| 1973–74 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Hennes Weisweiler | ||
| Bundesliga | Runners-up | ||
| DFB-Pokal | Round-of-16 | ||
| Cup Winners' Cup | Semi-finals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League:Jupp Heynckes (30 goals) All: Jupp Heynckes (42 goals) | ||
The1973–74 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 74th season in the club's history.
Borussia Mönchengladbach would reach runners-up in the1973–74 Bundesliga which would lead them to qualify for the1974-75 UEFA Cup. They would also reach the round-of-16, losing out toHertha BSC viapenalties.[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| 11 August 1973 (1973-08-11)1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | SC Fortuna Köln | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST | Report |
| Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen) |
| 18 August 1973 (1973-08-18)2 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 2–6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Georg-Melches-Stadion,Essen |
| 15:30 CEST |
| Report | Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg) |
| 25 August 1973 (1973-08-25)3 | Wuppertaler SV | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Stadion am Zoo,Wuppertal |
| 15:30 CEST | Report | Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Paul Kindervater (Köln) |
| 29 August 1973 (1973-08-29)4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | Hertha BSC | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 20:00 CEST |
| Report |
| Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Vaterstetten) |
| 1 September 1973 (1973-09-01)5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6–0 | FC Schalke 04 | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST | Report | Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg) |
| 8 September 1973 (1973-09-08)6 | SV Werder Bremen | 2–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Georg-Melches-Stadion,Essen |
| 15:30 CEST | Report | Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich) |
| 14 September 1973 (1973-09-14)7 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–3 | Hannover 96 | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 20:00 CEST | Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden) |
| 22 September 1973 (1973-09-22)8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Waldstadion,Frankfurt |
| 15:30 CEST |
| Report | Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (Laatzen) |
| 29 September 1973 (1973-09-29)9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–1 | 1. FC Köln | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST |
| Report |
| Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Wilfried Hilker (Bochum) |
| 6 October 1973 (1973-10-06)10 | MSV Duisburg | 1–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Wedaustadion,Duisburg |
| 15:30 CEST |
| Report | Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Vaterstetten) |
| 17 October 1973 (1973-10-17)11 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST | Report |
| Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Wilfried Haselberger (Reutlingen) |
| 20 October 1973 (1973-10-20)12 | VfB Stuttgart | 6–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Neckarstadion,Stuttgart |
| 15:30 CEST |
| Report |
| Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt) |
| 27 October 197313 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–0 | VfL Bochum | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 | Jensen Heynckes | [2][3] | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Herbert Kollmann (Obertal) |
| 3 November 1973 (1973-11-03)14 | Hamburger SV | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Neckarstadion,Stuttgart |
| 15:30 CEST |
| Schema Report | Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen) |
| 10 November 1973 (1973-11-10)15 | Kickers Offenbach | 2–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bieberer Berg,Offenbach |
| 15:30 CEST | Report | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen) |
| 17 November 1973 (1973-11-17)16 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST |
| Report | Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim) |
| 8 December 1973 (1973-12-08)17 | Bayern Munich | 4–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Olympiastadion,Munich |
| 15:30CEST | Roth Müller Zobel Hoeneß | Report | Wimmer Jensen Bonhof | Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach) |
| 5 January 1974 (1974-01-05)18 | SC Fortuna Köln | 3–5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Radrennbahn,Köln |
| 15:30CEST | Kucharski Mödrath Glock | Report | Rupp Köstner Heynckes | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden) |
| 12 January 1974 (1974-01-12)19 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | Rot-Weiss Essen | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST | Bonhof Danner | Report | de Vlugt Bast | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen) |
| 19 January 1974 (1974-01-19)20 | Hertha BSC | 3–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Olympiastadion,Munich |
| 15:30CEST | Hermandung Horr Erich Beer | Report | Weiner Vogts Heynckes Jensen | Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim) |
| 19 January 1974 (1974-01-19)21 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 7–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST | Heynckes Vogts Danner Jensen Stielike Rupp | Report | Kohle | Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Euskirchen) |
| 2 February 1974 (1974-02-02)22 | FC Schalke 04 | 2–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Parkstadion,Gelsenkirchen |
| 15:30CEST | Scheer Fichtel | Report | Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach) |
| 15 February 1974 (1974-02-15)23 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | Werder Bremen | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST | Jensen Heynckes | Report | Görts | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Volker Huster (Lahnstein) |
| 2 March 1974 (1974-03-02)24 | Hannover 96 | 0–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Niedersachsenstadion,Hannover |
| 15:30CEST | Report | Jensen Heynckes | Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg) |
| 9 March 1974 (1974-03-09)25 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST | (Report) | Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen) |
| 16 March 1974 (1974-03-16)26 | 1. FC Köln | 0–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Niedersachsenstadion,Hannover |
| 15:30CEST | Report | Heynckes | Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Peter Gabor (Berlin) |
| 23 March 1974 (1974-03-23)27 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–2 | MSV Duisburg | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST | Heynckes Bonhof Vogts | Report | Wunder | Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg) |
| 23 March 1974 (1974-03-23)28 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Betzenberg,Kaiserslautern |
| 15:30CEST | Diehl Meier | Report | Danner Heynckes Wittkamp | Attendance: 32,200 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Bickenbach) |
| 6 April 1974 (1974-04-06)28 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | VfB Stuttgart | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST | Rupp Wittkamp | Report | Handschuh | Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Volker Huster (Lahnstein) |
| 20 April 197430 | VfL Bochum | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bochum,Stadion an der Castroper Straße |
| 15:30CEST | Walitza | [4][5] | Rupp | Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim) |
| 27 April 1974 (1974-04-27)31 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6–1 | Hamburger SV | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST | Rupp Köppel Stielike Sieloff | Report | Krobbach | Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Volker Huster (Lahnstein) |
| 4 May 1974 (1974-05-04)32 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–1 | Kickers Offenbach | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST | Report | Kostedde | Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover) |
| 11 May 1974 (1974-05-11)33 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST |
| Report | Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach) |
| 18 May 1974 (1974-05-18)34 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–0 | Bayern Munich | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST | Heynckes Simonsen Bonhof Köstner | Report | Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach) |
| 1 December 1973 (1973-12-01)First round | VfB Oldenburg | 0–5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Marschweg-Stadion,Oldenburg |
| 14:30CEST | Report | Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Peter Gabor (Berlin) |
| 15 December 1973 (1973-12-15)Round-of-16 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2 | Hamburger SV | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30CEST | Report | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg) |
| 21 December 1973 (1973-12-21)Round-of-16 | Hamburger SV | 3–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Volksparkstadion,Hamburg |
| 15:30CEST | Report | Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg) |
| 20 September 1973First leg | ÍB Vestmannaeyja | 0–7 | Laugardalsvöllur,Reykjavík | |
| Heynckes Sigurgeirsson Kulik Finnbogason | Attendance: 2,742 Referee:Pat Partridge (England) |
| 3 October 1973Second leg | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 9–1 | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach | |
| Wimmer Valtýsson Simonsen Köppel Rupp | Óskarsson | Attendance: 4,838 Referee:Robert Wurtz (France) |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 16–1 on aggregate.
| 24 October 1973First leg | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–0 | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach | |
| Heynckes Rupp | Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium) |
| 7 November 1973Second leg | Rangers | 3–2 | Ibrox Stadium,Glasgow | |
| Conn Jackson MacDonald | Jensen | Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Francisco Lobo (Portugal) |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–3 on aggregate.
| 5 March 1974First leg | Glentoran | 0–2 | The Oval,Belfast | |
| Heynckes Köppel | Attendance: 7,066 Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland) |
| 20 March 1974Second leg | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–0 | Bökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach | |
| Wimmer Heynckes Köppel Vogts | Attendance: 11,332 Referee: Bohumil Kopcio (Czechoslovakia) |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–0 on aggregate.
| 10 April 1974First leg | Milan | 2–0 | San Siro,Milan | |
| Bigon Chiarugi | Attendance: 61,285 Referee:Erich Linemayr, (Austria) |
| 24 April 1974Second leg | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | Rheinstadion,Düsseldorf | |
| Sabadini | Attendance: 67,081 Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain) |
Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.