FDGB-Pokal 1968–69
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The 1968-69 season saw the 18th competition for the FDGB-Pokal, the East German national football cup.
The first round was competed with 46 teams: 15 Bezirkspokal winners (indicated by an asterisk), 29 teams from the DDR-Liga
and the two teams relegated from the DDR-Oberliga
in the previous season. BSG Chemie Premnitz, a DDR-Liga side, were given a bye to the intermediate round. The competition was played in a knock-out format, if scores were level after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time. If the scores were still level after this, a replay was played.
After an intermediate round, the participants of which were determined by a draw - three Bezirkspokal winners and nine DDR-Liga sides - the 14 current Oberliga teams joined the competition. Three Oberliga sides were already eliminated at this stage: F.C. Hansa Rostock, FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt and BSG Stahl Riesa
. 1967 Oberliga champions FC Carl Zeiss Jena
needed a replay against Motor Grimma that they won convincingly: 10-1 was the final score. The only other remaining Bezirkspokal winner, BFC Dynamo II
was eliminated after a 1-2 loss to DDR-Liga side SG Dynamo Dresden
.
The third round saw the repeat of last year's final between 1. FC Union Berlin
and Jena. Jena had their revenge, winning 0-1 in berlin and eliminating the title holders. Two DDR-Liga sides, Wismut Gera and Dynamo Dresden had qualified for the quarter finals, but lost their away games and went out. Last year's finalist Jena was eliminated in the quarter finals as well, losing 1-4 to Vorwärts Berlin who in turn went out after a 1-2 loss against FC Karl-Marx-Stadt
. Kalr-Marx-Stadt's opposition was 1. FC Magdeburg
who had reached their third final by beating Berliner FC Dynamo
in their home ground.
Bye: BSG Chemie Premnitz
Match played in Suhl
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FC KARL-MARX-STADT:
GK
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Joachim Gröper
DF
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Albrecht Müller
DF
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Eberhard Schuster
DF
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Fritz Feister
DF
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Peter Müller
MF
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Friedrich-Wilhelm Göcke
MF
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Rolf Steinmann
MF
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Dieter Erler
FW
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Gotthard Zölfl
FW
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Manfred Lienemann
FW
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Everhard Vogel
Substitutes:
GK
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Manfred Kaschel
FW
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Karl-Heinz Zeidler
Manager:
Bringfried Müller
The meeting began in a hectic fashion, only 15 minutes into the match both FCK's Göcke and FCM's Zapf
had had to be treated for injuries, but both could continue. At first, karl-Marx-Stadt, full of enthusiasm, created a number of opportunites. Göcke went close in the 12th, and in the 27th Zapf had to scratch the ball off the goalline. Magdeburg sat back, relying on their safe defense, and waited for opportunities to counter-attack. These came up just a minute after Zapf's save: Stöcker
started a run down the left, going past Göcke and outplayed Peter Müller. His cross reached Ohm
who scored with a header. From this moment Magdeburg were in control of the match, sending their forwards to attack the very moment they won the ball. Ohm, Seguin
and Abraham
dominated in midifield and Karl-Marx-Stadt's play was reduced to individual efforts, their forwards reduced to ineffectiveness.
Magdeburg consequently seized their dominance in the second half of the match. 6 minutes after kick-off it was again Stöcker who was the starting point of the next goal. his corner kick was headed in by Walter
to make it 2-0. Karl-Marx-Stadt attempted to turn the game and threw everything forward, thus offering their opposition even more room. Magdeburg thankfully took up the offer, Ohm starting a solo at the half-way line, finishing off with a gentle lob over Gröper for the third goal. Eight minutes later it was Sparwasser who scored the fourth goal after outplaying two opponents. Magdeburg played as if in a frenzy and had several more clear scoring chances, the last in the 85th when Sparwasser forced subbed-in Kaschel to make a great save.
Magdeburg had won their third cup title with an excellent performance. Dresden's footballing hero of times past, Richard Hofmann
, complimented the team:
The first round was competed with 46 teams: 15 Bezirkspokal winners (indicated by an asterisk), 29 teams from the DDR-Liga
DDR-Liga
The DDR-Liga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the second level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Bundesliga in West Germany.-1950-1955:The league was established with two divisions of ten teams each in 1950...
and the two teams relegated from the DDR-Oberliga
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World...
in the previous season. BSG Chemie Premnitz, a DDR-Liga side, were given a bye to the intermediate round. The competition was played in a knock-out format, if scores were level after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time. If the scores were still level after this, a replay was played.
After an intermediate round, the participants of which were determined by a draw - three Bezirkspokal winners and nine DDR-Liga sides - the 14 current Oberliga teams joined the competition. Three Oberliga sides were already eliminated at this stage: F.C. Hansa Rostock, FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt and BSG Stahl Riesa
Stahl Riesa
TSV Stahl Riesa is a German association football club from Riesa in Saxony.-History:The club was founded as SC Riesa in 1903 in the cellar of the local pub "Bodega" and was re-named Riesaer SV two years later...
. 1967 Oberliga champions FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss...
needed a replay against Motor Grimma that they won convincingly: 10-1 was the final score. The only other remaining Bezirkspokal winner, BFC Dynamo II
Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:...
was eliminated after a 1-2 loss to DDR-Liga side SG Dynamo Dresden
Dynamo Dresden
SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles...
.
The third round saw the repeat of last year's final between 1. FC Union Berlin
1. FC Union Berlin
1. FC Union Berlin is a German association football club based in Berlin. It is one of two sides in the city bearing the name Union that emerged during the Cold War and played in East Germany, while the other played in the west. The club currently plays in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-Foundation to...
and Jena. Jena had their revenge, winning 0-1 in berlin and eliminating the title holders. Two DDR-Liga sides, Wismut Gera and Dynamo Dresden had qualified for the quarter finals, but lost their away games and went out. Last year's finalist Jena was eliminated in the quarter finals as well, losing 1-4 to Vorwärts Berlin who in turn went out after a 1-2 loss against FC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Chemnitzer FC
Chemnitzer FC is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony.The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 1933 in 1933 after the collapse of former Chemnitzer BC 1899....
. Kalr-Marx-Stadt's opposition was 1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated...
who had reached their third final by beating Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner FC Dynamo
Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:...
in their home ground.
First round
Matches played on 11 August 1968.| Home team | Away team | | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BFC Dynamo II* Berliner FC Dynamo Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:... |
– | BSG Post Neubrandenburg | 3–1 |
| BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge* | – | SG Lichtenberg 47 SV Lichtenberg SV Lichtenberg 47 is a German association football club from Berlin. The footballers are part of a larger sports club that currently has over 900 members in departments for bowling, boxing, fitness and aerobics, gymnastics, line dancing, table tennis, and volleyball.- History :The club was... |
6–1 |
| BSG Post Neubrandenburg II* | – | FC Hansa Rostock II | 2–3 |
| BSG Motor Ludwigsfelde* Ludwigsfelder FC Ludwigsfelder FC is a German football club from Ludwigsfelde in Brandenburg.- History :The association was created in 1947 as Vorwärts Ludwigsfelde as the postwar successor to Rot-Weiß Ludwigsfelde established in 1939... |
– | SG Dynamo Schwerin | 0–2 |
| SG Dynamo Frankfurt/Oder* | – | BSG Lokomotive Stendal Lok Stendal 1. FC Lok Stendal is a German association football club that plays in Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt.- History :Founded in 1909, FC Viktoria Stendal was dissolved in the aftermath of World War II and re-established in Soviet-occupied East Germany in 1945 as SG Stendal-Nord. The club underwent a number of... |
1–5 |
| BSG Motor Grimma* | – | BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau | 3–2 |
| ASG Vorwärts Cottbus II* | – | BSG Motor Hennigsdorf | 2–5 |
| BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt* Germania Halberstadt VfB Germania Halberstadt is a German association football club from Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:The club was founded on 26 October 1949 as BSG Reichsbahn Halberstadt before being re-named BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt in 1950... |
– | SG Dynamo Eisleben | 2–3 |
| SG Dynamo Dresden II* Dynamo Dresden SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles... |
– | ASG Vorwärts Leipzig | 0–1 |
| BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau* | – | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt II | 2–3 |
| BSG Motor Gotha* | – | ASG Vorwärts Meiningen | 2–4 |
| SG Blau-Weiß Reichenbach* | – | FSV Lokomotive Dresden Dresdner SC Dresdner SC is a German multisport club playing in Dresden, Saxony. Founded on 30 April 1898, the club was a founding member of the German Football Association in 1900... |
2–1 |
| BSG Chemie Schwarza* | – | BSG Motor Wema Plauen VFC Plauen VFC Plauen is a German association football club from the city of Plauen, Saxony.-History:The club was founded as 1. Vogtländischer Fußballclub Plauen and took part in the competition of the VMFV... |
0–1 a.e.t. |
| SG Dernbach* | – | BSG Wismut Gera | 1–4 |
| BSG Einheit Greifswald*]] | – | ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg | 2–2 a.e.t. |
| BSG Motor Bautzen Budissa Bautzen FSV Budissa Bautzen is a German association football club from Bautzen, Saxony. Founded as Fußball Klub Budissa Bautzen on 24 May 1904, the club was part of East German competition after World War II. -History:... |
– | SG Dynamo Dresden Dynamo Dresden SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles... |
0–3 |
| BSG Motor Babelsberg SV Babelsberg 03 SV Babelsberg 03 is a German association football club based in Potsdam-Babelsberg, on the outskirts of Berlin. The team was founded as Sport-Club Jugendkraft 1903 and again as SG Karl-Marx Babelsberg in 1948 as successor to the pre-war side SpVgg Potsdam 03.-History:Playing as SV Nowawes the team... |
– | FC Energie Cottbus | 2–1 |
| TSG Wismar | – | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 0–1 a.e.t. |
| SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | – | FC Carl Zeiss Jena II FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss... |
0–2 |
| BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe | – | BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt FC Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl is a German association football club based in Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, near the Polish border.-History:The club's predecessors were founded as BSG Stahl Fürstenberg Ost in 1950. The community of Stalinstadt was built nearby for the workers of the local ironworks,... |
2–1 |
| BSG Motor Köpenick | – | ASG Vorwärts Cottbus | 1–0 |
| BSG Motor Weimar | – | BSG Motor Steinach SV 08 Steinach SV Steinach is a German association football club that plays in Steinach, a town 75 km south of Erfurt in Thuringia.-History:This small local club was founded on 4 November 1908 as FC Steinach. Play was suspended through World War I and after the war, in 1919, they merged with another football... |
1–1 a.e.t. |
| BSG Motor Eisenach | – | BSG Chemie Zeitz | 2–0 |
Replays
| Home team | Away team | | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSG Motor Steinach | – | BSG Motor Weimar | 2–0 |
| ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg | – | BSG Einheit Greifswald* | 4–3 |
Bye: BSG Chemie Premnitz
Intermediate round
Matches played on 7 October 1968.| Home team | Away team | | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge* | – | Berliner FC Dynamo II* | 0–4 |
| SG Blau-Weiß Reichenbach* | – | BSG Motor Eisenach | 1–1 a.e.t. |
| BSG Motor Babelsberg | – | BSG Wismut Gera | 0–1 |
| ASG Vorwärts Meiningen | – | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt II | 1–0 |
| BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe | – | ASG Vorwärts Leipzig | 2–0 |
| ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | – | BSG Chemie Premnitz | 0–0 a.e.t. |
Match played in Suhl
Suhl
- Geography :Suhl sits on the south edge of the Suhler Scholle, an upthrust granite complex that is streaked by numerous dikes. This is part of the Ruhla-Schleusingen Horst that defines the southwest side of the Thuringian Forest...
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Replays
| Home team | Away team | | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSG Motor Eisenach | – | SG Blau-Weiß Reichenbach | 2–0 |
| BSG Chemie Premnitz | – | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 1–2 a.e.t. |
Second round
Matches played on 16 November 1968.| Home team | Away team | | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSG Motor Grimma* | – | FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss... |
1–1 n.V. |
| Berliner FC Dynamo II* | – | SG Dynamo Dresden | 1–2 |
| ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg | – | 1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated... |
0–6 |
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena II | – | HFC Chemie Hallescher FC Hallescher FC is a German association football club based in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:The club's roots are in the 1946 formation of SG Glaucha in Soviet-occupied East Germany around the core of Hallescher Fußball-Club Wacker which was founded in 1900... |
1–5 |
| SG Dynamo Eisleben | – | BSG Wismut Aue FC Erzgebirge Aue FC Erzgebirge Aue is a German football club based in Aue, Saxony. The former East German side was a charter member of the 3. Liga in 2008–09, after being relegated from the 2. Bundesliga in 2007–08. The city of Aue has a population of about 18,000 making it one of the smallest cities to ever... |
2–3 a.e.t. |
| ASG Vorwärts Meiningen | – | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau FSV Zwickau FSV Zwickau is a German association football club located in Zwickau, Saxony. Today's club claims as part of its complex heritage sides that were East Germany's first champions: 1948 Ostzone winners SG Planitz and 1950 DDR-Oberliga champions ZSG Horch Zwickau.-History:In addition to the earliest... |
2–3 a.e.t. |
| SG Dynamo Schwerin | – | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 0–3 |
| ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | – | Berliner FC Dynamo Berliner FC Dynamo Berliner FC Dynamo is a German association football club and is the successor organization to the club that played in East Berlin as Dynamo Berlin from 1953 to 1966.-Founding and Stasi patronage:... |
1–1 a.e.t. |
| BSG Motor Eisenach | – | BSG Chemie Leipzig FC Sachsen Leipzig FC Sachsen Leipzig was a German football club from Leipzig, Saxony. The roots of the club go back to 1899 and the founding of Britannia Leipzig. Following World War I, a 1919 merger with FC Hertha 05 Leipzig created Leipziger Sportverein 1899... |
0–0 a.e.t. |
| FC Hansa Rostock II | – | 1. FC Union Berlin 1. FC Union Berlin 1. FC Union Berlin is a German association football club based in Berlin. It is one of two sides in the city bearing the name Union that emerged during the Cold War and played in East Germany, while the other played in the west. The club currently plays in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-Foundation to... |
1–1 a.e.t. |
| BSG Motor Steinach | – | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer FC is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony.The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 1933 in 1933 after the collapse of former Chemnitzer BC 1899.... |
1–3 a.e.t. |
| BSG Motor Hennigsdorf | – | FC Hansa Rostock | 2–0 |
| BSG Wismut Gera | – | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2–1 |
| BSG Motor Wema Plauen | – | BSG Stahl Riesa Stahl Riesa TSV Stahl Riesa is a German association football club from Riesa in Saxony.-History:The club was founded as SC Riesa in 1903 in the cellar of the local pub "Bodega" and was re-named Riesaer SV two years later... |
2–1 |
| BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe | – | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 0–2 |
| BSG Motor Köpenick | – | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 1–2 |
Replays
| Home team | Away team | | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena | – | BSG Motor Grimma | 10–1 |
| Berliner FC Dynamo | – | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 5–0 |
| BSG Chemie Leipzig | – | BSG Motor Eisenach | 4–0 |
| 1. FC Union Berlin | – | FC Hansa Rostock II | 3–1 a.e.t. |
Third round
Matches played on 1 December 1968.| Home team | Away team | | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. FC Magdeburg | – | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 4–1 |
| BSG Wismut Gera | – | HFC Chemie Halle | 1–0 |
| BSG Motor Wema Plauen | – | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 0–2 |
| SG Dynamo Dresden | – | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 2–1 |
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | – | BSG Wismut Aue | 3–1 |
| 1. FC Union Berlin | – | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 0–1 |
| BSG Motor Hennigsdorf | – | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 0–2 |
| Berliner FC Dynamo | – | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 1–0 a.e.t. |
Quarter finals
Matches play on 23 April 1969.| Home team | Away team | | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Vorwärts Berlin | – | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 4–1 |
| Berliner FC Dynamo | – | SG Dynamo Dresden | 3–0 |
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | – | BSG Wismut Gera | 5–3 |
| BSG Chemie Leipzig | – | 1. FC Magdeburg | 1–2 |
Seinfinals
Matches played on 8 May 1969.| Home team | Away team | | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | – | FC Vorwärts Berlin | 2–1 |
| Berliner FC Dynamo | – | 1. FC Magdeburg | 1–2 |
Statistics
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| GK | ' | Hans-Georg Moldenhauer Hans-Georg Moldenhauer Hans-Georg Moldenhauer is a former football goalkeeper, playing for 1. FC Magdeburg and its predecessors... |
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| SW | ' | Manfred Zapf Manfred Zapf Manfred Zapf is a German former footballer, later a coach. A defender, Zapf spent his entire senior career with 1. FC Magdeburg, and captained the club to its greatest successes – three DDR championships, four cups, and the Cup Winners' Cup of 1974... |
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| DF | ' | Günter Fronzeck Günter Fronzeck Günter Fronzeck, born 29 September 1937, is a former association football player who played for 1. FC Magdeburg and predecessor SC Aufbau Magdeburg in East Germany's top flight, the DDR-Oberliga. He won three national cup titles with his team.... |
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| DF | ' | Peter Sykora Peter Sykora (footballer) Peter Sykora is a former East German association football player who spent the majority of his career with F.C. Hansa Rostock.... |
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| DF | ' | Jörg Ohm Jörg Ohm Jörg Ohm is a former East German football player who played in the DDR-Oberliga for both Chemie Leipzig and 1. FC Magdeburg. As a defender he won the championship four times between 1964 and 1975.... |
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| DF | ' | Rolf Retschlag Rolf Retschlag Rolf Retschlag is a former East German football player. He played in the DDR-Oberliga with 1. FC Magdeburg and won the 1972 Oberliga championship as well as two cup titles with the club.-Career:... |
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| MF | ' | Hermann Stöcker Hermann Stöcker Hermann Stöcker is a former East German football player.Stöcker grew up in Borne, 10 miles south of Magdeburg. He began to play football in the local BSG Traktor and in 1953 joined BSG Traktor Heyrothsberge... |
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| MF | ' | Wolfgang Seguin Wolfgang Seguin Wolfgang "Paule" Seguin is a retired East German footballer.-Club career:Seguin took up playing football in his hometown of Burg in 1953. He spent ten years with Einheit Burg, playing an attacking role. In 1963 he transferred to SC Aufbau Magdeburg, where he would play 380 Oberliga matches until... |
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| MF | ' | Wolfgang Abraham Wolfgang Abraham Wolfgang Abraham is a retired German football player who played for 1. FC Magdeburg, Turbine Magdeburg and Lok Stendal.-References:... |
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| FW | ' | Jürgen Sparwasser Jürgen Sparwasser Jürgen Sparwasser is a retired German football player and later briefly a football manager.Sparwasser started his playing career in the youth department of his hometown club BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt in 1956. In 1965 he moved to 1. FC Magdeburg where he gave his senior debut in January 1966... |
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| FW | ' | Joachim Walter Joachim Walter Joachim Walter ) is a former East German football player. He played for SC Aufbau Magdeburg, later renamed 1. FC Magdeburg in the East German top flight, the DDR-Oberliga... |
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| Heinz Krügel Heinz Krügel Heinz Krügel was a former football player and manager.-Playing career:At age 6, Krügel began his playing career in the youth teams of then SC Planitz. He remained there until 1948 and had his biggest success as a player there, when he won the Championship of the Eastern Zone in the same year... |
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Joachim Gröper Albrecht Müller Eberhard Schuster Fritz Feister Peter Müller Friedrich-Wilhelm Göcke Rolf Steinmann Dieter ErlerDieter Erler
Dieter Erler was a German footballer.He began his footballing career with Chemie Glauchau in 1953. He transferred to Wismut Gera in December 1958, and then after a brief spell, moved to SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt in January 1959...
Gotthard Zölfl Manfred Lienemann Everhard Vogel Manfred Kaschel Karl-Heinz Zeidler Bringfried MüllerMatch report
Only Magdeburg's fans were on the losing side of the duel between the third-placed and the seventh-placed Oberliga teams. A mere 200 FCM fans had found the way to Dresden and were vastly outnumbered by 7,000 Karl-Marx-Stadt supporters. On the pitch , however, things were completely different. A clearly superior 1. FC Magdeburg side won the final by the biggest margin since 1950 when EHW Thale had won the cup with a 4-0 scoreline as well.The meeting began in a hectic fashion, only 15 minutes into the match both FCK's Göcke and FCM's Zapf
Manfred Zapf
Manfred Zapf is a German former footballer, later a coach. A defender, Zapf spent his entire senior career with 1. FC Magdeburg, and captained the club to its greatest successes – three DDR championships, four cups, and the Cup Winners' Cup of 1974...
had had to be treated for injuries, but both could continue. At first, karl-Marx-Stadt, full of enthusiasm, created a number of opportunites. Göcke went close in the 12th, and in the 27th Zapf had to scratch the ball off the goalline. Magdeburg sat back, relying on their safe defense, and waited for opportunities to counter-attack. These came up just a minute after Zapf's save: Stöcker
Hermann Stöcker
Hermann Stöcker is a former East German football player.Stöcker grew up in Borne, 10 miles south of Magdeburg. He began to play football in the local BSG Traktor and in 1953 joined BSG Traktor Heyrothsberge...
started a run down the left, going past Göcke and outplayed Peter Müller. His cross reached Ohm
Jörg Ohm
Jörg Ohm is a former East German football player who played in the DDR-Oberliga for both Chemie Leipzig and 1. FC Magdeburg. As a defender he won the championship four times between 1964 and 1975....
who scored with a header. From this moment Magdeburg were in control of the match, sending their forwards to attack the very moment they won the ball. Ohm, Seguin
Wolfgang Seguin
Wolfgang "Paule" Seguin is a retired East German footballer.-Club career:Seguin took up playing football in his hometown of Burg in 1953. He spent ten years with Einheit Burg, playing an attacking role. In 1963 he transferred to SC Aufbau Magdeburg, where he would play 380 Oberliga matches until...
and Abraham
Wolfgang Abraham
Wolfgang Abraham is a retired German football player who played for 1. FC Magdeburg, Turbine Magdeburg and Lok Stendal.-References:...
dominated in midifield and Karl-Marx-Stadt's play was reduced to individual efforts, their forwards reduced to ineffectiveness.
Magdeburg consequently seized their dominance in the second half of the match. 6 minutes after kick-off it was again Stöcker who was the starting point of the next goal. his corner kick was headed in by Walter
Joachim Walter
Joachim Walter ) is a former East German football player. He played for SC Aufbau Magdeburg, later renamed 1. FC Magdeburg in the East German top flight, the DDR-Oberliga...
to make it 2-0. Karl-Marx-Stadt attempted to turn the game and threw everything forward, thus offering their opposition even more room. Magdeburg thankfully took up the offer, Ohm starting a solo at the half-way line, finishing off with a gentle lob over Gröper for the third goal. Eight minutes later it was Sparwasser who scored the fourth goal after outplaying two opponents. Magdeburg played as if in a frenzy and had several more clear scoring chances, the last in the 85th when Sparwasser forced subbed-in Kaschel to make a great save.
Magdeburg had won their third cup title with an excellent performance. Dresden's footballing hero of times past, Richard Hofmann
Richard Hofmann
Richard Hofmann was a German football player. He played in 25 internationals for Germany as a centre forward, scoring 24 goals, including the first ever international hat-trick against England by a player from outside the home nations.-Life and career:He was born in Meerane, Saxony, Germany, and...
, complimented the team:
- "Thanks a lot boys for this footballing joy. This was real advertising for our beautiful sport. You won outright and deservedly. Your defense was positioned dead right, played cleverly. Your attackers were more and more dominant with the ongoing game. You won the cup in a superior manner. It was a great game, it was a joy to watch you play."