1972–73 DDR-Oberliga

The 1972/73 season was the 24th edition of the East German Oberliga. Champion for the third time, the SG Dynamo Dresden. The season began on September 16, 1972 and ended on 23 June 1973.

Course of the season

The three dominant teams in the East German football in the 1970s Dynamo Dresden, Carl Zeiss Jena and 1.FC Magdeburg made ​​this time the first three places among themselves. Dresden took it a dominant role and came from the Matchday through the table top. At the end of Dynamo reached 42 plus points - which averages 1.62 points per game, which at the time meant a new league record. The 61 goals scored (ie, 2.35 per game) were the best goals of the Dresden average since 1960 (then managed Vorwärts Berlin 73 goals in 26 games ). Because of these benefits Dynamo was as a second Oberliga ever elected to the sports team of the year ( Rostock 1961).

Despite this dominance Dresden secured until the penultimate round the championship. This was also the strong Jena, the Dresden were close behind in second place from the seventh match. Accordingly, great was the distance to the third party Magdeburg, who had already won the trophy during the season, so the second place in the UEFA Cup was awarded to the fourth-placed. This has secured the 1st FC Locomotive Leipzig, who overtook the still FC Karl- Marx-Stadt on the final day.

The fight against relegation, it was decided at the end between Rot-Weiß Erfurt, Union Berlin and the HFC chemistry. Hall was a long time on a non- relegation zone and slid until just before the end. On the final day, the " chemist " had the worst starting position and went for a 4:5 against Magdeburg from. Also down in the league had the first FC Union, which was still before Twelfth Erfurt before the game, Erfurt was overtaken in Frankfurt by a defeat at Jena and a simultaneous away win.

Statistics

The champion team

Hans -Jürgen Dörner ( 15/1) Frank Ganzera ( 24/1 ), Klaus Sammer (23 /2), Sigmar Wätzlich Reinhard Häfner (20/ 5), Horst Rau (26/ 4), Hans -Jürgen Kreische (25 /26) Dieter Riedel ( 22/4 ), Frank Richter ( 19/6 ), Gert Heidler (22/ 4)

Goals

In the 182 point games were 557 goals, an average of 3.06 per game, as much as eleven years no longer. The highest-scoring matches with nine hits were Dynamo Dresden - Rot-Weiß Erfurt 7-2 ( tenth Matchday), HFC Chemie - Vorwärts Frankfurt 3:6 ( 21 Matchday) and Magdeburg - HFC chemistry with 5:4 ( 26 Matchday). The biggest win was the 8-0 Lokomotiv Leipzig against the HFC chemistry on the tenth match day.

Hans -Jürgen Kreische of the SG Dynamo Dresden was consecutively for the third time top scorer of the league, a feat that only succeeded Torsten Gütschow except Kreische. His 26 goals also marked the second- best goals -section (one goal per game) of all time behind John Beautiful, who won the top scorer in season 1950/51. In the league seasons with 14 teams, the 26 goals remained unmatched.

Audience

A total of 1.994 million viewers watched the 182 league games, which gives an average of 10,956 spectators per game. The highest average attendance again recorded Dresden ( 24,231 ). Behind it lay Chemie Leipzig ( 15,769 ) and Karl -Marx-Stadt ( 14,923 ). The Army football players of Vorwärts Frankfurt were again at the end of the table viewer (6,000) behind Zwickau and floodplain with an average of 6,769 each. With 40,000 visitors, the local derby Chemie Leipzig found - Lok Leipzig on Matchday 5 the most interest.

Player of the year

After the season, the top scorer Hans -Jürgen Kreische of the SG Dynamo Dresden was also awarded Player of the Year in 1973. It was the first (and only) ceremony with this title for Kreische. In the squares landed Peter Ducke from FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Joachim Streich from 1 FC Magdeburg.

Fdgb Cup

The fdgb Cup was won in this game between 1 FC Magdeburg. For Magdeburg it was the fourth cup triumph. In the finals, which took place between the 18th and 19th Round, Locomotive Leipzig was inferior. The Cup defender Jena was eliminated in the second round. The later masters Dresden Leipzig defeated in the quarterfinals.

International Competitions

For most DDR participants, it was enough in European competition this season only to their initial successes. So Magdeburg lost the European Champions Cup in the second round to the eventual finalists Juventus narrowly (each 0-1 in the return game). Also Jena failed in Europe Cup Winners' Cup in the second round at the eventual finalists. After a 0-0 draw at home against Leeds United, the English competitor put 2-0 in the second leg. In the UEFA Cup, the BFC Dynamo and Dynamo Dresden were represented little longer, but subject in each case both the later Cup winners Liverpool in the third round (Berlin ) and in the quarter-finals ( Dresden). As in previous years, the GDR did not take this time too part in the Intertoto Cup, which was played before the season.