1953–54 DDR-Oberliga

The season 1953/54, was the fifth edition of the DDR Oberliga. Master was the BSG Turbine Erfurt. The season began on September 20, 1953 and ended on May 2, 1954.

Preseason

As in the previous season, the number of Oberliga was again reduced to two teams. With 15 teams now had the league almost back to the originally planned capacity of 14 participants. By the descent of the two East Berlin teams ( motor Oberschoeneweide and Vorwärts Berlin ) in the preseason, the North -South divide in the league had more aggravated. Of the 15 Oberliga rotation were the two northernmost representative Babelsberg ( Potsdam district ) and locomotive Stendal ( district of Magdeburg ). The former state of Mecklenburg was not a single Oberliga. The capital of East Berlin was also not represented.

Course of the season

For the first time all the climbers were able to compete in the big leagues. In contrast with Dessau and Stendal rose from two of the founding teams of the league. Dessau never reached again after the top flight. For Stendal, the regulation had a negative impact, that finish level on points of Torquotient decided on the better placement instead of - host a playoff - as in the 1949/50 season. So had unit east of Leipzig at the end just as many points as Stendal, with 0.754 compared to 0.745 but a minimally better Torquotienten ( at the goal difference Leipzig was worse than Stendal -13 -14 even with gates ).

Master was superior turbine Erfurt, after occupying the standings on 15 matches and then did not issue again. Last year's champion Dynamo Dresden came late in shape and was nevertheless still a third party. Bismuth Aue, in the preseason Second, a long time was promising at the top, but was weaker in the second half.

Statistics

The champion team

William Hoffmeyer (28 / - ), Helmut Nordhaus (28/ 6), Gerhard Franke (27 / -) Georg Rosbigalle (26/ 4), Jochen Müller 28/2 ) Lothar way (25/ 3), Siegfried Vollrath (28 /21), Günter Konzack (23/ 5), Rudolf Hermsdorf ( 25/5 ), Konrad Wallroth (23/ 9)

Goals

There were 676 gates, which gives an average of 3.21 per game. The highest victory achieved bismuth Aue at home against East unit Leipzig on 17 Matchday 6-2. Most gates were at the meeting of the 5th game day Chemie Leipzig - Steel Thale, which ended 6-3. The game however, was later canceled and evaluated for Thale.

Audience

A total of 2.941 million viewers watched the 210 league games, yielding an average of 14,005 spectators per game. This average attendance was the highest in the league - time. The games Dynamo Dresden - Turbine Erfurt, Chemie Leipzig - Dynamo Dresden and Leipzig chemistry - Turbine Erfurt had with 40,000 spectators biggest backers.

Fdgb Cup

The fdgb Cup was won this season by the GDR division and promoted ZSK Vorwärts Berlin, who won against the Oberliga Motor Zwickau. After the competition was canceled last year - officially due to the summer holidays, unofficially because of the uprising on 17 June 1953 - this was continued with the second major round of this season.