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.

Bundesliga
Season1971–72
Dates14 August 1971 – 28 June 1972
ChampionsBayern Munich
2nd Bundesliga title
3rd German title
RelegatedBorussia Dortmund
Arminia Bielefeld (forced by DFB)
European CupFC Bayern Munich
Cup Winners' CupFC Schalke 04
UEFA CupBorussia Mönchengladbach
1. FC Köln
Eintracht Frankfurt
1. FC Kaiserslautern (losing DFB Cup finalists to Schalke)
Goals scored993
Average goals/game3.25
Top goalscorerGerd Müller (40)
Biggest home winFC Bayern 11–1 Dortmund (27 November 1971)
Biggest away winBielefeld 1–7 Br'schweig (28 June 1972)
Highest scoringFC Bayern 11–1 Dortmund (12 goals) (27 November 1971)

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 their respective Regionalliga divisions.

Team changes to 1970–71

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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

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Team overview

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      Bochum
 
 
        Düsseldorf
 
 

RWO        
 

      Schalke
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
Olympiastadion[a] 70,000
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Niederrheinstadion 30,000
FC Schalke 04 Glückauf-Kampfbahn 35,000
VfB Stuttgart Neckarstadion 53,000

League table

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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
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Bayern Munich played only the last match at this stadium.
  2. ^ As Schalke 04 qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup place was transferred to DFB-Pokal finalists 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
  3. ^ Following the DFB investigation into match fixing, Arminia Bielefeld was automatically relegated. Records were expunged.

Results

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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

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40 goals
22 goals
20 goals
19 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
13 goals

Champion squad

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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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
  2. ^ "Archive 1971/1972 Round 34". DFB.
  3. ^ a b Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.
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