1965–66 Bundesliga

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Meiderich (26 March 1966)
Highest scoringM'gladbach 8–3 Nürnberg (11 goals) (12 March 1966)

The 1965–66 Bundesliga was the third season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1965 and ended on 28 May 1966.[1] Werder Bremen 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 average. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective Regionalliga
divisions.

Team changes to 1964–65

Tasmania Berlin were also granted promotion.[2]

Season overview

The 1965–66 season was the inaugural season for the two most successful clubs regarding league titles in Bundesliga history, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayern Munich. It was also the first time that a city had two clubs in the Bundesliga. Bayern were a title contender for large parts of the season, but eventually were held short three points by their cross-town rivals 1860, who won their first championship. Nevertheless, the newcomers had something to celebrate as well, as they won the DFB Cup one week after the end of the season, which they finished in third place.

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final at Glasgow's Hampden Park
three days earlier. It marked the first time that a German club had won a European championship.

At the other end of the table, another famous German club had a historic season as well – but in the worst way possible.

The decision turned out to be a fatal one for the club. Tasmania's team was never capable of competing in the Bundesliga. They set up a various number of records, including, among others, lowest point total (8), fewest wins (2), most losses (28), fewest goals scored (15), most goals against (108) and lowest match attendance for a Bundesliga game (827 against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 15 January 1966[4]). Most of the records are still intact.

Team overview

Location of teams in Bundesliga 1965–66
Club Ground[5] Capacity[5]
Tasmania 1900 Berlin
Olympiastadion
100,000
Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 38,000
SV Werder Bremen Weserstadion 32,000
Borussia Dortmund Stadion Rote Erde 30,000
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
Meidericher SV
Wedaustadion 38,500
Borussia Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500
TSV 1860 München
Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße 44,300
FC Bayern Munich Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße 44,300
Borussia Neunkirchen
Ellenfeld
32,000
1. FC Nürnberg
Städtisches Stadion
64,238
FC Schalke 04 Glückauf-Kampfbahn 35,000
VfB Stuttgart
Neckarstadion
53,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 1860 Munich (C) 34 20 10 4 80 40 2.000 50 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 19 9 6 70 36 1.944 47 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup second round[a]
3 Bayern Munich 34 20 7 7 71 38 1.868 47 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Werder Bremen 34 21 3 10 76 40 1.900 45
5 1. FC Köln 34 19 6 9 74 41 1.805 44
6 1. FC Nürnberg 34 14 11 9 54 43 1.256 39 Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 16 6 12 64 46 1.391 38
8 Meidericher SV 34 14 8 12 70 48 1.458 36
9 Hamburger SV 34 13 8 13 64 52 1.231 34
10 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 11 12 11 49 49 1.000 34
11 VfB Stuttgart 34 13 6 15 42 48 0.875 32 Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
12 Hannover 96 34 11 8 15 59 57 1.035 30
13 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 9 11 14 57 68 0.838 29
14 Schalke 04 34 10 7 17 33 55 0.600 27
15 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 8 10 16 42 65 0.646 26
16 Karlsruher SC 34 9 6 19 35 71 0.493 24
17 Borussia Neunkirchen (R) 34 9 4 21 32 82 0.390 22 Relegation to Regionalliga
18 Tasmania Berlin (R) 34 2 4 28 15 108 0.139 8
Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Borussia Dortmund won the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.

Results

Home \ Away SCT EBS SVW BVB SGE HSV H96 FCK KSC KOE MSV BMG M60 FCB BNE FCN S04 VFB
Tasmania Berlin 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 1–5 1–1 2–0 0–6 0–9 0–0 0–5 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–2
Eintracht Braunschweig 3–1 1–0 4–0 2–2 1–4 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–4 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–1
Werder Bremen 5–0 4–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 3–3 4–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 5–2 1–0 2–0 3–1
Borussia Dortmund 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 4–0 4–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 7–0 4–0
Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 4–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 6–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 5–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 4–1 3–2
Hamburger SV 5–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 8–0 2–2 2–0 5–0 1–2 0–4 3–0 0–2 1–1 4–1
Hannover 96 5–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 4–0 5–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 3–4 6–0 2–2 0–3 4–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–0 5–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–2
Karlsruher SC 3–0 1–4 3–2 0–0 4–0 1–4 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–4 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0
1. FC Köln 4–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 5–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 6–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 3–1
Meidericher SV 3–0 4–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 8–2 2–3 3–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 5–1 5–2
Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–0 1–0 0–7 4–5 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 4–1 8–3 2–0 1–0
1860 Munich 4–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 5–0 4–2 2–0 2–1 3–3 3–3 1–0 4–1 1–1 3–0 0–0
Bayern Munich 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 5–1 1–4 3–0 5–2 3–0 6–0 0–0 1–0 0–1
Borussia Neunkirchen 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 1–6 1–1 1–0 1–4 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–9 0–4 2–1 1–0 1–2
1. FC Nürnberg 7–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 5–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–2 1–4 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–1
Schalke 04 4–0 1–1 1–6 2–3 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
VfB Stuttgart 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 4–2 4–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 5–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

31 goals
26 goals
20 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals

Champion squad

TSV 1860 München
Goalkeeper: Petar Radenković Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (34).

Defenders:

Rudolf Steiner
(9).
Midfielders: Željko Perušić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (34); Peter Grosser (32 / 18); Otto Luttrop (22 / 1); Hans Küppers (19 / 4); Wilfried Kohlars (19).
Forwards: Friedhelm Konietzka (33 / 26); Alfred Heiß (31 / 10); Rudolf Brunnenmeier (27 / 15); Hans Rebele (22 / 5).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Max Merkel Austria.

On the roster but did not play in a league game: Wilfried Tepe; Alfred Kohlhäufl; Ludwig Bründl; Hans Fischer; Helmut Richert; Ernst Winterhalder.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archive 1965/1966 Schedule". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
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  6. ^ "TABELLE ROUND 34". DFB. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

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