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1949–50 DDR-Oberliga

The 1949–50 DDR-Oberliga, playing as the DS-Liga in its first season as the DDR, the German Democratic Republic was only formed after the start of the season, was the inaugural season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

The league was contested by 14 teams and ZSG Horch Zwickau won the championship. It was the second and last East German championship for Zwickau, having previously won the 1948 edition under the name of SG Planitz.[3][4]

Heinz Satrapa of ZSG Horch Zwickau was the league's top scorer with 23 goals.[5]

Table

The 1949–50 season was the inaugural season of the league.[6][7]

Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ SG Friedrichstadt was disbanded at the end of season and scheduled to be replaced by BSG VVB Tabak Dresden but the latter was unable to compete in the league in 1950–51 because it lost a large number of players to clubs from West Germany. The team was than replaced by SG Volkspolizei Dresden
  2. ^ ZSG Altenburg defeated ZSG Anker Wismar 3–2 in the relegation play-off

Results

Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The result of the match between BSG KWU Erfurt and Hans Wendler Stendal (3–4) has been declared invalid. It was scored with a goalless win for Erfurt.

Name changes

East German clubs were subject to frequent name changes in this era. The following 1949–50 DDR-Oberliga clubs changed their name during the off-season and in the season.[6]

References

  1. ^ fuwo, page: 93
  2. ^ a b fuwo, page: 23
  3. ^ "East Germany - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. ^ "DDR-Meister" [East German champions]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  5. ^ "DDDR » Oberliga » Torschützenkönige" [DDR-Oberliga top scorers]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b "East Germany 1946-1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  7. ^ "DDR » Oberliga 1949/1950" [DDR-Oberliga 1949–50]. Weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 January 2016.

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