DDR-Oberliga
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DDR-Oberliga (DDR Upper League) was, prior to the reunification with West Germany, the elite competition in East Germany in various different sports, including football and handball. In East Germany, the Oberligas were roughly similar to the West German Bundesligas.
Football
The elite football competition, which began in 1950 as the DS-Oberliga (Deutscher Sportausschuss, English: German Sports Association). Starting from 1958, it carried the name Football Oberliga DFV. After the reunification, 1990-91 was the last regular Oberliga season, under the designation NOFV Oberliga. Following that season, the league was folded into the West German football Bundesliga.
The Oberliga was run, since the 1954-55 season, with 14 teams and 2 relegation spots. Between 1956 and 1960, the Oberliga was based on the Soviet model, with the competition run from spring to autumn. Therefore, in 1955, a transition round was necessary; this competition was not counted as a championship. 1961 saw a return to an autumn-spring season, and the 1961-62 season saw each team play each other 3 times (once home, once away and once at a neutral venue). The championship record with 10 titles is Berliner FC Dynamo.
DDR-Oberliga champions
- 1950 ZSG Horch Zwickau
- 1951 BSG Chemie Leipzig
- 1952 BSG Turbine Halle
- 1953 SG Dynamo Dresden
- 1954 BSG Turbine Erfurt
- 1955 SC Turbine Erfurt
- 1955 Transition from autumn/spring to calendar year season (winner: SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt)
- 1956 SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
- 1957 SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
- 1958 ASK Vorwärts Berlin
- 1959 SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
- 1960 ASK Vorwärts Berlin
- 1961 No champion because of the return to an autumn/spring season
- 1962 ASK Vorwärts Berlin
- 1963 SC Motor Jena
- 1964 BSG Chemie Leipzig
- 1965 ASK Vorwärts Berlin
- 1966 FC Vorwärts Berlin
- 1967 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt
- 1968 FC Carl Zeiss Jena
- 1969 FC Vorwärts Berlin
- 1970 FC Carl Zeiss Jena
- 1971 SG Dynamo Dresden
- 1972 1. FC Magdeburg
- 1973 SG Dynamo Dresden
- 1974 1. FC Magdeburg
- 1975 1. FC Magdeburg
- 1976 SG Dynamo Dresden
- 1977 SG Dynamo Dresden
- 1978 SG Dynamo Dresden
- 1979 Berliner FC Dynamo
- 1980 Berliner FC Dynamo
- 1981 Berliner FC Dynamo
- 1982 Berliner FC Dynamo
- 1983 Berliner FC Dynamo
- 1984 Berliner FC Dynamo
- 1985 Berliner FC Dynamo
- 1986 Berliner FC Dynamo
- 1987 Berliner FC Dynamo
- 1988 Berliner FC Dynamo
- 1989 SG Dynamo Dresden
- 1990 1. FC Dynamo Dresden
- 1991 FC Hansa Rostock