1976–77 DDR-Oberliga

The 1976/77 season was the 28th edition of the East German Oberliga. Champion for the fifth time, the SG Dynamo Dresden, which thus her title from the previous season defensively. The season began on September 4, 1976, and ended on May 21, 1977.

Course of the season

For the last time in the league history, the league was dominated by the three clubs from Jena, Dresden and Magdeburg. At the end of Dresden became a master and thus defended his title last year, while Magdeburg and Jena placed behind it. The decision for the championship was on the 25th Round in a direct duel between Magdeburg and Dresden. The three points worse placed Magdeburg had this a victory needed on the final day yet to be dangerous Dresden. But before the home crowd 1.FC not make it past a 0:0, which Dresden fifth championship was certain. Jena pushed himself even on the final day at the BFC Dynamo past third place and qualified to the UEFA Cup.

Exciting was the fight against relegation. Before the last game was six teams in danger of relegation: Bismuth Aue, Sachsenring Zwickau, Union Berlin, Stahl Riesa, Vorwärts Frankfurt and Hansa Rostock. Aue (1:1 in Erfurt) and Zwickau ( 6-2 against Hall ) escaped on their own, while Union ( 1-1 against Magdeburg ) and Frankfurt ( 2-0 Karl- Marx-Stadt ) that benefited from that Rostock and Riesa parted in direct descent duel only 0:0. The result did not help the two teams and so Riesa rose after four years of service for the second and the Movers Rostock for the third time from the Oberliga from.

Statistics

Champion team

Hans -Jürgen Dörner (16 /2) Christian Helm (25 / -), Udo jewelry (22/ 3), Klaus Müller ( 23/1 ) Reinhard Häfner ( 24/2 ), Hartmut Schade ( 26/6 ), Hans -Jürgen Kreische (23 /13) Dieter Riedel ( 18/3 ), Rainer axis (19/ 12), Gert Heidler (23/ 8)

Goals

In the 182 point games were 500 goals, an average of 2.75 per game. The highest-scoring game with nine hits found between Dynamo Dresden and Rot-Weiss Erfurt 7:2 held on 20th matchday. The biggest win was a 7-0 against bismuth chemistry of HFC floodplain.

Joachim Streich from 1 FC Magdeburg became the top scorer in the league. It was his first of four scorer crown, a feat the next to him only Hans -Jürgen Kreische, this time with 13 hits second in the scoring charts reached.

Audience

A total of 2.5165 million viewers watched the 182 league games, which gives an average of 13,827 spectators per game. This figure represented the highest average since 1954/55 and was also until the end of the league does not reach Dresden had the highest average attendance ( 29,385 ). Behind surprising were the two newly promoted Hansa Rostock ( 20,538 ) and Union Berlin ( 17,923 ). Vorwärts Frankfurt, however, drew an average of only 5,562 spectators and was thus as in previous years, at the end of the audience table behind relegated Stahl Riesa ( 7785 ). The biggest backdrop experienced the East Berlin city derby between 1.FC Union and the BFC before 45,000 spectators on the opening day.

Player of the year

After the season was awarded for the first time as a footballer of the year 1977 Hans -Jürgen Dörner of the SG Dynamo Dresden. Dörner was involved as captain of the Dresden instrumental in their successful seasons and beyond, won last year as captain of the football Olympic team of the GDR, the gold medal at the Olympic football tournament. He cited last year's winner Jürgen Croy to second place.

Fdgb Cup

The fdgb Cup was won this season by the Master Dynamo Dresden, for the second time after 1971 managed a double. The final was won against the Dresdner Titelverteiger 1 FC Locomotive Leipzig, but who nevertheless qualified by the finals of the international competition.

International Competitions

The European Cup season was very different for each DDR participants. While locomotive Leipzig ( in the European Cup Winners' Cup against Heart of Midlothian ) and the BFC Dynamo ( in the UEFA Cup against Shakhtar Donetsk ) were eliminated in the very first round, managed Dynamo Dresden ( in the European Champions Cup ) and Magdeburg ( in the UEFA Cup ) to the quarterfinals. Dresden was eliminated on away goals against FC Zurich, while the later Magdeburg twice Cup winners Juventus defeated. The Intertoto Cup 1976 took place again without DDR participation.