1977–78 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season1977–78
Dates6 August 1977 – 29 April 1978
Champions1. FC Köln
2nd Bundesliga title
3rd German title
RelegatedTSV 1860 Munich
1. FC Saarbrücken
FC St. Pauli
European Cup1. FC Köln
Cup Winners' CupFortuna Düsseldorf (losing DFB-Pokal finalists to Köln)
UEFA CupBorussia Mönchengladbach
Hertha BSC
VfB Stuttgart
MSV Duisburg
Goals scored993
Average goals/game3.25
Top goalscorerDieter Müller (24)
Gerd Müller (24)
Biggest home winM'gladbach 12–0 Dortmund (29 April 1978)
Biggest away winBr'schweig 0–6 M'gladbach (29 October 1977)
Highest scoringM'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 fewest 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

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Location of teams in Bundesliga 1977–78
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 Munich 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 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 20 8 6 86 44 +42 48 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
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 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
6 MSV Duisburg 34 15 7 12 62 59 +3 37 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
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 Relegation to 2. 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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c As 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.

Results

Home \ Away BSC BOC EBS SVW BVB DUI F95 SGE HSV FCK KOE BMG M60 FCB FCS S04 STP VFB
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 2–1 5–0 1–1
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 1–1 4–0 1–0
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 3–1 2–0 3–1
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 2–0 4–0 0–1
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 2–1 1–1 4–1
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 1–0 4–3 2–1
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 1–1 3–1 1–0
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 3–0 5–2 2–0
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 2–0 0–2 2–0
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 0–0 2–1 0–4
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 2–4 4–1 2–1
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 Munich 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 0–0 4–1 1–2
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 7–1 4–2 2–0
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 — 2–1 4–0 1–1
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
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
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 6–1 1–0 —
Source: DFB
Legend: 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 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. ^ a b Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.