The 1975–76 Bundesliga was the 13th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 9 August 1975[1] and ended on 12 June 1976.[2] Borussia Mönchengladbach were the defending champions.

Bundesliga
Season1975–76
Dates9 August 1975 – 12 June 1976
ChampionsBorussia Mönchengladbach
4th Bundesliga title
4th German title
RelegatedHannover 96
Kickers Offenbach
Bayer 05 Uerdingen
European CupBorussia Mönchengladbach
FC Bayern Munich (title holders)
Cup Winners' CupHamburger SV
UEFA Cup1. FC Köln
Eintracht Braunschweig
FC Schalke 04
1. FC Kaiserslautern (losing DFB-Pokal finalists to Hamburg)
Goals scored1,009
Average goals/game3.3
Top goalscorerKlaus Fischer (29)
Biggest home winFrankfurt 6–0 Bochum (8 November 1975)
Frankfurt 6–0 FC Bayern (22 November 1975)
Biggest away winUerdingen 0–5 Frankfurt (7 February 1976)
Highest scoringFC Bayern 7–4 Hertha BSC (11 goals) (12 June 1976)

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 1974–75

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VfB Stuttgart, Tennis Borussia Berlin and Wuppertaler SV were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Hannover 96, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, Karlsruher SC, winners of the Southern Division and Bayer 05 Uerdingen, who won a two-legged promotion play-off against FK Pirmasens.

Team overview

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Location of teams in Bundesliga 1975–76
Club Location Ground[3] Capacity[3]
Hertha BSC Berlin Berlin Olympiastadion 100,000
VfL Bochum Bochum Stadion an der Castroper Straße1 40,000
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 38,000
SV Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 32,000
MSV Duisburg Duisburg Wedaustadion 38,500
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600
Rot-Weiß Essen Essen Georg-Melches-Stadion 40,000
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 80,000
Hannover 96 Hanover Niedersachsenstadion 60,400
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Stadion Betzenberg 42,000
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 50,000
1. FC Köln Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500
FC Bayern Munich Munich Olympiastadion 70,000
Kickers Offenbach Offenbach am Main Bieberer Berg 30,000
FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000
Bayer 05 Uerdingen Krefeld Grotenburg-Kampfbahn 22,000
Notes
  1. The VfL Bochum played six of their 1976 home games at Stadion am Schloss Strünkede in Herne and one at the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund because the field at their Stadion an der Castroper Straße had become unplayable due to the 1976–1979 expansion of the stadium.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Borussia Mönchengladbach (C) 34 16 13 5 66 37 +29 45 Qualification to European Cup first round[b]
2 Hamburger SV 34 17 7 10 59 32 +27 41 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Bayern Munich 34 15 10 9 72 50 +22 40 Qualification to European Cup first round[b]
4 1. FC Köln 34 14 11 9 62 45 +17 39 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a][b]
5 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 14 11 9 52 48 +4 39
6 Schalke 04 34 13 11 10 76 55 +21 37
7 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 15 7 12 66 60 +6 37
8 Rot-Weiss Essen 34 13 11 10 61 67 −6 37
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 10 11 79 58 +21 36
10 MSV Duisburg 34 13 7 14 55 62 −7 33
11 Hertha BSC 34 11 10 13 59 61 −2 32
12 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 10 10 14 47 57 −10 30
13 Werder Bremen 34 11 8 15 44 55 −11 30
14 VfL Bochum 34 12 6 16 49 62 −13 30
15 Karlsruher SC 34 12 6 16 46 59 −13 30
16 Hannover 96 (R) 34 9 9 16 48 60 −12 27 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17 Kickers Offenbach (R) 34 9 9 16 40 72 −32 27
18 Bayer 05 Uerdingen (R) 34 6 10 18 28 69 −41 22
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ As Hamburger SV qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to DFB-Pokal runners-up 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
  2. ^ a b c Bayern Munich won the 1975–76 European Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions. As a consequence, their original UEFA Cup spot earned through league placement was transferred to sixth-placed Schalke 04.

Results

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Home \ Away BSC BOC EBS SVW DUI F95 RWE SGE HSV H96 FCK KSC KOE BMG FCB KOF S04 B05
Hertha BSC 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 4–4 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 5–0
VfL Bochum 2–0 2–0 0–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 5–3 0–3 2–0 2–0 4–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 5–1 1–4 3–0
Eintracht Braunschweig 5–2 1–1 3–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 5–1 4–1 1–0
Werder Bremen 3–2 4–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 3–3 1–2 1–3 0–0 3–2 1–0 3–2 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–0
MSV Duisburg 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 4–3 1–2 1–0 0–4 2–3 1–1 6–2 1–3 2–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–1 3–1 3–3 3–0 1–3 5–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 5–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0
Rot-Weiss Essen 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 5–2 2–2 4–3 1–1 1–0 5–1 1–0 2–3 1–3 3–3 2–2 0–0 2–1
Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 6–0 6–1 2–0 1–1 5–2 1–3 1–0 5–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 6–0 1–0 2–1 3–1
Hamburger SV 2–1 5–3 4–0 1–2 3–0 3–1 4–1 4–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 0–0
Hannover 96 2–6 4–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–3 3–3 2–2 4–0 1–1 3–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern 5–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 5–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 2–2 1–3 1–2
Karlsruher SC 3–0 2–2 0–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 3–2 3–5 3–1 2–4 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–0
1. FC Köln 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 4–0 3–0 3–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 0–4 1–0 4–0 2–1 4–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 0–2 6–1
Bayern Munich 7–4 4–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 5–0 5–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–4 2–0 1–2 4–0 3–1 3–2 2–0
Kickers Offenbach 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–4 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–4 0–0 1–5 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–3
Schalke 04 2–2 1–1 5–1 4–2 5–1 2–0 5–1 2–4 0–1 1–2 2–2 6–2 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 5–1
Bayer Uerdingen 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–4 2–0 1–1 0–5 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–2
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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29 goals
23 goals
22 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals

Champion squad

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Borussia Mönchengladbach
Goalkeeper: Wolfgang Kleff (34).

Defenders: Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp (34 / 5); Berti Vogts (34 / 1); Frank Schäffer (26); Hans Klinkhammer (24 / 2); Ulrich Surau (3).
Midfielders: Herbert Wimmer (34 / 3); Dietmar Danner (34 / 2); Uli Stielike (33 / 4); Rainer Bonhof (30 / 5); Horst Köppel (16); Wilfried Hannes (9 / 1); Christian Kulik (4); Horst Wohlers (2); Norbert Ringels (1).
Forwards: Allan Simonsen   (34 / 16); Henning Jensen   (33 / 11); Jupp Heynckes (24 / 12); Karl Del'Haye (2).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Udo Lattek.

On the roster but have not played in a league game: Hans-Jakob Klingen; Norbert Kox; Hans-Jürgen Offermanns; Gerd Engels; Roger Roebben.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
  2. ^ "Archive 1975/1976 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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