# 1985–86 Bundesliga

The 1985–86 Bundesliga was the 23rd season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 9 August 1985 and ended on 26 April 1986. Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

## Competition modus

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga. The third-to-last team had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off against the third-placed team from 2. Bundesliga.

## Team changes to 1984–85

Karlsruher SC and Eintracht Braunschweig were directly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by 1. FC Nürnberg and Hannover 96. Karlsruhe and Braunschweig were eventually joined in demotion by relegation/promotion play-off participant Arminia Bielefeld, who lost on aggregate against 1. FC Saarbrücken.

## Team overview

| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity |
| VfL Bochum | Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 40,000 |
| SV Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion | 32,000 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 54,000 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf | Rheinstadion | 59,600 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Frankfurt am Main | Waldstadion | 62,000 |
| Hamburger SV | Hamburg | Volksparkstadion | 80,000 |
| Hannover 96 | Hanover | Niedersachsenstadion | 60,400 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern | Stadion Betzenberg | 42,000 |
| 1. FC Köln | Cologne | Müngersdorfer Stadion | 61,000 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Leverkusen | Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion | 20,000 |
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | Ludwigshafen am Rhein | Südweststadion | 75,000 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion | 34,500 |
| FC Bayern Munich | Munich | Olympiastadion | 80,000 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Nuremberg | Städtisches Stadion | 64,238 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | Saarbrücken | Ludwigspark | 40,000 |
| FC Schalke 04 | Gelsenkirchen | Parkstadion | 70,000 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Neckarstadion | 72,000 |
| Bayer 05 Uerdingen | Krefeld | Grotenburg-Kampfbahn | 28,000 |
* ^1 Waldhof Mannheim played their matches in nearby Ludwigshafen because their own ground did not fulfil Bundesliga requirements.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 82 | 31 | +51 | 49 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 83 | 41 | +42 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 60 | +3 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 69 | 45 | +24 | 41 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 63 | 51 | +12 | 40 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 39 | |
| 8 | Waldhof Mannheim | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 33 | |
| 9 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 32 | |
| 10 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 30 | |
| 11 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 30 | |
| 12 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 29 | |
| 13 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 29 | |
| 14 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 54 | 78 | −24 | 29 | |
| 15 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 28 | |
| 16 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 28 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | 1. FC Saarbrücken (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 39 | 68 | −29 | 21 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Hannover 96 (R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 43 | 92 | −49 | 18 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* 1 2 As Bayern Munich also won the domestic cup competition, the Cup Winners' Cup spot was given to losing finalists Stuttgart, while Stuttgart's original UEFA Cup was transferred to Leverkusen.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BOC | SVW | BVB | F95 | SGE | HSV | H96 | FCK | KOE | B04 | WMA | BMG | FCB | FCN | FCS | S04 | VFB | B05 |
| VfL Bochum | — | 2–3 | 6–1 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Werder Bremen | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 7–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 8–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 6–1 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 1–1 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hamburger SV | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Hannover 96 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 |
| 1. FC Köln | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 2–0 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Bayern Munich | 6–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | — | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Schalke 04 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 0–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | — |

## Relegation play-offs

Borussia Dortmund and third-placed 2. Bundesliga team SC Fortuna Köln had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. After a two-leg series, both teams were tied 3–3 on aggregate, so a deciding third match had to be scheduled. Dortmund won this match, 8–0, and retained their Bundesliga status.

## Top goalscorers
### 22 goals

* Stefan Kuntz (VfL Bochum)

### 21 goals

* Karl Allgöwer (VfB Stuttgart)

### 20 goals

* Frank Neubarth (SV Werder Bremen)

### 17 goals

* Cha Bum-Kun (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)

### 16 goals

* Thomas Allofs (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
* Jürgen Klinsmann (VfB Stuttgart)
* Klaus Täuber (FC Schalke 04)

### 15 goals

* Dieter Hoeneß (FC Bayern Munich)

### 14 goals

* Herbert Waas (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
* Jürgen Wegmann (Borussia Dortmund)

## Champion squad

* FC Bayern Munich
* Goalkeepers: Jean-Marie Pfaff (24); Raimond Aumann (11).
* Defenders: Hans Pflügler (34 / 6); Norbert Eder (34 / 2); Klaus Augenthaler (31 / 4); Holger Willmer (20 / 2); Bertram Beierlorzer (12).
* Midfielders: Søren Lerby (31 / 8); Norbert Nachtweih (27 / 4); Lothar Matthäus (23 / 10); Helmut Winklhofer (13 / 2); Manfred Schwabl (7); Hansi Flick (6); Wolfgang Dremmler (4).
* Forwards: Dieter Hoeneß (31 / 15); Michael Rummenigge (31 / 10); Roland Wohlfarth (25 / 13); Ludwig Kögl (22); Frank Hartmann (19 / 4); Reinhold Mathy (19 / 2).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Udo Lattek.
* On the roster but have not played in a league game: Christiaan Pförtner; Wolfgang Grobe; Ugur Tütüneker.