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1977–78 Bundesliga

15th season of the Bundesliga

Field	Value
competition	Bundesliga
season	1977–78
dates	6 August 1977 – 29 April 1978
winners	[1. FC Köln](1-fc-koln)
2nd Bundesliga title
3rd German title
relegated	TSV 1860 Munich
[1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken)
FC St. Pauli
continentalcup1	[European Cup](1978-79-european-cup)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	[1. FC Köln](1-fc-koln)
continentalcup2	[Cup Winners' Cup](1978-79-european-cup-winners-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Fortuna Düsseldorf (losing DFB-Pokal finalists to Köln)
continentalcup3	[UEFA Cup](1978-79-uefa-cup)
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Hertha BSC
VfB Stuttgart
MSV Duisburg
league topscorer	Dieter Müller (24)
Gerd Müller (24)
biggest home win	M'gladbach 12–0 Dortmund (29 April 1978)
biggest away win	Br'schweig 0–6 M'gladbach (29 October 1977)
highest scoring	M'gladbach 12–0 Dortmund (12 goals) (29 April 1978)
total goals	993
average goals
prevseason	[1976–77](1976-77-bundesliga)
nextseason	[1978–79](1978-79-bundesliga)

2nd Bundesliga title 3rd German title 1. FC Saarbrücken FC St. Pauli Hertha BSC VfB Stuttgart MSV Duisburg Gerd Müller (24) The 1977–78 Bundesliga was the 15th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 6 August 1977 and ended on 29 April 1978. Borussia Mönchengladbach 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 difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.

Team changes to 1976–77

Karlsruher SC, Tennis Borussia Berlin and Rot-Weiss Essen were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by FC St. Pauli, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, VfB Stuttgart, winners of the Southern Division and TSV 1860 Munich, who won a promotion play-off series against Arminia Bielefeld.

Season overview

The 1977–78 season, which ended earlier than usual due to the upcoming World Cup in Argentina, ended with 1. FC Köln winning the title, but the decision had been closer than anybody would have imagined. The team from Cologne was level on points with Borussia Mönchengladbach before the final round of matches of the season, but had a ten-goal lead in goal difference over their rivals. Nevertheless, Mönchengladbach managed to close the gap with a 12–0 victory in their last match against Borussia Dortmund. However, the team around Jupp Heynckes and Berti Vogts missed out on the title by three goals because Köln won 5–0 against FC St. Pauli at the same time.

Team overview

Location	last=Grüne	first=Hardy
Berlin	Olympiastadion	100,000
Bochum	Ruhrstadion	40,000
Braunschweig	Eintracht-Stadion	38,000
Bremen	Weserstadion	32,000
Dortmund	Westfalenstadion	54,000
Duisburg	Wedaustadion	38,500
Düsseldorf	Rheinstadion	59,600
Frankfurt	Waldstadion	62,000
Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	80,000
Kaiserslautern	Stadion Betzenberg	42,000
Cologne	Müngersdorfer Stadion	61,000
Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
Munich	Olympiastadion	80,000
Munich	Olympiastadion	80,000
Saarbrücken	Ludwigspark	40,000
Gelsenkirchen	Parkstadion	70,000
Hamburg	Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion	32,000
Stuttgart	Neckarstadion	72,000

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

;24 goals

Germany Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln)
Germany Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich)

;21 goals

Germany Klaus Toppmöller (1. FC Kaiserslautern)

;20 goals

Germany Manfred Burgsmüller (Borussia Dortmund)
Germany Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04)

;18 goals

Germany Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

;17 goals

Germany Karl-Heinz Granitza (Hertha BSC)
Denmark Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

;16 goals

Germany Franz Gerber (FC St. Pauli)
Germany Rudolf Seliger (MSV Duisburg)

Champion squad

1. FC Köln
Goalkeeper: Harald Schumacher (34).

Attendances

Source:

No.	Team	Attendance	Change	Highest
1	VfB Stuttgart	55,559	145.8%	72,000
2	Borussia Dortmund	37,843	-12.6%	54,000
3	Schalke 04	35,694	-5.0%	70,000
4	[1. FC Köln](1-fc-koln)	35,235	9.1%	60,000
5	Hamburger SV	31,235	-9.8%	61,000
6	Bayern München	30,876	-2.1%	77,000
7	[TSV 1860](1860-munchen)	27,812	38.3%	65,000
8	Borussia Mönchengladbach	26,059	3.7%	55,000
9	Eintracht Frankfurt	26,018	8.5%	58,000
10	Hertha BSC	25,047	-4.9%	80,000
11	[1. FC Kaiserslautern](1-fc-kaiserslautern)	24,676	21.8%	34,000
12	VfL Bochum	23,888	48.8%	36,000
13	[1. FC Saarbrücken](1-fc-saarbrucken)	23,435	-18.6%	34,000
14	Fortuna 95	22,576	10.3%	53,000
15	Werder Bremen	19,947	6.5%	36,000
16	Eintracht Braunschweig	19,235	-11.6%	35,000
17	MSV Duisburg	18,529	-6.4%	35,000
18	FC St. Pauli	13,071	74.4%	28,000

References

"Schedule Round 1". DFB.
"Archive 1977/1978 Round 34". DFB.
Grüne, Hardy. (2001). "Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon". AGON Sportverlag.
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ger/aveger78.htm

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