# 1971–72 Bundesliga

The 1971–72 Bundesliga was the ninth season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1971 and ended on 28 June 1972. 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 two teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective Regionalliga divisions.

## Team changes to 1970–71

Kickers Offenbach and Rot-Weiss Essen were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by VfL Bochum and Fortuna Düsseldorf, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.

## Team overview

| Club | Ground | Capacity |
| Hertha BSC | Olympiastadion | 100,000 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Stadion Alm | 32,000 |
| VfL Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 40,000 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 38,000 |
| SV Werder Bremen | Weserstadion | 32,000 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Stadion Rote Erde | 30,000 |
| MSV Duisburg | Wedaustadion | 38,500 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Flinger Broich | 28,000 |
| 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 | Müngersdorfer Stadion | 76,000 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion | 34,500 |
| FC Bayern Munich | Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße | 44,300 |
| FC Bayern Munich | Olympiastadion | 70,000 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Niederrheinstadion | 30,000 |
| FC Schalke 04 | Glückauf-Kampfbahn | 35,000 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Neckarstadion | 53,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 101 | 38 | +63 | 55 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 76 | 35 | +41 | 52 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 82 | 40 | +42 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 71 | 61 | +10 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 37 | |
| 7 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 35 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 35 | |
| 9 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 59 | 69 | −10 | 34 | |
| 10 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 33 | |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 63 | 58 | +5 | 31 | |
| 12 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 31 | |
| 13 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 30 | |
| 14 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 27 | |
| 15 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 25 | |
| 16 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 54 | 69 | −15 | 23 | |
| 17 | Borussia Dortmund (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 83 | −49 | 20 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | Arminia Bielefeld (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 41 | 75 | −34 | 19 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* ↑ Bayern Munich played only the last match at this stadium.
* ↑ As Schalke 04 qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup place was transferred to DFB-Pokal finalists 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
* ↑ Following the DFB investigation into match fixing, Arminia Bielefeld was automatically relegated. Records were expunged.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSC | DSC | BOC | EBS | SVW | BVB | DUI | F95 | SGE | HSV | H96 | FCK | KOE | BMG | FCB | RWO | S04 | VFB |
| Hertha BSC | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–7 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| VfL Bochum | 4–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Werder Bremen | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–5 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| MSV Duisburg | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Hamburger SV | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Hannover 96 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 3–0 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| 1. FC Köln | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | — | 4–3 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–2 | 5–2 | 7–0 | 0–0 |
| Bayern Munich | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 11–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 6–3 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 7–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Schalke 04 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers
### 40 goals

* Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)

### 22 goals

* Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04)
* Hans Walitza (VfL Bochum)

### 20 goals

* Ferdinand Keller (Hannover 96)

### 19 goals

* Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

### 18 goals

* Klaus Scheer (FC Schalke 04)

### 17 goals

* Günter Netzer (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

### 16 goals

* Bernd Rupp (1. FC Köln)

### 13 goals

* Uli Hoeneß (FC Bayern Munich)
* Idriz Hošić (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
* Bernd Nickel (Eintracht Frankfurt)
* Werner Weist (SV Werder Bremen)

## Champion squad

* FC Bayern Munich
* Goalkeepers: Sepp Maier (34); Manfred Seifert (1).
* Defenders: Franz Beckenbauer (34 / 6); Johnny Hansen (32 / 4); Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (32 / 1); Paul Breitner (30 / 4); Herwart Koppenhöfer (14); Günther Rybarczyk (4).
* Midfielders: Uli Hoeneß (34 / 13); Franz Roth (32 / 12); Rainer Zobel (32 / 4).
* Forwards: Gerd Müller (34 / 40); Franz Krauthausen (28 / 5); Wolfgang Sühnholz (25 / 4); Edgar Schneider (23 / 2); Wilhelm Hoffmann (16 / 3); Franz Gerber (1).
* (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* Manager: Udo Lattek.
* On the roster but have not played in a league game: Herbert Schröder.