East German football league 1977/78

East German football league 1977/78
master	SG Dynamo Dresden
European Cup of National Champions	SG Dynamo Dresden
Uefa cup	Berlin FC Dynamo 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Cup winners	1. FC Magdeburg
European Cup Winners' Cup	1. FC Magdeburg
Relegated	FC Forward Frankfurt BSG Wismut Gera
Teams	14th
Games	182
Gates	528  (ø 2.9 per game)
spectator	2,132,300  (ø 11,716 per game)
Top scorer	Klaus Havenstein , ( BSG Chemie Böhlen )
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The GDR Oberliga 1977/78 was the 29th edition of the top division of the GDR . The SG Dynamo Dresden became champion for the sixth time . It was also the third championship title in a row for the Dresdeners, a unique achievement in GDR football. The season began on August 13, 1977 and ended on June 3, 1978.

Season course

As in the previous year, the championship duel between Dresden and Magdeburg took place. The Magdeburg team were able to finish the first half of the season. But in the second half of the season Dynamo prevailed with nine wins and three draws with only one defeat. The decision was made practically on the penultimate match day when 1. FC Magdeburg lost away to Hallescher FC Chemie and were two points and nine goals behind the Dresden team.

For Dynamo Dresden, this championship was special in many ways: It was the third in a row that no team had succeeded in before Dresden and after that only the Berlin FC Dynamo could repeat, it was the sixth title that Dynamo together with Vorwärts Frankfurt to the record champions of the GDR (here too they could only be surpassed by FC Dynamo from Berlin) and it was the last championship title for the next eleven years.

For the second Magdeburg, the runner-up was the last time that one could place in the first two places. Third place went to FC Dynamo from Berlin, which, on the other hand, continued the upward trend of recent years. Last year’s third Carl Zeiss Jena played a weak first half of the season, but came through a strong second half of the European Cup as well as Lokomotive Leipzig.

The descent was decided early on. Last year's promoted Wismut Gera occupied a relegation place from the sixth day onwards, could only achieve one victory and lost 21 times at the same time. It was Gera's last appearance in the major league. The other relegated was the record champions Vorwärts Frankfurt, who had only narrowly escaped relegation in the previous two years and this time had to play second class again after 24 years of membership in the top division.

The other climber of the previous year, Chemie Böhlen, was surprisingly able to hold onto the class and was even the top scorer.

Closing table

BFC Frankfurt Bohlen Magdeburg Hall Leipzig union Erfurt Jena Zwickau Aue Karl Marx City Gera Dresden

East German football league 1977/78

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	SG Dynamo Dresden (M, P)	26th	18th	5	3	070:250	+45	41:11
2.	1. FC Magdeburg	26th	16	6th	4th	052:170	+35	38:14
3.	Berlin FC Dynamo	26th	14th	7th	5	054:250	+29	35:17
4th	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	26th	13	6th	7th	057:340	+23	32:20
5.	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	26th	13	5	8th	053:320	+21	31:21
6th	Hallescher FC Chemie	26th	11	8th	7th	044:340	+10	30:22
7th	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	26th	6th	12	8th	034:370	−3	24:28
8th.	1. FC Union Berlin	26th	9	6th	11	027:360	−9	24:28
9.	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	26th	7th	9	10	023:350	−12	23:29
10.	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	26th	8th	7th	11	022:450	−23	23:29
11.	BSG Wismut Aue	26th	8th	6th	12	022:470	−25	22:30
12.	BSG Chemie Böhlen (N)	26th	6th	8th	12	034:510	−17	20:32
13.	FC Forward Frankfurt	26th	3	9	14th	019:350	−16	15:37
14th	BSG Bismut Gera (N)	26th	1	4th	21st	017:750	−58	06:46

GDR champion participant in the 1978/79 European Cup GDR Cup Winner Participant in the 1978/79 European Cup Winners' Cup Participant in the 1978/79 UEFA Cup Relegated to the GDR League 1978/79
(M)	Last season champions
(P)	Cup winner last season
(N)	Promoted last season
Newcomers from the GDR league 1977/78 : BSG Stahl Riesa , FC Hansa Rostock

Crosstab

1977/78

LOK

1.

SG Dynamo Dresden

1-0

1: 2

5: 1

2-0

2: 1

4: 2

4: 1

6-0

5-0

4: 1

7: 1

1-0

2: 1

2.

1. FC Magdeburg

2-0

2: 1

3: 3

4: 1

2-0

5-0

1: 2

2-0

6-0

0-0

2: 1

1-0

2-0

3.

Berlin FC Dynamo

2: 2

2: 3

2-0

3-0

2: 2

2: 2

1-0

1: 1

5: 1

3-0

2: 1

4: 1

4-0

4th

1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig

2: 2

0: 2

4: 1

0-0

2-0

2-0

0: 1

2: 1

7-0

4: 1

6: 1

3: 1

4-0

5.

FC Carl Zeiss Jena

4: 3

1: 1

2-0

0: 1

6: 1

2: 1

1-0

5: 2

0-0

6-0

2: 1

2: 2

5: 1

6th

Hallescher FC Chemie

0-0

2: 1

0-0

1-0

1: 2

3: 1

1: 2

3-0

2-0

6-0

4-0

2: 2

4: 2

7th

FC Karl-Marx-Stadt

0: 4

0-0

0-0

1: 1

1: 1

1: 1

0-0

1: 1

1-0

4-0

3: 1

3: 1

1: 1

8th.

1. FC Union Berlin

0: 2

0: 4

0: 2

1: 3

1-0

1: 1

3: 3

0: 1

1-0

1-0

1: 1

1-0

2-0

9.

FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt

0: 2

0: 2

1: 2

2: 2

2: 1

1: 1

1-0

2-0

4-0

0-0

0-0

1-0

1-0

10.

BSG Sachsenring Zwickau

0: 3

1: 2

0-0

2-0

2-0

2: 3

0-0

1: 1

2-0

0-0

2-0

1-0

1-0

11.

BSG Wismut Aue

1: 1

0-0

0: 4

4: 2

1-0

0: 1

1-0

3: 2

2: 1

1: 1

2: 1

1-0

1: 2

12.

BSG Chemie Böhlen

1: 1

1-0

1-0

2: 3

1: 4

5: 3

2: 2

4: 1

1: 1

2: 2

2-0

0-0

3: 1

13.

FC Forward Frankfurt

1: 2

1: 1

1: 3

0-0

0: 2

0-0

1: 2

1: 1

0-0

0: 1

2: 1

1-0

2-0

14th

BSG Wismut Gera

2: 4

0: 4

0: 6

1: 5

1: 6

0: 1

0: 5

0: 4

0-0

2: 3

0: 2

1: 1

2: 2

statistics

Champions team

SG Dynamo Dresden
Bernd Jakubowski (18 games / goals) Hans-Jürgen Dörner (26/10) Christian Helm (19 / -), Udo Schmuck (22/3), Klaus Müller (20 / -) Gerd Weber (25/10), Hartmut Schade (26/6), Dieter Riedel (18/6) Rainer Sachse (17/7), Peter Kotte (25/11), Gert Heidler (16/3) Trainer: Walter Fritzsch
also: Claus Boden (Tor, 9 / -); Reinhard Häfner (22/5), Matthias Müller (15/4), Hans-Jürgen Kreische (8/4), Frank Richter (10 / -), Andreas Trautmann (7/1), Matthias Döschner (5/1), Karsten Petersohn (5/1), Volker Hennig (1 / -), Volker Schmidt (1 / -)

Gates

In the 182 point games, 528 goals were scored, an average of 2.90 per game. The highest-scoring games, each with eight goals, were the 7-1 win by SG Dynamo Dresden against BSG Chemie Böhlen and the 5-3 win again by Böhlen against Hallescher FC Chemie. The biggest win was a 7-0 win by 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig against BSG Sachsenring Zwickau.

Klaus Havenstein from the newly promoted BSG Chemie Böhlen became the top scorer in the league . Havenstein had already been top scorer in the GDR league in the previous two seasons.

List of goalscorers

	player	team	Gates
1.	Klaus Havenstein	BSG Chemie Böhlen	15th
2.	Rüdiger snuff	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	14th
3.	Joachim Streich	1. FC Magdeburg	13
	Wolf-Rüdiger network	Berlin FC Dynamo	13
5.	Eberhard Vogel	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	12

spectator

A total of 2,132,300 viewers saw the 182 league games, which is an average of 11,716 viewers per game. SG Dynamo Dresden was the measure of all things not only in terms of sport, but also in terms of audience numbers and recorded an average attendance of 30,231. In second place followed 1. FC Union Berlin (17.308) and Hallescher FC Chemie (17.038). The bottom of the table was again FC Vorwärts Frankfurt with an average of 4,385 spectators, the second-lowest home average was made by the newly promoted BSG Chemie Böhlen (5,454). The East Berlin city derby between Berlin's FC Dynamo and 1. FC Union Berlin experienced the greatest backdrop in front of 45,000 spectators on matchday three in the World Youth Stadium .

team	${\displaystyle \varnothing }$ spectator
BSG Wismut Aue	8,231
Berlin FC Dynamo	13,154
1. FC Union Berlin	17.308
BSG Chemie Böhlen	5,454
SG Dynamo Dresden	30,231
FC Rot Weiß Erfurt	7,538
FC Forward Frankfurt	4,385
BSG Wismut Gera	6,785
Hallescher FC Chemie	17,038
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	8,538
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	11,438
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	12,462
1. FC Magdeburg	14,115
BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	7,346

Footballer of the year 1978

After the season, Jürgen Croy was named Footballer of the Year 1978 by BSG Sachsenring Zwickau . Croy was awarded this honor for the third time, an achievement that was only achieved by Hans-Jürgen Dörner , who came second this time.

	player	team
1.	Jürgen Croy	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau
2.	Hans-Jürgen Dörner	SG Dynamo Dresden
3.	Jürgen Pommerenke	1. FC Magdeburg

FDGB Cup

The FDGB Cup was won this season by 1. FC Magdeburg, who defeated the defending champion and series champion Dynamo Dresden in the final. It was already Magdeburg's fifth cup triumph.

International competitions

The GDR's European Cup participants could only celebrate successes in the UEFA Cup . Here, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and 1. FC Magdeburg each reached the quarter-finals and were only eliminated from the later finalists SEC Bastia and PSV Eindhoven . Magdeburg sat down before u. a. against FC Schalke 04 . For SG Dynamo Dresden (in the European Cup of the national champions against the eventual winner FC Liverpool ) and 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (in the European Cup of Cup winners against Betis Sevilla ), however, the end was already reached in the 2nd round. The 1977 Intertoto Cup held before the start of the season took place again without GDR participation.

See also

• GDR soccer league 1977/78

Web links

• Data on the Oberliga on www.rsssf.com
• Data on the league at www.fussballdaten.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ table and results. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved April 8, 2019 .