1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club based in the city of Magdeburg. The club was founded in 1965 from the football department of SC Magdeburg and spent all but one season in East Germany top flight, the DDR-Oberliga, winning three championships and seven cup titles. It is the only East German club to have won a European title, winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1974. After German reunification, the club fell on hard times and only returned to professional football in 2015 when the side was promoted to the 3. Liga.
FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Formed in 1903 and initially associated with the Carl Zeiss AG factory, they were one of the strongest clubs in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s, winning the DDR-Oberliga and the FDGB-Pokal three times each and reaching the 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final. Since German reunification in 1990, the club have competed no higher than the second tier. In the 2021–22 season, Jena played in the Regionalliga Nordost.
Fußball Club Erzgebirge Aue e.V., commonly known as simply FC Erzgebirge Aue or Erzgebirge Aue, is a German football club based in Aue-Bad Schlema, Saxony. The former East German side was a founding member of the 3. Liga in 2008–09, after being relegated from the 2. Bundesliga in 2007–08. The city of Aue-Bad Schlema has a population of about 20,800, making it one of the smallest cities to ever host a club playing at the second highest level of German football. However, the team attracts supporters from a larger urban area that includes Chemnitz and Zwickau, whose own football sides are among Aue's traditional rivals.
The FDGB-Pokal was an elimination football tournament held annually in East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football after the DDR-Oberliga championship. The founder of the competition was East Germany's major trade union.
Siegfried Kirschen is a retired East German football referee. He supervised four matches in the FIFA World Cup, two in 1986 and two in 1990.
Hans Meyer is a German former professional football player and manager.
Peter Ducke is a Sudeten German and a former East German football player. He was born in Bensen, Sudetenland, Germany during World War II. His older brother Roland was also a successful footballer.
The 1971–72 DDR-Oberliga was the 23rd season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The 1973–74 DDR-Oberliga was the 25th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The 1962–63 DDR-Oberliga was the 14th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The 1965–66 DDR-Oberliga was the 17th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The 1968–69 DDR-Oberliga was the 20th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The 1972–73 DDR-Oberliga was the 24th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
Dieter Erler was a German footballer.
Hermann Stöcker was an East German football player.
The 1968-69 season saw the 18th competition for the FDGB-Pokal, the East German national football cup.
Axel Wittke is a German former footballer who played as a right midfielder in the DDR-Oberliga and the 2. Bundesliga. In 1983, he won the FDGB-Pokal, the East German cup with 1. FC Magdeburg. He played for his country at youth level and was part of the Olympic Games squad that failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Claus Kreul is a former football player and manager. He played in the DDR-Oberliga for FC Karl-Marx-Stadt and BSG Wismut Aue and later managed several Oberliga teams.
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.
Joachim Walter was a German footballer who played as a forward for SC Aufbau Magdeburg, later renamed 1. FC Magdeburg in the DDR-Oberliga, the East German top flight. He won the East German cup competition FDGB-Pokal three times and played for his country four times at junior level.
