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1968–69 DDR-Oberliga

FieldValue
competitionDDR-Oberliga
season1968–69
winnersFC Vorwärts Berlin
relegated
continentalcup1[European Cup](1969-70-european-cup)
continentalcup1 qualifiersFC Vorwärts Berlin
continentalcup2[European Cup Winners' Cup](1969-70-european-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers[1. FC Magdeburg](1-fc-magdeburg)
continentalcup3[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup](1969-70-inter-cities-fairs-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers
matches182
total goals456
league topscorerGerd Kostmann (18)
attendance2,111,000
average attendance11,599
prevseason[1967–68](1967-68-ddr-oberliga)
nextseason[1969–70](1969-70-ddr-oberliga)

The 1968–69 DDR-Oberliga was the 20th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

The league was contested by fourteen teams. National People's Army club FC Vorwärts Berlin won the championship, the club's last of six East German championships. It marked, together with a cup win in the following season, the last highlight in the club's history as, two seasons later, Vorwärts was moved from East Berlin to Frankfurt/Oder for political reasons and never again won another national title after the move.

Gerd Kostmann of F.C. Hansa Rostock was the league's top scorer with 18 goals, while Eberhard Vogel of FC Karl-Marx-Stadt won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.

On the strength of the 1968–69 title Vorwärts qualified for the 1969–70 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Feyenoord in the quarter-finals. Third-placed club 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by Académica de Coimbra in the second round. Second-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where it was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Ajax while fourth-placed F.C. Hansa Rostock was knocked out by Inter Milan in the second round.

Table

The 1968–69 season saw two newly promoted clubs Berliner FC Dynamo and BSG Stahl Riesa.

Results

References

Sources

References

  1. ''fuwo'', page: 93
  2. ''fuwo'', page: 23
  3. "East Germany - List of Champions".
  4. "DDR-Meister". [[German Football Association]].
  5. ''fuwo'', page: 34 & 35
  6. "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige".
  7. ''fuwo'', page: 92
  8. "European Competitions 1969-70".
  9. "East Germany 1946-1990".
  10. "DDR » Oberliga 1968–69".
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