The 1980–81 DDR-Oberliga was the 32nd season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
Season | 1980–81 |
---|---|
Champions | BFC Dynamo |
Relegated | |
European Cup | BFC Dynamo |
European Cup Winners' Cup | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
UEFA Cup | |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 621 (3.41 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Joachim Streich (20)[1] |
Total attendance | 2,265,400[2] |
Average attendance | 12,445[2] |
← 1979–80 1981–82 → |
The league was contested by fourteen teams. BFC Dynamo won the championship, the club's third of ten consecutive East German championships from 1978 to 1988.[3][4]
Joachim Streich of 1. FC Magdeburg was the league's top scorer with 20 goals,[5] while Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin of FC Carl Zeiss Jena took out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]
On the strength of the 1980–81 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Aston Villa in the second round. Sixth-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and lost to FC Barcelona in the quarter finals. Second-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1981–82 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by Real Madrid while third-placed 1. FC Magdeburg lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the first round and fourth-placed Dynamo Dresden was eliminated by Feyenoord Rotterdam in the second round.[7]
Table
editThe 1980–81 season saw two newly promoted clubs F.C. Hansa Rostock and BSG Chemie Böhlen.[8][9]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Berliner FC Dynamo (C) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 74 | 31 | +43 | 39 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
2 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
3 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 34 | |
4 | SG Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 34 | |
5 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 31 | |
6 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 28 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
7 | FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 27 | |
8 | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 25 | |
9 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 21 | |
10 | F.C. Hansa Rostock | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 20 | |
11 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 18 | |
12 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 18 | |
13 | BSG Stahl Riesa (R) | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 17 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
14 | BSG Chemie Böhlen (R) | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 16 |
Results
editReferences
edit- ^ fuwo, page: 93
- ^ a b fuwo, page: 23
- ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ fuwo, page: 92
- ^ "European Competitions 1981–82". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "DDR-Oberliga 1980–81". Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2016.
Sources
edit- "Das war unser Fußball im Osten" [This was our football in the East]. Fußball-Woche (fuwo) (in German). Berlin: Axel-Springer-Verlag. 1991.
External links
edit- Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv (in German) Historic German league tables