1.FC Köln became the first champion, basically controlling the table from the start: always in first, or at least tied for the top. The Rams were a combination of veterans, like World Cup star and captain Hans Schäfer, and young stars who would influence the league for years to come: Wolfgang Overath, Karl-Heinz Thielen and Wolfgang Weber. The Kölners also had the "honor" of receiving the first ever stadium ban. One of their fans assaulted the referee with the corner kick flag. Köln therefore played their match against Eintracht Braunschweig in Wuppertal's Stadion Am Zoo. Interestingly enough, Köln usually played in all-white, as the club president was an admirer of Real Madrid.
Somewhat of a surprise, MSV Duisburg (then still known just as Meidericher SV) ended as runner-up. The only star player was oldtimer and 1954 world Champ hero Helmut Rahn, who distinguished himself as the first player ever to get his ass tossed, in the 4th week.
Hamburg was supposed to challenge, led by 30 goal man Uwe Seeler, but after about 10 games, fell out of contention and disappeared. Defending champion Borussia Dortmund, which only two months before the start had defeated Köln in the the last playoff championship, was never much of a factor.
On the bottom, Münster put up a good fight, but Saarbrbrücken was hopeless, as it took 16 matches to even register the first win. Hertha Berlin drew huge crowds, but was only saved when Münster lost at home on the last day.
1. 1. FC Köln 30 17 11 2 78:40 +38 45-15 ------------------------------------------------------------- 2. MSV Duisburg 30 14 12 4 61:36 +25 40-20 3. Eintracht Frankfurt 30 16 7 7 65:41 +24 39-21 4. Borussia Dortmund (M) 30 14 5 11 73:57 +16 33-27 5. VfB Stuttgart 30 13 7 10 48:40 +8 33-27 6. Hamburger SV (P) 30 11 10 9 69:60 +9 32-28 7. TSV München 1860 30 11 9 10 66:50 +16 31-29 8. FC Schalke 04 30 12 5 13 51:53 -2 29-31 9. 1. FC Nürnberg 30 11 7 12 45:56 -11 29-31 10. SV Werder Bremen 30 10 8 12 53:62 -9 28-32 11. Eintracht Braunschweig 30 11 6 13 36:49 -13 28-32 12. 1. FC Kaiserslautern 30 10 6 14 48:69 -21 26-34 13. Karlsruher SC 30 8 8 14 42:55 -13 24-36 14. Hertha BSC Berlin 30 9 6 15 45:65 -20 24-36 ------------------------------------------------------------- 15. Preußen Münster 30 7 8 15 34:53 -19 22-38 16. 1. FC Saarbrücken 30 6 5 19 44:72 -28 17-43 M= Meister/ defending champion P= Pokal / defending Cup winner Frankfurt, Dortmund, Stuttgart, Berlin receive "Fairs Cup" (UEFA) spots. Scorers list: 30 - Seeler (Hamburg) 20 - Konietzka (Dortmund) 19 - Brunnenmeier (1860) 18 - Huberts (Frankfurt) 18 - Matischak (Schalke) 16 - Thielen (Koeln) 16 - Emmerich (Dortmund) 16 - Strehl (Nuernberg)
Bundesliga promotion playoffs Gruppe 1 FC St.Pauli - Bayern München 0:4, 1:6 Tasmania Berlin - Borussia Neunkirchen 5:1, 0:1 Bayern München - Tasmania Berlin 1:1, 0:3 Borussia Neunkirchen - FC St.Pauli 4:1, 1:0 Borussia Neunkirchen - Bayern München 0:1, 2:0 FC St.Pauli - Tasmania Berlin 3:0, 3:3 1. Borussia Neunkirchen 6 4 0 2 9:6 8-4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Bayern München 6 3 1 2 12:7 7-5 3. Tasmania Berlin 6 2 2 2 12:9 6-6 4. FC St.Pauli 6 1 1 4 8:18 3-9 Gruppe 2 Hessen Kassel - Hannover 96 1:2, 1:3 FK Pirmasens - Alemannia Aachen 3:0, 1:5 Hannover 96 - FK Pirmasens 2:0, 4:0 Alemannia Aachen - Hessen Kassel 1:2, 0:2 Hessen Kassel - FK Pirmasens 1:4, 4:2 Hannover 96 - Alemannia Aachen 2:1, 2:3 1. Hannover 96 6 5 0 1 15:6 10-2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Hessen Kassel 6 3 0 3 11:12 6-6 3. Alemannia Aachen 6 2 0 4 10:12 4-8 4. FK Pirmasens 6 2 0 4 10:16 4-8
Regionalliga Nord 1. FC St.Pauli 34 21 9 4 87:35 51-17 2. Hannover 96 34 22 5 7 78:27 49-19 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Arminia Hannover 34 18 9 7 73:44 45-23 4. FC Altona 93 34 21 2 11 82:46 44-24 5. Holstein Kiel 34 18 7 9 72:48 43-25 6. VfL Osnabrück 34 16 7 11 56:52 39-29 7. VfB Oldenburg 34 16 6 12 63:50 38-30 8. ASV Bergedorf 85 34 13 9 12 65:65 35-33 9. VfL Wolfsburg 34 14 6 14 50:61 34-34 10. VfR Neumünster 34 12 9 13 56:61 33-35 11. Victoria Hamburg 34 9 11 14 49:71 29-39 12. TuS Bremerhaven 93 34 9 10 15 48:48 28:40 13. VfV Hildesheim 34 10 8 16 40:53 28:40 14. VfB Lübeck 34 11 5 18 59:78 27:41 15. SV Friedrichsort 34 7 10 17 46:85 24:44 16. Concordia Hamburg 34 8 7 19 39:62 23:45 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. VfL Oldenburg 34 6 11 17 36:69 23:45 18. HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 34 5 9 20 40:84 19:49 Regionalliga West 1. Alemannia Aachen 38 27 5 6 105:37 59-17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Wuppertaler SV 38 19 14 5 66:36 52-24 3. Fortuna Düsseldorf 38 21 8 9 85:50 50-26 4. TSV Marl-Hüls 38 20 8 10 56:41 48-28 5. Viktoria Köln 38 19 7 12 77:53 45-31 6. Westfalia Herne 38 17 10 11 69:63 44-32 7. Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 38 16 10 12 68:58 42-34 8. Borussia Mönchengladbach 38 17 7 14 71:47 41-35 9. Duisburger SV 38 13 13 12 54:55 39-37 10. Rot-Weiß Essen 38 13 12 13 70:64 38-38 11. Arminia Bielefeld 38 14 10 14 65:74 38-38 12. Bayer Leverkusen 38 13 9 16 62:62 35-41 13. Schwarz-Weiß Essen 38 13 8 17 60:71 34-42 14. Sportfreunde Hamborn 07 38 12 10 16 49:71 34-42 15. STV Horst-Emscher 38 11 9 18 56:75 31-45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. SpVgg Herten 38 12 7 19 55:79 31-45 17. VfB Bottrop 38 11 8 19 53:68 30-46 18. Sportfreunde Siegen 38 9 11 18 69:85 29-47 19. Duisburg 48/99 38 9 4 25 47:88 22-54 20. Lüner SV 38 5 8 25 41:101 18-58 Regionalliga Südwest 1. Borussia Neunkirchen 38 25 10 3 106:32 60-16 2. FK Pirmasens 38 27 5 6 128:49 59-17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Wormatia Worms 38 25 8 5 85:41 58-18 4. FSV Mainz 05 38 20 7 11 82:57 47-29 5. Eintracht Trier 38 16 11 11 72:68 43-33 6. Saar 05 Saarbrücken 38 15 12 11 78:52 42-34 7. VfR Kaiserslautern 38 16 10 12 65:54 42-34 8. Sportfreunde Saarbrücken 38 17 6 15 81:62 40-36 9. Phönix Ludwigshafen 38 15 10 13 58:56 40-36 10. SC Ludwigshafen 38 17 6 15 66:64 40-36 11. TuS Neuendorf 38 16 7 15 84:73 39-37 12. TuRa Ludwigshafen 38 14 9 15 64:54 37-39 13. Röchling Völklingen 38 11 13 14 65:74 35-41 14. SpVgg Weisenau 38 11 12 15 60:77 34-42 15. VfR Frankenthal 38 12 8 18 55:77 32-44 16. BSC Oppau 38 13 6 19 49:71 32-44 17. Phönix Bellheim 38 11 5 22 67:99 27-49 18. TSC Zweibrücken 38 8 7 23 50:98 23-53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19. ASV Landau 38 6 5 27 39:110 17-59 20. SV Niederlahnstein 38 6 1 31 37:123 13-63 Regionalliga Süd 1. Hessen Kassel 38 25 5 8 116:61 55-21 2. Bayern München 38 22 8 8 115:61 52-24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Kickers Offenbach 38 21 8 9 96:66 50-26 4. Schwaben Augsburg 38 19 11 8 77:56 49-27 5. SSV Reutlingen 38 19 9 10 76:61 47-29 6. VfR Mannheim 38 18 9 11 68:50 45-31 7. FC Schweinfurt 05 38 17 9 12 82:55 43-33 8. TSG Ulm 46 38 20 2 16 73:74 42-34 9. SpVgg Fürth 38 14 11 13 68:61 39-37 10. Freiburger FC 38 14 9 15 58:61 37-39 11. SV Waldhof Mannheim 38 15 6 17 56:60 36-40 12. ESV Ingolstadt 38 12 11 15 61:81 35-41 13. Bayern Hof 38 12 9 17 61:64 33-43 14. Stuttgarter Kickers 38 12 9 17 54:74 33-43 15. 1.FC Pforzheim 38 12 9 17 51:75 33-43 16. FSV Frankfurt 38 13 5 20 69:85 31-45 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. SpVgg Neu-Isenburg 38 11 5 22 49:80 27-49 18. Borussia Fulda 38 8 10 20 53:77 26-50 19. BC Augsburg 38 10 5 23 48:90 25-51 20. Amicitia Viernheim 38 8 6 24 47:86 22-54 Regionalliga Berlin 1. Tasmania 1900 Berlin 27 21 4 2 73:22 46-8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Tennis Borussia Berlin 27 19 4 4 73:22 42-12 3. Wacker 04 Berlin 27 15 4 8 52:45 34-20 4. Spandauer SV 27 13 7 7 63:41 33-21 5. Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 27 9 5 13 37:55 23-31 6. Hertha Zehlendorf 27 11 2 14 46:47 22-32 7. Reinickendorfer Füchse 27 8 5 14 31:46 21-33 8. Berliner SV 92 27 6 7 14 28:49 19-35 9. BFC Südring Berlin 27 7 3 17 36:64 17-37 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Union 06 Berlin 27 4 3 20 23:71 11-43