The 1972–73 Bundesliga was the tenth season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 16 September 1972 and ended on 9 June 1973. FC 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 their respective Regionalliga divisions.
Team changes to 1971–72 Borussia Dortmund were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in 17th place. They were accompanied by Arminia Bielefeld, who were demoted by the DFB for playing a key role in the 1971 match fixing scandal (although their playing record would have relegated them anyway). Both teams were replaced by Wuppertaler SV and Kickers Offenbach, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.
Team overview
Club Ground Capacity Olympiastadion 100,000 Ruhrstadion 40,000 Eintracht-Stadion 38,000 Weserstadion 32,000 Wedaustadion 38,500 Rheinstadion 59,600 Waldstadion 87,000 Volksparkstadion 80,000 Niedersachsenstadion 86,000 Stadion Betzenberg 42,000 Radrennbahn Müngersdorf 29,000 Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Olympiastadion 70,000 Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße 44,300 Niederrheinstadion 30,000 Bieberer Berg 30,000 Glückauf-Kampfbahn 35,000 Neckarstadion 53,000 Stadion am Zoo 28,000
League table
Results
Top goalscorers 36 goals Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)
28 goals Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
21 goals Günter Pröpper (Wuppertaler SV)
19 goals Erwin Kostedde (Kickers Offenbach)
18 goals Hans Walitza (VfL Bochum)
17 goals Uli Hoeneß (FC Bayern Munich) Klaus Wunder (MSV Duisburg)
16 goals Reiner Geye (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
14 goals Klaus Budde (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Willi Reimann (Hannover 96)
Champion squad
FC Bayern MunichGoalkeeper: Sepp Maier (34). Defenders: Franz Beckenbauer (34 / 6); Johnny Hansen (34 / 1); Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (34 / 1); Paul Breitner (32 / 4); Gernot Rohr (3); Günther Rybarczyk (2). Midfielders: Uli Hoeneß (34 / 17); Franz Roth (32 / 5); Franz Krauthausen (29 / 4); Rainer Zobel (28 / 2). Forwards: Gerd Müller (33 / 36); Bernd Dürnberger (31 / 3); Wilhelm Hoffmann (24 / 9); Edgar Schneider (16 / 3); Hans Jörg (3); Herbert Zimmermann (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Udo Lattek.
On the roster but have not played in a league game: Manfred Seifert; Zlatko Škorić ; Matthias Obermeier; Georg Weiß; Wolfgang Sühnholz; Martin Wildgruber.
See also 1972–73 DFB-Pokal
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1972/1973