East Germany - List of Women Champions

First publications on women football matches in East Germany date back to 1959 and 1960, when teams from Dresden and Leipzig met in Dresden. The East German football federation (DFV) incorporated women's football in 1968. The first local league appears to have been founded in 1970 in Dresden, with 8 clubs; other districts, such as Karl-Marx-Stadt, Neubrandenburg and Rostock, followed soon, and by the end of 1971 about 150 women football teams existed.
Until the 1986/87 season, the champions were determined in a playoff tournament between four or five regional champions, who met over one or two days playing matches of 2x20 minutes. In 1987, a nationwide league with two sections (north and south) was formed, whose winners met in the championship final.

Year    Champions                     Runners-up                    Third                         Venue Final

1979    Motor Mitte Karl-Marx-Stadt   BSG Aufbau Dresden-Ost        BSG Post Rostock              Templin
1980    BSG Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt    BSG Aufbau Dresden-Ost        BSG Chemie Wolfen             Blankenburg (Harz)
1981    BSG Turbine Potsdam           BSG Chemie Wolfen             Chemie Leipzig                Babelsberg
1982    BSG Turbine Potsdam           Chemie PCK Schwedt            Chemie Leipzig                Lauchhammer
1983    BSG Turbine Potsdam           BSG Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt    Chemie PCK Schwedt            Schwedt 
1984    SG Motor Halle                BSG Turbine Potsdam           Rotation Schlema              Grimma
Meisterschaft (official)
1985    BSG Turbine Potsdam       2-0 BSG Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt    BSG KWO Berlin                Markkleeberg 
1986    BSG Turbine Potsdam       4-1 BSG Motor Halle                                             Dresden 
1986/87 BSG Rotation Schlema      4-1 BSG Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt                                  Kamenz 
1987/88 BSG Rotation Schlema  3-0 1-3 BSG Turbine Potsdam                                         Aue and Babelsberg  
1988/89 BSG Turbine Potsdam   3-1 2-3 BSG Rotation Schlema                                        Babelsberg and Aue    
1989/90 BSG Post Rostock      6-1 4-2 BSG Wismut Chemnitz                                         Chemnitz and Rostock
Oberliga Nordost (after reunification)
1990/91 Uni SV Jena                   FC Wismut Aue                 BSG Turbine Potsdam

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Authors: Erik Garin and Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 18 Jun 2026