1967–68 Bundesliga
Biggest home win | M'gladbach 10–0 Neunkirchen (4 November 1967) |
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Biggest away win | M'gladbach 1–6 Schalke (6 January 1968) Neunkirchen 0–5 VfB Stuttgart (18 May 1968) |
Highest scoring | M'gladbach 10–0 Neunkirchen (10 goals) (4 November 1967) M'gladbach 8–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern (10 goals) (9 September 1967) Nürnberg 7–3 FC Bayern (10 goals) (2 December 1967) |
← 1966–67 → |
The 1967–68 Bundesliga was the fifth season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 18 August 1967[1] and ended on 28 May 1968.[2] Eintracht Braunschweig 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
Team changes to 1967–68
Fortuna Düsseldorf and Rot-Weiss Essen were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Alemannia Aachen and Borussia Neunkirchen, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.
Season overview
The 1967–68 season began with an innovation: it was now permissible for teams to substitute out one player per match. Although such a move was only permitted in case of an injury, it was soon used by the coaches for tactical changes as well.
The title was won by 1. FC Nürnberg. The team, led by head coach Max Merkel, consistently collected points and were seven points clear after half the season played. Even a slight collapse near the end of the season could not jeopardize the first Nürnberg Bundesliga title, which also was a record ninth German championship overall for the club.
In European competitions, the
The bottom side of the table saw an early decision in the relegation race. Borussia Neunkirchen and Karlsruher SC were demoted to the Regionalliga with four matchdays to play. Both teams clearly lacked quality players on both sides of the pitch, as they provided the poorest attacks and defences of all clubs.
Team overview
Location of teams in Bundesliga 1967–68Club | Ground[3] | Capacity[3] |
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Alemannia Aachen | Tivoli
|
30,000 |
Eintracht Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 38,000 |
Werder Bremen | Weserstadion | 32,000 |
Borussia Dortmund | Stadion Rote Erde | 30,000 |
MSV Duisburg | Wedaustadion | 38,500 |
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 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion | 34,500 |
1860 Munich | Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße | 44,300 |
Bayern Munich | Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße | 44,300 |
Borussia Neunkirchen | Ellenfeld
|
32,000 |
1. FC Nürnberg | Städtisches Stadion
|
64,238 |
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 |
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1 | 1. FC Nürnberg (C) | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 71 | 37 | 1.919 | 47 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
2 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 68 | 51 | 1.333 | 44 | |
3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 77 | 45 | 1.711 | 42 | |
4 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 68 | 52 | 1.308 | 38 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
5 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 68 | 58 | 1.172 | 38 | |
6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 51 | 1.137 | 38 | Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
7 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 69 | 58 | 1.190 | 36 | |
8 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 65 | 54 | 1.204 | 35 | |
9 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 39 | 0.949 | 35 | |
10 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 52 | 0.923 | 34 | Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
11 | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 52 | 66 | 0.788 | 34 | |
12 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 55 | 39 | 1.410 | 33 | Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round |
13 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 51 | 54 | 0.944 | 33 | |
14 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 60 | 59 | 1.017 | 31 | |
15 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 48 | 0.875 | 30 | |
16 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 67 | 0.582 | 28 | |
17 | Borussia Neunkirchen (R) | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 33 | 93 | 0.355 | 19 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
18 | Karlsruher SC (R) | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 32 | 70 | 0.457 | 17 |
Results
Top goalscorers
- 27 goals
- Johannes Löhr (1. FC Köln)
- 25 goals
- 19 goals
- Herbert Laumen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
- Peter Meyer (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
- Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich)
- Rainer Ohlhauser (Bayern Munich)
- 18 goals
- 17 goals
- 16 goals
Champion squad
1. FC Nürnberg |
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Goalkeepers: (1). Defenders: Horst Leupold (34 / 1); Ferdinand Wenauer (34); Ludwig Müller (33 / 1); Fritz Popp (32); Helmut Hilpert (4). Heinz Müller (29 / 2); August Starek (24 / 5).Forwards: Franz Brungs (34 / 25); Heinz Strehl (33 / 18); Georg Volkert (33 / 9); Zvezdan Čebinac (33 / 3); Hubert Schöll (3). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Max Merkel . On the roster but have not played in a league game: Adolf Ruff; Ewald Schäffner; Horst Blankenburg; Claus-Jürgen Braun; Manfred Ebenhöh; Wulf-Ingo Usbeck. |
See also
References
- ^ "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
- ^ "Archive 1967/1968 Round 34". DFB.
- ^ ISBN 3-89784-147-9.
- kicker(in German). Germany. Retrieved 31 March 2018.