German Soccer: 1973-74 Season

Bundesliga 1973-74

Düsseldorf ruined everything. Bayern and Gladbach were racing down the stretch, neck-to-neck. Bayern led by 1 point, but the last day would have to be on the road - at Gladbach. All Germany was salivating for another "final". But then Fortuna upended Gladbach in the penultimate round 1-0, handing the title to Bayern. The finale was simply a denoumente: Gladbach defeated Bayern 5-0, but it meant nothing.

For Bayern, another glorious year. They defeated Atletico Madrid 4-0 to become the first German team to win the European Champions Cup, won the title, Beckenbauer was player of the year, Müller won another scoring title, and finally München hosted the final of the World Cup, Germany's 2nd winner.

Goals rained all over. Both Bayern and Gladbach blasted over 90. Aside from the disgraceful showing in the "final", Bayern had a couple of other memorable away games: 4-7 at Kaiserslautern, and 5-5 at Schalke. Stuttgart's Hans "Buffy" Ettmayer also scored goal no. 10,000 of the Bundesliga.

Schalke benefitted from the DFB largesse, who decided to lift the bans of several of the sinners from the Bnudesliga scandal. In addition, they bought back the contract from Racing Strasbourg of "Stan" Libuda, so that most of the exciting team of 71-72 was back, and finished respectable. The league attendance showed an upward trend too, climbing over 20,000.

On the bottom, Hannover had no luck. Fortuna Köln also went down, as with 9 minutes left, Wuppertal's Dieter Lömm scored to gain WSV a point in Stuttgart.

 1. FC Bayern München (M)      34  20  9  5  95:53  +42   49-19
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 2. Bor.  Mönchengladbach (P)  34  21  6  7  93:52  +41   48-20 
 3. Fortuna Düsseldorf         34  16  9  9  61:47  +14   41-27 
 4. Eintracht Frankfurt        34  15 11  8  63:50  +13   41-27 
 5. 1. FC Köln                 34  16  7 11  69:56  +13   39-29
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 6. 1. FC Kaiserslautern       34  15  8 11  80:69  +11   38-30 
 7. FC Schalke 04              34  16  5 13  72:68  +4 	  37-31 
 8. Hertha BSC Berlin          34  11 11 12  56:60  -4 	  33-35 
 9. VfB Stuttgart              34  12  7 15  58:57  +1 	  31-37 
10. Kickers Offenbach          34  11  9 14  56:62  -6 	  31-37 
11. SV Werder Bremen           34   9 13 12  48:56  -8 	  31-37 
12. Hamburger SV               34  13  5 16  53:62  -9 	  31-37 
13. SC Rot-Weiß Essen (N)      34  10 11 13  56:70  -14   31-37 
14. VfL Bochum                 34   9 12 13  45:57  -12   30-38 
15. MSV Duisburg               34  11  7 16  42:56  -14   29-39 
16. Wuppertaler SV             34   8  9 17  42:65  -23   25-43
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17. SC Fortuna Köln (N)        34   8  9 17  46:79  -33   25-43 
18. Hannover 96                34   6 10 18  50:66  -16   22-46 

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

Scorers List:

30 - G.Müller (Bayern)
30 - Heynckes (M'gladbach)
21 - Toppmöller (K'lautern)
21 - Fischer (Schalke)
19 - Sandberg (K'lautern)
18 - U.Hoeness (Bayern)
17 - D.Müller (Köln)
17 - Ohlicher (Stuttgart)



Bundesliga Promotion

Gruppe 1

1.FC Nürnberg - Eintracht Braunschweig 	1:0, 0:2
1.FC Saarbrücken - Wacker 04 Berlin 		0:1, 1:0
Wacker 04 Berlin - 1.FC Nürnberg 		5:0, 1:9
Eintracht Braunschweig - Wattenscheid 09 	2:3, 0:0
Wattenscheid 09 - Wacker 04 Berlin 		1:1, 2:3
1.FC Nürnberg - 1.FC Saarbrücken 		3:1, 2:2
1.FC Saarbrücken - Wattenscheid 09 		1:2, 1:2
Wacker 04 Berlin - Eintracht Braunschweig 	1:3, 1:2
Eintracht Braunschweig - 1.FC Saarbrücken 	3:0, 1:0
Wattenscheid 09 - 1.FC Nürnberg 		1:2, 0:1

 1.  	Eintracht Braunschweig 	8 	5 	1 	2 	13:6 	11:5	promoted
 2.  	1.FC Nürnberg	 	8 	5 	1 	2 	18:12 	11:5
 3.  	Wattenscheid 09 	8 	3 	2 	3 	11:11 	 8:8
 4.  	Wacker 04 Berlin 	8 	3 	1 	4 	13:18 	 7:9
 5.  	1.FC Saarbrücken 	8 	1 	1 	6 	 6:14  	 3:13


Gruppe 2

FC St.Pauli - FC Augsburg 			2:3, 4:4
Tennis Borussia Berlin - Borussia Neunkirchen 	0:0, 1:1
FC Augsburg - Tennis Borussia Berlin 		2:2, 2:2
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen - FC St.Pauli 		2:1, 0:3
Tennis Borussia Berlin - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 	3:1, 0:4
Borussia Neunkirchen - FC Augsburg 		1:1, 1:2
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen - Borussia Neunkirchen 	1:2, 1:0
FC St.Pauli - Tennis Borussia Berlin 		0:2, 1:3
Borussia Neunkirchen . FC St.Pauli 		2:5, 1:0
FC Augsburg - Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 		2:2, 2:3

 1.  	Tennis Borussia Berlin 	8 	3 	4 	1 	13:11 	10:6	promoted
 2.  	FC Augsburg 		8 	2 	5 	1 	18:17 	 9:7
 3.  	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 	8 	4 	1 	3 	14:13 	 9:7
 4.  	Borussia Neunkirchen 	8 	2 	3 	3 	 8:11 	 7:9
 5.  	FC St.Pauli 		8 	2 	1 	5 	16:17 	 5:11



Regionalliga Nord

 1.   	Eintracht Braunschweig (A)  	36  	30  	3  	3      125:23  	63-9
 2.  	FC St.Pauli (M) 		36 	26 	4 	6      113:48 	56-16
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 3.  	VfL Osnabrück 			36 	18 	14 	4 	84:43 	50-22
 4.  	VfL Wolfsburg 			36 	19 	8 	9 	77:51 	46-26
 5.  	HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 		36 	15 	13 	8 	48:38 	43-29
 6.  	VfB Oldenburg 			36 	18 	6 	12 	71:55 	42-30
 7.  	Olympia Wilhelmshaven 		36 	16 	7 	13 	74:57 	39-33
 8.  	SV Meppen 			36 	13 	12 	11 	55:54 	38-34
 9.  	Arminia Hannover 		36 	11 	16 	9 	57:59 	38-34
10.  	Concordia Hamburg (N) 		36 	15 	6 	15 	44:56 	36-36
11.  	OSV Hannover 			36 	11 	13 	12 	70:67 	35-37
12.  	Göttingen 05 			36 	12 	9 	15 	55:46 	33-39
13.  	Holstein Kiel 			36 	11 	9 	16 	54:73 	31-41
14.  	TuS Bremerhaven 93 		36 	11 	9 	16 	35:61 	31-41
15.  	Heider SV 			36 	8 	7 	21 	48:76 	23-49
16.  	VfB Lübeck 			36 	8 	6 	22 	34:80 	22-50
17.  	Itzehoer SV 			36 	7 	7 	22 	48:107 	21-51
18.  	VfL Pinneberg (N) 		36 	5 	10 	21 	43:76 	20-52
19.  	Phönix Lübeck 			36 	6 	5 	25 	40:105 	17-55


2.Liga-Nord Qualification (weighted total 1969-74)

 1.   	Eintracht Braunschweig  	207	(to Bundesliga)
 2.  	FC St.Pauli 			157
 3.  	VfL Osnabrück 			154
 4.  	VfL Wolfsburg 			138
 5.  	HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 		125
 6.  	Göttingen 05 			107
 7.  	Olympia Wilhelmshaven 		 91
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 8.  	Holstein Kiel 			 91
 9.  	VfB Lübeck 			 91
10.  	Arminia Hannover 		 78
11.  	VfB Oldenburg 			 69
12.  	TuS Brmerhaven 93 		 59
13.  	SV Meppen 			 55
14.  	Heider SV 			 50
15.  	Phönix Lübeck 			 50
16.  	OSV Hannover 			 47
17.  	Itzehoer SV 			 34
18.  	Concordia Hamburg 		 31
19.  	VfL Pinneberg 			  6


Regionalliga West

 1.   	Wattenscheid 09  		34  	25  	5  	4      102:39  	55-15
 2.  	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (A) 	34 	25 	4 	5 	85:43 	54-14
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 3.  	Bayer Uerdingen 		34 	22 	7 	5 	82:40 	51-17
 4.  	1.FC Mülheim 			34 	20 	4 	10 	76:49 	44-24
 5.  	Preußen Münster 		34 	15 	8 	11 	57:49 	38-30
 6.  	Borussia Dortmund 		34 	15 	7 	12 	63:50 	37-31
 7.  	Alemannia Aachen 		34 	15 	7 	12 	57:55 	37-31
 8.  	Schwarz-Weiß Essen 		34 	12 	10 	12 	57:53 	34-34
 9.  	DJK Gütersloh 			34 	10 	12 	12 	54:55 	32-36
10.  	Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid (N) 	34 	12 	8 	14 	47:58 	32-36
11.  	SpVgg Erkenschwick 		34 	8 	14 	12 	54:69 	30-38
12.  	Sportfreunde Siegen 		34 	9 	10 	15 	59:76 	28-40
13.  	Arminia Gütersloh 		34 	9 	10 	15 	47:66 	28-40
14.  	Arminia Bielefeld 		34 	9 	9 	16 	41:52 	27-41
15.  	Union Ohligs (N) 	 	34 	7 	11 	16 	46:68 	25-43
16.  	Eintracht Gelsenkirchen 	34 	7 	8 	19 	42:73 	22-46
17.  	Westfalia Herne 		34 	7 	5 	22 	44:78 	19-49
18.  	Viktoria Köln (N) 		34 	3 	13 	18 	42:82 	19-49


2.Liga-Nord Qualification (weighted total 1969-74):

 1.  	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 		201
 2.  	Borussia Dortmund 		169
 3.  	Alemannia Aachen 		130
 4.  	Arminia Bielefeld 		123
 5.  	Wattenscheid 09 		113
 6.  	Bayer Uerdingen 		104
 7.  	Schwarz-Weiß Essen  		 97
 8.  	Preußen Münster 		 92
 9.  	DJK Gütersloh 			 82
10.  	SpVgg Erkenschwick 		 76
11.  	1.FC Mülheim-Styrum 		 67
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12.  	Eintracht Gelsenkirchen 	 51
13.  	Sportfreunde Siegen 		 45
14.  	Arminia Gütersloh 		 44
15.  	Westfalia Herne 		 31
16.  	Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid 		 27
17.  	Viktoria Köln		 	 23
18.  	Union Solingen 			 12 


Regionalliga Südwest

 1.   	Borussia Neunkirchen  	30  	20  	5  	5  	64:29  	45-15
 2.  	1.FC Saarbrücken 	30 	19 	5 	6 	59:27 	43-17
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 3.  	FC Homburg 		30 	18 	5 	7 	65:35 	41-19
 4.  	Röchling Völklingen 	30 	16 	7 	7 	62:39 	39-21
 5.  	FSV Mainz 05 (M) 	30 	17 	4 	9 	88:49 	38-22
 6.  	Wormatia Worms 		30 	15 	8 	7 	58:42 	38-22
 7.  	Eintracht Kreuznach (N) 30 	13 	7 	10 	55:36 	33-27
 8.  	FK Pirmasens 		30 	11 	10 	9 	63:47 	32-28
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 9.  	ASV Landau 		30 	12 	7 	11 	46:41 	31-29
10.  	SV Alsenborn 		30 	10 	7 	13 	41:48 	27-33
11.  	Südwest Ludwigshafen 	30 	8 	10 	12 	44:48 	26-34
12.  	TuS Neuendorf 		30 	10 	4 	16 	37:58 	24-36
13.  	VfB Theley 		30 	10 	3 	17 	37:60 	23-37
14.  	Sportfreunde Eisbachtal 30 	7 	5 	18 	48:87 	19-41
15.  	FV Speyer 		30 	3 	7 	20 	31:84 	13-47
16.  	FC Ensdorf (N) 		30 	1 	6 	23 	18:86 	 8-52

Top 8, except Kreuznach, qualify for new 2.Liga Süd


Regionalliga Süd

1.   	FC Augsburg (N)  	34  	20  	8  	6  	79:47  	48-20
 2.  	1.FC Nürnberg 		34 	18 	8 	8 	63:42 	44-24
 3.  	1860 München 		34 	19 	5 	10 	74:35 	43-25
 4.  	Darmstadt 98 (M) 	34 	20 	2 	12 	64:38 	42-26
 5.  	SpVgg Bayreuth 		34 	14 	9 	11 	65:55 	37-31
 6.  	Stuttgarter Kickers 	34 	13 	10 	11 	60:50 	36-32
 7.  	SV Waldhof Mannheim 	34 	16 	4 	14 	62:60 	36-32
 8.  	Karlsruher SC 		34 	14 	8 	12 	50:48 	36-32
 9.  	Bayern Hof 		34 	16 	2 	16 	73:65 	34-34
10.  	SpVgg Fürth 		34 	14 	6 	14 	48:45 	34-34
11.  	FSV Frankfurt (N) 	34 	14 	6 	14 	54:54 	34-34
12.  	VfR Heilbronn 		34 	12 	10 	12 	69:74 	34-34
13.  	VfR Mannheim (N) 	34 	12 	7 	15 	53:75 	31-37
14.  	VfR Oli Bürstadt 	34 	10 	9 	15 	44:57 	29-39
15.  	FC Schweinfurt 05 	34 	13 	3 	18 	39:54 	29-39
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16.  	Hessen Kassel 		34 	10 	8 	16 	47:57 	28-40
17.  	Freiburger FC 		34 	6 	8 	20 	31:81 	20-48
18.  	Jahn Regensburg 	34 	4 	9 	21 	39:77 	17-51

Top 15, except FSV Frankfurt and  Bürstadt, qualify for 2.Liga-Süd


Regionalliga Berlin

 1.   	Tennis Borussia Berlin  	33  	31  	1  	1      103:19  	63-3	to Bundesliga
 2.  	Wacker 04 Berlin  		33 	25 	3 	5      118:33 	53-13	to 2.Liga Nord
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 3.  	Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin (M) 	33 	16 	4 	13 	78:48 	36-30
 4.  	Hertha Zehlendorf 		33 	13 	9 	11 	51:44 	35-31
 5.  	SC Westend 01 (N) 		33 	14 	6 	13 	60:62 	34-32
 6.  	Rapide Wedding 			33 	13 	5 	15 	50:66 	31-35
 7.  	1.FC Neukölln 			33 	11 	8 	14 	65:75 	30-36
 8.  	Berliner SV 92 			33 	14 	2 	17 	46:68 	30-36
 9.  	BBC Südost Berlin (N) 		33 	12 	5 	16 	53:66 	29-37
10.  	Spandauer SV 			33 	12 	5 	16 	49:62 	29-37
11.  	FC Preußen Berlin	 	33 	8 	7 	18 	41:64 	23-43
12.  	Alemannia 90 Berlin 		33 	1 	1 	31 	15:122 	 3-63