# 1984–85 Bundesliga

The 1984–85 Bundesliga was the 22nd season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 24 August 1984 and ended on 8 June 1985. VfB Stuttgart 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 1983–84

Kickers Offenbach and 1. FC Nürnberg were directly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Karlsruher SC and FC Schalke 04. Relegation/promotion play-off participant Eintracht Frankfurt won on aggregate against MSV Duisburg and thus retained their Bundesliga status.

## Team overview

| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Bielefeld | Stadion Alm | 35,000 |
| VfL Bochum | Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 40,000 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Braunschweig | Stadion an der Hamburger Straße | 38,000 |
| 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 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern | Stadion Betzenberg | 42,000 |
| Karlsruher SC | Karlsruhe | Wildparkstadion | 50,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 79 | 38 | +41 | 50 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 87 | 51 | +36 | 46 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 69 | 66 | +3 | 40 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 77 | 53 | +24 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Waldhof Mannheim | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 37 | |
| 7 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 36 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 8 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 63 | 62 | +1 | 34 | |
| 9 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 34 | |
| 10 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 79 | 59 | +20 | 33 | |
| 11 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 33 | |
| 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 62 | 67 | −5 | 32 | |
| 13 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 31 | |
| 14 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 30 | |
| 15 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 53 | 66 | −13 | 29 | |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld (R) | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 61 | −15 | 29 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC (R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 47 | 88 | −41 | 22 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig (R) | 34 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 39 | 79 | −40 | 20 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | DSC | BOC | EBS | SVW | BVB | F95 | SGE | HSV | FCK | KSC | KOE | B04 | WMA | BMG | FCB | S04 | VFB | B05 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | — | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–7 | 1–0 |
| VfL Bochum | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Werder Bremen | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | — | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 7–1 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Hamburger SV | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 |
| Karlsruher SC | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| 1. FC Köln | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–4 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | 4–3 | 10–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Bayern Munich | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Schalke 04 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–3 | 2–0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 5–2 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — |

## Relegation play-offs

Arminia Bielefeld and third-placed 2. Bundesliga team 1. FC Saarbrücken had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. Saarbrücken won 3–1 on aggregate and thus were promoted to the Bundesliga.

## Top goalscorers
### 26 goals

* Klaus Allofs (1. FC Köln)

### 25 goals

* Rudi Völler (SV Werder Bremen)

### 19 goals

* Karl Allgöwer (VfB Stuttgart)
* Thomas Allofs (1. FC Kaiserslautern)

### 18 goals

* Siegfried Reich (Arminia Bielefeld)
* Klaus Täuber (FC Schalke 04)

### 17 goals

* Günter Thiele (Fortuna Düsseldorf)

### 16 goals

* Klaus Fischer (VfL Bochum)
* Pierre Littbarski (1. FC Köln)
* Lothar Matthäus (FC Bayern Munich)
* Frank Mill (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

## Champion squad

* FC Bayern Munich
* Goalkeepers: Raimond Aumann (20); Jean-Marie Pfaff (14).
* Defenders: Norbert Eder (34 / 2); Klaus Augenthaler (32 / 5); Holger Willmer (29 / 3); Hans Pflügler (17 / 2); Bertram Beierlorzer (12); Bernd Martin (8).
* Midfielders: Lothar Matthäus (33 / 16); Wolfgang Dremmler (29 / 1); Søren Lerby (28 / 11); Norbert Nachtweih (25 / 3); Bernd Dürnberger (20 / 2); Wolfgang Grobe (3 / 1).
* Forwards: Roland Wohlfarth (32 / 12); Ludwig Kögl (27 / 1); Reinhold Mathy (24 / 7); Michael Rummenigge (24 / 5); Dieter Hoeneß (20 / 7).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Udo Lattek.
* On the roster but have not played in a league game: Manfred Schwabl; Ugur Tütüneker; Karl Del'Haye; Achim Förster; Hans-Werner Grünwald.