Fußball-Bundesliga 1977–78

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Fußball-Bundesliga

Season	1977–78
Champions	1. FC Köln 2nd Bundesliga title 3rd German title
Relegated	TSV 1860 Munich 1. FC Saarbrücken FC St. Pauli
European Cup	1. FC Köln
Cup Winners' Cup	Fortuna Düsseldorf (losing DFB-Pokal finalists to Köln)
UEFA Cup	Borussia Mönchengladbach Hertha BSC Berlin VfB Stuttgart MSV Duisburg
Top goalscorer	Dieter Müller (24) Gerd Müller (24)
Biggest home win	M'gladbach 12-0 Dortmund (29 April 1978)
Biggest away win	Br'schweig 0-6 M'gladbach (29 October 1977)
Highest scoring	M'gladbach 12-0 Dortmund (12 goals) (29 April 1978)
Total goals	993
Average goals/game	3.25
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Fußball-Bundesliga 1977–78 was the fifteenth season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 6 August 1977^[1] and ended on 29 April 1978.^[2] Borussia Mönchengladbach were the defending champions.

Contents 1 Competition modus 2 Team changes to 1976–77 3 Season overview 4 Team overview 5 League table 6 Results 7 Top goalscorers 8 Champion Squad 9 See also 10 External links 11 References

[edit] 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 least points were relegated to their respective 2. Fußball-Bundesliga divisions.

[edit] Team changes to 1976–77

Karlsruher SC, Tennis Borussia Berlin and Rot-Weiß Essen were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by FC St. Pauli, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, VfB Stuttgart, winners of the Southern Division and TSV 1860 Munich, who won a promotion play-off series against Arminia Bielefeld.

[edit] Season overview

The 1977–78 season, which ended earlier than usual due to the upcoming World Cup in Mexico, ended with 1. FC Köln winning the title, but the decision had been closer than anybody would have imagined. The team from Cologne was level on points with Borussia Mönchengladbach before the final round of matches of the season, but had a ten-goal lead in goal difference over their rivals. Nevertheless, Mönchengladbach managed to close the gap with a 12–0 victory in their last match against Borussia Dortmund. However, the team around Jupp Heynckes and Berti Vogts missed out on the title by three goals because Köln won 5–0 against FC St. Pauli at the same time.

[edit] Team overview

Club	Ground[3]	Capacity[3]
Berlin Hertha BSC Hertha BSC Berlin	Olympiastadion	100,000
Bochum VfL Bochum	Ruhrstadion	40,000
Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig	Eintracht-Stadion	38,000
Bremen SV Werder Bremen	Weserstadion	32,000
Dortmund Borussia Dortmund	Westfalenstadion	54,000
Duisburg MSV Duisburg	Wedaustadion	38,500
Dusseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf	Rheinstadion	59,600
Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt	Waldstadion	62,000
Hamburg Hamburger SV	Volksparkstadion	80,000
Kaiserslautern 1. FC Kaiserslautern	Stadion Betzenberg	42,000
Koln 1. FC Köln	Müngersdorfer Stadion	61,000
Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
München 1860 TSV 1860 München	Olympiastadion	80,000
München Bayern FC Bayern München	Olympiastadion	80,000
Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken	Ludwigspark	40,000
Schalke FC Schalke 04	Parkstadion	70,000
St. Pauli FC St. Pauli	Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion	32,000
Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart	Neckarstadion	72,000

[edit] League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Köln  (C)	34	22	4	8	86	41	+45	48	European Cup 1978–79 First round
2	Mönchengladbach	34	20	8	6	86	44	+42	48	UEFA Cup 1978–79 First round
3	Hertha BSC	34	15	10	9	59	48	+11	40
4	Stuttgart	34	17	5	12	58	40	+18	39
5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	15	9	10	49	36	+13	39	Cup Winners' Cup 1978–79 First round 1
6	Duisburg	34	15	7	12	62	59	+3	37	UEFA Cup 1978–79 First round 1
7	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	16	4	14	59	52	+7	36
8	Kaiserslautern	34	16	4	14	64	63	+1	36
9	Schalke 04	34	14	6	14	47	52	−5	34
10	Hamburg	34	14	6	14	61	67	−6	34
11	Borussia Dortmund	34	14	5	15	57	71	−14	33
12	Bayern Munich	34	11	10	13	62	64	−2	32
13	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	14	4	16	43	53	−10	32
14	Bochum	34	11	9	14	49	51	−2	31
15	Werder Bremen	34	13	5	16	48	57	−9	31
16	1860 Munich  (R)	34	7	8	19	41	60	−19	22	2. Fußball-Bundesliga
17	Saarbrücken  (R)	34	6	10	18	39	70	−31	22
18	St. Pauli  (R)	34	6	6	22	44	86	−42	18

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
¹As Köln also won the domestic cup competition, the Cup Winners' Cup spot was given to losing finalists Düsseldorf, while Düsseldorf's original UEFA Cup was transferred to Duisburg.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

[edit] Results

[edit] Top goalscorers

24 goals

• Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln)
• Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)

21 goals

• Klaus Toppmöller (1. FC Kaiserslautern)

20 goals

• Manfred Burgsmüller (Borussia Dortmund)
• Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04)

18 goals

• Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

17 goals

• Karl-Heinz Granitza (Hertha BSC Berlin)
• Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

16 goals

• Franz Gerber (FC St. Pauli)
• Rudolf Seliger (MSV Duisburg)

[edit] Champion Squad

1.

1. FC Köln

Goalkeeper: Harald Schumacher (34). Defenders: Roland Gerber (34 / 2); Gerhard Strack (32 / 2); Herbert Zimmermann (32 / 2); Harald Konopka (31 / 3); Bernhard Cullmann (27 / 6); Herbert Hein (4); Rainer Nicot (1). Midfielders: Heinz Flohe (34 / 14); Herbert Neumann (34 / 8); Heinz Simmet (23 / 1); Yasuhiko Okudera (20 / 4); Dieter Prestin (14 / 3); Holger Willmer (11 / 1); Jürgen Glowacz (5). Forwards: Dieter Müller (33 / 24); Roger Van Gool (32 / 12); Hannes Löhr (8 / 1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Hennes Weisweiler. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Gerald Ehrmann; Wolfgang Weber; Heinz Pape; Norbert Schmitz; Preben Elkjær Larsen ; Klaus Kösling.

[edit] See also

• 2. Bundesliga 1977–78
• DFB-Pokal 1977–78

[edit] External links

• DFB Bundesliga archive 1977/1978

[edit] References

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