The 1981–82 DDR-Oberliga was the 33rd 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 fourth of ten consecutive East German championships from 1978 to 1988.

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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 the league's top scorer with 19 goals, with Schnuphase also taking out the seasons

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award. On the strength of the 1981–82 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the

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where the club was knocked out in an East-West German encounter by

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in the first round. Second-placed club

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qualified for the

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as the seasons

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winners and lost to

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in the first round. Third-placed

1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 1. Fußballclub Lokomotive Leipzig e.V. is a German football club based in the locality of Probstheida in the Südost borough of Leipzig, Saxony. The club was previously known as VfB Leipzig and was the first national champion of Germany. It h ...

qualified for the

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where it was knocked out by

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while fourth-placed

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lost to

SV Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen, Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, Werder are best known for their professional association foo ...

and fifth-placed

was eliminated by

Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux () or simply Bordeaux, is a French football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It competes in the Championnat National 2 ...

, all in the first round.

Table

The 1981–82 season saw two newly promoted clubs, BSG Energie Cottbus and BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau.

Results

References

Sources

External links

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv
Historic German league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Ddr-Oberliga 1981-82 1981–82 in German football leagues 1981-82 1