Bundesliga 1968-69


This season was one of Bayern München domination. The Bavarians became the first club since 1937 to win the double, and they did it in powerful fashion. This despite an 8 week ban on Gerd "der Bomber" Müler, in which Bayern failed to win. But when he came back, he promptly notched both goals in a Bayern win, and they left their opponents in the dust.

The other major story this season was the senstational relegation of the defending champion, 1.FC Nürnberg. Never before had such a disgrace happened. The fault lies squarely with coach/dictator Max Merkel. He brought in 12(!) new players to start the season, because he felt the veterans were too old. He was relieved of his duties after about 21 games, with FCN dead last, and in the tight race, unable to turn things around. Their fate was sealed with a 0-3 in Koeln on the last day, thereby ensuring the Koelners safety and condemning the "Altmeister" to oblivion, from which it would take years to recover.

With Bayern leaving the competition in the dust, Alemannia Aachen was the surprise runner up. Basically, AA was team without stars, Romanian Ion Ionesco probably their best player. Newly promoted Offenbach gave a decent account of themselves, but finished dead last.


 1. FC Bayern München 	     34  18 10  6  61:31 +30	46-22
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 2. Alemannia Aachen 	     34  16  6 12  57:51 +6	38-30 
 3. Bor. Mönchengladbach     34  13 11 10  61:46 +15	37-31 
 4. Eintracht Braunschweig   34  13 11 10  46:43 +3	37-31 
 5. VfB Stuttgart 	     34  14  8 12  60:54 +6	36-32 
 6. Hamburger SV             34  13 10 11  55:55  0	36-32 
 7. FC Schalke 04            34  14  7 13  45:40 +5	35-33 
 8. Eintracht Frankfurt      34  13  8 13  46:43 +3	34-34 
 9. SV Werder Bremen         34  14  6 14  59:59  0	34-34 
10. TSV München 1860         34  15  4 15  44:59 -15	34-34 
11. Hannover 96              34   9 14 11  47:45 +2	32-36 
12. MSV Duisburg             34   8 16 10  33:37 -4	32-36 
13. 1. FC Köln (P)           34  13  6 15  47:56 -9	32-36 
14. Hertha BSC Berlin (N)    34  12  8 14  31:39 -8	32-36 
15. 1. FC Kaiserslautern     34  12  6 16  45:47 -2	30-38 
16. Borussia Dortmund        34  11  8 15  49:54 -5	30-38
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17. 1. FC Nürnberg (M)       34   9 11 14  45:55 -10	29-39 
18. Kickers Offenbach (N)    34  10  8 16  42:59 -17	28-40 

M = Meister / (defending) champion
P = Pokal   / (defending) Cup winner
N = Neuling / promoted club

Scorers List:

30 - G.Müller (Bayern)
23 - Seeler (Hamburg)
17 - Skoblar (Hannover)
15 - Laumen (M'gladbach)
15 - Weiss (Braunschweig)
15 - Görts (Bremen)


Bundesliga Promotion Gruppe 1 SV Alsenborn - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1:4, 1:4 Hertha Zehlendorf - Freiburger FC 2:3, 0:1 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen - Hertha Zehlendorf 1:0, 2:3 VfB Lübeck - SV Alsenborn 0:3, 2:6 Freiburger FC - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 3:1, 0:0 Hertha Zehlendorf - VfB Lübeck 3:1, 4:4 VfB Lübeck - Freiburger FC 1:2, 1:5 SV Alsenborn - Hertha Zehlendorf 4:0, 0:3 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen - VfB Lübeck 1:0, 4:1 Freiburger FC - SV Alsenborn 2:3, 0:2 1. Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 8 5 1 2 17:9 11-5 promoted 2. Freiburger FC 8 5 1 2 16:10 11-5 3. SV Alsenborn 8 5 0 3 20:15 10-6 4. Hertha Zehlendorf 8 3 1 4 15:16 7-9 5. VfB Lübeck 8 0 1 7 10:28 1-15 Gruppe 2 Rot-Weiß Essen - TuS Neuendorf 4:2, 5:0 Karlsruher SC - Tasmania Berlin 5:0, 1:0 Tasmania Berlin - Rot-Weiß Essen 0:3, 1:3 TuS Neuendorf - VfL Osnabrück 0:0, 0:2 Rot-Weiß Essen - Karlsruher SC 5:0, 2:2 VfL Osnabrück - Tasmania Berlin 2:0, 2:0 Tasmania Berlin - TuS Neuendorf 2:0, 2:1 Karlsruher SC - VfL Osnabrück 1:1, 1:2 VfL Osnabrück - Rot-Weiß Essen 3:3, 1:3 TuS Neuendorf - Karlsruher SC 1:2, 4:2 1. Rot-Weiß Essen 8 6 2 0 28:9 14-2 promoted 2. VfL Osnabrück 8 4 3 1 13:8 11-5 3. Karlsruher SC 8 3 2 3 14:15 8-8 4. Tasmania Berlin 8 2 0 6 5:17 4-12 5. TuS Neuendorf 8 1 1 6 8:19 3-13
Regionalliga Nord 1. VfL Osnabrück 32 24 5 3 94:27 53-11 2. VfB Lübeck 32 19 6 7 61:39 44-20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. FC St.Pauli 32 19 5 8 64:37 43-21 4. Göttingen 05 32 16 10 6 66:51 42-22 5. Arminia Hannover (M) 32 15 8 9 51:35 38-26 6. Phönix Lübeck 32 15 8 9 55:41 38-26 7. VfL Wolfsburg 32 15 8 9 59:44 38-26 8. Holstein Kiel 32 12 8 12 47:51 32-32 9. TuS Bremerhaven 93 32 10 10 12 53:57 30-34 10. HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 32 11 5 16 48:57 27-37 11. ASV Bergedorf 85 32 11 4 17 56:67 26-38 12. Concordia Hamburg 32 7 12 13 41:64 26-38 13. VfB Oldenburg 32 9 7 16 47:59 25-39 14. Itzehoer SV 32 9 5 18 47:72 23-41 15. TuS Celle (N) 32 6 8 18 48:71 20-44 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. Heider SV (N) 32 7 6 19 46:79 20-44 17. SC Sperber Hamburg 32 6 7 19 39:71 19-45 Regionalliga West 1. Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 22 9 3 69:24 53-15 2. Rot-Weiß Essen 34 21 9 4 72:25 51-17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. VfL Bochum 34 23 5 6 86:36 51-17 4. Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 18 9 7 64:35 45-23 5. Wuppertaler SV 34 16 8 10 46:41 40-28 6. Schwarz-Weiß Essen 34 16 8 10 48:43 40-28 7. Arminia Bielefeld 34 14 10 10 63:47 38-30 8. Bayer Leverkusen (M) 34 12 12 10 48:35 36-32 9. VfR Neuß 34 8 14 12 38:52 30-38 10. Lüner SV 34 8 12 14 39:47 28-40 11. Sportfreunde Hamborn 07 34 10 8 16 46:64 28-40 12. TSV Marl-Hüls 34 10 7 17 33:58 27-41 13. Fortuna Köln 34 7 12 15 44:69 26-42 14. Preußen Münster 34 8 10 16 40:63 26-42 15. Bonner SC (N) 34 10 5 19 45:70 25-43 16. Viktoria Köln 34 5 13 16 33:53 23-45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. Eintracht Duisburg (N) 34 7 9 18 30:64 23-45 18. Eintracht Gelsenkirchen 34 8 6 20 47:65 22-46 Regionalliga Südwest 1. SV Alsenborn (M) 30 18 8 4 69:25 44-16 2. TuS Neuendorf 30 17 10 3 56:23 44-16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. 1.FC Saarbrücken 30 17 7 6 71:28 41-19 4. FK Pirmasens 30 16 8 6 65:36 40-20 5. Borussia Neunkirchen (A)30 16 5 9 54:34 37-23 6. Saar 05 Saarbrücken 30 13 8 9 51:36 34-26 7. Südwest Ludwigshafen 30 13 7 10 42:36 33-27 8. Wormatia Worms 30 12 6 12 49:53 30-30 9. FC Homburg 30 11 7 12 40:49 29-31 10. Eintracht Trier 30 11 6 13 47:45 28-32 11. FV Speyer (N) 30 9 6 15 40:59 24-36 12. Röchling Völklingen 30 8 8 14 41:64 24-36 13. FSV Mainz 05 30 9 5 16 40:58 23-37 14. SV Weisenau Mainz 30 7 7 16 33:55 21-39 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. VfR Frankenthal 30 6 8 16 33:64 20-40 16. FC Landsweiler (N) 30 3 2 25 33:99 8-52 Regionalliga Süd 1. Karlsruher SC (A) 34 18 7 9 73:43 43-25 2. Freiburger FC 34 18 7 9 67:42 43-25 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Bayern Hof (M) 34 17 8 9 53:30 42-26 4. Stuttgarter Kickers 34 15 12 7 66:43 42-26 5. Jahn Regensburg 34 14 9 11 54:38 37-31 6. FC Schweinfurt 05 34 12 12 10 67:53 36-32 7. SpVgg Fürth 34 13 10 11 37:36 36-32 8. Darmstadt 98 34 13 9 12 50:45 35-33 9. SSV Reutlingen 34 12 11 11 49:58 35-33 10. Hessen Kassel 34 14 5 15 60:52 33-35 11. SV Waldhof Mannheim 34 11 11 12 44:52 33-35 12. ESV Ingolstadt (N) 34 12 9 13 50:60 33-35 13. FC Villingen 08 34 12 8 14 45:54 32-36 14. VfR Mannheim 34 12 7 15 51:54 31-37 15. Opel Rüsselsheim 34 12 7 15 41:55 31-37 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. VfL Neckarau (N) 34 7 12 15 34:65 26-42 17. Schwaben Augsburg 34 9 7 18 44:55 25-43 18. Rot-Weiß Frankfurt (N) 34 7 5 22 36:86 19-49 Regionalliga Berlin 1. Hertha Zehlendorf 30 23 5 2 84:32 51-9 2. Tasmania 1900 Berlin 30 21 8 1 75:26 50-10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Tennis Borussia Berlin 30 20 5 5 96:38 45-15 4. Wacker 04 Berlin 30 19 5 6 93:31 43-17 5. Spandauer SV 30 19 4 7 73:42 42-18 6. 1.FC Neukölln 30 14 7 9 72:60 35-25 7. Rapide Wedding 30 10 8 12 52:49 28-32 8. Kickers 1900 Berlin 30 10 8 12 55:54 28-32 9. Berliner SV 92 30 9 9 12 58:63 27-33 10. Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 30 8 8 14 41:53 24-36 11. SC Staaken (N) 30 9 6 15 44:61 24-36 12. Meteor 06 Berlin (N) 30 8 5 17 53:88 21-39 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. BFC Südring Berlin 30 8 4 18 38:62 20-40 14. Alemannia 90 Berlin 30 5 6 19 33:75 16-44 15. VfL Nord Berlin (N) 30 5 5 20 50:107 15-45 16. Reinickendorfer Füchse 30 2 7 21 26:102 11-49