…better and better!
The 1956 season of the GDR Oberliga is now available in the Transfermarkt database. It was the first to be played in the calendar year according to the Soviet model and was responsible for a close duel for the title. From the 11th matchday onwards, only one point separated SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Erzgebirge Aue) and SC Lokomotive Leipzig (formerly Sachsen Leipzig).
The highlight was the top game played on matchday 13 (0-0), after the opponents not only had the same number of points, but also the exact same number of goals and goals conceded at 24:13 and the direct comparison also showed no leader. The entire second half of the season was a similar picture. Aue and Leipzig dueled with changing leaders until, with one match day remaining, Wismut’s lead increased to two points for the first time. Both teams met at the season finale and Leipzig still had the opportunity to become champions. However, thanks to Willy Tröger’s decisive goal, Wismut won 1-0 and celebrated the GDR championship and thus the third title in a row after the cup and special round. With this triumph, the club was also supposed to be the first representative to represent the GDR internationally in the newly founded European Cup.
It was also the season in which the league game with the most spectators took place on German soil. On September 9, 1956, SC Rotation Leipzig (today Lokomotive Leipzig) and SC Lok Leipzig (formerly Sachsen Leipzig) faced each other in the city derby. 105,000 spectators saw Rotation’s narrow 2-1 victory in what was then Leipzig’s central stadium. An unmatched record to this day.
GDR Oberliga 1956: Newly promoted teams did impressively – Dynamo made a serious mistake
Both newcomers did impressively that year. While Progress Weißenfels (today SSC Weißenfels) never had anything to do with relegation and finished a respectable tenth, GDR Oberliga founding member Lok Stendal took a strong fourth place, which was mainly due to Ernst Lindner, who was top scorer with 18 goals .
How quickly the quality of play could change at that time was shown by both SC Turbine Erfurt (now Rot-Weiß), which held the championship trophy in 1954 and 1955 and narrowly avoided relegation in 12th place in 1956, as well as the two relegated teams . Last in the table was SC Empor Rostock (now Hansa), who were second in the special round, one place ahead of Dynamo Berlin (now BFC Dynamo).
Dynamo made a serious mistake on the last day of the match. The Berliners won the home game against Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitzer FC) 2-1, after which SCM Karl-Marx-Stadt should have moved into league two, but they used Dieter Legler, a footballer who was not eligible to play one, which led to a 0-2 score and relegation.
The 6th edition of the FDGB Cup was won by a second division team, SC Chemie Halle-Leuna (today Hallescher FC), for the second time – after Vorwärts Berlin in 1954. The Halle team prevailed in the final against ZSK Vorwärts Berlin (today 1. FC Frankfurt ( Or)) with 2:1. This again defeated last year’s champion SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 2-0 in the semi-finals.
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