Bundesliga 1965-66


The Bundesliga had expanded to 18 clubs, with Tasmania replacing Hertha by DFB fiat. In fact, all the Tasmania players were on vacation, and they were contacted via an announcement on Radio Luxembourg. Obviously, they sucked, going down as the worst team in Bnudesliga history, through no fault of their own.

The title was taken by one of the preseason favorites, 1860 München. The Lions "won" the race in the huge match in Dortmund in the penultimate round. Borussia was just off their greatest triumph, a victory over Liverpool in the European Cupwinners Cup final, but were beaten 0-2 by 1860. Unlike defending champ Werder Bremen, 1860 relied on attack, and recently transferred Timo Konietzka (from Dortmund!) scored 26, combining with another 15 from Rudi Brunnenmeier, one of the tragic "could have been" of German soccer. Actually, Konietzka, who scored the first ever Bundesliga goal two seasons ago, also had another 1st minute winner: against newcomer Bayern München in the opening game. This goal would eventually turn out to be the difference in the title race. Bayern served notice that they would contend for years to come, with youngsters Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller forming the nucleus of the eventual greatest dynasty.

On the bottom, hapless Tasmania managed to win their 1st and last match, just about getting pounded silly everywhere else. Joining them in the down elevator was Borussia Neunkirchen, who suffered the disgrace of losing 1-9 at home to 1860. (Tasmania did them one better, losing 0-9 at home to HSV.) Tasmania also set another record: only 827 fans showed up for their game against Mönchengladbach. But they also had the best showing too: 81,000 saw their opening 2-0 win over Karlsruhe. Both teams saved by expansion, Schalke and Karlsruhe stay up, although they both sucked.

Eventual powerhouse Gladbach had an inauspicious debut; the newcomer was happy just to stay up. Nevertheless, some of their yonug talent was also beginning to show: Günter Netzer and Jupp Heynckes.


 1. TSV München 1860         34  20 10  4  80:40  +40	50-18
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 2. Borussia Dortmund        34  19  9  6  70:36  +34	47-21 
 3. FC Bayern München (N)    34  20  7  7  71:38  +33	47-21 
 4. SV Werder Bremen (M)     34  21  3 10  76:40  +36	45-23 
 5. 1. FC Köln               34  19  6  9  74:41  +33	44-24 
 6. 1. FC Nürnberg           34  14 11  9  54:43  +11	39-29 
 7. Eintracht Frankfurt      34  16  6 12  64:46  +18	38-30 
 8. Meidericher SV           34  14  8 12  70:48  +22	36-32 
 9. Hamburger SV             34  13  8 13  64:52  +12	34-34 
10. Eintracht Braunschweig   34  11 12 11  49:49   0	34-34 
11. VfB Stuttgart            34  13  6 15  42:48  -6	32-36 
12. Hannover 96              34  11  8 15  59:57  +2	30-38 
13. Bor. Mönchengladbach (N) 34   9 11 14  57:68  -11	29-39 
14. FC Schalke 04            34  10  7 17  33:55  -22	27-41 
15. 1. FC Kaiserslautern     34   8 10 16  42:65  -23	26-42 
16. Karlsruher SC            34   9  6 19  35:71  -36	24-44
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17. Borussia Neunkirchen     34   9  4 21  32:82  -50	22-46 
18. Tasmania Berlin          34   2  4 28  15:108 -93	 8-60 

M = Meister / defending champion
P = Pokal / defending Cup winner

Scorers List:

31 - Emmerich (Dortmund)
26 - Konietzka (1860)
20 - Schuetz (Bremen)
18 - Grosser (1860)
18 - Loehr (Koeln)
18 - Pohlschmidt (Hamburg)
17 - Huberts (Frankfurt)
17 - Ulsass (Braunschweig)


Bundesliga Promotion Round: Qualifying match: 1.FC Saarbrücken - Göttingen 05 4:0, 3:0 Gruppe 1 Fortuna Düsseldorf - Kickers Offenbach 2:0, 5:1 Hertha BSC Berlin - FK Pirmasens 1:1, 1:2 Kickers Offenbach - Hertha BSC Berlin 1:0, 1:2 FK Pirmasens - Fortuna Düsseldorf 3:2, 0:2 Fortuna Düsseldorf - Hertha BSC Berlin 4:1, 2:3 Kickers Offenbach - FK Pirmasens 2:2, 0:2 1. Fortuna Düsseldorf 6 4 0 2 17:8 8-4 promoted 2. FK Pirmasens 6 3 2 1 10:8 8-4 3. Hertha BSC Berlin 6 2 1 3 8:11 5-7 4. Kickers Offenbach 6 1 1 4 5:13 3-9 Gruppe 2 FC St.Pauli - Rot-Weiß Essen 1:0, 1:0 1.FC Saarbrücken - FC Schweinfurt 05 4:2, 0:0 Rot-Weiß Essen - 1.FC Saarbrücken 3:2, 2:1 FC Schweinfurt 05 - FC St.Pauli 2:1, 1:3 FC St.Pauli - 1.FC Saarbrücken 3:2, 1:3 Rot-Weiß Essen - FC Schweinfurt 05 3:0, 2:1 1. Rot-Weiß Essen 6 4 0 2 10:6 8-4 promoted 2. FC St.Pauli 6 4 0 2 10:8 8-4 3. 1.FC Saarbrücken 6 2 1 3 12:11 5-7 4. FC Schweinfurt 05 6 1 1 4 6:13 3-9
Regionalliga Nord 1. FC St.Pauli 32 20 4 8 84:39 44-20 2. Göttingen 05 32 20 3 9 65:32 43-21 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Holstein Kiel (M) 32 18 7 7 68:41 43-21 4. TuS Bremerhaven 93 32 15 8 9 61:47 38-26 5. VfB Lübeck 32 12 12 8 44:35 36-28 6. Arminia Hannover 32 15 5 12 67:49 35-29 7. VfL Osnabrück 32 14 4 14 56:55 32-32 8. VfL Wolfsburg 32 15 2 15 55:55 32-32 9. Concordia Hamburg 32 13 6 13 49:52 32-32 10. FC Altona 93 32 13 5 14 41:47 31-33 11. ASV Bergedorf 85 32 13 4 15 56:65 30-34 12. VfB Oldenburg 32 10 10 12 58:69 30-34 13. Bremer SV (N) 32 13 2 17 58:68 28-36 14. Itzehoer SV (N) 32 11 6 15 48:60 28-36 15. VfV Hildesheim 32 8 9 15 35:54 25-39 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. SV Friedrichsort 32 9 4 19 45:74 22-42 17. Victoria Hamburg 32 4 7 21 36:84 15-49 Regionalliga West 1. Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 26 6 2 79:22 58-10 2. Rot-Weiß Essen 34 23 7 4 74:31 53-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Alemannia Aachen 34 24 3 7 97:40 51-17 4. Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 16 5 13 61:46 37-31 5. Wuppertaler SV 34 13 11 10 49:43 37-31 6. Preußen Münster 34 13 8 13 55:47 34-34 7. Schwarz-Weiß Essen 34 13 8 13 47:47 34-34 8. Sportfreunde Hamborn 07 34 13 8 13 44:46 34-34 9. Viktoria Köln 34 13 8 13 51:59 34-34 10. Arminia Bielefeld 34 13 6 15 60:58 32-36 11. Eintracht Duisburg 34 11 8 15 47:53 30-38 12. VfL Bochum (N) 34 12 6 16 46:66 30-38 13. TSV Marl-Hüls 34 11 7 16 47:58 29-39 14. Bayer Leverkusen 34 9 8 17 49:75 26-42 15. Westfalia Herne 34 8 10 16 39:66 26-42 16. Eintracht Gelsenkirchen 34 7 12 15 36:67 26-42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. VfB Bottrop (N) 34 8 8 18 47:68 24-44 18. STV Horst-Emscher 34 6 5 23 42:78 17-51 Regionalliga Südwest 1. FK Pirmasens 30 17 7 6 62:31 41-19 2. 1.FC Saarbrücken (M) 30 18 4 8 89:40 40-20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. FSV Mainz 05 30 16 6 8 66:39 38-22 4. TuS Neuendorf 30 18 2 10 81:62 38-22 5. Wormatia Worms 30 14 4 12 52:41 32-28 6. Saar 05 Saarbrücken 30 12 8 10 44:39 32-28 7. VfR Frankenthal 30 12 7 11 55:50 31-29 8. Röchling Völklingen 30 13 5 12 52:58 31-29 9. SV Alsenborn (N) 30 11 8 11 57:55 30-30 10. SpVgg Weisenau 30 13 2 15 61:66 28-32 11. Südwest Ludwigshafen 30 10 7 13 46:50 27-33 12. Phönix Bellheim 30 11 4 15 36:60 26-34 13. Eintracht Trier 30 9 7 14 44:49 25-35 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. SC Ludwigshafen 30 9 4 17 43:61 22-38 15. BSC Oppau 30 9 3 18 37:84 21-39 16. TSC Zweibrücken 30 7 4 19 41:81 18-42 Regionalliga Süd 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 34 22 5 7 74:39 49-19 2. Kickers Offenbach 34 20 8 6 78:48 48-20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SV Waldhof Mannheim 34 18 3 13 78:60 39-29 4. SpVgg Fürth 34 16 6 12 70:52 38-30 5. Stuttgarter Kickers 34 14 9 11 65:52 37-31 6. Hessen Kassel 34 13 10 11 70:62 36-32 7. 1.FC Pforzheim 34 13 10 11 48:46 36-32 8. SSV Reutlingen 34 14 6 14 60:50 34-34 9. Bayern Hof 34 12 10 12 71:63 34-34 10. Opel Rüsselsheim (N) 34 13 8 13 58:61 34-34 11. Schwaben Augsburg 34 13 7 14 66:62 33-35 12. VfR Mannheim 34 10 13 11 55:60 33-35 13. Darmstadt 98 34 14 5 15 54:71 33-35 14. FSV Frankfurt 34 14 4 16 61:76 32-36 15. Freiburger FC 34 11 7 16 55:59 29-39 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. ESV Ingolstadt 34 12 5 17 63:75 29-39 17. SpVgg Weiden (N) 34 10 7 17 51:64 27-41 18. VfR Pforzheim (N) 34 4 3 27 45:122 11-57 Regionalliga Berlin 1. Hertha BSC Berlin (A) 30 29 0 1 136:25 58-2 2. Tennis Borussia Berlin (M) 30 21 2 7 108:50 44-16 3. Spandauer SV 30 18 6 6 88:53 42-18 4. Wacker 04 Berlin 30 16 4 10 77:52 36-24 5. Hertha Zehlendorf 30 16 3 11 53:43 35-25 6. SC Staaken (N) 30 14 6 10 54:47 34-26 7. BFC Südring Berlin 30 10 8 12 49:53 28-32 8. 1.FC Neukölln (N) 30 11 6 13 51:62 28-32 9. Berliner SV 92 30 13 1 16 49:65 27-33 10. Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 30 10 5 15 50:58 25-35 11. Reinickendorfer Füchse 30 10 5 15 50:70 25-35 12. VfB Hermsdorf (N) 30 10 4 16 61:75 24-36 13. Lichterfelder SU (N) 30 9 5 16 34:82 23-37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. SC Tegel (N) 30 8 6 16 34:76 22-38 15. SC Gatow (N) 30 7 5 18 36:60 19-41 16. Viktoria 89 Berlin 30 3 4 23 34:93 10-50