1971–72 DDR-Oberliga

The 1971/72 DDR-Oberliga season was the 22nd season of the top football league in East Germany. As in the previous season, 14 teams from all over the GDR competed. The teams played each other twice, once at home and once on the road. Two points were awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. 1972 saw 1. FC Magdeburg win their first of eventually three Oberliga titles.

League standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	1. FC Magdeburg (C)	26	17	04	05	48	23	+25	38-14
2	Berliner FC Dynamo	26	13	09	04	45	20	+25	35-17
3	Dynamo Dresden	26	12	09	05	59	30	+29	33-19
4	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	26	12	07	07	42	34	+8	31-21
5	FC Vorwärts Frankfurt	26	09	09	08	33	36	-3	27-25
6	Hallescher FC Chemie	26	10	07	09	40	44	-4	27-25
7	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	26	07	11	08	26	25	+1	25-27
8	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	26	09	07	10	30	31	-1	25-27
9	Hansa Rostock	26	08	08	10	27	24	+3	24-28
10	BSG Wismut Aue	26	07	09	10	34	46	-12	23-29
11	1. FC Union Berlin	26	05	11	10	21	32	-11	21-31
12	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	26	07	05	14	34	48	-14	19-33
13	BSG Stahl Riesa	26	05	08	13	23	41	-18	18-34
14	ASG Vorwärts Stralsund	26	06	06	14	20	48	-28	18-34

(C)	1971/72 DDR-Oberliga champions
	Qualified for the European Cup
	Qualified for the UEFA Cup
	Qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated to DDR-Liga

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

References

DDR-Oberliga seasons

Ostzonenmeisterschaft (1947–1949)	1948 · 1949

DDR-Oberliga (1949–1990)	1949–50 · 1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959 · 1960 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90

NOFV-Oberliga	1990–91

1971–72 in European football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark '71 '72 · England · Estonia '71 '72 · Faroe Islands '71 '72 · Finland '71 '72 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '71 '72 · Israel · Italy · Latvia '71 '72 · Lithuania '71 '72 · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '71 '72 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Scotland · Soviet Union '71 '72 · Spain · Sweden '71 '72 · Switzerland · Turkey · Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania · Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Cyprus · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · England · Faroe Islands '71 '72 · Finland '71 '72 · France · East Germany · West Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '71 '72 · Israel · Italy · Liechtenstein · Luxembourg · Malta · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '71 '72 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · San Marino · Scotland · Soviet Union · Spain · Sweden '71 '72 · Switzerland · Turkey · Wales · Yugoslavia

League cups	England · France · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland · Scotland

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) · Cup Winners' Cup (Final) · UEFA Cup (Final) · Intertoto Cup