The 1986–87 DDR-Oberliga was the 38th 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 ninth of ten consecutive East German championships from 1978 to 1988. Frank Pastor of BFC Dynamo was the league's top scorer with 17 goals, while René Müller of 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig took out the seasons

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award. On the strength of the 1986–87 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the

1987–88 European Cup The 1987–88 European Cup was the 33rd season of the European Cup club football tournament. The competition was won for the first time by PSV Eindhoven, who defeated two-time winners Benfica in the final at Neckarstadion in Stuttgart. PSV becam ...

where the club was knocked out by

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in the first round. Third-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the

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as the seasons

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winners and was knocked out by

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first round. Second-placed

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qualified for the

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where it was knocked out by

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in the first round while fourth-placed BSG Wismut Aue lost to

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in the second round.

Table

The 1986–87 season saw two newly promoted clubs, BSG Energie Cottbus and Fortschritt Bischofswerda.

Results

Gallery

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1987-0606-012, BFC Dynamo - FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 2-0, Mannschaftsfoto.jpg, BFC Dynamo celebrating the title at the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum on 6 June 1987. Club president Manfred Kirste can be seen in the back row on the far right next to coach Jürgen Bogs.

References

Sources

External links

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv
Historic German league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Ddr-Oberliga 1986-87

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