The 1975–76 Bundesliga was the 13th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 9 August 1975 and ended on 12 June 1976. Borussia Mönchengladbach 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 three teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.
Team changes to 1974–75 VfB Stuttgart, Tennis Borussia Berlin and Wuppertaler SV were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Hannover 96, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, Karlsruher SC, winners of the Southern Division and Bayer 05 Uerdingen, who won a two-legged promotion play-off against FK Pirmasens.
Team overview
Club Location Ground Capacity Berlin Olympiastadion 100,000 Bochum Stadion an der Castroper Straße1 40,000 Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 38,000 Bremen Weserstadion 32,000 Duisburg Wedaustadion 38,500 Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600 Essen Georg-Melches-Stadion 40,000 Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000 Hamburg Volksparkstadion 80,000 Hanover Niedersachsenstadion 60,400 Kaiserslautern Stadion Betzenberg 42,000 Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 50,000 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000 Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich Olympiastadion 70,000 Offenbach am Main Bieberer Berg 30,000 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000 Krefeld Grotenburg-Kampfbahn 22,000 Notes The VfL Bochum played six of their 1976 home games at Stadion am Schloss Strünkede in Herne and one at the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund because the field at their Stadion an der Castroper Straße had become unplayable due to the 1976–1979 expansion of the stadium.
League table
Results
Top goalscorers 29 goals Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04)
23 goals Erich Beer (Hertha BSC) Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)
22 goals Klaus Toppmöller (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
18 goals Horst Hrubesch (Rot-Weiss Essen)
17 goals Roland Sandberg (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
16 goals Wolfgang Frank (Eintracht Braunschweig) Bernd Hölzenbein (Eintracht Frankfurt) Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
15 goals Hannes Löhr (1. FC Köln) Bernd Nickel (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Champion squad Borussia MönchengladbachGoalkeeper: Wolfgang Kleff (34). Defenders: Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp (34 / 5); Berti Vogts (34 / 1); Frank Schäffer (26); Hans Klinkhammer (24 / 2); Ulrich Surau (3). Midfielders: Herbert Wimmer (34 / 3); Dietmar Danner (34 / 2); Uli Stielike (33 / 4); Rainer Bonhof (30 / 5); Horst Köppel (16); Wilfried Hannes (9 / 1); Christian Kulik (4); Horst Wohlers (2); Norbert Ringels (1). Forwards: Allan Simonsen (34 / 16); Henning Jensen (33 / 11); Jupp Heynckes (24 / 12); Karl Del'Haye (2). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Udo Lattek.
On the roster but have not played in a league game: Hans-Jakob Klingen; Norbert Kox; Hans-Jürgen Offermanns; Gerd Engels; Roger Roebben.
See also 1975–76 2. Bundesliga 1975–76 DFB-Pokal
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1975/1976