1973–74 Bundesliga
| Season | 1973–74 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
FC Bayern Munich 4th Bundesliga title 5th German title |
| Relegated |
SC Fortuna Köln Hannover 96 |
| European Cup | FC Bayern Munich |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| UEFA Cup |
Borussia Mönchengladbach Fortuna Düsseldorf 1. FC Köln Hamburger SV (losing DFB-Pokal finalists to Frankfurt) |
| Goals scored | 1069 |
| Average goals/game | 3.49 |
| Top goalscorer |
Jupp Heynckes (30) Gerd Müller (30) |
| Biggest home win |
M'gladbach 7–1 Wuppertal (26 January 1974) M'gladbach 6–0 Schalke (1 September 1973) Frankfurt 6–0 Essen (30 March 1974) |
| Biggest away win | Hamburg 0–5 FC Bayern (4 May 1974) |
| Highest scoring | K'lautern 7–4 FC Bayern (11 goals) (20 October 1973) |
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The 1973–74 Bundesliga was the 11th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 1973[1] and ended on 18 May 1974.[2] FC Bayern Munich 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 least points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.
Team changes to 1972–73
Eintracht Braunschweig and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in the last two places. Both teams were replaced by Fortuna Köln and Rot-Weiss Essen, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.
Team overview
| Club | Ground[3] | Capacity[3] |
|---|---|---|
| Hertha BSC Berlin | Olympiastadion | 100,000 |
| VfL Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 40,000 |
| 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 |
| Hannover 96 | Niedersachsenstadion | 86,000 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Stadion Betzenberg | 42,000 |
| 1. FC Köln | Radrennbahn Müngersdorf | 29,000 |
| SC Fortuna 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
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 95 | 53 | +42 | 49 | 1974–75 European Cup First round |
| 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 93 | 52 | +41 | 48 | 1974–75 UEFA Cup First round |
| 3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 41 | |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 41 | 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup First round |
| 5 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 69 | 56 | +13 | 39 | 1974–75 UEFA Cup First round |
| 6 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 80 | 69 | +11 | 38 | |
| 7 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 72 | 68 | +4 | 37 | |
| 8 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 33 | |
| 9 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 31 | |
| 10 | Kickers Offenbach | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 31 | |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 31 | |
| 12 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 31 | 1974–75 UEFA Cup First round 1 |
| 13 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 31 | |
| 14 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 30 | |
| 15 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 29 | |
| 16 | Wuppertaler SV | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 25 | |
| 17 | Fortuna Köln (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 79 | −33 | 25 | 2. Fußball-Bundesliga |
| 18 | Hannover 96 (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 22 |
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1As Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to DFB-Pokal runners-up Hamburger SV.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | BSC | BOC | BRE | DUI | DÜS | RWE | FRA | HAM | H96 | KAI | KÖL | FKÖ | MGL | FCB | OFF | S04 | STU | WUP |
| Hertha BSC | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| VfL Bochum | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Werder Bremen | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
| MSV Duisburg | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 6–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 2–1 | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | |
| Hamburger SV | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Hannover 96 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 7–4 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | |
| 1. FC Köln | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | |
| SC Fortuna Köln | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–5 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 7–1 | |
| Bayern Munich | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| Kickers Offenbach | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Schalke 04 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 5–5 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 4–2 | |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | |
| Wuppertaler SV | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 |
Source: www.dfb.de
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
- 30 goals
- 21 goals
- 19 goals
- 18 goals
- 17 goals
- 16 goals
Champion squad
| FC Bayern Munich |
| Goalkeeper: Sepp Maier (34). Defenders: Franz Beckenbauer (34 / 4); Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (33 / 7); Johnny Hansen Manager: Udo Lattek. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Walter Modick; Hugo Robl; Georg Weiß; Torben Hansen; Norbert Ivangean; Dušan Jovanović |
See also
References
- ↑ "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
- ↑ "Archive 1972/1973 Round 34". DFB.
- 1 2 Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.
External links
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