1950–51 DDR-Oberliga

The season 1950/51 was the second edition of DDR - Oberliga. Master was the BSG Chemie Leipzig, in the playoff for the championship, which was necessary after a tie, 2-0 sat down against the BSG Turbine Erfurt. The season began on September 3, 1950 and ended on May 6, 1951 Just before the end there was a significant innovation. Starting April 10, 1951 were the goalkeeper and an outfield player to be substituted. In most countries, including in the area of the DFB, substitutions in point and cup matches were excluded until the late 1960s. In the GDR, which was not yet a member of FIFA, the experiment had stock in the following season.

Preseason

The previous year Second SG Dresden- Friedrichstadt was dissolved after the 1949/50 season and connected to the BSG VVB tobacco Dresden. This should first start with the former players of SG Dresden- Friedrichstadt in the big leagues. However, since the majority of former team migrated to Hertha BSC or in the FRG, the vacant league place after playoff at the was (initially) awarded relegated zsg Altenburg. The SG People's Police Dresden came in addition to the Oberliga.

After East Berlin became the capital of the GDR and introduced the contract player system in the West Berlin city league, the German Sports Committee (DS ) classified the three East Berlin teams that had qualified for the City League Season 1949/50 (SG Union Oberschoeneweide, VfB Pankow and Lichtenberg SC 47) was also increased in the DDR Oberliga, the order (including VP Dresden) on 18 teams. Subsequently, many players left their teams to be a contract player at West Berlin clubs. The first team of Union Oberschoeneweide sat down almost completely to West Berlin and founded there the SC Union 06 Berlin.

Name Changes

Begun in 1949, so-called " transition to production base" and the associated formation of company sports teams (BSG ) were substantially completed at the beginning of the season 1950/51. Nevertheless, there was another name Change sports communities.

Course of the season

As in the previous season led the fight for the championship in a final: As the two rivals Turbine Erfurt and Leipzig chemistry were tied at the end of the season, the championship had to be discharged in a playoff. This took place on May 20 in front of 60,000 spectators in the Ernst- Thalmann Chemnitz Stadium held and was won by chemistry 2-0. Previously, chemistry and turbine provided a long time with the last year's champion Motor Zwickau a three-way battle for the top spot.

Of the three rising stars of the preseason only turbine Weimar rose again. Steel Thale ( seventh) and the BSG Rotation Dresden ( twelfth ) were placed in mid-table. Also descended sporty were all three newcomers from East Berlin. Especially the table last VfB Pankow presented here to various negative records. Two wins and three draws were 29 partly hefty losses ( even 0:9, 1:8 three times and twice 0:7 ) against. However, the sport political leadership wanted to keep two Berlin teams in the league. Therefore, the BSG Motor Oberschoeneweide and the BSG Einheit Pankow took over the respective starting positions and players of both teams.

Statistics

The champion team

Walter Rose (34/ 4), Werner Brembach (32 / -) Horst Scherbaum ( 36/1 ), Werner Eilitz (34 / - ), Gerhard Polland (32 /1) Rolf Sommer (23/ 7), Rudolf Krause (31 /18), Georg Zenker (17/ 5), Heinz Fröhlich (36/ 7), Gerhard Helbig (31/ 6)

Goals

There were 1,178 gates, ie 3.85 per game. The highest-scoring matches were rotation Babelsberg - Motor Dessau ( 5:5 ) on 17 December 1950 rotation Dresden - Motor Dessau ( 7:3) on January 14, 1951, Lichtenberg 47 - activists Brieske east 4:6 on February 4, 1951. the highest victory achieved rotation Babelsberg 9-0 in the home game on September 9, 1950 against VfB Pankow. Scorer of the season with 38 hits was John Beautiful of the BSG Rotation Babelsberg. This hit record was not broken until the end of the DDR Oberliga.

Audience

A total of 2.6358 million viewers watched the 306 league games, an average of 8,614 spectators per game. Most visitors came to the playoff for the championship between Chemie Leipzig and Erfurt turbine on 20 May 1951 in Chemnitz: 60,000.

Fdgb Cup

The fdgb Cup was not played this season due to the preparations for the 1951 to be held in East Berlin World Festival of Youth and Students.