1974–75 Tennis Borussia Berlin season

The 1974–75 season was the first time Tennis Borussia Berlin played in the Fußball-Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system. After 34 league games, Tennis Borussia finished in 17th position, second from the bottom of the table, only one place above Wuppertaler SV. The club reached the fourth round of the DFB-Pokal; eventually losing 2–1 away to VfB Stuttgart II. Thirteen of their 38 league goals were scored by striker Norbert Stolzenburg.

Tennis Borussia Berlin
1974–75 season
ManagerGeorg Gawliczek
StadiumMommsenstadion
Bundesliga17th (relegated)
DFB-PokalFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Norbert Stolzenburg (13)
All: Norbert Stolzenburg (14)
Highest home attendance75,000
(vs. Hertha BSC)
Lowest home attendance1,500
(vs. Wuppertaler SV)
Average home league attendance10,591
← 1973–74

1974–75 Tennis Borussia Berlin squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   FRG Hubert Birkenmeier
GK   FRG Manfred Wittke
DF   FRG Peter Eggert
DF   FRG Stephan Hoffmann
DF   FRG Hans-Georg Kraus
DF   FRG Wolfgang Mulack
DF   FRG Werner Novak
DF   FRG Jürgen Rumor
DF   FRG Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
DF   FRG Norbert Siegmann
DF   FRG Joachim Thiel
MF   FRG Reinhard Adler
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   FRG Gino Ferrin
MF   FRG Jürgen Schulz
MF   FRG Gerd Schwidrowski
FW   FRG Peter Geyer
FW   FRG Dietmar Mürdter
FW   FRG Hans Sprenger
FW   FRG Norbert Stolzenburg
FW   FRG Karlheinz Subklewe
FW   FRG Wolfgang Sühnholz
MF   FRG Ditmar Jakobs (joined September 1974)
FW   FRG Albert Bittlmayer (joined October 1974)

1974–75 fixtures

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Bundesliga

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24 August 1974 Eintracht Braunschweig 5–0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
15:30 Bründl   2'
Frank   14'
Gersdorff   30', 60'
Haebermann   70'
Report Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (Oberhausen)
31 August 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 4–0 SV Werder Bremen Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Geyer   14', 24', 89'
Stolzenburg   76'
Siegmann  
Report Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)
10 September 1974 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
20:00 Bonhof   36' (pen.)
Wittkamp   47'
Simonsen   61'
Report Geyer   17'
Birkenmeier   Novak   Thiel  
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)
14 September 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Stolzenburg   14'
Geyer  
Report Lorenz   19'
Weidle   26'
Rohrbach   47'
Beverungen   66'
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Gerd Hennig (Duisburg)
21 September 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 0–3 Hamburger SV Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:30 Report Volkert   5'
Eigl   53'
Krobbach   62'
Winkler  
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)
27 September 1974 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4–0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
20:00 Schwarz   43'
Riedl   54'
Sandberg   63'
Pirrung   73'
Kroth  
Report Geyer   Mulack   Schnellinger  
Thiel   32'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Rainer Waltert (Paderborn)
5 October 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 2–3 MSV Duisburg Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Stolzenburg   28'
Schulz   67'
Report Dietz   33', 82'
Büssers   87'
Schneider   Bregman  
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)
9 October 1974 Rot-Weiss Essen 3–2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen
20:00 Dörre   24'
Lorant   56'
Lippens   64' (pen.)
Dörre  
Report Geyer   74'
Stolzenburg   87'
Mulack   Schnellinger   Siegmann  
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)
12 October 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 2–0 VfL Bochum Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Sprenger   66'
Stolzenburg   90'
Mulack  
Report Eggert   Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)
19 October 1974 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
15:30 Geye   2', 42' (pen.)
Seel   27'
Geye  
Report Stolzenburg   72'
Sühnholz   77'
Jakobs  
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Hermann Schröder (Lahnstein)
2 November 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 2–2 FC Bayern Munich Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Bittlmayer   35'
Eggert   87'
Report Hoeneß   47'
Rummenigge   86'
Attendance: 14,800
Referee: Karl-Heinz Fork (Unna)
8 November 1974 Kickers Offenbach 3–2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadion am Bieberer Berg, Offenbach
20:00 Schwemmle   1'
Held   2'
Janzon   24'
Ritschel  
Report Jakobs   37'
Stolzenburg   48'
Schnellinger   Schulz  
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Manfred Wichmann (Gelsenkirchen)
16 November 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 0–3 Hertha BSC Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 Mulack   Report Grau   53'
Beer   67', 75'
Grau  
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Paul Kindervater (Cologne)
23 November 1974 VfB Stuttgart 2–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
15:30 Martin   19'
Weller   80'
Jank   86'
Report Jakobs   65'
Siegmann  
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)
30 November 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 2–3 1. FC Köln Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Stolzenburg   40' (pen.), 66' Report Strack   13'
Löhr   55', 60'
Simmet  
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)
14 December 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 0–2 FC Schalke 04 Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Report Bongartz   2'
Fischer   85'
Bongartz  
Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Karl-Heinz Picker (Hamburg)
21 December 1974 Wuppertaler SV 2–0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadion am Zoo, Wuppertal
15:30 Gerber   77', 83' Report Eggert   Hoffmann   Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)
25 January 1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 2–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Rumor   22', 63' Report Gersdorff   16', 44'
Grzyb  
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Euskirchen)
1 February 1975 SV Werder Bremen 1–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Weserstadion, Bremen
15:30 Höttges   78' (pen.) Report Rumor   35'
Birkenmeier   Rumor  
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)
Man of the Match: Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (TeBe)
15 February 1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–4 Borussia Mönchengladbach Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Stolzenburg   33' Report Heynckes   27', 50', 88'
Bonhof   68'
Attendance: 9,900
Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)
Man of the Match: Jupp Heynckes (M'gladbach)
22 February 1975 Eintracht Frankfurt 7–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Waldstadion, Frankfurt
15:30 Nickel   25', 41'
Beverungen   37'
Körbel   57', 81' (pen.)
Grabowski   65'
Kraus   78'
Kraus  
Report Schulz   65'
Kraus  
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Rainer Waltert (Paderborn)
8 March 1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 3–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Stolzenburg   53'
Subklewe   79'
Sprenger   83'
Report Diehl   65'
Toppmöller   69'
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Karl-Heinz Fork (Unna)
21 March 1975 MSV Duisburg 2–3 Tennis Borussia Berlin Wedaustadion, Duisburg
20:00 Bücker   69'
Worm   80'
Report Stolzenburg   43' (pen.)
Rumor   44'
Geyer   84'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Günter Linn (Altendiez)
27 March 1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–0 Rot-Weiss Essen Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:30 Stolzenburg   39' Report Erlhoff   Lippens   Lorant   Senger   Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)
1 April 1975 VfL Bochum 0–0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Ruhrstadion, Bochum
20:00 Report Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)
5 April 1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–4 Fortuna Düsseldorf Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Jakobs   77'
Jakobs  
Report Budde   10', 48'
Hesse   11'
Geye   28'
Baltes  
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)
3 May 1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 0–2 Kickers Offenbach Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Rumor   Report Ritschel   22'
Schwemmle   87'
Attendance: 3,251
Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)
10 May 1975 Hertha BSC 2–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 Sziedat   1'
Sidka   50'
Müller  
Report Rumor   39'
Jakobs  
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Hans Hillebrand (Essen)
31 May 1975 1. FC Köln 7–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne
15:30 Müller   40' (pen.), 75', 90' (pen.)
Overath   43'
Flohe   61', 67'
Simmet   70'
Report Bittlmayer   48'
Geyer   Stolzenburg   Thiel  
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)
7 June 1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 0–0 Wuppertaler SV Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Report Dupke   Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)
14 June 1975 FC Schalke 04 3–0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
15:30 Fichtel   36' (pen.)
Bruns   60'
Fischer   82'
Report Kraus   36' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hermann Schröder (Lahnstein)
Man of the Match: Klaus Fichtel (FC Schalke 04)

DFB-Pokal

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7 September 1974 R1 Rheydter SV 1–2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Jahnstadion, Mönchengladbach
Bäumer   14' Report Adler   24'
Geyer   46'
Sühnholz  
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Gerhard Boe (Uelzen)
25 October 1974 R2 Tennis Borussia Berlin 4–0 SC Rapide Wedding 1893 Mommsenstadion, Berlin
Bittlmayer   28'
Stolzenburg   52' (pen.)
Geyer   71', 82'
Report Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Jürgen Zuchantke (Berlin)
8 February 1975 R3 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–0 Alemannia Aachen Mommsenstadion, Berlin
Bläser   15' (o.g.) Report Bläser   Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Roth (Salzgitter)
15 March 1975 R4 VfB Stuttgart II 2–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Robert-Schlienz-Stadion, Stuttgart
Müllner   49'
Haug   62'
Report Schulz   25' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dettmer (Ludwigshafen)

Player statistics

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Pos Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
MF   Reinhard Adler 10 0 1 1 11 1
GK   Hubert Birkenmeier 33 0 3 0 36 0
FW   Albert Bittlmayer 20 2 3 1 23 3
DF   Peter Eggert 11 1 1 0 12 1
MF   Gino Ferrin 6 0 1 0 7 0
FW   Peter Geyer 33 6 4 3 37 9
DF   Stephan Hoffmann 17 0 3 0 20 0
MF   Ditmar Jakobs 30 3 3 0 33 0
DF   Hans-Georg Kraus 17 0 0 0 17 0
DF   Wolfgang Mulack 22 0 2 0 24 0
DF   Werner Novak 4 0 1 0 5 0
DF   Jürgen Rumor 16 6 2 0 18 6
DF   Karl-Heinz Schnellinger 19 0 3 0 22 0
MF   Jürgen Schulz 33 2 4 1 37 3
MF   Gerd Schwidrowski 7 1 0 0 7 1
DF   Norbert Siegmann 28 0 4 0 32 0
FW   Hans Sprenger 32 2 3 0 35 2
FW   Norbert Stolzenburg 33 13 4 1 37 14
FW   Karlheinz Subklewe 20 1 1 0 21 1
FW   Wolfgang Sühnholz 8 1 2 0 10 1
DF   Joachim Thiel 22 0 3 0 25 0
GK   Manfred Wittke 2 0 1 0 3 0

Final league position – 17th

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1974–75 Fußball-Bundesliga: extract from the final league table[1]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Points
1 Borussia Mönchengladbach (C) 34 21 8 5 86 40 +46 50:18
15 SV Werder Bremen 34 9 7 18 45 69 −24 25:43
16 VfB Stuttgart (R) 34 8 8 18 50 79 −29 24:44
17 Tennis Borussia Berlin (R) 34 5 6 23 38 89 –51 16:52
18 Wuppertaler SV (R) 34 2 8 24 32 86 −54 12:56

References

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  1. ^ "Abschlusstabelle der Bundesliga 1974/1975". fussballdaten.de (in German). 14 June 1975. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
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