This season, teams played each other on a home-away basis, and then met a 3rd time on neutral ground, to allow a total of 39 games. The decisive match was actually in Rostock, where 35,000 fans watched the Berliners win 3-1 and secure the title.
Overall attendance was not good, only 8,088 per match, which was the lowest in GDR history up to this point.
DDR Oberliga 1. ZASK Vorwaerts Berlin (M) 69:49 50-28 --------------------------------------------- 2. SC Empor Rostock 70:43 47-31 3. SC Dynamo Berlin 72:64 45-33 4. SC Motor Jena 77:60 43-35 5. BSG Motor Zwickau 59:66 41-37 6. SC Wismut Karl-Marx-St. 60:48 40-38 7. SC Lokomotiv Leipzig 67:57 40-38 8. SC Rotation Leipzig 57:57 38-40 9. SC Aufbau Magdeburg 59:63 37-41 10. SC Turbine Erfurt 66:69 35-43 11. SC Chemie Halle 53:66 34-44 12. SC Aktive Brieske-Senften. 45:53 33-45 --------------------------------------------- 13. SC Einheit Dresden 48:73 32-46 relegated 14. BSC Lokomotiv Stendal 49:83 31-47 relegated Top scorers: 23 - Arthur Bialas (Empor Rostock) 22 - Seifert (Turbine Erfurt) 20 - Henning Frenzel (Lok Leipzig) 20 - Knoblach (Turbine Erfurt) 19 - Peter Ducke (Motor Jena) DDR-Liga 1. SG Dynamo Dresden 92:35 60-18 promoted 2. Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt 73:48 59-19 promoted --------------------------------------------- 3. Dyn. Hoehenschoenhausen 71:42 50-28 4. SC Potsdam 79:49 47-31 5. Vorwaerts Cottbus 77:62 40-38 6. Chemie Zeitz (A) 59:52 38-40 7. BSG Wismut Gera 60:59 38-40 8. Einheit Greifswald 53:62 38-40 9. Vorw. Neubrandenburg (N) 48:59 36-42 10. SG Dynamo Eisleben 49:67 32-46 11. Chemie Agfa Wolfen 46:81 32-46 12. Stahl Eisenhuettenstadt (N) 39:60 28-50 13. Fortschritt Weisenfels (A) 42:74 25-53 14. BSG Motor Dessau (N) 45:92 23-55 The 2nd division DDR-Liga splits into a north and south group next season, so no relegation.
(c) Abseits Guide to German Soccer