1970–71 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season 1970–71
Champions Borussia Mönchengladbach
2nd Bundesliga title
2nd German title
Relegated Kickers Offenbach
Rot-Weiss Essen
European Cup Borussia Mönchengladbach
Cup Winners' Cup FC Bayern Munich
UEFA Cup Hertha BSC Berlin
Eintracht Braunschweig
Hamburger SV
1. FC Köln (losing DFB Cup finalists to Bayern)
Goals scored 914
Average goals/game 2.99
Top goalscorer Lothar Kobluhn (24)
Biggest home win Oberhausen 8–1 Hamburg (26 September 1970)
FC Bayern 7–0 Köln (15 May 1971)
Biggest away win Kaiserslautern 0–5 Stuttgart (5 December 1970)
Highest scoring Oberhausen 8–1 Hamburg (9 goals) (26 September 1970)
Dortmund 7–2 Essen (9 goals) (8 May 1971)

The 1970–71 Bundesliga was the eighth season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 15 August 1970 and ended on 5 June 1971.[1] 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 least points were relegated to their respective Regionalliga divisions.

Team changes to 1969–70

TSV 1860 Munich and Alemannia Aachen were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Arminia Bielefeld and Kickers Offenbach, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.

Season overview

Borussia Mönchengladbach successfully defended their title. FC Bayern Munich ended up in second place, but not without a title, as they defeated 1. FC Köln in the domestic cup final, thereby qualifying for the Cup Winners' Cup. As a consequence, Bayern's original spot in the newly formed UEFA Cup, to which teams finishing in second to fifth place were permitted to enter, went to Köln. The latter were joined by Hertha BSC Berlin, Eintracht Braunschweig and Hamburger SV. The teams demoted to the Regionalliga were Kickers Offenbach and Rot-Weiss Essen.

Bundesliga scandal

Eventually, it was revealed that the decisions in the league had not been determined on the strength of each team alone. On 6 June 1971, Offenbach chairman Horst-Gregorio Canellas played an audio tape to an audience who originally had gathered to celebrate Canellas' 50th birthday. The circle included national team coach Helmut Schön, as well as high DFB representatives and also a few reporters. The tape proved that matches had been sold for money. Soon, the DFB launched its own investigation. It was discovered that a total of 18 games had been fixed, including almost every relevant match in the relegation decision. Over 60 players from ten clubs were involved and nearly one million marks had been paid. Nevertheless, the first verdicts were not spoken until after the start of the following season, meaning that the bribed games officially counted in the final table.[2]

Team overview

        Duisburg

Essen            

        Schalke
Location of teams in Bundesliga 1970–71
Club Ground[3] Capacity[3]
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 100,000
Arminia Bielefeld Stadion Alm 32,000
Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 38,000
SV Werder Bremen Weserstadion 32,000
Borussia Dortmund Stadion Rote Erde 30,000
MSV Duisburg Wedaustadion 38,500
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 Müngersdorfer Stadion 76,000
Borussia Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500
FC Bayern Munich Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße 44,300
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Niederrheinstadion 30,000
Kickers Offenbach Bieberer Berg 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 Borussia Mönchengladbach (C) 34 20 10 4 77 35+42 50 1971–72 European Cup First round
2 Bayern Munich 34 19 10 5 74 36+38 48 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
3 Hertha BSC 34 16 9 9 61 43+18 41 1971–72 UEFA Cup First round
4 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 16 7 11 52 40+12 39
5 Hamburger SV 34 13 11 10 54 639 37
6 Schalke 04 34 15 6 13 44 40+4 36
7 MSV Duisburg 34 12 11 11 43 474 35
8 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 15 4 15 54 573 34
9 Hannover 96 34 12 9 13 53 49+4 33
10 Werder Bremen 34 11 11 12 41 40+1 33
11 1. FC Köln 34 11 11 12 46 5610 33 1971–72 UEFA Cup First round 1
12 VfB Stuttgart 34 11 8 15 49 490 30
13 Borussia Dortmund 34 10 9 15 54 606 29
14 Arminia Bielefeld 34 12 5 17 34 5319 29
15 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 11 6 17 39 5617 28
16 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 9 9 16 54 6915 27
17 Kickers Offenbach (R) 34 9 9 16 49 6516 27 Regionalliga
18 Rot-Weiss Essen (R) 34 7 9 18 48 6820 23

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1As Bayern Munich qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup place was transferred to DFB-Pokal runners-up 1. FC Köln.
(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 BIE BRSBREDORDUIRWEFRAHAMH96KAIKÖLMGLFCBOBHOFFS04STU
Hertha BSC 01 10 31 52 31 11 62 20 00 53 32 42 33 31 31 21 20
Arminia Bielefeld 11 01 30 23 00 00 10 11 31 21 10 02 10 21 20 03 10
Eintracht Braunschweig 21 32 10 30 50 10 20 41 04 20 31 11 11 11 30 33 40
Werder Bremen 00 41 20 31 02 11 10 22 00 11 11 11 01 20 31 01 31
Borussia Dortmund 31 30 11 01 51 72 30 11 22 02 00 34 00 20 11 12 31
MSV Duisburg 10 41 00 31 43 10 31 22 32 11 00 11 20 22 22 10 10
Rot-Weiss Essen 03 21 01 22 01 11 20 13 20 40 20 12 31 33 23 13 11
Eintracht Frankfurt 13 11 52 02 20 00 32 00 21 32 11 14 01 50 30 10 10
Hamburger SV 00 32 21 11 21 20 21 30 10 52 20 22 15 00 32 12 10
Hannover 96 11 20 10 03 41 33 31 12 03 21 20 11 22 12 11 30 30
1. FC Kaiserslautern 20 30 01 21 10 30 52 20 20 21 00 01 21 41 40 20 05
1. FC Köln 32 20 31 11 22 21 32 00 30 01 12 32 03 24 42 20 21
Borussia Mönchengladbach 40 02 31 022 32 10 43 50 30 00 50 11 31 60 20 20 41
Bayern Munich 10 20 41 21 11 21 22 21 62 41 31 70 22 42 00 30 10
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 11 42 10 30 01 02 00 00 81 43 42 22 02 04 22 41 12
Kickers Offenbach 10 50 02 21 30 20 12 02 33 15 22 41 13 11 32 01 33
Schalke 04 01 01 10 00 00 10 41 41 31 30 20 22 00 13 20 12 21
VfB Stuttgart 11 10 11 30 61 10 51 21 33 12 20 12 11 11 21 10 11

Source: www.dfb.de
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match from 3 April 1971 had to be suspended after 88 minutes and a score of 1–1 due to a broken goal post. Since Borussia Mönchengladbach could not provide a replacement, the match was awarded to Bremen.[4]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

24 goals
22 goals
20 goals
19 goals
18 goals
15 goals

Champion squad

Borussia Mönchengladbach
Goalkeeper: Wolfgang Kleff (34).

Defenders: Ludwig Müller (34 / 2); Berti Vogts (34 / 1); Klaus-Dieter Sieloff (33 / 6); Heinz Wittmann (20); Hartwig Bleidick (16).
Midfielders: Günter Netzer (32 / 9); Peter Dietrich (28 / 3); Herbert Wimmer (26 / 3); Rainer Bonhof (11 / 1); Hans-Jürgen Wloka (11).
Forwards: Horst Köppel (34 / 9); Jupp Heynckes (33 / 19); Herbert Laumen (31 / 20); Ulrik le Fevre Denmark (31 / 3).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Hennes Weisweiler.

On the roster but have not played in a league game: Bernd Schrage; Werner Adler.

See also

References

  1. "Archive 1970/1971 Schedule". DFB.
  2. Kracht, Claudia (15 January 2008). "Der Bundesliga-Skandal 1971" (in German). Planet Wissen. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
  3. 1 2 Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 978-3-89784-147-5.
  4. "The Colts and the Borussia Mönchengladbach Legend" (PDF) (in German and English). Retrieved 9 December 2008.

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