# DDR-Liga 1972/73

In 1972/73 werd het 23ste seizoen van de DDR-Liga gespeeld, de tweede klasse van de DDR. De vijf groepswinnaars speelden een eindronde waarvan de top twee promoveerde. BSG Stahl Riesa promoveerde meteen terug naar de DDR-Oberliga, terwijl Energie Cottbus hier voor het eerst in slaagde.

## Eindstand
### Groep A

| Plaats | Club | Wed. | W | G | V | Saldo | Ptn. |
| 01. | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund (A) | 22 | 15 | 06 | 01 | 52:16 | 36:80 |
| 02. | TSG Wismar | 22 | 14 | 03 | 05 | 39:27 | 31:13 |
| 03. | SG Dynamo Schwerin | 22 | 13 | 04 | 05 | 62:32 | 30:14 |
| 04. | ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg | 22 | 13 | 03 | 06 | 44:23 | 29:15 |
| 05. | FC Hansa Rostock II | 22 | 09 | 08 | 05 | 44:28 | 26:18 |
| 06. | BSG KKW Nord Greifswald | 22 | 11 | 02 | 09 | 44:23 | 24:20 |
| 07. | BSG Schiffahrt/Hafen Rostock (N) | 22 | 07 | 06 | 09 | 33:38 | 20:24 |
| 08. | BSG Motor Schwerin (N) | 22 | 07 | 04 | 11 | 28:44 | 18:26 |
| 09. | BSG Post Neubrandenburg | 22 | 06 | 04 | 12 | 27:35 | 16:28 |
| 10. | BSG Nord Torgelow | 22 | 05 | 07 | 11 | 21:48 | 15:29 |
| 11. | BSG Motor WW Warnemünde | 22 | 02 | 07 | 13 | 17:48 | 11:33 |
| 12. | BSG Verkehrsbetriebe Waren (N) | 22 | 01 | 06 | 15 | 10:56 | 08:36 |

#### Topschutters

| | Speler | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Lothar Lehmann | BSG KKW Nord Greifswald | 16 |
| 2. | Peter Sinn | SG Dynamo Schwerin | 14 |
| 3. | Peter Filler | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 12 |
| 4. | Ulrich Schenk | ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg | 11 |
| 5. | Horst Koch | SG Dynamo Schwerin | 10 |

### Groep B

| Plaats | Club | Wed. | W | G | V | Saldo | Ptn. |
| 01. | Berliner FC Dynamo II | 22 | 13 | 06 | 03 | 35:14 | 32:12 |
| 02. | BSG Energie Cottbus | 22 | 14 | 03 | 03 | 41:17 | 31:13 |
| 03. | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/O. II | 22 | 10 | 08 | 04 | 39:25 | 28:16 |
| 04. | BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt | 22 | 09 | 09 | 04 | 29:21 | 27:17 |
| 05. | SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde | 22 | 11 | 03 | 08 | 46:37 | 25:19 |
| 06. | ASG Vorwärts Cottbus | 22 | 07 | 09 | 06 | 32:30 | 23:21 |
| 07. | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | 22 | 07 | 08 | 07 | 35:28 | 22:22 |
| 08. | BSG Motor Eberswalde (N) | 22 | 07 | 07 | 08 | 31:27 | 21:23 |
| 09. | BSG EAB Lichtenberg 47 | 22 | 06 | 06 | 10 | 34:35 | 18:26 |
| 10. | BSG Motor Hennigsdorf (N) | 22 | 06 | 06 | 10 | 26:32 | 18:26 |
| 11. | BSG Motor Köpenick (N) | 22 | 04 | 05 | 13 | 17:36 | 13:31 |
| 12. | BSG Aufbau Großräschen (N) | 22 | 02 | 02 | 18 | 08:71 | 06:38 |

#### Topschutters

| | Speler | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Peter Effenberger | BSG Energie Cottbus | 16 |
| 2. | Michael Jakob | SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde | 14 |
| 3. | Michael Sobek | BSG EAB Lichtenberg 47 | 10 |

### Groep C

| Plaats | Club | Wed. | W | G | V | Saldo | Ptn. |
| 01. | ASG Vorwärts Leipzig | 22 | 13 | 05 | 04 | 47:23 | 31:13 |
| 02. | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 22 | 12 | 04 | 06 | 34:21 | 28:16 |
| 03. | Hallescher FC Chemie II | 22 | 09 | 08 | 05 | 48:34 | 26:18 |
| 04. | BSG Lok/Vorwärts Halberstadt | 22 | 09 | 08 | 05 | 31:25 | 26:18 |
| 05. | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 22 | 10 | 04 | 08 | 36:40 | 24:20 |
| 06. | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 22 | 07 | 07 | 08 | 30:32 | 21:23 |
| 07. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig II (N) | 22 | 08 | 05 | 09 | 26:28 | 21:23 |
| 08. | 1. FC Magdeburg II | 22 | 07 | 06 | 09 | 28:34 | 20:24 |
| 09. | BSG CM Veritas Wittenberge | 22 | 06 | 07 | 09 | 47:66 | 19:25 |
| 10. | BSG Chemie Wolfen (N) | 22 | 06 | 06 | 10 | 29:35 | 18:26 |
| 11. | SG Dynamo Eisleben | 22 | 07 | 03 | 12 | 42:39 | 17:27 |
| 12. | BSG Motor/Vorwärts Oschersleben (N) | 22 | 04 | 05 | 13 | 23:43 | 13:31 |

#### Topschutters

| | Speler | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Manfred Vogel | Hallescher FC Chemie II | 17 |
| 2. | Peter Kubern | BSG Chemie Wolfen | 13 |
| 3. | Otto Skrowny | ASG Vorwärts Leipzig | 12 |
| 4. | Rüdiger Bast | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 11 |
| 4. | Frank Paluscak | SG Dynamo Eisleben | 11 |
| 6. | Günter Dobmaier | BSG Chemie Böhlen | 10 |
| 6. | Helmut Kieruj | SG Dynamo Eisleben | 10 |
| 6. | Peter Klier | SG Dynamo Eisleben | 10 |
| 6. | Manfred Lienemann | ASG Vorwärts Leipzig | 10 |
| 6. | Hans-Jürgen Nasarek | BSG CM Veritas Wittenberge | 10 |

### Groep D

| Plaats | Club | Wed. | W | G | V | Saldo | Ptn. |
| 01. | SG Dynamo Dresden II | 22 | 14 | 06 | 02 | 60:24 | 34:10 |
| 02. | BSG Stahl Riesa (A) | 22 | 12 | 08 | 02 | 40:14 | 32:12 |
| 03. | BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe | 22 | 10 | 04 | 08 | 26:28 | 24:20 |
| 04. | FSV Lokomotive Dresden | 22 | 07 | 09 | 06 | 29:27 | 23:21 |
| 05. | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau II | 22 | 08 | 06 | 08 | 33:30 | 22:22 |
| 06. | TSG Gröditz (N) | 22 | 06 | 09 | 07 | 26:28 | 21:23 |
| 07. | ASG Vorwärts Löbau | 22 | 07 | 07 | 08 | 21:28 | 21:23 |
| 08. | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt II (N) | 22 | 08 | 04 | 10 | 35:36 | 20:24 |
| 09. | BSG Motor Werdau | 22 | 08 | 04 | 10 | 38:46 | 20:24 |
| 10. | BSG Motor WEMA Plauen | 22 | 07 | 05 | 10 | 26:34 | 19:25 |
| 11. | BSG Wismut Aue II | 22 | 05 | 06 | 11 | 21:33 | 16:28 |
| 12. | BSG Wismut Pirna-Copitz | 22 | 02 | 08 | 12 | 21:48 | 12:32 |

#### Topschutters

| | Speler | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Werner Hartmann | FSV Lokomotive Dresden | 11 |
| 1. | Lothar Paul | BSG Stahl Riesa | 11 |
| 3. | Klaus Müller | SG Dynamo Dresden II | 10 |

### Groep E

| Plaats | Club | Wed. | W | G | V | Saldo | Ptn. |
| 01. | BSG Chemie Zeitz | 22 | 11 | 08 | 03 | 42:19 | 30:14 |
| 02. | BSG Wismut Gera | 22 | 13 | 03 | 06 | 44:26 | 29:15 |
| 03. | FC Carl Zeiss Jena II | 22 | 09 | 09 | 04 | 30:14 | 27:17 |
| 04. | ASG Vorwärts Meiningen | 22 | 09 | 09 | 04 | 32:18 | 27:17 |
| 05. | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt II (N) | 22 | 09 | 06 | 07 | 29:23 | 24:20 |
| 06. | BSG Stahl Maxhütte (N) | 22 | 10 | 04 | 08 | 24:38 | 24:20 |
| 07. | BSG Zentronik Sömmerda | 22 | 06 | 07 | 09 | 20:21 | 19:25 |
| 08. | BSG Motor Steinach | 22 | 05 | 09 | 08 | 28:30 | 19:25 |
| 09. | BSG Motor Nordhausen-West | 22 | 08 | 03 | 11 | 28:34 | 19:25 |
| 10. | BSG Motor Hermsdorf | 22 | 05 | 09 | 08 | 20:29 | 19:25 |
| 11. | BSG Aktivist Kali Werra Tiefenort | 22 | 05 | 06 | 11 | 21:35 | 16:28 |
| 12. | BSG Chemie Glas Ilmenau (N) | 22 | 03 | 05 | 14 | 10:41 | 11:33 |

#### Topschutters

| | Speler | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Harald Schramm | BSG Chemie Zeitz | 14 |
| 2. | Manfred Schütze | BSG Motor Nordhausen-West | 10 |
| 3. | Dieter Großmann | BSG Motor Steinach | 9 |
| 3. | Günter Siebke | BSG Stahl Maxhütte | 9 |
| 3. | Leonhard Urban | BSG Wismut Gera | 9 |
* Legende
* Promotie naar de DDR-Oberliga
* Degradatie naar Bezirksliga
* (A) Degradant uit DDR-Oberliga vorig seizoen
* (N) Promovendi Bezirksliga vorig seizoen

## Promotie-eindronde

| Plaats | Club | Wed. | W | G | V | Saldo | Ptn. |
| 1. | BSG Stahl Riesa | 8 | 05 | 02 | 01 | 21:7 | 12:4 |
| 2. | BSG Energie Cottbus | 8 | 04 | 02 | 02 | 010:14 | 10:6 |
| 3. | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 8 | 02 | 04 | 02 | 09:8 | 08:8 |
| 4. | BSG Chemie Zeitz | 8 | 02 | 02 | 04 | 012:17 | 006:10 |
| 5. | ASG Vorwärts Leipzig | 8 | 01 | 02 | 05 | 008:14 | 004:12 |

### Topschutters

| | Speler | Club | Goals |
| 1. | Reinhard Hauptmann | BSG Stahl Riesa | 6 |
| 2. | Wolfram Meinert | BSG Stahl Riesa | 5 |
| 2. | Lothar Paul | BSG Stahl Riesa | 5 |