Football Bundesliga 1971/72

Bundesliga 1971/72
master	FC Bayern Munich
European Cup of National Champions	FC Bayern Munich
Uefa cup	Bor. M'gladbach 1. FC Cologne Eintracht Frankfurt 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Cup winners	FC Schalke 04
European Cup Winners' Cup	FC Schalke 04
Relegated	Borussia Dortmund Arminia Bielefeld
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	1.006  (ø 3.29 per game)
spectator	5,731,400  (ø 18,730 per game)
Top scorer	Gerd Müller ( FC Bayern Munich )
← Bundesliga 1970/71 Bundesliga 1972/73 →
Regionalliga 1971/72 ↓

FC Bayern Munich became the first in the 1971/72 season of the German Bundesliga and thus German men's championship .

Season overview

championship

The 1971/72 season surprisingly developed into a duel between runner-up FC Bayern and Schalke 04 after defending champion Borussia Mönchengladbach had already lost points early in the season and could not reconnect. Nobody expected Schalke 04, who was sixth in 1970/71, before the start of the season. However, the coach Ivica Horvat , who was signed at the beginning of the season, took from his team - a mixture of old, like national defender Klaus Fichtel (27 = age on the last match day), the Dutch midfielder Heinz van Haaren (32) and the dribbling strong Reinhard "Stan" Libuda and the up-and-coming talents such as defender Rolf Rüssmann (21), the twins Erwin and Helmut Kremers (23) brought by Kickers Offenbach , the center forward Klaus Fischer (22), who should become the second best Bundesliga goal-getter, and goalkeeper Norbert Nigbur (24), who should have had an excellent season - bring out the best. Even a surprisingly high 7-0 defeat at Borussia Mönchengladbach on matchday 12 didn’t bring the team off-track. Before the last matchday of the first half of the season, Schalke was one point ahead of Bayern, who achieved their highest Bundesliga victory on matchday 16 with an 11: 1 against Borussia Dortmund. Schalke 04 advanced on matchday 17 with a 1-0 win in the Glückauf-Kampfbahn over Bayern with a late goal by van Haaren.

Bayern, who in March prevented Gerd Müller from migrating to the Spanish league, which has just reopened for foreigners, following a million-dollar offer from FC Barcelona , only suffered one more defeat in the second half of the season , namely at MSV Duisburg , where they were on the last match day of the previous season had lost the championship, and two more point losses. Schalke, on the other hand, suffered three defeats and two draws before the last matchday, which meant that Bayern were one point ahead. The final phase of the Bundesliga was interrupted for the European Championship finals between June 14 and June 18, 1972. The last game day was a novelty, as for the first time two teams with title chances faced each other; a kind of finale. This was also the first last day of the match, which took place on a Wednesday and not all games took place at the same time. All games took place at 3:30 p.m., only Bayern against Schalke kicked off at 8:00 p.m. to enable the first live television broadcast of a Bundesliga game, but only for participating third-party programs of the ARD , such as that of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation. It was also FC Bayern's first game in the new Munich Olympic Stadium built for the 1972 Olympic Games. Around 80,000 spectators made it possible for FC Bayern to earn millions for the first time in one game and it was also the highest income in a Bundesliga game to date. After about half an hour, Bayern's right defender, the Dane Johnny Hansen , made it 1-0. Ten minutes later, left defender Paul Breitner made it 2-0. Ten minutes after the break, Klaus Fischer reduced it again to 1: 2, and Willi Hoffmann, who was a talented man, increased it to 3: 1 in the 69th minute. In the 80th minute, Uli Hoeneß scored Bayern's hundredth goal of the season and in the final minute Franz Beckenbauer made it 5-1.

Bayern's 101 goals are still a record today. Gerd Müller set an unprecedented record with 40 goals, although he missed three penalties. FC Bayern Munich's point record (55:13 points, equivalent to 79 points according to the three-point rule) lasted for 40 years. This record was only broken by Borussia Dortmund (81 points, 56:12 according to the old two-point rule) in the 2011/12 season . Schalke 04 were with 52:16 points, the equivalent of 76 points according to the three-point rule, the best runner-up until the 2015/16 season , when Borussia Dortmund scored 78 points (54:14 according to the old two-point rule). According to the two-point rule, Werder Bremen had already set this record in 1982/83 , then behind HSV, albeit with a worse goal difference.

Further decisions and topics

Schalke won the cup final against 1. FC Kaiserslautern 5-0 on Sunday after the game in Munich in the Lower Saxony Stadium in Hanover , a record result that Schalke 04 equalized with a 5-0 final win over MSV Duisburg in 2011. Schalke was thus qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup.

1. FC Kaiserslautern qualified as a cup finalist for the UEFA Cup , as did the ranks three to five in the Bundesliga, Borussia Mönchengladbach (this season eliminated from the championship cup after 7-1 in the rifle throwing game against Inter Milan), the 1. FC Cologne and Eintracht Frankfurt . Disappointing was SV Werder Bremen , which was strengthened by expensive purchases such as Herbert L Bäumen from the champions Borussia Mönchengladbach and Werner Weist and Willi Neuberger from Dortmund , who this season wore red and white striped jerseys and white pants in Bremen's city colors and earned the nickname million eleven : At the end there was eleventh place.

Otherwise, the season was overshadowed by discussions about the Bundesliga scandal that had become public during the previous summer break. Arminia Bielefeld was deprived of all points this season, but would have finished last anyway. Another effect of the scandal was the significantly lower attendance figures: the average attendance fell from 21,405 viewers per game to 18,730. Also relegated was Borussia Dortmund , whose team was seen as outdated and was weakened by the departure of some of the better players in recent years.

Mönchengladbach's Günter Netzer , who excelled in the national team, was footballer of the year .

The national player Horst Köppel , who switched from Mönchengladbach to VfB Stuttgart , caused a curiosity , who ran up with a toupee over his thinning hair and collected advertising money for it.

Closing table

League leader

Bottom of the table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Bayern Munich (P)	34	24	7th	3	101: 380	+63	55:13
2.	FC Schalke 04	34	24	4th	6th	076:350	+41	52:16
3.	Borussia Mönchengladbach (M)	34	18th	7th	9	082:400	+42	43:25
4th	1. FC Cologne	34	15th	13th	6th	064:440	+20	43:25
5.	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	16	7th	11	071:610	+10	39:29
6th	Hertha BSC	34	14th	9	11	046:550	−9	37:31
7th	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	14th	7th	13th	059:530	+6	35:33
8th.	VfB Stuttgart	34	13th	9	12th	052:560	−4	35:33
9.	VfL Bochum (N)	34	14th	6th	14th	059:690	−10	34:34
10.	Hamburger SV	34	13th	7th	14th	052:520	± 0	33:35
11.	Werder Bremen	34	11	9	14th	063:580	+5	31:37
12th	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	8th	15th	11	043:480	−5	31:37
13th	Fortuna Dusseldorf (N)	34	10	10	14th	040:530	−13	30:38
14th	MSV Duisburg	34	10	7th	17th	036:510	−15	27:41
15th	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	34	7th	11	16	033:660	−33	25:43
16.	Hannover 96	34	10	3	21	054:690	−15	23:45
17th	Borussia Dortmund	34	6th	8th	20th	034:830	−49	20:48
18th	Arminia Bielefeld (1)	34	6th	7th	21	041:750	−34	00:49

⁽¹⁾Due to the Bundesliga scandal from the previous season, Arminia Bielefeld was deprived of all points.

German champion and participation in the 1972/73 European Cup : FC Bayern Munich

DFB Cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1972/73 : FC Schalke 04

Participation in the 1972/73 UEFA Cup : Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1. FC Cologne, Eintracht Frankfurt, 1. FC Kaiserslautern (cup finalist)

Relegation to the Regionalliga West 1972/73 : DSC Arminia Bielefeld, Borussia Dortmund

(M)	German champion 1970/71
(P)	DFB Cup winner 1970/71
(N)	Promoted from the Regionalliga 1970/71

Crosstab

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

1971/72

01.

FC Bayern Munich

5: 1

2-0

1: 1

6: 3

1-0

3: 1

2: 2

5: 1

4: 3

6: 2

4: 1

3: 1

5: 1

7-0

3: 1

11: 1

1: 1

02.

FC Schalke 04

1-0

1: 1

6: 2

2-0

4-0

3-0

2: 1

4: 1

3-0

2-0

5: 1

3-0

2-0

4-0

5-0

1-0

6: 2

03.

Borussia Monchengladbach

2: 2

7-0

3-0

6: 2

5: 2

2: 1

0-0

1: 1

1-0

2: 2

4: 1

1: 2

3-0

5: 2

3-0

7: 1

5: 1

04th

1. FC Cologne

1: 4

0: 1

4: 3

1: 1

3-0

4: 2

4: 1

1: 1

3-0

0-0

2-0

1: 2

4: 1

4-0

3: 1

2: 1

1-0

05.

Eintracht Frankfurt

3: 2

2-0

3-0

2: 2

1: 1

1-0

4: 1

3: 2

4-0

4-0

1: 1

4: 2

2: 1

3-0

3: 1

5: 2

5: 2

06th

Hertha BSC

2: 2

3-0

2: 1

1: 1

0-0

2: 1

2: 1

1: 2

2-0

2: 1

1-0

1: 1

1-0

2-0

3: 1

2: 1

1: 1

07th

1. FC Kaiserslautern

0: 2

2: 2

1-0

2-0

1: 1

3: 4

3: 1

4: 1

2: 1

2: 1

2: 2

3: 1

1-0

0-0

2-0

6-0

2: 1

08th.

VfB Stuttgart

1: 4

0: 1

0: 1

1: 1

4: 4

3-0

3: 1

3: 2

0: 3

1-0

3: 1

3: 1

1-0

1: 1

3: 2

2-0

2: 2

09.

VfL Bochum

0: 2

0: 2

0: 2

1: 5

3: 1

4: 2

4: 2

1: 1

2: 1

4: 2

1-0

3: 1

3: 1

2-0

2: 2

4: 2

2: 1

10.

Hamburger SV

1: 4

0: 1

1-0

1: 1

5: 1

1: 2

4-0

1: 2

3: 2

2: 1

3: 1

3: 3

2-0

3-0

2-0

0-0

1-0

11.

Werder Bremen

1: 2

2-0

2: 2

2: 2

3: 1

5-0

2: 2

2: 3

2-0

4-0

2: 4

1: 1

1: 1

4-0

2: 1

3: 1

4-0

12th

Eintracht Braunschweig

1: 1

0-0

2: 1

0: 1

2-0

1: 1

1: 1

1: 1

0: 2

1: 1

1: 1

1: 1

2-0

0-0

3-0

2-0

3: 2

13th

Fortuna Dusseldorf

0: 1

0: 2

0: 2

1: 1

1-0

1-0

0: 3

4-0

3: 1

0-0

1: 3

0-0

0-0

1: 1

2-0

4: 1

3: 2

14th

MSV Duisburg

3-0

2-0

1: 5

1: 1

0: 1

2-0

1-0

1: 2

2: 2

2: 4

2-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

2: 1

2: 1

4-0

15th

SC Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

1: 1

2: 3

0: 4

1: 1

1-0

5: 2

2: 5

1: 1

2: 3

1-0

2: 2

1: 1

2-0

0: 1

3: 2

1: 1

2-0

16.

Hannover 96

1: 3

1: 5

2-0

1: 4

3: 1

1: 1

1: 2

3-0

4-0

2: 3

5: 1

3-0

5-0

3: 2

1-0

2: 3

3: 1

17th

Borussia Dortmund

0: 1

0: 3

0-0

0-0

3: 1

1: 2

2: 1

0: 4

1: 1

1: 1

1: 5

2: 2

1-0

2: 3

2: 1

1: 1

1-0

18th

Arminia Bielefeld

0: 1

1: 1

2: 3

2: 3

3: 4

1: 1

1: 1

1-0

3: 1

2: 2

1-0

1: 7

1: 3

2-0

0: 1

1-0

3: 1

List of goalscorers

Gerd Müller scored 40 goals this season, which is a record to this day. On the 33rd match day of the 2020/21 season , Robert Lewandowski set the record.

	player	society	Gates
1.	Gerd Müller	FC Bayern Munich	40
2.	Klaus Fischer	FC Schalke 04	22nd
	Hans Walitza	VfL Bochum
4th	Ferdinand Keller	Hannover 96	20th
5.	Jupp Heynckes	Borussia Monchengladbach	19th
6th	Klaus Scheer	FC Schalke 04	18th
7th	Günter Netzer	Borussia Monchengladbach	17th
8th.	Bernd Rupp	1. FC Cologne	16

The championship team FC Bayern Munich

1.

FC Bayern Munich

Goal: Sepp Maier (34 / -), Manfred Seifert (1 / -) Defense: Franz Beckenbauer (34/6), Johnny Hansen (32/4), Georg Schwarzenbeck (32/1), Paul Breitner (30/4), Herward Koppenhöfer (14 / -), Günther Rybarczyk (4 / -) Midfield: Franz Roth (32/12), Rainer Zobel (32/4), Franz Krauthausen (28/5), Edgar Schneider (23/2) Storm: Gerd Müller (34/40), Uli Hoeneß (34/13), Wolfgang Sühnholz (25/4), Willi Hoffmann (16/3), Franz Gerber (1 / -) Trainer: Udo Lattek plus one own goal each from Haun (Eintracht Braunschweig), Fechner (VfL Bochum) and Kapellmann (1. FC Köln) Herbert Schröder remained without commitment (he switched to SK VÖEST Linz during the season )

referee

Surname	Born	Regional association	Games
Heinz Aldinger	Jan. 7, 1933	Württemberg	11	0
Diedrich Basedow	17th July 1930	Hamburg	5	0
Dieter Berner	Aug 7, 1938	Württemberg	7th	1
Alfons Betz	Nov 21, 1928	Bavaria	9	0
Ferdinand Biwersi	June 24, 1934	Saarland	8th	0
Gerhard Boe	Apr 21, 1935	Lower Saxony	1	0
Horst Bonacker	May 18, 1937	unknown	7th	2
Werner Burgers	May 15, 1934	Lower Rhine	2	0
Wolfgang Dittmer	28 Sep 1941	southwest	5	0
Walter Engel	May 15, 1939	Saarland	5	0
Walter Eschweiler	Sep 20 1935	Middle Rhine	7th	1
Karl-Heinz Fork	July 13, 1930	Westphalia	5	1
Rudolf Frickel	July 16, 1932	Bavaria	7th	0
Norbert Fuchs	Sep 20 1935	Rhineland	5	1
Peter Gabor	Apr 19, 1940	Berlin	8th	0
Philipp Geng	May 4, 1926	South Baden	8th	0
Manfred Hamer	Apr 15, 1938	Westphalia	4th	0
Winfried Hanschke	Aug 10, 1933	Lower Saxony	1	0
Dieter Heckeroth	4th July 1939	Hesse	9	2
Gerd Hennig	Apr 24, 1935	Lower Rhine	10	1
Horst herds	July 8, 1928	Hamburg	8th	0
Wilfried Hilker	Aug 14, 1930	Westphalia	6th	0
Hans Hillebrand	June 12, 1935	Lower Rhine	5	0
Josef Hontheim	Aug 13, 1938	Rhineland	2	0
Walter Horstmann	Aug 28, 1935	Lower Saxony	6th	0
Paul child father	Jan. 24, 1940	Middle Rhine	6th	0
Max Klauser	4th July 1937	Bavaria	3	0
Alfred Koehler	Jan. 18, 1936	unknown	3	0
Günter Linn	March 16, 1935	Rhineland	7th	0
Herbert Lutz	May 1, 1930	Bremen	7th	0
Gert Meuser	June 26, 1936	southwest	8th	0
Walter Niemann	Jan. 1, 1933	Hamburg	2	0
Klaus Ohmsen	Oct 16, 1935	Hamburg	8th	0
Klaus Overberg	March 18, 1934	Lower Rhine	1	0
Erich Pfleiderer	Dec 18, 1929	Swimming	6th	0
Karl-Heinz Picker	26 Sep 1928	Hamburg	3	0
Heinz Quindeau	Aug 28, 1933	southwest	9	0
Jan Redelfs	Aug 20, 1935	Lower Saxony	5	0
Ewald Regely	March 17, 1934	Berlin	2	0
Karl Riegg	Nov 15, 1929	Bavaria	8th	1
Klaus-Dieter Rögner	December 11, 1933	Lower Saxony	1	0
Volker Roth	Feb. 1, 1942	Lower Saxony	2	0
Elmar Schäfer	July 20, 1940	Hamburg	4th	0
Rudolf Schröck	Dec. 2, 1933	unknown	7th	0
Gerhard Schulenburg	Oct 11, 1926	Lower Saxony	8th	1
Jürgen Schumann	May 2, 1940	Rhineland	3	0
Fritz Seiler	Aug 14, 1927	Württemberg	8th	1
Gerd Siepe	July 27, 1929	Middle Rhine	6th	0
Kurt Tschenscher	Oct. 5, 1928	Swimming	10	1
Hans Voss	Aug 10, 1928	Westphalia	4th	0
Franz Wengenmayer	March 14, 1926	Bavaria	5	0
Hans-Joachim Weyland	29 Sep 1929	Lower Rhine	9	0
Manfred Wichmann	Oct 2, 1937	Westphalia	3	0
Dieter Wohlfarth	Jan. 11, 1939	Hesse	5	0
Udo Zuchantke	December 28, 1936	Berlin	1	0
Horst Zühlke	Oct 17, 1937	Berlin	1	0
Total:			306	13th
Source: weltfussball.de

literature

• German Sports Club for Football Statistics (Ed.): DSFS Bundesliga Chronicle 1971/72 (pdf)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lewandowski cracks Müller's "record for eternity" - 6 fewer games required , transfermarkt.de, accessed on May 15, 2021
2. ^ Referee. In: weltfussball.de. Retrieved November 4, 2015 . 

swell

Kicker sports magazine : Born in 1972 , Olympia-Verlag GmbH, ISSN