GDR football league 1954/55

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GDR football league 1954/55
master SC Turbine Erfurt
Cup winners SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
Relegated SC Chemie Halle-Leuna
BSG Progress Meerane
Teams 14th
Games 182
Gates 614  (ø 3.37 per game)
spectator 2,524,500  (ø 13,871 per game)
Top scorer Willy Tröger
( SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt )
← GDR football league 1953/54

The GDR Oberliga 1954/55 was the sixth edition of the top division of the GDR . The championship went to SC Turbine Erfurt , which defended its championship title from the previous year. The season began on September 5, 1954 and ended on April 24, 1955.

Before the season

For the first time since its inaugural season, the league had its original size of 14 teams, after the three relegated teams were only followed by two promoted teams in the previous season. The number of top division participants shouldn't change after that.

The year 1954 also brought profound changes for GDR football. For the targeted development of high- performance sport, so-called sports clubs (SC) were founded in the districts , whose sections functioned as a performance base for various types of sport. In football, a large number of the upper league teams - which previously operated almost exclusively as company sports associations (BSG) - were integrated into the sports clubs as football sections.

As a result, entire teams were relocated in some cases. In November 1954 , the teams from Empor Lauter and Dynamo Dresden were relocated to Rostock and Berlin , respectively , and connected to the newly founded sports clubs Empor Rostock and Dynamo Berlin . The relocation of the Empor team was primarily due to geographical reasons, as the north of the GDR was clearly underrepresented in the upper league, while four communities from the Karl-Marx-Stadt district alone played top-class. Another planned relocation of the team from BSG Wismut Aue to the sports club of the same name in Karl-Marx-Stadt failed due to the protest of the population, which culminated in strike threats from the Wismut miners. Thus, the newly formed soccer section of SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt continued to be based in Aue.

As part of the state-sponsored district performance centers, the sports clubs were entrusted with the training of the most talented and capable athletes in their catchment areas. While the top-performing players were to be concentrated in the football sections in the future, the company sports associations usually had to hand over their most promising talents to the sports clubs - usually when they were young. As in other team sports, a two-tier society emerged in league football, which was increasingly to be shaped by the dominance of the SC teams. The teams from ten sports clubs and four company sports associations played for the 1954/55 championship.

Sports club formation

In the course of the formation of the sports club between September and November 1954, several company sports associations appeared in the league under new names during the season. The transition from BSG Chemie Leipzig to SC Lokomotive took place shortly before the start of the season (on September 1st).

Change of name of the affected sports communities
BSG before the season Sports club after the renaming
BSG Turbine Erfurt SC Turbine Erfurt
BSG Chemie Leipzig SC Lokomotive Leipzig
SG Dynamo Dresden SC Dynamo Berlin *)
BSG Wismut Aue SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
BSG activist Brieske-Ost SC activist Brieske-Senftenberg
BSG Rotation Dresden SC unit Dresden
BSG turbine hall SC Chemie Halle-Leuna
BSG Up Louder SC Empor Rostock *)
BSG Unit East Leipzig SC Rotation Leipzig

Legend: *) Resettlement

Season course

Turbine Erfurt celebrates defending its title

The course of the season was significantly influenced by the restructuring. Dynamo Dresden was the leader of the table for a long time, but was unable to maintain its performance after the delegation to Berlin and, as the third-worst team in the second half of the season, ended the season in seventh place. The move also had a negative impact on Empor Lauter. Until the move after the eighth match day, the team was in third place, after which it slipped to ninth place. To make matters worse, some players switched to other teams from the Ore Mountains. Turbine Erfurt and Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt offered the most consistent performances, both of which consequently took the first two places. Turbine was the first team to defend its soccer championship title in the GDR.

For last year's runner-up, Chemie Leipzig, the season was disappointing and they only ended up in eleventh place. Things went even worse for the master of 1952, Turbine Halle, who had meanwhile been connected to SC Chemie Halle-Leuna. Halle and Meerane were relegated from the league. For Meerane it was the last season in the league.

Closing table

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Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. SC Turbine Erfurt (M)  26th  13  8th  5 058:250 2.32 34:18
 2. SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt  26th  13  7th  6th 062:380 1.63 33:19
 3. SC Rotation Leipzig  26th  10  10  6th 058:470 1.23 30:22
 4th SC unit Dresden  26th  13  3  10 064:550 1.16 29:23
 5. BSG Motor Zwickau  26th  13  2  11 051:490 1.04 28:24
 6th SC activist Brieske-Senftenberg  26th  11  5  10 037:440 0.84 27:25
 7th SC Dynamo Berlin  26th  12  2  12 050:490 1.02 26:26
 8th. ZSK Forward Berlin (N, P)  26th  10  6th  10 043:460 0.93 26:26
 9. SC Empor Rostock  26th  12  2  12 029:330 0.88 26:26
10. BSG Chemistry Karl-Marx-Stadt (N)  26th  8th  9  9 034:430 0.79 25:27
11. SC Lokomotive Leipzig  26th  9  6th  11 032:380 0.84 24:28
12. BSG Rotation Babelsberg  26th  10  3  13 036:360 1.00 23:29
13. SC Chemie Halle-Leuna  26th  8th  4th  14th 028:520 0.54 20:32
14th BSG Progress Meerane  26th  5  3  18th 031:580 0.53 13:39
  • GDR master
  • FDGB cup winner
  • Relegated to the GDR league in 1955
    • (M) Last season champions
    (P) Cup winner last season
    (N) Promoted last season
    Newcomers from the GDR League 1954/55 : BSG Lokomotive Stendal , BSG Progress Weissenfels

    Crosstab

    1954/55 SC Turbine Erfurt SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt SC Rotation Leipzig SC unit Dresden BSG Motor Zwickau SC activist Brieske-Senftenberg SC Dynamo Berlin ZSK Forward Berlin SC Empor Rostock BSC Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt SC Lokomotive Leipzig BSG Rotation Babelsberg SC Chemie Halle-Leuna BSG Progress Meerane
    1. SC Turbine Erfurt 1: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 2 0: 2 5: 2 3: 2 4-0 5-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 5-0
    2. SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 2: 2 4: 3 6: 3 5: 2 3: 1 1-0 3-0 5-0 2-0 5-0 3-0 3-0 2: 1
    3. SC Rotation Leipzig 1: 1 2: 2 2: 2 1-0 4: 3 5: 1 1: 1 6: 2 6: 2 0: 2 4: 2 4: 1 3: 2
    4th SC unit Dresden 4: 4 3: 1 8: 1 7: 2 2-0 1: 2 3: 2 2: 1 1-0 4: 2 1-0 3: 2 2: 1
    5. BSG Motor Zwickau 0: 2 5: 3 5: 3 4: 1 3-0 0: 2 1: 5 2: 1 3: 1 0-0 1-0 3: 1 1: 1
    6th SC activist Brieske-Senftenberg 0-0 1: 1 0: 4 4: 1 3-0 2: 6 2-0 1-0 0-0 1: 2 1-0 4: 2 3: 1
    7th SC Dynamo Berlin 2-0 0-0 1: 1 2: 4 1: 5 4-0 4-0 2-0 0: 3 6: 3 0: 3 3: 2 2: 1
    8th. ZSK Forward Berlin 2: 5 3: 2 0: 3 3: 1 1-0 2: 2 1: 3 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 3: 1 6: 3
    9. SC Empor Rostock 2: 1 1-0 2-0 1-0 3-0 2-0 1-0 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 1-0 3-0 3-0
    10. BSG Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 4: 3 2: 4 1: 1 1: 3 0-0 2-0 2: 1 3: 2 0: 1 2: 1
    11. SC Lokomotive Leipzig 1: 1 3: 3 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 4: 1 3: 2 0: 2 1-0 0: 2 0: 1 0-0 2-0
    12. BSG Rotation Babelsberg 0-0 3: 1 1: 1 4: 2 0: 2 1: 2 4: 1 1-0 2: 1 1: 2 0: 2 6: 1 2: 1
    13. SC Chemie Halle-Leuna 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 2: 2 0: 5 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 1
    14th BSG Progress Meerane 0: 6 1: 2 1: 1 4: 3 4: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 2 1-0 2: 2 0: 2 1: 2 1: 2

    statistics

    The championship team

    BSG Turbine Erfurt
    Rolf Jahn (24 games / goals -)
    Wilhelm Hoffmeyer (23 / -), Helmut Nordhaus (26/3), Gerhard Franke (24/3)
    Georg Rosbigalle (26/7), Jochen Müller (25 / -)
    Lothar Weise ( 25/7), Heinz Hammer (19/1), Siegfried Vollrath (20/16), Rudolf Hermsdorf (24/3), Konrad Wallroth (25/13)
    Trainer: Hans Carl
    also: Manfred Schuster (Tor, 1 / -), Jupp Simon (1 / -); Karl-Heinz Löffler (14 / -), Karl Meyer (9/1), Günter Konzack (6/2),
    Erwin Schymik (6/1), Günter Niewand (3/1), Erich Martin (2/1)

    Gates

    614 goals were scored, averaging 3.37 per game. The most goal-scoring games were Unit Dresden - Rotation Leipzig 8: 1 (16th matchday), Forward Berlin - Progress Meerane 6: 3 (19th), Unit Dresden - Motor Zwickau 7: 2 (20th) and Dynamo Berlin - Lok Leipzig 6 : 3 (22nd).

    List of goalscorers
    player team Gates
    1. Willy Tröger SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 22nd
    2. Harry Arlt SC unit Dresden 17th
    3. Heinz Satrapa SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 16
    Siegfried Vollrath SC Turbine Erfurt 16
    5. Erhard Meinhold BSG Motor Zwickau 14th

    spectator

    A total of 2,524,500 viewers watched the 182 league games, which was an average of 13,871 viewers per game. With 50,000 the most visitors came to the Leipzig local derby SC Lok - SC Rotation on matchday 23.

    Promotion lap

    Since the GDR league was divided into three instead of two seasons this season, the three season winners had to play the two promotion places in a promotion round. The previous year's relegated team and founding members of the upper league, Lokomotive Stendal and Motor Dessau, as well as progress Weissenfels, a team that had never played in the upper league, qualified for this. There was a double round with two legs.

    Results
    BSG Progress Weissenfels - BSG Locomotive Stendal 2: 1, 2: 1
    BSG Progress Weissenfels - BSG Motor Dessau 2: 0, 4: 4
    BSG Locomotive Stendal - BSG Motor Dessau 2: 0, 1: 1
    Closing table
    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
     1. BSG progress Weissenfels  4th  3  1  0 010: 600 1.67 07: 10
     2. BSG Locomotive Stendal  4th  1  1  2 005: 500 1.00 03: 50
     3. BSG Motor Dessau  4th  0  2  2 005: 900 0.56 02: 60
  • Promoted to the league in 1955

    • FDGB Cup

    The FDGB-Pokal was won this season by the vice-champion SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt. It was the first of five titles (including the league transition round in 1955) in the following five years. The champions from Erfurt were eliminated in the semifinals against Rostock.

    See also

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ a b Andreas Biskupek, Olaf Jacobs: A soccer team is being relocated. In: GDR ahoy! On the history of East German seafaring. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2010, accessed on September 6, 2012 .
    2. ↑ Rolf Beyer: A small analysis of GDR football in the 1950s, shown primarily using the example of the SC DHfK. In: www.uni-leipzig.de . University of Leipzig , Working Group on Contemporary Witnesses in Senior Studies, accessed on June 4, 2010 .
    3. ↑ table and results. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved April 3, 2019 .