The 1985–86 Bundesliga was the 23rd season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 9 August 1985 and ended on 26 April 1986. Bayern Munich 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 2. Bundesliga. The third-to-last team had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off against the third-placed team from 2. Bundesliga.
Team changes to 1984–85 Karlsruher SC and Eintracht Braunschweig were directly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by 1. FC Nürnberg and Hannover 96. Karlsruhe and Braunschweig were eventually joined in demotion by relegation/promotion play-off participant Arminia Bielefeld, who lost on aggregate against 1. FC Saarbrücken.
Team overview
Club Location Ground Capacity Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000 Bremen Weserstadion 32,000 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 54,000 Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600 Frankfurt am Main Waldstadion 62,000 Hamburg Volksparkstadion 80,000 Hanover Niedersachsenstadion 60,400 Kaiserslautern Stadion Betzenberg 42,000 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000 Leverkusen Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion 20,000 Ludwigshafen am Rhein Südweststadion 75,000 Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich Olympiastadion 80,000 Nuremberg Städtisches Stadion 64,238 Saarbrücken Ludwigspark 40,000 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000 Stuttgart Neckarstadion 72,000 Krefeld Grotenburg-Kampfbahn 28,000
Waldhof Mannheim played their matches in nearby Ludwigshafen because their own ground did not fulfil Bundesliga requirements.
League table
Results
Relegation play-offs Borussia Dortmund and third-placed 2. Bundesliga team SC Fortuna Köln had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. After a two-leg series, both teams were tied 3–3 on aggregate, so a deciding third match had to be scheduled. Dortmund won this match, 8–0, and retained their Bundesliga status.
Top goalscorers 22 goals Stefan Kuntz (VfL Bochum)
21 goals Karl Allgöwer (VfB Stuttgart)
20 goals Frank Neubarth (SV Werder Bremen)
17 goals Cha Bum-Kun (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
16 goals Thomas Allofs (1. FC Kaiserslautern) Jürgen Klinsmann (VfB Stuttgart) Klaus Täuber (FC Schalke 04)
15 goals Dieter Hoeneß (FC Bayern Munich)
14 goals Herbert Waas (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) Jürgen Wegmann (Borussia Dortmund)
Champion squad
FC Bayern MunichGoalkeepers: Jean-Marie Pfaff (24); Raimond Aumann (11). Defenders: Hans Pflügler (34 / 6); Norbert Eder (34 / 2); Klaus Augenthaler (31 / 4); Holger Willmer (20 / 2); Bertram Beierlorzer (12). Midfielders: Søren Lerby (31 / 8); Norbert Nachtweih (27 / 4); Lothar Matthäus (23 / 10); Helmut Winklhofer (13 / 2); Manfred Schwabl (7); Hansi Flick (6); Wolfgang Dremmler (4). Forwards: Dieter Hoeneß (31 / 15); Michael Rummenigge (31 / 10); Roland Wohlfarth (25 / 13); Ludwig Kögl (22); Frank Hartmann (19 / 4); Reinhold Mathy (19 / 2). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Udo Lattek.
On the roster but have not played in a league game: Christiaan Pförtner; Wolfgang Grobe; Ugur Tütüneker.
See also 1985–86 2. Bundesliga 1985–86 DFB-Pokal
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1985/1986