The 1987–88 DDR-Oberliga was the 39th 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 East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

. The league was contested by fourteen teams.

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won the championship, the club's last of ten consecutive East German championships from 1978 to 1988. BFC Dynamo also won the

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, thereby becoming the second club after Dynamo Dresden to win the double in East Germany.

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of BFC Dynamo was the league's top scorer with 20 goals, with Thom also taking 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 1987–88 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. Sixth-placed club

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

1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup The 1988–89 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won for the third time by Barcelona in the final against Italian entrants Sampdoria. The two sides would meet again in the 1992 European Cup Final, which Barcelona also won. Wimbledon did ...

as the seasons

runners-up and was knocked out by Sampdoria second round. Second-placed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the

1988–89 UEFA Cup The 1988–89 UEFA Cup was the 18th season of the UEFA Cup, the secondary club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The final was played over two legs at the Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy, and ...

where it was knocked out by

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in the second round while third-placed

Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, is a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kasse ...

lost to

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in the semi-finals.

Table

The 1987–88 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Hallescher FC Chemie and F.C. Hansa Rostock.

Results

References

Sources

External links

Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv
Historic German league tables {{DEFAULTSORT:Ddr-Oberliga 1987-88

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