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)

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

Club Location Ground[3] Capacity[3]
Hertha BSC Berlin Berlin Olympiastadion 100,000
VfL Bochum Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 38,000
SV Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 32,000
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 54,000
MSV Duisburg Duisburg Wedaustadion 38,500
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 80,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Stadion Betzenberg 42,000
1. FC Köln Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500
TSV 1860 München Munich Olympiastadion 80,000
FC Bayern Munich Munich Olympiastadion 80,000
1. FC Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Ludwigspark 40,000
FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000
FC St. Pauli Hamburg Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion 32,000
VfB Stuttgart 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 47 525 34
10 Hamburger SV 34 14 6 14 61 676 34
11 Borussia Dortmund 34 14 5 15 57 7114 33
12 Bayern Munich 34 11 10 13 62 642 32
13 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 14 4 16 43 5310 32
14 VfL Bochum 34 11 9 14 49 512 31
15 Werder Bremen 34 13 5 16 48 579 31
16 1860 Munich (R) 34 7 8 19 41 6019 22 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17 1. FC Saarbrücken (R) 34 6 10 18 39 7031 22
18 FC St. Pauli (R) 34 6 6 22 44 8642 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 BSC BOC BRSBREDORDUIDÜSFRAHAMKAIKÖLMÖNM60MUNSBRSTPSCHSTU
Hertha BSC 43 10 20 31 22 00 20 32 21 11 21 41 31 11 50 21 11
VfL Bochum 50 11 20 10 12 21 01 21 01 00 00 20 21 42 40 11 10
Eintracht Braunschweig 11 31 20 01 10 20 11 40 31 10 06 21 11 30 20 31 31
Werder Bremen 42 10 21 31 42 21 30 12 53 02 32 20 11 11 40 20 01
Borussia Dortmund 11 53 20 41 21 12 02 21 40 12 33 13 11 21 11 21 41
MSV Duisburg 21 00 31 20 12 00 30 52 32 12 11 11 63 50 43 10 21
Fortuna Düsseldorf 00 11 20 20 10 00 21 31 41 51 13 20 42 21 31 11 10
Eintracht Frankfurt 05 53 20 02 21 31 40 02 13 22 42 10 40 40 52 30 20
Hamburger SV 22 31 42 11 41 41 03 00 31 10 26 30 22 12 02 20 20
1. FC Kaiserslautern 20 41 21 21 40 61 32 20 30 02 03 10 50 21 21 00 04
1. FC Köln 31 21 60 72 41 52 10 01 61 41 11 62 20 31 41 24 21
Borussia Mönchengladbach 21 22 31 40 120 13 32 20 21 22 25 21 20 61 21 21 31
1860 Munich 23 20 10 00 02 40 01 24 22 22 13 11 11 20 41 00 12
Bayern Munich 02 11 32 31 30 32 00 21 20 42 03 11 13 71 42 71 20
1. FC Saarbrücken 22 01 01 11 22 12 11 00 35 33 10 01 11 21 40 21 11
FC St. Pauli 30 11 01 31 36 22 21 53 23 03 05 01 41 00 13 11 11
Schalke 04 20 31 10 10 02 01 10 32 22 30 20 12 21 32 20 41 31
VfB Stuttgart 10 31 50 20 41 10 11 21 12 30 30 20 31 33 10 10 61

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
21 goals
20 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals

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 Japan (20 / 4); Dieter Prestin (14 / 3); Holger Willmer (11 / 1); Jürgen Glowacz (5).
Forwards: Dieter Müller (33 / 24); Roger Van Gool Belgium (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 Denmark; Klaus Kösling.

References

  1. "Schedule Round 1". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
  2. "Archive 1977/1978 Round 34". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
  3. 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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