1971–72 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season	1971–72
Dates	14 August 1971 – 28 June 1972
Champions	Bayern Munich; 2nd Bundesliga title; 3rd German title
Relegated	Borussia Dortmund; Arminia Bielefeld (forced by DFB)
European Cup	FC Bayern Munich
Cup Winners' Cup	FC Schalke 04
UEFA Cup	Borussia Mönchengladbach; 1. FC Köln; Eintracht Frankfurt; 1. FC Kaiserslautern (losing DFB Cup finalists to Schalke)
Goals scored	993
Average goals/game	3.25
Top goalscorer	Gerd Müller (40)
Biggest home win	FC Bayern 11–1 Dortmund (27 November 1971)
Biggest away win	Bielefeld 1–7 Br'schweig (28 June 1972)
Highest scoring	FC Bayern 11–1 Dortmund (12 goals) (27 November 1971)
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Bundesliga was the ninth season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1971^[1] and ended on 28 June 1972.^[2] Borussia Mönchengladbach 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 two teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective Regionalliga divisions.

Team changes to 1970–71

Kickers Offenbach and Rot-Weiss Essen were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by VfL Bochum and Fortuna Düsseldorf, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.

Season overview

Team overview

Bochum

Düsseldorf

RWO

Schalke

Stuttgart

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Location of teams in Bundesliga 1971–72

Club	Ground^[3]	Capacity^[3]
Hertha BSC	Olympiastadion	100,000
Arminia Bielefeld	Stadion Alm	32,000
VfL Bochum	Ruhrstadion	40,000
Eintracht Braunschweig	Eintracht-Stadion	38,000
SV Werder Bremen	Weserstadion	32,000
Borussia Dortmund	Stadion Rote Erde	30,000
MSV Duisburg	Wedaustadion	38,500
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Flinger Broich	28,000
Eintracht Frankfurt	Waldstadion	87,000
Hamburger SV	Volksparkstadion	80,000
Hannover 96	Niedersachsenstadion	86,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Stadion Betzenberg	42,000
1. FC Köln	Müngersdorfer Stadion	76,000
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
FC Bayern Munich	Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße	44,300
FC Bayern Munich	Olympiastadion^[a]	70,000
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	Niederrheinstadion	30,000
FC Schalke 04	Glückauf-Kampfbahn	35,000
VfB Stuttgart	Neckarstadion	53,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	24	7	3	101	38	+63	55	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Schalke 04	34	24	4	6	76	35	+41	52	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	18	7	9	82	40	+42	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	1. FC Köln	34	15	13	6	64	44	+20	43
5	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	16	7	11	71	61	+10	39
6	Hertha BSC	34	14	9	11	46	55	−9	37
7	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	14	7	13	59	53	+6	35	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[b]
8	VfB Stuttgart	34	13	9	12	52	56	−4	35
9	VfL Bochum	34	14	6	14	59	69	−10	34
10	Hamburger SV	34	13	7	14	52	52	0	33
11	Werder Bremen	34	11	9	14	63	58	+5	31
12	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	8	15	11	43	48	−5	31
13	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	10	10	14	40	53	−13	30
14	MSV Duisburg	34	10	7	17	36	51	−15	27
15	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	34	7	11	16	33	66	−33	25
16	Hannover 96	34	10	3	21	54	69	−15	23
17	Borussia Dortmund (R)	34	6	8	20	34	83	−49	20	Relegation to Regionalliga
18	Arminia Bielefeld^[c] (R)	34	6	7	21	41	75	−34	19	Relegation to Regionalliga

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Bayern Munich played only the last match at this stadium.
^ As Schalke 04 qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup place was transferred to DFB-Pokal finalists 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
^ Following the DFB investigation into match fixing, Arminia Bielefeld was automatically relegated. Records were expunged.

Results

Home \ Away	BSC	DSC	BOC	EBS	SVW	BVB	DUI	F95	SGE	HSV	H96	FCK	KOE	BMG	FCB	RWO	S04	VFB
Hertha BSC	—	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–1
Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	—	3–1	1–7	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–3	3–4	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–3	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0
VfL Bochum	4–2	2–1	—	1–0	4–2	4–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	4–2	1–5	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1
Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	3–2	0–2	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1
Werder Bremen	5–0	4–0	2–0	2–4	—	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	4–0	2–0	2–3
Borussia Dortmund	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–5	—	2–3	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–3	0–4
MSV Duisburg	2–0	4–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	—	0–0	0–1	2–4	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–5	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–2
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	3–2	3–1	0–0	1–3	4–1	0–0	—	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	4–0
Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	5–2	3–2	1–1	4–0	5–2	2–1	4–2	—	4–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–2	3–0	2–0	4–1
Hamburger SV	1–2	1–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–3	5–1	—	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–4	3–0	0–1	1–2
Hannover 96	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–0	5–1	2–3	3–2	5–0	3–1	2–3	—	1–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–5	3–0
1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–4	2–1	4–1	2–2	2–1	6–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	—	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–2	3–1
1. FC Köln	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–1	4–2	—	4–3	1–4	4–0	0–1	4–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–2	5–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	7–1	3–0	1–2	6–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	—	2–2	5–2	7–0	0–0
Bayern Munich	1–0	1–1	5–1	4–1	6–2	11–1	5–1	3–1	6–3	4–3	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	—	7–0	5–1	2–2
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	5–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–5	1–1	0–4	1–1	—	2–3	1–1
Schalke 04	4–0	6–2	4–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	5–0	3–0	6–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	—	2–1
VfB Stuttgart	3–0	2–2	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	4–4	0–3	3–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–4	1–1	0–1	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

40 goals

Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)

22 goals

Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04)
Hans Walitza (VfL Bochum)

20 goals

Ferdinand Keller (Hannover 96)

19 goals

Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

18 goals

Klaus Scheer (FC Schalke 04)

17 goals

Günter Netzer (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

16 goals

Bernd Rupp (1. FC Köln)

13 goals

Champion squad

FC Bayern Munich
Goalkeepers: Sepp Maier (34); Manfred Seifert (1). Defenders: Franz Beckenbauer (34 / 6); Johnny Hansen (32 / 4); Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (32 / 1); Paul Breitner (30 / 4); Herwart Koppenhöfer (14); Günther Rybarczyk (4). Midfielders: Uli Hoeneß (34 / 13); Franz Roth (32 / 12); Rainer Zobel (32 / 4). Forwards: Gerd Müller (34 / 40); Franz Krauthausen (28 / 5); Wolfgang Sühnholz (25 / 4); Edgar Schneider (23 / 2); Wilhelm Hoffmann (16 / 3); Franz Gerber (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Udo Lattek. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Herbert Schröder.

References

^ "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
^ "Archive 1971/1972 Round 34". DFB.
^ ^a ^b 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 1971/1972

[fcb-4] Bayern Munich played only the last match at this stadium.

[table_note_res_FCK0.65465081746441-5] As Schalke 04 qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup place was transferred to DFB-Pokal finalists 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

[table_note_DSC0.65465081746441-6] Following the DFB investigation into match fixing, Arminia Bielefeld was automatically relegated. Records were expunged.

[1] "Schedule Round 1". DFB.

[2] "Archive 1971/1972 Round 34". DFB.

[Vereinslexikon-3] Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

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