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1949–50 DDR-Oberliga

DDR-Oberliga
Season 1949–50
Champions ZSG Horch Zwickau
Relegated ZSG Anker Wismar
BSG Vorwärts Schwerin
Matches played 182
Goals scored 668 (3.67 per match)
Top goalscorer Heinz Satrapa (23)
Total attendance 1,837,500
Average attendance 10,096
1949 (Soviet occupation zone championship)

The 1949–50 DDR-Oberliga, playing as the DS-Liga in its first season as the DDR, the German Democratic Republic was only formed after the start of the season, was the inaugural season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

The league was contested by 14 teams and ZSG Horch Zwickau won the championship. It was the second and last East German championship for Zwickau, having previously won the 1948 edition under the name of SG Planitz.

Heinz Satrapa of ZSG Horch Zwickau was the league's top scorer with 23 goals.

The 1949–50 season was the inaugural season of the league.

East German clubs were subject to frequent name changes in this era. The following 1949–50 DDR-Oberliga clubs changed their name during the off-season and in the season.


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