2nd Bundesliga 1976/77

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2nd Bundesliga 1976/77
Logo of the DFB 1995
master FC St. Pauli (North)
VfB Stuttgart (South)
Climbers FC St. Pauli
VfB Stuttgart
TSV 1860 Munich
Relegation ↑ Arminia Bielefeld (against TSV 1860 Munich )
Relegated Bonner SC
1. SC Göttingen 05
Wacker 04 Berlin
VfL Wolfsburg (North)
SV Röchling Völklingen
SSV Jahn Regensburg
BSV 07 Schwenningen (South)
Teams 2 × 20
Games 2 × 380 + 3 relegation games
Gates 2,558  (ø 3.37 per game)
spectator 5,192,798  (ø 6832 per game)
Top scorer Franz Gerber ( FC St. Pauli ) (North)
Lothar Emmerich ( FV Würzburg 04 ) (South)
← 2nd Bundesliga 1975/76
↑ Bundesliga 1976/77

The 2nd Bundesliga 1976/77 was played in two seasons of 20 clubs each. The two relay champions FC St. Pauli (North Staffel) and VfB Stuttgart (South Staffel) went straight to the Bundesliga . The TSV 1860 Munich prevailed in the relegation games against Arminia Bielefeld and followed as the third climber to the upper house.

Rot-Weiss Essen , Tennis Borussia Berlin (in the North relay) and Karlsruher SC (in the South relay) got out of the 1st Bundesliga and played in the second division the following season.

North

FC St. Pauli rose to the first Bundesliga as a relay championship, but only stayed there for one season. St. Pauli relegated Arminia from Bielefeld to second place, four points behind. The resulting relegation against the second of the season south, 1860 Munich, lost the Bielefeld, however, despite a 4-0 success in the first leg. Since the second leg was lost so high with 0: 4, a playoff had to determine the third promoted player. This won Munich 2-0 and Bielefeld remained in the second division until the promotion succeeded in the following season 1977/78 .

Relegated to the top leagues were next to last year's climber VfL Wolfsburg , the second division founding members Wacker 04 Berlin and Göttingen 05 and Bonner SC , which was not granted a license due to financial problems. The top scorer of the North season was Franz Gerber von St. Pauli with 27 goals. Walter Frosch from FC St. Pauli received a total of 18 or 19 yellow cards in 37 appearances (the exact number is not known). This was the trigger, which is why a few years later there was an automatic ban from one game after four (today five) yellow cards.

Closing table

rank society Sp S. U N Gates Diff. Points
01. FC St. Pauli 38 19th 16 3 69: 036 +33 54:22
02. Arminia Bielefeld 38 19th 12 7th 72: 039 +33 50:26
03. Wuppertal SV 38 18th 11 9 81: 055 +26 47:29
04th Bayer 05 Uerdingen (A) 38 16 11 11 78: 052 +26 43:33
05. Hanover 96 (A) 38 18th 7th 13 73: 048 +25 43:33
06th Prussia Munster 38 15th 13 10 73: 052 +21 43:33
07th Alemannia Aachen 38 16 11 11 69: 056 +13 43:33
08th. Black and white food 38 16 11 11 63: 055 + 08 43:33
09. VfL Osnabrück 38 18th 7th 13 84: 077 + 07 43:33
10. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 38 14th 12 12 59: 058 + 01 40:36
11. Westfalia Herne 38 15th 9 14th 77: 073 + 04 39:37
12. SC Fortuna Cologne 38 14th 10 14th 67: 062 + 05 38:38
13. SV Arminia Hannover (N) 38 15th 8th 15th 64: 062 + 02 38:38
14th SC Herford (N) 38 12 12 14th 62: 063 - 01 36:40
15th SG Wattenscheid 09 38 12 9 17th 65: 080 -15 33:43
16. Bonn SC 1 (N) 38 14th 5 19th 53: 072 -19 33:43
17th 1. SC Göttingen 05 1 38 11 9 18th 57: 067 -10 31:45
18th Wacker 04 Berlin 38 9 9 20th 43: 079 -36 27:49
19th SG Union Solingen 38 6th 8th 24 46: 096 -50 20:56
20th VfL Wolfsburg (N) 38 5 6th 27 46: 119 -73 16:60
Legend
  • Promoted to the Bundesliga
  • Participant in the relegation games to the Bundesliga
  • Relegated to the upper or association league

    • (A) - Relegated from the Bundesliga
    (N) - Relegated from the upper or association league

    1Bonner SC received no license for the 1977/78 season and was relegated to the Mittelrhein Association League . 1. SC Göttingen 05 and then also Wacker 04 Berlin waived the league stay, which would have been possible due to the withdrawal of Bonn's license.

    Crosstab

    The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

    North 1976/77 DSC Arminia Bielefeld FC Bayer 05 Uerdingen Hannover 96 Prussia Munster Alemannia Aachen Black and white food VfL Osnabrück Bayer 04 Leverkusen Westfalia Herne SC Fortuna Cologne SV Arminia Hanover SC Herford SG Wattenscheid 09 Bonner SC 1. SC Göttingen 05 Wacker 04 Berlin SG Union Solingen VfL Wolfsburg
    1. FC St. Pauli 3: 2 2: 2 1-0 2-0 4-0 3: 1 0-0 3: 3 3-0 4: 2 2: 1 4: 1 4: 1 4-0 2: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 3: 1
    02. Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 1: 1 0-0 2: 2 2: 2 2-0 2-0 3: 1 1-0 1: 3 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 4-0 4: 1 2-0 0-0 3-0 5-0
    03. Wuppertal SV 1-0 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 4: 1 4: 3 1-0 3: 4 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 3: 3 6: 2 1: 1 4: 1 3-0 6: 1
    04th Bayer 05 Uerdingen 0: 1 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 2: 1 3: 1 3: 4 2: 3 0: 1 3: 1 4: 1 0: 1 4: 1 2: 1 2-0 6: 1 6-0 3: 2
    05. Hannover 96 1: 2 4: 1 0-0 3: 1 0: 1 4: 1 1: 1 4: 1 6: 1 2: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 2 2: 1 5-0 2-0 5: 2 5: 2 4-0
    06th Prussia Munster 0-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 3 3: 4 2: 3 5: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2: 2 5-0 6-0 2: 1 0-0 1-0 7-0
    07th Alemannia Aachen 1: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1: 1 3: 2 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 2-0 3: 1 3: 2 3-0 4: 1 2: 3 3: 1 4: 3 5: 1 4-0 3: 1
    08th. Black and white food 0-0 0: 2 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 2-0 0-0 3: 1 1-0 3: 3 3: 2 0: 1 3: 2 4: 4 1-0 0-0 3: 1 4: 1 2-0
    09. VfL Osnabrück 2: 2 1: 2 2: 4 2: 1 3-0 0: 2 5: 1 4: 2 1: 1 4: 2 2-0 4: 3 1: 1 5: 2 3: 1 4: 2 4: 3 3-0 4: 1
    10. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1: 1 1-0 0-0 2: 2 2: 2 2: 1 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0-0 2: 2 4-0 5-0 1: 1 1: 2
    11. Westfalia Herne 2-0 1: 5 0: 4 2: 2 2: 3 3: 1 0-0 1: 1 5-0 3: 1 4: 2 1: 5 0-0 3: 1 3: 1 2-0 0: 1 2: 2 8: 2
    12. SC Fortuna Cologne 0-0 1: 1 0: 2 3: 3 0: 2 0: 4 1: 1 2: 2 3: 2 3: 2 3: 1 4-0 3: 1 1: 1 5-0 7: 2 1-0 4: 3 3: 1
    13. SV Arminia Hanover 0-0 1: 3 3: 1 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 0: 1 3: 2 1: 3 4: 1 2: 6 2-0 1: 1 4-0 2: 1 3: 1 2: 1 6-0 3: 2
    14th SC Herford 0: 1 2: 2 2-0 1-0 2: 2 1: 3 2: 1 1: 4 5: 2 1: 3 2: 3 2-0 1: 1 3: 1 0-0 1: 1 5-0 1: 1 5: 1
    15th SG Wattenscheid 09 2: 4 2: 5 1-0 0: 4 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 4: 2 3: 1 1: 2 2: 2 0-0 1: 1 4-0 3: 1 4-0 3-0 5: 2
    16. Bonner SC 1: 1 2: 1 4-0 1: 2 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 3 1-0 3: 2 2: 3 2-0 3-0 2-0 0: 2 2: 1 4: 1 2: 3
    17th 1. SC Göttingen 05 0-0 1-0 5: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1: 3 2: 3 0-0 2: 3 1: 1 3: 1 1: 3 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 9-0
    18th Wacker 04 Berlin 1: 2 0: 1 1: 3 1: 1 2-0 2: 2 2: 3 1: 2 2: 2 1-0 2-0 1: 2 2: 2 3: 2 0: 3 1-0 0-0 3: 2 1-0
    19th SG Union Solingen 3: 3 1: 4 1: 2 1: 3 1-0 1: 2 2: 4 1: 3 3-0 1: 4 0: 1 0: 1 2: 1 4: 3 2: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2
    20th VfL Wolfsburg 2: 2 3: 3 0: 5 2: 5 0: 1 4: 2 1: 1 2-0 0-0 0: 1 3: 1 0: 3 0: 1 1: 3 1: 2 0: 3 1: 4 2: 2 3: 4

    List of goalscorers

    The top scorer of the North season was Franz Gerber of FC St. Pauli with 27 goals.

    Nat. player society Gates
    1. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Franz Gerber FC St. Pauli 27
    2. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Rainer Budde Wuppertal SV 23
    Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Gerd-Volker shock VfL Osnabrück 23
    Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Heinz-Josef Kehr Alemannia Aachen 23
    5. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Klaus miracle Hannover 96 21st
    Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Ewald Hammes SG Wattenscheid 09 21st

    Promotion round to the 2nd Bundesliga North

    The following qualified for the coming season: Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid , Bremerhaven 93 and 1. FC Bocholt .

    see article: Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga - 1977/78

    south

    Closing table

    rank society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
    01. VfB Stuttgart 38 24 9 5 100: 036 +64 57:19
    02. TSV 1860 Munich 38 24 8th 6th 078: 029 +49 56:20
    03. Kickers Offenbach (A) 38 22nd 9 7th 086: 052 +34 53:23
    04th FC 08 Homburg 38 23 3 12 084: 056 +28 49:27
    05. 1. FC Nuremberg 38 18th 13 7th 077: 051 +26 49:27
    06th SV Darmstadt 98 38 18th 10 10 068: 048 +20 46:30
    07th FSV Frankfurt 38 14th 12 12 065: 058 + 07 40:36
    08th. SpVgg Fürth 38 15th 10 13 055: 051 + 04 40:36
    09. FC Augsburg 38 17th 6th 15th 072: 073 - 01 40:36
    10. Stuttgart Kickers 38 16 7th 15th 059: 053 + 06 39:37
    11. SV Chio Waldhof 07 38 16 5 17th 070: 057 +13 37:39
    12. FC Bayern Hof 38 12 13 13 061: 053 + 08 37:39
    13. FV Würzburg 04 (N) 38 14th 9 15th 049: 081 -32 37:39
    14th SpVgg Bayreuth 38 12 10 16 060: 064 - 04th 34:42
    15th KSV Baunatal (N) 38 11 11 16 064: 082 -18 33:43
    16. SV Röchling Völklingen 1 38 13 6th 19th 047: 071 -24 32:44
    17th Eintracht Trier (N) 38 12 4th 22nd 046: 068 -22 28:48
    18th FK Pirmasens 38 5 9 24 043: 085 -42 19:57
    19th SSV Jahn Regensburg 38 7th 5 26th 042: 087 -45 19:57
    20th BSV 07 Schwenningen (N) 38 4th 7th 27 031: 102 -71 15:61
    Legend
  • Promoted to the Bundesliga
  • Participant in the relegation games to the Bundesliga
  • Relegated to the amateur league

    • (A) - Relegated from the Bundesliga
    (N) - Relegated from the amateur league

    1The SV Röchling Völklingen withdrew voluntarily from the 2nd Bundesliga despite having already received a license and relegated to the Saarland amateur league .

    Crosstab

    The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

    South 1976/77 VfB Stuttgart TSV 1860 Munich Kickers Offenbach FC 08 Homburg 1. FC Nuremberg SV Darmstadt 98 FSV Frankfurt SpVgg Fürth FC Augsburg Stuttgart Kickers SV Chio Waldhof 07 FC Bayern Hof FV Würzburg 04 SpVgg Bayreuth KSV Baunatal SV Röchling Völklingen Eintracht Trier FK Pirmasens SSV Jahn Regensburg BSV 07 Schwenningen
    01. VfB Stuttgart 3: 2 2: 2 5: 1 4-0 1: 1 2-0 3-0 4: 1 2: 1 4: 3 2-0 4-0 0-0 3: 1 4: 3 1-0 7: 2 8-0 6-0
    02. TSV 1860 Munich 0-0 4-0 1-0 3-0 2: 2 6-0 1-0 3-0 3: 1 1-0 2: 2 4-0 2: 1 2: 1 6-0 2-0 0: 2 2-0 3-0
    03. Kickers Offenbach 1: 2 1: 3 3: 1 2-0 3: 3 2: 1 3: 1 4: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 2: 1 7-0 3-0 6: 3 3-0 2-0 3: 2
    04th FC 08 Homburg 3: 1 2-0 2: 1 0: 4 4-0 6: 2 2: 1 5-0 2-0 4: 2 3-0 4-0 3: 1 3: 1 2: 1 3: 1 4: 1 1-0 5-0
    05. 1. FC Nuremberg 0: 4 1: 1 3: 3 2: 1 1: 1 3: 3 1: 1 2: 4 2-0 2-0 3: 3 4-0 1-0 5: 1 2: 2 1-0 3-0 5: 1 5-0
    06th SV Darmstadt 98 2: 1 0: 1 1: 2 3: 3 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 4: 1 1-0 0: 1 1-0 3: 2 3-0 5: 2 5: 3 4-0 6: 1
    07th FSV Frankfurt 0-0 2: 2 2: 2 4-0 3: 1 3: 1 2: 3 2: 3 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 5: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0: 2 2-0 1-0 5-0
    08th. SpVgg Fürth 0-0 1-0 0: 2 3-0 0: 2 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 3: 1 2: 2 2-0 1: 1 2-0 4: 1 3: 2 3: 2 4-0 2-0
    09. FC Augsburg 1: 4 1: 3 0-0 3: 2 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 5: 1 5: 1 3: 1 2: 1 0: 1 2-0 3-0 3-0
    10. Stuttgart Kickers 0-0 0: 3 0: 1 4: 3 3: 3 1-0 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 8: 1 1: 1 3: 1 4-0 0-0 3: 2 3: 1 1-0
    11. SV Chio Waldhof 07 1: 2 2: 1 0-0 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 3: 2 4: 1 5: 2 3-0 4-0 3: 3 1: 2 2: 2 4: 1 3: 1 6-0 2-0 3-0
    12. FC Bayern Hof 2: 1 0-0 3-0 2: 3 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 3: 1 7: 2 0: 1 1-0 4-0 0: 3 3-0 1: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 1 10: 10
    13. FV Würzburg 04 0: 3 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 3: 2 3: 1 2: 1 1: 2 3: 2 2: 1 3: 1 1-0 0-0 3: 2 1: 1
    14th SpVgg Bayreuth 3: 2 1: 4 2: 2 1: 2 1: 2 2: 2 2: 2 2: 1 2: 4 2: 1 1-0 5: 1 3: 2 3: 4 0: 1 2: 4 2: 1 2-0 1: 1
    15th KSV Baunatal 0: 5 2-0 0: 3 0-0 2: 2 2: 1 0-0 2: 2 1: 1 4: 2 2: 2 1: 1 5: 1 0: 4 4: 1 5: 4 2: 2 5: 2 3-0
    16. SV Röchling Völklingen 0: 3 1: 2 5: 2 3: 2 0: 2 1: 2 3: 2 1-0 3: 2 1-0 1: 2 2: 2 1: 2 2-0 0-0 1-0 0: 1 0-0 2: 1
    17th Eintracht Trier 0-0 0-0 1: 5 0: 2 1-0 1: 3 0: 2 3: 1 2: 6 2-0 0: 1 3: 1 0: 1 1-0 2-0 1: 3 1-0 1: 1 2-0
    18th FK Pirmasens 0: 4 1: 4 2: 2 1: 2 1: 3 3: 3 1: 1 1: 1 0: 3 3: 2 0: 1 0-0 0: 2 0-0 2: 5 0: 1 4: 1 1: 2 2: 2
    19th SSV Jahn Regensburg 3-0 1: 3 2: 5 0: 1 0: 3 1-0 1: 3 2: 2 5: 1 0: 1 4: 2 0-0 2: 3 3: 4 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 0: 4 4: 1
    20th BSV 07 Schwenningen 3: 3 0: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0: 2 0: 2 2: 3 0: 1 0: 1 0: 5 1: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2: 3 2: 1 1: 3 2: 1 3: 2

    List of goalscorers

    The top scorer of the season south was Lothar Emmerich from FV Würzburg 04 with 24 goals.

    Nat. player society Gates
    1. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Lothar Emmerich FV Würzburg 04 24
    2. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Werner Heck SV Chio Waldhof 07 23
    Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Manfred Lenz FC 08 Homburg 23
    4th Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld VfB Stuttgart 22nd
    5. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Paul-Werner Hofmann FSV Frankfurt 21st
    Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Hans Walitza 1. FC Nuremberg 21st

    Promotion round to the 2nd Bundesliga South

    The following qualified for the coming season: Wormatia Worms , Freiburger FC , VfR OLI Bürstadt and Würzburger Kickers .

    see article: Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga - 1977/78

    Promotion games to the 1st Bundesliga

    Arminia Bielefeld won the first leg at home with 4-0 against TSV 1860 Munich and already looked like the sure climber. However, they lost the subsequent second leg just as clearly with 0: 4, so that a playoff had to decide on promotion. In this TSV 1860 Munich won 2-0 and rose to the Bundesliga.

    Second north total Second south First leg Return leg 3rd game
    Arminia Bielefeld 4: 6 TSV 1860 Munich 4-0 0: 4 0: 2

    First leg

    pairing Arminia Bielefeld - TSV 1860 Munich
    Result 4: 0 (1: 0)
    date Sunday , 29. May 1977
    Stadion Alm , Bielefeld
    spectator 25,000
    referee Walter Engel ( Reimsbach )
    Gates 1-0 Hans-Werner Moors (30th)
    2-0 Ewald Lienen (52nd)
    3-0 Wolfgang Schilling (57th)
    4-0 Norbert Eilenfeldt (73rd)
    Arminia Bielefeld Uli Stein - Jonny Hey - Roland Peitsch , Wolfgang Berg , Wolfgang Pohl - Norbert Eilenfeldt (79th Christian Sackewitz ), Hans-Werner Moors , Manfred Wolf - Wolfgang Schilling , Harry Erhart , Ewald Lienen (86th Eduard Angele )
    Trainer: Karl- Heinz Feldkamp
    TSV 1860 Munich Bernhard Hartmann - Ahmet Glavović - William "Jimmy" Hartwig , Alfred Kohlhäufl , Dieter Agatha - Jan-Hoiland Nielsen , Wilhelm Bierofka , Hans Haunstein , Georg Metzger - Anton Nachreiner , Peter Falter (46th Alfred Herberth ) Trainer: Heinz Lucas(C)Captain of the crew
    yellow cards yellow cards none - Glavovic , Bierofka

    Optimism of purpose or self-deception?

    The decision seemed to have been made in favor of Bielefeld after the first leg due to the clear lead. Because as the Kicker-Sportmagazin wrote in its May 30th, 1977 issue, it was n't just the result ... it was above all the way in which Bielefeld went under in 1860. Munich coach Heinz Lucas sounded correspondingly resigned immediately after the game: I haven't seen my team that bad in the entire last season. All of my warnings have done nothing. We had already been promoted and underestimated the people of Bielefeld. In his game report for the kicker, Dieter Ueberjahn commented: Even at the break, the Bielefeld team would have been able to lead 3-0. ... After the change, the 60s went under completely. His conclusion ( only one more miracle can now bring the 60s into the Bundesliga ) and his outlook ( even the greatest optimists probably no longer believe in the promotion ) sounded less encouraging for the Munich team .

    But those in charge of both clubs were by no means as sure of the matter as the sports journalists. Bielefeld's coach Feldkamp warned, despite the clear victory: We are not yet in the Bundesliga, we still have to go to Munich! Even for 1860 coach Lucas, the situation was not hopeless despite all the disappointment: When 70,000 stand behind us like one man next Saturday and the players find their true level of performance, there is still a ray of hope. 1860 President Erich Riedl also struck in the same direction : In football everything is possible and in 1860 a lot is impossible. This statement prompted the kicker commentator Gerhard Gmelch to ask the question, which was not entirely unjustified at the time: What should you call it? Optimism of purpose or even self-deception?

    Return leg

    pairing TSV 1860 Munich - Arminia Bielefeld
    Result 4: 0 (2: 0)
    date Saturday , 4. June 1977
    Stadion Olympiastadion , Munich
    spectator 60,000
    referee Jan Redelfs ( Hanover )
    Gates 1: 0 Anton Nachreiner (23rd)
    2: 0 Hans Haunstein (35th)
    3: 0 William "Jimmy" Hartwig (51st)
    4: 0 Georg Metzger (53rd, penalty kick )
    TSV 1860 Munich Bernhard Hartmann - Ahmet Glavović - Wilhelm Bierofka , Alfred Kohlhäufl , Dieter Agatha - William "Jimmy" Hartwig , Jan-Hoiland Nielsen , Hans Haunstein , Georg Metzger - Anton Nachreiner , Peter Falter Trainer: Heinz Lucas(C)Captain of the crew
    Arminia Bielefeld Uli Stein - Jonny Hey - Wolfgang Berg , Hans-Werner Moors , Wolfgang Pohl - Roland Peitsch , Norbert Eilenfeldt , Manfred Wolf - Wolfgang Schilling (57th Christian Sackewitz ), Harry Erhart , Ewald Lienen
    Trainer: Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
    yellow cards yellow cards Bierofka , Glavovic , Metzger , Kohlhäufl - Berg , Moors

    The terrible revenge in the Olympic Stadium

    Kicker wrote the terrible revenge in the Olympic Stadium on June 6, 1977 on the report on the second leg in Munich and the commentator Hans Fiederer wrote at the beginning of his match report: Who still thought the "lions" humiliated in Bielefeld could do this exciting comeback? Even die-hard 60s supporters threw the gun in the grain: who can catch up 4-0 ...

    But the "Münchner Löwen" began with an extremely determined and aggressive pressing , which put the Armines under massive pressure with the slightest attempt to set up the game. With their determination and the unconditional will to catch up on the seemingly hopeless deficit, the 1860s often exceeded the limits of what was permitted and later had to put up with serious accusations. So the Bielefeld found a suitable scapegoat in referee Redelfs; because he did not punish the “brutal football” that the lions created here , commented Norbert Herbst in kicker. And Werner Schilling quoted Munich goalkeeper Bernd Hartmann in the same issue, who admitted after the game that in 1860 he was ready to risk being sent off in the uncompromising fight for every chance.

    The reactions from Bielefeld were correspondingly angry. For example, Arminia's managing director Hans Büttner said: If Mr. Biwersi had directed the games in Bielefeld and Munich, he would at least have issued an arrest warrant for bodily harm against Glavovic ! And in a letter to the DFB signed by all the DSC Arminia Bielefeld licensed players , the "scandalous style of play" of the sixties was denounced.

    Playoff

    pairing TSV 1860 Munich - Arminia Bielefeld
    Result 2: 0 (0: 0)
    date Saturday , 11. June 1977
    Stadion Waldstadion , Frankfurt am Main
    spectator 60,000
    referee Walter Horstmann ( Nordstemmen )
    Gates 1: 0 William "Jimmy" Hartwig (77.)
    2: 0 Georg Metzger (88.)
    TSV 1860 Munich Bernhard Hartmann - Ahmet Glavović - Wilhelm Bierofka , Alfred Kohlhäufl , Dieter Agatha (81st Alfred Herberth ) - William "Jimmy" Hartwig , Jan-Hoiland Nielsen , Hans Haunstein - Anton Nachreiner , Peter Falter , Georg Metzger Trainers: Heinz Lucas(C)Captain of the crew
    Arminia Bielefeld Uli Stein - Jonny Hey - Roland Whip , Hans-Werner Moors , Wolfgang Berg (25 Wolfgang Mittendorf / 62. Christian Sackewitz ) - Norbert Eilenfeldt , Manfred Wolf , Wolfgang Pohl - Wolfgang Schilling , Harry Erhart , Ewald Lienen
    Coach: Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
    yellow cards yellow cards none - whip , Moors
    References Red cards none - whip (70th)

    Peitsch's dismissal ensured the preliminary decision

    After Munich had shown only a fraction of their capabilities in the first match and Bielefeld in the second leg, the decisive third game in the Frankfurt Waldstadion saw two equally strong teams, both of whom could be expected to advance. The turning point came in the 70th minute when Arminia's defender Roland Peitsch was sent off after a foul on Munich playmaker Georg Metzger. The kicker journalist Hans Fiederer commented on this game and promotion decisive scene as follows: “The iron-hard Bielefeld defender, who dictated the headline into the machine to a reporter too prematurely this week: I will slaughter butchers in Frankfurt. He "butchered" the tricky man from Munich in his own way, mowed him down, even though the situation did not demand it. If Peitsch had let “his” butcher run, the ball would have rolled over the sideline anyway and the game would have continued. ”Then the game broke and the 1860s played their numerical superiority to the limit.

    Climbers

    1. North FC St. Pauli
    1. South VfB Stuttgart
    VfB Stuttgart
    2. South TSV 1860 Munich
    TSV 1860 Munich

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ "Bielefeld players wrote to the DFB"; Article by Siegfried Klemm in the June 9, 1977 issue of Kicker
    2. ↑ Foosball sports magazine. June 13, 1977.