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DDR (East Germany) 1st level alltimetable 1949/50 - 1990/91 Special thanks goes to Jan Schoenmakers for supplying most of the information on which this table is based, via the RSSSF. Also thanks to Ekkehard Adams of Dresden, Germany who cleared up a misunderstanding of mine. 1946/47 up to and including 1948/49; during these seasons no national championships were played, only regional ones. Autumn - Spring system 1949/50 - 1954/55 Spring - Autumn system 1955 - 1960 Autumn - Spring system 1961/62 (1 � season) - 1990/91 1955 an intermediate autumn season was played as DDR then adopted the spring-autumn system instead of the reversed. 1961/62 they reversed back to the autumn-spring system. That season was played over 18 months. Concerning namechanges; scroll down the page. The issue of teams changing names have been rather confusing concering DDR. An * after a teams name means that they had points deducted, see the General Notes. 1. FC Berlin 35 911 450 212 249 1719-1107 1112 2. Dynamo Dresden 31 832 437 203 192 1637- 982 1077 3. Carl Zeiss Jena 35 929 442 213 274 1544-1075 1097 4. Wismut Aue 39 1033 384 270 379 1438-1501 1036* 5. Rot Weiss Erfurt 38 1014 356 273 385 1483-1496 985 6. Victoria Frankfurt/Oder 34 884 370 224 290 1258-1216 962* 7. FC Magdeburg 30 793 365 190 238 1361-1046 920 8. Sachsenring Zwickau 36 962 343 221 398 1346-1510 907 9. Hansa Rostock 34 892 329 229 334 1237-1217 887 10.Chemie Halle 34 923 309 256 358 1331-1428 874 11.1.FC Lokomotiv Leipzig 27 702 311 176 215 1148- 868 798 12.Chemnitzer FC 32 819 265 245 309 1064-1235 775 13.Chemie Leipzig 29 782 257 228 297 1096-1173 742 14.Energie Cottbus 21 572 193 134 245 776- 963 520 15.1.FC Union Berlin 19 518 144 134 240 569- 865 422 16.Lokomotive Stendal 15 416 142 83 191 614- 746 367 17.Einheit Dresden 12 338 120 88 130 562- 573 328 18.Stahl Riesa 16 416 110 108 198 468- 728 328 19.Rotation Babelsberg 10 273 109 52 112 495- 526 270 20.SC Lokomotive Leipzig 9 234 93 60 81 344- 296 246 21.Stahl Brandenburg 7 182 58 58 66 228- 244 174 22.Motor Dessau 5 156 67 29 60 306- 277 163 23.Stahl Thale 4 130 47 27 56 207- 230 121 24.Fortschritt Meerane 5 150 44 29 77 246- 320 117 25.Fortschritt Weissenfels 6 143 38 39 66 186- 246 115 26.Wismut Gera 5 154 30 34 90 191- 338 92* 27.Stahl Altenburg 3 97 27 17 53 129- 208 71 28.Chemie Bühlen 4 104 20 25 59 123- 245 65 29.Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt 3 78 14 33 31 72- 92 61 30.Vorwärts Leipzig 2 68 22 16 30 106- 116 60 31.Chemie Zeitz 2 52 16 12 24 85- 112 44 32.Motor Steinach 2 52 16 12 24 58- 85 44 33.Motor Wismar 2 63 16 9 38 92- 140 41 34.SG Friedrichstadt 1 26 18 3 5 87- 29 39 35.Fortschritt Bischofswerda 2 52 13 7 32 47- 96 33 36.Vorwärts Stralsund 2 52 10 13 29 41- 94 33 37.Turbine Weimar 1 34 10 6 18 45- 71 26 38.Sachsen Leipzig 1 26 6 10 10 23- 38 22 39.SC Neubrandenburg 1 26 7 6 13 34- 58 20 40.SC Lichtenberg 1947 1 34 6 8 20 49- 96 20 41.BSG Gera Süd 1 26 6 7 13 34- 54 19 42.Einheit Pankow 1 36 5 6 25 38- 94 16 43.Vorwärts Schwerin 1 26 4 3 19 30- 84 11 44.Chemie Buna Schkopau 1 26 3 5 18 21- 77 11 45.VfB Pankow 1 34 2 3 29 29- 131 7 46.Motor Suhl 1 26 1 3 22 16- 92 5 General Notes: 1949/50 A) The game Vorwärts Schwerin - Märkische Volksstimme Babelsberg originally ended 3-4. But the game was re-played for some to the author unknown reason and the game then ended 0-0. (Actually I'm not sure that this is the game the author of the document I've used is refering to. It originally says:"Vorwärts Schwerin originally 3-4, replay resulted in 0-0". And Schwerins only 0-0 game in the cross-table was that at home to Babelsberg. Any 3-4 loss for Schwerin is not be found in the cross-table, either.) B) Fortuna KWU Erfurt - Eintr. H.W. Stendal declared void - reason unknown - points given to Erfurt. In the cross-table the result is given as 3-4 though. C) One extra game had to played as two teams in the relegation struggle ended on the same points. That game Altenburg - Anker Wismar which ended 3-2 is counted in the table above. 1950/51 A) A Playoff for the championship was needed as the top two ended on equal points, the result of that game was: Turbine Erfurt - Chemie Leipzig 0 - 2. It's counted in the table above. B) Chemie Leipzig - Turbine Halle originally 3-5; replay after protest resulted in 2-1. C) Stahl Altenburg - Motor Dessau declared void because of ineligible player; points given to Stahl Altenburg. D) Lichtenberg 1947 - Motor Dessau cancelled at halftime with score 0-1; replay ended 2-0. 1952/53 Playoff for the championship was needed as the top two ended on equal points, the result of that game was: Dynamo Dresden - Wismut Aue 3-2 aet. It's counted in the table above. 1953/54 Chemie Leipzig - Stahl Thale points given to Stahl Thale. Reason unknown. After this season Chemie Leipzig dissolved. 1956 SC Dynamo Berlin - SC Motor Karl Marx Stadt declared void. Dynamo had used an inelgible player, the points were given to Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt. 1961/62 SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt had 2 points deducted. Reason unknown. 1962/63 A) After this season SC Lokomotiv Leipzig as club dissolved. B) Points of the matches Aufbau Magdeburg - Motor Jena and Chemie Halle - Aufbau Magdeburg given to the opponents of Aufbau Magdeburg. Reason unknown. 1963/64 Motor Zwickau - SC Dynamo Berlin declared void because of ineligible player on Motors part; points given to SC Dynamo Berlin. 1966/67 Wismut Gera had 2 points deducted, reason unknown. 1967/68 Vorwärts Berlin had 2 points deducted, reason unknown. Namechanges and relocations Name changes 1948/49 to 1949/50 SG Planitz changed into Horch Zwickau Eintracht Erfurt changed into Fortuna KWU Erfurt SG Babelsberg changed into Märkische Volksstimme Babelsberg SG Meerane changed into SG Einheit Meerane SG Altenburg Nord changed into Altenburg Wismar Süd changed into Anker Wismar SG Schwerin changed into Vorwärts Schwerin Name changes 1949/50 to 1950/51 Industrie Leipzig changed into Chemie Leipzig Fortuna KWU Erfurt changed into Turbine Erfurt Horch Zwickau changed into Motor Zwickau ZSG Union Halle changed into Turbine Halle EHW Thale changed into Stahl Thale Märk.Volksstimme Babelsberg changed into Rotation Babelsberg Waggonbau Dessau changed into Motor Dessau Einheit Meerane changed into Fortschritt Meerane Altenburg changed into Stahl Altenburg Sachsenverlag Dresden changed into Rotation Dresden Mechanik Gera changed into Motor Gera Eintracht H. W. Stendal changed into Lokomotive Stendal KWU Weimar changed into Turbine Weimar Franz Mehring Marga changed into Aktivist Brieske Ost Name changes 1950/51 to 1951/52 Union Oberschöneweide changed into Motor Oberschöneweide Anker Wismar changed into Motor Wismar Zentra Wismut Aue changed into Wismut Aue VfB Pankow split up into VfB Pankow (went to West Berlin) and Einheit Pankow Name changes 1951/52 to 1952/53 Volkspolizei Dresden changed into Dynamo Dresden Motor Gera changed into Wismut Gera Name changes 1953/54 to 1954/55 Wismut Aue changed into SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt Einheit Ost Leipzig changed into Rotation Leipzig Rotation Dresden changed into Einheit Dresden Aktivist Brieske Ost changed into Aktivist Brieske Senftenberg Empor Lauter changed into Empor Rostock (club moved to Rostock by Federation) Turbine Halle changed into Chemie Halle Leuna Vorwärts Leipzig changed into ASK Vorwärts Berlin (club moved to Berlin by Federation) Previous name of Chemie Karl Marx Stadt is Chemie Chemnitz (changed in 1953 as the town changed name to Karl Marx Stadt) Note: After this season the best players of Dynamo Dresden were moved to Berlin and the season after played as Dynamo Berlin. However, Dynamo Dresden as club continued on at third level. Name changes 1955 to 1956 Chemie Karl Marx Stadt changed into SC Motor Karl Marx Stadt Name changes 1957 to 1958 Chemie Halle Leuna changed into Chemie Halle After 1962/63 season SC Lokomotive Leipzig as club dissolved. SC Aktivist Brieske Senftenberg moved to Cottbus by Federation to become SC Cottbus (later Energie Cottbus) Rotation Leipzig changed into Chemie Leipzig. Namechanges 1962/63 to 1963/64 Chemie Karl Marx Stadt changed into SC Karl Marx Stadt Wismut Karl Marx Stadt changed into Wismut Aue Name changes 1964/65 to 1965/66 SC Motor Jena changed into FC Carl Zeiss Jena SC Leipzig changed into 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig SC Empor Rostock changed into FC Hansa Rostock SC Karl Marx Stadt changed into FC Karl Marx Stadt SC Dynamo Berlin changed into BFC Dynamo SC Turbine Erfurt changed into Rot Weiss Erfurt SC Aufbau Magdeburg changed into SC Magdeburg and a few months later into 1. FC Magdeburg Name changes 1966/67 to 1967/68 Motor Zwickau changed into Sachsenring Zwickau Name changes 1970/71 to 1971/72 FC Vorwärts Berlin changed into FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder (club moved to Frankfurt/Oder by Federation) Previous name of Vorwärts Stralsund is Vorwärts Rostock; club moved to Stralsund by Federation in 1967 Name changes 1988/89 to 1989/90 BFC Dynamo changed into FC Berlin (during the season) Name changes 1989/90 to 1990/91 FC Karl Marx Stadt changed into Chemnitzer FC (the town of Karl-Marx-Stadt changed back to its former name, Chemnitz.) FC Sachsen Leipzig is merger a of Grün Weiss Leipzig (was Chemie Leipzig) and FSV Böhlen (was Chemie Böhlen) Namechange mid season 1990/91 FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder changed into FC Viktoria Frankfurt/Oder. Sachsenring Zwickau previously Motor Zwickau, Horch Zwickau 1949/50 and SG Planitz before that, respectively. Turbine Halle previously ZSG Union Halle. Stahl Thale previously EHW Thale. Rotation Babelsberg previously Märkische Volksstimme Babelsberg & SG Babelsberg (before 1949/50). Motor Dessau previously Waggonbau Dessau. Stahl Altenburg previously Altenburg & SG Altenburg Nord (before 1949/50). Rotation Dresden previously Sachsenverlag Dresden. Wismt Gera previously Motor Gera respektive Mechanik Gera. Lokomotiv Stendal previously Eintracht H.W. Stendal. Turbine Weimar previously KWU Weimar. Chemie Leipzig previously Rotation Leipzig & Industrie Leipzig. Motor Oberschöneweide previously Union Oberschöneweide. Motor Wismar previously Anker Wismar. Wismut Aue previously Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt and Zentra Wismut Aue, respectively. Fortschritt Meerane previously Einheit Meerane. Rotation Leipzig previously Einheit-Ost Leipzig. Einheit Dresden previously Rotation Dresden. FC Berlin previously Berliner FC Dynamo & Dynamo Berlin. Energie Cottbus previously SC Cottbus, Aktivist Brieske Senftenberg, Aktivist Brieske Ost & Franz Mehring Marga respectively. (Moved to Cottbus by Federation). Hansa Rostock previously Empor Rostock and Empor Lauter, respectively (moved to Rostock by Federation before the 1954/55 season). Chemie Halle previously Turbine Halle and Chemie Halle Leuna. Victoria Frankfurt/Oder previously Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder & Vorwärts Berlin (moved to Frankfurt/Oder before the 1971/72 season.) Chemniter FC previously FC Karl-Marx-Stadt, SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt and Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt, respectively. Carl Zeiss Jena previously Motor Jena. 1.FC Lokomotiv Leipzig (not to be confused with SC Lokomotiv Leipzig!) previously SC Leipzig. Rot-Weiss Erfurt previously Turbine Erfurt. 1.FC Magdeburg previously Aufbau Magdeburg. 1.FC Union Berlin previously Motor Oberschöneweide & Union Oberschöneweide, respectively (among other undisclosed names). Regarding SG Friedrichstadt: The F-archiv states that the club was merged with VVB Tabak Dresden and withdrew from the league after the 1949/50-season and that the 1st level space was overtaken by SG Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden. But what then happened to the club is unknown. (An Empor Tabak Dresden club played in the DDR 3rd level (Bezirksliga Dresden) during the 1952/53-season and it is stated that they were promoted to that level.) Ekkehard Adams of Dresden claims that Friedrichstadt was dissolved after the 1949/50-season and that the players were distributed among other Dresden clubs.Comments on the contents of this page, write to my e-mail address:
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