1969–70 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season 1969–70
Champions Borussia Mönchengladbach
1st Bundesliga title
1st German title
Relegated TSV 1860 Munich
Alemannia Aachen
European Cup Borussia Mönchengladbach
Goals scored 951
Average goals/game 3.11
Top goalscorer Gerd Müller (38)
Biggest home win Hertha BSC 9–1 Dortmund (18 April 1970)
Köln 8–0 Schalke (8 November 1969)
Biggest away win Braunschweig 0–4 Oberhausen (6 September 1969)
Braunschweig 0–4 FC Bayern (27 September 1969)
Hertha BSC 0–4 FC Bayern (21 March 1970)
Highest scoring Hertha BSC 9–1 Dortmund (10 goals) (18 April 1970)

The 1969–70 Bundesliga was the seventh season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 16 August 1969 and ended on 7 June 1970.[1] 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 two teams with the least points were relegated to their respective Regionalliga divisions.

Team changes to 1968–69

1. FC Nuremberg and Kickers Offenbach were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Rot-Weiss Essen and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.

Season overview

The 1969–70 season saw Borussia Mönchengladbach win their first title. Key to their success was a, in comparison to the previous seasons, significantly improved defense. Mönchengladbach successfully held off Bayern Munich despite a record season of Bayern striker Gerd Müller, who scored 38 goals.

At the other end of the table, 1860 Munich and Alemannia Aachen were demoted. The Munich side was forced to sell several key players because of financial problems, filling the voids with youth players. However, those players lacked Bundesliga capability, so relegation was a logical consequence. Meanwhile, Aachen had an even more disastrous year. Despite a second-place finish in 1968–69, the team was never able to provide even a rudimentary repeat of their level of play throughout the season, which eventually fixed their demotion several rounds before the end of the season.

The season in general was overshadowed by a very harsh winter. A total of 45 games had to be postponed because of frozen pitches and similar conditions between January and April 1970, including a complete round of games on 10 January 1970. As a consequence, many teams had severe scheduling problems. The situation was impaired by the upcoming World Cup, which was to begin only three weeks after the end of the season. Eventually, the table was evened up again, but only prior to the last two rounds of matches.

Other notable events were the cup victory of Fußball-Regionalliga sides Kickers Offenbach (although the team had already been promoted by the time the final was played) and an incident in a game between rivals Borussia Dortmund and FC Schalke 04 where Schalke player Friedel Rausch was bitten into his rear by a shepherd. The dog had been used by local police to ensure that the pitch in Dortmund's Stadion Rote Erde was kept free of spectators, who gathered until the sidelines in a hopelessly overcrowded venue.

Team overview

Club Ground[2] Capacity[2]
Alemannia Aachen Tivoli 30,000
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 100,000
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
TSV 1860 München Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße 44,300
FC Bayern Munich Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße 44,300
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Niederrheinstadion 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 23 5 6 71 29+42 51 1970–71 European Cup First round
2 Bayern Munich 34 21 5 8 88 37+51 47 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round
3 Hertha BSC 34 20 5 9 67 41+26 45
4 1. FC Köln 34 20 3 11 83 38+45 43
5 Borussia Dortmund 34 14 8 12 60 677 36
6 Hamburger SV 34 12 11 11 57 54+3 35 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round
7 VfB Stuttgart 34 14 7 13 59 623 35
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 12 10 12 54 540 34
9 Schalke 04 34 11 12 11 43 5411 34
10 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 10 12 12 44 5511 32
11 Werder Bremen 34 10 11 13 38 479 31
12 Rot-Weiss Essen 34 8 15 11 41 5413 31
13 Hannover 96 34 11 8 15 49 6112 30
14 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 11 7 16 50 6212 29
15 MSV Duisburg 34 9 11 14 35 4813 29
16 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 9 10 15 40 499 28
17 1860 Munich (R) 34 9 7 18 41 5615 25 Regionalliga
18 Alemannia Aachen (R) 34 5 7 22 31 8352 17

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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 AAC BSC BRSBREDORDUIRWEFRAHAMH96KAIKÖLMGLM60FCBOBHS04STU
Alemannia Aachen 24 11 00 31 32 00 21 02 11 11 13 03 00 13 20 12 42
Hertha BSC 21 20 41 91 10 40 20 10 11 30 10 11 42 04 10 30 31
Eintracht Braunschweig 30 12 12 11 21 00 31 30 11 10 12 01 22 04 04 30 10
Werder Bremen 41 10 01 13 00 21 32 11 10 32 21 00 11 10 11 01 11
Borussia Dortmund 31 00 22 21 31 41 21 21 21 51 10 21 31 13 32 11 00
MSV Duisburg 21 13 10 11 01 01 11 00 10 00 11 01 21 42 21 20 11
Rot-Weiss Essen 20 52 11 32 33 00 11 22 10 11 00 10 30 11 10 11 33
Eintracht Frankfurt 62 11 00 21 20 01 21 22 33 21 00 12 43 21 51 21 40
Hamburger SV 41 10 33 22 43 41 10 51 20 21 25 13 01 13 21 11 13
Hannover 96 50 21 02 32 42 00 30 11 11 42 34 10 31 01 21 31 20
1. FC Kaiserslautern 31 10 20 10 22 02 00 20 11 52 32 14 32 00 00 11 32
1. FC Köln 30 51 32 30 52 62 52 12 30 50 61 01 21 02 01 80 31
Borussia Mönchengladbach 51 11 10 10 42 41 21 12 43 50 11 20 31 21 61 20 30
1860 München 00 22 10 01 30 22 00 11 02 30 01 10 03 21 41 02 41
Bayern Munich 60 12 51 41 30 20 40 21 21 72 11 12 10 20 62 60 12
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 10 31 21 31 21 20 11 31 13 00 00 02 34 30 33 03 30
Schalke 04 30 13 11 00 11 00 53 00 11 20 42 10 20 31 22 22 12
VfB Stuttgart 50 14 32 11 21 43 41 40 11 21 21 03 00 31 23 42 20

Source: www.dfb.de
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

38 goals
20 goals
19 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
13 goals

Champion squad

Borussia Mönchengladbach
Goalkeepers: Wolfgang Kleff (34); Volker Danner (1).

Defenders: Berti Vogts (34 / 5); Klaus-Dieter Sieloff (33 / 3); Ludwig Müller (33 / 1); Hartwig Bleidick (28 / 2); Gerd Zimmermann (6); Erwin Spinnler (2).
Midfielders: Peter Dietrich (33 / 5); Günter Netzer (29 / 6); Winfried Schäfer (26 / 2).
Forwards: Herbert Laumen (34 / 19); Horst Köppel (34 / 9); Herbert Wimmer (30 / 6); Ulrik le Fevre Denmark (29 / 8); Werner Kaiser (10 / 4); Peter Kracke (2); Peter Meyer (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Hennes Weisweiler.

On the roster but have not played in a league game: Heinz Koch; Heinz Wittmann.

See also

References

  1. "Archive 1969/1970 Schedule". DFB.
  2. 1 2 Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

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