Bundesliga 1966-67


Eintracht Braunschweig was the surprise winner, as the pre-season prognosicators had ignored the Niedersachsen squad. They did it a stingy defense, giving up almost 20 goals less then the nearest team, and getting enough offense to grind out the points. Defending champ 1860 got off to a terrible start, as coach Max Merkel's dictatorial style grew thin fast. He departed mid December with the Lions in the lower half. 1860 recovered, but their streak was too late to prevent Braunschweig from taking the title. Eintracht Frankfurt was the most consistent hunter of EB, trailing in 2nd place until the last day of the season, when they were beaten by 1860.

The most interesting match of the year was probably Gladbach defeating Schalke 11-0 Essen and Duesseldorf took the drop, after only a one year stay. Both teams pretty much sucked.

On the international front, Bayern won the European Cup Winners Cup, defeating Glasgow Rangers on a goal by Franz "Bulle" Roth. They also defended their DFB Cup title, thrashing Hamburg 4-0.

 1. Eintracht Braunschweig  34  17  9  8  49:27 +22	43-25
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 2. TSV München 1860 (M)    34  17  7 10  60:47 +13	41-27 
 3. Borussia Dortmund       34  15  9 10  70:41 +29	39-29 
 4. Eintracht Frankfurt     34  15  9 10  66:49 +17	39-29 
 5. 1. FC Kaiserslautern    34  13 12  9  43:42 +1	38-30 
 6. FC Bayern München (P)   34  16  5 13  62:47 +15	37-31 
 7. 1. FC Köln              34  14  9 11  48:48  0	37-31 
 8. Bor. Mönchengladbach    34  12 10 12  70:49 +21	34-34 
 9. Hannover 96             34  13  8 13  40:46 -6	34-34 
10. 1. FC Nürnberg          34  12 10 12  43:50 -7	34-34 
11. MSV Duisburg            34  10 13 11  40:42 -2	33-35 
12. VfB Stuttgart           34  10 13 11  48:54 -6	33-35 
13. Karlsruher SC           34  11  9 14  54:62 -8	31-37 
14. Hamburger SV            34  10 10 14  37:53 -16	30-38 
15. FC Schalke 04           34  12  6 16  37:63 -26	30-38 
16. SV Werder Bremen        34  10  9 15  49:56 -7	29-39
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17. SC Rot-Weiß Essen (N)   34   6 13 15  35:53 -20	25-43 
18. Fortuna Düsseldorf (N)  34   9  7 18  44:66 -22	25-43 


M = Meister / (defending) champion
P = Pokal   / (defending) Cup winner
N = Neuling / promoted club

Scorers List:

28 - Emmerich (Dortmund)
28 - G.Müller (Bayern)
18 - Laumen (M'gladbach)
17 - C.Müller (Karlsruhe)
15 - Ulsass (Braunschweig)
15 - Wosab (Dortmund)
15 - Heynckes (M'gladbach)
15 - Rupp (M'gladbach)


Bundesliga Promotion Playoffs Gruppe 1 Bayern Hof - Schwarz-Weiß Essen 0:0, 3:2 Arminia Hannover - Hertha BSC Berlin 1:1, 3:0 Borussia Neunkirchen - Arminia Hannover 2:1, 4:3 Hertha BSC Berlin - Bayern Hof 2:0, 1:2 Schwarz-Weiß Essen - Hertha BSC Berlin 3:2, 1:0 Bayern Hof - Borussia Neunkirchen 5:2, 0:4 Borussia Neunkirchen - Schwarz-Weiß Essen 2:0, 1:1 Arminia Hannover - Bayern Hof 3:0, 2:1 Hertha BSC Berlin - Borussia Neunkirchen 1:2, 1:0 Schwarz-Weiß Essen - Arminia Hannover 2:1, 4:0 1. Borussia Neunkirchen 8 5 1 2 17:12 11-5 promoted 2. Schwarz-Weiß Essen 8 4 2 2 13:9 10-6 3. Arminia Hannover 8 3 1 4 14:14 7-9 4. Bayern Hof 8 3 1 4 11:16 7-9 5. Hertha BSC Berlin 8 2 1 5 8:12 5-11 Gruppe 2 Alemannia Aachen - Kickers Offenbach 2:1, 2:3 Tennis Borussia Berlin - Göttingen 05 1:1, 0:1 Göttingen 05 - 1.FC Saarbrücken 1:1, 2:2 Kickers Offenbach - Tennis Borussia Berlin 2:0, 2:0 Tennis Borussia Berlin - Alemannia Aachen 3:4, 2:7 1.FC Saarbrücken - Kickers Offenbach 0:0, 4:3 Alemannia Aachen - 1.FC Saarbrücken 3:0, 0:3 Kickers Offenbach - Göttingen 05 2:0, 2:2 Göttingen 05 - Alemannia Aachen 1:2, 1:3 1.FC Saarbrücken - Tennis Borussia Berlin 2:4, 2:2 1. Alemannia Aachen 8 6 0 2 23:14 12-4 promoted 2. Kickers Offenbach 8 4 2 2 15:10 10-6 3. 1.FC Saarbrücken 8 2 4 2 15:15 8-8 4. Göttingen 05 8 1 4 3 9:13 6-10 5. Tennis Borussia Berlin 8 1 2 5 12:21 4-12
Regionalliga Nord 1. Arminia Hannover 32 21 5 6 78:28 47-17 2. Göttingen 05 32 18 9 5 65:24 45-19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Holstein Kiel 32 19 7 6 68:32 45-19 4. VfL Wolfsburg 32 19 2 11 57:33 40-24 5. FC St.Pauli (M) 32 16 7 9 71:44 39-25 6. Concordia Hamburg 32 16 4 12 50:40 36-28 7. VfL Osnabrück 32 11 10 11 61:50 32-32 8. FC Altona 93 32 10 11 11 43:46 31-33 9. VfB Oldenburg 32 13 4 15 49:73 30-34 10. VfB Lübeck 32 9 10 13 41:43 28-36 11. ASV Bergedorf 85 32 10 8 14 45:57 28-36 12. Itzehoer SV 32 13 2 17 56:74 28-36 13. SC Sperber Hamburg (N) 32 8 9 15 42:54 25-39 14. HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst (N) 32 10 5 17 48:77 25-39 15. TuS Bremerhaven 93 32 7 10 15 34:57 24-40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. VfV Hildesheim 32 8 7 17 25:57 23-41 17. Bremer SV 32 7 4 21 40:84 18-46 Regionalliga West 1. Alemannia Aachen 34 20 8 6 56:24 48-20 2. Schwarz-Weiß Essen 34 19 9 6 51:23 47-21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Arminia Bielefeld 34 17 11 6 72:39 45-23 4. VfL Bochum 34 18 9 7 67:42 45-23 5. Sportfreunde Hamborn 07 34 17 9 8 52:33 43-25 6. Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 34 13 14 7 67:52 40-28 7. Wuppertaler SV 34 14 10 10 49:41 38-30 8. VfR Neuß (N) 34 14 8 12 56:50 36-32 9. Preußen Münster 34 13 9 12 53:58 35-33 10. Bayer Leverkusen 34 12 8 14 57:62 32-36 11. Westfalia Herne 34 12 7 15 41:41 31-37 12. Eintracht Gelsenkirchen 34 10 10 14 48:53 30-38 13. Viktoria Köln 34 10 9 15 36:39 29-39 14. TSV Marl-Hüls 34 7 12 15 38:49 26-42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. SSV Hagen (N) 34 8 8 18 35:69 24-44 16. Hammer SpVg (N) 34 7 9 18 45:76 23-45 17. Bonner SC (N) 34 6 10 18 27:48 22-46 18. Eintracht Duisburg 34 7 4 23 34:85 18-50 Regionalliga Südwest 1. Borussia Neunkirchen (A) 30 20 6 4 73:27 46-14 2. 1.FC Saarbrücken 30 21 2 7 77:31 44-16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SpVgg Weisenau 30 17 7 6 63:35 41-19 4. FSV Mainz 05 30 18 3 9 50:35 39-21 5. Eintracht Trier 30 15 8 7 67:48 38-22 6. FK Pirmasens (M) 30 14 8 8 60:31 36-24 7. Südwest Ludwigshafen 30 13 10 7 49:34 36-24 8. SV Alsenborn 30 13 6 11 58:43 32-28 9. Röchling Völklingen 30 12 7 11 42:46 31-29 10. Saar 05 Saarbrücken 30 11 8 11 47:39 30-30 11. FC Homburg (N) 30 8 7 15 46:81 23-37 12. VfR Frankenthal 30 7 7 16 40:50 21-39 13. Wormatia Worms 30 5 11 14 31:48 21-39 14. TuS Neuendorf 30 8 5 17 35:64 21-39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. Phönix Bellheim 30 6 6 18 40:71 18-42 16. Germania Metternich (N) 30 0 3 27 19:114 3-57 Regionalliga Süd 1. Kickers Offenbach 34 20 10 4 65:33 50-18 2. Bayern Hof 34 21 8 5 81:44 50-18 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SpVgg Fürth 34 20 8 6 80:36 48-20 4. Stuttgarter Kickers 34 20 5 9 85:48 45-23 5. VfR Mannheim 34 15 12 7 61:43 42-26 6. SSV Reutlingen 34 16 8 10 59:44 40-28 7. Freiburger FC 34 15 7 12 62:50 37-31 8. Hessen Kassel 34 14 8 12 61:62 36-32 9. Schwaben Augsburg 34 13 8 13 64:63 34-34 10. FC Schweinfurt 05 (M) 34 16 2 16 43:47 34-34 11. SV Waldhof Mannheim 34 12 9 13 50:57 33-35 12. Opel Rüsselsheim 34 12 4 18 51:60 28-40 13. FSV Frankfurt 34 12 4 18 37:58 28-40 14. Darmstadt 98 34 9 8 17 45:55 26-42 15. FC Villingen (N) 34 10 6 18 47:76 26-42 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. BC Augsburg (N) 34 10 5 19 49:73 25-43 17. Germania Wiesbaden (N) 34 4 9 21 28:73 17-51 18. 1.FC Pforzheim 34 3 7 24 26:72 13-55 Regionalliga Berlin 1. Hertha BSC Berlin (M) 30 28 1 1 114:25 57-3 2. Tennis Borussia Berlin 30 22 6 2 101:30 50-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Spandauer SV 30 18 5 7 61:42 41-19 4. Tasmania 1900 Berlin (A) 30 16 7 7 53:31 39-21 5. Hertha Zehlendorf 30 17 4 9 56:41 38-22 6. Wacker 04 Berlin 30 15 5 10 63:46 35-25 7. Rapide Wedding (N) 30 10 6 14 42:58 26-34 8. VfB Hermsdorf 30 10 5 15 52:81 25-35 9. Berliner SV 92 30 9 6 15 37:49 24-36 10. 1.FC Neukölln 30 8 8 14 42:65 24-36 11. Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 30 6 11 13 32:55 23-37 12. BFC Südring Berlin 30 6 10 14 44:59 22-38 13. Reinickendorfer Füchse 30 7 8 15 39:57 22-38 14. Kickers 1900 Berlin (N) 30 6 10 14 49:79 22-38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. SC Staaken 30 6 8 16 36:53 20-40 16. Lichterfelder SU 30 4 4 22 42:92 12-48