# 1975–76 Bundesliga

The 1975–76 Bundesliga was the 13th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 9 August 1975 and ended on 12 June 1976. Borussia Mönchengladbach 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 three teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.

## Team changes to 1974–75

VfB Stuttgart, Tennis Borussia Berlin and Wuppertaler SV were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Hannover 96, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, Karlsruher SC, winners of the Southern Division and Bayer 05 Uerdingen, who won a two-legged promotion play-off against FK Pirmasens.

## Team overview

| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity |
| Hertha BSC Berlin | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 100,000 |
| VfL Bochum | Bochum | Stadion an der Castroper Straße$^1$ | 40,000 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 38,000 |
| SV Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion | 32,000 |
| MSV Duisburg | Duisburg | Wedaustadion | 38,500 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf | Rheinstadion | 59,600 |
| Rot-Weiß Essen | Essen | Georg-Melches-Stadion | 40,000 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Waldstadion | 62,000 |
| Hamburger SV | Hamburg | Volksparkstadion | 80,000 |
| Hannover 96 | Hanover | Niedersachsenstadion | 60,400 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern | Stadion Betzenberg | 42,000 |
| Karlsruher SC | Karlsruhe | Wildparkstadion | 50,000 |
| 1. FC Köln | Cologne | Müngersdorfer Stadion | 61,000 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion | 34,500 |
| FC Bayern Munich | Munich | Olympiastadion | 70,000 |
| Kickers Offenbach | Offenbach am Main | Bieberer Berg | 30,000 |
| FC Schalke 04 | Gelsenkirchen | Parkstadion | 70,000 |
| Bayer 05 Uerdingen | Krefeld | Grotenburg-Kampfbahn | 22,000 |

### Notes

* The VfL Bochum played six of their 1976 home games at Stadion am Schloss Strünkede in Herne and one at the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund because the field at their Stadion an der Castroper Straße had become unplayable due to the 1976–1979 expansion of the stadium.

## League table

| Pos | Team | 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 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 76 | 55 | +21 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 60 | +6 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 61 | 67 | −6 | 37 | |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 79 | 58 | +21 | 36 | |
| 10 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 33 | |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 59 | 61 | −2 | 32 | |
| 12 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 30 | |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 30 | |
| 14 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 30 | |
| 15 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 30 | |
| 16 | Hannover 96 (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 27 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 17 | Kickers Offenbach (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 72 | −32 | 27 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 69 | −41 | 22 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* 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.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSC | BOC | EBS | SVW | DUI | F95 | RWE | SGE | HSV | H96 | FCK | KSC | KOE | BMG | FCB | KOF | S04 | B05 |
| Hertha BSC | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| VfL Bochum | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 5–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Werder Bremen | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| MSV Duisburg | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | — | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | — | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Hamburger SV | 2–1 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Hannover 96 | 2–6 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Karlsruher SC | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–5 | — | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| 1. FC Köln | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–4 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 6–1 |
| Bayern Munich | 7–4 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Schalke 04 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 5–1 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — |

## Top goalscorers
### 29 goals

* Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04)

### 23 goals

* Erich Beer (Hertha BSC)
* Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)

### 22 goals

* Klaus Toppmöller (1. FC Kaiserslautern)

### 18 goals

* Horst Hrubesch (Rot-Weiss Essen)

### 17 goals

* Roland Sandberg (1. FC Kaiserslautern)

### 16 goals

* Wolfgang Frank (Eintracht Braunschweig)
* Bernd Hölzenbein (Eintracht Frankfurt)
* Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

### 15 goals

* Johannes Löhr (1. FC Köln)
* Bernd Nickel (Eintracht Frankfurt)

## Champion squad

* Borussia Mönchengladbach
* Goalkeeper: Wolfgang Kleff (34).
* Defenders: Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp (34 / 5); Berti Vogts (34 / 1); Frank Schäffer (26); Hans Klinkhammer (24 / 2); Ulrich Surau (3).
* Midfielders: Herbert Wimmer (34 / 3); Dietmar Danner (34 / 2); Uli Stielike (33 / 4); Rainer Bonhof (30 / 5); Horst Köppel (16); Wilfried Hannes (9 / 1); Christian Kulik (4); Horst Wohlers (2); Norbert Ringels (1).
* Forwards: Allan Simonsen (34 / 16); Henning Jensen (33 / 11); Jupp Heynckes (24 / 12); Karl Del'Haye (2).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Udo Lattek.
* On the roster but have not played in a league game: Hans-Jakob Klingen; Norbert Kox; Hans-Jürgen Offermanns; Gerd Engels; Roger Roebben.