1968–69 DDR-Oberliga
The 1968–69 DDR-Oberliga was the 20th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
| Season | 1968–69 |
|---|---|
| Champions | FC Vorwärts Berlin |
| Relegated | |
| European Cup | FC Vorwärts Berlin |
| European Cup Winners' Cup | 1. FC Magdeburg |
| Inter-Cities Fairs Cup | |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 456 (2.51 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Gerd Kostmann (18) |
| Total attendance | 2,111,000 |
| Average attendance | 11,599 |
← 1967–68 1969–70 → | |
The league was contested by fourteen teams. National People's Army club FC Vorwärts Berlin won the championship, the club's last of six East German championships. It marked, together with a cup win in the following season, the last highlight in the club's history as, two seasons later, Vorwärts was moved from East Berlin to Frankfurt/Oder for political reasons and never again won another national title after the move.
Gerd Kostmann of F.C. Hansa Rostock was the league's top scorer with 18 goals, while Eberhard Vogel of FC Karl-Marx-Stadt won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.
On the strength of the 1968–69 title Vorwärts qualified for the 1969–70 European Cup where the club was knocked out by Feyenoord in the quarter-finals. Third-placed club 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winner and was knocked out by Académica de Coimbra in the second round. Second-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena qualified for the 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup where it was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Ajax while fourth-placed F.C. Hansa Rostock was knocked out by Inter Milan in the second round.