II. GDR League 1959
The II. GDR League 1959 was the fifth season of the II. GDR League, founded in 1955 . It was the third highest division in the German Football Association of the GDR (DFV) after the GDR Oberliga and the first GDR League .
Game operation
The II. GDR League 1959 was carried out analogously to the four championships from 1955 to 1958 based on the Russian model, in which football matches were aligned with the calendar year. It was held in five seasons with a subsequent promotion round, from whose championships Dynamo Hohenschönhausen , Vorwärts Cottbus and Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt rose to the GDR league .
season 1
Season 1 (district Rostock, Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Berlin) was played on 26 match days with a return game. Relay winner and promoted to the GDR league was Dynamo Hohenschönhausen . Unit Rostock , Empor Neustrelitz and Motor Stralsund were relegated to the district league area. In the following season, unit Ludwigslust , unit Teterow , civil engineering Berlin and forward Rostock moved into the 2nd GDR league.
season 1 | Sp. | Gates | Points |
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1. Dynamo Hohenschönhausen | 26th | 72:13 | 46: 6 |
2. Schwerin tractor | 26th | 46:33 | 31:21 |
3. Wismar engine | 26th | 41:33 | 29:23 |
4. Forward to Neubrandenburg | 26th | 44:36 | 27:25 |
5. Progress in Neustadt-Glewe | 26th | 32:41 | 25:27 |
6. Motor Warnemünde | 26th | 31:39 | 25:27 |
7th SG Dynamo Schwerin | 26th | 42:44 | 24:28 |
8. Rostock engine | 26th | 29:26 | 24:28 |
9. Neubrandenburg turbine | 26th | 44:63 | 23:29 |
10. Chemistry Wittenberge | 26th | 28:40 | 23:29 |
11. Chemistry Schmöckwitz | 26th | 56:51 | 22:30 |
12. Up Neustrelitz | 26th | 35:51 | 22:30 |
13. Stralsund engine | 26th | 31:38 | 22:30 |
14. Rostock unit | 26th | 32:55 | 21:31 |
season 2
Season 2 (Bez. Berlin, Potsdam, Frankfurt, Cottbus) was played on 26 match days with a return leg. The season winner and promoted to the GDR league was Vorwärts Cottbus . Motor Eberswalde , Turbine Finkenheerd and the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe went down to the district league area. In the following season, activist Laubusch , activist Schwarze Pump , Empor Fürstenwalde and Lok Kirchmöser moved into the 2nd GDR League.
season 2 | Sp. | Gates | Points |
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1. Forward Cottbus | 26th | 80:26 | 42:10 |
2. Motor South Brandenburg | 26th | 67:30 | 42:10 |
3. SG Grünau | 26th | 64:51 | 32:20 |
4. TSC Oberschöneweide | 26th | 58:46 | 29:23 |
5. Motor Rathenow | 26th | 38:47 | 28:24 |
6. EAB Lichtenberg 47 | 26th | 64:53 | 27:25 |
7. Cottbus locomotive | 26th | 37:40 | 26:26 |
8. Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt | 26th | 50:47 | 25:27 |
9. Rotation Babelsberg II | 26th | 42:51 | 23:29 |
10. Motor Hennigsdorf | 26th | 35:50 | 23:29 |
11. Dynamo Frankfurt | 26th | 40:48 | 20:32 |
12. Eberswalde engine | 26th | 35:56 | 19:33 |
13. Finkenheerd turbine | 26th | 35:63 | 17:35 |
14. Berlin Transport Company | 26th | 29:66 | 11:41 |
season 3
Season 3 (district Halle, Magdeburg, Leipzig) was played on 26 match days with a return leg. The season winner was Wissenschaft Halle . Motor Schkeuditz , Chemie Greppin and SG Zwenkau relegated to the district league area. In the following season, Chemie Schönebeck , Motor Aschersleben and Empor Wurzen from the GDR league moved up into the 2nd GDR league.
season 3 | Sp. | Gates | Points |
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1. Science hall | 26th | 44:23 | 36:16 |
2. Castle unit | 26th | 63:33 | 35:17 |
3. Motor North Leipzig | 26th | 41:31 | 33:19 |
4. Motor Schönebeck | 26th | 36:47 | 27:25 |
5. Chemistry Leuna | 26th | 39:36 | 26:26 |
6. Chemistry Bitterfeld | 26th | 40:34 | 25:27 |
7. Activist Geiseltal | 26th | 36:47 | 25:27 |
8. Stahl Thale | 26th | 43:46 | 24:28 |
9. Halberstadt locomotive | 26th | 46:49 | 23:29 |
10. Stahl Eisleben | 26th | 31:35 | 23:29 |
11. Motor Dessau | 26th | 40:41 | 22:30 |
12. Motor Schkeuditz | 26th | 39:45 | 22:30 |
13. SG Zwenkau | 26th | 41:59 | 22:30 |
14. Chemistry Greppin | 26th | 40:53 | 21:31 |
Season 4
Season 4 (District Dresden, Leipzig, Karl-Marx-Stadt, Cottbus) was played on 26 match days with a return game. Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt became the relay winner and promoted to the GDR league . Bismut Rodewisch , activist Welzow and Chemie Riesa were relegated to the district league area. In the following season Motor Werdau , Unit Elsterberg , Stahl Gröditz , Vorwärts Leipzig and league relegated Chemie Glauchau moved into the 2nd GDR League.
Season 4 | Sp. | Gates | Points |
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1. Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26th | 77:23 | 44: 8 |
2. Motor Goerlitz | 26th | 44:34 | 32:20 |
3. Construction of Meissen | 26th | 45:40 | 31:21 |
4. Riesa steel | 26th | 63:35 | 29:23 |
5. Bismuth Plauen | 26th | 37:42 | 26:26 |
6. Activist Laubusch | 26th | 36:44 | 26:26 |
7. Motor Brand-Langenau | 26th | 41:49 | 25:27 |
8. Chemie Schwarzheide | 26th | 42:51 | 25:27 |
9. Activist Zwickau | 26th | 37:40 | 23:29 |
10. Motor Altenburg | 26th | 34:50 | 23:29 |
11. Activist Böhlen | 26th | 42:45 | 22:30 |
12. Chemistry Riesa | 26th | 45:56 | 21:31 |
13. Activist Welzow | 26th | 43:60 | 19:33 |
14. Bismuth Rodewisch | 26th | 26:43 | 18:34 |
Season 5
Season 5 (Bez. Erfurt, Gera, Suhl) was played on 26 match days with a return game. The season winner was Chemie Lauscha . Motor Oberlind , Dynamo Erfurt and progress Weida were relegated to the district league area. In the following season Motor Neuhaus-Schierschnitz , Motor Rudisleben and league relegated Motor Steinach moved into the second GDR league.
Season 5 | Sp. | Gates | Points |
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1. Chemistry Lauscha | 26th | 51:30 | 35:17 |
2. Motor North Erfurt | 26th | 46:33 | 31:21 |
3. Motor Nordhausen West | 26th | 57:43 | 30:22 |
4. Motor Sonneberg | 26th | 36:29 | 30:22 |
5. Activist Tiefenort | 26th | 44:38 | 30:22 |
6. Eisenach engine | 26th | 37:31 | 28:24 |
7. Glückauf Bleicherode | 26th | 33:38 | 28:24 |
8. Motor Suhl | 26th | 35:43 | 26:26 |
9. Motor widths | 26th | 52:52 | 25:27 |
10. Steel Silbitz | 26th | 33:34 | 24:28 |
11. Motor Sömmerda | 26th | 57:53 | 23:29 |
12. Dynamo Erfurt | 26th | 32:41 | 23:29 |
13. Progress Weida | 26th | 33:47 | 21:31 |
14. Motor Oberlind | 26th | 22:56 | 10:42 |
Promotion to the I. GDR League
space | team | Sp. | Gates | Points |
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1 | Forward Cottbus | 4th | 9: 5 | 6: 2 |
2 | Dynamo Hohenschönhausen | 4th | 6: 3 | 5: 3 |
3 | Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4th | 5: 5 | 4: 4 |
4th | Science hall | 4th | 4: 7 | 3: 5 |
5 | Chemistry Lauscha | 4th | 4: 8 | 2: 6 |
The top three qualified for the first GDR League in 1960.
See also
literature
- Klaus Querengässer: Football in the GDR 1945–1989. Part 1: The League (= AGON Sportverlag statistics. Vol. 12). AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1994, ISBN 3-928562-45-2 , pp. 165-166.
swell
- Alexander Mastrogiannopoulos: East Germany 1959. GDR League II 1959 [Third Level]. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, October 16, 2005, accessed January 17, 2012 .
- 2. DDR League 1959. The German Football Archive, accessed on January 17, 2012 (German).