The 1974–75 DDR-Oberliga was the 26th 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 Allied-occupied G ...
, the first tier of
league football in
East Germany
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.
The league was contested by fourteen teams.
1. FC Magdeburg
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won the championship, the club's third and last East German championships.
of
BSG Sachsenring Zwickau was the league's top scorer with 17 goals,
while
Jürgen Pommerenke of 1. FC Magdeburg won the seasons
East German Footballer of the year
The title Footballer of the Year (German: ''Fußballer des Jahres'') has been awarded in West Germany from 1960 to 1990 and Germany since 1991. Eligible are German players as well as non-German players playing in Germany.
In 1996, the title W ...
award.
On the strength of the 1974–75 title Magdeburg qualified for the
1975–76 European Cup
The 1975–76 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the third consecutive time by Bayern Munich in the final against Saint-Étienne at Hampden Park, Glasgow. This was the first time that Bayern Munich participated as la ...
where the club was knocked out by
Malmö FF
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in the first round. Seventh-placed club
BSG Sachsenring Zwickau qualified for the
1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup
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as the seasons
FDGB-Pokal
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winners and was knocked out by
R.S.C. Anderlecht
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in the semi-finals. Second-placed
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena () is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Founded in 1903, it was initially associated with the optics manufacturer Carl Zeiss. From the 1960s to the 1980s it was one of the top-ranked clubs in East Germany, won ...
qualified for the
1975–76 UEFA Cup
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where it was knocked out in the second round by
Stal Mielec
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The club was established on 10 April 1939. Histori ...
while third-placed
Dynamo Dresden
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lost to
Liverpool F.C.
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in the quarter-finals.
Table
The 1974–75 season saw two newly promoted clubs
Hallescher FC Chemie and
ASG Vorwärts Stralsund.
Results
References
Sources
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External links
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv Historic German league tables
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