East German football league 1975/76

East German football league 1975/76
master	SG Dynamo Dresden
European Cup of National Champions	SG Dynamo Dresden
Uefa cup	Berlin FC Dynamo 1. FC Magdeburg
Cup winners	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
European Cup Winners' Cup	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
Relegated	BSG Chemie Leipzig BSG Energie Cottbus
Teams	14th
Games	182
Gates	575  (ø 3.16 per game)
spectator	2,283,200  (ø 12,545 per game)
Top scorer	Hans-Jürgen Kreische , (SG Dynamo Dresden)
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GDR Football League 1975/76 ↓

The GDR Oberliga 1975/76 was the 27th edition of the top division of the GDR . The SG Dynamo Dresden became champion for the fourth time . The season began on August 23, 1975 and ended on May 15, 1976. Subsequently, all upper division clubs competed again within the DFV-Toto special round .

Before the season

Due to the simultaneous relegation of Hansa Rostock and forward Stralsund in the preseason, the north of the GDR was not represented in the league for the first time since 1957. At the same time, Energie Cottbus, a representative of the Cottbus district, returned to the league.

Season course

The championship team from Dynamo Dresden.

Dynamo Dresden won after two third places in a row the fourth championship after 1953, 1971 and 1973. Dynamo was even more dominant than 1973, collected 43 points (one more than three years ago) and scored 70 hits (nine more than 1973). On the 24th matchday the Dresden team secured the title with a 4-0 win over previous runner-up Carl Zeiss Jena. Second came BFC Dynamo, which means that for the first time in three years a team other than Dresden, Magdeburg and Jena was able to place itself in the top three places. The champions of 1974 and 1975 in Magdeburg came in third and thus still in the UEFA Cup. Lokomotive Leipzig was placed behind Magdeburg.

Just like the championship fight, the relegation was decided relatively early. Like two years before, Energie Cottbus could not keep up this time and finished last with only three wins and eight points behind a non-relegation place. Chemie Leipzig also tried in vain and was practically relegated on matchday 24 with four points and 14 goals behind Karl-Marx-Stadt and Forward Frankfurt.

For FC Vorwärts, twelfth place in the table was the worst position since their recovery in 1954. This season indicated a negative development that culminated in relegation in 1978. It was also a disappointing season for Jena. Fifth place is the worst position since 1967. In contrast, Wismut Aue surprised as sixth in the table.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SG Dynamo Dresden	26th	19th	5	2	070:230	+47	43: 90
2.	Berlin FC Dynamo	26th	17th	3	6th	067:240	+43	37:15
3.	1. FC Magdeburg (M)	26th	15th	6th	5	059:330	+26	36:16
4th	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	26th	13	5	8th	040:340	+6	31:21
5.	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	26th	11	7th	8th	050:430	+7	29:23
6th	BSG Wismut Aue	26th	9	9	8th	030:350	−5	27:25
7th	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	26th	8th	10	8th	044:360	+8	26:26
8th.	Hallescher FC Chemie	26th	9	7th	10	037:350	+2	25:27
9.	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau (P)	26th	7th	8th	11	029:430	−14	22:30
10.	BSG Stahl Riesa	26th	7th	7th	12	035:460	−11	21:31
11.	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	26th	7th	7th	12	025:410	−16	21:31
12.	FC Forward Frankfurt	26th	8th	4th	14th	041:570	−16	20:32
13.	BSG Chemie Leipzig (N)	26th	4th	6th	16	025:620	−37	14:38
14th	BSG Energie Cottbus (N)	26th	3	6th	17th	023:630	−40	12:40

GDR champion and participant in the 1976/77 European Cup GDR Cup winner and participant in the 1976/77 European Cup Winners' Cup Participant in the 1976/77 UEFA Cup Relegated to the GDR league in 1976/77
(M)	Last season champions
(P)	Cup winner last season
(N)	Promoted last season
Newcomers from the GDR League 1975/76 : FC Hansa Rostock , 1. FC Union Berlin

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.

1975/1976

01.

SG Dynamo Dresden

5: 1

2-0

3: 2

4-0

5: 1

3: 1

2: 4

3-0

3-0

3-0

2-0

5-0

3-0

02.

Berlin FC Dynamo

3: 4

4-0

6-0

3-0

1-0

1: 1

3-0

2: 2

1: 1

4-0

7: 1

1-0

6: 1

03.

1. FC Magdeburg

2: 2

2: 1

3: 1

5: 2

6-0

3: 1

1: 1

3: 1

5: 1

1-0

5: 2

5: 1

3-0

04th

1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig

0: 2

1-0

2: 1

1: 1

1-0

3-0

3: 1

2: 1

2: 2

2-0

4-0

0-0

1: 2

05.

FC Carl Zeiss Jena

1: 1

3-0

1: 1

1: 1

2-0

1: 1

2-0

2: 2

4: 1

5-0

5: 2

4-0

3: 3

06th

BSG Wismut Aue

0-0

1-0

3: 1

1: 1

0: 3

1: 1

2: 1

1: 1

3-0

3-0

2: 1

1: 1

3: 1

07th

FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt

1-0

1: 3

1: 1

2: 2

2-0

5: 2

1: 2

1: 1

1: 1

0-0

1: 1

4: 1

5-0

08th.

Hallescher FC Chemie

0: 1

0: 2

1: 2

2: 3

2: 1

1: 1

1: 1

2-0

2-0

0-0

3: 2

4-0

2-0

09.

BSG Sachsenring Zwickau

1: 1

0: 5

1-0

0: 1

2: 1

1: 2

2-0

2: 1

1-0

2: 2

0: 2

2-0

2-0

10.

BSG Stahl Riesa

0: 6

0: 1

0: 1

1-0

3: 4

1: 1

0: 1

1: 1

4: 1

0-0

2: 2

7: 1

1-0

11.

FC Karl-Marx-Stadt

0: 2

0: 3

2: 2

2: 1

3-0

0-0

2: 1

0: 2

5: 2

1: 2

0: 1

1: 2

0-0

12.

FC Forward Frankfurt

2: 3

1: 2

1: 3

0: 1

5: 1

1-0

1: 7

2: 2

2: 1

2-0

0: 1

4: 1

4-0

13.

BSG Chemie Leipzig

1: 1

0: 2

0: 1

3: 3

1: 2

0-0

4: 1

2: 2

0-0

2: 4

1: 3

2-0

1: 4

14th

BSG Energie Cottbus

3: 4

0: 5

2: 2

0: 2

0: 1

0: 2

0: 3

1-0

1: 1

0: 3

2: 3

2: 2

1: 1

statistics

Champions team

SG Dynamo Dresden
Claus Boden (26 games / goals -) Hans-Jürgen Dörner (25/8) Gerd Weber (24/1), Udo Schmuck (26/2), Klaus Müller (18/2) Reinhard Häfner (25/2), Hartmut Schade (22/4), Hans-Jürgen Kreische (26/24) Dieter Riedel (26/7), Peter Kotte (22/4), Gert Heidler (25/6) Trainer: Walter Fritzsch
also: Rainer Sachse (12/8), Siegmar Wätzlich (10/2), Frank Richter (9 / -), Christian Helm (7 / -), Matthias Müller (6 / -), Frank Ganzera (1 / -), Claus Lichtenberger (1 / -)
without action: Dietmar Urbanek (goal)

Gates

The BFC Dynamo defeated Vorwärts Frankfurt 7-1.

Top scorer Kreische (left) scores one of his 24 goals this season against Zwickau.

In the 182 point games, 575 goals were scored, an average of 3.15 per game. The highest-scoring games with eight goals each were BFC Dynamo - Forward Frankfurt 7: 1 (first matchday), Forward Frankfurt - Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1: 7 (10th column) and Stahl Riesa - Chemie Leipzig 7: 1 (13th column) .). These were also the highest victories.

Hans-Jürgen Kreische from Dynamo Dresden was the top scorer in the league for the fourth time . After screeching was injured in previous years and therefore could not defend his hat trick from 1971–1973, he was fit again this season and immediately won the top scorer's crown. A total of 152 players distinguished themselves as goal scorers, plus eight own goals.

Several players score three goals (no hat trick) in one game: Hoffmann (Magdeburg) against Riesa (1st column), Vogel (Jena) against Karl-Marx-Stadt (2nd column) and Frankfurt (17th column) , Streich (Magdeburg) against Frankfurt (9th column), Runge (Riesa) against Zwickau (9th column), Sparwasser (Magdeburg) against Aue (10th column) and Frankfurt (22nd column), Schnuphase ( Erfurt) against Frankfurt (10th column), Riediger (BFC) against Karl-Marx-Stadt (20th column) and Lok Leipzig (24th column), Hoffmann (Magdeburg) against Chemie Leipzig (21st column) and Steinbach (Magdeburg) against Jena (26th column). 78 penalties were awarded, 54 of which were converted. Vogel from Jena scored seven times, screeches from Dresden and Runge from Riesa each hit the mark four times. Goalkeeper Croy from Zwickau saved four penalties and Krahnke from Karl-Marx-Stadt three penalties.

List of goalscorers

	player	team	Gates
1.	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	SG Dynamo Dresden	24
2.	Eberhard Vogel	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	19th
3.	Hans-Jürgen Riediger	Berlin FC Dynamo	18th
4th	Joachim Streich	1. FC Magdeburg	13
	Jürgen Sparwasser	1. FC Magdeburg	13

spectator

The Dresdeners again had the most supporters on average for their home games.

A total of 2,283,200 spectators saw the 182 league games, which is an average of 12,545 spectators per game. The master Dresden (28,384) recorded the highest average attendance ahead of Magdeburg (19,115). Frankfurt came in last with an average of 4,784 spectators. The biggest crowd was 40,000 for the Leipzig city derby between chemistry and locomotive on the first day of the match. The fewest spectators (2,500) were at Vorwärts Frankfurt's home game against FC Karl-Marx-Stadt (26th matchday).

team	total	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	home	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$	Away	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$
SG Dynamo Dresden	582,000	22,384	369,000	28,384	213,000	16,384
Berlin FC Dynamo	369,000	14,192	215,000	16,538	154,000	11,846
1. FC Magdeburg	443,500	17.058	248,500	19,115	195,000	15,000
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	427,500	16,442	211,000	16,231	216,500	16,654
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	312,500	12,019	114,500	08,807	198,000	15,231
BSG Wismut Aue	254,500	09,788	112,500	08,654	142,000	10,923
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	294,500	11,327	155,500	11,961	139,000	10,692
Hallescher FC Chemie	351,500	13,500	192,000	14,769	159,500	12,269
BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	276.200	10,623	117,500	09,038	158,700	12.207
BSG Stahl Riesa	235,500	09,057	92,000	07,077	143,500	11,038
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	288,500	11.096	141,500	10,884	147,000	11.307
FC Forward Frankfurt	200,200	07,700	62,200	04,784	138,000	10,615
BSG Chemie Leipzig	292,000	11,231	148,500	11,423	143,500	11,038
BSG Energie Cottbus	227,000	08,731	97,500	07,500	129,500	09,961

various

• 295 players were used, 32 of them were in all point games.
• There were 90 home wins, 45 draws and 47 away wins.
• The referees issued 5 reprints and 306 warnings, with 42 players having to pause after the third or sixth yellow card.

soccer player of the year

After the season, Jürgen Croy was named Footballer of the Year 1976 for the second time by the BSG Sachsenring Zwickau . The goalkeeper had made it into the top three five times in the past six years.

	player	team	Points
1.	Jürgen Croy	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	453
2.	Hans-Jürgen Dörner	SG Dynamo Dresden	366
3.	Konrad way	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	218

FDGB Cup

The FDGB Cup was won by Lokomotive Leipzig this season . The Leipziger defeated in the final forward Frankfurt and won their first cup title. Lok had previously u. a. Jena and Dresden eliminated, while Vorwärts defenders had defeated Zwickau and Magdeburg.

International competitions

The big surprise of this European Cup season came from Sachsenring Zwickau. The team defeated Panathinaikos Athens , Fiorentina and Celtic Glasgow one after the other in the European Cup Winners' Cup and only lost to eventual cup winners RSC Anderlecht in the semi-finals . On the other hand, there was disappointment at 1. FC Magdeburg , who lost to the national champions Malmö FF on penalties in the first round of the European Cup . Carl Zeiss Jena was also eliminated on penalties in the UEFA Cup . After defeating Olympique Marseille in the first round, FKS Stal Mielec was too strong in the second round . Dynamo Dresden made it to the quarter-finals, where they lost to the later UEFA Cup winners Liverpool FC . The Intertoto Cup 1975 took place again without GDR participants.

See also

• GDR soccer league 1975/76

Web links

• Major league data on rsssf.com
• Data on the league on fussballdaten.de

literature

• Andreas Baingo, Michael Horn: The History of the GDR Oberliga. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-89533-428-6 .
• Hanns Leske : Encyclopedia of GDR football . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3 .
• FUWO. Born 1975–1976, Sportverlag Berlin, ISSN  0323-8407 .