German Soccer: 1964-65 Season

Bundesliga 1964-65

The 2nd season saw the first "scandal": Hertha BSC was kicked out for "cheating". Apparently they violated the DFB Diktat against wage controls and were paying players under the table. (They certainly weren't getting much for their money.) This silly rule was undoubtedly designed to keep players in servitude, and Hertha, having bought at least a dozen established players, was obviously flaunting the regulations.

Werder Bremen was the surprise winner of the title, led by their stingy defense. Built around young superstar Horst Höttges, Max Lorenz, Sepp Piontek and national keeper Günter Bernard, the Bremers gave up less than a goal a game.

Defending champion Köln fought a fierce battle with Werder down the stretch, but were unable to win any of their last three matches.

On the bottom, legendary Schalke delivered a disgraceful performance, and finished dead last. Despite several "stars", the Blues would have to go down. But then the DFB came to their rescue: they expanded the league to 18 clubs. This also saved Karlsruhe. And since Berlin couldn't be without a club, the DFB promoted Tasmania to the top flight.

Attendance was superb, averaging 27,000 per match, a record that would last for many years. Newcomer sensation Hannover led the way, averaging over 40,000 in the Niedersachsen. Of course, Hertha BSC also drew massive crowds in Berlin, including 84,000 against Hamburg.


 1. SV Werder Bremen          30  15 11  4  54:29 +25	41-19
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 2. 1. FC Köln (M)	      30  14 10  6  66:45 +21	38-22 
 3. Borussia Dortmund         30  15  6  9  67:48 +19	36-24 
 4. TSV München 1860 (P)      30  14  7  9  70:50 +20	35-25 
 5. Hannover 96 (N)           30  13  7 10  48:42 +6	33-27 
 6. 1. FC Nürnberg            30  11 10  9  44:38 +6	32-28 
 7. MSV Duisburg              30  12  8 10  46:48 -2	32-28 
 8. Eintracht Frankfurt       30  11  7 12  50:58 -8	29-31 
 9. Eintracht Braunschweig    30  10  8 12  42:47 -5	28-32 
10. Borussia Neunkirchen (N)  30   9  9 12  44:48 -4	27-33 
11. Hamburger SV              30  11  5 14  46:56 -10	27-33 
12. VfB Stuttgart             30   9  8 13  46:50 -4	26-34 
13. 1. FC Kaiserslautern      30  11  3 16  41:53 -8	25-35 
14. Hertha BSC Berlin         30   7 11 12  40:62 -22	25-35	
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15. Karlsruher SC             30   9  6 15  47:62 -15	24-36 
16. FC Schalke 04             30   7  8 15  45:60 -15	22-38 

No clubs relegated as Bundesliga will expand to 18 clubs.
Hertha Berlin was kicked out for cheating, so the DFB ruled that Tasmania
would take their place next season.

Scorers List:

24 - Brunnenmeier (1860)
22 - Konietzka (Dortmund)
19 - C.Mueller (Koeln)
15 - Strehl (Nuernberg)
14 - Brungs (Dortmund)
14 - Seeler (Hamburg)




Bundesliga Promotion playoffs

Qualifier: FC St.Pauli - SSV Reutlingen 1:0, 1:4 n.V.

Gruppe 1

Holstein Kiel - SSV Reutlingen 			1:1, 1:1
Wormatia Worms - Borussia Mönchengladbach 	1:5, 1:1
Borussia Mönchengladbach - Holstein Kiel 	1:0, 2:4
SSV Reutlingen - Wormatia Worms 		3:0, 2:1
Holstein Kiel - Wormatia Worms 			3:4, 3:0
SSV Reutlingen - Borussia Mönchengladbach 	1:1, 0:7

 1.  	Borussia Mönchengladbach 	6 	3 	2 	1 	17:7 	8-4
 2.  	SSV Reutlingen 			6 	2 	3 	1 	8:11 	7-5
 3.  	Holstein Kiel 			6 	2 	2 	2 	12:9 	6-6
 4.  	Wormatia Worms 			6 	1 	1 	4 	7:17 	3-9

 

Gruppe 2

Bayern München - Tennis Borussia Berlin 	2:0, 8:0
Alemannia Aachen - 1.FC Saarbrücken	 	2:1, 1:3
Tennis Borussia Berlin - Alemannia Aachen 	1:1, 4:5
1.FC Saarbrücken - Bayern München 		1:0, 0:5
Bayern München - Alemannia Aachen 		2:1, 1:1
Tennis Borussia Berlin - 1.FC Saarbrücken 	5:2, 0:5

 1.  	Bayern München 		6 	4 	1 	1 	18:3 	9:3
 2.  	1.FC Saarbrücken 	6 	3 	0 	3 	12:13 	6:6
 3.  	Alemannia Aachen 	6 	2 	2 	2 	11:12 	6:6
 4.  	Tennis Borussia Berlin 	6 	1 	1 	4 	10:23 	3:9



Regionalliga Nord

 1.   	Holstein Kiel  		32  	24  	4  	4  	94:41  	52-12
 2.  	FC St.Pauli (M) 	32 	17 	8 	7 	79:54 	42-22
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 3.  	FC Altona 93 		32 	17 	7 	8 	69:45 	41-23
 4.  	Arminia Hannover 	32 	17 	6 	9 	76:49 	40-24
 5.  	Göttingen 05 (N) 	32 	17 	3 	12 	62:40 	37-27
 6.  	VfL Wolfsburg 		32 	12 	8 	12 	53:56 	32-32
 7.  	TuS Bremerhaven 93 	32 	11 	9 	12 	46:55 	31-33
 8.  	ASV Bergedorf 85 	32 	14 	2 	16 	61:62 	30-34
 9.  	Concordia Hamburg 	32 	13 	4 	15 	44:57 	30-34
10.  	VfL Osnabrück 		32 	12 	5 	15 	71:65 	29-35
11.  	VfB Lübeck 		32 	11 	6 	15 	42:56 	28-36
12.  	Victoria Hamburg 	32 	10 	8 	14 	52:73 	28-36
13.  	VfB Oldenburg 		32 	10 	7 	15 	52:59 	27-37
14.  	SV Friedrichsort 	32 	9 	9 	14 	41:59 	27-37
15.  	VfV Hildesheim 		32 	9 	8 	15 	49:60 	26-38
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16.  	VfR Neumünster 		32 	11 	4 	17 	52:71 	26-38
17.  	Rasensport Harburg (N) 	32 	6 	6 	20 	39:89 	18-46


Regionalliga West

 1.   	Borussia Mönchengladbach  	34  	23  	6  	5  	92:39  	52-16
 2.  	Alemannia Aachen (M) 		34 	21 	7 	6 	69:23 	49-19
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 3.  	Fortuna Düsseldorf 		34 	18 	7 	9 	71:38 	43-25
 4.  	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 		34 	17 	8 	9 	55:35 	42-26
 5.  	Arminia Bielefeld 		34 	15 	9 	10 	68:52 	39-29
 6.  	Wuppertaler SV 			34 	14 	8 	12 	54:52 	36-32
 7.  	Rot-Weiß Essen 			34 	14 	6 	14 	56:53 	34-34
 8.  	Preußen Münster (A) 		34 	13 	7 	14 	50:48 	33-35
 9.  	Schwarz-Weiß Essen 		34 	10 	13 	11 	58:59 	33-35
10.  	Viktoria Köln 			34 	14 	5 	15 	41:48 	33-35
11.  	Eintracht Duisburg 		34 	10 	12 	12 	41:53 	32-36
12.  	Westfalia Herne 		34 	13 	5 	16 	45:56 	31-37
13.  	Eintracht Gelsenkirchen (N) 	34 	10 	10 	14 	46:57 	30-38
14.  	Sportfreunde Hamborn 07 	34 	9 	11 	14 	49:68 	29-39
15.  	TSV Marl-Hüls 			34 	10 	8 	16 	36:59 	28-40
16.  	Bayer Leverkusen 		34 	8 	10 	16 	48:55 	26-42
17.  	STV Horst-Emscher 		34 	6 	10 	18 	33:79 	22-46
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18.  	Homberger SV (N) 		34 	6 	8 	20 	24:62 	20-48


Regionalliga Südwest

 1.   	1.FC Saarbrücken (A)  		34  	27  	4  	3  	92:33  	58-10
 2.  	Wormatia Worms 			34 	20 	10 	4 	64:24 	50-18
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 3.  	Eintracht Trier 		34 	21 	6 	7 	72:68 	48-20
 4.  	Saar 05 Saarbrücken 		34 	20 	6 	8 	69:33 	46-22
 5.  	Südwest Ludwigshafen 		34 	18 	6 	10 	64:44 	42-26
 6.  	TuS Neuendorf 			34 	18 	6 	10 	68:53 	42-26
 7.  	FK Pirmasens 			34 	19 	3 	12 	76:44 	41-27
 8.  	SC Ludwigshafen 		34 	14 	8 	12 	56:50 	36-32
 9.  	SpVgg Weisenau 			34 	13 	6 	15 	56:73 	32-36
10.  	Phönix Bellheim 		34 	10 	10 	14 	40:51 	30-38
11.  	FSV Mainz 05 			34 	12 	4 	18 	55:64 	28-40
12.  	VfR Frankenthal 		34 	9 	9 	16 	54:64 	27-41
13.  	BSC Oppau 			34 	11 	5 	18 	53:69 	27-41
14.  	Röchling Völklingen 		34 	10 	6 	18 	54:71 	26-42
15.  	TSC Zweibrücken 		34 	10 	3 	21 	53:82 	23-45
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16.  	Sportfreunde Saarbrücken 	34 	8 	5 	21 	36:72 	21-47
17.  	VfR Kaiserslautern 		34 	6 	6 	22 	32:79 	18-50
18.  	Germania Metternich (N) 	34 	4 	9 	21 	26:82 	17-51


Regionalliga Süd

 1.   	Bayern München  	36  	24  	7  	5      146:32  	55-17
 2.  	SSV Reutlingen 		36 	23 	6 	7 	87:45 	52-20
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 3.  	Kickers Offenbach 	36 	19 	10 	7 	91:63 	48-24
 4.  	SV Waldhof Mannheim 	36 	19 	8 	9 	74:50 	46-26
 5.  	Hessen Kassel (M) 	36 	17 	6 	13 	74:52 	40-32
 6.  	VfR Mannheim 		36 	15 	10 	11 	66:53 	40-32
 7.  	Stuttgarter Kickers 	36 	15 	10 	11 	69:59 	40-32
 8.  	SpVgg Fürth 		36 	16 	7 	13 	72:62 	39-33
 9.  	Bayern Hof 		36 	16 	4 	16 	65:58 	36-36
10.  	FSV Frankfurt 		36 	15 	6 	15 	52:59 	36-36
11.  	Freiburger FC 		36 	11 	13 	12 	60:68 	35-37
12.  	ESV Ingolstadt 		36 	13 	8 	15 	55:65 	34-38
13.  	1.FC Pforzheim 		36 	13 	7 	16 	47:61 	33-39
14.  	Darmstadt 98 (N) 	36 	11 	11 	14 	49:66 	33-39
15.  	FC Schweinfurt 05 	36 	14 	4 	18 	49:55 	32-40
16.  	Schwaben Augsburg 	36 	11 	8 	17 	61:73 	30-42
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17.  	Wacker München (N) 	36 	10 	7 	19 	54:86 	27-45
18.  	TSG Ulm 46 		36 	9 	6 	21 	53:90 	24-48
19.  	FC Emmendingen (N) 	36 	1 	2 	33 	31:158 	 4-68


Regionalliga Berlin

Vorrunde (Prelim)

 1.  	Spandauer SV 		18 	14 	4 	0 	41:11 	32-4
 2.  	Tennis Borussia Berlin 	18 	12 	5 	1 	44:13 	29-7
 3.  	Tasmania 1900 Berlin 	18 	13 	1 	4 	56:19 	27-9
 4.  	Wacker 04 Berlin 	18 	8 	3 	7 	38:37 	19-17
 5.  	Berliner SV 92 		18 	7 	3 	8 	22:36 	17-19
 6.  	Viktoria 89 Berlin (N) 	18 	6 	2 	10 	36:51 	14-22
 7.  	BFC Südring 		18 	3 	6 	9 	28:45 	12-24
 8.  	Reinickendorfer Füchse 	18 	4 	3 	11 	18:39 	11-25
 9.  	Hertha Zehlendorf 	18 	3 	4 	11 	23:37 	10-26
10.  	Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 	18 	1 	7 	10 	12:30 	 9-27

Meisterrunde (Championship)

 1.  	Tennis Borussia Berlin 		26 	17 	8 	1 	67:23 	42-10
 2.  	Spandauer SV 			26 	18 	5 	3 	57:26 	41-11
 3.  	Tasmania 1900 Berlin (M) 	26 	18 	3 	5 	82:29 	39-13
 4.  	Wacker 04 Berlin 		26 	9 	4 	13 	49:59 	22-30
 5.  	Berliner SV 92 			26 	8 	4 	14 	28:61 	20-32

Abstiegsrunde (Relegation)

 6.  	BFC Südring Berlin 	26 	7 	8 	11 	54:61 	22-30
 7.  	Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 	26 	6 	10 	10 	27:38 	22-30
 8.  	Hertha Zehlendorf 	26 	6 	6 	14 	33:50 	18-34
 9.  	Viktoria 89 Berlin (N) 	26 	7 	3 	16 	47:69 	17-35
10.  	Reinickendorfer Füchse 	26 	6 	5 	15 	28:56 	17-35