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1951–52 DDR-Oberliga

DDR-Oberliga
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The 1951–52 championship trophy awarded to Turbine Halle
Season 1951–52
Champions BSG Turbine Halle
Relegated Fortschrit Meerane
BSG Stahl Altenburg
BSG Motor Wismar
Einheit Pankow
Matches played 342
Goals scored 1,233 (3.61 per match)
Top goalscorer Rudolf Krause, Kurt Weißenfels (27)
Total attendance 3,620,000
Average attendance 10,585

The 1951–52 DDR-Oberliga was the third season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.

The league was contested by 19 teams and BSG Turbine Halle won the championship, the club's second one after 1949.

Rudolf Krause of BSG Chemie Leipzig and Kurt Weißenfels of Lokomotive Stendal were the league's joint top scorer with 27 goals each. The season also saw the most goals ever scored in the history of the Oberliga with 1,233, 55 goals more than the previous one.

The 1951–52 season saw the highest spectator number of any DDR-Oberliga season with a total of 3,620,000, in line with the record number of season games played, 342.

The 1951–52 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Wismut Aue and Motor Wismar while KVP Vorwärts Leipzig was newly formed and admitted to the league.


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