# 1951–52 DDR-Oberliga

The 1951–52 DDR-Oberliga was the third season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The league was contested by 19 teams and BSG Turbine Halle won the championship, the club's second one after 1949.
Rudolf Krause of BSG Chemie Leipzig and Kurt Weißenfels of Lokomotive Stendal were the league's joint top scorer with 27 goals each. The season also saw the most goals ever scored in the history of the Oberliga with 1,233, 55 goals more than the previous one.
The 1951–52 season saw the highest spectator number of any DDR-Oberliga season with a total of 3,620,000, in line with the record number of season games played, 342.

## Table

The 1951–52 season saw two newly promoted clubs, Wismut Aue and Motor Wismar while SV VP Vorwärts Leipzig was newly formed and admitted to the league. SV VP Vorwärts Leipzig would change its name to SV Vorwärts der HVA Leipzig later in the season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | BSG Turbine Halle (C) | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 80 | 42 | +38 | 53 | League champions |
| 2 | SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden | 36 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 79 | 53 | +26 | 49 | FDGB-Pokal winners |
| 3 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 90 | 53 | +37 | 47 | |
| 4 | BSG Rotation Dresden | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 73 | 44 | +29 | 46 | |
| 5 | BSG Motor Zwickau | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 71 | 50 | +21 | 45 | |
| 6 | BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 75 | 58 | +17 | 42 | |
| 7 | BSG Wismut Aue | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 75 | 62 | +13 | 40 | |
| 8 | BSG Turbine Erfurt | 36 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 39 | |
| 9 | BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 72 | 74 | −2 | 38 | |
| 10 | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 70 | 69 | +1 | 37 | |
| 11 | BSG Motor Oberschöneweide | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 66 | −13 | 35 | |
| 12 | BSG Motor Dessau | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 67 | 69 | −2 | 34 | |
| 13 | BSG Stahl Thale | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 31 | |
| 14 | BSG Motor Gera | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 72 | −16 | 31 | |
| 15 | SV Vorwärts der HVA Leipzig | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 30 | |
| 16 | BSG Fortschritt Meerane (R) | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 66 | 89 | −23 | 26 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
| 17 | BSG Motor Wismar (R) | 36 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 55 | 77 | −22 | 24 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
| 18 | BSG Stahl Altenburg (R) | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 46 | 95 | −49 | 21 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |
| 19 | BSG Einheit Pankow (R) | 36 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 38 | 94 | −56 | 16 | Relegation to DDR-Liga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABO | CHM | DVD | PAN | MEE | LST | DES | GER | OBE | WIS | ZWI | BAB | ROT | ALT | THA | ERF | HAL | VLE | AUE |
| Aktivist Brieske-Ost | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 |
| Chemie Leipzig | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 5–1 | 8–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden | 3–2 | 1–5 | | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 4–1 |
| Einheit Pankow | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–9 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Fortschritt Meerane | 7–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Lokomotive Stendal | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 5–1 | | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Motor Dessau | 7–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 3–0 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Motor Gera | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Motor Oberschöneweide | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 5–2 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Motor Wismar | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–3 |
| Motor Zwickau | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 |
| Rotation Babelsberg | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Rotation Dresden | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 9–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Stahl Altenburg | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 4–1 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Stahl Thale | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 5–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Turbine Erfurt | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 7–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Turbine Halle | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Vorwärts HVA Leipzig | 3–1 | 0–3 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 3–0 |
| Wismut Aue | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |