1967–68 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season 1967–68
Champions 1. FC Nuremberg
1st Bundesliga title
9th German title
Relegated Borussia Neunkirchen
Karlsruher SC
European Cup 1. FC Nuremberg
Cup Winners' Cup 1. FC Köln
Goals scored 993
Average goals/game 3.25
Top goalscorer Johannes Löhr (27)
Biggest home win M'gladbach 10–0 Neunkirchen (4 November 1967)
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)
Nuremberg 7–3 FC Bayern (10 goals) (2 December 1967)

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 goal average. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the two teams with the least points were relegated to their respective Regionalliga divisions.

Team changes to 1966–67

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 started with an innovation. It was now allowed to substitute one player per team during the game. 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 Nuremberg. The team around coach Max Merkel continuously collected points and were seven points clear after half of the games were played. Even a slight collapse near the end of the season could not jeopardize the first Nuremberg Bundesliga title, which also was a record ninth German championship overall for the club.

In European competitions, the Cup Winners' Cup saw both West German teams advance into the semifinals. It needed Italian club AC Milan to prevent a title hat-trick for Bundesliga sides, knocking out title holders Bayern Munich 2–0 on aggregate before beating Hamburger SV, who were the fourth West German team in the final in four consecutive years, at Rotterdam's Feijenoord Stadion by the same score. Hamburg had reached the final by beating Welsh side Cardiff City 4–3 on aggregate. The achievement eased the disappointment on another lackluster season by the club from the North, who finished its campaign only in 13th place.

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 rounds to go. Both teams clearly lacked quality players on both sides of the pitch, as they provided the worst attacks and defenses of all clubs.

Team overview

Club Ground[3] Capacity[3]
Alemannia Aachen Tivoli 30,000
Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 38,000
SV 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
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 Nuremberg 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
GAvg
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Nürnberg (C) 34 19 9 6 71 371.919 47 1968–69 European Cup First round
2 Werder Bremen 34 18 8 8 68 511.333 44
3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 15 12 7 77 451.711 42
4 1. FC Köln 34 17 4 13 68 521.308 38 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
5 Bayern Munich 34 16 6 12 68 581.172 38
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 15 8 11 58 511.137 38 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round
7 MSV Duisburg 34 13 10 11 69 581.19 36
8 VfB Stuttgart 34 14 7 13 65 541.204 35
9 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 15 5 14 37 390.949 35
10 Hannover 96 34 12 10 12 48 520.923 34 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round
11 Alemannia Aachen 34 13 8 13 52 660.788 34
12 1860 Munich 34 11 11 12 55 391.41 33 1968–69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup First round
13 Hamburger SV 34 11 11 12 51 540.944 33
14 Borussia Dortmund 34 12 7 15 60 591.017 31
15 Schalke 04 34 11 8 15 42 480.875 30
16 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 8 12 14 39 670.582 28
17 Borussia Neunkirchen (R) 34 7 5 22 33 930.355 19 Regionalliga
18 Karlsruher SC (R) 34 6 5 23 32 700.457 17

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away AAC BRS BREDORDUIFRAHAMH96KAIKARKÖLMGLM60MUNNKINURS04STU
Alemannia Aachen 21 11 30 44 21 20 22 11 21 42 00 33 04 51 20 21 32
Eintracht Braunschweig 20 03 20 30 00 01 01 10 10 12 21 01 10 42 03 10 21
Werder Bremen 01 32 21 33 20 14 10 21 61 31 04 22 41 21 04 20 31
Borussia Dortmund 10 01 11 43 21 22 31 40 50 20 31 00 63 60 12 21 21
MSV Duisburg 30 23 11 22 01 12 12 70 21 32 22 21 33 31 20 11 33
Eintracht Frankfurt 11 20 53 41 32 11 30 52 20 12 31 21 23 41 12 22 40
Hamburger SV 51 00 21 32 13 01 23 11 00 31 23 22 21 00 31 11 11
Hannover 96 11 11 42 22 22 21 22 21 20 30 11 12 21 20 11 22 21
1. FC Kaiserslautern 10 22 22 22 01 11 33 00 11 21 01 00 22 21 10 10 20
Karlsruher SC 24 12 12 20 02 01 21 31 22 01 32 03 02 51 11 10 14
1. FC Köln 31 10 14 30 30 51 21 21 50 40 25 10 33 21 33 70 22
Borussia Mönchengladbach 30 20 31 22 11 11 41 51 82 00 10 11 11 100 11 16 11
1860 Munich 60 10 13 30 01 50 01 31 03 30 01 00 32 50 12 12 33
Bayern Munich 41 30 23 20 04 30 10 10 41 30 03 31 22 40 02 20 31
Borussia Neunkirchen 01 12 00 32 21 22 03 31 21 32 21 03 10 11 22 15 05
1. FC Nürnberg 41 31 00 21 41 02 40 21 41 20 21 10 11 73 30 23 51
Schalke 04 21 02 02 10 03 00 30 11 21 20 11 34 00 01 20 00 21
VfB Stuttgart 41 00 03 41 30 40 41 20 01 32 20 13 21 30 21 11 20

Source: www.dfb.de
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

27 goals
25 goals
19 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals

Champion squad

1. FC Nuremberg
Goalkeepers: Roland Wabra (34); Gyula Toth Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1).

Defenders: Horst Leupold (34 / 1); Ferdinand Wenauer (34); Ludwig Müller (33 / 1); Fritz Popp (32); Helmut Hilpert (4).
Midfielders: Karl-Heinz Ferschl (32 / 4); Heinz Müller (29 / 2); August Starek Austria (24 / 5).
Forwards: Franz Brungs (34 / 25); Heinz Strehl (33 / 18); Georg Volkert (33 / 9); Zvezdan Čebinac Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (33 / 3); Hubert Schöll (3).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Max Merkel Austria.

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

  1. "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
  2. "Archive 1967/1968 Round 34". DFB.
  3. 1 2 Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/24/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.