The 1974–75 Bundesliga was the 12th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 24 August 1974 and ended on 14 June 1975. 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 three teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.
Team changes to 1973–74 Fortuna Köln and Hannover 96 were relegated to the newly introduced 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. Both teams were replaced by Tennis Borussia Berlin and Eintracht Braunschweig, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.
Team overview
Club Ground Capacity Olympiastadion 100,000 Mommsenstadion 18,000 Ruhrstadion 40,000 Eintracht-Stadion 38,000 Weserstadion 32,000 Wedaustadion 38,500 Rheinstadion 59,600 Georg-Melches-Stadion 40,000 Waldstadion 87,000 Volksparkstadion 80,000 Stadion Betzenberg 42,000 Radrennbahn Müngersdorf 29,000 Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Olympiastadion 70,000 Bieberer Berg 30,000 Parkstadion 70,000 Neckarstadion 53,000 Stadion am Zoo 28,000
League table
Results
Top goalscorers 27 goals Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
24 goals Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln)
23 goals Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)
21 goals Roland Sandberg (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
18 goals Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach) Erwin Kostedde (Kickers Offenbach) Manfred Burgsmüller (Rot-Weiss Essen)
17 goals Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04) Hermann Ohlicher (VfB Stuttgart)
16 goals Bernd Hölzenbein (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Champion squad
Borussia MönchengladbachGoalkeeper: Wolfgang Kleff (34). Defenders: Berti Vogts (34); Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp (29 / 6); Rainer Bonhof (28 / 6); Hans Klinkhammer (23); Frank Schäffer (14); Ulrich Surau (14); Walter Posner (2). Midfielders: Herbert Wimmer (29 / 1); Uli Stielike (25 / 1); Christian Kulik (24 / 6); Dietmar Danner (21 / 3); Lorenz-Günther Köstner (18 / 1); Horst Köppel (7 / 1). Forwards: Allan Simonsen (34 / 18); Henning Jensen (34 / 13); Jupp Heynckes (31 / 27); Lorenz Hilkes (5); Karl Del'Haye (4). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Hennes Weisweiler.
On the roster but have not played in a league game: Gregor Quasten; Norbert Kox; Roger Roebben.
Attendances Source:
No. Team Attendance Change Highest 1 Schalke 04 39,988 -5.8% 70,300 2 Bayern München 36,412 -3.1% 73,000 3 Hertha BSC 36,235 31.3% 91,000 4 Hamburger SV 31,941 29.1% 57,000 5 VfB Stuttgart 26,599 -3.5% 65,000 6 Eintracht Frankfurt 23,788 -2.6% 58,400 7 OFC Kickers 22,412 50.9% 35,000 8 Fortuna 95 22,235 -7.0% 55,000 9 Borussia Mönchengladbach 22,150 -0.5% 34,500 10 BTSV Eintracht 21,235 131.7% 38,000 11 1. FC Kaiserslautern 19,824 11.8% 37,000 12 Werder Bremen 18,765 18.5% 40,000 13 1. FC Köln 18,500 8.0% 28,000 14 VfL Bochum 17,647 -1.2% 34,000 15 MSV Duisburg 16,588 -12.3% 31,000 16 RW Essen 15,047 -12.7% 30,000 17 Tennis Borussia Berlin 10,605 666.8% 75,000 18 Wuppertaler SV 9,165 -42.4% 22,000
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1974/1975