1962–63 DDR-Oberliga

For other uses, see 1962–63 Oberliga (disambiguation).
DDR-Oberliga
Season1962–63
ChampionsSC Motor Jena
Relegated
European CupSC Motor Jena
European Cup Winners' CupBSG Motor Zwickau
Matches played182
Goals scored541 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerPeter Ducke (19)[1]
Total attendance1,802,900[2]
Average attendance9,906[2]

The 1962–63 DDR-Oberliga was the 14th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

The league was contested by fourteen teams. SC Motor Jena won the championship, the club's first-ever national East German championship. The club would go on to win two more, then under the name of FC Carl Zeiss Jena.[3][4]

Peter Ducke of SC Motor Jena was the league's top scorer with 19 goals.[1] For the first time the title East German Footballer of the year was awarded, going to Manfred Kaiser of SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt.[5]

On the strength of the 1962–63 title Motor Jena qualified for the 1963–64 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Dinamo Bucharest in the preliminary round. Seventh-placed club BSG Motor Zwickau qualified for the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by MTK Budapest in the second round after having received a bye in the first round.[6]

Table

The 1962–63 season saw two newly promoted clubs, SC Karl-Marx-Stadt and Dynamo Dresden.[7][8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 SC Motor Jena (C) 26 17 5 4 49 22 +27 39 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 SC Empor Rostock 26 13 7 6 42 24 +18 33
3 ASK Vorwärts Berlin 26 11 9 6 41 34 +7 31
4 SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 10 8 8 43 42 +1 28
5 SC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 12 3 11 38 35 +3 27
6 SC Chemie Halle 26 9 7 10 38 40 −2 25
7 BSG Motor Zwickau 26 10 5 11 38 41 −3 25 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup second round
8 SC Turbine Erfurt 26 10 4 12 45 45 0 24
9 SC Rotation Leipzig 26 8 8 10 29 35 −6 24
10 SC Dynamo Berlin 26 8 7 11 37 32 +5 23
11 SC Aufbau Magdeburg 26 10 3 13 44 46 −2 23
12 SC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 6 11 9 39 44 −5 23
13 Dynamo Dresden (R) 26 8 6 12 36 45 −9 22 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg (R) 26 6 5 15 22 56 −34 17
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ABS MAG CHH DBE DRE ROS LOK MJE KMS ZWI ROT ERF VBE WIS
Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–3
Aufbau Magdeburg 1–2 5–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 4–3 -:+[a] 2–2 2–4 4–1 1–2 1–3 5–1
Chemie Halle 4–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 3–0 0–0 5–4 3–1 2–0
Dynamo Berlin 5–0 0–1 1–1 4–2 0–3 2–0 1–2 4–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–3
Dynamo Dresden 7–0 3–5 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–1
Empor Rostock 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 5–0
Lokomotive Leipzig 2–0 2–4 4–0 2–1 0–0 0–3 3–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–3 1–0
Motor Jena 4–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 4–0
Karl-Marx-Stadt 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–5 1–1 4–0 1–2 4–5 0–2 2–2
Motor Zwickau 6–3 +:-[a] 1–0 2–2 4–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 3–2
Rotation Leipzig 3–1 0–0 5–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–4 0–1
Turbine Erfurt 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 1–2 6–1 3–1
Vorwärts Berlin 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 3–3 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–2
Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 0–0 5–0 2–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 0–0 6–1 3–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The matches Aufbau Magdeburg–Motor Jena (originally 2–1) and Chemie Halle–Aufbau Magdeburg (originally 1:1) were each given a 0-0 goal and a win for Jena and Halle respectively, because Magdeburg did not provide evidence from a sports doctor.

References

  1. ^ a b "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b fuwo, page: 23
  3. ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  4. ^ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  5. ^ fuwo, page: 92
  6. ^ "European Competitions 1963-64". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  7. ^ "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  8. ^ "DDR » Oberliga 1962–63" [DDR-Oberliga 1962–63]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2016.

Sources

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