| Season | 1980–81 |
|---|---|
| Champions | BFC Dynamo |
| Relegated | |
| European Cup | BFC Dynamo |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
| UEFA Cup | |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 621 (3.41 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Joachim Streich (20)[1] |
| Total attendance | 2,265,400[2] |
| Average attendance | 12,445[2] |
1981–82 → | |
The1980–81 DDR-Oberliga was the 32nd season of theDDR-Oberliga, the first tier ofleague football inEast Germany.
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 of1. FC Magdeburg was the league's top scorer with 20 goals,[5] whileHans-Ulrich Grapenthin ofFC Carl Zeiss Jena took out the seasonsEast German Footballer of the year award.[6]
On the strength of the 1980–81 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the1981–82 European Cup where the club was knocked out byAston Villa in the second round. Sixth-placed club1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasonsFDGB-Pokal winners and lost toFC Barcelona in the quarter finals. Second-placedFC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the1981–82 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the second round byReal Madrid while third-placed1. FC Magdeburg lost toBorussia Mönchengladbach in the first round and fourth-placedDynamo Dresden was eliminated byFeyenoord Rotterdam in the second round.[7]
The 1980–81 season saw two newly promoted clubsF.C. Hansa Rostock andBSG 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 toEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 36 | Qualification toUEFA 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 toCup 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 toDDR-Liga |
| 14 | BSG Chemie Böhlen(R) | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 16 |
| Home \ Away | BFC | CZJ | CHB | DRE | HFC | HRO | KMS | LOK | MAG | RWE | SZW | STR | VFO | AUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BFC Dynamo | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Chemie Böhlen | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
| Dynamo Dresden | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
| Hallescher FC Chemie | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
| Hansa Rostock | 4–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | |
| Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Lokomotive Leipzig | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 6–1 | |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | |
| Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | |
| Sachsenring Zwickau | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | |
| Stahl Riesa | 1–4 | 3–5 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 | |
| Wismut Aue | 0–5 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 |