1963–64 DDR-Oberliga

DDR-Oberliga
Season 1963–64
Champions BSG Chemie Leipzig
Relegated

SC Chemie Halle

SC Turbine Erfurt

European Cup BSG Chemie Leipzig
European Cup Winners' Cup SC Aufbau Magdeburg
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup SC Leipzig
Matches played 182
Goals scored 459 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer Gerd Backhaus (15)[1]
Total attendance 1,910,000[2]
Average attendance 10,495[2]

The 1963–64 DDR-Oberliga was the 15th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

The league was contested by fourteen teams. BSG Chemie Leipzig won the championship, the club's sole national East German championship.[3][4] Football in Leipzig had been reorganised after the 1962–63 season with the two Oberliga clubs from the city, SC Lokomotive Leipzig and SC Rotation Leipzig, seeing their playing squads merged and then divided up again. The nominally best players were allocated to the new SC Leipzig club, later to become 1. FC Lok Leipzig. The nominally weaker players were allocated to BSG Chemie Leipzig which had its Oberliga place returned it had lost to SC Lokomotive in 1954. The fact that the nominally weaker Chemie squad won the league while SC Leipzig only came third is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in the history of East German football.[5]

Football in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz, was reorganised, too with the football department of SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt returning to Aue where it had played despite its name and joining BSG Wismut Aue again. SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt then merged with SC Motor Karl-Marz-Stadt to form SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitzer FC.[6]

Gerd Backhaus of BSG Lokomotive Stendal was the league's top scorer with 15 goals.[7] For the second time the title East German Footballer of the year was awarded, going to Klaus Urbanczyk of SC Chemie Halle.[8]

On the strength of the 1963–64 title Chemie Leipzig qualified for the 1964–65 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Vasas ETO Győr in the preliminary round. Eleventh-placed club SC Aufbau Magdeburg qualified for the 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by Galatasaray S.K. in the first round. Third-placed SC Leipzig qualified for the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where it was knocked out in the first round by Wiener Sportclub.[9]

Table

The 1963–64 season saw two newly promoted clubs, BSG Motor Steinach and BSG Lokomotive Stendal.[10][11]

PosClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
1BSG Chemie Leipzig2613943821+1735
2SC Empor Rostock2613764023+1733
3SC Leipzig2612863427+732
4SC Karl-Marx-Stadt2610973129+229
5ASK Vorwärts Berlin26106104536+926
6SC Motor Jena26106104335+826
7BSG Motor Steinach268993036-625
8SC Dynamo Berlin2696113534+124
9BSG Lokomotive Stendal2695123134-323
10BSG Wismut Aue2679102332-923
11SC Aufbau Magdeburg2679102538-1323
12BSG Motor Zwickau2678113741-422
13SC Chemie Halle2686122435-1122
14SC Turbine Erfurt2641392338-1521

Key

League champion &
Qualified for the European Cup		 FDGB-Pokal winner
& Qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup		 Qualified for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Relegated to DDR-Liga

References

  1. ↑ fuwo, page: 93
  2. 1 2 fuwo, page: 23
  3. ↑ "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  5. ↑ fuwo, page: 24
  6. ↑ fuwo, page: 22 & 27
  7. ↑ "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  8. ↑ fuwo, page: 92
  9. ↑ "European Competitions 1964-65". rsssf.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "DDR » Oberliga 1963–64" [DDR-Oberliga 1963–64]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 21 January 2016.

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