1974–75 Bundesliga

Bundesliga

Season	1974–75
Champions	Borussia Mönchengladbach 3rd Bundesliga title 3rd German title
Relegated	Tennis Borussia Berlin Wuppertaler SV
European Cup	Borussia Mönchengladbach FC Bayern Munich (title holders)
Cup Winners' Cup	Eintracht Frankfurt
UEFA Cup	Hertha BSC Hamburger SV 1. FC Köln MSV Duisburg (losing DFB-Pokal finalists to Frankfurt)
Goals scored	1056
Average goals/game	3.45
Top goalscorer	Jupp Heynckes (27)
Biggest home win	Frankfurt 9–1 Essen (5 October 1974)
Biggest away win	Essen 0–5 Frankfurt (22 March 1975)
Highest scoring	Düsseldorf 6–5 FC Bayern (11 goals) (7 June 1975)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 Bundesliga was the 12th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 24 August 1974^[1] and ended on 14 June 1975.^[2] FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

Competition modus

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the least points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.

Team changes to 1973–74

Fortuna Köln and Hannover 96 were relegated to the newly introduced 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. Both teams were replaced by Tennis Borussia Berlin and Eintracht Braunschweig, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.

Team overview

Hertha BSC
Tennis Borussia

Bochum

Braunschweig

Bremen

MSV

        Düsseldorf

Essen                

Frankfurt

Hamburg

Kaiserslautern

Köln

MGL

Bayern

Offenbach

        Schalke

Stuttgart

Wuppertal

Location of teams in Bundesliga 1974–75

Club	Ground[3]	Capacity[3]
Hertha BSC Berlin	Olympiastadion	100,000
Tennis Borussia Berlin	Mommsenstadion	18,000
VfL Bochum	Ruhrstadion	40,000
Eintracht Braunschweig	Eintracht-Stadion	38,000
SV Werder Bremen	Weserstadion	32,000
MSV Duisburg	Wedaustadion	38,500
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Rheinstadion	59,600
Rot-Weiss Essen	Georg-Melches-Stadion	40,000
Eintracht Frankfurt	Waldstadion	87,000
Hamburger SV	Volksparkstadion	80,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Stadion Betzenberg	42,000
1. FC Köln	Radrennbahn Müngersdorf	29,000
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
FC Bayern Munich	Olympiastadion	70,000
Kickers Offenbach	Bieberer Berg	30,000
FC Schalke 04	Parkstadion	70,000
VfB Stuttgart	Neckarstadion	53,000
Wuppertaler SV	Stadion am Zoo	28,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borussia Mönchengladbach (C)	34	21	8	5	86	40	+46	50	1975–76 European Cup First round
2	Hertha BSC	34	19	6	9	61	43	+18	44	1975–76 UEFA Cup First round
3	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	18	7	9	89	49	+40	43	1975–76 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
4	Hamburger SV	34	18	7	9	55	38	+17	43	1975–76 UEFA Cup First round
5	1. FC Köln	34	17	7	10	77	51	+26	41
6	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	16	9	9	66	55	+11	41
7	Schalke 04	34	16	7	11	52	37	+15	39
8	Kickers Offenbach	34	17	4	13	72	62	+10	38
9	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	14	8	12	52	42	+10	36
10	Bayern Munich	34	14	6	14	57	63	−6	34	1975–76 European Cup First round ^1
11	VfL Bochum	34	14	5	15	53	53	0	33
12	Rot-Weiss Essen	34	10	12	12	56	68	−12	32
13	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	13	5	16	56	55	+1	31
14	MSV Duisburg	34	12	6	16	59	77	−18	30	1975–76 UEFA Cup First round ^2
15	Werder Bremen	34	9	7	18	45	69	−24	25
16	VfB Stuttgart (R)	34	8	8	18	50	79	−29	24	2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17	Tennis Borussia Berlin (R)	34	5	6	23	38	89	−51	16
18	Wuppertaler SV (R)	34	2	8	24	32	86	−54	12

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Bayern Munich won the 1974–75 European Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.
²As Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to DFB-Pokal runners-up MSV Duisburg.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away

BSC

TBB

BOC

BRS

BRE

DUI

DÜS

RWE

FRA

HAM

KAI

KÖL

MGL

MUN

OFF

S04

STU

WUP

Hertha BSC

2–1

4–2

3–1

2–0

3–0

3–3

4–2

2–1

1–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

4–1

4–1

1–0

4–0

2–0

Tennis Borussia Berlin

0–3

2–0

2–2

4–0

2–3

1–4

1–0

1–4

0–3

3–2

2–3

1–4

2–2

0–2

0–2

1–1

0–0

VfL Bochum

4–0

0–0

1–0

3–1

1–2

4–2

2–2

3–1

4–2

4–0

3–2

0–0

3–0

3–1

2–1

1–0

4–2

Eintracht Braunschweig

2–1

5–0

2–0

0–0

4–1

3–0

4–2

2–0

1–2

3–2

1–4

1–3

3–1

1–0

1–0

6–0

1–1

Werder Bremen

4–0

1–1

3–0

0–0

3–1

0–0

0–0

0–3

1–0

3–1

4–1

1–4

0–2

3–6

0–1

5–2

2–1

MSV Duisburg

1–3

2–3

3–1

3–2

4–0

0–3

3–3

1–3

2–0

3–2

1–3

1–1

2–1

2–1

2–0

3–3

2–2

Fortuna Düsseldorf

0–0

3–2

0–1

2–2

4–1

1–1

4–0

2–2

0–0

2–0

3–0

3–2

6–5

3–2

2–1

4–0

2–0

Rot-Weiss Essen

2–1

3–2

1–1

1–2

1–1

3–0

1–2

0–5

0–0

3–1

1–1

1–3

2–2

5–1

4–4

3–1

2–0

Eintracht Frankfurt

1–2

7–1

4–1

2–0

2–1

4–1

4–0

9–1

1–3

5–1

3–2

1–1

2–0

0–0

2–1

5–5

5–0

Hamburger SV

1–1

4–0

3–2

0–0

2–0

2–3

2–1

2–2

3–1

2–0

3–1

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–1

1–0

4–1

1. FC Kaiserslautern

3–0

4–0

1–0

2–0

4–1

2–0

1–0

2–0

2–2

1–0

1–1

1–3

0–1

1–2

1–1

6–0

2–0

1. FC Köln

2–1

7–1

4–1

3–0

3–1

4–2

2–2

0–1

0–0

4–0

2–0

1–2

1–0

0–1

4–2

4–2

4–0

Borussia Mönchengladbach

1–1

3–1

3–0

2–0

4–2

4–1

3–1

1–1

3–0

1–3

3–0

1–1

1–2

5–2

1–0

5–1

6–2

Bayern Munich

2–1

3–1

2–1

1–0

2–0

2–1

4–0

2–2

2–1

0–1

2–5

6–3

1–1

2–3

0–2

1–1

3–1

Kickers Offenbach

3–1

3–2

2–0

2–1

5–1

3–3

2–3

1–3

2–1

4–1

2–2

1–4

4–3

6–0

3–0

3–1

3–1

Schalke 04

1–0

3–0

1–0

1–1

2–0

5–0

3–0

3–0

1–1

3–1

2–1

1–1

1–3

2–2

2–0

2–0

1–0

VfB Stuttgart

1–2

2–1

1–0

0–0

2–2

2–1

1–1

3–2

3–4

1–2

0–1

2–0

1–2

1–2

3–1

3–1

5–1

Wuppertaler SV

0–0

2–0

1–1

0–1

2–4

1–4

2–3

0–2

2–3

0–4

3–3

1–4

1–5

3–1

0–0

0–1

2–2

Source: www.dfb.de
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

27 goals

• Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

24 goals

• Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln)

23 goals

• Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)

21 goals

• Roland Sandberg (1. FC Kaiserslautern)

18 goals

• Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
• Erwin Kostedde (Kickers Offenbach)
• Manfred Burgsmüller (Rot-Weiss Essen)

17 goals

• Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04)
• Hermann Ohlicher (VfB Stuttgart)

16 goals

• Bernd Hölzenbein (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Champion squad

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Goalkeeper: Wolfgang Kleff (34). Defenders: Berti Vogts (34); Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp (29 / 6); Rainer Bonhof (28 / 6); Hans Klinkhammer (23); Frank Schäffer (14); Ulrich Surau (14); Walter Posner (2). Midfielders: Herbert Wimmer (29 / 1); Uli Stielike (25 / 1); Christian Kulik (24 / 6); Dietmar Danner (21 / 3); Lorenz-Günther Köstner (18 / 1); Horst Köppel (7 / 1). Forwards: Allan Simonsen (34 / 18); Henning Jensen (34 / 13); Jupp Heynckes (31 / 27); Lorenz Hilkes (5); Karl Del'Haye (4). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Hennes Weisweiler. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Gregor Quasten; Norbert Kox; Roger Roebben.

References

1. "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
2. "Archive 1973/1974 Round 34". DFB.
3. Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

External links

• DFB Bundesliga archive 1974/1975