GDR soccer league 1980/81

GDR soccer league 1980/81
Climbers	BSG Energie Cottbus BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau
Relegated	BSG Motor Wolgast BSG CM Veritas Wittenberge BSG KKW Greifswald (Season A) BSG Semiconductor Plant Frankfurt / O. BSG Motor Süd Brandenburg BSG Motor Eberswalde (Season B) BSG Chemie Wolfen BSG MK Sangerhausen BSG Chemie Schönebeck (Season C) ASG Vorwärts Plauen BSG Activist Espenhain TSG Lübbenau (Season D) BSG Motor Hermsdorf BSG Landbau Bad Langensalza BSG Motor Steinach (Season E)
Teams	60 (5 × 12)
Games	660 (5 × 132)  (3 of which are criminally verified)
Gates	2,022  (ø 3.08 per game) (excluding penalty-verified games)
spectator	977,540  (ø 1481 per game) (excluding penalty- verified games)
Top scorer	Hans-Jürgen Pohl (Season A) Uwe Borchardt (Season B) Frank Kuhnt (Season C) Bernd Sachse (Season D) Olaf Distelmeier (Season E)
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↑ Oberliga 1980/81 District League ↓

In the 1980/81 season , BSG Energie Cottbus made it into the GDR league for the third time . As the second team, BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau, an absolute newcomer to the House of Lords, rose.

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

Season course

The BSG shipping / port Rostock pulled one back with a series of eleven consecutive victories, the enteilten already seven points ASG forward Stralsund seek and secure the relay victory. The midfield consisted of SG Dynamo Schwerin , BSG Post Neubrandenburg and ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg . The two teams from Neubrandenburg ran out of steam in the end, but without facing any serious risk of relegation. Everyone else was in a relegation battle, which TSG Wismar and ISG Schwerin-Süd were the first to escape with a small series each at the end of the season. The BSG Lokomotive Anklam saved themselves by winning the catch-up game against BSG CM Veritas Wittenberge . The TSG Bau Rostock helped the better goal difference against the BSG Motor Wolgast and the Wittenbergers. After the two newcomers from Wolgast and Wittenberge, the BSG KKW Greifswald's path also led to the district league .

Closing table

Neubrandenburg Schwerin Rostock Stralsund Wolgast Wismar Greifswald Wittenberg Anklam

Locations of the teams of relay A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BSG Shipping / Rostock Port	22nd	15th	5	2	048:200	+28	35: 90
2.	ASG forward Stralsund	22nd	15th	4th	3	051:130	+38	34:10
3.	SG Dynamo Schwerin	22nd	12	5	5	043:280	+15	29:15
4th	TSG Wismar	22nd	8th	6th	8th	036:430	−7	22:22
5.	BSG Post Neubrandenburg	22nd	8th	5	9	035:300	+5	21:23
6th	ISG Schwerin-Süd	22nd	9	3	10	032:360	−4	21:23
7th	ASG forward Neubrandenburg	22nd	8th	4th	10	029:320	−3	20:24
8th.	BSG locomotive Anklam (N)	22nd	6th	6th	10	028:520	−24	18:26
9.	TSG construction Rostock	22nd	6th	5	11	028:340	−6	17:27
10.	BSG Motor Wolgast (N)	22nd	5	7th	10	028:390	−11	17:27
11.	BSG CM Veritas Wittenberge (N)	22nd	5	7th	10	024:380	−14	17:27
12.	BSG Greifswald NPP	22nd	3	7th	12	023:400	−17	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.

1980/81
01.	BSG Shipping / Rostock Port		2-0	2-0	4: 2	0: 3	1-0	2: 1	6: 2	2: 2	5-0	4-0	2-0
02.	ASG forward Stralsund	1: 1		2-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	4-0	6-0	2-0	4: 1	5-0	5-0
03.	SG Dynamo Schwerin	1: 2	2-0		1: 1	1: 1	1-0	3: 2	9: 2	3-0	3: 1	2: 1	3: 2
04th	TSG Wismar	1: 2	0-0	1: 2		1: 2	3: 2	1-0	2-0	3: 2	2: 2	1: 1	3: 1
05.	BSG Post Neubrandenburg	0: 1	0: 2	2: 1	6: 1		4: 1	2: 3	2: 2	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	3: 2
06th	ISG Schwerin-Süd	0: 3	1: 3	1: 1	1-0	2: 2		1: 3	4-0	1-0	1-0	3: 1	1-0
07th	ASG forward Neubrandenburg	4: 3	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	0: 1		2-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0
08th.	BSG locomotive Anklam	0: 2	3: 6	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	3: 4	2: 1		0-0	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1
09.	TSG construction Rostock	1: 2	0: 2	4-0	4: 1	5: 3	1: 3	2-0	0-0		2: 4	2: 1	2: 1
10.	BSG Motor Wolgast	0-0	1-0	1: 2	2: 3	1: 2	2: 1	3: 4	2: 2	0-0		0: 1	1-0
11.	BSG CM Veritas Wittenberge	1: 1	0: 3	0: 3	3: 4	0-0	5: 2	1-0	0: 1	2-0	0-0		3: 1
12.	BSG Greifswald NPP	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 3	1-0	2: 2	0: 2	0: 2	2-0	3: 3	1: 1

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
01.	Hans-Jürgen Pohl	SG Dynamo Schwerin	16
02.	Hans-Jürgen Harnack	BSG Motor Wolgast	14th
03.	Dietmar Hirsch	SG Dynamo Schwerin	12
	Heinz Pinkohs	BSG Shipping / Rostock Port	12
05.	Eckhard Sperling	BSG locomotive Anklam	11

spectator

• 154,450 spectators ( 1,170 per game) came to the stadiums in 132 games . ${\displaystyle \varnothing }$

Biggest crowd

6,300 ASG Forward Neubrandenburg - BSG Post Neubrandenburg (2nd column)

Lowest audience

50 BSG Shipping / Rostock Harbor - ISG Schwerin-Süd (5th column)

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Selection	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
BSG Shipping / Rostock Port	16,600	0755	04,950	0450	11,650	1,059
ASG forward Stralsund	36,800	1,673	18,300	1,663	18,500	1,681
SG Dynamo Schwerin	25,300	1,150	08,600	0781	16,700	1,518
TSG Wismar	20,750	0943	10.100	0918	10,650	0968
BSG Post Neubrandenburg	30,400	1,382	13,100	1,190	17,300	1,572
ISG Schwerin-Süd	18,850	0857	08,800	0800	10,050	0913
ASG forward Neubrandenburg	24,150	1,098	13,250	1,204	10,900	0990
BSG locomotive Anklam	41,850	1,902	29,450	2,677	12,400	1,127
TSG construction Rostock	18,600	0845	08,100	0736	10,500	0954
BSG Motor Wolgast	25,300	1,150	13,700	1,245	11,600	1,054
BSG CM Veritas Wittenberge	25,050	1,139	11,500	1,045	13,550	1,231
BSG Greifswald NPP	25,250	1,148	14,600	1,327	10,650	0968

Season B

Season course

The relegated league 1. FC Union Berlin won the title in season B. BSG KWO Berlin , SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde , BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt and BSG Stahl Brandenburg were the first pursuers of the Iron, but in the long run they lacked stamina, to be able to seriously intervene in the fight for the relay victory. With the BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt , newcomer BSG Bergmann-Borsig Berlin and the BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf , teams followed that always moved in safe waters. This was also expected from BSG Motor Hennigsdorf , which, however, was in danger of relegation due to a miserable spring round. The Hennigsdorfer won 3 points from six games and were tied with BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O before matchday 21 . Frankfurt got 8 points in the same period and was able to leave the relegation places with a victory in a direct duel. Hennigsdorf won his home game 2-0 and just pulled his head out of the loop. The other relegated companies were BSG Motor Eberswalde and BSG Motor Süd Brandenburg . Both found themselves on the relegation places early on and Brandenburg in particular proved to be unsuitable for the league.

Closing table

Brandenburg Eisenhüttenstadt Eberswalde Fürstenwalde 0 Schwedt Frankfurt (Oder) Hennigsdorf Berlin 0 Bergmann-Borsig KWO Hennigsdorf union Greater Berlin

Locations of the teams of relay B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	1. FC Union Berlin (A)	22nd	16	3	3	054:190	+35	35: 90
2.	BSG KWO Berlin	22nd	12	4th	6th	037:280	+9	28:16
3.	SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde	22nd	10	7th	5	043:250	+18	27:17
4th	BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt	22nd	9	9	4th	034:190	+15	27:17
5.	BSG Stahl Brandenburg	22nd	12	2	8th	048:320	+16	26:18
6th	BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt	22nd	9	6th	7th	029:210	+8	24:20
7th	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf	22nd	9	4th	9	035:360	−1	22:22
8th.	BSG Bergmann-Borsig Berlin (N)	22nd	7th	7th	8th	032:390	−7	21:23
9.	BSG Motor Hennigsdorf	22nd	7th	5	10	042:560	−14	19:25
10.	BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O.	22nd	6th	4th	12	023:430	−20	16:28
11.	BSG Motor Eberswalde (N)	22nd	5	3	14th	020:410	−21	13:31
12.	BSG Motor South Brandenburg (N)	22nd	1	4th	17th	010:480	−38	06:38

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.

1980/81
01.	1. FC Union Berlin		3-0	3: 1	1: 2	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	7: 1	4-0	3-0	1-0
02.	BSG KWO Berlin	3-0		1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	4: 3	4: 1	1: 3	2-0	3-0	1-0
03.	SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde	0-0	2: 2		2: 1	3: 2	0-0	0: 1	2-0	3: 2	7: 1	1-0	6: 1
04th	BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt	0-0	1: 1	1-0		4: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 2	3: 1	2-0	4-0	0-0
05.	BSG Stahl Brandenburg	2: 1	3-0	5: 2	1: 1		1-0	2: 3	3: 2	1: 1	5-0	3: 1	4: 1
06th	BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt	1: 3	3: 1	1-0	0-0	3: 1		3: 1	3-0	3: 1	0-0	3: 1	2: 1
07th	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf	2: 6	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1-0		1: 1	2: 2	5: 2	1-0	2-0
08th.	BSG Bergmann-Borsig Berlin	1: 1	0: 3	2: 2	2: 2	1-0	4-0	1: 1		7: 4	0-0	3: 1	0-0
09.	BSG Motor Hennigsdorf	1: 6	2-0	1: 5	3: 3	2: 4	1-0	3: 2	1: 2		2-0	3-0	3: 1
10.	BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O.	0: 2	1: 3	0: 2	1-0	3: 1	0-0	0: 2	5-0	2: 2		3: 1	2-0
11.	BSG Motor Eberswalde	1: 3	1: 2	0-0	0: 2	0: 2	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	2: 1	3: 1		3-0
12.	BSG Motor South Brandenburg	1: 3	0: 1	0: 3	0: 2	0: 4	0: 4	2: 1	0: 1	2: 2	0: 2	1: 1

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
01.	Uwe Borchardt	1. FC Union Berlin	17th
02.	Rüdiger Uentz	ASG Forward Neubrandenburg (7) BSG KWO Berlin (9)	16
03.	Detlef Schulz	SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde	15th
04th	Sergei Morozov	BSG Motor Hennigsdorf	14th
05.	Wolfgang Hefter	BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt	12
06th	Rainer Hornauer	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf	11
	Jörg Kampf	BSG Stahl Brandenburg	11
08th.	Frank Neumann	BSG KWO Berlin	10

spectator

• 205,050 spectators ( 1,553 per game) came to the stadiums in 132 games . ${\displaystyle \varnothing }$

Biggest crowd

10.000 1. FC Union Berlin - SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde (1. Sp.)

Lowest audience

100 BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O. - BSG Motor Süd Brandenburg (6th column)

100 BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O. - SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde (13th column)

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Selection	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
1. FC Union Berlin	109,9000	4,995	57,500	5,227	52,400	4,763
BSG KWO Berlin	30,200	1,373	16,050	1,459	14,150	1,286
SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde	29,650	1,348	12,100	1,100	17,550	1,595
BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt	35,000	1,591	19,600	1,781	15,400	1,400
BSG Stahl Brandenburg	26,550	1,209	15,100	1,372	11,450	1,040
BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt	21,750	0989	11,400	1,036	10,350	0940
BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf	27,300	1,241	13,250	1,204	14,050	1,277
BSG Bergmann-Borsig Berlin	24,350	1.107	10.100	0918	14,250	1,295
BSG Motor Hennigsdorf	33,850	1,539	15,750	1,431	18,100	1,645
BSG semiconductor plant Frankfurt / O.	18,750	0852	06,750	0613	12,000	1,090
BSG Motor Eberswalde	20,550	0934	09,100	0827	11,450	1,040
BSG Motor South Brandenburg	32,250	1,466	18,350	1,668	13,900	1,263

Season C

Season course

The battle for the relay win was an exciting affair. During the winter break, the first (Schkopau) separated from the sixth (Thale) just 3 points. The team of BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau defended their place at the top of the table to the end, which they owed above all to their good away record (15: 7 points). Relegated league club BSG Chemie Leipzig , started as a favorite, was exposed to too many fluctuations with the new formation. Especially their weakness at home (14: 8 points) was their undoing in the fight for the relay victory. In the end they only got 3rd place behind the strong team from BSG Stahl Blankenburg .
With the BSG Chemie Wolfen , the newcomers BSG MK Sangerhausen and BSG Chemie Schönebeck , three teams quickly lost connection to the saving places to stay in the league.

Closing table

Dessau Time Eisleben Schönebeck Sangerhausen Leipzig Blankenburg Wolfen Thale Stendal Schkopau

Locations of the teams of relay C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	22nd	13	6th	3	043:290	+14	32:12
2.	BSG steel Blankenburg	22nd	11	7th	4th	034:140	+20	29:15
3.	BSG Chemie Leipzig (A)	22nd	10	9	3	037:260	+11	29:15
4th	SG Dynamo Eisleben	22nd	10	7th	5	045:240	+21	27:17
5.	BSG Locomotive Stendal	22nd	10	7th	5	027:230	+4	27:17
6th	BSG Stahl Thale	22nd	10	6th	6th	033:240	+9	26:18
7th	ASG forward Dessau	22nd	8th	7th	7th	034:260	+8	23:21
8th.	BSG Steel Northwest Leipzig (N)	22nd	7th	5	10	032:380	−6	19:25
9.	BSG Chemie Zeitz	22nd	7th	5	10	029:420	−13	19:25
10.	BSG Chemie Wolfen	22nd	4th	7th	11	030:360	−6	15:29
11.	BSG MK Sangerhausen (N)	22nd	3	4th	15th	021:510	−30	10:34
12.	BSG Chemie Schönebeck (N)	22nd	2	4th	16	020:520	−32	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.

1980/81
01.	BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau		1-0	3: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	4: 2	3-0	0-0	5: 2	2: 1
02.	BSG steel Blankenburg	2: 2		1: 1	4: 1	1: 1	1-0	0-0	4: 1	2: 1	1-0	4-0	0-0
03.	BSG Chemie Leipzig	3: 1	1: 3		2: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 3	4: 3	1-0	1: 1	1-0	4-0
04th	SG Dynamo Eisleben	6: 1	2: 1	0: 1		1: 1	5-0	1: 1	1: 1	4-0	2: 2	3: 1	4: 1
05.	BSG Locomotive Stendal	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 1		2-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 5	3-0	5: 2
06th	BSG Stahl Thale	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	3: 1	3-0		5: 1	1-0	2: 2	2: 1	5-0	1-0
07th	ASG forward Dessau	0: 1	0: 1	1: 2	0: 1	2-0	4-0		4-0	3: 2	3: 2	1: 1	4-0
08th.	BSG Stahl Nordwest Leipzig	1: 3	1-0	1: 3	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 1		0-0	5: 1	2-0	3-0
09.	BSG Chemie Zeitz	3: 5	0: 4	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 4	0-0	3: 1		3: 2	3: 2	3: 1
10.	BSG Chemie Wolfen	0: 1	0-0	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	0: 2	6: 1	1: 1		2: 1	1-0
11.	BSG MK Sangerhausen	1: 3	0: 2	1: 1	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	0: 5	3: 1	3: 2		0-0
12.	BSG Chemie Schönebeck	1: 2	0: 2	1: 3	0: 5	0: 1	0: 2	3: 3	1: 1	1: 2	4: 1	4: 3

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
01.	Frank Kuhnt	BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	16
02.	Hans-Jürgen Franke	ASG forward Dessau	14th
03.	Eckard Beckmann	BSG Stahl Nordwest Leipzig	13
04th	Hans-Dieter Auffenbauer	SG Dynamo Eisleben	10
	Roland Nowotny	BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	10

spectator

• In 132 games, 237,300 spectators ( 1,797 per game) came to the stadiums. ${\displaystyle \varnothing }$

Biggest crowd

7,200 BSG Chemie Leipzig - BSG Chemie Wolfen (2nd column)

Lowest audience

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

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Selection	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	35,150	1,598	15,400	1,400	19,750	1,795
BSG steel Blankenburg	49,250	2,239	24,350	2.213	24,900	2.263
BSG Chemie Leipzig	83,600	3,800	48,500	4,409	35,100	3,190
SG Dynamo Eisleben	33,300	1,514	13,350	1,213	19,950	1,813
BSG Locomotive Stendal	43,900	1.995	26,500	2,409	17,400	1,581
BSG Stahl Thale	49,300	2,241	28,950	2,631	20,350	1,850
ASG forward Dessau	32,400	1,473	15,500	1,409	16,900	1,536
BSG Stahl Nordwest Leipzig	25,700	1,168	07,200	0654	18,500	1,681
BSG Chemie Zeitz	27,300	1,241	13,000	1,181	14,300	1,300
BSG Chemie Wolfen	28,650	1,302	07,950	0722	20,700	1,881
BSG MK Sangerhausen	39,150	1,780	23,100	2,100	16,050	1,459
BSG Chemie Schönebeck	27,000	1,227	13,500	1,227	13,500	1,227

Season D

Season course

The BSG Energie Cottbus lived up to its role as favorite and won sovereign the season victory. With the exception of the first matchday, they were always at the top of the table and only left both points at BSG Motor Werdau . The midfield consisted of TSG Gröditz , BSG Motor Werdau and BSG activist Black Pump . The other teams fought more or less to stay up until the last day of the match. With only 4 points after the winter break, the newcomer TSG Lübbenau was the first to book the ticket for the district league . In the end, the BSG activist Espenhain and the ASG Vorwärts Plauen had to go the same way . On the last day of the match, BSG Motor “F.-H.” Karl-Marx-Stadt had to win against ASG Vorwärts Kamenz in order to keep the class safely. Plauen, on the other hand, still had the chance in a direct duel with FSV Lokomotive Dresden to leave them behind. But for that a victory by four goals was necessary. Karl-Marx-Stadt won 3-1 and was just as able to celebrate relegation as the Dresdeners despite a 2-0 defeat against Plauen.

Closing table

Aspen grove Black pump Plauen Bischofsw. cottbus Karl-Marx- Stadt Gröditz Dresden Kamenz Werdau Krumhermersdorf Luebbenau

Locations of the teams of relay D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BSG Energie Cottbus	22nd	15th	6th	1	047:180	+29	36: 80
2.	TSG Gröditz (N)	22nd	10	7th	5	033:300	+3	27:17
3.	BSG Motor Werdau	22nd	10	5	7th	052:370	+15	25:19
4th	BSG activist Black Pump	22nd	8th	8th	6th	033:250	+8	24:20
5.	BSG construction Krumhermersdorf (N)	22nd	8th	6th	8th	036:400	−4	22:22
6th	ASG forward Kamenz	22nd	6th	8th	8th	033:300	+3	20:24
7th	BSG Motor "F.-H." Karl-Marx-Stadt	22nd	7th	6th	9	031:370	−6	20:24
8th.	BSG progress Bischofswerda	22nd	7th	6th	9	022:320	−10	20:24
9.	FSV locomotive Dresden	22nd	7th	5	10	031:300	+1	19:25
10.	ASG forward Plauen	22nd	5	9	8th	029:310	−2	19:25
11.	BSG activist Espenhain	22nd	4th	10	8th	025:330	−8	18:26
12.	TSG Lübbenau (N)	22nd	5	4th	13	025:540	−29	14:30

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.

1980/81
01.	BSG Energie Cottbus		2-0	3-0	1: 1	3: 1	2-0	2: 1	6-0	4: 1	4-0	2: 1	2: 1
02.	TSG Gröditz	2: 2		1-0	2-0	2-0	2: 1	4: 2	0-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 1
03.	BSG Motor Werdau	3-0	3: 3		1: 1	9: 1	3: 4	6: 1	2: 1	3: 1	2: 2	2-0	5-0
04th	BSG activist Black Pump	3: 3	1: 2	0: 2		4: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	3-0	1: 2	3-0
05.	BSG construction Krumhermersdorf	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	0-0		1: 1	2-0	2-0	3: 1	4: 1	2: 1	2: 1
06th	ASG forward Kamenz	1: 2	0-0	2-0	2: 2	3: 2		2: 2	1: 2	2-0	1: 1	4-0	5-0
07th	BSG Motor "F.-H." Karl-Marx-Stadt	0: 2	0-0	0: 1	2-0	3: 3	3: 1		0-0	1: 1	3: 2	2: 1	2-0
08th.	BSG progress Bischofswerda	0: 2	0: 2	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1	3: 2	2: 1		2-0	1: 2	0-0	1-0
09.	FSV locomotive Dresden	1: 2	4: 1	4-0	2: 2	2-0	3-0	2-0	1: 1		0: 2	1: 1	4: 1
10.	ASG forward Plauen	0-0	1: 1	4: 2	0-0	2: 2	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	0: 1		1: 1	7-0
11.	BSG activist Espenhain	1: 1	6: 2	3: 1	0: 3	1: 1	0-0	1: 3	0-0	1-0	1: 1		2: 2
12.	TSG Lübbenau	0: 1	3: 2	3: 3	1: 3	0: 4	1: 1	2: 2	3: 1	2: 1	1-0	3: 1

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
01.	Bernd Sachse	BSG construction Krumhermersdorf	19th
02.	Andreas Leuthäuser	ASG forward Kamenz	15th
03.	Karl-Heinz Herrmann	BSG activist Espenhain	14th
04th	Bernd Mickan	BSG Motor Werdau	12
05.	Peter Zierau	BSG Energie Cottbus	11
06th	Hans-Dieter Paulo	BSG activist Black Pump	10

spectator

• 154,740 spectators ( 1,172 per game) came to the stadiums in 132 games . ${\displaystyle \varnothing }$

Biggest crowd

5,000 BSG activist Black Pump - BSG Energie Cottbus (4th column)

Lowest audience

100 ASG Vorwärts Plauen - BSG Motor "F.-H." Karl-Marx-Stadt (12th column)

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Selection	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
BSG Energie Cottbus	45,650	2,075	29,400	2,672	16,250	1,477
TSG Gröditz	19,650	0893	08,850	0804	10,800	0981
BSG Motor Werdau	26,350	1,198	13,000	1,181	13,350	1,213
BSG activist Black Pump	36,150	1,643	23,400	2.127	12,750	1,159
BSG construction Krumhermersdorf	27,450	1,248	15,450	1,404	12,000	1,090
ASG forward Kamenz	27,750	1,261	15,150	1,377	12,600	1,145
BSG M. "F.-H." Karl-Marx-Stadt	22,150	1.007	10,850	0986	11,300	1,027
BSG progress Bischofswerda	29,200	1,327	13,500	1,227	15,700	1,427
FSV locomotive Dresden	22,650	1,030	08,800	0800	13,850	1,259
ASG forward Plauen	16,440	0745	04,990	0453	11,450	1,040
BSG activist Espenhain	16,290	0740	04,200	0381	12,090	1,099
TSG Lübbenau	19,750	0898	07.150	0650	12,600	1,145

Season E

Season course

This time BSG Motor Suhl had the happier end in the battle for the relay victory. They relegated last year's champions BSG Wismut Gera and BSG Motor Nordhausen to their places. Gera and Nordhausen failed too often after the winter break and so Suhl was able to overtake both with a great series of 13: 3 points (without defeat). The BSG Motor Weimar flirted after three second places at last season with the winner, but were missing at the end of those six points that we lost at the green table.
In the fight against relegation there were all the remaining teams except for the first three in the table. For the newcomer from the Suhl district of BSG Motor Steinach , the league was one size too big, like the BSG WK Schmalkalden in the previous year . The other two relegated teams were only determined on the last match day. The BSG progress Weida escaped with a draw against the BSG Chemie IW Ilmenau and the BSG Motor Rudisleben with a victory against the BSG farming Bad Langensalza . For Bad Langensalza, the defeat meant relegation to the district league . BSG Motor Hermsdorf had to go the same way , which even a win against Steinach could no longer help.

Closing table

Suhl Nordhausen Sondershausen Steinach Depth location Gera Rudisl. Weimar Ilmenau Hermsdorf Weida Bad Langen- salza

Locations of the teams of relay E

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BSG Motor Suhl	22nd	12	5	5	036:200	+16	29:15
2.	BSG Wismut Gera	22nd	10	8th	4th	042:240	+18	28:16
3.	BSG Motor Nordhausen	22nd	9	10	3	041:250	+16	28:16
4th	BSG activist Kali Werra Tiefenort	22nd	7th	9	6th	040:350	+5	23:21
5.	BSG Motor Weimar	22nd	7th	9	6th	034:330	+1	23:21
6th	BSG Glückauf Sondershausen (N)	22nd	7th	8th	7th	044:410	+3	22:22
7th	BSG Chemie IW Ilmenau	22nd	6th	10	6th	034:310	+3	22:22
8th.	BSG Motor Rudisleben	22nd	7th	7th	8th	033:420	−9	21:23
9.	BSG Progress Weida	22nd	6th	8th	8th	047:390	+8	20:24
10.	BSG Motor Hermsdorf (N)	22nd	5	10	7th	023:270	−4	20:24
11.	BSG Landbau Bad Langensalza	22nd	7th	4th	11	031:420	−11	18:26
12.	BSG Motor Steinach (N)	22nd	4th	2	16	032:780	−46	10:34

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.

1980/81
01.	BSG Motor Suhl		1: 1	1-0	2-0	0-0	2: 4	0-0	4: 1	3: 1	1-0	6: 1	3: 1
02.	BSG Wismut Gera	0-0		0-0	2: 1	2: 2	2: 1	2: 3	3-0	1-0	5-0	3-0	4: 2
03.	BSG Motor Nordhausen	2: 1	2: 1		6: 3	1: 1	1: 1	3: 2	2-0	3: 3	1-0	1: 2	8: 1
04th	BSG activist Kali Werra Tiefenort	1: 3	1: 1	2: 2		1: 1	0-0	2: 1	4: 1	3: 2	2: 2	1-0	7-0
05.	BSG Motor Weimar	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1		2: 1	3: 1	3: 1	3: 3		1: 1
06th	BSG Glückauf Sondershausen	1: 2	4: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1		1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	3: 1	0: 3	5: 1
07th	BSG Chemie IW Ilmenau	0-0	0-0	1: 2	1: 1	2: 1	3: 3		2-0	0: 3	0-0	3: 1	4: 2
08th.	BSG Motor Rudisleben	1-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 4	5: 2	1: 5		2: 1	4: 1	3-0	3: 2
09.	BSG Progress Weida	3: 1	0: 3	2: 2	3-0	1: 3	2: 3	1: 1	1: 1		0-0	4-0	9: 2
10.	BSG Motor Hermsdorf	0: 2	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	3: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1		0-0	2-0
11.	BSG Landbau Bad Langensalza	2: 3	2: 1	2-0	4-0		1: 4	2: 1	2: 2	2: 2	1: 3		1: 3
12.	BSG Motor Steinach	0: 1	1: 5	0: 3	0: 6	1: 4	5: 2	2: 2	2: 4	2: 4	0-0	2: 1

1. ^ BSG Motor Weimar - BSG Motor Hermsdorf 7: 0 (4th matchday); Scoring: 2: 0 points and 3: 0 goals for Hermsdorf
2. ^ BSG Motor Weimar - BSG Motor Steinach 7: 0 (6th matchday); Scoring: 2: 0 points and 3: 0 goals for Steinach
3. ^ BSG Landbau Bad Langensalza - BSG Motor Weimar 0: 1 (5th matchday); Rating: 2: 0 points and 3: 0 goals for Bad Langensalza

In all three games the player Jürgen Albrecht took part without authorization. The main reason for this was a mistake between ASG Vorwärts Mühlhausen , where he played during his honorary service in the NVA , and BSG Motor Weimar.

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
01.	Olaf Distelmeier	BSG Wismut Gera	16
02.	Uwe Aschmann	BSG Motor Weimar	12
	Ulrich Tambor	BSG Progress Weida	12
04th	Roland Garthof	BSG Glückauf Sondershausen	11
05.	Bernd Bader	BSG activist Kali Werra Tiefenort	10
	Lutz Hartung	BSG Glückauf Sondershausen	10
	Ralf Schulenberg	BSG Motor Rudisleben	10

spectator

• In 132 games, 226,000 spectators ( 1,712 per game) came to the stadiums. ${\displaystyle \varnothing }$

Biggest crowd

5,500 BSG Glückauf Sondershausen - BSG Motor Nordhausen (22nd Sp.)

Lowest audience

300 BSG activist Kali Werra Tiefenort - BSG Chemie IW Ilmenau (13th Sp.)

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Selection	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
BSG Motor Suhl	40,050	1,820	18,550	1,686	21,500	1,954
BSG Wismut Gera	46,250	2,102	22,000	2,000	24,250	2,204
BSG Motor Nordhausen	52,750	2,398	30,200	2,745	22,550	2,050
BSG activist Kali Werra Tiefenort	28,200	1,282	12,300	1,118	15,900	1,445
BSG Motor Weimar	48,600	2,209	27,050	2,459	21,550	1,959
BSG Glückauf Sondershausen	45,950	2,089	27,750	2,522	18,200	1,654
BSG Chemie IW Ilmenau	39,700	1,805	22,450	2,040	17,250	1,568
BSG Motor Rudisleben	36,800	1,673	17,400	1,581	19,400	1,763
BSG Progress Weida	28,700	1,305	11,350	1,031	17,350	1,577
BSG Motor Hermsdorf	24,100	1,095	09,050	0822	15,050	1,368
BSG Landbau Bad Langensalza	37,850	1,720	19,200	1,745	18,650	1,695
BSG Motor Steinach	24,350	1.109	08,700	0790	15,650	1,422

Promotion lap

Season course

The BSG Energie Cottbus was the most constant team in the promotion round (home / away balance) and deservedly rose to the GDR top division . The surprise team of the league relay C BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau came closest to the Cottbus team and rose almost sensationally to the upper house. The 1. FC Union Berlin , emerged as a big favorite in the promotion round failed at the end of their poor away record (1: 7 points.). On the 8th matchday they missed the last chance for an immediate return to the league, with a 2-0 defeat at Schkopau. The performances at BSG Schiffahrt / Hafen Rostock were very unsteady, but on the last day of the match they had the chance to move up to the league with a win in Schkopau. After a 4-2 defeat despite two lead times, the Rostock team ended up in 4th place. The BSG Motor Suhl team didn't really get going and quickly lost touch with the promotion places.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BSG Energie Cottbus	8th	5	2	1	015: 700	+8	12: 40
2.	BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	8th	4th	2	2	016:120	+4	10: 60
3.	1. FC Union Berlin	8th	3	2	3	017:110	+6	08: 80
4th	BSG Shipping / Rostock Port	8th	3	1	4th	015:180	−3	07: 90
5.	BSG Motor Suhl	8th	0	3	5	009:240	−15	03:13

Legend
	Promoted to the GDR league

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.

1980/81
1.	BSG Energie Cottbus		1-0	2: 1	2-0	2-0
2.	BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	2: 2		2-0	4: 2	4: 1
3.	1. FC Union Berlin	0-0	4: 1		5: 2	7: 1
4th	BSG Shipping / Rostock Port	2: 1	1: 2	3-0		2: 2
5.	BSG Motor Suhl	2: 5	1: 1	0-0	2: 3

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
01.	Heinz Pinkohs	BSG Shipping / Rostock Port	6th
02.	Helmut Brandtner	BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	4th
	Klaus-Dieter Helbig	1. FC Union Berlin	4th

spectator

• 143,600 spectators ( 7,180 per game) came to the stadiums in 20 games . ${\displaystyle \varnothing }$

Biggest crowd

17,500 1. FC Union Berlin - BSG Energie Cottbus (1st column)

Lowest audience

1,000 BSG Motor Suhl - BSG Energie Cottbus (10th Sp.)

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Selection	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
BSG Energie Cottbus	67,500	8,437	43,000	10,7500	24,500	6.125
BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	51,300	6,412	23,500	5,875	27,800	6,950
1. FC Union Berlin	75,300	9.412	35,500	8,875	39,800	9,950
BSG Shipping / Rostock Port	61,500	7,687	30,000	7,500	31,500	7,875
BSG Motor Suhl	31,600	3,950	11,600	2,900	20,000	5,000

Climbers

1.	BSG Energie Cottbus
	Rolf-Dieter Kahnt (24 games / goals -) Michael Braun (27/1) Robert Reiss (28 / -), Bernd Kulke (23/7), Bernd Müller (28/1) Uwe Weller (29/4), Bernd Deutschmann (18/3), Ralf Lempke (27 / 5) Hagen Wellschmidt (30/11), Bernd Mudra (25/6), Peter Zierau (26/13) Coach: Hans-Jürgen Stenzel up to 3rd matchday, from 4th matchday Dieter Schulz
	also: Andreas Wendt (Gate 6 / -); Karl-Heinz Jahn (22/1), Klaus Pohle (11/3), Udo Stimpel (4 / -); Dietmar Drabow (5/1), Detlef Müller (3/1), Hartmut Schömberg (4 / -); Roland Balck (9/1), Dietmar Förster (6 / -), René Röder (5/2), Petrik Sander (4/1) - plus an own goal by Jank (forward Kamenz).

2.	BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau
	Jochen Habekuß (30 games / goals -) Gerd Koßmann (29/2) Ronald Demmer (29/1), Herbert Skowronek (20/1), Günther Koselewski (22/1) Rainer Langer (29 / -), Reinhard Radsch (29/1), Roland Nowotny (28 / 13) Frank Kuhnt (29/19), Helmut Brandtner (28/12), Ralf Pretzsch (19/2) Trainer: Olaf Keller
	also: Ralf Blaudschun (10 / -); Stefanus Immig (6 / -), Bernhard Kopf (20/4), Andreas Meyer (12/2); Waldemar Köppe (4 / -), Günter Krosse (17 / -), Rainer Wallek (15/1). were left without action : Peter Rath (goal), Ingo Zänker (goal), Frank-Peter Rosenbusch

literature

• The new football week . Fuwo . Sportverlag, ISSN  0323-8407 (issues from the 1980–1981 season).
• DSFS AG Nordost (ed.): GDR chronicle 1949–1991 GDR football in dates, facts and figures . tape 6 1979 / 80-1984 / 85 . Berlin 2009.
• Hanns Leske : Encyclopedia of GDR football . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3 .

Web links

• Alexander Mastrogiannopoulos: East Germany 1980/81. GDR League 1980/1981 [Second Level]. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, October 16, 2005, accessed June 8, 2014 . 
• GDR League 1980/81. The German Football Archive, accessed on June 8, 2014 (German).