1966–67 Gruppenliga season

The 1966-67 Gruppenliga season was the fifth season of the Gruppenliga and the second season of the league as the second-level competition in East Germany.
==Regular season==
=== Group 1 ===
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	SG Dynamo Malchin 	3 	3	-	-	43:1 	6:0
2. 	BSG Traktor Dargun 	3 	1	1	1	5:13 	3:3
3. 	BSG Einheit Teterow 	3 	1	-	2	4:19 	2:4
4. 	BSG Traktor Schönebeck	3 	-	1	2	3:22 	1:5
=== Group 2 ===
Pl.	Team 	GP	W 	T	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	BSG Chemie Leuna 	10	10	-	-	87:16	20:0
2. 	HSG Wissenschaft KMU Leipzig	10	6 	1	3	57:37	13:7
3. 	BSG Einheit Ballenstedt 	10	6 	-	4	26:25	12:8
4. 	SG Dynamo Schierke 	10	4 	-	6	30:33	8:12
5. 	HSG TH Chemie Merseburg 	10	1 	2	7	21:69	4:16
6. 	WSG Rudolf Harbig Dessau 	10	1 	1	8	11:52	3:17
=== Group 3 ===
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	ASG Vorwärts Crimmitschau	6 	6	-	-	70:6 	12:0
2. 	BSG Aufbau Schönheide 	6 	3	-	3	34:24	6:6
3. 	SG Dynamo Klingenthal 	6 	3	-	3	22:33	6:6
4. 	BSG Traktor Eibenstock 	6 	-	-	6	6:69 	0:12
=== Group 4 ===
;Group A
BSG Aktivist Knappenrode-Lohsa withdrew prior to the start of the season.
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	T	L	Goals 	Pts
1. 	SG Boxberg 	7 	7	-	-	132:12	14:0
2. 	BSG Traktor Groß Düben 	6 	3	-	3	30:46 	6:6
3. 	BSG Motor Bad Muskau 	7 	3	-	4	52:39 	6:8
4. 	BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt	4 	1	-	3	7:36 	2:6
5. 	BSG Stahl Rietschen 	4 	-	-	4	4:92 	0:8
No other games were played.
;Group B
Other intended participants SG Drespo Dresden, BSG Einheit Geising and BSG Einheit Görlitz withdrew prior to the start of the season.
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	SG Dynamo Zittau 	11	1	-	-	7:3 	2:0
2. 	SG Dynamo Zittau II	2 	1	-	1	11:10	2:2
3. 	BSG Einheit Niesky 	11	-	-	1	3:8 	0:2
1The missing match in the table between SG Dynamo Zittau and BSG Einheit Niesky (17:1) was considered a friendly match due to poor conditions.
In the Eastern group final SG Boxberg defeated SG Dynamo Zittau 5:1 and 6:3. The second match was stopped early due to an injury suffered by the Zittau goalkeeper.
=== Group 5 ===
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	T	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	BSG Motor Weimar 	3 	2	-	1	24:6 	4:2
2. 	ASG Vorwärts Oberhof	1 	1	-	-	5:2 	2:0
3. 	BSG Einheit Oberhof 	1 	1	-	-	4:3 	2:0
4. 	BSG Stahl Brotterode	1 	-	-	1	2:5 	0:2
5. 	BSG Lok Meiningen 	1 	-	-	1	1:10 	0:2
6. 	BSG Empor Ilmenau 	1 	-	-	1	1:11 	0:2
No other games were played.
==Gruppenliga Championship==
The group winners SG Dynamo Malchin, ASG Vorwarts Crimmitschau, and BSG Motor Weimar declined to participate in the Championship.
;Final
BSG Chemie Leuna	–	SG Boxberg 	3:9
(Group 2 winner)	 	(Group 4 winner)	
Leuna declined to play the second leg.
== Relegation (Oberliga – Gruppenliga) ==
SC Einheit Dresden	–	SG Boxberg 	7:2–7:3
(Last in Oberliga)	 	(Gruppenliga champion)	
== Relegation (Gruppenliga – Bezirksliga) ==
It is unknown if relegation games took place in other districts as well.
BSG Traktor Eibenstock 	–	BSG Traktor Oberwiesenthal 	??
(Last in Gruppenliga Group 3)	 	(Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt champion)	
BSG Traktor Oberwiesenthal started the following season in the Gruppenliga. Other Bezirksliga teams to make the Gruppenliga were:
* BSG Aktivist Knappenrode-Lohsa (Bez. Cottbus)
* SG Drespo Dresden (Bez. Dresden)
* BSG Einheit Geising (Bez. Dresden)
==References==
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