The 1973–74 Bundesliga was the 11th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 1973 and ended on 18 May 1974. FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.
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 two teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.
Team changes to 1972–73 Eintracht Braunschweig and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in the last two places. Both teams were replaced by Fortuna Köln and Rot-Weiss Essen, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.
Team overview
Club Ground Capacity Olympiastadion 100,000 Ruhrstadion 40,000 Weserstadion 32,000 Wedaustadion 38,500 Rheinstadion 59,600 Georg-Melches-Stadion 40,000 Waldstadion 87,000 Volksparkstadion 80,000 Niedersachsenstadion 86,000 Stadion Betzenberg 42,000 Radrennbahn Müngersdorf 29,000 Radrennbahn Müngersdorf 29,000 Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Olympiastadion 70,000 Bieberer Berg 30,000 Parkstadion 70,000 Neckarstadion 53,000 Stadion am Zoo 28,000
League table
Results
Top goalscorers 30 goals Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach) Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)
21 goals Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04) Klaus Toppmöller (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
19 goals Roland Sandberg (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
18 goals Uli Hoeneß (FC Bayern Munich)
17 goals Hermann Ohlicher (VfB Stuttgart) Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln)
16 goals Reiner Geye (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Hannes Löhr (1. FC Köln) Günter Pröpper (Wuppertaler SV)
Champion squad
FC Bayern MunichGoalkeeper: Sepp Maier (34). Defenders: Franz Beckenbauer (34 / 4); Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (33 / 7); Johnny Hansen (32 / 1); Paul Breitner (26 / 7); Gernot Rohr (3). Midfielders: Uli Hoeneß (34 / 18); Franz Roth (33 / 8); Rainer Zobel (28 / 5); Jupp Kapellmann (20 / 2); Erwin Hadewicz (12); Viggo Jensen (5). Forwards: Gerd Müller (34 / 30); Bernd Dürnberger (30 / 8); Conny Torstensson (16 / 1); Wilhelm Hoffmann (15 / 2); Bernd Gersdorff (12 / 2); Edgar Schneider (7); Herbert Zimmermann (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Udo Lattek.
On the roster but have not played in a league game: Walter Modick; Hugo Robl; Georg Weiß; Torben Hansen; Norbert Ivangean; Dušan Jovanović .
See also 1973–74 DFB-Pokal
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1973/1974