1960 DDR-Oberliga

The 1960 DDR-Oberliga was the twelfth season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany. It was the last season not to be played in the traditional autumn-spring format, with the Oberliga having played for six seasons from 1955 to 1960 in the calendar year format instead, modelled on the system used in the Soviet Union. From 1961–62 onwards the league returned to its traditional format.

For other uses, see 1959–60 Oberliga (disambiguation).
DDR-Oberliga
Players of Vorwärts Berlin receive the championship trophy before the final game of the season
Season1960
ChampionsASK Vorwärts Berlin
Relegated
European CupASK Vorwärts Berlin
European Cup Winners' CupSC Motor Jena
Matches played182
Goals scored590 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorerBernd Bauchspieß (25)[1]
Total attendance1,692,500[2]
Average attendance9,299[2]
← 1959

The league was contested by fourteen teams. National People's Army club ASK Vorwärts Berlin won the championship, the club's second of six national East German championships.[3][4] On the strength of the 1960 title Vorwärts qualified for the 1961–62 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Rangers F.C. in the first round. Eighth-placed club SC Motor Jena qualified for the 1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1960 FDGB-Pokal winner and advanced to the semi-finals before being knocked out by eventual winners Atlético Madrid.[5]

Bernd Bauchspieß of Chemie Zeitz was the league's top scorer with 25 goals.[6]

Table

The 1960 season saw two newly promoted clubs, SC Aufbau Magdeburg and SC Chemie Halle.[7][8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ASK Vorwärts Berlin (C) 26 19 3 4 73 28 +45 41 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round
2 SC Dynamo Berlin 26 12 8 6 44 27 +17 32
3 SC Lokomotive Leipzig 26 12 8 6 37 31 +6 32
4 BSG Motor Zwickau 26 13 5 8 37 33 +4 31
5 SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 26 14 2 10 40 32 +8 30
6 SC Empor Rostock 26 11 7 8 46 36 +10 29
7 SC Aufbau Magdeburg 26 12 3 11 47 59 −12 27
8 SC Motor Jena 26 9 6 11 55 43 +12 24 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
9 SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg 26 8 8 10 35 39 −4 24
10 SC Rotation Leipzig 26 9 5 12 39 39 0 23
11 SC Chemie Halle 26 8 6 12 37 42 −5 22
12 SC Einheit Dresden 26 7 7 12 30 51 −21 21
13 Chemie Zeitz (R) 26 7 6 13 43 61 −18 20 Relegation to DDR-Liga
14 Fortschritt Weißenfels (R) 26 0 8 18 27 69 −42 8
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

References
  1. fuwo, page: 93
  2. fuwo, page: 23
  3. "East Germany - List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. "European Competitions 1961-62". rsssf.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  6. "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  7. "East Germany 1946-1990". rsssf.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  8. "DDR » Oberliga 1960" [DDR-Oberliga 1960]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 20 January 2016.

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