1977–78 Bundesliga

The 1977–78 Bundesliga was the 15th season of the 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.

Bundesliga

Season	1977–78
Dates	6 August 1977 – 29 April 1978
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 VfB Stuttgart MSV Duisburg
Goals scored	993
Average goals/game	3.25
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)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

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 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.

Season overview

The 1977–78 season, which ended earlier than usual due to the upcoming World Cup in Argentina, 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.

Team overview

Hertha BSC

      Bochum

Braunschweig

Bremen

Dortmund

MSV

        Düsseldorf

Frankfurt

Hamburg

Kaiserslautern

Köln

MGL

1860

Bayern

Saarbrücken

        Schalke

St. Pauli

Stuttgart

Location of teams in Bundesliga 1977–78

Club	Location	Ground[3]	Capacity[3]
Hertha BSC 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
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Waldstadion	62,000
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	80,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern	Stadion Betzenberg	42,000
1. FC Köln	Cologne	Müngersdorfer Stadion	61,000
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
TSV 1860 Munich	Munich	Olympiastadion	80,000
FC Bayern Munich	Munich	Olympiastadion	80,000
1. FC Saarbrücken	Saarbrücken	Ludwigspark	40,000
FC Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Parkstadion	70,000
FC St. Pauli	Hamburg	Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion	32,000
VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Neckarstadion	72,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Köln (C)	34	22	4	8	86	41	+45	48	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	20	8	6	86	44	+42	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
3	Hertha BSC	34	15	10	9	59	48	+11	40
4	VfB Stuttgart	34	17	5	12	58	40	+18	39
5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	15	9	10	49	36	+13	39	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
6	MSV Duisburg	34	15	7	12	62	59	+3	37	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
7	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	16	4	14	59	52	+7	36
8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	16	4	14	64	63	+1	36
9	Schalke 04	34	14	6	14	47	52	−5	34
10	Hamburger SV	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	VfL 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	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17	1. FC Saarbrücken (R)	34	6	10	18	39	70	−31	22
18	FC St. Pauli (R)	34	6	6	22	44	86	−42	18

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 also won the DFB-Pokal, the Cup Winners' Cup spot was given to runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf, while Düsseldorf's original UEFA Cup was transferred to MSV Duisburg.

Results

Home \ Away	BSC	BOC	EBS	SVW	BVB	DUI	F95	SGE	HSV	FCK	KOE	BMG	M60	FCB	FCS	S04	STP	VFB
Hertha BSC	—	4–3	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	5–0	1–1
VfL Bochum	5–0	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	4–0	1–0
Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	3–1	—	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–0	0–6	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	3–1
Werder Bremen	4–2	1–0	2–1	—	3–1	4–2	2–1	3–0	1–2	5–3	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–1
Borussia Dortmund	1–1	5–3	2–0	4–1	—	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	4–0	1–2	3–3	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–1
MSV Duisburg	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	—	0–0	3–0	5–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	6–3	5–0	1–0	4–3	2–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	—	2–1	3–1	4–1	5–1	1–3	2–0	4–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0
Eintracht Frankfurt	0–5	5–3	2–0	0–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	—	0–2	1–3	2–2	4–2	1–0	4–0	4–0	3–0	5–2	2–0
Hamburger SV	2–2	3–1	4–2	1–1	4–1	4–1	0–3	0–0	—	3–1	1–0	2–6	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–0
1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	6–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	—	0–2	0–3	1–0	5–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–4
1. FC Köln	3–1	2–1	6–0	7–2	4–1	5–2	1–0	0–1	6–1	4–1	—	1–1	6–2	2–0	3–1	2–4	4–1	2–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	12–0	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–5	—	2–1	2–0	6–1	2–1	2–1	3–1
1860 Munich	2–3	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	4–0	0–1	2–4	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–2
Bayern Munich	0–2	1–1	3–2	3–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	0–3	1–1	1–3	—	7–1	7–1	4–2	2–0
1. FC Saarbrücken	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–5	3–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	—	2–1	4–0	1–1
Schalke 04	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	2–0	—	4–1	3–1
FC St. Pauli	3–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–6	2–2	2–1	5–3	2–3	0–3	0–5	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	—	1–1
VfB Stuttgart	1–0	3–1	5–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–3	1–0	6–1	1–0	—

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

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)
• Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

16 goals

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

Champion squad

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 ; Klaus Kösling.