The 1971–72 Bundesliga was the ninth season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1971 and ended on 28 June 1972. 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 two teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective Regionalliga divisions.
Team changes to 1970–71 Kickers Offenbach and Rot-Weiss Essen were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by VfL Bochum and Fortuna Düsseldorf, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.
Team overview
Club Ground Capacity Olympiastadion 100,000 Stadion Alm 32,000 Ruhrstadion 40,000 Eintracht-Stadion 38,000 Weserstadion 32,000 Stadion Rote Erde 30,000 Wedaustadion 38,500 Flinger Broich 28,000 Waldstadion 87,000 Volksparkstadion 80,000 Niedersachsenstadion 86,000 Stadion Betzenberg 42,000 Müngersdorfer Stadion 76,000 Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße 44,300 Olympiastadion 70,000 Niederrheinstadion 30,000 Glückauf-Kampfbahn 35,000 Neckarstadion 53,000
League table
Results
Top goalscorers 40 goals Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)
22 goals Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04) Hans Walitza (VfL Bochum)
20 goals Ferdinand Keller (Hannover 96)
19 goals Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
18 goals Klaus Scheer (FC Schalke 04)
17 goals Günter Netzer (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
16 goals Bernd Rupp (1. FC Köln)
13 goals Uli Hoeneß (FC Bayern Munich) Idriz Hošić (1. FC Kaiserslautern) Bernd Nickel (Eintracht Frankfurt) Werner Weist (SV Werder Bremen)
Champion squad
FC Bayern MunichGoalkeepers: Sepp Maier (34); Manfred Seifert (1). Defenders: Franz Beckenbauer (34 / 6); Johnny Hansen (32 / 4); Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (32 / 1); Paul Breitner (30 / 4); Herwart Koppenhöfer (14); Günther Rybarczyk (4). Midfielders: Uli Hoeneß (34 / 13); Franz Roth (32 / 12); Rainer Zobel (32 / 4). Forwards: Gerd Müller (34 / 40); Franz Krauthausen (28 / 5); Wolfgang Sühnholz (25 / 4); Edgar Schneider (23 / 2); Wilhelm Hoffmann (16 / 3); Franz Gerber (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Udo Lattek.
On the roster but have not played in a league game: Herbert Schröder.
See also 1971–72 DFB-Pokal
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1971/1972