1973–74 DDR-Oberliga

The 1973/74 DDR-Oberliga season was the 24th season of the top football league in East Germany. As in the season before, 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.

1974 saw 1. FC Magdeburg win their second of eventually three Oberliga titles.

League standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Magdeburg (C) 26 16 7 3 50 27+23 39 1974–75 European Cup
2 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 26 16 4 6 55 26+29 36 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup
3 Dynamo Dresden 26 15 5 6 55 40+15 35 1974–75 UEFA Cup
4 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt 26 13 8 5 48 27+21 34
5 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 11 8 7 49 35+14 30
6 Berliner FC Dynamo 26 12 3 11 42 41+1 27
7 Hansa Rostock 26 10 5 11 37 35+2 25
8 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 26 10 5 11 37 41−4 25
9 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 7 9 10 42 46−4 23
10 BSG Wismut Aue 26 7 8 11 29 38−9 22
11 BSG Stahl Riesa 26 7 9 10 25 42−17 211
12 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 24 5 9 10 27 29−2 19
13 BSG Chemie Leipzig (R) 26 3 9 14 22 39−17 15 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 FC Energie Cottbus (R) 26 1 8 17 16 58−42 10

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Stahl Riesa had 2 points deducted for improper training camp
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

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