# 1973–74 Bundesliga

The 1973–74 Bundesliga was the 11th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 1973 and ended on 18 May 1974. FC 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 their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.

## Team changes to 1972–73

Eintracht Braunschweig and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in the last two places. Both teams were replaced by Fortuna Köln and Rot-Weiss Essen, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.

## Team overview

| Club | Ground | Capacity |
| Hertha BSC Berlin | Olympiastadion | 100,000 |
| VfL Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 40,000 |
| SV Werder Bremen | Weserstadion | 32,000 |
| MSV Duisburg | Wedaustadion | 38,500 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Rheinstadion | 59,600 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | Georg-Melches-Stadion | 40,000 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Waldstadion | 87,000 |
| Hamburger SV | Volksparkstadion | 80,000 |
| Hannover 96 | Niedersachsenstadion | 86,000 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Stadion Betzenberg | 42,000 |
| 1. FC Köln | Radrennbahn Müngersdorf | 29,000 |
| SC Fortuna Köln | Radrennbahn Müngersdorf | 29,000 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion | 34,500 |
| FC Bayern Munich | Olympiastadion | 70,000 |
| Kickers Offenbach | Bieberer Berg | 30,000 |
| FC Schalke 04 | Parkstadion | 70,000 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Neckarstadion | 53,000 |
| Wuppertaler SV | Stadion am Zoo | 28,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 95 | 53 | +42 | 49 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 93 | 52 | +41 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 41 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 69 | 56 | +13 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 80 | 69 | +11 | 38 | |
| 7 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 72 | 68 | +4 | 37 | |
| 8 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 33 | |
| 9 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 31 | |
| 10 | Kickers Offenbach | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 31 | |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 31 | |
| 12 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 53 | 62 | −9 | 31 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 13 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 31 | |
| 14 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 30 | |
| 15 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 29 | |
| 16 | Wuppertaler SV | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 25 | |
| 17 | Fortuna Köln (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 79 | −33 | 25 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Hannover 96 (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 22 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* ↑ As Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to DFB-Pokal runners-up Hamburger SV.

## Results

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

## Top goalscorers
### 30 goals

* Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
* Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)

### 21 goals

* Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04)
* Klaus Toppmöller (1. FC Kaiserslautern)

### 19 goals

* Roland Sandberg (1. FC Kaiserslautern)

### 18 goals

* Uli Hoeneß (FC Bayern Munich)

### 17 goals

* Hermann Ohlicher (VfB Stuttgart)
* Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln)

### 16 goals

* Reiner Geye (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
* Johannes Löhr (1. FC Köln)
* Günter Pröpper (Wuppertaler SV)

## Champion squad

* FC Bayern Munich
* Goalkeeper: Sepp Maier (34).
* Defenders: Franz Beckenbauer (34 / 4); Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (33 / 7); Johnny Hansen (32 / 1); Paul Breitner (26 / 7); Gernot Rohr (3).
* Midfielders: Uli Hoeneß (34 / 18); Franz Roth (33 / 8); Rainer Zobel (28 / 5); Jupp Kapellmann (20 / 2); Erwin Hadewicz (12); Viggo Jensen (5).
* Forwards: Gerd Müller (34 / 30); Bernd Dürnberger (30 / 8); Conny Torstensson (16 / 1); Wilhelm Hoffmann (15 / 2); Bernd Gersdorff (12 / 2); Edgar Schneider (7); Herbert Zimmermann (1).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Udo Lattek.
* On the roster but have not played in a league game: Walter Modick; Hugo Robl; Georg Weiß; Torben Hansen; Norbert Ivangean; Dušan Jovanović .