| Season | 1970–71 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15 August 1970 – 5 June 1971 |
| Champions | Borussia Mönchengladbach 2nd Bundesliga title 2ndGerman title |
| Relegated | Kickers Offenbach Rot-Weiss Essen |
| European Cup | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| Cup Winners' Cup | FC Bayern Munich |
| UEFA Cup | Hertha BSC Eintracht Braunschweig Hamburger SV 1. FC Köln (losing DFB Cup finalists to Bayern) |
| Goals | 914 |
| Average goals/game | 2.99 |
| Top goalscorer | Lothar Kobluhn (24) |
| Biggest home win | Oberhausen 8–1Hamburg (26 September 1970) FC Bayern 7–0Köln (15 May 1971) |
| Biggest away win | Kaiserslautern 0–5Stuttgart (5 December 1970) |
| Highest scoring | Oberhausen 8–1Hamburg (9 goals) (26 September 1970) Dortmund 7–2Essen (9 goals) (8 May 1971) |
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The1970–71 Bundesliga was the eighth season of theBundesliga,West Germany's premier football league. It began on 15 August 1970 and ended on 5 June 1971.[1]Borussia Mönchengladbach 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 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 respectiveRegionalliga divisions.
TSV 1860 Munich andAlemannia Aachen were relegated to theRegionalliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced byArminia Bielefeld andKickers Offenbach, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.
Borussia Mönchengladbach successfully defended their title.FC Bayern Munich ended up in second place, but not without a title, as they defeated1. FC Köln in thedomestic cup final, thereby qualifying for theCup Winners' Cup. As a consequence, Bayern's original spot in the newly formedUEFA Cup, to which teams finishing in second to fifth place were permitted to enter, went to Köln. The latter were joined byHertha BSC,Eintracht Braunschweig andHamburger SV. The teams demoted to theRegionalliga wereKickers Offenbach andRot-Weiss Essen.
Eventually, it was revealed that the decisions in the league had not been determined on the strength of each team alone. On 6 June 1971, Offenbach chairmanHorst-Gregorio Canellas played an audio tape to an audience who originally had gathered to celebrate Canellas' 50th birthday. The circle included national team coachHelmut Schön, as well as highDFB representatives and also a few reporters. The tape proved that matches had been sold for money. Soon, the DFB launched its own investigation. It was discovered that a total of 18 games had been fixed, including almost every relevant match in the relegation decision. Over 60 players from ten clubs were involved and nearly one millionmarks had been paid. Nevertheless, the first verdicts were not spoken until after the start of the following season, meaning that the bribed games officially counted in the final table.[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach(C) | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 77 | 35 | +42 | 50 | Qualification toEuropean Cup first round |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 48 | Qualification toCup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 41 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 39 | |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 37 | |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 36 | |
| 7 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 35 | |
| 8 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 54 | 57 | −3 | 34 | |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 33 | |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 33 | |
| 11 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 33 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round[a] |
| 12 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 30 | |
| 13 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 54 | 60 | −6 | 29 | |
| 14 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 29 | |
| 15 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 28 | |
| 16 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 69 | −15 | 27 | |
| 17 | Kickers Offenbach(R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 27 | Relegation toRegionalliga |
| 18 | Rot-Weiss Essen(R) | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 48 | 68 | −20 | 23 |
| Home \ Away | BSC | DSC | EBS | SVW | BVB | DUI | RWE | SGE | HSV | H96 | FCK | KOE | BMG | FCB | RWO | KOF | S04 | VFB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertha BSC | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 |
| Werder Bremen | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 5–1 | 7–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Hamburger SV | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Hannover 96 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–5 |
| 1. FC Köln | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2[a] | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Bayern Munich | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 2–2 | — | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 8–1 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| Schalke 04 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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| Goalkeeper:Wolfgang Kleff (34). Defenders:Ludwig Müller (34 / 2);Berti Vogts (34 / 1);Klaus-Dieter Sieloff (33 / 6);Heinz Wittmann (20);Hartwig Bleidick (16). Manager:Hennes Weisweiler. On the roster but have not played in a league game:Bernd Schrage;Werner Adler. |