# 1976–77 Bundesliga

The 1976–77 Bundesliga was the 14th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1976 and ended on 21 May 1977. 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 1975–76

Hannover 96, Kickers Offenbach and Bayer 05 Uerdingen were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Tennis Borussia Berlin, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, 1. FC Saarbrücken, winners of the Southern Division and Borussia Dortmund, who won a two-legged promotion play-off against 1. FC Nürnberg.

## Team overview

| Club | Location | Ground | Capacity |
| Hertha BSC Berlin | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 100,000 |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 100,000 |
| VfL Bochum | Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 40,000 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 38,000 |
| SV Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion | 32,000 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 54,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 77,573 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | Saarbrücken | Ludwigspark | 40,000 |
| FC Schalke 04 | Gelsenkirchen | Parkstadion | 70,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (C) | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 58 | 34 | +24 | 44 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 77 | 52 | +25 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 86 | 57 | +29 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 83 | 61 | +22 | 40 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 67 | 56 | +11 | 38 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 74 | 65 | +9 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 73 | 64 | +9 | 34 | |
| 9 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 34 | |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 34 | |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 33 | |
| 12 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 31 | |
| 13 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 53 | 59 | −6 | 29 | |
| 14 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 29 | |
| 15 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 29 | |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 75 | −22 | 28 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 17 | Tennis Borussia Berlin (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 47 | 85 | −38 | 22 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Rot-Weiss Essen (R) | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 49 | 103 | −54 | 22 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* 1 2 As 1. FC Köln qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to Bayern Munich.
* ↑ Hamburger SV won the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSC | TBB | BOC | EBS | SVW | BVB | DUI | F95 | RWE | SGE | HSV | FCK | KSC | KOE | BMG | FCB | FCS | S04 |
| Hertha BSC | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| VfL Bochum | 4–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–6 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Werder Bremen | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| MSV Duisburg | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 4–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–3 | — | 1–8 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–3 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–3 |
| Hamburger SV | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Karlsruher SC | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–7 |
| 1. FC Köln | 3–2 | 8–4 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | — | 0–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Bayern Munich | 1–0 | 9–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 0–7 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | — | 2–3 |
| Schalke 04 | 4–0 | 5–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |
* ↑ The 1. FC Kaiserslautern v Fortuna Düsseldorf match from 27 November 1976 was suspended after 76 minutes and a score of 0–1 due to bottles being repeatedly thrown from the stands. The match was abandoned and later awarded to Fortuna Düsseldorf with a score of 0–2.

## Top goalscorers
### 34 goals

* Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln)

### 28 goals

* Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)

### 26 goals

* Bernd Hölzenbein (Eintracht Frankfurt)

### 24 goals

* Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04)
* Wolfgang Frank (Eintracht Braunschweig)

### 21 goals

* Josef Kaczor (VfL Bochum)

### 20 goals

* Horst Hrubesch (Rot-Weiß Essen)
* Benny Wendt (Tennis Borussia Berlin)
* Rüdiger Wenzel (Eintracht Frankfurt)

### 19 goals

* Klaus Toppmöller (1. FC Kaiserslautern)

## Champion squad

* Borussia Mönchengladbach
* Goalkeeper: Wolfgang Kneib (34).
* Defenders: Rainer Bonhof (33 / 6); Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp (33 / 5); Hans Klinkhammer (29); Horst Wohlers (27 / 2); Berti Vogts (captain; 27 / 1); Frank Schäffer (27); Norbert Ringels (7).
* Midfielders: Herbert Wimmer (31 / 2); Uli Stielike (24 / 4); Horst Köppel (22 / 3); Wilfried Hannes (21 / 3); Christian Kulik (18 / 1); Dietmar Danner (3).
* Forwards: Allan Simonsen (34 / 12); Jupp Heynckes (20 / 15); Herbert Heidenreich (20 / 2); Karl Del'Haye (16 / 1); Carsten Nielsen (1).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Udo Lattek.
* On the roster but have not played in a league game: Wolfgang Kleff; Hans-Jakob Klingen; Ulrich Sude; Gerd Engels; Hans-Jürgen Offermanns; Rudolf Gores.