| Season | 1977–78 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dynamo Dresden |
| Relegated | |
| European Cup | Dynamo Dresden |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | 1. FC Magdeburg |
| UEFA Cup | |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 528 (2.9 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Klaus Havenstein (15)[1] |
| Total attendance | 2,132,300[2] |
| Average attendance | 11,716[2] |
1978–79 → | |
The1977–78 DDR-Oberliga was the 29th season of theDDR-Oberliga, the first tier ofleague football inEast Germany.
The league was contested by fourteen teams.Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's sixth of eight East German championships, thereby equallingFC Vorwärts Berlin's record.[3][4]
Klaus Havenstein ofBSG Chemie Böhlen was the league's top scorer with 15 goals,[5] whileJürgen Croy ofBSG Sachsenring Zwickau won the seasonsEast German Footballer of the year award for a record third time.[6]
On the strength of the 1977–78 title Dresden qualified for the1978–79 European Cup where the club was knocked out byFK Austria Wien in the quarter-finals. Second-placed club1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasonsFDGB-Pokal winners and was knocked out byBaník Ostrava in the quarter-finals. For the first time three East German clubs qualified for the1978–79 UEFA Cup with third-placedBFC Dynamo being knocked out in the first round byRed Star Belgrade while fourth-placed1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig lost toArsenal, also in the first round and fifth-placedFC Carl Zeiss Jena was defeated byMSV Duisburg in the second round.[7]
The 1977–78 season saw two newly promoted clubsBSG Chemie Böhlen andBSG Wismut Gera.[8][9]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SG Dynamo Dresden(C) | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 70 | 25 | +45 | 41 | Qualification toEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 17 | +35 | 38 | Qualification toCup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | BFC Dynamo | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 35 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 32 | |
| 5 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 31 | |
| 6 | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 30 | |
| 7 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 24 | |
| 8 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 24 | |
| 9 | FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 23 | |
| 10 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 23 | |
| 11 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 47 | −25 | 22 | |
| 12 | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 20 | |
| 13 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt(R) | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 35 | −16 | 15 | Relegation toDDR-Liga |
| 14 | BSG Wismut Gera(R) | 26 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 75 | −58 | 6 |
| Home \ Away | BFC | CZJ | CHB | DRE | HFC | KMS | LOK | MAG | RWE | SZW | UNI | VFO | AUE | WGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BFC Dynamo | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | |
| Chemie Böhlen | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| Dynamo Dresden | 1–2 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
| Hallescher FC Chemie | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 4–2 | |
| Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
| Lokomotive Leipzig | 4–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Sachsenring Zwickau | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Union Berlin | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Wismut Aue | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Wismut Gera | 0–6 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
Source:[10]
| No. | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Dresden | 30,231 |
| 2 | 1. FC Union | 17,308 |
| 3 | Hallescher | 17,038 |
| 4 | Magdeburg | 14,115 |
| 5 | BFC Dynamo | 13,154 |
| 6 | Lokomotive Leipzig | 12,462 |
| 7 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 11,438 |
| 8 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 8,538 |
| 9 | Wismut Aue | 8,231 |
| 10 | Erfurt | 7,577 |
| 11 | Sachsenring Zwickau | 7,346 |
| 12 | Wismut Gera | 6,785 |
| 13 | Chemie Böhlen | 5,454 |
| 14 | Vorwärts Frankfurt | 4,385 |