1995–96 Bundesliga Explained

Competition:Bundesliga
Season:1995–96
Dates:11 August 1995 – 18 May 1996
Winners:Borussia Dortmund
2nd Bundesliga title
5th German title
Relegated:Kaiserslautern
Eintracht Frankfurt
KFC Uerdingen 05
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Borussia Dortmund
Continentalcup2:Cup Winners' Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Kaiserslautern
Continentalcup3:UEFA Cup
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Bayern Munich
Schalke 04
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Hamburg
Continentalcup4:Intertoto Cup
Continentalcup4 Qualifiers:Karlsruhe
1860 Munich
Werder Bremen
Stuttgart
League Topscorer:Fredi Bobic (17)
Biggest Home Win:Dortmund 6–0 Frankfurt (23 March 1996)
Biggest Away Win:Uerdingen 1–6 Bayern (25 February 1996)
Stuttgart 0–5 Dortmund (16 March 1996)
Highest Scoring:Dortmund 6–3 Stuttgart (9 goals) (16 September 1995)
Total Goals:815
Prevseason:1994–95
Nextseason:1996–97

The 1995–96 Bundesliga was the 33rd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 1995[1] and ended on 18 May 1996.[2] Borussia Dortmund were the defending champions.

Competition format

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. This was the first season where teams received three points for a win (instead of two), 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 2. Bundesliga.

Team changes to 1994–95

VfL Bochum and MSV Duisburg were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in 16th and 17th place respectively. Dynamo Dresden, who ended the season in last place, were denied a professional license by the DFB and thus relegated to the third-tier Regionalliga. All demoted teams were replaced by 2. Bundesliga sides FC Hansa Rostock, FC St. Pauli and Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Bayer 05 Uerdingen were renamed KFC Uerdingen 05 due to the retreat of main sponsor Bayer.

Team overview

ClubLocationGround[3] Capacity
BremenWeserstadion30,000
DortmundWestfalenstadion42,800
DüsseldorfRheinstadion55,850
FrankfurtWaldstadion62,000
FreiburgDreisamstadion22,500
HamburgVolksparkstadion62,000
KaiserslauternFritz-Walter-Stadion38,500
KarlsruheWildparkstadion40,000
CologneMüngersdorfer Stadion55,000
LeverkusenUlrich-Haberland-Stadion26,800
MönchengladbachBökelbergstadion34,500
MunichOlympiastadion63,000
MunichOlympiastadion63,000
RostockOstseestadion25,850
GelsenkirchenParkstadion70,000
HamburgStadion am Millerntor20,550
StuttgartGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion53,700
KrefeldGrotenburg-Stadion34,500

League table

Top goalscorers

17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
11 goals

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule Round 1 . DFB . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608092753/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=322352 . 8 June 2011 .
  2. Web site: Archive 1995/1996 Round 34 . DFB . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608092807/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=322714 . 8 June 2011 .
  3. Book: Grüne, Hardy. Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon. AGON Sportverlag. Kassel. 2001. 3-89784-147-9. de.