Bundesliga 1970-71


One of the most exciting races ever. Bayern and Gladbach were virtually tied going into the last game, with Bayern having a goal difference lead of a single score. But while Gladbach kicked Frankfurt's ass 4-1 away, Bayern was stunned 0-2 in Duisburg, handing the title to Gladbach. Borussia therefore becomes the first club to defend the Bundesliga title. (Certainly the Gladbachers had to be happy on one count: during a 1-1 game at home to Bremen, the goal post collapsed. Since it couldn't be repaired, the game was stopped. The DFB later ruled the match a forfeit to Bremen, rather than a replay of continuation. But Gladbach made up the points and won the title anyway.)

The relegation battle was hot as well. Offenbach and Oberhausen were equal on points, but a goal nine minutes from time by Köln sealed the Kickers fate: they were relegated on goal difference of minus one.

Unfortunately, this season will be more remembered for the disgrace that would follow: Offenbach admitted to attempting to bribe players, but also came forth with allegations that other clubs, such as Bielefeld, Hertha, Schalke, Köln were willing participants in many cases. This scandal caused a disastrous loss of confidence in the Bundesliga, and it would be several years before the public returned in droves. The DFB launched various investigations, eventually banning many players, although most of these sentences were commuted.

 1. Bor. Mönchengladbach (M) 34  20 10  4  77:35  +42 	50-18
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 2. FC Bayern München        34  19 10  5  74:36  +38 	48-20 
 3. Hertha BSC Berlin        34  16  9  9  61:43  +18 	41-27 
 4. Eintracht Braunschweig   34  16  7 11  52:40  +12 	39-29
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 5. Hamburger SV             34  13 11 10  54:63  -9 	37-31 
 6. FC Schalke 04            34  15  6 13  44:40  +4 	36-32 
 7. MSV Duisburg             34  12 11 11  43:47  -4 	35-33 
 8. 1. FC Kaiserslautern     34  15  4 15  54:57  -3 	34-34 
 9. Hannover 96              34  12  9 13  53:49  +4 	33-34 
10. SV Werder Bremen         34  11 11 12  41:40  +1 	33-35 
11. 1. FC Köln               34  11 11 12  46:56  -10 	33-35 
12. VfB Stuttgart            34  11  8 15  49:49   0 	30-38 
13. Borussia Dortmund        34  10  9 15  54:60  -6 	29-39 
14. Arminia Bielefeld (N)    34  12  5 17  34:53  -19 	29-39 
15. Eintracht Frankfurt      34  11  6 17  39:56  -17 	28-40 
16. SC Rot-Weiß Oberhausen   34   9  9 16  54:69  -15 	27-41
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17. Kickers Offenbach (P,N)  34   9  9 16  49:65  -16 	27-41 
18. SC Rot-Weiß Essen        34   7  9 18  48:68  -20 	23-45 

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

Scorers List:

24 - L. Kobluhn (Oberhausen)
22 - G. Müller (Bayern)
22 - Vogt (K'lautern)
20 - Laumen (M'gladbach)
20 - Horr (Hertha)
19 - Heynckes (M'gladbach)
19 - F. Keller (Hannover)
19 - Lippens (Essen)


Bundesliga Promotion Gruppe 1 VfL Osnabrück - VfL Bochum 2:4, 1:3 Karlsruher SC - FK Pirmasens 1:0, 1:3 VfL Bochum - Karlsruher SC 1:0, 2:1 Tasmania Berlin - VfL Osnabrück 2:1, 0:1 FK Pirmasens - VfL Bochum 1:0, 2:5 Karlsruher SC - Tasmania Berlin 2:1, 3:1 VfL Osnabrück - Karlsruher SC 1:1, 3:0 Tasmania Berlin - FK Pirmasens 3:0, 2:2 VfL Bochum - Tasmania Berlin 4:2, 4:2 FK Pirmasens - VfL Osnabrück 0:1, 3:1 1. VfL Bochum 8 7 0 1 23:11 14-2 promoted 2. VfL Osnabrück 8 3 1 4 11:13 7-9 3. FK Pirmasens 8 3 1 4 11:14 7-9 4. Karlsruher SC 8 3 1 4 9:12 7-9 5. Tasmania Berlin 8 2 1 5 13:17 5-11 Gruppe 2 Borussia Neunkirchen - 1.FC Nürnberg 1:0, 0:2 Fortuna Düsseldorf - FC St.Pauli 3:1, 1:1 1.FC Nürnberg - Fortuna Düsseldorf 0:2, 1:2 FC St.Pauli - Wacker 04 Berlin 3:0, 1:0 Fortuna Düsseldorf - Borussia Neunkirchen 2:0, 2:2 Wacker 04 Berlin - 1.FC Nürnberg 3:2, 0:3 Borussia Neunkirchen - Wacker 04 Berlin 2:1, 2:0 1.FC Nürnberg - FC St.Pauli 5:1, 1:1 FC St.Pauli - Borussia Neunkirchen 2:1, 0:3 Wacker 04 Berlin - Fortuna Düsseldorf 2:4, 0:3 1. Fortuna Düsseldorf 8 6 2 0 19:7 14-2 promoted 2. Borussia Neunkirchen 8 4 1 3 11:9 9-7 3. FC St.Pauli 8 3 2 3 10:15 8-8 4. 1.FC Nürnberg 8 3 1 4 14:10 7-9 5. Wacker 04 Berlin 8 1 0 7 6:20 2-14
Regionalliga Nord 1. VfL Osnabrück (M) 34 16 12 6 70:39 44-24 2. FC St.Pauli 34 17 9 8 53:31 43-25 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. VfB Lübeck 34 16 10 8 63:45 42-26 4. Holstein Kiel 34 17 8 9 66:50 42-26 5. HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 34 15 11 8 63:39 41-27 6. Olympia Wilhelmshaven 34 14 13 7 37:27 41-27 7. Göttingen 05 34 13 12 9 63:42 38-30 8. TuS Bremerhaven 93 34 15 7 12 54:48 37-31 9. VfL Wolfsburg 34 12 12 10 56:48 36-32 10. TuS Celle 34 12 9 13 52:55 33-35 11. SC Leu Braunschweig 34 12 6 16 59:55 30-38 12. Itzehoer SV 34 11 8 15 49:65 30-38 13. Phönix Lübeck 34 9 11 14 38:58 29-39 14. Arminia Hannover 34 10 8 16 46:61 28-40 15. SC Sperber Hamburg (N) 34 8 12 14 34:51 28-40 16. Heider SV (N) 34 8 11 15 38:56 27-41 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. VfB Oldenburg 34 9 8 17 40:57 26-42 18. SV Meppen (N) 34 5 7 22 43:97 17-51 Regionalliga West 1. VfL Bochum (M) 34 26 4 4 81:27 56-12 2. Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 25 6 3 70:26 56-12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Wuppertaler SV 34 24 7 3 81:27 55-13 4. Fortuna Köln 34 16 7 11 71:46 39-29 5. Eintracht Gelsenkirchen (N) 34 17 5 12 62:54 39-29 6. Alemannia Aachen (A) 34 15 4 15 59:58 34-34 7. Bayer Leverkusen 34 13 7 14 64:62 33-35 8. DJK Gütersloh 34 14 5 15 49:58 33-35 9. Preußen Münster 34 13 5 16 62:57 31-37 10. Viktoria Köln 34 10 11 13 36:46 31-37 11. Schwarz-Weiß Essen 34 10 9 15 56:63 29-39 12. Westfalia Herne (N) 34 11 7 16 45:72 29-39 13. Wattenscheid 09 34 9 10 15 45:52 28-40 14. Lüner SV 34 10 7 17 53:59 27-41 15. SpVgg Erkenschwick 34 11 4 19 37:62 26-42 16. VfR Neuß 34 8 8 18 48:68 24-44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. Bonner SC 34 9 6 19 37:66 24-44 18. Sportfreunde Hamborn 07 34 6 6 22 36:89 18-50 Regionalliga Südwest 1. Borussia Neunkirchen 30 18 8 4 82:26 44-16 2. FK Pirmasens 30 19 6 5 69:29 44-16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Südwest Ludwigshafen 30 18 7 5 56:22 43-17 4. 1.FC Saarbrücken 30 16 7 7 61:39 39-21 5. SV Alsenborn (M) 30 16 6 8 77:49 38-22 6. TuS Neuendorf 30 16 6 8 51:29 38-22 7. FSV Mainz 05 30 15 5 10 57:49 35-25 8. FC Homburg 30 12 6 12 46:50 30-30 9. ASV Landau 30 10 9 11 36:43 29-31 10. Röchling Völklingen 30 11 5 14 43:50 27-33 11. Eintracht Trier 30 7 10 13 53:68 24-36 12. Wormatia Worms 30 9 5 16 44:58 23-37 13. VfR Frankenthal (N) 30 6 10 14 33:53 22-38 14. FV Speyer 30 7 7 16 46:66 21-39 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. Saar 05 Saarbrücken 30 2 8 20 26:85 12-48 16. VfB Theley (N) 30 5 1 24 32:96 11-49 Regionalliga Süd 1. 1.FC Nürnberg 36 23 9 4 81:39 55-17 2. Karlsruher SC 36 19 7 10 59:40 45-27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Hessen Kassel 36 17 9 10 71:45 43-29 4. 1860 München (A) 36 16 9 11 59:40 41-31 5. Jahn Regensburg 36 17 7 12 65:64 41-31 6. FC Schweinfurt 05 36 15 10 11 73:58 40-32 7. SpVgg Fürth 36 14 11 11 55:38 39-33 8. VfR Heilbronn 36 14 11 11 61:50 39-33 9. Freiburger FC 36 14 9 13 60:55 37-35 10. Stuttgarter Kickers 36 15 7 14 59:63 37-35 11. ESV Ingolstadt 36 13 10 13 54:56 36-36 12. FC Villingen 36 13 9 14 43:50 35-37 13. Bayern Hof 36 13 8 15 52:52 34-38 14. Opel Rüsselsheim 36 11 11 14 41:49 33-39 15. SSV Reutlingen 36 12 8 16 53:59 32-40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. VfR Mannheim 36 9 13 14 50:68 31-41 17. SV Göppingen (N) 36 7 14 15 47:67 28-44 18. Viktoria Aschaffenburg (N) 36 6 8 22 42:83 20-52 19. Wacker München (N) 36 4 10 22 39:88 18-54 Regionalliga Berlin 1. Tasmania 1900 Berlin 33 29 3 1 110:20 61-5 2. Wacker 04 Berlin 33 24 3 6 75:34 51-15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 33 24 2 7 95:38 50-16 4. Tennis Borussia Berlin 33 20 4 9 68:39 44-22 5. Hertha Zehlendorf (M) 33 14 6 13 75:63 34-32 6. Spandauer SV 33 13 7 13 59:70 33-33 7. TuS Wannsee 33 10 6 17 48:84 26-40 8. Alemannia 90 Berlin (N) 33 8 8 17 41:61 24-42 9. Rapide Wedding 33 6 11 16 46:66 23-43 10. 1.FC Neukölln 33 7 7 19 53:78 21-45 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. SC Staaken 33 7 7 19 35:76 19-30 12. VfL Nord Berlin (N) 33 2 4 27 31:107 8-58