List of Dynamo Dresden seasons

A season-by-season record of SG Dynamo Dresden, who were founded as SG Volkspolizei Dresden in 1950.

Key

Key to league record:

Pld = Matches played
W = Matches won
D = Matches drawn
L = Matches lost
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
Pts = Points
Pos = Final position

Key to rounds:

R1 = Round 1
R2 = Round 2
R3 = Round 3
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals
RU = Runners-up
W = Winners

Champions	Runners-up	Promoted	Relegated

Seasons

Dynamo face Bayern Munich in the 1973–74 European Cup

The championship-winning squad of 1975–76

Dynamo Dresden win the FDGB Pokal in 1977

Dynamo Dresden's squad celebrate the title in 1989

Season	League										Domestic Cup^[1]	Europe/Local		Top goalscorer(s)		Average attendance	Notes
Season	Division	Tier	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos	Domestic Cup^[1]	Europe/Local		Player(s)	Goals	Average attendance	Notes
1950–51	DDR-Oberliga	1	34	17	9	8	75	40	43	4th				Günter Schröter	32
1951–52	DDR-Oberliga	1	36	23	3	10	79	53	49	2nd	Winners			Gerhard Hänsicke	24
1952–53	DDR-Oberliga	1	32	15	8	9	51	33	38	1st				Günter Schröter	15
1953–54	DDR-Oberliga	1	28	15	4	9	54	44	34	3rd				Karl-Heinz Holze	12		^[2]
1954–55	DDR-Liga (Staffel 3)	2	12	3	3	6	21	24	9	10th
1955	2. DDR-Liga Süd	3	13	6	5	2	24	20	17	4th							^[3]
1956	2. DDR-Liga Süd	3	26	6	6	14	37	29	18	13th
1957	Bezirksliga Dresden	4	26	16	8	2	72	23	40	1st	Round 2
1958	2. DDR-Liga (Staffel 4)	3	26	19	4	3	80	25	42	1st
1959	DDR-Liga	2	26	10	5	11	48	41	25	7th
1960	DDR-Liga	2	26	13	5	8	57	42	31	3rd	Round 2
1961–62	DDR-Liga	2	39	25	10	4	57	42	31	1st							^[3]
1962–63	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	8	6	12	36	45	22	13th
1963–64	DDR-Liga Süd	2	30	20	9	1	57	14	49	1st
1964–65	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	9	5	12	34	38	23	10th
1965–66	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	11	6	9	34	31	28	5th	Round of 16			Klaus Engels	8	25,615
1966–67	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	11	5	10	35	31	27	4th				Hans-Jürgen Kreische	8	20,538
1967–68	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	5	11	10	25	33	21	13th	Quarter-final	Fairs Cup	R1			19,615
1968–69	DDR-Liga Süd	2	30	20	7	3	57	9	47	1st	Quarter-final
1969–70	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	13	5	8	36	26	31	3rd	Quarter-final					18,500
1970–71	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	18	3	5	56	29	39	1st	Winners	Fairs Cup	R2	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	17	22,769
1971–72	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	12	9	5	59	30	33	3rd	Runners-Up	European Cup	R1	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	14	23,038
1972–73	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	18	6	2	61	30	42	1st	Quarter-final	UEFA Cup	QF	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	26	24,231
1973–74	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	15	5	6	55	40	35	3rd	Runners-Up	European Cup	R2	Peter Kotte	12	27,231
1974–75	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	12	8	6	42	30	32	3rd	Runners-Up	UEFA Cup	R3			25,923
1975–76	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	19	5	2	70	23	43	1st	Semi-final	UEFA Cup	QF	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	24	28,308
1976–77	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	16	6	4	66	27	38	1st	Winners	European Cup	QF	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	13	29,385
1977–78	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	18	5	3	70	25	41	1st	Runners-Up	European Cup	R2	Peter Kotte	11	30,231
1978–79	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	15	9	2	59	19	39	2nd	Semi-final	European Cup	QF			24,154
1979–80	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	20	2	4	65	22	42	2nd	Semi-final	UEFA Cup	R2	Gerd Weber	16	24,615
1980–81	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	16	2	8	49	37	34	4th	Semi-final	UEFA Cup	R3			25,769
1981–82	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	15	4	7	50	24	34	2nd	Winners	UEFA Cup	R2	Ralf Minge	14	22,462
1982–83	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	12	5	9	51	43	29	7th	Semi-final	Cup Winners' Cup	R1	Ralf Minge	17	22,538
1983–84	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	14	9	3	61	28	37	2nd	Winners			Ralf Minge	17	25,154
1984–85	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	15	8	3	69	34	38	2nd	Winners	Cup Winners' Cup	QF	Torsten Gütschow	17	24,769
1985–86	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	10	8	8	40	39	28	6th	Semi-final	Cup Winners' Cup	QF	Ralf Minge	9	19,769
1986–87	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	13	10	3	52	24	36	2nd	Quarter-final			Ralf Minge	14	19,000
1987–88	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	12	9	5	47	24	33	3rd	Quarter-final	UEFA Cup	R1	Torsten Gütschow	9	19,308
1988–89	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	16	8	2	61	26	40	1st	Round 3	UEFA Cup	SF	Torsten Gütschow	17	22,215
1989–90	DDR-Oberliga	1	26	12	12	2	47	26	36	1st	Winners	European Cup	R1	Torsten Gütschow	18	20,230
1990–91	NOFV-Oberliga	1	26	12	8	6	48	28	32	2nd	Round 3	European Cup	QF	Torsten Gütschow	20	10,013	^[4]
1991–92	Bundesliga	1	38	12	10	16	34	50	34	14th	Round 4	Banned		Torsten Gütschow	10	16,642	^[5]
1992–93	Bundesliga	1	34	7	13	14	32	49	27	15th	Round 2			Uwe Jähnig	5	15,650
1993–94	Bundesliga	1	34	10	14	10	33	44	30	13th	Semi-final			Olaf Marschall	11	15,984	^[6]
1994–95	Bundesliga	1	34	4	8	22	33	68	16	18th	Round 3			Johnny Ekström	7	16,700	^[7]
1995–96	Regionalliga Nordost	3	34	19	10	5	46	23	67	4th	Round 1	Saxony Cup	R1	Igor Lazič	15	5,221	^[8]
1996–97	Regionalliga Nordost	3	34	16	6	11	57	38	57	7th		Saxony Cup	R2	Torsten Gütschow	12	4,422
1997–98	Regionalliga Nordost	3	34	17	9	8	60	39	60	2nd		Saxony Cup	R4	Torsten Gütschow	16	4,232
1998–99	Regionalliga Nordost	3	34	10	8	16	43	44	38	11th		Saxony Cup	R4	Nico Patschinski	12	3,309
1999–2000	Regionalliga Nordost	3	34	13	13	8	44	34	52	8th		Saxony Cup	R2	Rico Hanke	8	6,173	^[9]
2000–01	Oberliga Nordost-Süd	4	34	16	8	10	58	35	56	5th		Saxony Cup	R2	Vladimir Manislavić	11	3,833
2001–02	Oberliga Nordost-Süd	4	34	24	6	2	61	16	78	1st				Denis Koslov	16	5,328	^[10]^[11]
2002–03	Regionalliga Nord	3	34	13	11	10	34	34	50	7th		Saxony Cup	W	Thomas Neubert	8	6,671
2003–04	Regionalliga Nord	3	34	18	11	5	51	26	65	2nd	Round 1	Saxony Cup	RU	Maik Wagefeld	10	8,702
2004–05	2. Bundesliga	2	34	15	4	15	48	53	49	8th	Round 1			Klemen Lavric	17	16,316
2005–06	2. Bundesliga	2	34	11	8	15	39	45	41	15th	Round 2			Joshua Kennedy	7	15,614
2006–07	Regionalliga Nord	3	36	16	7	13	54	45	55	7th	Round 1	Saxony Cup	W	Alexander Ludwig	11	13,406
2007–08	Regionalliga Nord	3	36	15	10	11	45	39	55	8th	Round 1	Saxony Cup	SF	Thomas Bröker Pavel Dobry	9	9,343
2008–09	3. Liga	3	38	13	11	14	46	46	50	9th		Saxony Cup	R1	Halil Savran	14	10,948	^[12]
2009–10	3. Liga	3	38	14	8	16	39	46	50	12th	Round 1	Saxony Cup	SF	Halil Savran	12	14,440
2010–11	3. Liga	3	38	19	8	11	55	37	65	3rd		Saxony Cup	QF	Alexander Esswein	17	17,225	^[13]
2011–12	2. Bundesliga	2	34	12	9	13	50	52	45	9th	Round 2			Zlatko Dedić	13	26,401	^[14]
2012–13	2. Bundesliga	2	34	9	10	15	35	49	37	16th	Round 2			Mickaël Poté	6	24,964	^[15]
2013–14	2. Bundesliga	2	34	5	17	12	36	53	32	17th	Banned			Mohamed Aoudia Zlatko Dedić	6	27,004	^[16]
2014–15	3. Liga	3	38	16	8	14	52	48	56	6th	Round 3	Saxony Cup	QF	Justin Eilers	19	22,748
2015–16	3. Liga	3	38	21	15	2	75	35	78	1st		Saxony Cup	SF	Justin Eilers	23	27,544
2016–17	2. Bundesliga	2	34	13	11	10	53	46	50	5th	Round 2			Stefan Kutschke	16	28,515
2017–18	2. Bundesliga	2	34	11	8	15	42	52	41	14th	Round 2			Lucas Röser	9	28,017
2018–19	2. Bundesliga	2	34	11	9	14	41	48	42	12th	Round 1			Moussa Koné	9	28,434
2019–20	2. Bundesliga	2	34	8	8	18	32	58	32	18th	Round 2			Moussa Koné	7	20,824
2020–21	3. Liga	3	38	23	6	9	61	29	75	1st	Round 2	Saxony Cup	SF	Christoph Daferner	12	676
2021–22	2. Bundesliga	2	34	7	11	16	33	46	32	16th	Round 2			Christoph Daferner	13	13,784
2022–23	3. Liga	3	38	20	9	9	65	44	69	6th	Round 1	Saxony Cup	QF	Ahmet Arslan	25	24,495
2023–24	3. Liga	3	38	19	5	14	58	40	60	4th		Saxony Cup	W	Stefan Kutschke	14	28,752
2024–25	3. Liga	3	6	4	1	1	12	8	13	2nd	Round 2	Saxony Cup

Notes

^ FDGB-Pokal until 1991, DFB Pokal thereafter. The FDGB-Pokal was named the NOFV-Pokal for its final season.
^ In 1954, Dynamo Dresden were moved to Berlin to form Dynamo Berlin. The club was left to reform in the second-tier DDR-Liga.
^ ^a ^b From 1955 to 1960 the East German league operated by calendar year.
^ After German reunification in 1990, the DDR-Oberliga was named the NOFV-Oberliga, and was used to determine qualification for East German teams in the unified German football league system
^ Dynamo were banned for two years from European competition after their fans rioted in their 1990–91 European Cup quarter-final against Red Star Belgrade.
^ Dynamo were docked 4 points in 1993–94 for financial mismanagement
^ In 1995, Dynamo were relegated two levels into the Regionalliga Nordost for failing to meet the financial requirements for a professional licence
^ The German league changed from 2 points to 3 points for a win in 1995
^ The Regionalliga was reduced from four leagues to two in 2000, so the bottom 11 teams in the Regionalliga Nordost were all relegated
^ Dynamo beat Hertha BSC (A), champions of the Oberliga Nordost-Nord, in a playoff to reach the Regionalliga Nord
^ Dynamo were suspended from the Saxony Cup in 2001–02 for providing too few referees in previous seasons
^ A new, national 3. Liga was founded in 2008
^ Dynamo faced VfL Osnabrück, who had finished 16th in the 2. Bundesliga, in a playoff, and won 4–2 on aggregate to earn promotion to the second tier.
^ Dynamo Dresden's home game with FC Ingolstadt 04 during the 2011–12 season was played behind closed doors, after Dynamo's fans had rioted during an earlier DFB-Pokal tie with Borussia Dortmund. With this match taken into account, Dynamo's average attendance is 24,848
^ Dynamo faced VfL Osnabrück, who had finished 3rd in the 3. Liga, in a playoff, and won 2–1 on aggregate to stay in the 2. Bundesliga
^ Dynamo were banned from the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal due to their fans rioting in the previous season's competition.

References

"SAISON - ARCHIV". Dynamo Dresden (in German). Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.

[1] FDGB-Pokal until 1991, DFB Pokal thereafter. The FDGB-Pokal was named the NOFV-Pokal for its final season.

[move-2] In 1954, Dynamo Dresden were moved to Berlin to form Dynamo Berlin. The club was left to reform in the second-tier DDR-Liga.

[years-3] From 1955 to 1960 the East German league operated by calendar year.

[reunification-4] After German reunification in 1990, the DDR-Oberliga was named the NOFV-Oberliga, and was used to determine qualification for East German teams in the unified German football league system

[ban-5] Dynamo were banned for two years from European competition after their fans rioted in their 1990–91 European Cup quarter-final against Red Star Belgrade.

[6] Dynamo were docked 4 points in 1993–94 for financial mismanagement

[7] In 1995, Dynamo were relegated two levels into the Regionalliga Nordost for failing to meet the financial requirements for a professional licence

[8] The German league changed from 2 points to 3 points for a win in 1995

[9] The Regionalliga was reduced from four leagues to two in 2000, so the bottom 11 teams in the Regionalliga Nordost were all relegated

[10] Dynamo beat Hertha BSC (A), champions of the Oberliga Nordost-Nord, in a playoff to reach the Regionalliga Nord

[11] Dynamo were suspended from the Saxony Cup in 2001–02 for providing too few referees in previous seasons

[12] A new, national 3. Liga was founded in 2008

[13] Dynamo faced VfL Osnabrück, who had finished 16th in the 2. Bundesliga, in a playoff, and won 4–2 on aggregate to earn promotion to the second tier.

[14] Dynamo Dresden's home game with FC Ingolstadt 04 during the 2011–12 season was played behind closed doors, after Dynamo's fans had rioted during an earlier DFB-Pokal tie with Borussia Dortmund. With this match taken into account, Dynamo's average attendance is 24,848

[15] Dynamo faced VfL Osnabrück, who had finished 3rd in the 3. Liga, in a playoff, and won 2–1 on aggregate to stay in the 2. Bundesliga

[16] Dynamo were banned from the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal due to their fans rioting in the previous season's competition.

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