| Season | 1963–64 |
|---|---|
| Champions | BSG Chemie Leipzig |
| Relegated | |
| European Cup | BSG Chemie Leipzig |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | SC Aufbau Magdeburg |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | SC Leipzig |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 459 (2.52 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Gerd Backhaus (15)[1] |
| Total attendance | 1,910,000[2] |
| Average attendance | 10,495[2] |
1964–65 → | |
The1963–64 DDR-Oberliga was the 15th season of theDDR-Oberliga, the first tier ofleague football inEast Germany.
The league was contested by fourteen teams.BSG Chemie Leipzig won the championship, the club's sole national East German championship.[3][4] Football inLeipzig had been reorganised after the 1962–63 season with the two Oberliga clubs from the city,SC Lokomotive Leipzig andSC Rotation Leipzig, seeing their playing squads merged and then divided up again. The nominally best players were allocated to the newSC Leipzig club, later to become 1. FC Lok Leipzig. The nominally weaker players were allocated toBSG Chemie Leipzig which had its Oberliga place returned it had lost to SC Lokomotive in 1954. The fact that the nominally weaker Chemie squad won the league while SC Leipzig only came third is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in the history of East German football.[5]
Football inKarl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz, was reorganised, too with the football department ofSC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt returning toAue where it had played despite its name and joining BSG Wismut Aue again. SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt then merged with SC Motor Karl-Marz-Stadt to formSC Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitzer FC.[6]
Gerd Backhaus ofBSG Lokomotive Stendal was the league's top scorer with 15 goals.[7] For the second time the titleEast German Footballer of the year was awarded, going toKlaus Urbanczyk ofSC Chemie Halle.[8]
On the strength of the 1963–64 title Chemie Leipzig qualified for the1964–65 European Cup where the club was knocked out byVasas ETO Győr in the preliminary round. Eleventh-placed clubSC Aufbau Magdeburg qualified for the1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasonsFDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out byGalatasaray S.K. in the first round. Third-placedSC Leipzig qualified for the1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where it was knocked out in the first round byWiener Sportclub.[9]
The 1963–64 season saw two newly promoted clubs,BSG Motor Steinach andBSG Lokomotive Stendal.[10][11]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BSG Chemie Leipzig(C) | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 35 | Qualification toEuropean Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | SC Empor Rostock | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 33 | |
| 3 | SC Leipzig | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 32 | Qualification toInter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
| 4 | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 29 | |
| 5 | ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 26 | |
| 6 | SC Motor Jena | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 26 | |
| 7 | BSG Motor Steinach | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 25 | |
| 8 | SC Dynamo Berlin | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 24 | |
| 9 | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 23 | |
| 10 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 23 | |
| 11 | SC Aufbau Magdeburg | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 23 | Qualification toCup Winners' Cup first round |
| 12 | BSG Motor Zwickau | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 22 | |
| 13 | SC Chemie Halle(R) | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 22 | Relegation toDDR-Liga |
| 14 | SC Turbine Erfurt(R) | 26 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 21 |
| Home \ Away | MAG | CHH | CHL | DBE | ROS | KMS | LEI | LST | MJE | STE | ZWI | ERF | VBE | AUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aufbau Magdeburg | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Chemie Halle | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Chemie Leipzig | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Dynamo Berlin | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 5–1 | |
| Empor Rostock | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
| SC Leipzig | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Lokomotive Stendal | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Motor Jena | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | |
| Motor Steinach | 2–2 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Motor Zwickau | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | -:+[a] | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Turbine Erfurt | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 0–0 | |
| Vorwärts Berlin | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | |
| Wismut Aue | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 |