East Germany - Footballer of the Year


Awarded for the season ending on the year for which the award is given. Last given in 1991 when the last East Germany 1st Division Championship was contested.


List of Winners

Year   Player (Club)             

1963   Manfred KAISER (Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt)
1964   Klaus URBANCZYK (SC Chemie Halle)
1965   Horst WEIGANG (SC Leipzig)
1966   Jürgen NÖLDNER (ASK Vorwärts Berlin)
1967   Dieter ERLER (FC Karl-Marx-Stadt)
1968   Bernd BRANSCH (Hallescher FC Chemie)
1969   Eberhard VOGEL (FC Carl Zeiss Jena)
1970   Roland DUCKE (FC Carl Zeiss Jena)
1971   Peter DUCKE (FC Carl Zeiss Jena)
1972   Jürgen CROY (Sachsenring Zwickau)
1973   Hans-Jürgen KREISCHE (Dynamo Dresden)
1974   Bernd BRANSCH (Hallescher FC Chemie)
1975   Jürgen POMMERENKE (1.FC Magdeburg)
1976   Jürgen CROY (Sachsenring Zwickau)
1977   Hans-Jürgen DÖRNER (Dynamo Dresden)
1978   Jürgen CROY (Sachsenring Zwickau)
1979   Joachim STREICH (1.FC Magdeburg)
1980   Hans-Ulrich GRAPENTHIN (FC Carl Zeiss Jena)
1981   Hans-Ulrich GRAPENTHIN (FC Carl Zeiss Jena)
1982   Rüdiger SCHNUPHASE (FC Carl Zeiss Jena)
1983   Joachim STREICH (1.FC Magdeburg)
1984   Hans-Jürgen DÖRNER (Dynamo Dresden)
1985   Hans-Jürgen DÖRNER (Dynamo Dresden)
1986   René MÜLLER (1.FC Lokomotive Leipzig)
1987   René MÜLLER (1.FC Lokomotive Leipzig)
1988   Andreas THOM (Berliner FC Dynamo)
1989   Andreas TRAUTMANN (Dynamo Dresden)
1990   Ulf KIRSTEN (Dynamo Dresden)
1991   Torsten GÜTSCHOW (Dynamo Dresden)

Number of wins

3   Croy, Dörner

2   Bransch, Grapenthin, Streich, Müller

1   Kaiser, Urbanczyk, Weigang, Nöldner, Erler, Vogel, R.Ducke, P.Ducke,
    Kreische, Pommerenke, Schnuphase, Thom, Trautmann, Kirsten, Gütschow


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Last updated: 12 Jan 2000

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