1972–73 Bundesliga

The 1972–73 Bundesliga was the tenth season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 16 September 1972^[1] and ended on 9 June 1973.^[2] FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

Bundesliga

Season	1972–73
Dates	16 September 1972 – 9 June 1973
Champions	Bayern Munich 3rd Bundesliga title 4th German title
Relegated	Eintracht Braunschweig Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
European Cup	FC Bayern Munich
Cup Winners' Cup	Borussia Mönchengladbach
UEFA Cup	1. FC Köln Fortuna Düsseldorf Wuppertaler SV VfB Stuttgart
Goals scored	1,031
Average goals/game	3.37
Top goalscorer	Gerd Müller (36)
Biggest home win	M'gladbach 6–0 Bochum (23 February 1973) Hamburg 6–0 Oberhausen (28 April 1973) FC Bayern 6–0 K'lautern (5 May 1973)
Biggest away win	Oberhausen 0–5 FC Bayern (16 September 1972) Wuppertal 0–5 M'gladbach (5 May 1973)
Highest scoring	FC Bayern 7–2 Hannover (9 goals) (11 November 1972)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

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.

Season overview

Team overview

Hertha BSC

Bochum

Braunschweig

Bremen

MSV

        Düsseldorf

Frankfurt

Hamburg

Hannover

Kaiserslautern

Köln

MGL

Bayern

RWO        

Offenbach

        Schalke

Stuttgart

Wuppertal

Location of teams in Bundesliga 1972–73

Club	Ground[3]	Capacity[3]
Hertha BSC Berlin	Olympiastadion	100,000
VfL Bochum	Ruhrstadion	40,000
Eintracht Braunschweig	Eintracht-Stadion	38,000
SV Werder Bremen	Weserstadion	32,000
MSV Duisburg	Wedaustadion	38,500
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Rheinstadion	59,600
Eintracht Frankfurt	Waldstadion	87,000
Hamburger SV	Volksparkstadion	80,000
Hannover 96	Niedersachsenstadion	86,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Stadion Betzenberg	42,000
1. FC Köln	Radrennbahn Müngersdorf	29,000
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
FC Bayern Munich	Olympiastadion	70,000
	Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße[a]	44,300
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	Niederrheinstadion	30,000
Kickers Offenbach	Bieberer Berg	30,000
FC Schalke 04	Glückauf-Kampfbahn	35,000
VfB Stuttgart	Neckarstadion	53,000
Wuppertaler SV	Stadion am Zoo	28,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	25	4	5	93	29	+64	54	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	1. FC Köln	34	16	11	7	66	51	+15	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	15	12	7	62	45	+17	42
4	Wuppertaler SV	34	15	10	9	62	49	+13	40
5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	17	5	12	82	61	+21	39	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	VfB Stuttgart	34	17	3	14	71	65	+6	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[b]
7	Kickers Offenbach	34	14	7	13	61	60	+1	35
8	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	15	4	15	58	54	+4	34
9	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	12	10	12	58	68	−10	34
10	MSV Duisburg	34	12	9	13	53	54	−1	33
11	Werder Bremen	34	12	7	15	50	52	−2	31
12	VfL Bochum	34	11	9	14	50	68	−18	31
13	Hertha BSC	34	11	8	15	53	64	−11	30
14	Hamburger SV	34	10	8	16	53	59	−6	28
15	Schalke 04	34	10	8	16	46	61	−15	28
16	Hannover 96	34	9	8	17	49	65	−16	26
17	Eintracht Braunschweig (R)	34	9	7	18	33	56	−23	25	Relegation to Regionalliga
18	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (R)	34	9	4	21	45	84	−39	22

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Bayern Munich played only the first match at this stadium.
2. As Borussia Mönchengladbach qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup and DFB-Pokal runners-up 1. FC Köln had already qualified for the UEFA Cup via league placement, M'gladbach's spot was transferred to sixth-placed team VfB Stuttgart.

Results

Home \ Away	BSC	BOC	EBS	SVW	DUI	F95	SGE	HSV	H96	FCK	KOE	BMG	FCB	RWO	KOF	S04	VFB	WSV
Hertha BSC	—	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	2–5	3–1	2–5	3–0	5–1	0–1
VfL Bochum	2–1	—	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–3	2–0	3–0	2–4	3–0	0–2	2–2	2–3	2–0	3–1	2–2
Eintracht Braunschweig	2–1	0–2	—	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–1[a]	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1
Werder Bremen	1–1	5–2	4–2	—	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–4	3–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–1
MSV Duisburg	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–2	—	0–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	3–4	1–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	4–0	0–1	0–1	0–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	—	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–3	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	6–1	2–1
Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	4–1	1–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–1	5–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	4–2	2–1	2–1
Hamburger SV	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	—	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–3	0–2	6–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–2
Hannover 96	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–3	2–2	2–1	3–2	—	2–3	0–0	1–2	1–3	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–2	2–2	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	—	2–1	3–1	3–1	6–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1
1. FC Köln	4–0	2–1	4–3	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–3	2–0	—	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	5–1	1–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	6–0	4–0	3–1	4–3	2–3	0–2	6–1	3–1	6–2	5–2	—	0–3	4–1	3–2	4–1	3–4	2–1
Bayern Munich	4–0	5–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	7–2	6–0	1–1	3–0	—	5–3	3–1	5–0	5–1	4–1
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	4–0	0–3	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	0–5	—	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–1
Kickers Offenbach	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–3	2–1	0–3	4–0	—	2–0	1–3	3–1
Schalke 04	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–0	6–1	—	2–0	1–2
VfB Stuttgart	4–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	3–4	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	4–2	6–2	—	4–2
Wuppertaler SV	4–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	1–0	5–1	0–4	2–0	2–2	0–5	1–1	3–1	4–3	4–1	4–0	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The Eintracht Braunschweig v Eintracht Frankfurt match from 31 October 1972 was suspended after 45 minutes (half-time) and a score of 3–0 due to poor visibility caused by heavy fog. The replay took place on 28 November 1972 and finished with a score of 2–1.^[4]

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 Munich

Goalkeeper: 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