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DDR (East Germany) alltimetable 1st level 1949/50 - 1990/91
Special thanks goes to Jan Schoenmakers and Wikipeda for supplying most of the information on which this table is based. Table overhauled and corrected in Jan. 2010. 1946/47 up to and including 1948/49; during these seasons no national championships were played, only regional ones. The table was completely overhauled and corrected in January 2021.
Notes: Note that the team names in the table are the last known while playing in DDR 1st level. 1949/50: Relegation playoff: ZSG Altenburg vs. ZSG Anker Wismar 3-2, is counted. 1950/51: Championship playoff: BSG Chemie Leipzig vs. BSG Turbine Erfurt 2-0, is counted. 1952/53: Championship playoff: Dynamo Dresden vs. BSG Wismut Aue 3-2aet, is counted. 1961/62: Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt had two points deducted. 1966/67: Wismut Gera had two points deducted. 1967/68: Vorwärts Berlin had two points deducted. 1973/74: Stahl Riesa had two points deducted. 1983/84: Relegation playoff: 1. FC Union Berlin vs. BSG Chemie Leipzig 1-1 and 1-2, is counted. Sachsenring Zwickau previously Motor Zwickau, Horch Zwickau 1949/50 and SG Planitz before that, respectively. Rotation Babelsberg previously Märkische Volksstimme Babelsberg and SG Babelsberg (before 1949/50), respectively. Motor Dessau previously Waggonbau Dessau. Stahl Altenburg previously Altenburg and SG Altenburg Nord (before 1949/50). Wismt Gera previously Motor Gera, Mechanik Gera and Gera Süd, respectively. Lokomotive Stendal previously Eintracht Hans Wendler Stendal. 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 and Sachsenverlag Dresden, respectively. FC Berlin previously Berliner FC Dynamo, Dynamo Berlin, Dynamo Dresden (old), Volkspolizei Dresden respectively, (moved to Berlin from Dresden by Federation before the 1954/55 season. The old Dynamo Dresden mentioned here is therefore not to be understood as the Dynamo Dresden of 1962/63 and onwards). 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, Chemie Halle Leuna and Union Halle, respectively. Viktoria Frankfurt/Oder prev. Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder, Vorwärts Leipzig & Vorwärts Berlin (moved to Berlin by Federation before the 1954/55 season, and then to Frankfurt/Oder before the 1971/72 season.) Chemnitzer FC prev. FC Karl-Marx-Stadt, SC Karl-Marx-Stadt and SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt, respectively. FC Carl Zeiss Jena previously Motor Jena. 1.FC Lokomotiv Leipzig (not to be confused with SC Lokomotive Lepzig, which folded 1966!) previously SC Leipzig. Rot-Weiss Erfurt previously Turbine Erfurt and BSG KWU Erfurt, respectively. 1.FC Magdeburg previously Aufbau Magdeburg. 1.FC Union Berlin previously Motor Oberschöneweide and Union Oberschöneweide, respectively (among other undisclosed names).
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