1984–85 DDR-Oberliga

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The 1984–85 DDR-Oberliga was the 36th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

DDR-Oberliga
Season1984–85
ChampionsBFC Dynamo
Relegated
European CupBFC Dynamo
European Cup Winners' CupDynamo Dresden
UEFA Cup
Matches played182
Goals scored601 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorerRainer Ernst (24)[1]
Total attendance1,885,000[2]
Average attendance10,357[2]

The league was contested by fourteen teams. BFC Dynamo won the championship, the club's seventh of ten consecutive East German championships from 1978 to 1988, thereby surpassing the record of six titles jointly held up to then by BFC Dynamo, Dynamo Dresden and FC Vorwärts Berlin.[3][4]

Rainer Ernst of BFC Dynamo was the league's top scorer for the second time in a row with 24 goals,[5] while Hans-Jürgen Dörner of Dynamo Dresden again took out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]

On the strength of the 1984–85 title BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1985–86 European Cup where the club was knocked out by FK Austria Wien in the first round. Second-placed club Dynamo Dresden qualified for the 1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and lost to Bayer Uerdingen in the quarter-finals, in a game dubbed the Miracle of the Grotenburg.[7][8]

Third-placed 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1985–86 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out by AC Milan in the second round while fourth-placed BSG Wismut Aue lost to FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the first round.[9]

Table

The 1984–85 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Stahl Brandenburg and BSG Motor Suhl.[10][11]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Berliner FC Dynamo (C)2620429028+6244Qualification to European Cup first round
2SG Dynamo Dresden2615836934+3538Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
31. FC Lokomotive Leipzig2617455526+2938Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4BSG Wismut Aue2612863833+532
51. FC Magdeburg2611965335+1831
6FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt26101064739+830
7FC Carl Zeiss Jena2697103627+925
8FC Vorwärts Frankfurt2678114138+322
9FC Karl-Marx-Stadt2677123948−921
10F.C. Hansa Rostock2669113751−1421
11BSG Stahl Brandenburg26510112539−1420
12BSG Stahl Riesa2668122955−2620
13BSG Chemie Leipzig (R)2649132656−3017Relegation to DDR-Liga
14BSG Motor Suhl (R)2613221692−765
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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BFC Dynamo2–05–11–23–06–13–23–16–04–22–09–02–14–0
Carl Zeiss Jena0–12–34–02–14–20–20–04–01–12–03–02–00–0
Chemie Leipzig0–30–10–01–02–20–12–24–02–20–02–01–11–1
Dynamo Dresden2–23–19–12–22–13–01–08–32–04–15–11–13–1
Hansa Rostock1–50–03–11–14–23–10–04–01–12–11–11–32–2
Karl-Marx-Stadt2–52–10–00–45–10–23–35–00–12–12–00–11–2
Lokomotive Leipzig3–21–14–03–24–14–12–12–04–12–04–02–11–0
1. FC Magdeburg2–21–07–00–26–31–11–07–12–20–01–04–22–2
Motor Suhl0–82–20–00–20–11–51–60–30–21–12–30–13–1
Rot-Weiß Erfurt4–51–04–13–31–00–03–34–02–11–21–14–11–0
Stahl Brandenburg0–10–41–01–12–22–00–01–53–00–23–11–11–1
Stahl Riesa0–23–11–02–21–11–10–01–23–12–22–22–11–2
Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder)3–30–03–15–23–10–10–11–27–02–21–11–21–1
Wismut Aue1–12–14–30–33–10–02–12–02–02–02–14–11–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Sources

  • "Das war unser Fußball im Osten" [This was our football in the East]. Fußball-Woche (fuwo) (in German). Berlin: Axel-Springer-Verlag. 1991.