The 1974–75 Bundesliga was the 12th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 24 August 1974[1] and ended on 14 June 1975.[2] FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

Bundesliga
Season1974–75
Dates24 August 1974 – 14 June 1975
ChampionsBorussia Mönchengladbach
3rd Bundesliga title
3rd German title
RelegatedVfB Stuttgart
Tennis Borussia Berlin
Wuppertaler SV
European CupBorussia Mönchengladbach
FC Bayern Munich (title holders)
Cup Winners' CupEintracht Frankfurt
UEFA CupHertha BSC
Hamburger SV
1. FC Köln
MSV Duisburg (losing DFB-Pokal finalists to Frankfurt)
Goals scored1,056
Average goals/game3.45
Top goalscorerJupp Heynckes (27)
Biggest home winFrankfurt 9–1 Essen (5 October 1974)
Biggest away winEssen 0–5 Frankfurt (22 March 1975)
Highest scoringDüsseldorf 6–5 FC Bayern (11 goals) (7 June 1975)

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 three teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.

Team changes to 1973–74

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Fortuna Köln and Hannover 96 were relegated to the newly introduced 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. Both teams were replaced by Tennis Borussia Berlin and Eintracht Braunschweig, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.

Season overview

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Team overview

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Location of teams in Bundesliga 1974–75
Club Ground[3] Capacity[3]
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 100,000
Tennis Borussia Berlin Mommsenstadion 18,000
VfL Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000
Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 38,000
SV Werder Bremen Weserstadion 32,000
MSV Duisburg Wedaustadion 38,500
Fortuna Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600
Rot-Weiss Essen Georg-Melches-Stadion 40,000
Eintracht Frankfurt Waldstadion 87,000
Hamburger SV Volksparkstadion 80,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Stadion Betzenberg 42,000
1. FC Köln Radrennbahn Müngersdorf 29,000
Borussia Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500
FC Bayern Munich Olympiastadion 70,000
Kickers Offenbach Bieberer Berg 30,000
FC Schalke 04 Parkstadion 70,000
VfB Stuttgart Neckarstadion 53,000
Wuppertaler SV Stadion am Zoo 28,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Borussia Mönchengladbach (C) 34 21 8 5 86 40 +46 50 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Hertha BSC 34 19 6 9 61 43 +18 44 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 18 7 9 89 49 +40 43 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Hamburger SV 34 18 7 9 55 38 +17 43 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 1. FC Köln 34 17 7 10 77 51 +26 41
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 16 9 9 66 55 +11 41
7 Schalke 04 34 16 7 11 52 37 +15 39
8 Kickers Offenbach 34 17 4 13 72 62 +10 38
9 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 14 8 12 52 42 +10 36
10 Bayern Munich 34 14 6 14 57 63 −6 34 Qualification to European Cup first round[a]
11 VfL Bochum 34 14 5 15 53 53 0 33
12 Rot-Weiss Essen 34 10 12 12 56 68 −12 32
13 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 13 5 16 56 55 +1 31
14 MSV Duisburg 34 12 6 16 59 77 −18 30 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[b]
15 Werder Bremen 34 9 7 18 45 69 −24 25
16 VfB Stuttgart (R) 34 8 8 18 50 79 −29 24 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17 Tennis Borussia Berlin (R) 34 5 6 23 38 89 −51 16
18 Wuppertaler SV (R) 34 2 8 24 32 86 −54 12
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 won the 1974–75 European Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.
  2. ^ As Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to DFB-Pokal runners-up MSV Duisburg.

Results

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Home \ Away BSC TBB BOC EBS SVW DUI F95 RWE SGE HSV FCK KOE BMG FCB KOF S04 VFB WSV
Hertha BSC 2–1 4–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–3 4–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 4–1 1–0 4–0 2–0
Tennis Borussia Berlin 0–3 2–0 2–2 4–0 2–3 1–4 1–0 1–4 0–3 3–2 2–3 1–4 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–0
VfL Bochum 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 4–2 2–2 3–1 4–2 4–0 3–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 4–2
Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 5–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 3–0 4–2 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–4 1–3 3–1 1–0 1–0 6–0 1–1
Werder Bremen 4–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–4 0–2 3–6 0–1 5–2 2–1
MSV Duisburg 1–3 2–3 3–1 3–2 4–0 0–3 3–3 1–3 2–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–3 2–2
Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–2 4–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–2 6–5 3–2 2–1 4–0 2–0
Rot-Weiss Essen 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–5 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 5–1 4–4 3–1 2–0
Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 7–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 4–0 9–1 1–3 5–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 5–5 5–0
Hamburger SV 1–1 4–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 6–0 2–0
1. FC Köln 2–1 7–1 4–1 3–0 3–1 4–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 4–2 4–2 4–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 4–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–2 5–2 1–0 5–1 6–2
Bayern Munich 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–5 6–3 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 3–1
Kickers Offenbach 3–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 5–1 3–3 2–3 1–3 2–1 4–1 2–2 1–4 4–3 6–0 3–0 3–1 3–1
Schalke 04 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–0
VfB Stuttgart 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–2 3–4 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 3–1 5–1
Wuppertaler SV 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–4 1–4 2–3 0–2 2–3 0–4 3–3 1–4 1–5 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–2
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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27 goals
24 goals
23 goals
21 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals

Champion squad

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Borussia Mönchengladbach
Goalkeeper: Wolfgang Kleff (34).

Defenders: Berti Vogts (34); Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp (29 / 6); Rainer Bonhof (28 / 6); Hans Klinkhammer (23); Frank Schäffer (14); Ulrich Surau (14); Walter Posner (2).
Midfielders: Herbert Wimmer (29 / 1); Uli Stielike (25 / 1); Christian Kulik (24 / 6); Dietmar Danner (21 / 3); Lorenz-Günther Köstner (18 / 1); Horst Köppel (7 / 1).
Forwards: Allan Simonsen   (34 / 18); Henning Jensen   (34 / 13); Jupp Heynckes (31 / 27); Lorenz Hilkes (5); Karl Del'Haye (4).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Hennes Weisweiler.

On the roster but have not played in a league game: Gregor Quasten; Norbert Kox; Roger Roebben.

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule Round 1". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Archive 1973/1974 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.
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