East Germany - Footballer of the Year

Awarded for the season ending on the year for which the award is given. Last given in the summer of 1991 when the last East German First Division (Oberliga) season was contested.

List of Winners

Year   Player                  Club       

1963   Manfred Kaiser          SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
1964   Klaus Urbanczyk         SC Chemie Halle
1965   Horst Weigang           SC Leipzig
1966   Jürgen Nöldner          FC Vorwärts Berlin
1967   Dieter Erler            FC Karl-Marx-Stadt
1968   Bernd Bransch           Hallescher FC Chemie
1969   Eberhard Vogel          FC Carl Zeiss Jena
1970   Roland Ducke            FC Carl Zeiss Jena
1971   Peter Ducke             FC Carl Zeiss Jena
1972   Jürgen Croy             BSG Sachsenring Zwickau
1973   Hans-Jürgen Kreische    SG Dynamo Dresden
1974   Bernd Bransch           FC Carl Zeiss Jena 
1975   Jürgen Pommerenke       1. FC Magdeburg
1976   Jürgen Croy             BSG Sachsenring Zwickau
1977   Hans-Jürgen Dörner      SG Dynamo Dresden
1978   Jürgen Croy             BSG Sachsenring Zwickau
1979   Joachim Streich         1. FC Magdeburg
1980   Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin  FC Carl Zeiss Jena
1981   Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin  FC Carl Zeiss Jena
1982   Rüdiger Schnuphase      FC Carl Zeiss Jena
1983   Joachim Streich         1. FC Magdeburg
1984   Hans-Jürgen Dörner      SG Dynamo Dresden
1985   Hans-Jürgen Dörner      SG Dynamo Dresden
1986   René Müller             1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
1987   René Müller             1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
1988   Andreas Thom            Berliner FC Dynamo
1989   Andreas Trautmann       SG Dynamo Dresden
1990   Ulf Kirsten             SG Dynamo Dresden
1991   Torsten Gütschow        1. FC Dynamo Dresden

Number of wins

3   Jürgen Croy, Hans-Jürgen Dörner

2   Bernd Bransch, René Müller, Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin, Joachim Streich

1   Peter Ducke, Roland Ducke, Dieter Erler, Torsten Gütschow, Manfred Kaiser,
    Ulf Kirsten, Hans-Jürgen Kreische, Jürgen Nöldner, Jürgen Pommerenke,
    Rüdiger Schnuphase, Andreas Thom, Andreas Trautmann, Klaus Urbanczyk,
    Horst Weigang, Eberhard Vogel

About this document

Prepared and maintained by José Luis Pierrend for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: José Luis Pierrend (josepie@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 7 Feb 2013