Season | 1972β73 |
---|---|
Champions | Dynamo Dresden |
Relegated | |
European Cup | Dynamo Dresden |
European Cup Winners' Cup | 1. FC Magdeburg |
UEFA Cup | |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 557 (3.06 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Hans-JΓΌrgen Kreische (26) [1] |
Total attendance | 1,994,700 [2] |
Average attendance | 10,956 [2] |
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1971β72
1973β74 β |
The 1972β73 DDR-Oberliga was the 24th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's third of eight East German championships. [3] [4]
Hans-JΓΌrgen Kreische of Dynamo Dresden was the league's top scorer with 26 goals, the third of a record four top scorer finishes for Kreische, [5] with him also winning the seasons East German Footballer of the year award. [6]
On the strength of the 1972β73 title Dresden qualified for the 1973β74 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Bundesliga champions FC Bayern Munich in the second round. It was the first time the East and West German champions were drawn against each other in an UEFA competition and resulted in a close contest, Bayern winning 7β6 on aggregate. Third-placed club 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1973β74 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and won the competition after a 2β0 final victory over AC Milan, the greatest success of any East German club in Europe. Second-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1973β74 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by Ruch ChorzΓ³w while fourth-placed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig lost to Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-finals, having previously overcome Fortuna DΓΌsseldorf in the third round in another German East-West encounter. [7]
The 1972β73 season saw two newly promoted clubs BSG Chemie Leipzig and FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt. [8] [9]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SG Dynamo Dresden (C) | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 30 | +31 | 42 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
2 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
3 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 34 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
4 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 30 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
5 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 30 | |
6 | BFC Dynamo | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 26 | |
7 | FC VorwΓ€rts Frankfurt | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 25 | |
8 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 24 | |
9 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 21 | |
10 | F.C. Hansa Rostock | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 20 | |
11 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 20 | |
12 | FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 19 | |
13 | 1. FC Union Berlin (R) | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 18 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
14 | Hallescher FC Chemie (R) | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 16 |
Season | 1972β73 |
---|---|
Champions | Dynamo Dresden |
Relegated | |
European Cup | Dynamo Dresden |
European Cup Winners' Cup | 1. FC Magdeburg |
UEFA Cup | |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 557 (3.06 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Hans-JΓΌrgen Kreische (26) [1] |
Total attendance | 1,994,700 [2] |
Average attendance | 10,956 [2] |
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1971β72
1973β74 β |
The 1972β73 DDR-Oberliga was the 24th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's third of eight East German championships. [3] [4]
Hans-JΓΌrgen Kreische of Dynamo Dresden was the league's top scorer with 26 goals, the third of a record four top scorer finishes for Kreische, [5] with him also winning the seasons East German Footballer of the year award. [6]
On the strength of the 1972β73 title Dresden qualified for the 1973β74 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Bundesliga champions FC Bayern Munich in the second round. It was the first time the East and West German champions were drawn against each other in an UEFA competition and resulted in a close contest, Bayern winning 7β6 on aggregate. Third-placed club 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1973β74 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and won the competition after a 2β0 final victory over AC Milan, the greatest success of any East German club in Europe. Second-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1973β74 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the second round by Ruch ChorzΓ³w while fourth-placed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig lost to Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-finals, having previously overcome Fortuna DΓΌsseldorf in the third round in another German East-West encounter. [7]
The 1972β73 season saw two newly promoted clubs BSG Chemie Leipzig and FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt. [8] [9]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SG Dynamo Dresden (C) | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 30 | +31 | 42 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
2 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
3 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 34 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
4 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 30 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
5 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 30 | |
6 | BFC Dynamo | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 26 | |
7 | FC VorwΓ€rts Frankfurt | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 25 | |
8 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 24 | |
9 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 21 | |
10 | F.C. Hansa Rostock | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 20 | |
11 | BSG Wismut Aue | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 20 | |
12 | FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 19 | |
13 | 1. FC Union Berlin (R) | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 18 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
14 | Hallescher FC Chemie (R) | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 16 |