# 1974–75 Bundesliga

The 1974–75 Bundesliga was the 12th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 24 August 1974 and ended on 14 June 1975. 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 three teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.

## Team changes to 1973–74

Fortuna Köln and Hannover 96 were relegated to the newly introduced 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. Both teams were replaced by Tennis Borussia Berlin and Eintracht Braunschweig, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.

## Team overview

| Club | Ground | Capacity |
| Hertha BSC Berlin | Olympiastadion | 100,000 |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | Mommsenstadion | 18,000 |
| VfL Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 40,000 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 38,000 |
| 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 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Stadion Betzenberg | 42,000 |
| 1. FC 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 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (C) | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 86 | 40 | +46 | 50 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 44 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 89 | 49 | +40 | 43 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 41 | |
| 7 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 39 | |
| 8 | Kickers Offenbach | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 72 | 62 | +10 | 38 | |
| 9 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 36 | |
| 10 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 57 | 63 | −6 | 34 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 11 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 33 | |
| 12 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 56 | 68 | −12 | 32 | |
| 13 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 31 | |
| 14 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 59 | 77 | −18 | 30 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 15 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 69 | −24 | 25 | |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart (R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 50 | 79 | −29 | 24 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 17 | Tennis Borussia Berlin (R) | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 38 | 89 | −51 | 16 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Wuppertaler SV (R) | 34 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 86 | −54 | 12 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* ↑ Bayern Munich won the 1974–75 European Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.
* ↑ As Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to DFB-Pokal runners-up MSV Duisburg.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSC | TBB | BOC | EBS | SVW | DUI | F95 | RWE | SGE | HSV | FCK | KOE | BMG | FCB | KOF | S04 | VFB | WSV |
| Hertha BSC | — | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| VfL Bochum | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 |
| Werder Bremen | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–6 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | — | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 6–5 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–5 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–2 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 9–1 | — | 1–3 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–5 | 5–0 |
| Hamburger SV | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
| 1. FC Köln | 2–1 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 6–2 |
| Bayern Munich | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 6–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 6–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Schalke 04 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 5–1 |
| Wuppertaler SV | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — |

## Top goalscorers
### 27 goals

* Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

### 24 goals

* Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln)

### 23 goals

* Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)

### 21 goals

* Roland Sandberg (1. FC Kaiserslautern)

### 18 goals

* Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
* Erwin Kostedde (Kickers Offenbach)
* Manfred Burgsmüller (Rot-Weiss Essen)

### 17 goals

* Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04)
* Hermann Ohlicher (VfB Stuttgart)

### 16 goals

* Bernd Hölzenbein (Eintracht Frankfurt)

## Champion squad

* Borussia Mönchengladbach
* Goalkeeper: Wolfgang Kleff (34).
* Defenders: Berti Vogts (34); Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp (29 / 6); Rainer Bonhof (28 / 6); Hans Klinkhammer (23); Frank Schäffer (14); Ulrich Surau (14); Walter Posner (2).
* Midfielders: Herbert Wimmer (29 / 1); Uli Stielike (25 / 1); Christian Kulik (24 / 6); Dietmar Danner (21 / 3); Lorenz-Günther Köstner (18 / 1); Horst Köppel (7 / 1).
* Forwards: Allan Simonsen (34 / 18); Henning Jensen (34 / 13); Jupp Heynckes (31 / 27); Lorenz Hilkes (5); Karl Del'Haye (4).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Hennes Weisweiler.
* On the roster but have not played in a league game: Gregor Quasten; Norbert Kox; Roger Roebben.