1977–78 FC Bayern Munich season

The 1977–78 FC Bayern Munich season was the club's 13th season in Bundesliga.

Bayern Munich

1977–78 season
Chairman	Wilhelm Neudecker
Manager	Dettmar Cramer Gyula Lóránt
Stadium	Olympiastadion
Bundesliga	12th
DFB-Pokal	Third round
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Gerd Müller (24) All: Gerd Müller (32)

Review and events

Bayern Munich placed 12th in the domestic competition, its worst Bundesliga result ever. In the UEFA Cup they were defeated by Eintracht Frankfurt 6–1 on aggregate in the Round of 16. To make things even worse, Bayern were knocked out by an unheralded side Homburg in the DFB-Pokal.

Match results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Main article: 1977–78 Bundesliga

VfB Stuttgart v Bayern Munich

6 August 1977 (1977-08-06) 1	VfB Stuttgart	3–3	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
15:30 CET	Müller 17' (pen.), 53' (pen.) Elmer 33'	Report	Janzon 36' Müller 43', 89' Oblak	Stadium: Neckarstadion Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher

Bayern Munich v FC St. Pauli

13 August 1977 (1977-08-13) 2	Bayern Munich	4–2	FC St. Pauli	Munich
15:30 CET	Müller 12', 32' (pen.), 37', 80' Rausch	Report	Tune-Hansen 43' Gerber 45'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Heinz Quindeau

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Bayern Munich

17 August 1978 (1978-08-17) 3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–2	Bayern Munich	Düsseldorf
20:00 CET	K. Allofs 49', 52' Zimmermann 82' Hickersberger 86'	Report	Janzon 45' Müller 66'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi

Bayern Munich v 1. FC Köln

27 August 1977 (1977-08-27) 4	Bayern Munich	0–3	1. FC Köln	Munich
15:30 CET		Report	Schwarzenbeck 5' (o.g.) D. Müller 57' Konopka 83'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann

Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich

31 August 1977 (1977-08-31) 5	Werder Bremen	1–1	Bayern Munich	Bremen
15:30 CET	Röber 62'	Report	Niedermayer 68'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Rainer Waltert

Bayern Munich v VfL Bochum

3 September 1977 (1977-09-03) 6	Bayern Munich	1–1	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30 CET	Müller 61' (pen.)	Report	Tenhagen 12' Schwemmle	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 19,300 Referee: Medardus Luca

Bayern Munich v Eintracht Braunschweig

10 September 1977 (1977-09-10) 7	Bayern Munich	3–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Munich
15:30 CET	Müller 14' (73) Hoeneß 44' Oblak Rausch	Report	Hollmann 20' Breitner 72' Borg Popivoda	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder

1. FC Saarbrücken v Bayern Munich

17 September 1977 (1977-09-17) 8	1. FC Saarbrücken	2–1	Bayern Munich	Saarbrücken
15:30 CET	Lorant 4' (pen.) H. Traser 85'	Report	Müller 7' Oblak Rausch Kappellmann  88'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Gerd Henning

Bayern Munich v Schalke 04

24 September 1977 (1977-09-24) 9	Bayern Munich	7–1	Schalke 04	Munich
15:30 CET	Schwarzenbeck 24' Weiß  28' Dürnberger 30' Hoeneß 59' Niedermayer 73' Müller 79' Rummenigge 85' Bongartz 90' (o.g.)	Report	Abramczik 36'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Gert Meuser

Hamburger SV v Bayern Munich

4 October 1977 (1977-10-04) 10	Hamburger SV	2–2	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
15:30 CET	Keller 69' Reimann 78'	Report	Dürnberger 61' Hoeneß 83'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Walter Engel

Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund

12 October 1977 (1977-10-12) 11	Bayern Munich	3–0	Borussia Dortmund	Munich
22:00 CET	Augenthaler 20' Müller 35' 49' Rummenigge 75'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayern Munich

22 October 1977 (1977-10-22) 12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET	Heynckes 9', 48'	Report	Schwarzenbeck	Stadium: Bökelbergstadion Attendance: 35,200 Referee: Jan Redelfs

Bayern Munich v Hertha BSC

29 October 1977 (1977-10-29) 13	Bayern Munich	0–2	Hertha BSC	Munich
15:30 CET	Oblak	Report	Grau 29' Gersdorff 89'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Dr. Dieter Stäglich

MSV Duisburg v Bayern Munich

5 November 1977 (1977-11-05) 14	MSV Duisburg	6–3	Bayern Munich	Duisburg
15:30 CET	Dietz 20', 49', 76', 78' Worm 83' Stolzenburg 85'	Report	Künkel 24' Müller 44' (pen.), 57' Kappellmann	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Volker Roth

Bayern Munich v 1860 Munich

12 November 1977 (1977-11-12) 15	Bayern Munich	1–3	1860 Munich	Munich
15:30 CET	Rummenigge 31'  90' Rausch	Report	Scheller 46', 90' (pen.) Kohlhäufl 84' Glavovic	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 77,573 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi

Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern Munich

26 November 1977 (1977-11-26) 16	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt
15:30 CET	Hölzenbein 4' Wenzel 38' Kraus 56' Grabowski 75' Müller Weidle	Report	Schwarzenbeck Kappellmann	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Rainer Waltert

Bayern Munich v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

3 December 1977 (1977-12-03) 17	Bayern Munich	4–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Munich
15:30 CET	Roth 3' Müller 29' (pen.) Hoeneß 70', 89' Kappellmann	Report	Stickel 67' Wendt 80'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Werner Burgers

Bayern Munich v VfB Stuttgart

10 December 1977 (1977-12-10) 18	Bayern Munich	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
15:30 CET	Augenthaler 77' Müller 83'	Report	Förster	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Günter Linn

FC St. Pauli v Bayern Munich

17 December 1977 (1977-12-17) 19	FC St. Pauli	0–0	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
15:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Medardus Luca

Bayern Munich v Fortuna Düsseldorf

7 January 1978 (1978-01-07) 20	Bayern Munich	0–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Munich
15:30 CET		Report	Hickersberger	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 12,986 Referee: Eckhard Jensen

1. FC Köln v Bayern Munich

14 January 1978 (1978-01-14) 21	1. FC Köln	2–0	Bayern Munich	Cologne
15:30 CET	Neumann 58' van Gool 74'	Report	Oblak	Stadium: Müngersdorfer Stadion Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Volker Roth

Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen

21 January 1978 (1978-01-21) 22	Bayern Munich	3–1	Werder Bremen	Munich
15:30 CET	Rausch 16' Rummenigge 29' Müller 61'	Report	Bracht 57'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Walter Eschweiler

VfL Bochum v Bayern Munich

28 January 1978 (1978-01-28) 23	VfL Bochum	2–1	Bayern Munich	Bochum
15:30 CET	Bast 75', 85'	Report	Rausch 88' Horsmann	Stadium: Stadion an der Castroper Straße Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Walter Engel

Eintracht Braunschweig v Bayern Munich

4 February 1978 (1978-02-04) 24	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	Bayern Munich	Braunschweig
15:30 CET	Breitner 75' Dremmler	Report	Rummenigge 51' Horsmann	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Rainer Waltert

Bayern Munich v 1. FC Saarbrücken

11 February 1978 (1978-02-11) 25	Bayern Munich	7–1	1. FC Saarbrücken	Munich
15:30 CET	Müller 24', 44' Niedermayer 35', 62' Hoeneß 51' Rummenigge 63' Künkel 82'	Report	Lorant 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Wolf-Dieter Ahlenfelder

Schalke 04 v Bayern Munich

18 February 1978 (1978-02-18) 26	Schalke 04	3–2	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET	Fischer 5' Abramczik 42', 55' Lütkebohmert	Report	Rummenigge 51' Müller 79' (pen.) Niedermayer	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen

Bayern Munich v Hamburger SV

25 February 1978 (1978-02-25) 27	Bayern Munich	2–0	Hamburger SV	Munich
15;30 CET	Hoeneß 6' Müller 89' (pen.)	Report	Magath	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Gerd Henning

Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich

4 February 1978 (1978-02-04) 28	Borussia Dortmund	1–1	Bayern Munich	Dortmund
15:30 CET	Geyer 51' Wagner a	Report	Janzon 84' Müller Augenthaler Niedermayer	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 44,622 Referee: Medardus Luca

Bayern Munich v Borussia Mönchengladbach

11 March 1978 (1978-03-11) 29	Bayern Munich	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Munich
15:30 CET	Müller 36'	Report	Del'Haye 87'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs

Hertha BSC v Bayern Munich

18 March 1978 (1978-03-18) 30	Hertha BSC	3–1	Bayern Munich	Berlin
15:30 CET	Nüssing 11' Sidka 69' Brück 90' (pen.)	Report	Oblak 84' Rummenigge	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Werner Burgers

Bayern Munich v MSV Duisburg

1 April 1978 (1978-04-01) 31	Bayern Munich	3–2	MSV Duisburg	Munich
15:30 CET	Hoeneß 16', 22' Rummenigge 42'	Report	Worm 54' Bücker 88' Büsser	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Jörg Glasneck

1860 Munich v Bayern Munich

8 April 1978 (1978-04-08) 32	1860 Munich	1–1	Bayern Munich	Munich
15:30 CET	Vöhringer 68' Scheller	Report	Hoeneß 59' Augenthaler	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Walter Horstmann

Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt

22 April 1978 (1978-04-22) 33	Bayern Munich	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich
15:30 CET	Hoeneß 11' Müller 81' (pen.)	Report	Nickel 18'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 19,700 Referee: Paul Kindervater

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Bayern Munich

29 April 1978 (1978-04-29) 34	1. FC Kaiserslautern	5–0	Bayern Munich	Kaiserslautern
15:30 CET	Toppmöller 20', 58' (pen.), 78' Wendt 30' Geye 74'	Report		Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Günther Risse

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 1977–78 DFB-Pokal

1. FC Saarbrücken v Bayern Munich

10 August 1977 (1977-08-10) Round 1	1. FC Saarbrücken	1–2	Bayern Munich	Saarbrücken
CET	Traser 35'	Report	Müller 71' (pen.) Künkel 88' Rausch	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Paul Kindervater

Bayern Munich v Eintracht Trier

19 August 1977 (1977-08-19) Round 2	Bayern Munich	3–1	Eintracht Trier	Munich
CET	Künkel 15' Müller 47', 87' (pen.) Horsmann	Report	Hermandung 30'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 7,216 Referee: Klaus Clajus

FC 08 Homburg v Bayern Munich

15 October 1977 (1977-10-15) Round 3	FC 08 Homburg	3–1	Bayern Munich	Homburg
CET	Hodel 47' Schwickert 63' Lenz 80'	Report	Müller 55' Augenthaler	Stadium: Waldstadion Homburg Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Walter Eschweiler

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1977–78 UEFA Cup

First round

Bayern Munich v Mjøndalen IF

14 September 1977 (1977-09-14) First leg	Bayern Munich	8–0	Mjøndalen IF	Munich
CET	Oblak 16' Rummenigge 36', 40', 46' Hoeneß 53' Müller 57', 73', 81'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Josef Poucek (Czech Republic)

Mjøndalen IF v Bayern Munich

28 September 1977 (1977-09-28) Second leg	Mjøndalen IF	0–4 (0–12 agg.)	Bayern Munich	Oslo
CET		Report	Rausch 17' Gruber 52' Künkel 62' Niedermayer 64'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: John Hunting (England)

Second round

Bayern Munich v PFC Marek Dupnitsa

19 October 1977 (1977-10-19) First leg	Bayern Munich	3–0	PFC Marek Dupnitsa	Munich
CET	Müller 44' Rummenigge 50', 64'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)

PFC Marek Dupnitsa v Bayern Munich

2 November 1977 (1977-11-02) Second leg	PFC Marek Dupnitsa	2–0 (2–3 agg.)	Bayern Munich	Dupnitsa
CET	Petrov 32' Pargov 37'	Report		Stadium: Bonchuk Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ertugrul Dilek (Turkey)

Third round

Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern Munich

23 November 1977 (1977-11-23) First leg	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–0	Bayern Munich	Frankfurt
CET	Grabowski 23' Hölzenbein 37' Kraus 66' Skala 67'	Report		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Rumania)

Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt

7 December 1977 (1977-12-07) Second leg	Bayern Munich	1–2 (1–6 agg.)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich
CET	Rummenigge 3'	Report	Wenzel 83' Hölzenbein 86'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Cesare Gussoni (Italy)