FDGB-Pokal 1977–78
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The 1977-78 season saw the 27th competition for the FDGB-Pokal of East Germany.
After a qualifying round with four teams from the second-tier DDR-Liga
the first round proper was played with 55 teams from the DDR-Liga, the two teams that had been relegated from the DDR-Oberliga
in 1976-77
and the 18 Bezirkspokal winners of 1977. From the round of last 16 onwards fixtures were decided over two legs. If the fixture could not be decided in regular time, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used.
After an intermediate round which saw all Bezirkspokal winners eliminated, with the exception of Motor Warnowwerft, the 2nd round proper saw the Oberliga teams entering the competition. Five Oberliga teams were eliminated in the 2nd round: Hallescher FC Chemie
, 1. FC Union Berlin
, Chemie Böhlen
, Sachsenring Zwickau
and Wismut Aue
. The last Bezirkspokal winner was eliminated from the competition as well
Last year's finalist 1. FC Lok Leipzig was eliminated in the round of last 16. Of the seven DDR-Liga sides that reached this round only three reached the quarterfinals, but were eliminated there. Title holders Dynamo Dresden
again reached the final where they met four time FDGB-Pokal winners 1. FC Magdeburg
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DRESDEN:
GK
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Bernd Jakubowski
DF
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Hans-Jürgen Dörner
DF
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Gerd Weber
DF
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Christian Helm
DF
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Klaus Müller
MF
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Reinhard Häfner
MF
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Hartmut Schade
MF
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Dieter Riedel
FW
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Gert Heidler
FW
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Rainer Sachse
FW
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Frank Richter
Substitutes:
DF
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Peter Kotte
Manager:
Walter Fritzsch
at the time - and 1. FC Magdeburg - three time champions and four time cup winners who were second in the league, trailing Dynamo by two points. 19 players on the pitch played for the national team
, ten on Dynamo's and nine on Magdeburg's squad. Generally, Dynamo Dresden were regarded as favorites; Magdeburg had only got their best eleven back after a long injury break.
But the audience were in for a surprise: It was not Dynamo Dresden who took the game in their hands, but Magdeburg dictated play over the entire 90 minutes. Not only did Magdeburg take the lead early in the game, when their libero Manfred Zapf headed home after 8 minutes, but afterwards they attacked Dresden's goal relentlessly, generating no less than 23 dangerous attacks in the rest of the game. On the other side, Dresden had their first true opportunity only in the 74th minute. While Dresden's playmaker
s Dörner and Häfner could not get their team's play under control and their team mates lost most one-on-one duels, Magdeburg played a straightforward quick attacking game. Former East German international Otto Fräßdorf
as a neutral spectator was convinced Magdeburg would be victorious even at half-time. After the break Dynamo tried hard to turn the game around, but their weak attacking play was foiled by Magdeburg's compact defending. Magdeburg's Raugust, Seguin and Decker were often able to initiate counter-attacks. As the sole defect of Magdeburg's game was their weak conversion ratio, the victory remained a slim one. Referee Prokop said in the aftermath: "A good final. Not one malicious foul. The level of play was also worthy of a final. There were a lot of scenes in the penalty area. Attractive advertising for good football."
Magdeburg had won the cup for the fifth time and the trophy was permanently given to the club.
After a qualifying round with four teams from the second-tier 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...
the first round proper was played with 55 teams from the DDR-Liga, the two teams that had been 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 1976-77
DDR-Oberliga 1976-77
-League standings:-References:...
and the 18 Bezirkspokal winners of 1977. From the round of last 16 onwards fixtures were decided over two legs. If the fixture could not be decided in regular time, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used.
After an intermediate round which saw all Bezirkspokal winners eliminated, with the exception of Motor Warnowwerft, the 2nd round proper saw the Oberliga teams entering the competition. Five Oberliga teams were eliminated in the 2nd round: Hallescher FC 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. 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...
, Chemie Böhlen
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...
, 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...
and 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...
. The last Bezirkspokal winner was eliminated from the competition as well
Last year's finalist 1. FC Lok Leipzig was eliminated in the round of last 16. Of the seven DDR-Liga sides that reached this round only three reached the quarterfinals, but were eliminated there. Title holders 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...
again reached the final where they met four time FDGB-Pokal winners 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...
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Preliminary round
| BSG EAB Lichtenberg 47 Berlin - BSG Nord Max-Mattern Torgelow Torgelower SV Greif Torgelower SV Greif is a German football club from the city of Torgelow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The football team is part of a sports club which also has departments for women's sport, table tennis, and handball.- History :... |
3–0 |
| BSG Motor Veilsdorf - BSG Motor Altenburg | 2–4 |
Round 1
| BSG Sparta Lichtenberg - SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde | 3 – 5 aet |
| BSG Aufbau Großräschen - BSG Motor Werdau | 2 – 3 |
| BSG Wismut Pirna-Copitz - BSG Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 2 – 1 |
| ZSG Leinefelde - BSG Chemie-Glas IW Ilmenau | 1 – 0 |
| BSG Empor Beeskow - BSG Motor Hennigsdorf | 2 – 1 |
| BSG Fortschritt Münchenbernsdorf - BSG Umformtechnik Erfurt | 1 – 4 |
| BSG Stahl WW Hettstedt - 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... |
3 – 1 |
| ASG Vorwärts Plauen II - BSG Fortschritt Bischofswerda | 0 – 0 aet, 3 – 1 pen |
| BSG DIMO Böhlitz-Ehrenberg - 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... |
1 – 6 |
| BSG Aktivist Gommern - BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge | 5 – 7 aet |
| BSG Demminer Verkehrsbetriebe - TSG Bau Rostock | 0 – 6 |
| BSG Chemie Velten - BSG Energie Cottbus | 1 – 6 |
| BSG Motor Warnowwerft Warnemünde - BSG Einheit Güstrow | 4 – 1 |
| ISG Schwerin Süd - ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg | 0 – 1 |
| BSG Akt. Kali Werra Tiefenort II - BSG Zentronik Sömmerda | 1 – 4 |
| BSG Post Neubrandenburg - FC Hansa Rostock | 1 – 0 |
| SG Dynamo Schwerin - 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... |
4 – 0 |
| BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf - BSG Motor Schwerin | 6 – 2 |
| BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt - BSG Kernkraftwerk Greifswald | 0 – 1 |
| BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe - BSG Aktivist Espenhain | 2 – 1 |
| BSG Schiffahrt/Hafen Rostock - BSG Einheit Grevesmühlen | 4 – 1 |
| TSG Wismar - TSG Neustrelitz TSG Neustrelitz TSG Neustrelitz is a German association football club from Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The football side is part of a sports club that also has departments for gymnastics and chess.-History:... |
2 – 1 |
| BSG Stahl Blankenburg - BSG Motor Nordhausen FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen is a German association football club from Nordhausen, Thuringia.-History:The football team FC Wacker 05 Nordhausen was founded on 1 November 1905 as an offshoot of a Protestant youth club in the city... |
3 – 2 aet |
| BSG Motor Weimar - BSG Einheit Wernigerode | 4 – 0 |
| BSG Stahl Thale - BSG Aktivist Kali Werra Tiefenort | 2 – 1 |
| SG Dynamo Eisleben - BSG Motor Altenburg | 3 – 0 |
| BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau - BSG Fortschritt Weida | 5 – 0 |
| BSG Stahl Finow - BSG Stahl Brandenburg Stahl Brandenburg FC Stahl Brandenburg is a German association football club based in Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg.-History:The club was formed in 1950 as BSG Einheit Brandenburg and played its earliest seasons in the II division of East German football. They took on the name BSG Stahl Brandenberg in 1955... |
2 – 1 |
| TSG Gröditz - BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt | 1 – 1 aet, 6 – 5 pen |
| BSG Motor Suhl - 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... |
5 – 3 |
| BSG Rotes Banner Trinwillershagen - ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 2 – 7 |
| BSG Motor Eberswalde FV Motor Eberswalde FV Motor Eberswalde is a German association football club from Eberswalde, Brandenberg northeast of Berlin.-History:The club was founded on 1 July 1909 as FC Preussen Eberswalde and steadily improved in the period leading up to World War I advancing to play in the top local league... - BSG EAB Lichtenberg 47 Berlin |
3 – 0 |
| ASG Vorwärts Dessau Vorwärts Dessau ASG Vorwärts Dessau is a German association football club based in Dessau-Roßlau, Saxony-Anhalt.- ASG Vorwärts :At the end of the 1973–74 season of the second-tier DDR-Liga the leadership of the Armeesportvereinigung Vorwärts decided to move ASG Vorwärts Leipzig to Dessau... - 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... |
3 – 1 |
| BSG Rotation Berlin - 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... |
0 – 1 |
| BSG Motor Hermsdorf - BSG Fortschritt Krumhermersdorf | 4 – 3 |
| BSG Chemie Zeitz - ASG Vorwärts Plauen | 0 – 1 |
Intermediate round
| BSG Wismut Pirna-Copitz - ASG Vorwärts Plauen | 2 – 3 |
| BSG Stahl WW Hettstedt - TSG Gröditz | 1 – 2 |
| ASG Vorwärts Plauen II - BSG Motor Weimar | 1 – 3 |
| BSG Motor Warnowwerft Warnemünde - TSG Wismar | 3 – 1 |
| ZSG Leinefelde - SG Dynamo Eisleben | 0 – 1 |
| BSG Empor Beeskow - SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde | 1 – 2 |
| BSG Umformtechnik Erfurt - BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 1 – 2 |
| TSG Bau Rostock - BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | 2 – 3 |
| BSG Zentronik Sömmerda - BSG Stahl Thale | 2 – 4 |
| FC Energie Cottbus - ASG Vorwärts Dessau | 4 – 2 |
| ASG Vorwärts Stralsund - BSG Schiffahrt/Hafen Rostock | 3 – 1 |
| BSG Stahl Riesa - BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe | 2 – 0 |
| BSG Motor Werdau - BSG Motor Suhl | 2 – 1 |
| FSV Lokomotive Dresden - BSG Motor Hermsdorf | 4 – 2 aet |
| ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg - SG Dynamo Schwerin | 4 – 0 |
| BSG Kernkraftwerk Greifswald - BSG Post Neubrandenburg | 1 – 1 aet, 4 – 2 pen |
| BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge - BSG Stahl Blankenburg | 2 – 3 |
| BSG Stahl Finow - BSG Motor Eberswalde | 1 – 2 |
Round 2
| SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde - 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... |
2 – 3 |
| BSG Motor Weimar - 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... |
0 – 2 |
| BSG KKW Greifswald - Berliner FC Dynamo | 0 – 2 |
| BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf - 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... |
1 – 6 |
| BSG Stahl Riesa - Hallescher FC 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... |
4 – 1 |
| BSG Motor Werdau - 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... |
0 – 0 n.V., E. 3 – 1 |
| SG Dynamo Eisleben - BSG Chemie Böhlen | 1 – 0 |
| ASG Vorwärts Plauen - 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 0 – 3 |
| BSG Stahl Blankenburg - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 0 – 3 |
| ASV Vorwärts Neubrandenburg - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 0 – 2 |
| BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau - 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 – 0 |
| FSV Lokomotive Dresden - 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... |
1 – 0 aet |
| TSG Gröditz - 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.... |
0 – 2 |
| BSG Stahl Thale - BSG Wismut Gera | 1 – 2 aet |
| ASG Vorwärts Stralsund - BSG Motor Warnowwerft Warnemünde | 7 – 1 |
| BSG Motor Eberswalde - BSG Energie Cottbus | 1 – 3 |
Last 16
| Berliner FC Dynamo - 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 5 – 0, 1 – 2 |
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - BSG Wismut Gera | 1 – 2, 2 – 0 |
| 1. FC Magdeburg - BSG Stahl Riesa | 2 – 1, 5 – 0 |
| FSV Lokomotive Dresden - SG Dynamo Dresden | 1 – 7, 0 – 4 |
| BSG Energie Cottbus - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 2 – 1, 0 – 4 |
| SG Dynamo Eisleben - BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 2 – 2, 1 – 1 |
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - BSG Motor Werdau | 0 – 1, 2 – 3 |
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena - ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 1 – 2, 1 – 0 |
Quarter finals
| SG Dynamo Dresden - BSG Motor Werdau | 5 – 1, 3 – 0 |
| ASG Vorwärts Stralsund - Berliner FC Dynamo | 0 – 4, 0 – 3 |
| 1. FC Magdeburg - FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 2 – 0, 3 – 1 |
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 4 – 0, 1 – 0 |
Semifinals
| 1. FC Magdeburg - Berliner FC Dynamo | 4 – 0, 1 – 1 |
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt - SG Dynamo Dresden | 1 – 2, 0 – 0 |
Statistics
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| GK | ' | Dirk Heyne Dirk Heyne Dirk Heyne is a former German football goalkeeper turned manager.-Career:Heyne began his footballing career at 1. FC Magdeburg's youth teams in 1967. In 1977 he had his debut in the DDR-Oberliga team and went on to tend goal in 323 Oberliga matches for 1. FC Magdeburg... |
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| DF | ' | 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 | ' | Detlef Raugust Detlef Raugust Detlef Raugust is a German former footballer. He spent his entire career with 1. FC Magdeburg, and was part of their highly successful team of the 1970s.Raugust made three appearances for the East Germany national football team.... |
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| DF | ' | 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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| DF | ' | Klaus Decker Klaus Decker Klaus Decker is a former East German football player who spent his entire senior career with 1. FC Magdeburg in the DDR-Oberliga.- Career :... |
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| MF | ' | Jürgen Pommerenke Jürgen Pommerenke Jürgen Pommerenke is a former German football midfielder and manager.Pommerenke played his entire professional career for 1... |
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| MF | ' | Axel Tyll Axel Tyll Axel Tyll is a German footballer who played for 1. FC Magdeburg between 1971 and 1982, winning three East German titles, four cups, and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1974... |
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| MF | ' | Sigmund Mewes |
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| FW | ' | Joachim Streich Joachim Streich Joachim Streich is a former East German footballer, who won the bronze medal with East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.... |
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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 | ' | Martin Hoffmann |
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| Klaus Urbanczyk Klaus Urbanczyk Klaus Urbanczyk, nicknamed Banne, born 4 June 1940 in Halle , is a former East German football player and manager.Urbanczyk began his football career at Turbine Halle in 1948. Beginning in 1960, he played for this team - in the meantime renamed Chemie Halle and later Hallescher FC Chemie - in the... |
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Bernd JakubowskiBernd Jakubowski
Bernd Jakubowski was an East German footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Jakubowski began his career with Hansa Rostock, but moved to Dynamo Dresden in 1970, where he would spend the remainder of his career...
Hans-Jürgen DörnerHans-Jürgen Dörner
Hans-Jürgen „Dixie“ Dörner is a former German football player and who now coaches. He distinguished himself during his career by being named East Germany's player of the year three times - the only East German player to do this besides goalkeeper Jürgen Croy.Dörner's playing career began in 1960...
Gerd WeberGerd Weber
Gerd Weber is a former German soccer player.Weber began his career in 1970 with SG Dynamo Dresden of the DDR-Oberliga. Between 1977 and 1980 he played 35 times for the East German national team, scoring 5 goals, and winning gold at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
Christian Helm Klaus Müller Reinhard HäfnerReinhard Häfner
Reinhard Häfner was a German footballer who now works as a football coach.Häfner played children's and youth football for his hometown club BSG Motor Sonneberg. As a junior player he was assigned to FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt before joining Dynamo Dresden in 1971...
Hartmut SchadeHartmut Schade
Hartmut Schade was born on 13 November 1954 in Radeberg, Saxony and is a German former football player, who won the 1976 Summer Olympics. He played for Dynamo Dresden. - References :...
Dieter RiedelDieter Riedel
Dieter Riedel is a German football player and coach. From 1995 to 1997, he was the chairman of Dynamo Dresden....
Gert Heidler Rainer SachseRainer Sachse
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Frank RichterFrank Richter (footballer)
Frank Richter is a German former footballer.-External links:*...
Peter KottePeter Kotte
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Walter FritzschWalter Fritzsch
Walter Fritzsch was a German football player and trainer.- Beginning :He began his career as a player in 1927 with SC Planitz. In 1940 he transferred to VfL Leisnig and played there until 1943 after which he played for several other clubs including BC Hartha, SC Döbeln and Zwickau-Oberhohndorf...
Match report
The 1978 FDGB-Pokal final was a summit meeting of East German football in several ways. The opponents were Dynamo Dresden - three time cup winners, four time East German champions who were leading the DDR-OberligaDDR-Oberliga 1977-78
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at the time - and 1. FC Magdeburg - three time champions and four time cup winners who were second in the league, trailing Dynamo by two points. 19 players on the pitch played for the national team
East Germany national football team
The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany....
, ten on Dynamo's and nine on Magdeburg's squad. Generally, Dynamo Dresden were regarded as favorites; Magdeburg had only got their best eleven back after a long injury break.
But the audience were in for a surprise: It was not Dynamo Dresden who took the game in their hands, but Magdeburg dictated play over the entire 90 minutes. Not only did Magdeburg take the lead early in the game, when their libero Manfred Zapf headed home after 8 minutes, but afterwards they attacked Dresden's goal relentlessly, generating no less than 23 dangerous attacks in the rest of the game. On the other side, Dresden had their first true opportunity only in the 74th minute. While Dresden's playmaker
Playmaker
In association football, a playmaker is a player who controls the flow of the team's offensive play, and is often involved in passing moves which lead to goals....
s Dörner and Häfner could not get their team's play under control and their team mates lost most one-on-one duels, Magdeburg played a straightforward quick attacking game. Former East German international Otto Fräßdorf
Otto Fräßdorf
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as a neutral spectator was convinced Magdeburg would be victorious even at half-time. After the break Dynamo tried hard to turn the game around, but their weak attacking play was foiled by Magdeburg's compact defending. Magdeburg's Raugust, Seguin and Decker were often able to initiate counter-attacks. As the sole defect of Magdeburg's game was their weak conversion ratio, the victory remained a slim one. Referee Prokop said in the aftermath: "A good final. Not one malicious foul. The level of play was also worthy of a final. There were a lot of scenes in the penalty area. Attractive advertising for good football."
Magdeburg had won the cup for the fifth time and the trophy was permanently given to the club.