1977–78 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season	1977–78
Champions	1. FC Köln 2nd Bundesliga title 3rd German title
Relegated	TSV 1860 Munich 1. FC Saarbrücken FC St. Pauli
European Cup	1. FC Köln
Cup Winners' Cup	Fortuna Düsseldorf (losing DFB-Pokal finalists to Köln)
UEFA Cup	Borussia Mönchengladbach Hertha BSC VfB Stuttgart MSV Duisburg
Goals scored	993
Average goals/game	3.25
Top goalscorer	Dieter Müller (24) Gerd Müller (24)
Biggest home win	M'gladbach 12–0 Dortmund (29 April 1978)
Biggest away win	Br'schweig 0–6 M'gladbach (29 October 1977)
Highest scoring	M'gladbach 12–0 Dortmund (12 goals) (29 April 1978)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 Bundesliga was the 15th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 6 August 1977^[1] and ended on 29 April 1978.^[2] 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 three teams with the least points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.

Team changes to 1976–77

Karlsruher SC, Tennis Borussia Berlin and Rot-Weiss Essen were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by FC St. Pauli, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, VfB Stuttgart, winners of the Southern Division and TSV 1860 Munich, who won a promotion play-off series against Arminia Bielefeld.

Season overview

The 1977–78 season, which ended earlier than usual due to the upcoming World Cup in Argentina, ended with 1. FC Köln winning the title, but the decision had been closer than anybody would have imagined. The team from Cologne was level on points with Borussia Mönchengladbach before the final round of matches of the season, but had a ten-goal lead in goal difference over their rivals. Nevertheless, Mönchengladbach managed to close the gap with a 12–0 victory in their last match against Borussia Dortmund. However, the team around Jupp Heynckes and Berti Vogts missed out on the title by three goals because Köln won 5–0 against FC St. Pauli at the same time.

Team overview

Bochum

Düsseldorf

Schalke

Location of teams in Bundesliga 1977–78

Club	Ground^[3]	Capacity^[3]
Berlin Hertha BSC !Hertha BSC Berlin	Olympiastadion	100,000
Bochum !VfL Bochum	Ruhrstadion	40,000
Braunschweig !Eintracht Braunschweig	Eintracht-Stadion	38,000
Bremen !SV Werder Bremen	Weserstadion	32,000
Dortmund !Borussia Dortmund	Westfalenstadion	54,000
Duisburg !MSV Duisburg	Wedaustadion	38,500
Dusseldorf !Fortuna Düsseldorf	Rheinstadion	59,600
Frankfurt !Eintracht Frankfurt	Waldstadion	62,000
Hamburg !Hamburger SV	Volksparkstadion	80,000
Kaiserslautern !1. FC Kaiserslautern	Stadion Betzenberg	42,000
Koln !1. FC Köln	Müngersdorfer Stadion	61,000
Mönchengladbach !Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
München 1860 !TSV 1860 München	Olympiastadion	80,000
München Bayern !FC Bayern Munich	Olympiastadion	80,000
Saarbrücken !1. FC Saarbrücken	Ludwigspark	40,000
Schalke !FC Schalke 04	Parkstadion	70,000
St. Pauli !FC St. Pauli	Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion	32,000
Stuttgart !VfB Stuttgart	Neckarstadion	72,000

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Köln (C)	34	22	4	8	86	41	+45	48	1978–79 European Cup First round
2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	20	8	6	86	44	+42	48	1978–79 UEFA Cup First round
3	Hertha BSC	34	15	10	9	59	48	+11	40
4	VfB Stuttgart	34	17	5	12	58	40	+18	39
5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	15	9	10	49	36	+13	39	1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup First round ¹
6	MSV Duisburg	34	15	7	12	62	59	+3	37	1978–79 UEFA Cup First round ¹
7	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	16	4	14	59	52	+7	36
8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	16	4	14	64	63	+1	36
9	Schalke 04	34	14	6	14	47	52	−5	34
10	Hamburger SV	34	14	6	14	61	67	−6	34
11	Borussia Dortmund	34	14	5	15	57	71	−14	33
12	Bayern Munich	34	11	10	13	62	64	−2	32
13	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	14	4	16	43	53	−10	32
14	VfL Bochum	34	11	9	14	49	51	−2	31
15	Werder Bremen	34	13	5	16	48	57	−9	31
16	1860 Munich (R)	34	7	8	19	41	60	−19	22	2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17	1. FC Saarbrücken (R)	34	6	10	18	39	70	−31	22
18	FC St. Pauli (R)	34	6	6	22	44	86	−42	18

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹As 1. FC Köln also won the DFB-Pokal, the Cup Winners' Cup spot was given to runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf, while Düsseldorf's original UEFA Cup was transferred to MSV Duisburg.
(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	Hertha BSC !BSC	VfL Bochum !BOC	Eintracht Braunschweig !BRS	Werder Bremen !BRE	Borussia Dortmund !DOR	MSV Duisburg !DUI	Fortuna Düsseldorf !DÜS	Eintracht Frankfurt !FRA	Hamburger SV !HAM	1. FC Kaiserslautern !KAI	Köln !KÖL	Borussia Mönchengladbach !MGL	1860 München !M60	Bayern Munich !FCB	1. FC Saarbrücken !SBR	FC St. Pauli !STP	Schalke 04 !S04	Stuttgart !STU
Hertha BSC !Hertha BSC		4–3	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	5–0	2–1	1–1
VfL Bochum !VfL Bochum	5–0		1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	4–0	1–1	1–0
Eintracht Braunschweig !Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	3–1		2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–0	0–6	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–1
Werder Bremen !Werder Bremen	4–2	1–0	2–1		3–1	4–2	2–1	3–0	1–2	5–3	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–1
Borussia Dortmund !Borussia Dortmund	1–1	5–3	2–0	4–1		2–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	4–0	1–2	3–3	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–1
MSV Duisburg !MSV Duisburg	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–2		0–0	3–0	5–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	6–3	5–0	4–3	1–0	2–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf !Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0		2–1	3–1	4–1	5–1	1–3	2–0	4–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–0
Eintracht Frankfurt !Eintracht Frankfurt	0–5	5–3	2–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	4–0		0–2	1–3	2–2	4–2	1–0	4–0	4–0	5–2	3–0	2–0
Hamburger SV !Hamburger SV	2–2	3–1	4–2	1–1	4–1	4–1	0–3	0–0		3–1	1–0	2–6	3–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	2–0
1. FC Kaiserslautern !1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	6–1	3–2	2–0	3–0		0–2	0–3	1–0	5–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–4
Köln !1. FC Köln	3–1	2–1	6–0	7–2	4–1	5–2	1–0	0–1	6–1	4–1		1–1	6–2	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–4	2–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach !Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	12–0	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–5		2–1	2–0	6–1	2–1	2–1	3–1
1860 München !1860 München	2–3	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	4–0	0–1	2–4	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–1		1–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–2
Bayern Munich !Bayern Munich	0–2	1–1	3–2	3–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	0–3	1–1	1–3		7–1	4–2	7–1	2–0
1. FC Saarbrücken !1. FC Saarbrücken	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–5	3–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1		4–0	2–1	1–1
FC St. Pauli !FC St. Pauli	3–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–6	2–2	2–1	5–3	2–3	0–3	0–5	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–3		1–1	1–1
Schalke 04 !Schalke 04	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	2–0	4–1		3–1
Stuttgart !VfB Stuttgart	1–0	3–1	5–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–3	1–0	1–0	6–1

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

24 goals

Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln)
Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)

21 goals

Klaus Toppmöller (1. FC Kaiserslautern)

20 goals

Manfred Burgsmüller (Borussia Dortmund)
Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04)

18 goals

Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

17 goals

Karl-Heinz Granitza (Hertha BSC)
Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

16 goals

Franz Gerber (FC St. Pauli)
Rudolf Seliger (MSV Duisburg)

Champion squad

1. FC Köln
Goalkeeper: Harald Schumacher (34). Defenders: Roland Gerber (34 / 2); Gerhard Strack (32 / 2); Herbert Zimmermann (32 / 2); Harald Konopka (31 / 3); Bernhard Cullmann (27 / 6); Herbert Hein (4); Rainer Nicot (1). Midfielders: Heinz Flohe (34 / 14); Herbert Neumann (34 / 8); Heinz Simmet (23 / 1); Yasuhiko Okudera (20 / 4); Dieter Prestin (14 / 3); Holger Willmer (11 / 1); Jürgen Glowacz (5). Forwards: Dieter Müller (33 / 24); Roger Van Gool (32 / 12); Hannes Löhr (8 / 1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Hennes Weisweiler. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Gerald Ehrmann; Wolfgang Weber; Heinz Pape; Norbert Schmitz; Preben Elkjær Larsen ; Klaus Kösling.

References

↑ "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
↑ "Archive 1977/1978 Round 34". DFB.
1 2 Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

External links

DFB Bundesliga archive 1977/1978

Bundesliga

2015–16 clubs	FC Augsburg Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Borussia Mönchengladbach Darmstadt 98 Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburger SV Hannover 96 Hertha BSC 1899 Hoffenheim FC Ingolstadt 1. FC Köln Mainz 05 Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart Werder Bremen VfL Wolfsburg

Former clubs	1860 Munich Alemannia Aachen Arminia Bielefeld Bayer 05 Uerdingen/KFC Uerdingen 05 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin VfL Bochum Borussia Neunkirchen Dynamo Dresden Eintracht Braunschweig Energie Cottbus Fortuna Düsseldorf Fortuna Köln SC Freiburg SpVgg Greuther Fürth Hansa Rostock FC 08 Homburg 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Kickers Offenbach VfB Leipzig Meidericher SV/MSV Duisburg 1. FC Nürnberg Preußen Münster Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1. FC Saarbrücken SC Paderborn 07 FC St. Pauli Stuttgarter Kickers Tasmania Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin SSV Ulm 1846 SpVgg Unterhaching Waldhof Mannheim Wattenscheid 09 Wuppertaler SV

History	Reichsliga Introduction in 1963 1965 scandal 1971 scandal 2005 scandal

Lists and statistics	All-time table List of clubs Records Borussia Mönchengladbach 12–0 Borussia Dortmund Foreign players Top scorers Attendance

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UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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