The 1969–70 DDR-Oberliga was the 21st season of the
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga (English: ''East German Premier League'' or ''GDR Premier League'') was the top-level association football league in East Germany.
Overview
Following World War II, separate sports competitions emerged in the occupied eastern ...
, the first tier of
league football in
East Germany.
The league was contested by fourteen teams.
FC Carl Zeiss Jena won the championship, the club's last of three East German championships.
of
BSG Chemie Leipzig was the league's top scorer with 12 goals, the lowest total of any top scorer in the history of the league,
while
Roland Ducke
Roland Ducke (19 November 1934 – 26 June 2005) was a German professional football player. His younger brother Peter was also a successful footballer. of FC Carl Zeiss Jena won the seasons
East German Footballer of the year
The title Footballer of the Year (German: ''Fußballer des Jahres'') has been awarded in Germany since 1960. Eligible are German players as well as non-German players playing in Germany. In 1996, the title Women's Footballer of the Year (German ...
award.
The 452 goals scored during the season marked the lowest total in the history of the DDR-Oberliga, as did the 2.48 goal average per game.
On the strength of the 1969–70 title Jena qualified for the
1970–71 European Cup
The 1970–71 season of the European Cup club football tournament was won by Ajax in the final against Panathinaikos. It was the first time the cup went to Ajax, beginning a three-year period of domination, and the second consecutive championshi ...
where the club was knocked out by
Red Star Belgrade in the quarter-finals. Second-placed club
FC Vorwärts Berlin qualified for the
1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup
The 1970–71 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Chelsea in a replay against Real Madrid. Defending champions Manchester City were eliminated by Chelsea in the semi-finals, only the second ever tie in the ...
as the seasons
FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by
PSV Eindhoven in the quarter-finals. Third-placed
Dynamo Dresden qualified for the
1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The thirteenth and final Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1970–71 season. The competition was won by Leeds United for the second time, over two legs, in the final against Juventus. It was the first time the competition final had been wo ...
where it was knocked out in the second round by
Leeds United.
The 1969–70 season marked the half-way point for the DDR-Oberliga, with 21 seasons played and another 21 to come. Of the champions of the first 21 seasons only Dynamo Dresden won a championship in the second 21 which were dominated by Dresden,
1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club based in the city of Magdeburg. The club was founded in 1965 and spent all but one season in East Germany top flight, the DDR-Oberliga, winning three championships and seven cup titles. It ...
and
Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Berli ...
.
Table
The 1969–70 season saw two newly promoted clubs
Dynamo Dresden and
FC Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt
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.
Results
References
Sources
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External links
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv Historic German league tables
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