The 1977–78 DDR-Oberliga was the 29th 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

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. The league was contested by fourteen teams.

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won the championship, the club's sixth of eight East German championships, thereby equalling

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's record. Klaus Havenstein of

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was the league's top scorer with 15 goals, while

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of BSG Sachsenring Zwickau won the seasons

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award for a record third time. On the strength of the 1977–78 title Dresden qualified for the

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where the club was knocked out by

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in the quarter-finals. Second-placed club

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qualified for the

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as the seasons

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winners and was knocked out by

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in the quarter-finals. For the first time three East German clubs qualified for the

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with third-placed

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being knocked out in the first round by

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while fourth-placed

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lost to

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, also in the first round and fifth-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 ...

was defeated by

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in the second round.

Table

The 1977–78 season saw two newly promoted clubs

and

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Results

References

Sources

External links

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv
Historic German league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Ddr-Oberliga 1977-78 1977–78 in German football leagues 1977-78 1