 1	3-0	9-0
05.	TSG Wismar	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 4		3: 1	2-0	3: 1	1: 2	1: 3	2: 1	3-0
06th	BSG Shipping / Rostock Port	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	2: 1	2-0		1: 1	2: 1	2-0	3: 2	2: 1	4-0
07th	ISG Schwerin-Süd	2: 4	0: 3	3-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1		0: 2	2-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1
08th.	BSG Post Neubrandenburg	1: 3	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1		2: 1	4: 2	2: 2	7-0
09.	BSG Greifswald NPP	0: 1	0: 2	1: 4	1: 2	0-0	2: 2	1-0	1-0		6: 1	0: 1	4-0
10.	BSG CM Veritas Wittenberge	1: 2	3: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	5: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 2		4-0	2: 1
11.	BSG Motor Wolgast	1: 2	1: 3	1: 3	2: 2	1: 4	0: 3	1-0	0: 1	0-0	2: 2		0-0
12.	BSG Motor Stralsund	0: 3	0: 4	3: 2	1: 1	0: 5	4: 3	1: 3	1: 1	0: 4	5: 2	2: 2

List of goalscorers

	player	team	Gates
1.	Hans-Jürgen Pohl	SG Dynamo Schwerin	22nd
2.	Gerhard Krentz	TSG construction Rostock	21st
3.	Detlef Wiezorrek	ASG forward Stralsund	14th

spectator

• 123,250 spectators ( 934 per game) came to the stadiums in 132 games . ${\displaystyle \varnothing }$

Biggest crowd

4,500 ASG Forward Stralsund - BSG Motor Stralsund (7th column)

Lowest audience

100 BSG Shipping / Rostock Harbor - BSG Motor Stralsund (9th Sp.)

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Selection	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
TSG construction Rostock	21,840	993	10,7500	977	11,0900	1.0080
ASG forward Stralsund	30,400	1,3820	15,5000	1,4090	14,9000	1,3550
ASG forward Neubrandenburg	18,950	861	9,150	832	9,800	891
SG Dynamo Schwerin	27,200	1,2360	11,7000	1,0640	15,5000	1,4090
TSG Wismar	23,430	1,0650	14,6500	1,3320	8,780	798
BSG Shipping / Rostock Port	10,450	475	3,550	323	6,900	627
ISG Schwerin-Süd	16,800	764	9,150	832	7,650	695
BSG Post Neubrandenburg	18,980	863	8,100	736	10,8800	989
BSG Greifswald NPP	20,100	914	11,5000	1,0450	8,600	782
BSG CM Veritas Wittenberge	21,390	972	11,6400	1,0580	9,750	886
BSG Motor Wolgast	18,400	836	9,650	877	8,750	795
BSG Motor Stralsund	17,960	816	7.910	719	10,0500	914

Season B

Closing table

The final table of the GDR League Season B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	+/-	Points
01.	FC Forward Frankfurt / O. (A)	22nd	18th	04th	0-	77: 60	+71	40: 40
02.	BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt	22nd	11	06th	05	37:18	+19	28:16
03.	BSG Rotation Berlin	22nd	10	08th	04th	34:18	+16	28:16
04th	BSG Chemie Premnitz	22nd	08th	09	05	27:26	+ 01	25:19
05.	BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt	22nd	08th	07th	07th	34:28	+ 06	23:21
06th	BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O. (N)	22nd	10	03	09	30:45	-15	23:21
07th	BSG Motor Babelsberg	22nd	08th	04th	10	38:34	+ 04	20:24
08th.	TSG Neustrelitz (N)	22nd	07th	06th	09	28:29	- 01	20:24
09.	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf	22nd	07th	06th	09	27:35	- 08	20:24
10.	BSG Bergmann-Borsig Berlin	22nd	04th	08th	10	17:43	-26	16:28
11.	BSG NARVA Berlin (N)	22nd	05	03	14th	31:57	-26	13:31
12.	BSG Motor Eberswalde	22nd	01	06th	15th	14:55	-41	08:36

Legend
	Qualification for the promotion round to the GDR Oberliga
	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.

1978/79
01.	FC Forward Frankfurt / O.		1-0	6: 1	1: 1	3-0	8-0	4: 1	7-0	1-0	3-0	5-0	9-0
02.	BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt	1: 1		0: 2	0: 1	2: 1	4-0	3: 2	2-0	3-0	6-0	3: 1	1: 1
03.	BSG Rotation Berlin	0: 2	0: 1		0-0	1-0	3-0	0-0	0-0	4: 1	1-0	5-0	5-0
04th	BSG Chemie Premnitz	0: 1	1: 1	0-0		3: 2	1-0	3: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	3-0
05.	BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt	1: 1	1: 2	2: 2	1-0		5-0	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	4: 1	1: 1
06th	BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O.	0: 3	1-0	1-0	0: 3	2: 2		3: 1	1-0	1-0	3-0	2-0	3: 1
07th	BSG Motor Babelsberg	1: 3	1: 1	1: 2	3-0	0: 2	4: 1		1: 1	3-0	5-0	2: 1	4-0
08th.	TSG Neustrelitz	0: 4	1: 1	0: 3	1: 2	1: 2	3-0	2-0		7: 1	3-0	0: 1	3-0
09.	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf	0-0	3: 2	2: 2	2: 2	0: 1	2: 2	2-0	1-0		1-0	4-0	3: 2
10.	BSG Bergmann-Borsig Berlin	0: 5	0-0	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	2: 1		1: 4	1: 1
11.	BSG NARVA Berlin	0: 4	0: 2	2: 2	7-0	2: 2	2: 6	2: 4	1: 3	2: 1	2: 2		1: 2
12.	BSG Motor Eberswalde	0: 5	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	0: 2	2: 2	2: 3	0: 1	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1

List of goalscorers

	player	team	Gates
1.	Ralph Conrad	FC Forward Frankfurt / O.	23
2.	Dieter Turobin	BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O.	17th
3.	Frieder Andrich	FC Forward Frankfurt / O.	13
	Jürgen Pfefferkorn	BSG NARVA Berlin
5.	Wolfgang Hefter	BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt	11
6th	Axel Brademann	BSG Motor Babelsberg	10

spectator

• 138,200 spectators ( 1,047 per game) came to the stadiums in 132 games . ${\displaystyle \varnothing }$

Biggest crowd

5,500 BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt / O. (9th column)

Lowest audience

100 BSG NARVA Berlin - BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt (8th Sp.)

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Selection	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
FC Forward Frankfurt / O.	32,100	1,4590	12,5000	1,1360	19,600	1,7820
BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt	32,450	1,4750	21,0000	1,9090	11,450	1,0410
BSG Rotation Berlin	15,700	714	4,000	364	11,700	1,0640
BSG Chemie Premnitz	20,250	920	12,3000	1,1180	07,950	723
BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt	25,300	1,1500	15,0000	1,3640	10,300	936
BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O.	19,550	889	9,500	864	10,050	914
BSG Motor Babelsberg	30,750	1,3980	19,9000	1,8090	10,850	986
TSG Neustrelitz	28,900	1.3140	18,4000	1,6730	10,500	955
BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf	20,600	936	9,500	864	11,100	1.0090
BSG Bergmann Borsig Berlin	15,250	693	5,250	477	10,000	909
BSG NARVA Berlin	13,400	609	3,300	300	10.100	918
BSG Motor Eberswalde	17,400	791	7,550	686	09,850	895

Season C

Closing table

The final table of the GDR League Season C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	+/-	Points
01.	BSG Chemie Leipzig	22nd	16	03	03	61:28	+33	35: 90
02.	BSG steel Blankenburg	22nd	12	05	05	43:23	+20	29:15
03.	BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	22nd	12	04th	06th	38:20	+18	28:16
04th	ASG forward Dessau	22nd	12	03	07th	46:28	+18	27:17
05.	BSG Chemie Wolfen	22nd	10	07th	05	40:25	+15	27:17
06th	SG Dynamo Eisleben	22nd	09	05	08th	40:37	+ 03	23:21
07th	BSG unit Wernigerode	22nd	08th	07th	07th	30:30	± 00	23:21
08th.	BSG Stahl Brandenburg	22nd	08th	03	11	27:33	- 06	19:25
09.	BSG Locomotive Stendal (N)	22nd	06th	05	11	20:32	-12	17:27
10.	BSG Steel Northwest Leipzig (N)	22nd	06th	05	11	26:38	-12	17:27
11.	BSG Progress Weissenfels (N)	22nd	06th	03	13	24:50	-26	15:29
12.	BSG Motor South Brandenburg (N)	22nd	01	02	19th	08:59	-51	04:40

1. ↑ ^{a b} In the event of ^a tie and the same goal difference, the game rules provided for two playoffs between the opponents.

Legend
	Qualification for the promotion round to the GDR Oberliga
	Relegated to the district league
(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.

1978/79
01.	BSG Chemie Leipzig		4: 3	1-0	5: 4	2-0	6: 1	5-0	2-0	3: 2	2: 1	7-0	4-0
02.	BSG steel Blankenburg	3: 3		2: 3	2-0	3: 1	2: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	3-0	5-0	8-0
03.	BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	1: 1	0: 1		1: 2	1: 2	0: 1	1: 1	3-0	0: 2	2: 1	2: 1	4: 1
04th	ASG forward Dessau	3: 2	1-0	0: 2		2: 3	1: 2	0-0	3-0	4-0	1-0	1: 2	6-0
05.	BSG Chemie Wolfen	3: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2		4-0	1-0	2-0	2: 2	1: 1	3-0	4-0
06th	SG Dynamo Eisleben	1: 3	2-0	1: 1	1: 3	2-0		1: 1	4: 1	6-0	2-0	3: 3	3-0
07th	BSG unit Wernigerode	1: 3	1: 1	2: 5	3: 1	2: 1	3: 2		2: 1	1-0	5-0	0: 3	4-0
08th.	BSG Stahl Brandenburg	1: 1	1: 2	0: 2	1: 2	2: 2	3: 2	1-0		3-0	1-0	3: 1	2-0
09.	BSG Locomotive Stendal	1: 2	1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 4		2: 1	2-0	2-0
10.	BSG Stahl Nordwest Leipzig	3: 1	1: 1	0: 4	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	1-0	0-0		4: 2	5: 1
11.	BSG progress Weissenfels	0: 2	3: 1	1: 2	0: 4	0: 4	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1	2-0	2: 1		1-0
12.	BSG Motor South Brandenburg	0: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1: 4	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1: 3	0: 1	1-0

Playoffs for the league's whereabouts:			To	Back
BSG Stahl Nordwest Leipzig	-	BSG Locomotive Stendal	1: 1	0: 2

List of goalscorers

	player	team	Gates
1.	Frank Enke	BSG progress Weissenfels	13
	Wolfgang Lischke	BSG Chemie Leipzig
3.	Veit Gläßer	ASG forward Dessau	12
	Klaus Kieruj	SG Dynamo Eisleben
5.	Michael Hauke	BSG steel Blankenburg	10
	Siegfried Malyska	BSG Stahl Brandenburg
	Michael Meyer	BSG Chemie Leipzig
	Uwe Seidel	BSG Chemie Wolfen

spectator

• In 132 games, 227,520 spectators ( 1,724 per game) came to the stadiums. ${\displaystyle \varnothing }$

Biggest crowd

7,000 BSG progress Weißenfels - BSG Chemie Leipzig (1st column)

Lowest audience

300 BSG Stahl Nordwest Leipzig - SG Dynamo Eisleben (13th Sp.)

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Selection	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
BSG Chemie Leipzig	79,600	3,618	48,600	4,418	31,000	2,818
BSG steel Blankenburg	43,650	1,984	27,300	2,482	16,350	1,486
BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	26,800	1,218	10,850	0986	15,950	1,450
ASG forward Dessau	28,750	1,307	11,700	1,064	17,050	1,550
BSG Chemie Wolfen	27,030	1,229	12,480	1,135	14,550	1,323
SG Dynamo Eisleben	25,940	1,179	07,890	0717	18,050	1,641
BSG unit Wernigerode	44,390	2,018	20,350	1,850	24,040	2,185
BSG Stahl Brandenburg	31,950	1,452	13,200	1,200	18,750	1,705
BSG Locomotive Stendal	31,050	1,411	13,400	1,218	17,650	1,605
BSG Stahl Nordwest Leipzig	26,500	1,205	08,950	0814	17,550	1,595
BSG progress Weissenfels	46,630	2.120	32,600	2,964	14,030	1,275
BSG Motor South Brandenburg	41,250	1,875	20,200	1,836	21,050	1.914

Season D

Closing table

The final table of the GDR League Season D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	+/-	Points
01.	BSG Energie Cottbus	22nd	17th	04th	01	51:12	+39	38: 60
02.	BSG Motor Werdau	22nd	14th	05	03	54:22	+32	33:11
03.	FSV locomotive Dresden	22nd	11	07th	04th	39:21	+18	29:15
04th	BSG activist Black Pump	22nd	10	06th	06th	33:19	+14	26:18
05.	BSG activist Brieske-Senftenberg	22nd	08th	07th	07th	23:34	–11	23:21
06th	BSG progress Bischofswerda	22nd	06th	09	07th	26:23	+ 03	21:23
07th	ASG forward Plauen	22nd	06th	07th	09	25:31	- 06	19:25
08th.	BSG activist Espenhain	22nd	06th	06th	10	34:36	- 02nd	18:26
09.	BSG Motor "F.-H." Karl-Marx-Stadt (N)	22nd	05	07th	10	24:34	-10	17:27
10.	TSG Lübbenau (N)	22nd	06th	02	14th	23:58	-35	14:30
11.	BSG Robur Zittau (N)	22nd	04th	05	13	20:40	-20	13:31
12.	TSG Gröditz	22nd	04th	05	13	24:46	-22	13:31

Legend
	Qualification for the promotion round to the GDR Oberliga
	Relegated to the district league
(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.

1978/79
01.	BSG Energie Cottbus		1-0	1: 1	1-0	5-0	1-0	5-0	2-0	3-0	3: 1	5-0	2-0
02.	BSG Motor Werdau	2: 3		1: 1	1: 1	5-0	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	2-0	8-0	2: 1	3: 1
03.	FSV locomotive Dresden	1: 3	1: 2		2-0	3-0	3: 2	0-0	3: 1	2-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1
04th	BSG activist Black Pump	2: 1	0-0	1: 1		2-0	1-0	5: 2	3-0	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	3-0
05.	BSG activist Brieske-Senftenberg	1: 3	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1		1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 2	3: 1	2: 1	0-0
06th	BSG progress Bischofswerda	2: 2	4: 3	1-0	0-0	0-0		0-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	5-0
07th	ASG forward Plauen	0: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1: 2	3: 1		0-0	2-0	5: 1	2-0	2: 2
08th.	BSG activist Espenhain	1: 2	1: 5	2: 2	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	4: 2		1: 1	4: 1	4-0	4: 1
09.	BSG Motor "F.-H." Karl-Marx-Stadt	0-0	2: 2	0: 3	3: 2	1: 2	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1		4-0	2: 1	1: 1
10.	TSG Lübbenau	1: 5	1: 4	1: 4	0: 4	1: 1	2-0	0-0	2: 4	3: 1		2: 3	2-0
11.	BSG Robur Zittau	0-0	0: 3	1: 2	0-0	3-0	0: 2	3: 1	0: 2	2: 1	0: 1		1: 1
12.	TSG Gröditz	0: 2	2: 4	1: 4	2: 1	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	3: 2	1: 2	3-0	4: 2

List of goalscorers

	player	team	Gates
1.	Peter Zierau	BSG Energie Cottbus	17th
2.	Peter Brändel	BSG Motor Werdau	14th
	Bernd Geibel	BSG Motor Werdau
4th	Fritz Less	BSG activist Espenhain	11
5.	Erhard Gröger	BSG Energie Cottbus	10

spectator

• 167,960 spectators ( 1,272 per game) came to the stadiums in 132 games . ${\displaystyle \varnothing }$

Biggest crowd

4,800 BSG Robur Zittau - BSG activist Black Pump (7th column)

Lowest audience

200 ASG Vorwärts Plauen - BSG Robur Zittau (12th column)

200 ASG Vorwärts Plauen - BSG activist Brieske-Senftenberg (14th Sp.)

200 ASG Vorwärts Plauen - BSG activist Espenhain (19th Sp.)

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Selection	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
BSG Energie Cottbus	53,000	2,409	33,600	3,055	19,400	1,764
BSG Motor Werdau	26,800	1,218	11,800	1,073	15,000	1,364
FSV locomotive Dresden	19,500	0886	07,300	0664	12,200	1.109
BSG activist Black Pump	36,200	1,645	20,100	1,827	16,100	1,464
BSG activist Brieske-Senftenberg	29,950	1,361	16,500	1,500	13,450	1,223
BSG progress Bischofswerda	28,550	1,298	15,350	1,395	13,200	1,200
ASG forward Plauen	20,300	0923	04,000	0364	16,300	1,482
BSG activist Espenhain	17,300	0786	04,850	0441	12,450	1,132
BSG Motor "F.-H." Karl-Marx-Stadt	22,050	1.002	09,250	0841	12,800	1,164
TSG Lübbenau	22,350	1,016	11,350	1,032	11,000	1,000
BSG Robur Zittau	38,560	1,753	27,300	2,482	11,260	1,024
TSG Gröditz	19,360	0880	06,560	0596	12,800	1,164

Season E

Closing table

The final table of the GDR League Season E

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	+/-	Points
01.	BSG Motor Suhl	22nd	15th	04th	03	60:28	+32	34:10
02.	BSG Motor Weimar	22nd	15th	03	04th	56:27	+29	33:11
03.	BSG Wismut Gera (A)	22nd	12	07th	03	54:25	+29	31:13
04th	BSG activist Kali Werra Tiefenort	22nd	11	06th	05	36:21	+15	28:16
05.	BSG Motor Nordhausen	22nd	10	07th	05	49:29	+20	27:17
06th	BSG Motor Rudisleben (N)	22nd	08th	07th	07th	37:25	+12	23:21
07th	BSG Chemie Zeitz	22nd	08th	06th	08th	28:34	- 06	22:22
08th.	BSG Chemie IW Ilmenau (N)	22nd	07th	06th	09	26:34	- 08	20:24
09.	BSG Progress Weida	22nd	06th	04th	12	26:37	–11	16:28
10.	BSG Motor Hermsdorf	22nd	05	05	12	22:44	-22	15:29
11.	BSG Robotron Sömmerda	22nd	03	05	14th	23:58	-35	11:33
12.	BSG Chemie Schwarza (N)	22nd	0-	04th	18th	09:64	-55	04:40

Legend
	Qualification for the promotion round to the GDR Oberliga
	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.

1978/79
01.	BSG Motor Suhl		2: 1	4: 1	2: 1	4: 2	5: 1	3: 3	4-0	4-0	2: 1	3-0	5: 1
02.	BSG Motor Weimar	4-0		2: 1	2: 1	4: 3	1: 1	2: 1	4: 2	1-0	5: 3	5-0	6: 1
03.	BSG Wismut Gera	2-0	3: 1		2: 2	2: 2	2-0	5-0	4-0	1: 1	3-0	4: 2	2: 2
04th	BSG activist Kali Werra Tiefenort	1: 2	2-0	3-0		2: 1	0-0	0: 2	3: 1	3-0	3: 1	3-0	4: 1
05.	BSG Motor Nordhausen	4: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2-0		2: 1	5-0	4: 1	4: 2	5: 1	3: 1	3-0
06th	BSG Motor Rudisleben	2: 2	0: 4	1: 1	0: 1	0-0		2-0	3: 1	3-0	4-0	2: 2	6-0
07th	BSG Chemie Zeitz	1: 3	1: 2	0: 2	0-0	1: 1	1-0		1-0	3: 3	3: 1	1: 1	0-0
08th.	BSG Chemie IW Ilmenau	1: 1	1: 1	3: 3	0-0	1-0	0: 2	2: 1		2: 1	2: 1	2-0	5-0
09.	BSG Progress Weida	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	0: 1	2: 1	2: 2	1: 2	1-0		1-0	4: 1	6-0
10.	BSG Motor Hermsdorf	0: 2	2: 1	0: 3	3: 3	1: 1	1-0	0: 4	0-0	3: 1		2-0	1-0
11.	BSG Robotron Sömmerda	2: 7	0: 4	1: 4	2: 2	1: 2	0: 5	1: 2	0-0	4-0	1: 1		3: 2
12.	BSG Chemie Schwarza	0: 4	1: 3	0: 7	0: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0: 1	0: 2	0: 1	0-0	0: 1

List of goalscorers

	player	team	Gates
1.	Horst Weißhaupt	BSG Motor Nordhausen	16
2.	Wolfgang stupid	BSG Motor Weimar	14th
3.	Armin Romstedt	BSG Motor Weimar	13
4th	Günter Schmidt	BSG Wismut Gera	12
	Jörg Weißhaupt	BSG Motor Nordhausen
6th	Dietmar Cieslik	BSG activist Kali Werra Tiefenort	11
	Gerd Struppert	BSG Wismut Gera
	Ulrich Tambor	BSG Progress Weida
9.	Klaus-Dieter Boelssen	BSG Motor Suhl	10
	Uwe Büttner	BSG Chemie Zeitz

spectator

• In 132 games, 201,550 spectators ( 1,527 per game) came to the stadiums. ${\displaystyle \varnothing }$

Biggest crowd

6.100 BSG Motor Suhl - BSG Wismut Gera (15th Sp.)

Lowest audience

200 BSG Chemie Schwarza - BSG activist Kali Werra Tiefenort (22nd Sp.)

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Selection	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
BSG Motor Suhl	49,300	2,241	26,600	2,418	22,700	2,064
BSG Motor Weimar	42,000	1,909	23,850	2.168	18,150	1,650
BSG Wismut Gera	43,700	1,986	16,800	1,527	26,900	2,445
BSG activist Kali Werra Tiefenort	27,650	1,257	14,650	1,332	13,000	1,182
BSG Motor Nordhausen	42,300	1.923	26,900	2,445	15,400	1,400
BSG Motor Rudisleben	43,800	1.991	27,200	2,473	16,600	1,509
BSG Chemie Zeitz	22,550	1,025	09,300	0845	13,250	1,205
BSG Chemie IW Ilmenau	33,450	1,520	19,100	1,736	14,350	1,305
BSG Progress Weida	26,150	1,189	13,200	1,200	12,950	1,177
BSG Motor Hermsdorf	23,400	1,064	10,700	0973	12,700	1,155
BSG Robotron Sömmerda	19,850	0902	06,550	0595	13,300	1,209
BSG Chemie Schwarza	18,950	0861	06,700	0609	12,250	1,114

Promotion lap

Closing table

The final table of the GDR league promotion round

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	+/-	Points
01.	FC Forward Frankfurt / O.	8th	07th	01	0-	24: 60	+18	15: 10
02.	BSG Chemie Leipzig	8th	03	03	02	11: 70	+ 04	9: 7
03.	BSG Motor Suhl	8th	04th	01	03	14:19	- 05th	9: 7
04th	BSG Energie Cottbus	8th	01	02	05	09:13	- 04th	04:12
05.	TSG construction Rostock	8th	01	01	06th	08:21	-13	03:13

Legend
	Promoted to the GDR league

Crosstab

1978/79
1.	FC Forward Frankfurt / O.		1-0	8-0	3: 1	3: 1
2.	BSG Chemie Leipzig	2: 2		3: 1	2: 2	2-0
3.	BSG Motor Suhl	0: 2	1-0		2: 1	2: 2
4th	BSG Energie Cottbus	0: 1	0-0	2: 3		2-0
5.	TSG construction Rostock	2: 4	0: 2	1: 5	2: 1

List of goalscorers

	player	team	Gates
1.	Frieder Andrich	FC Forward Frankfurt / O.	6th
2.	Klaus-Dieter Boelssen	BSG Motor Suhl	4th
	Gerhard Krentz	TSG construction Rostock

spectator

• 137,200 spectators ( 6,860 per game) came to the stadiums in 20 games . ${\displaystyle \varnothing }$

Biggest crowd

18,500 BSG Chemie Leipzig - BSG Energie Cottbus (10th Sp.)

Lowest audience

1,000 TSG Construction Rostock - BSG Energie Cottbus (7th Sp.)

1,000 BSG Energie Cottbus - BSG Motor Suhl (8th Sp.)

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Selection	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
FC Forward Frankfurt / O.	46,200	5,775	18,000	4,500	28,200	7,050
BSG Chemie Leipzig	89,000	11,1250	63,500	15,8750	25,500	6,375
BSG Motor Suhl	48,500	6,062	23,000	5,750	25,500	6,375
BSG Energie Cottbus	55,700	6,962	23,200	5,800	32,500	8,125
TSG construction Rostock	35,000	4,375	09,500	2,375	25,500	6,375

Climbers

1.	FC Forward Frankfurt / O.
	Karl-Heinz Wienhold (22 games / goals -) Lothar HOME (17/5) Ralph Probst (30/4), Gerd Schuth (27 / -), Wolfgang Andreßen (27 / -) Ulrich Werder (21/6), Frieder Andrich (23/19), Lothar Enzmann (28 / 6) Rainer Pietsch (27/10), Ralph Conrad (25/25), Lutz Otto (25/9) Trainer: Gerhard Reichelt
	also: Eckhard Kreutzer (Gate 8 / -); Michael Franz (12/1), Christoph Ringk (9/1), Ulrich Ruppach (4 / -), Thomas Teichmann (2 / -); André Jarmuszkiewicz (16/5), Frank Lehmann (15 / -), Jürgen Theuerkorn (15/6); Volkmar Kuhlee (2 / -), Bernd Mudra (10/4), Jörg Nachtigall (5/1), Udo Stimpel (12/4). remained without commitment : Frank Geyer

2.	BSG Chemie Leipzig
	Hubert Suchantke (12 games / goals -) Stephan Fritzsche (29/2) Frank Mulansky (20/1), Frank Matychowiak (18/1), Lothar Höhne (27/1) Detlef Limbach (29/9), Manfred Graul (26/5), Lothar Paul (29 / 7) Michael Meyer (27/11), Wolfgang Lischke (28/15), Bernd Röpcke (27/8) Trainer: Dieter Sommer
	also: Ralph Kahnt (gate 9 / -), Reinhard Menzel (gate 12 / -); Andreas Barth (8 / -), Bernd Flor (8/3), Heinz Herrmann (5 / -), Andreas Neubert (4 / -); Mathias Hirsemann (2 / -), Dietrich Klose (3 / -), Norman Schubert (21/2); Frank Buchwald (2 / -), Klaus-Dieter Gosch (6/1), Jürgen Schubert (25/4). plus an own goal each from Matoul (Wernigerode unit) and Lodyga (Chemie Wolfen).

See also

• GDR football league 1978/79
• FDGB Cup 1978/79

literature

• The new football week . Fuwo . Sportverlag, ISSN  0323-8407 (issues of the 1978–1979 season).
• DSFS AG Nordost (ed.): GDR chronicle 1949–1991 GDR football in dates, facts and figures . tape 5 1974 / 75-1978 / 79 . Berlin 2009.
• Hanns Leske : Encyclopedia of GDR football . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3 .

swell

• Alexander Mastrogiannopoulos: East Germany 1978/79. GDR League 1978/1979 [Second Level]. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, October 16, 2005, accessed January 20, 2012 . 
• GDR League 1978/79. The German Football Archive, accessed on January 20, 2012 (German).