The all-time DDR-Oberliga table is a cumulative record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that played in the former East Germany's first division DDR-Oberliga[1] from its inception in 1949 until its dissolution in 1991 following German reunification. It awards two points for a win and one point for a draw, as this was the system in use at the time. The matches of the transition round made necessary by the adoption of a Soviet-style calendar year schedule in 1955[2] are not included. In its final season (1990–91), the competition was known as the NOFV-Oberliga, before becoming part of the German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund, DFB).

Although Berliner FC Dynamo are record champions, winning a total of 10 titles, FC Carl Zeiss Jena lead the ranking by points. Wismut Aue, however, hold the record for most seasons, 38. Altogether, 44 clubs competed in the DDR-Oberliga during its history.

Frequent club name changes were a characteristic of East German football and clubs are shown here by the name they last competed under in their final DDR-Oberliga seasons. All other names used by a club when they were part of the DDR-Oberliga are given, but name changes made outside first division play and following German reunification are not shown; see articles on individual clubs for more information.

The all-time table of the DDR-Oberliga:[3][4][5]

Rank Club other names Years Games W D L GF GA GD Pts avg.
Pts 		Current division
1. FC Carl Zeiss Jena BSG Motor Jena,
SC Motor Jena		 35 929 442 213 274 1544 1129 +415 1097:761 1.18 Regionalliga Nordost (IV)
2. Berliner FC Dynamo SC Dynamo Berlin 34 897 441 210 246 1681 1093 +588 1092:702 1.22 Regionalliga Nordost (IV)
3. 1. FC Dynamo Dresden SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden,
SG Dynamo Dresden		 31 832 437 203 192 1637 982 +655 1077:587 1.29 3. Liga (III)
4. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig[6] BSG Einheit Ost,
SC Rotation Leipzig
SC Leipzig		 36 951 396 247 308 1516 1256 +260 1039:863 1.09 Regionalliga Nordost (IV)
5. FC Wismut Aue[7] SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt,
BSG Wismut Aue		 38 1019 376 266 377 1406 1485 −79 1018:1020 1.00 2. Kreisklasse Erzgebirge (XII)
6. FC Viktoria 91 Frankfurt SV Vorwärts KVP Leipzig,
ZSK Vorwärts KVP Berlin,
ASK Vorwärts Berlin,
FC Vorwärts Berlin,
FC Vorwärts Frankfurt		 35 939 388 238 313 1547 1294 +253 1012:866 1.08 Brandenburg-Liga (VI)
7. FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt BSG KWU Erfurt,
BSG Turbine Erfurt,
SC Turbine Erfurt		 37 1001 351 270 380 1467 1479 −12 972:1030 0.97 NOFV-Oberliga Süd (V)
8. 1. FC Magdeburg SC Aufbau Magdeburg 30 793 365 190 238 1351 1046 +305 920:666 1.16 3. Liga (III)
9. BSG Sachsenring Zwickau ZSG Horch Zwickau,
BSG Horch Zwickau,
BSG Motor Zwickau		 35 949 336 218 395 1310 1489 −179 888:1010 0.94 3. Liga (III)
10. Hallescher FC Chemie ZSG Union Halle,
BSG Turbine Halle,
SC Chemie Halle-Leuna,
SC Chemie Halle		 34 923 309 256 358 1330 1426 −96 874:972 0.95 3. Liga (III)
11. F.C. Hansa Rostock[8] SC Empor Rostock 31 819 300 208 311 1114 1105 +9 808:830 0.99 3. Liga (III)
12. FC Karl-Marx-Stadt BSG Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt,
SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt,
SC Karl-Marx-Stadt		 31 806 263 243 300 1048 1193 −145 769:843 0.95 Regionalliga Nordost (IV)
13. BSG Chemie Leipzig[6][9][10] ZSG Industrie Leipzig
SC Lokomotive Leipzig		 27 743 263 207 273 1031 1039 −8 733:753 0.99 Club no longer exists
14. 1. FC Union Berlin[10] SG Union Oberschöneweide,
BSG Motor Oberschöneweide,
TSC Berlin		 19 520 144 135 241 571 868 −297 423:617 0.81 Bundesliga (I)
15. SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg BSG Franz Mehring Marga,
BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost		 13 377 153 89 135 594 584 +10 395:359 1.05 Landesliga Brandenburg (VII)
16. BSG Lokomotive Stendal SG Eintracht Stendal, SG Hans Wendler Stendal 14 403 137 82 184 598 715 −117 356:450 0.88 NOFV-Oberliga Nord (V)
17. BSG Stahl Riesa 16 416 110 108 198 472 729 −257 326:506 0.78 Sachsenliga (VI)
18. SC Einheit Dresden BSG Rotation Dresden 11 325 117 86 122 541 549 −8 320:330 0.98 Landesklasse Sachsen (VII)
19. BSG Rotation Babelsberg SG Babelsberg,
BSG Märkische Volksstimme Babelsberg		 9 260 103 49 108 466 502 −36 255:265 0.98 Landesliga Brandenburg (VII)
20. BSV Stahl Brandenburg BSG Stahl Brandenburg 7 182 58 58 66 228 244 −16 174:190 0.96 Landesliga Brandenburg (VII)
21. BSG Motor Dessau BSG Waggonfabrik Dessau 5 156 67 29 60 306:277 +29 163 149 1.04 Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt (VI)
22. BSG Stahl Thale BSG EHW Thale 4 130 47 27 56 207:230 −23 121 139 0.93 Landesliga Sachsen-Anhalt (VII)
23. BSG Fortschritt Meerane SG Einheit Meerane 5 150 44 29 77 246 320 −74 117:183 0.78 Landesklasse Sachsen (VII)
24. FC Energie Cottbus SC Cottbus,
BSG Energie Cottbus		 7 182 36 45 101 165 354 −189 117:247 0.64 Regionalliga Nordost (IV)
25. BSG Wismut Gera BSG Gera-Süd,
BSG Mechanik Gera,
BSG Motor Gera		 6 180 36 41 103 225 392 −167 111:249 0.62 Thüringenliga (VI)
26. SC Fortschritt Weißenfels 5 130 33 36 61 167 226 −59 102:158 0.78 Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt (VI)
27. BSG Stahl Altenburg[10] ZSG Altenburg 3 97 27 17 53 129 208 −79 71:123 0.73 Kreisliga Ostthüringen (IX)
28. BSG Chemie Böhlen[9] 4 104 20 25 59 123 245 −122 65:143 0.63 Kreisoberliga Muldental/Leipziger Land (VIII)
29. BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt 3 78 14 33 31 72 92 −20 61:95 0.78 Club no longer exists
30. BSG Empor Lauter[8] 2 60 21 18 21 98 99 −1 60:60 1.00 Club no longer exists
31. BSG Motor Steinach 2 52 16 12 24 58 85 −27 44:60 0.85 Landesklasse Thüringen (VII)
32. BSG Chemie Zeitz 2 52 16 12 24 85 113 −28 44:60 0.85 Landesklasse Sachsen-Anhalt (VIII)
33. BSG Motor Wismar[10] ZSG Anker Wismar 2 63 16 9 38 92 140 −48 41:85 0.65 Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (VI)
34. SG Dresden-Friedrichstadt 1 26 18 3 5 87 29 +85 39:13 1.50 Club no longer exists
35. BSG Fortschritt Bischofswerda 2 52 13 7 32 47 96 −49 33:71 0.63 Regionalliga Nordost (IV)
36. ASG Vorwärts Stralsund 2 52 10 13 29 41 94 −53 33:71 0.63 Club no longer exists
37. BSG Turbine Weimar 1 34 10 6 18 45 71 −26 26:42 0.76 Thüringenliga (VI)
38. BSG Einheit Pankow VfB Pankow 2 70 7 9 54 67 228 −158 23:117 0.33 Kreisliga A Berlin (IX)
39. FC Sachsen Leipzig[9] 1 26 6 10 10 23 38 −15 22:30 0.85 Club no longer exists
40. SC Neubrandenburg 1 26 7 6 13 34 58 −24 20:32 0.77 Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (VI)
41. SV Lichtenberg 47 1 34 6 8 20 49 96 −47 20:48 0.59 Regionalliga Nordost (IV)
42. ASG Vorwärts Schwerin 1 26 4 3 19 30 84 −54 11:41 0.42 Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (VI)
43. BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau 1 26 3 5 18 21 77 −56 11:41 0.42 Club no longer exists
44. BSG Motor Suhl 1 26 1 3 22 16 92 −76 5:47 0.19 Landesklasse Thüringen (VII)

See also

References

  1. ^ Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag. ISBN 9783897841475
  2. ^ Hesse-Lichtenberger, Ulrich (2003). Tor! The Story of German Football. WSC Books. ISBN 0-9540134-5-X
  3. ^ DDR-Fußball-Ewige Tabelle All-Time DDR-Oberliga Table at the DFB website, accessed: 7 March 2012
  4. ^ Die Ewige Tabelle All-Time DDR-Oberliga Table at Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 7 March 2012
  5. ^ Oberliga .:. Ewige Tabelle All-Time DDR-Oberliga Table at Weltfussball.de, accessed: 7 March 2012
  6. ^ a b For the sake of clarity, a number of teams that could not be distinctly be seen as predecessors were nevertheless summed up under the Leipzig clubs Lokomotive Leipzig and BSG Chemie Leipzig.
    During a reform in Leipzig football the two clubs BSG Chemie Leipzig and BSG Einheit Ost were dissolved prior to the 1954–55 season and its members moved to the newly created clubs SC Lokomotive Leipzig and SC Rotation Leipzig. Even though the new clubs were granted the use of the grounds of the old clubs, neither is a direct successor.
    In another reform, SC Lokomotive and SC Rotation were again dissolved before the 1963–64 season and their memberships transferred to the new clubs BSG Chemie Leipzig and SC Leipzig. The latter would go on to form 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. As in 1954, neither of the clubs are direct successors. 1. FC Lok was renamed VfB Leipzig in 1991 and folded in 2004. A new 1. FC Lok was founded as a successor in 2003.
  7. ^ A new BSG Wismut was founded as a traditional successor in 2019.
  8. ^ a b After day 8 of the 1954–55 season the team of BSG Empor Lauter was moved to SC Empor Rostock (later to become FC Hansa Rostock). The first 8 games have been added to Rostock's record.
  9. ^ a b c Chemie Leipzig and Chemie Böhlen merged prior to the 1990–91 season to form FC Sachsen Leipzig.
  10. ^ a b c d Includes three deciding matches (Union – Chemie Leipzig 1:1, 1:2 in 1984, Altenburg – Wismar 3:2 in 1950)

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