Axel Wittke (born 25 March 1960) is a German former footballer who played as a right midfielder in the DDR-Oberliga and the 2.
[1] Wittke began his playing career at BSG Aufbau Börde Magdeburg, but already joined 1.
FC Magdeburg's Oberliga squad for the first time and debuted in a cup match against BSG Stahl Thale on 14 October 1978.
On day 14 of the 1979–80 season he replaced unavailable teammate Klaus Decker as right midfielder in a match against BSG Wismut Aue on 23 February 1980.
On 4 June 1983, Wittke celebrated his biggest success as a footballer when he won the FDGB-Pokal, scoring the second goal in Magdeburg's 4–0 victory over FC Karl-Marx-Stadt.
In one year in the second-tier DDR-Liga, Wittke played in 23 of 34 matches, but his team missed out on promotion to the Oberliga.
While he had received education as a mechanical engineer at the beginning of his footballing career, he took up work in the banking sector after his playing days were over.