| Season | 1956 |
|---|---|
| Champions | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| Relegated | |
| European Cup | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 524 (2.88 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Heinz Kaulmann (15)[1] |
| Total attendance | 2,065,000[2] |
| Average attendance | 11,350[2] |
←1956 1958 → | |
The1957 DDR-Oberliga was the ninth season of theDDR-Oberliga, the first tier ofleague football inEast Germany. Rather than in the traditional autumn-spring format the Oberliga played for six seasons from 1955 to 1960 in the calendar year format, modelled on the system used in theSoviet Union. From 1961–62 onwards the league returned to its traditional format.
The league was contested by fourteen teams.SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt, incidentally based atAue and notKarl-Marx-Stadt, won the championship, the club's second consecutive one, having won the 1956 championship as well.[3][4] On the strength of the 1957 title Wismut qualified for the1958–59 European Cup where the club was knocked out byYoung Boys Bern in the quarter-finals.[5]
Heinz Kaulmann ofASK Vorwärts Berlin was the league's top scorer with 15 goals.[6]
The 1957 season saw two newly promoted clubs,SC Motor Jena andSC Chemie Halle-Leuna.[7][8]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt(C) | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 36 | Qualification toEuropean Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 33 | |
| 3 | SC Rotation Leipzig | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 32 | |
| 4 | SC Motor Jena | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 28 | |
| 5 | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 28 | |
| 6 | SC Turbine Erfurt | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 27 | |
| 7 | SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 26 | FDGB-Pokal winners |
| 8 | SC Einheit Dresden | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 25 | |
| 9 | SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 23 | |
| 10 | BSG Motor Zwickau | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 23 | |
| 11 | BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 23 | |
| 12 | SC Chemie Halle-Leuna | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 22 | |
| 13 | BSG Lokomotive Stendal(R) | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 22 | Relegation toDDR-Liga |
| 14 | SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt(R) | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 16 |
| Home \ Away | ABS | CHH | EIN | WEI | LLE | LST | MJE | KMS | ZWI | BAB | ROT | ERF | VBE | WIS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Chemie Halle-Leuna | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 2–3 | |
| Einheit Dresden | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Fortschritt Weißenfels | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | |
| Lokomotive Leipzig | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | |
| Lokomotive Stendal | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Motor Jena | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
| Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | |
| Motor Zwickau | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Rotation Babelsberg | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | |
| Rotation Leipzig | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Turbine Erfurt | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Vorwärts Berlin | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 9–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 |