# 1949–50 DDR-Oberliga

The 1949–50 DDR-Oberliga, playing as the DS-Liga in its first season as the DDR, the German Democratic Republic was only formed after the start of the season, was the inaugural season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The league was contested by 14 teams and ZSG Horch Zwickau won the championship. It was Zwickau's second and last East German championship, having previously won the 1948 edition under the name SG Planitz.
Heinz Satrapa of ZSG Horch Zwickau was the league's top scorer with 23 goals.

## Table

The 1949–50 season was the inaugural season of the league.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | ZSG Horch Zwickau (C) | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 41 | League champions |
| 2 | SG Friedrichstadt | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 87 | 29 | +58 | 39 | Club dissolved |
| 3 | BSG Waggonbau Dessau | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 37 | |
| 4 | BSG KWU Erfurt | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 35 | |
| 5 | ZSG Union Halle | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 31 | |
| 6 | BSG Franz Mehring Marga | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 31 | |
| 7 | BSG Märkische Volksstimme Babelsberg | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 66 | −24 | 24 | |
| 8 | ZSG Industrie Leipzig | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 22 | |
| 9 | Einheit Meerane | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 38 | 56 | −18 | 21 | |
| 10 | BSG Hans Wendler Stendal | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 19 | |
| 11 | SG Gera Süd | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 19 | |
| 12 | ZSG Altenburg | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 17 | |
| 13 | ZSG Anker Wismar (R) | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 17 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
| 14 | BSG Vorwärts Schwerin (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 30 | 84 | −54 | 11 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
* ↑ SG Friedrichstadt was disbanded at the end of season and scheduled to be replaced by BSG VVB Tabak Dresden but the latter was unable to compete in the league in 1950–51 because it lost a large number of players to clubs from West Germany. The team was than replaced by SG Volkspolizei Dresden
* ↑ ZSG Altenburg defeated ZSG Anker Wismar 3–2 in the relegation play-off

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALT | ANK | MEE | FMM | FRI | GER | STN | ZWI | IND | ERF | BAB | DES | HAL | VSW |
| ZSG Altenburg | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Anker Wismar | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 |
| Einheit Meerane | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Franz Mehring Marga | 5–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| SG Friedrichstadt | 4–0 | 11–0 | 1–2 | 8–0 | | 3–1 | 6–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Gera Süd | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 |
| Hans Wendler Stendal | 0–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Horch Zwickau | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 4–3 | 2–3 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 7–1 |
| Industrie Leipzig | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| KWU Erfurt | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | +:- | 2–5 | 3–0 | | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 |
| MV Babelsberg | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 2–12 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–5 |
| Motor Dessau | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | | 0–1 | 10–0 |
| Union Halle | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 3–0 | 1–4 | | 6–0 |
| Vorwärts Schwerin | 5–0 | 0–6 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
* ↑ The result of the match between BSG KWU Erfurt and Hans Wendler Stendal (3–4) has been declared invalid. It was scored with a goalless win for Erfurt.

## Name changes

East German clubs were subject to frequent name changes in this era. The following 1949–50 DDR-Oberliga clubs changed their name during the off-season and in the season.
| 1948–49 name | 1949–50 name | 1950–51 name |
| SG Planitz | ZSG Horch Zwickau | BSG Motor Zwickau |
| Waggonbau Dessau | Waggonbau Dessau | Motor Dessau |
| Eintracht Erfurt | KWU Erfurt | Turbine Erfurt |
| Union Halle | Union Halle | Turbine Halle |
| Franz Mehring Marga | Franz Mehring Marga | Aktivist Brieske-Ost |
| SG Babelsberg | Märkische Volksstimme Babelsberg | Rotation Babelsberg |
| Industrie Leipzig | Industrie Leipzig | Chemie Leipzig |
| SG Meerane | Einheit Meerane | Fortschrit Meerane |
| Hans Wendler Stendal | Hans Wendler Stendal | Lokomotive Stendal |
| SG Gera | SG Gera | Motor Gera |
| SG Altenburg-Nord | ZSG Altenburg | Stahl Altenburg |
| Wismar-Süd | Anker Wismar | Anker Wismar |
| SG Schwerin | Vorwärts Schwerin | Vorwärts Schwerin |