1965–66 Bundesliga

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.

Bundesliga
Season1965–66
Dates14 August 1965 – 28 May 1966
Champions1860 Munich
1st Bundesliga title
1st German title
RelegatedBorussia Neunkirchen
Tasmania Berlin
European Cup1860 Munich
Cup Winners' CupBorussia Dortmund (title holders)
Bayern Munich
Goals scored987
Average goals/game3.23
Top goalscorerLothar Emmerich (31)
Biggest home winHamburg 8–0 Karlsruhe (12 February 1966)
Biggest away winTasmania Berlin 0–9 Meiderich (26 March 1966)
Highest scoringM'gladbach 8–3 Nürnberg (11 goals) (12 March 1966)

Competition modus edit

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 edit

Karlsruher SC and FC Schalke 04 would initially have been relegated for finishing in the bottom two places. However, Hertha BSC were found guilty of illegal financial behavior and, as a consequence, had their Bundesliga license revoked. The German FA then decided to keep Karlsruhe and Schalke in the league and expand its size to 18 teams. Bayern Munich and Borussia Mönchengladbach were promoted after having won their respective promotion play-off groups. In order to still have a representative from West Berlin in the league, the amateur side Tasmania Berlin were also granted promotion.[2]

Season overview edit

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.

Borussia Dortmund finished in second place, ahead on goal average to Bayern Munich. They also had huge title chances until late in the season, but were beaten 2–0 at home by 1860 on the second-to-last match day. However, Dortmund did not end the season without a title as well, as they beat Liverpool 2–1 after extra time in the 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. Tasmania Berlin were added to the league just two weeks before the start of the season after city rivals Hertha BSC had been thrown out on financial irregularities. They were not even first choice for a replacement as the Berlin representative, as they had only finished in third place in Regionalliga Berlin. But when champions Tennis Borussia were considered too weak after failing in the promotion play-off rounds and therefore were not asked, and runners-up Spandauer SV declined their interest in a Bundesliga spot as well, Tasmania gladly accepted the invitation by the German FA.[3]

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 edit

ClubGround[5]Capacity[5]
Tasmania 1900 BerlinOlympiastadion100,000
Eintracht BraunschweigEintracht-Stadion38,000
SV Werder BremenWeserstadion32,000
Borussia DortmundStadion Rote Erde30,000
Eintracht FrankfurtWaldstadion87,000
Hamburger SVVolksparkstadion80,000
Hannover 96Niedersachsenstadion86,000
1. FC KaiserslauternStadion Betzenberg42,000
Karlsruher SCWildparkstadion50,000
1. FC KölnMüngersdorfer Stadion76,000
Meidericher SVWedaustadion38,500
Borussia MönchengladbachBökelbergstadion34,500
TSV 1860 MünchenStadion an der Grünwalder Straße44,300
FC Bayern MunichStadion an der Grünwalder Straße44,300
Borussia NeunkirchenEllenfeld32,000
1. FC NürnbergStädtisches Stadion64,238
FC Schalke 04Glückauf-Kampfbahn35,000
VfB StuttgartNeckarstadion53,000

League table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGRPtsQualification or relegation
11860 Munich (C)342010480402.00050Qualification to European Cup first round
2Borussia Dortmund34199670361.94447Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup second round[a]
3Bayern Munich34207771381.86847Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4Werder Bremen342131076401.90045
51. FC Köln34196974411.80544
61. FC Nürnberg341411954431.25639Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7Eintracht Frankfurt341661264461.39138
8Meidericher SV341481270481.45836
9Hamburger SV341381364521.23134
10Eintracht Braunschweig3411121149491.00034
11VfB Stuttgart341361542480.87532Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
12Hannover 96341181559571.03530
13Borussia Mönchengladbach349111457680.83829
14Schalke 04341071733550.60027
151. FC Kaiserslautern348101642650.64626
16Karlsruher SC34961935710.49324
17Borussia Neunkirchen (R)34942132820.39022Relegation to Regionalliga
18Tasmania Berlin (R)342428151080.1398
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 edit

Home \ AwaySCTEBSSVWBVBSGEHSVH96FCKKSCKOEMSVBMGM60FCBBNEFCNS04VFB
Tasmania Berlin0–21–10–20–30–41–51–12–00–60–90–00–50–22–10–11–20–2
Eintracht Braunschweig3–11–04–02–21–42–11–12–01–21–01–12–22–41–23–03–01–1
Werder Bremen5–04–01–03–22–03–34–13–12–12–02–00–21–15–21–02–03–1
Borussia Dortmund3–11–12–13–02–24–04–04–13–21–13–10–23–01–02–07–04–0
Eintracht Frankfurt4–04–11–04–12–00–16–01–00–02–03–15–20–01–21–24–13–2
Hamburger SV5–12–11–31–10–12–14–18–02–22–05–01–20–43–00–21–14–1
Hannover 965–01–12–11–14–10–04–05–21–10–32–10–13–46–02–20–34–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern0–01–12–30–05–22–11–11–03–21–01–23–01–20–00–03–21–2
Karlsruher SC3–01–43–20–04–01–41–01–02–10–43–31–11–01–11–21–03–0
1. FC Köln4–03–02–01–21–05–10–13–22–01–12–23–16–14–22–12–13–1
Meidericher SV3–04–11–22–10–03–12–22–28–22–33–22–31–11–01–25–15–2
Borussia Mönchengladbach5–01–00–74–51–20–02–02–01–12–31–21–11–24–18–32–01–0
1860 Munich4–01–13–12–14–21–15–04–22–02–13–33–31–04–11–13–00–0
Bayern Munich2–12–23–10–22–03–03–13–05–11–43–05–23–06–00–01–00–1
Borussia Neunkirchen3–11–01–21–31–61–11–01–41–02–10–11–11–90–42–11–01–2
1. FC Nürnberg7–21–12–10–00–05–02–11–13–02–04–12–21–42–23–11–01–1
Schalke 044–01–11–62–33–22–11–02–10–00–00–00–00–21–12–01–02–0
VfB Stuttgart2–00–10–21–10–01–34–24–11–00–12–05–00–00–12–01–01–0
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers edit

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

Champion squad edit

TSV 1860 München
Goalkeeper: Petar Radenković (34).

Defenders: Bernd Patzke (28); Hans Reich (26); Manfred Wagner (26); Rudolf Zeiser (12); Rudolf Steiner (9).
Midfielders: Željko Perušić (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 .

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Archive 1965/1966 Schedule". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
  2. ^ Weinrich, Matthias (1998). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 3: 35 Jahre Bundesliga, Teil 1: 1963–1975 (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. p. 38. ISBN 3-89784-132-0.
  3. ^ Grüne, Hardy (1999). Von grauen Mäusen und Meistern (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. p. 32. ISBN 3-89784-114-2.
  4. ^ Weinrich, Matthias (1998). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 3: 35 Jahre Bundesliga, Teil 1: 1963–1975 (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. p. 69. ISBN 3-89784-132-0.
  5. ^ a b Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.
  6. ^ "TABELLE ROUND 34". DFB. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

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