Bundesliga 1971-72


An exciting season developed, from an unexpected source. Schalke put together a great campaign, built around a nucleus of young players. They led until week 26, and came into the final match of the season only a point behind - with their opponent the leaders Bayern. Unfortunately, Bayern kicked their ass 5-1, and Schalke had to be content with a 5-0 drubbing the next week over Kaiserslautern to win the DFB Cup.

Bayern was overpowering, with Gerd Müller setting yet another record, this time with and incredible 40 strikes, despite missing at least 3 penalties. Defending champ Gladbach was beaten down early, although they did thrash Schalke 7-0.

The relegation battle ended with the famous Borussia Dortmund taking the drop. The youth movement had failed to rejuvenate, and they were severely pummeled. (1-11 against Bayern, 1-7 to Gladbach, 0-6 to Kaiserslautern.) The other team to drop was Bielefeld. Arminia was finally relegated after week 27, when the DFB ruled that all their games be annulled. The Bundesliga-scandal from the previous year also led to bans of several Hertha players, lots of fines, and probably demoralized the Schalke team during the stretch run, as allegations continued to swirl about various players.


 1. FC Bayern München (P)    34  24  7 3  101:38  +63 	55-13
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 2. FC Schalke 04            34  24  4 6   76:35  +41 	52-16 
 3. Bor. Mönchengladbach (M) 34  18  7 9   82:40  +42 	43-25 
 4. 1. FC Köln 		     34  15 13  6  64:44  +20 	43-25 
 5. Eintracht Frankfurt      34  16  7 11  71:61  +10 	39-29
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 6. Hertha BSC Berlin        34  14  9 11  46:55  -9 	37-31 
 7. 1. FC Kaiserslautern     34  14  7 13  59:53  +6 	35-33 
 8. VfB Stuttgart            34  13  9 12  52:56  -4 	35-33 
 9. VfL Bochum (N)           34  14  6 14  59:69  -10 	34-34 
10. Hamburger SV             34  13  7 14  52:52   0 	33-35 
11. SV Werder Bremen         34  11  9 14  63:58  +5 	31-37 
12. Eintracht Braunschweig   34   8 15 11  43:48  -5 	31-37 
13. Fortuna Düsseldorf (N)   34  10 10 14  40:53  -13 	30-38 
14. MSV Duisburg             34  10  7 17  36:51  -15 	27-41 
15. Rot-Weiß Oberhausen      34   7 11 16  33:66  -33 	25-43 
16. Hannover 96              34  10  3 21  54:69  -15 	23-45 
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17. Borussia Dortmund        34   6  8 20  34:83  -49 	20-48 
18. Arminia Bielefeld       (34   6  7 21  41:75  -34	19-49)  0

All Arminia Bielefeld results annulled for Bielefeld due to cheating.

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

Scorers List:

40 - G.Müller (Bayern)
22 - Fischer (Schalke)
22 - Walitza (Bochum)
20 - F.Keller (Hannover)
19 - Heynckes (M'gladbach)
18 - Scheer (Schalke)
17 - Netzer (M'gladbach)


Bundesliga Promotion Gruppe 1 Bayern Hof - Borussia Neunkirchen 3:1, 3:4 Tasmania Berlin - Wuppertaler SV 0:3, 2:5 Wuppertaler SV - Bayern Hof 2:0, 2:1 VfL Osnabrück - Tasmania Berlin 1:0, 0:0 Borussia Neunkirchen - Wuppertaler SV 0:2, 2:3 Bayern Hof - VfL Osnabrück 1:1, 3:4 Tasmania Berlin - Bayern Hof 3:1, 0:6 VfL Osnabrück - Borussia Neunkirchen 2:0, 0:2 Wuppertaler SV - VfL Osnabrück 5:0, 4:0 Borussia Neunkirchen - Tasmania Berlin 10:0, 1:3 1. Wuppertaler SV 8 8 0 0 26:5 16:0 promoted 2. VfL Osnabrück 8 3 2 3 8:15 8:8 3. Borussia Neunkirchen 8 3 0 5 20:16 6:10 4. Bayern Hof 8 2 1 5 18:17 5:11 5. Tasmania Berlin 8 2 1 5 8:27 5:11 Gruppe 2 Röchling Völklingen - Kickers Offenbach 1:3, 2:7 Rot-Weiß Essen - Wacker 04 Berlin 5:0, 4:0 Kickers Offenbach - Rot-Weiß Essen 2:2, 1:1 Wacker 04 Berlin - FC St.Pauli 1:1, 2:1 FC St.Pauli - Kickers Offenbach 0:0, 0:6 Rot-Weiß Essen - Röchling Völklingen 2:1, 2:1 Röchling Völklingen - FC St.Pauli 0:1, 1:3 Kickers Offenbach - Wacker 04 Berlin 4:1, 6:0 FC St.Pauli - Rot-Weiß Essen 0:0, 1:6 Wacker 04 Berlin - Röchling Völklingen 1:6, 3:2 1. Kickers Offenbach 8 5 3 0 29:7 13:3 promoted 2. Rot-Weiß Essen 8 5 3 0 22:6 13:3 3. FC St.Pauli 8 2 3 3 7:16 7:9 4. Wacker 04 Berlin 8 2 1 5 8:29 5:11 5. Röchling Völklingen 8 1 0 7 14:22 2:14
Regionalliga Nord 1. FC St.Pauli 34 24 6 4 86:37 54-14 2. VfL Osnabrück (M) 34 21 7 6 62:20 49-19 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. VfL Wolfsburg 34 20 5 9 63:38 45-23 4. HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 34 19 7 8 53:33 45-23 5. Göttingen 05 34 20 4 10 67:48 44-24 6. VfB Lübeck 34 14 11 9 50:41 39-29 7. SC Leu Braunschweig 34 13 12 9 60:47 38-30 8. Olympia Wilhelmshaven 34 13 7 14 36:33 33-35 9. Heider SV 34 11 10 13 50:50 32-36 10. TuS Celle 34 12 7 15 52:64 31-37 11. Holstein Kiel 34 12 6 16 48:56 30-38 12. Phönix Lübeck 34 8 14 12 43:59 30-38 13. OSV Hannover (N) 34 12 6 16 47:69 30-38 14. Arminia Hannover 34 10 8 16 43:51 28-40 15. TuS Bremerhaven 93 34 8 9 17 42:60 25-43 16. Itzehoer SV 34 8 5 21 36:60 21-47 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. SC Sperber Hamburg 34 6 7 21 34:69 19-49 18. Polizei SV Bremen (N) 34 6 7 21 31:68 19-49 Regionalliga West 1. Wuppertaler SV 34 28 4 2 111:23 60-8 2. Rot-Weiß Essen (A) 34 24 6 4 113:37 54-14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Fortuna Köln 34 21 6 7 76:41 48-20 4. Alemannia Aachen 34 14 14 6 51:38 42-26 5. Schwarz-Weiß Essen 34 15 9 10 57:48 39-29 6. SpVgg Erkenschwick 34 13 10 11 41:52 36-32 7. Bayer Uerdingen (N) 34 13 9 12 49:51 35-33 8. Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 5 14 41:49 35-33 9. Arminia Gütersloh (N) 34 12 7 15 48:56 31-37 10. Eintracht Gelsenkirchen 34 11 9 14 50:60 31-37 11. Preußen Münster 34 12 7 15 43:57 31-37 12. Wattenscheid 09 34 9 12 13 43:49 30-38 13. DJK Gütersloh 34 12 5 17 44:75 29-39 14. Westfalia Herne 34 9 10 15 39:52 28-40 15. Lüner SV 34 10 7 17 34:50 27-41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. VfR Neuß 34 8 5 21 42:69 21-47 17. Viktoria Köln 34 6 9 19 34:62 21-47 18. VfL Klafeld (N) 34 5 4 25 24:71 14-54 Regionalliga Südwest 1. Borussia Neunkirchen (M) 30 19 10 1 77:22 48-12 2. Röchling Völklingen 30 18 5 7 55:34 41-19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SV Alsenborn 30 17 4 9 63:38 38-22 4. FSV Mainz 05 30 15 7 8 57:41 37-23 5. TuS Neuendorf 30 13 7 10 54:34 33-27 6. FK Pirmasens 30 12 8 10 56:49 32-28 7. Wormatia Worms 30 13 6 11 63:63 32-28 8. ASV Landau 30 11 8 11 41:44 30-30 9. FC Homburg 30 11 7 12 38:30 29-31 10. Südwest Ludwigshafen 30 11 7 12 41:39 29-31 11. FV Speyer 30 9 10 11 37:57 28-32 12. 1.FC Saarbrücken 30 10 6 14 34:42 26-34 13. Eintracht Trier 30 6 12 12 51:71 24-36 14. Phönix Bellheim (N) 30 9 5 16 44:67 23-37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. VfR Frankenthal 30 6 9 15 34:50 21-39 16. SpVgg Andernach (N) 30 2 5 23 29:93 9-51 Regionalliga Süd 1. Kickers Offenbach (A) 36 21 15 0 99:33 57-15 2. Bayern Hof 36 22 8 6 88:42 52-20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. 1860 München 36 18 10 8 62:34 46-26 4. Hessen Kassel 36 13 14 9 57:47 40-32 5. Karlsruher SC 36 15 7 14 52:44 37-35 6. Freiburger FC 36 13 11 12 47:57 37-35 7. Darmstadt 98 (N) 36 14 8 14 49:44 36-36 8. VfR Heilbronn 36 14 8 14 55:59 36-36 9. 1.FC Nürnberg (M) 36 12 10 14 49:62 34-38 10. SSV Reutlingen 36 11 11 14 48:60 33-39 11. Stuttgarter Kickers 36 12 9 15 55:71 33-39 12. FC Schweinfurt 05 36 12 8 16 56:62 32-40 13. SpVgg Bayreuth (N) 36 10 12 14 40:52 32-40 14. SpVgg Fürth 36 10 11 15 37:48 31-41 15. SpVgg Ludwigsburg (N) 36 9 13 14 42:56 31-41 16. Jahn Regensburg 36 10 11 15 47:63 31-41 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. Opel Rüsselsheim 36 9 12 15 44:66 30-42 18. FC Villingen 36 8 12 16 43:53 28-44 19. ESV Ingolstadt 36 10 8 18 46:63 28-44 Regionalliga Berlin 1. Wacker 04 Berlin 33 24 5 4 85:28 53-13 2. Tasmania 1900 Berlin (M) 33 24 4 5 83:23 52-14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 33 22 7 4 102:37 51-15 4. Tennis Borussia Berlin 33 22 6 5 82:26 50-16 5. Spandauer SV 33 14 6 13 51:60 34-32 6. Hertha Zehlendorf 33 10 8 15 56:66 28-38 7. 1.FC Neukölln 33 11 5 17 45:66 27-39 8. Alemannia 90 Berlin 33 9 7 17 37:55 25-41 9. Berliner SV 92 (N) 33 7 8 18 27:63 22-44 10. Rapide Wedding 33 9 4 20 42:83 22-44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. TuS Wannsee 33 7 4 22 27:79 18-48 12. Meteor 06 Berlin (N) 33 4 6 23 40:91 14-52