1974–75 Bundesliga Explained

Competition:Bundesliga
Season:1974–75
Dates:24 August 1974 – 14 June 1975
Winners:Borussia Mönchengladbach
3rd Bundesliga title
3rd German title
Relegated:VfB Stuttgart
Tennis Borussia Berlin
Wuppertaler SV
Continentalcup1:European Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Borussia Mönchengladbach
FC Bayern Munich (title holders)
Continentalcup2:Cup Winners' Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Eintracht Frankfurt
Continentalcup3:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Hertha BSC
Hamburger SV
1. FC Köln
MSV Duisburg (losing DFB-Pokal finalists to Frankfurt)
League Topscorer:Jupp Heynckes (27)
Biggest Home Win:Frankfurt 9–1 Essen (5 October 1974)
Biggest Away Win:Essen 0–5 Frankfurt (22 March 1975)
Highest Scoring:Düsseldorf 6–5 FC Bayern (11 goals) (7 June 1975)
Total Goals:1056
Prevseason:1973–74
Nextseason:1975–76

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.

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

Team changes to 1973–74

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.

Team overview

ClubGround[3] Capacity
Olympiastadion100,000
Mommsenstadion18,000
Ruhrstadion40,000
Eintracht-Stadion38,000
Weserstadion32,000
Wedaustadion38,500
Rheinstadion59,600
Georg-Melches-Stadion40,000
Waldstadion87,000
Volksparkstadion80,000
Stadion Betzenberg42,000
Radrennbahn Müngersdorf29,000
Bökelbergstadion34,500
Olympiastadion70,000
Bieberer Berg30,000
Parkstadion70,000
Neckarstadion53,000
Stadion am Zoo28,000

League table

Top goalscorers

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule Round 1 . DFB . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608081720/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=330063 . 8 June 2011 .
  2. Web site: Archive 1973/1974 Round 34 . DFB . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608081729/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=330425 . 8 June 2011 .
  3. Book: Grüne, Hardy. Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon. AGON Sportverlag. Kassel. 2001. 3-89784-147-9. German.