# 1975–76 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

The 1975–76 season was the 76th season in the history of Borussia Mönchengladbach. They competed in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, the DFB-Pokal and the European Cup. They were German football champions for the fourth time in their history and for the second consecutive season, having won the Bundesliga with 45 points. They were eliminated from the DFB-Pokal at the Round of 16 stage and from the European Cup at the quarter-final stage.

## Season summary

Under manager Hennes Weisweiler, Borussia Mönchengladbach won both the Bundesliga and the European Cup in the 1974–75 season, though Weisweiler left the club at the end of the season to manage FC Barcelona, and was replaced by Udo Lattek. With a more cautious style of play than his predecessor, Lattek led the club to their second consecutive Bundesliga title and fourth overall. He also took the club to a European Cup quarter-final against Real Madrid where, after a 2–2 draw at home in the first leg, the club draw 1–1 away on 17 March 1976 which allowed Real to advance to the semi-finals. With the score at 1–1, Mönchengladbach had two goals disallowed, leading to accusations from the Gladbach support that the referee was biased, whilst the club's vice president stated that "we haven't lost against Real Madrid, but rather the referee."

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GER | Wolfgang Kleff |
| — | GK | GER | Hans-Jakob Klingen |
| — | DF | GER | Berti Vogts |
| — | DF | GER | Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp |
| — | DF | GER | Frank Schäffer |
| — | MF | GER | Dietmar Danner |
| — | DF | GER | Rainer Bonhof |
| — | DF | GER | Hans Klinkhammer |
| — | DF | GER | Wilfried Hannes |
| — | DF | GER | Ulrich Surau |
| — | DF | GER | Horst Wohlers |
| — | MF | GER | Horst Köppel |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Herbert Wimmer |
| — | MF | GER | Uli Stielike |
| — | MF | GER | Christian Kulik |
| — | MF | GER | Hans-Jürgen Offermanns |
| — | FW | DEN | Allan Simonsen |
| — | FW | DEN | Henning Jensen |
| — | FW | GER | Jupp Heynckes |
| — | FW | GER | Karl Del'Haye |
| — | FW | GER | Norbert Ringels |
| — | FW | BEL | Roger Roebben |
| — | FW | GER | Gert Engels |

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (C) | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 66 | 37 | +29 | 45 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 41 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 72 | 50 | +22 | 40 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 4 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 3 Bayern Munich won the 1975–76 European Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions. As a consequence, their original UEFA Cup spot earned through league placement was transferred to sixth-placed Schalke 04.
* ↑ As Hamburger SV qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to DFB-Pokal runners-up 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

#### Matches

| Win | Draw | Loss |
Bundesliga match results :
| Match | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 9 August 1975 | 15:30 | Hannover 96 | Away | 3–3 | Jensen 7', Stielike 34', Heynckes 66' | 54,500 |
| 2 | 16 August 1975 | 15:30 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Home | 3–0 | Riedl 36' o.g., Simonsen 72', 73' | 18,000 |
| 3 | 23 August 1975 | 15:30 | Hamburger SV | Away | 0–0 | — | 62,000 |
| 4 | 26 August 1975 | 20:00 | MSV Duisburg | Home | 3–0 | Simonsen 4', 62', Stielike 77' | 30,000 |
| 5 | 30 August 1975 | 15:30 | Rot-Weiss Essen | Away | 3–1 | Wörmer 13' o.g., Jensen 30', Simnosen 55' | 25,000 |
| 6 | 6 September 1975 | 15:30 | VfL Bochum | Home | 1–1 | Heynckes 10' | 23,000 |
| 7 | 13 September 1975 | 15:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Away | 1–1 | Klinkhammer 56' | 45,000 |
| 8 | 20 September 1975 | 15:30 | Bayern München | Home | 4–1 | Stielike 15', Simonsen 56', Danner 65', Jensen 81' | 34,500 |
| 9 | 27 September 1975 | 19:30 | Hertha BSC | Away | 0–3 | — | 45,000 |
| 10 | 4 October 1975 | 15:30 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Home | 0–0 | — | 26,400 |
| 11 | 26 October 1975 | 15:30 | Karlsruher SC | Away | 4–2 | Heynckes 26', 69', Fuchs 27' o.g., Wimmer 81' | 46,000 |
| 12 | 31 October 1975 | 20:00 | Werder Bremen | Home | 3–0 | Jensen 40', Heynckes 70', 83' pen. | 18,400 |
| 13 | 8 November 1975 | 14:30 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | Away | 1–1 | Simonsen 79' | 23,000 |
| 14 | 15 November 1975 | 15:30 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Home | 1–0 | Heynckes 72' | 21,500 |
| 15 | 22 November 1975 | 15:30 | FC Schalke 04 | Away | 2–2 | Jensen 49', 87' | 70,300 |
| 16 | 28 November 1975 | 20:00 | Kickers Offenbach | Home | 2–0 | Simonsen 13', 48' pen. | 13,000 |
| 17 | 6 December 1975 | 15:30 | 1. FC Köln | Away | 4–0 | Simonsen 24', Heynckes 34', Jensen 37', 62' | 61,118 |
| 18 | 17 January 1976 | 15:30 | Hannover 96 | Home | 2–0 | Wimmer 29', Wesche 75' o.g. | 19,200 |
| 19 | 24 January 1976 | 15:30 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Away | 3–0 | Heynckes 16', Simonsen 31', Danner 84' | 36,000 |
| 20 | 7 February 1976 | 15:30 | Hamburger SV | Home | 1–1 | Heynckes 21' | 29,700 |
| 21 | 14 February 1976 | 15:30 | MSV Duisburg | Away | 3–2 | Simonsen 18', Bonhof 71' pen., Vogts 90' | 14,000 |
| 22 | 21 February 1976 | 15:30 | Rot-Weiss Essen | Home | 1–2 | Wimmer 22' | 15,000 |
| 23 | 6 March 1976 | 15:30 | VfL Bochum | Away | 0–2 | — | 25,000 |
| 24 | 13 March 1976 | 15:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Home | 4–2 | Wittkamp 35', Simonsen 43', Heynckes 64', Hannes 66' | 23,000 |
| 25 | 20 March 1976 | 15:30 | Bayern München | Away | 0–4 | — | 75,000 |
| 26 | 27 March 1976 | 15:30 | Hertha BSC | Home | 1–1 | Heynckes 90+1' | 21,200 |
| 27 | 10 April 1976 | 15:30 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Away | 0–0 | — | 35,000 |
| 28 | 17 April 1976 | 15:30 | Karlsruher SC | Home | 4–0 | Wittkamp 40', Bonhof 58', Simonsen 62', Klinkhammer 74' | 28,000 |
| 29 | 1 May 1976 | 15:30 | Werder Bremen | Away | 2–2 | Jensen 32', Bonhof 53' | 33,000 |
| 30 | 8 May 1976 | 15:30 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | Home | 6–1 | Simonsen 11', Stielike 24', Wittkamp 64', 75', Bonhof 73', 86' | 18,000 |
| 31 | 15 May 1976 | 15:30 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Away | 1–1 | Jensen 41' | 36,000 |
| 32 | 29 May 1976 | 15:30 | FC Schalke 04 | Home | 0–2 | — | 32,000 |
| 33 | 4 June 1976 | 15:30 | Kickers Offenbach | Away | 1–1 | Simonsen 81' | 30,000 |
| 34 | 12 June 1976 | 15:30 | 1. FC Köln | Home | 2–1 | Jensen 6', Wittkamp 35' | 30,000 |

### DFB-Pokal

| Win | Draw | Loss |
DFB-Pokal match results :
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 2 August 1975 | Werder Bremen | Away | 3–0 | Jensen 8', Assauer 34' o.g., Wimmer 50' | 22,000 |
| Second round | 18 October 1975 | Rot-Weiß Hasborn | Home | 3–0 | Heynckes 59', Danner 64', Simonsen 66' | 5,000 |
| Third round | 12 December 1975 | MSV Duisburg | Away | 1–0 | Vogts 40' | 31,000 |
| Round of 16 | 31 January 1976 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Away | 2–3 | Jensen 55', Bonhof 86' pen. | 60,000 |

### European Cup

| Win | Draw | Loss |
European Cup match results :
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 17 September 1975 | SSW Innsbruck | Home | 1–1 | Simonsen 83' pen. | 18,636 |
| First round | 1 October 1975 | SSW Innsbruck | Away | 6–1 | Stielicke 44', Simonsen 63', Heynckes 64', 68', 75', 88' | 18,384 |
| Round of 16 | 22 October 1975 | Juventus | Home | 2–0 | Heynckes 26', Simonsen 36' | 57,195 |
| Round of 16 | 5 November 1975 | Juventus | Away | 2–2 | Danner 69', Simonsen 87' | 62,773 |
| Quarter-finals | 3 March 1976 | Real Madrid | Home | 2–2 | Jensen 2', Wittkamp 27' | 67,069 |
| Quarter-finals | 17 March 1976 | Real Madrid | Away | 1–1 | Heynckes 26' | 85,956 |