1973–74 DDR-Oberliga

The 1973/74 DDR-Oberliga season was the 24th season of the top football league in East Germany. As in the season before, 14 teams from all over the GDR competed. The teams played each other twice, once at home and once on the road. Two points were awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss.

1974 saw 1. FC Magdeburg win their second of eventually three Oberliga titles.

League standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	1. FC Magdeburg (C)	26	16	07	03	50	27	+23	39-13
2	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	26	16	04	06	55	26	+29	36-16
3	Dynamo Dresden	26	15	05	06	55	40	+15	35-17
4	FC Vorwärts Frankfurt	26	13	08	05	48	27	+21	34-18
5	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	26	11	08	07	49	35	+14	30-22
6	Berliner FC Dynamo	26	12	03	11	42	41	+1	27-25
7	Hansa Rostock	26	10	05	11	37	35	+2	25-27
8	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	26	10	05	11	37	41	−4	25-27
9	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	26	07	09	10	42	46	−4	24-28
10	BSG Wismut Aue	26	07	08	11	29	38	−9	22-30
11	BSG Stahl Riesa	26	07	09	10	25	42	−17	21-31
12	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	26	05	09	10	27	39	−12	19-33
13	BSG Chemie Leipzig	26	03	09	014	22	39	−17	15-37
14	FC Energie Cottbus	26	01	08	17	16	58	−42	10-42

Stahl Riesa had 2 points deducted.

(C)	1971/72 DDR-Oberliga champions
	Qualified for the European Cup
	Qualified for the UEFA Cup
	Qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated to DDR-Liga

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

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