Season 1971–72 Cup Winners' Cup FC Schalke 04 Champion FC Bayern Munich | European Cup FC Bayern Munich Average goals/game 3.25 Goals scored 993 | |
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Champions FC Bayern Munich
2nd Bundesliga title
3rd German title UEFA Cup Borussia Mönchengladbach
1. FC Köln
Eintracht Frankfurt
1. FC Kaiserslautern (losing DFB Cup finalists to Schalke) Relegated Borussia Dortmund, Arminia Bielefeld Similar 1972–73 Bundesliga, 1970–71 Bundesliga, 1974–75 Bundesliga, 1975–76 Bundesliga, 1963–64 Bundesliga | ||
The 1971–72 Bundesliga was the ninth season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1971 and ended on 28 June 1972. Borussia Mönchengladbach were the defending champions.
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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 two teams with the least points were relegated to their respective Regionalliga divisions.
Team changes to 1970–71
Kickers Offenbach and Rot-Weiss Essen were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by VfL Bochum and Fortuna Düsseldorf, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.
League table
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1As Schalke 04 qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup place was transferred to DFB-Pokal finalists 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
2Arminia Bielefeld were demoted by the DFB for playing a key role in the 1971 match fixing scandal. Their record (6 wins, 7 draws, 21 losses, 41–75 goals, 19 points) was expunged, though their final position would have remained the same.
(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
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.