The 1995–96 Bundesliga was the 33rd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 1995 and ended on 18 May 1996. Borussia Dortmund were the defending champions.
Competition format Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. This was the first season where teams received three points for a win (instead of two), 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 2. Bundesliga.
Team changes to 1994–95 VfL Bochum and MSV Duisburg were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in 16th and 17th place respectively. Dynamo Dresden, who ended the season in last place, were denied a professional license by the DFB and thus relegated to the third-tier Regionalliga. All demoted teams were replaced by 2. Bundesliga sides FC Hansa Rostock, FC St. Pauli and Fortuna Düsseldorf.
Bayer 05 Uerdingen were renamed KFC Uerdingen 05 due to the retreat of main sponsor Bayer.
Team overview
Club Location Ground Capacity Bremen Weserstadion 30,000 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 42,800 Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 55,850 Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000 Freiburg Dreisamstadion 22,500 Hamburg Volksparkstadion 62,000 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,500 Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 40,000 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 55,000 Leverkusen Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion 26,800 Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich Olympiastadion 63,000 Munich Olympiastadion 63,000 Rostock Ostseestadion 25,850 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000 Hamburg Stadion am Millerntor 20,550 Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700 Krefeld Grotenburg-Stadion 34,500
League table
Results
Top goalscorers 17 goals Fredi Bobic (VfB Stuttgart)
16 goals Sean Dundee (Karlsruher SC) Giovane Élber (VfB Stuttgart) Jürgen Klinsmann (FC Bayern Munich)
15 goals Martin Dahlin (Borussia Mönchengladbach) Michael Zorc (Borussia Dortmund)
14 goals Olaf Bodden (TSV 1860 Munich) Harald Spörl (Hamburger SV)
11 goals Mario Basler (SV Werder Bremen) Stefan Beinlich (FC Hansa Rostock) Harry Decheiver (SC Freiburg) Martin Max (FC Schalke 04) Erik Meijer (KFC Uerdingen 05) Toni Polster (1. FC Köln)
Attendances Source:
No. Team Attendance Change Highest 1 Bayern München 59,471 9.8% 69,000 2 Borussia Dortmund 43,994 2.8% 48,800 3 Schalke 04 38,310 -3.9% 70,960 4 1. FC Kaiserslautern 36,400 -2.1% 38,500 5 TSV 1860 35,512 16.1% 70,800 6 1. FC Köln 32,882 3.5% 54,000 7 Borussia Mönchengladbach 31,232 -0.5% 34,500 8 VfB Stuttgart 31,189 -1.6% 53,218 9 Eintracht Frankfurt 29,776 -0.5% 57,300 10 Hamburger SV 27,959 -8.2% 57,000 11 Werder Bremen 27,870 -13.5% 30,000 12 Hansa Rostock 26,836 179.7% 58,492 13 Karlsruher SC 26,806 -7.1% 33,800 14 Fortuna 95 25,079 159.7% 55,850 15 SC Freiburg 22,500 28.6% 22,500 16 Bayer Leverkusen 22,041 0.5% 26,500 17 FC St. Pauli 21,988 27.8% 51,432 18 KFC Uerdingen 14,536 -16.2% 34,500
References
External links
DFB Bundesliga archive 1995/1996