| Competition: | DDR-Oberliga |
| Season: | 1976–77 |
| Winners: | Dynamo Dresden |
| Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Dynamo Dresden |
| Continentalcup2: | European Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Matches: | 182 |
| Total Goals: | 500 |
| League Topscorer: | Joachim Streich (17)[1] |
| Attendance: | 2,516,500[2] |
| Average Attendance: | 13,827 |
| Prevseason: | 1975–76 |
| Nextseason: | 1977–78 |
The 1976–77 DDR-Oberliga was the 28th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.
The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's fifth of eight East German championships.[3] [4] Dynamo Dresden went on to win the FDGB-Pokal as well, defeating 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig in the final and thereby repeating its double.[1]
Joachim Streich of 1. FC Magdeburg was the league's top scorer with 17 goals, the first of four occasions to finish as league top scorer, a record jointly held with Hans-Jürgen Kreische,[5] while Hans-Jürgen Dörner of Dynamo Dresden won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]
On the strength of the 1976–77 title Dresden qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup where the club was knocked out by eventual winners Liverpool in the second round. Fourth-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal runners-up and was knocked out by Real Betis in the second round. Second-placed 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1977–78 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the quarter-finals by PSV Eindhoven while third-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena lost to SEC Bastia, also in the quarter-finals.[7]
The 1976–77 season saw two newly promoted clubs 1. FC Union Berlin and F.C. Hansa Rostock.[8] [9]