1975–76 DDR-Oberliga

The 1975/76 season was the 27th edition of the DDR - Oberliga. Champion for the fourth time, the SG Dynamo Dresden. The season began on August 23, 1975 and ended on 15 May 1976. Afterwards, all Oberliga came again to within the communications Toto Special round.

Preseason

The simultaneous decline of Hansa Rostock and Stralsund forward in the preseason the north of the GDR was not represented in this season in the big leagues for the first time since 1957. At the same time returned with Energie Cottbus Cottbus, a representative of the district in the league back.

Course of the season

Dynamo Dresden won after two third places in a row, the fourth championship in 1953, 1971 and 1973. Dynamo was there even more dominant than in 1973, collected 43 points (one more than three years ago) and scored 70 goals ( nine more than in 1973 ). On the 24th matchday Dresdner secured with a 4-0 over the runner-up of the previous Carl Zeiss Jena the title. Second was the BFC Dynamo, which after three years was able to place a different team than Dresden, Magdeburg and Jena on the first three ranks for the first time. In third place and thus even in the UEFA Cup champions ended 1974 and 1975 Magdeburg. Behind Magdeburg placed Locomotive Leipzig.

Just as the championship battle and the descent was decided relatively early on. Like two years ago could Energie Cottbus also keep up this time at any time and finished with only three wins and eight points behind a non- relegation zone as the last from. Chemie Leipzig also struggled in vain, and stood on the 24th matchday four points and 14 goals behind Karl- Marx-Stadt and Vorwärts Frankfurt practically relegated firmly.

For the FC forward the twelfth place in the table was the worst result since the revival in 1954. There were indications this season, a negative development, which culminated in relegation in 1978. Also for Jena it was a disappointing season. Fifth place is the worst result since 1967. Contrast, bismuth Aue surprised when in sixth.

Cross Table

The cross table presents the results of all games this season represents the home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

Statistics

Champion team

Hans -Jürgen Dörner (25/ 8) Gerd Weber ( 24/1 ), Udo Schmuck ( 26/2 ), Klaus Müller ( 18/2 ) Reinhard Häfner (25 /2), Hartmut Schade ( 22/4 ), Hans -Jürgen Kreische (26 /24) Dieter Riedel ( 26/7 ), Peter Kotte ( 22/4 ), Gert Heidler (25/ 6)

Without use: Dietmar Urbanek (Tor )

Goals

In the 182 point games were 575 goals, an average of 3.15 per game. The highest-scoring matches with eight hits were BFC Dynamo - Vorwärts Frankfurt 7:1 ( First Round ), Vorwärts Frankfurt - Rot- Weiss Erfurt 1:7 ( 10 Sp ) and Stahl Riesa - Chemie Leipzig 7:1 ( 13 Sp. ). This was the same time the biggest wins.

Hans -Jürgen Kreische Dynamo Dresden was the fourth time top scorer in the league. After Kreische was injured in the previous years and therefore his hat-trick from 1971-1973 could not defend, he was fit again this season and captured it immediately resumes the top scorer. In total, 152 players were characterized as scorers, were added eight own-goals.

Several players get three goals (no hattrick ) in a game: Hoffmann ( Magdeburg ) against Riesa ( 1 Sp ), Bird (Jena) against Karl- Marx-Stadt (2nd Sp ) and Frankfurt ( 17 Sp ), string ( Magdeburg ) to Frankfurt ( Sp 9 ), Runge ( Riesa ) to Zwickau ( Sp 9 ) saving water ( Magdeburg ) against Aue ( 10 Sp ) and Frankfurt ( 22 Sp ), Schnuphase ( Erfurt) to Frankfurt ( Sp 10 ), Riediger (BFC ) against Karl- Marx-Stadt ( Sp 20 ) and Lok Leipzig ( 24 Sp ), Hoffmann ( Magdeburg ) against Chemie Leipzig ( 21 Sp ) and Steinbach ( Magdeburg ) against Jena ( 26 Sp ). It 78 Penalties were imposed, of which 54 were transformed. Bird from Jena met 7 times, Kreische from Dresden and Runge from Riesa ever met 4 times on the head. Goalkeeper Croy from Zwickau parried four and Krahnke from Karl- Marx-Stadt three penalty kicks.

Audience

A total of 2.2832 million viewers watched the 182 league games, which gives an average of 12,545 spectators per game. The highest average attendance recorded the master Dresden ( 28 384 ) in front of Magdeburg ( 19 115 ). Frankfurt was rear with an average of 4,784 spectators. The largest number of spectators meant 40,000 to Leipzig city derby between chemistry and locomotive on the opening day. Least Viewers ( 2500 ) were (Matchday 26 ) at the home game of Vorwärts Frankfurt against FC Karl- Marx-Stadt.

Miscellaneous

• 295 players were used, which were 32 in all league matches this.
• There were 90 home wins, 45 draws and 47 Away Games.
• 5 expulsions and 306 warnings imposed the referees, with 42 players had to pause after the third and sixth yellow card.

Player of the year

After the season, Jürgen Croy was awarded by the BSG Sachsenring Zwickau for the second time as a footballer of the year 1976. The goalkeeper had made it so that in the past six years, five times in the top three.

Fdgb Cup

The fdgb Cup was won this season of Locomotive Leipzig. The Leipzig defeated in the final Vorwärts Frankfurt and won their first Cup title. Lok had previously switched off and Others Jena and Dresden, while forward Cup defender Zwickau and Magdeburg had defeated.

International Competitions

The big surprise of this European campaign succeeded Sachsenring Zwickau. The team defeated in the European Cup Winners' Cup in succession Panathinaikos Athens, Fiorentina and Celtic Glasgow and only lost in the semifinals of the later cup winner RSC Anderlecht. However, there was disappointment at the 1 FC Magdeburg, who was defeated in the first round of the European Cup of Champions Malmö FF in the penalty shootout. Carl Zeiss Jena difference in the UEFA Cup also made on penalties. After you had defeated in the first round Olympique Marseille, was too strong in the second round FKS Stal Mielec. Dynamo Dresden made ​​it to the quarter-finals and was defeated there the subsequent UEFA Cup winners Liverpool. The Intertoto Cup 1975 took place again without DDR participants.