| Season | 1966–67 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 August 1966 – 3 June 1967 |
| Champions | Eintracht Braunschweig 1st Bundesliga title 1stGerman title |
| Relegated | Fortuna Düsseldorf Rot-Weiss Essen |
| European Cup | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Bayern Munich (title holders) Hamburger SV (losing DFB Cup finalists to Bayern) |
| Goals | 895 |
| Average goals/game | 2.92 |
| Top goalscorer | Lothar Emmerich (28) Gerd Müller (28) |
| Biggest home win | M'gladbach 11–0Schalke (7 January 1967) |
| Biggest away win | Karlsruhe 1–6FC Bayern (10 September 1966) Düsseldorf 0–5Dortmund (7 January 1967) |
| Highest scoring | M'gladbach 11–0Schalke (11 goals) (7 January 1967) |
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The1966–67 Bundesliga was the fourth season of theBundesliga,West Germany's premier football league. It began on 20 August 1966 and ended on 3 June 1967.[1]1860 Munich were the defending champions.
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 bygoal average. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respectiveRegionalliga divisions.
Borussia Neunkirchen andTasmania Berlin were relegated to theRegionalliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced byFortuna Düsseldorf andRot-Weiss Essen, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.
The 1966–67 season was surprisingly won byEintracht Braunschweig. TheLower Saxony side, located near the border to theSoviet occupation zone, had previously been a mid-table team and were not expected to have anything to do with the title race before the season. But a strong defense, which only allowed 27 goals in 34 games, an unexpectedly even-balanced league and struggling opposition (for example, runners-up1860 Munich were in 17th place after one third of the season before starting a comeback) eventually benefitted the team of coachHelmuth Johannsen.
In European competitions, theCup Winners' Cup was transferred fromDortmund to another West German team asFC Bayern beatRangers fromScotland on aFranz Roth goal in the final atNuremberg. The team fromMunich also defended theirdomestic cup title, enabling finalistsHamburger SV, who finished the season in a dismal 14th place, to enter the Cup Winners' Cup as well.
At the bottom side of the table, newly promoted sidesFortuna Düsseldorf andRot-Weiss Essen had to leave the league again after only one year. The competitional differences between the professional Bundesliga and the semi-professionalRegionalligen had already become very difficult to compensate so that the demotion of both teams was inevitable the more the season continued.
On a minor note, Meidericher SV was renamedMSV Duisburg effective to the start of the year 1967.
| Club | Ground[2] | Capacity[2] |
|---|---|---|
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 38,000 |
| SV Werder Bremen | Weserstadion | 32,000 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Stadion Rote Erde | 30,000 |
| MSV Duisburg | Wedaustadion | 38,500 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Flinger Broich | 28,000 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | Georg-Melches-Stadion | 40,000 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Waldstadion | 87,000 |
| Hamburger SV | Volksparkstadion | 80,000 |
| Hannover 96 | Niedersachsenstadion | 86,000 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Stadion Betzenberg | 42,000 |
| Karlsruher SC | Wildparkstadion | 50,000 |
| 1. FC Köln | Müngersdorfer Stadion | 76,000 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion | 34,500 |
| TSV 1860 Munich | Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße | 44,300 |
| FC Bayern Munich | Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße | 44,300 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Städtisches Stadion | 64,238 |
| FC Schalke 04 | Glückauf-Kampfbahn | 35,000 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Neckarstadion | 53,000 |
| Home \ Away | EBS | SVW | BVB | DUI | F95 | RWE | SGE | HSV | H96 | FCK | KSC | KOE | BMG | M60 | FCB | FCN | S04 | VFB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eintracht Braunschweig | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Werder Bremen | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–5 | — | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | — | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| Hamburger SV | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hannover 96 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Karlsruher SC | 3–0 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| 1. FC Köln | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 11–0 | 1–2 |
| 1860 Munich | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Bayern Munich | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–0 | — | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–4 | 3–3 |
| Schalke 04 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |
| Eintracht Braunschweig |
|---|
| Goalkeepers:Horst Wolter (32);Hans Jäcker (2). Defenders:Jürgen Moll (34 / 5);Peter Kaack (34);Walter Schmidt (33);Klaus Meyer (30);Wolfgang Matz (5);Wolfgang Brase (3). Manager:Helmuth Johannsen. On the roster but have not played in a league game:Wolfgang Simon;Werner Rinas. |