Season 1973–74 Cup Winners' Cup Eintracht Frankfurt Goals scored 1,069 | European Cup FC Bayern Munich Average goals/game 3.49 | |
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Champions FC Bayern Munich
4th Bundesliga title
5th German title UEFA Cup Borussia Mönchengladbach
Fortuna Düsseldorf
1. FC Köln
Hamburger SV (losing DFB-Pokal finalists to Frankfurt) Relegated SC Fortuna Köln, Hannover 96 Similar 1972–73 Bundesliga, 1974–75 Bundesliga, 1982–83 Bundesliga, 1970–71 Bundesliga, 1975–76 Bundesliga | ||
The 1973–74 Bundesliga was the 11th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 1973 and ended on 18 May 1974. FC Bayern Munich 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 2. Bundesliga divisions.
Team changes to 1972–73
Eintracht Braunschweig and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in the last two places. Both teams were replaced by Fortuna Köln and Rot-Weiss Essen, 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 Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to DFB-Pokal runners-up Hamburger SV.
(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.