The 1976–77 Bundesliga was the 14th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1976 and ended on 21 May 1977. Borussia Mönchengladbach 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 three teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.
Team changes to 1975–76 Hannover 96, Kickers Offenbach and Bayer 05 Uerdingen were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Tennis Borussia Berlin, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, 1. FC Saarbrücken, winners of the Southern Division and Borussia Dortmund, who won a two-legged promotion play-off against 1. FC Nürnberg.
Team overview
Club Location Ground Capacity Berlin Olympiastadion 100,000 Berlin Olympiastadion 100,000 Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000 Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 38,000 Bremen Weserstadion 32,000 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 54,000 Duisburg Wedaustadion 38,500 Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600 Essen Georg-Melches-Stadion 40,000 Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000 Hamburg Volksparkstadion 80,000 Kaiserslautern Stadion Betzenberg 42,000 Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 50,000 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000 Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich Olympiastadion 77,573 Saarbrücken Ludwigspark 40,000 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000
League table
Results
Top goalscorers 34 goals Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln)
28 goals Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)
26 goals Bernd Hölzenbein (Eintracht Frankfurt)
24 goals Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04) Wolfgang Frank (Eintracht Braunschweig)
21 goals Josef Kaczor (VfL Bochum)
20 goals Horst Hrubesch (Rot-Weiß Essen) Benny Wendt (Tennis Borussia Berlin) Rüdiger Wenzel (Eintracht Frankfurt)
19 goals Klaus Toppmöller (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
Champion squad
Borussia MönchengladbachGoalkeeper: Wolfgang Kneib (34). Defenders: Rainer Bonhof (33 / 6); Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp (33 / 5); Hans Klinkhammer (29); Horst Wohlers (27 / 2); Berti Vogts (captain; 27 / 1); Frank Schäffer (27); Norbert Ringels (7). Midfielders: Herbert Wimmer (31 / 2); Uli Stielike (24 / 4); Horst Köppel (22 / 3); Wilfried Hannes (21 / 3); Christian Kulik (18 / 1); Dietmar Danner (3). Forwards: Allan Simonsen (34 / 12); Jupp Heynckes (20 / 15); Herbert Heidenreich (20 / 2); Karl Del'Haye (16 / 1); Carsten Nielsen (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Udo Lattek.
On the roster but have not played in a league game: Wolfgang Kleff; Hans-Jakob Klingen; Ulrich Sude; Gerd Engels; Hans-Jürgen Offermanns; Rudi Gores.
See also 1976–77 DFB-Pokal
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1976/1977