| Competition: | DDR-Oberliga |
| Season: | 1988–89 |
| Winners: | Dynamo Dresden |
| Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Dynamo Dresden |
| Continentalcup2: | European Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | BFC Dynamo |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Matches: | 182 |
| Total Goals: | 503 |
| League Topscorer: | Torsten Gütschow (17)[1] |
| Attendance: | 1,857,830[2] |
| Average Attendance: | 10,208 |
| Prevseason: | 1987–88 |
| Nextseason: | 1989–90 |
The 1988–89 DDR-Oberliga was the 40th 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 seventh out of eight East German championships.[3] [4]
Torsten Gütschow of Dynamo Dresden was the league's top scorer with 17 goals,[5] while Andreas Trautmann of Dynamo Dresden took out the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.[6]
On the strength of the 1988–89 title Dynamo Dresden qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup where the club was knocked out by AEK Athens in the first round. Second-placed club BFC Dynamo qualified for the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal winners and was knocked out by AS Monaco in the second round. Third-placed FC Karl-Marx-Stadt qualified for the 1989–90 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out by Juventus in the third round while fourth-placed F.C. Hansa Rostock lost to FC Baník Ostrava in the first round.[7]
The 1988–89 season saw two newly promoted clubs, BSG Energie Cottbus and BSG Sachsenring Zwickau.[8] [9]