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)

Fußball-Bundesliga 1970–71 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

Hertha BSC
Bremen
        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 63−9 37
6 Schalke 04 34 15 6 13 44 40+4 36
7 MSV Duisburg 34 12 11 11 43 47−4 35
8 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 15 4 15 54 57−3 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 56−10 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 60−6 29
14 Arminia Bielefeld 34 12 5 17 34 53−19 29
15 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 11 6 17 39 56−17 28
16 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 9 9 16 54 69−15 27
17 Kickers Offenbach (R) 34 9 9 16 49 65−16 27 Regionalliga
18 Rot-Weiss Essen (R) 34 7 9 18 48 68−20 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[1] BSC BIE BRSBREDORDUIESSFRAHAMH96KAIKÖLMGLFCBOBHOFFS04STU
Hertha BSC 0–1 1–0 3–1 5–2 3–1 1–1 6–2 2–0 0–0 5–3 3–2 4–2 3–3 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0
Arminia Bielefeld 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–3 1–0
Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–4 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–3 4–0
SV Werder Bremen 0–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 3–1
Borussia Dortmund 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 5–1 7–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 3–4 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–1
MSV Duisburg 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–1 4–3 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–0
Rot-Weiss Essen 0–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–3 2–3 1–3 1–1
Eintracht Frankfurt 1–3 1–1 5–2 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–4 0–1 5–0 3–0 1–0 1–0
Hamburger SV 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 5–2 2–0 2–2 1–5 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–0
Hannover 96 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 4–1 3–3 3–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–0
1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 5–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 4–0 2–0 0–5
1. FC Köln 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–3 2–4 4–2 2–0 2–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–0 0–2 3–1 0–22 3–2 1–0 4–3 5–0 3–0 0–0 5–0 1–1 3–1 6–0 2–0 2–0 4–1
Bayern Munich 1–0 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 6–2 4–1 3–1 7–0 2–2 4–2 0–0 3–0 1–0
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1–1 4–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 8–1 4–3 4–2 2–2 0–2 0–4 2–2 4–1 1–2
Kickers Offenbach 1–0 5–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 3–3 1–5 2–2 4–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 0–1 3–3
Schalke 04 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 4–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–1
VfB Stuttgart 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 6–1 1–0 5–1 2–1 3–3 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1

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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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" (in German, English). Retrieved 9 December 2008.

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