1976–77 Bundesliga

The 1976–77 Bundesliga was the 14th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1976^[1] and ended on 21 May 1977.^[2] Borussia Mönchengladbach were the defending champions.

Bundesliga

Season	1976–77
Dates	14 August 1976 – 21 May 1977
Champions	Borussia Mönchengladbach 5th Bundesliga title 5th German title
Relegated	Karlsruher SC Tennis Borussia Berlin Rot-Weiss Essen
European Cup	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Cup Winners' Cup	1. FC Köln Hamburger SV (title holders)
UEFA Cup	FC Schalke 04 Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Frankfurt FC Bayern Munich
Goals scored	1,061
Average goals/game	3.47
Top goalscorer	Dieter Müller (34)
Biggest home win	FC Bayern 9–0 TeBe Berlin (10 September 1976)
Biggest away win	Essen 1–8 Frankfurt (7 May 1977) FC Bayern 0–7 Schalke (9 October 1976)
Highest scoring	Köln 8–4 TeBe Berlin (12 goals) (26 February 1977)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

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 1975–76

Hannover 96, Kickers Offenbach and Bayer 05 Uerdingen were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Tennis Borussia Berlin, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, 1. FC Saarbrücken, winners of the Southern Division and Borussia Dortmund, who won a two-legged promotion play-off against 1. FC Nürnberg.

Season overview

Team overview

Hertha BSC
Tennis Borussia

      Bochum

Braunschweig

Bremen

Dortmund

MSV

        Düsseldorf

Essen                

Frankfurt

Hamburg

Kaiserslautern

Karlsruhe

Köln

MGL

Bayern

Saarbrücken

        Schalke

Location of teams in Bundesliga 1976–77

Club	Location	Ground[3]	Capacity[3]
Hertha BSC Berlin	Berlin	Olympiastadion	100,000
Tennis Borussia Berlin	Berlin	Olympiastadion	100,000
VfL Bochum	Bochum	Ruhrstadion	40,000
Eintracht Braunschweig	Braunschweig	Eintracht-Stadion	38,000
SV Werder Bremen	Bremen	Weserstadion	32,000
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Westfalenstadion	54,000
MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	Wedaustadion	38,500
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf	Rheinstadion	59,600
Rot-Weiß Essen	Essen	Georg-Melches-Stadion	40,000
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Waldstadion	62,000
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	80,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern	Stadion Betzenberg	42,000
Karlsruher SC	Karlsruhe	Wildparkstadion	50,000
1. FC Köln	Cologne	Müngersdorfer Stadion	61,000
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
FC Bayern Munich	Munich	Olympiastadion	77,573
1. FC Saarbrücken	Saarbrücken	Ludwigspark	40,000
FC Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Parkstadion	70,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borussia Mönchengladbach (C)	34	17	10	7	58	34	+24	44	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Schalke 04	34	17	9	8	77	52	+25	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
3	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	15	13	6	56	38	+18	43
4	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	17	8	9	86	57	+29	42
5	1. FC Köln	34	17	6	11	83	61	+22	40	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[b]
6	Hamburger SV	34	14	10	10	67	56	+11	38
7	Bayern Munich	34	14	9	11	74	65	+9	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
8	Borussia Dortmund	34	12	10	12	73	64	+9	34
9	MSV Duisburg	34	11	12	11	60	51	+9	34
10	Hertha BSC	34	13	8	13	55	54	+1	34
11	Werder Bremen	34	13	7	14	51	59	−8	33
12	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	11	9	14	52	54	−2	31
13	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	12	5	17	53	59	−6	29
14	1. FC Saarbrücken	34	9	11	14	43	55	−12	29
15	VfL Bochum	34	11	7	16	47	62	−15	29
16	Karlsruher SC (R)	34	9	10	15	53	75	−22	28	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17	Tennis Borussia Berlin (R)	34	6	10	18	47	85	−38	22
18	Rot-Weiss Essen (R)	34	7	8	19	49	103	−54	22

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

1. As 1. FC Köln qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to Bayern Munich.
2. Hamburger SV won the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.

Results

Home \ Away	BSC	TBB	BOC	EBS	SVW	BVB	DUI	F95	RWE	SGE	HSV	FCK	KSC	KOE	BMG	FCB	FCS	S04
Hertha BSC	—	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–4	4–0	2–1	2–3	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1
Tennis Borussia Berlin	2–0	—	1–1	0–0	2–4	2–3	1–5	4–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	4–2	3–2	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–3
VfL Bochum	4–2	2–1	—	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	5–6	1–2	1–2
Eintracht Braunschweig	2–2	3–1	2–0	—	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	6–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	3–3	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Werder Bremen	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	—	3–0	2–2	0–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–1
Borussia Dortmund	2–1	4–0	0–2	0–0	2–4	—	2–1	1–2	4–2	2–2	4–4	5–2	7–2	1–2	0–0	3–3	2–1	2–2
MSV Duisburg	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	—	1–0	4–0	4–3	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	5–2	2–3	2–2
Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–3	0–0	1–0	1–3	3–2	3–2	2–0	—	4–4	1–2	2–0	2–3	3–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	5–1	1–2
Rot-Weiss Essen	2–2	1–0	3–3	2–1	0–0	1–5	1–5	5–3	—	1–8	1–2	3–2	3–2	0–3	1–0	1–4	1–0	2–2
Eintracht Frankfurt	3–3	7–1	2–2	3–0	7–1	1–4	3–1	1–1	3–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–2	4–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	6–3
Hamburger SV	2–0	2–1	5–1	0–2	5–3	3–4	2–0	1–1	5–3	3–1	—	1–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	5–0	0–0	2–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–3	4–2	2–1	2–0	0–2[a]	7–1	2–2	2–0	—	3–1	4–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0
Karlsruher SC	0–3	4–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	—	2–1	4–0	1–2	3–0	1–7
1. FC Köln	3–2	8–4	6–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	5–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	3–3	3–1	4–1	—	0–3	3–0	5–1	2–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	3–0	4–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	6–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	5–1	3–1	—	1–0	3–0	2–0
Bayern Munich	1–0	9–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	5–1	0–3	6–2	3–0	5–0	4–1	2–2	—	5–1	0–7
1. FC Saarbrücken	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	6–1	—	2–3
Schalke 04	4–0	5–4	3–1	2–3	3–2	4–2	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	5–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	—

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

1. The 1. FC Kaiserslautern v Fortuna Düsseldorf match from 27 November 1976 was suspended after 76 minutes and a score of 0–1 due to bottles being repeatedly thrown from the stands. The match was abandoned and later awarded to Fortuna Düsseldorf with a score of 0–2.^[4]

Top goalscorers

34 goals

• Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln)

28 goals

• Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)

26 goals

• Bernd Hölzenbein (Eintracht Frankfurt)

24 goals

• Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04)
• Wolfgang Frank (Eintracht Braunschweig)

21 goals

• Josef Kaczor (VfL Bochum)

20 goals

• Horst Hrubesch (Rot-Weiß Essen)
• Benny Wendt (Tennis Borussia Berlin)
• Rüdiger Wenzel (Eintracht Frankfurt)

19 goals

• Klaus Toppmöller (1. FC Kaiserslautern)

Champion squad

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Goalkeeper: Wolfgang Kneib (34). Defenders: Rainer Bonhof (33 / 6); Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp (33 / 5); Hans Klinkhammer (29); Horst Wohlers (27 / 2); Berti Vogts (captain; 27 / 1); Frank Schäffer (27); Norbert Ringels (7). Midfielders: Herbert Wimmer (31 / 2); Uli Stielike (24 / 4); Horst Köppel (22 / 3); Wilfried Hannes (21 / 3); Christian Kulik (18 / 1); Dietmar Danner (3). Forwards: Allan Simonsen (34 / 12); Jupp Heynckes (20 / 15); Herbert Heidenreich (20 / 2); Karl Del'Haye (16 / 1); Carsten Nielsen (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Udo Lattek. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Wolfgang Kleff; Hans-Jakob Klingen; Ulrich Sude; Gerd Engels; Hans-Jürgen Offermanns; Rudolf Gores.

See also

• 1976–77 DFB-Pokal