1989–90 DDR-Oberliga

The 1989–90 DDR-Oberliga was the 41st season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany. It was the last season of the league under the name of DDR-Oberliga as it played as the NOFV-Oberliga in the following season. East Germany saw great political change during the 1989–90 season with the opening of borders in October 1989, free elections in March 1990 and the eventual German reunification later in the year.

DDR-Oberliga

Season	1989–90
Dates	12 August 1989 – 26 May 1990
Champions	Dynamo Dresden
Relegated	BSG Wismut Aue Fortschritt Bischofswerda
European Cup	Dynamo Dresden
UEFA Cup	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 1. FC Magdeburg
Matches played	182
Goals scored	467 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Torsten Gütschow (Dynamo Dresden) - 18
Biggest home win	6–1 (Dynamo Dresden v. FC Berlin)
Biggest away win	5–0 (1. FC Magdeburg v. HFC Chemie)
Highest scoring	Dynamo Dresden (47)
Highest attendance	32,867 (Dynamo Dresden v. Lok Leipzig)
Lowest attendance	1,400 (three matches)
Average attendance	8,303
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's last out of eight East German championships.^[1][2]

Torsten Gütschow of Dynamo Dresden was the league's top scorer with 18 goals,^[3] while Ulf Kirsten, also of Dynamo Dresden, took out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.^[4]

On the strength of the 1989–90 title Dynamo Dresden qualified for the 1990–91 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Red Star Belgrade in the quarter finals. Second-placed FC Karl-Marx-Stadt qualified for the 1990–91 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out by Borussia Dortmund in the first round while third-placed 1. FC Magdeburg lost to Girondins de Bordeaux in the second round. With Dynamo Dresden having won the double the losing cup finalist, Dynamo Schwerin, playing in the tier two DDR-Liga, took part in the 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup where it was knocked out in the first round by FK Austria Wien.^[5]

During the season Berliner FC Dynamo was renamed to FC Berlin, BSG Wismut Aue was renamed to FC Wismut Aue and BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt became Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl while further name changes followed in the off-season.^[6] As another sign of the changes in East Germany players were, for the first time, allowed to transfer to western clubs during the 1989–90 seasons. Andreas Thom was the first, leaving BFC Dynamo for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in December 1989, followed by others which, while financially lucrative, left DDR-Oberliga clubs like Dynamo weakened.^[7]

Table

The 1989–90 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl and BSG Fortschritt Bischofswerda.^[6][8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SG Dynamo Dresden (C)	26	12	12	2	47	26	+21	36	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	26	13	10	3	35	20	+15	36	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	1. FC Magdeburg	26	13	8	5	39	22	+17	34
4	FC Berlin	26	9	12	5	38	35	+3	30
5	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	26	11	8	7	29	27	+2	30
6	F.C. Hansa Rostock	26	9	9	8	38	33	+5	27
7	FC Energie Cottbus	26	10	7	9	36	37	−1	27
8	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	26	9	7	10	34	33	+1	25
9	Hallescher FC Chemie	26	8	8	10	38	38	0	24
10	BSG Stahl Brandenburg	26	6	12	8	35	37	−2	24
11	FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt	26	5	9	12	29	40	−11	19
12	FC Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt	26	2	14	10	22	31	−9	18
13	FC Wismut Aue (R)	26	5	8	13	25	36	−11	18	Relegation to DDR-Liga
14	BSG Fortschritt Bischofswerda (R)	26	7	2	17	22	52	−30	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BER	CZJ	DRE	EFS	ECO	FBW	HFC	HRO	KMS	LOK	MAG	RWE	STB	AUE
FC Berlin		2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	2–2	5–1	1–4
Carl Zeiss Jena	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–0
Dynamo Dresden	6–1	0–4		2–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–2	3–0
Eisenhüttenstädter Stahl	1–1	1–2	2–2		1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	3–1	0–0
Energie Cottbus	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–1		3–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	3–1	2–1
Fortschritt Bischofswerda	1–1	1–4	0–1	2–0	1–4		0–4	1–4	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Hallescher FC Chemie	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	4–0		1–1	4–0	1–0	0–5	3–0	1–3	3–1
Hansa Rostock	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–1		2–2	3–3	0–0	4–1	1–0	2–1
Karl-Marx-Stadt	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	1–0		2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–0
Lokomotive Leipzig	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–2		1–2	2–1	0–1	2–1
1. FC Magdeburg	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	4–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–2		1–0	1–1	1–0
Rot-Weiß Erfurt	1–3	4–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1		0–0	1–1
Stahl Brandenburg	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1		4–2
Wismut Aue	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

The seasons top scorers:^[9]

	Player	Club	Goals
1.	Torsten Gütschow	SG Dynamo Dresden	18
2.	Steffen Heidrich	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	12
3.	Uwe Rösler	1. FC Magdeburg	11
	Markus Wuckel	1. FC Magdeburg	11
5.	Ulf Kirsten	SG Dynamo Dresden	10
	Matthias Sammer	SG Dynamo Dresden	10
	Petrik Sander	BSG Energie Cottbus	10

Championship-winning squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  GDR Thomas Köhler — GK  GDR Frank Schulze — GK  GDR Ronny Teuber — DF  GDR Steffen Büttner — DF  GDR Andreas Diebitz — DF  GDR Mario Kern — DF  GDR Uwe Kirchner — DF  GDR Frank Lieberam — DF  GDR Detlef Schößler — DF  GDR Andreas Trautmann — DF  GDR Andreas Wagenhaus — MF  GDR Matthias Döschner

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GDR Ralf Hauptmann — MF  GDR Uwe Jähnig — MF  GDR Sven Kmetsch — MF  GDR Matthias Maucksch — MF  GDR Hans-Uwe Pilz — MF  GDR Sven Ratke — MF  GDR Matthias Sammer — MF  GDR Jörg Stübner — FW  GDR Torsten Gütschow — FW  GDR Ulf Kirsten — FW  GDR Rocco Milde — FW  GDR Ralf Minge