The 1987–88 Bundesliga was the 25th season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 31 July 1987[1] and ended on 21 May 1988.[2] FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

Bundesliga
Season1987–88
Dates31 July 1987 – 21 May 1988
ChampionsWerder Bremen
2nd Bundesliga title
2nd German title
RelegatedFC Homburg
FC Schalke 04
European CupSV Werder Bremen
Cup Winners' CupEintracht Frankfurt
UEFA CupFC Bayern Munich
1. FC Köln
VfB Stuttgart
1. FC Nürnberg
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (title holders)
Goals scored945
Average goals/game3.09
Top goalscorerJürgen Klinsmann (19)
Biggest home winFC Bayern 8–1 Schalke 04 (9 April 1988)
Biggest away winHamburg 0–4 Karlsruhe (26 August 1987)
Homburg 0–4 Nürnberg (5 September 1987)
Highest scoringM'gladbach 8–2 Hamburg (10 goals) (26 September 1987)

Competition modus

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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 two teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga. The third-to-last team had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off against the third-placed team from 2. Bundesliga.

Team changes to 1986–87

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Fortuna Düsseldorf and SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin were directly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Hannover 96 and Karlsruher SC. Relegation/promotion play-off participant FC Homburg won on aggregate against FC St. Pauli and thus retained their Bundesliga status.

Team overview

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Location of teams in Bundesliga 1987–88
Club Location Ground[3] Capacity[3]
VfL Bochum Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000
SV Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 32,000
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 54,000
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 62,000
Hannover 96 Hanover Niedersachsenstadion 60,400
FC Homburg Homburg Waldstadion 24,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 42,000
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 50,000
1. FC Köln Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Leverkusen Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion 20,000
SV Waldhof Mannheim Ludwigshafen Südweststadion[1] 75,000
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500
FC Bayern Munich Munich Olympiastadion 80,000
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Städtisches Stadion 64,238
FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Neckarstadion 72,000
Bayer 05 Uerdingen Krefeld Grotenburg Stadion 35,700
  • ^1 Waldhof Mannheim played their matches in nearby Ludwigshafen because their own ground did not fulfil Bundesliga requirements.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Werder Bremen (C) 34 22 8 4 61 22 +39 52 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Bayern Munich 34 22 4 8 83 45 +38 48 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
3 1. FC Köln 34 18 12 4 57 28 +29 48
4 VfB Stuttgart 34 16 8 10 69 49 +20 40
5 1. FC Nürnberg 34 13 11 10 44 40 +4 37
6 Hamburger SV 34 13 11 10 63 68 −5 37
7 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 14 5 15 55 53 +2 33
8 Bayer Leverkusen 34 10 12 12 53 60 −7 32 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 10 11 13 51 50 +1 31 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
10 Hannover 96 34 12 7 15 59 60 −1 31
11 Bayer 05 Uerdingen 34 11 9 14 59 61 −2 31
12 VfL Bochum 34 10 10 14 47 51 −4 30
13 Borussia Dortmund 34 9 11 14 51 54 −3 29
14 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 11 7 16 53 62 −9 29
15 Karlsruher SC 34 9 11 14 37 55 −18 29
16 Waldhof Mannheim 34 7 14 13 35 50 −15 28 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 FC Homburg (R) 34 7 10 17 37 70 −33 24 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Schalke 04 (R) 34 8 7 19 48 84 −36 23
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Bayer Leverkusen won the UEFA Cup and thereby automatically qualified as title holders.

Results

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Home \ Away BOC SVW BVB SGE HSV H96 HOM FCK KSC KOE B04 WMA BMG FCB FCN S04 VFB B05
VfL Bochum 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 4–4 1–1 5–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 1–3 5–1 1–4
Werder Bremen 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–4 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–3 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 5–0 5–1 5–1
Borussia Dortmund 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–3 3–3 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 4–1 2–2 4–2
Eintracht Frankfurt 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 3–3 1–2 0–2 4–0 1–1 3–2 5–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 3–1
Hamburger SV 2–2 0–0 4–3 2–2 3–3 2–1 5–1 0–4 3–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 5–2 3–0 3–1
Hannover 96 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–2 3–1 5–1 1–0 3–2 0–3 6–1 3–1 2–4 2–1 1–2 3–1 3–3 0–0
FC Homburg 1–1 1–1 0–3 5–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–4 3–1 2–2 2–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern 4–2 0–0 3–1 2–2 0–3 4–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–3 2–2 5–2 3–1 1–2 5–2 2–1 2–2
Karlsruher SC 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 4–1 0–2 1–0
1. FC Köln 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–0
Bayer Leverkusen 0–0 1–3 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–4 1–1 3–2 2–1 0–0
Waldhof Mannheim 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 4–1 0–0 1–4 0–3 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–2
Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 1–2 0–3 3–1 8–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–1
Bayern Munich 5–0 2–1 1–3 3–2 6–0 4–1 6–0 4–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 8–1 2–1 3–0
1. FC Nürnberg 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–3 2–0 3–2 4–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 3–1
Schalke 04 2–1 1–4 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 5–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–4 0–0 3–4 2–1
VfB Stuttgart 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 5–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 4–1 1–1 6–0 3–0 0–1 4–0 1–3
Bayer Uerdingen 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 5–1 3–1 4–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–4 0–0 0–2 5–2 2–5
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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SV Waldhof Mannheim and third-placed 2. Bundesliga team SV Darmstadt 98 had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. After a two-leg series, both teams were tied 4–4 on aggregate, so a deciding third match had to be scheduled. Mannheim won this match in a penalty shootout and retained their Bundesliga status.

SV Darmstadt 983–2SV Waldhof Mannheim
Gutzler   63'
Posniak   66'
Gu   73'
[4] Tsionanis   2'
Bührer   47'
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Wolf-Rüdiger Umbach (Rottorf)

SV Waldhof Mannheim2–1SV Darmstadt 98
Schön   20'
Lux   87'
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Kuhl   88'

SV Waldhof Mannheim0–0 (a.e.t.)SV Darmstadt 98
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Penalties
Lux  
Bockenfeld  
Bührer  
Trieb  
Cvetković  
Quaisser  
Klotz  
5–4   Posniak
  Kuhl
  Schreml
  Gu
  Emig
  Scholz
  Bernecker
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Gerhard Theobald (Neunkirchen (Saar))

Top goalscorers

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19 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals

Champion squad

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SV Werder Bremen
Goalkeepers: Oliver Reck (32); Dieter Burdenski (3).

Defenders: Gunnar Sauer (33 / 2); Ulrich Borowka (31 / 1); Rune Bratseth   (31); Jonny Otten (30); Thomas Schaaf (29 / 1); Michael Kutzop (17 / 1); Matthias Ruländer (2).
Midfielders: Miroslav Votava (captain; 32 / 2); Günter Hermann (30); Norbert Meier (26 / 7); Thomas Wolter (16); Dieter Eilts (2); Benno Möhlmann (1).
Forwards: Karl-Heinz Riedle (33 / 18); Frank Ordenewitz (30 / 15); Manfred Burgsmüller (26 / 6); Frank Neubarth (22 / 6).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Otto Rehhagel.

On the roster but have not played in a league game: none.

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule Round 1". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Archive 1987/1988 Round 34". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
  3. ^ a b Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.
  4. ^ Grüne, Hardy (2000). Bundesliga & Co. Enzyklopädie des deutsche Ligafußballs (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89609-113-1.
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