# 1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga

The 1990–91 season of the former DDR-Oberliga, renamed NOFV-Oberliga for this season, was the last season of the top East German league.
After the season, all East German leagues were dissolved and their teams placed in the German football league system. The top two teams joined the Bundesliga, while those ranked third through sixth went to the 2. Bundesliga. The bottom two teams remained in the NOFV-Oberliga, which absorbed all but the relegated teams of the former East German second tier DDR-Liga (also renamed NOFV-Liga) and joined the German league system at the third tier. The seventh through twelfth placed teams were drawn into a playoff with the two NOFV-Liga group champions for two additional 2. Bundesliga places, with unsuccessful teams also remaining in the NOFV-Oberliga.
The competition was contested by 14 teams. Hansa Rostock won the championship and Dynamo Dresden came in second, thus claiming the other available qualification for the Bundesliga. A total of 8 Eastern teams remained professional into both two national German championships.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | F.C. Hansa Rostock (C) | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 35 | Qualification to Bundesliga and European Cup first round |
| 2 | 1. FC Dynamo Dresden | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 32 | Qualification to Bundesliga; banned from European competition |
| 3 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 31 | Qualification to 2. Bundesliga and UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Hallescher FC Chemie | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 29 | Qualification to 2. Bundesliga and UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Chemnitzer FC | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 29 | Qualification to 2. Bundesliga |
| 6 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 28 | Qualification to 2. Bundesliga |
| 7 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 28 | Qualification to 2. Bundesliga playoffs |
| 8 | BSV Stahl Brandenburg | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 27 | Qualification to 2. Bundesliga playoffs |
| 9 | Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 26 | Qualification to 2. Bundesliga playoffs and Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 10 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 26 | Qualification to 2. Bundesliga playoffs |
| 11 | FC Berlin | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 22 | Qualification to 2. Bundesliga playoffs |
| 12 | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 38 | −15 | 22 | Qualification to 2. Bundesliga playoffs |
| 13 | FC Energie Cottbus | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 16 | Qualification to NOFV-Oberliga |
| 14 | FC Viktoria 91 Frankfurt | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 54 | −25 | 13 | Qualification to NOFV-Oberliga |
* ↑ Dynamo Dresden was banned from European football for two years due to rioting in the 1990–91 European Cup quarterfinals. The two UEFA Cup positions were passed to the third- and fourth-placed teams.
* ↑ As 1990–91 NOFV-Pokal champions Hansa Rostock qualified for the European Cup through league position, their position in the Cup Winners' Cup passed to Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt as runners-up.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BER | CHE | CZJ | DRE | EFS | ECO | HFC | HRO | LOK | MAG | RWE | SLE | STB | VFO |
| FC Berlin | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Chemnitzer FC | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 4–0 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Dynamo Dresden | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Eisenhüttenstädter Stahl | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Energie Cottbus | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Hallescher FC Chemie | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Hansa Rostock | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Lokomotive Leipzig | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | 3–3 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Sachsen Leipzig | 1–4 | 0–0 | – | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–3 | 3–0 |
| Stahl Brandenburg | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 4–2 |
| Viktoria Frankfurt (Oder) | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |
* ↑ The match between Sachsen Leipzig and Carl Zeiss Jena (originally finished 0–1; played in the 6th round), was awarded with 2–0 points and 3–0 goals for Jena, the game was stopped in the 83rd minute due to spectator riots (Leipzig).

## Top goalscorers

| | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Torsten Gütschow | SG Dynamo Dresden | 20 |
| 2. | Lutz Schülbe | HFC Chemie | 13 |
| 3. | Henri Fuchs | FC Hansa Rostock | 11 |
| 4. | Heiko Laeßig | 1. FC Magdeburg | 10 |

## 2. Bundesliga play-off

The 7th through 12th placed clubs were joined by the winners of the two second-tier NOFV-Liga groups, Union Berlin and FSV Zwickau. The teams were drawn into two groups of four, with the group champions qualifying for the 1991–92 2. Bundesliga.

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STB | BER | UBE | MAG |
| 1 | BSV Stahl Brandenburg | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | Qualification to 2. Bundesliga | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | FC Berlin | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 8 | Qualification to NOFV-Oberliga | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | Qualification to NOFV-Oberliga | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 | Qualification to NOFV-Oberliga | 2–3 | 3–5 | 1–1 | — |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LOK | STE | ZWI | SLE |
| 1 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 10 | Qualification to 2. Bundesliga | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | Qualification to NOFV-Oberliga | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| 3 | FSV Zwickau | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | Qualification to NOFV-Oberliga | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 2 | Qualification to NOFV-Oberliga | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — |

## Championship-winning squad

Below is the squad of the league champions, Hansa Rostock. They were coached by Uwe Reinders.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GER | Daniel Hoffmann |
| — | GK | GER | Jens Kunath |
| — | DF | GER | Bernd Arnholdt |
| — | DF | GER | Gernot Alms |
| — | DF | USA | Paul Caligiuri |
| — | DF | GER | Thomas Gansauge |
| — | DF | GER | Uwe Kirchner (to October) |
| — | DF | GER | Heiko März |
| — | DF | GER | Axel Rietentiet |
| — | DF | GER | Frank Rillich |
| — | DF | GER | Jens Wahl |
| — | DF | GER | Mike Werner (from January) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Andreas Babenderende |
| — | MF | GER | Jens Dowe |
| — | MF | GER | Thomas Finck |
| — | MF | GER | Thomas Lässig |
| — | MF | GER | Sven Oldenburg |
| — | MF | GER | Axel Schulz |
| — | MF | GER | Juri Schlünz |
| — | MF | GER | Hilmar Weilandt |
| — | FW | GER | Henri Fuchs |
| — | FW | GER | Thomas Reif |
| — | FW | GER | Volker Röhrich |
| — | FW | GER | Florian Weichert |