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1987–88 Bundesliga

25th season of the Bundesliga

Field	Value
competition	Bundesliga
season	1987–88
dates	31 July 1987 – 21 May 1988
winners	Werder Bremen
2nd Bundesliga title
2nd German title
relegated	FC Homburg
FC Schalke 04
continentalcup1	European Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiers	SV Werder Bremen
continentalcup2	Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Eintracht Frankfurt
continentalcup3	UEFA Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiers	FC Bayern Munich
1. FC Köln
VfB Stuttgart
1. FC Nürnberg
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (title holders)
league topscorer	Jürgen Klinsmann (19)
biggest home win	FC Bayern 8–1 Schalke 04 (9 April 1988)
biggest away win	Hamburg 0–4 Karlsruhe (26 August 1987)
Homburg 0–4 Nürnberg (5 September 1987)
highest scoring	M'gladbach 8–2 Hamburg (10 goals) (26 September 1987)
total goals	945
average goals
prevseason	1986–87
nextseason	1988–89

2nd Bundesliga title 2nd German title FC Schalke 04 1. FC Köln VfB Stuttgart 1. FC Nürnberg Bayer 04 Leverkusen (title holders) Homburg 0–4 Nürnberg (5 September 1987)

The 1987–88 Bundesliga was the 25th season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 31 July 1987 and ended on 21 May 1988. FC Bayern Munich 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 two teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga. The third-to-last team had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off against the third-placed team from 2. Bundesliga.

Team changes to 1986–87

Fortuna Düsseldorf and SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin were directly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Hannover 96 and Karlsruher SC. Relegation/promotion play-off participant FC Homburg won on aggregate against FC St. Pauli and thus retained their Bundesliga status.

Team overview

Location	last=Grüne	first=Hardy
Bochum	Ruhrstadion	40,000
Bremen	Weserstadion	32,000
Dortmund	Westfalenstadion	54,000
Frankfurt	Waldstadion	62,000
Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	62,000
Hanover	Niedersachsenstadion	60,400
Homburg	Waldstadion	24,000
Kaiserslautern	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	42,000
Karlsruhe	Wildparkstadion	50,000
Cologne	Müngersdorfer Stadion	61,000
Leverkusen	Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion	20,000
Ludwigshafen	Südweststadion	75,000
Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion	34,500
Munich	Olympiastadion	80,000
Nuremberg	Städtisches Stadion	64,238
Gelsenkirchen	Parkstadion	70,000
Stuttgart	Neckarstadion	72,000
Krefeld	Grotenburg Stadion	35,700

Waldhof Mannheim played their matches in nearby Ludwigshafen because their own ground did not fulfil Bundesliga requirements.

League table

Results

Relegation play-offs

SV Waldhof Mannheim and third-placed 2. Bundesliga team SV Darmstadt 98 had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. After a two-leg series, both teams were tied 4–4 on aggregate, so a deciding third match had to be scheduled. Mannheim won this match in a penalty shootout and retained their Bundesliga status. Posniak Gu Bührer

Lux

Bockenfeld Bührer Trieb Cvetković Quaisser Klotz Kuhl Schreml Gu Emig Scholz Bernecker

Top goalscorers

;19 goals

Germany Jürgen Klinsmann (VfB Stuttgart)

;18 goals

Germany Karl-Heinz Riedle (SV Werder Bremen)

;17 goals

Germany Lothar Matthäus (FC Bayern Munich)
Germany Siegfried Reich (Hannover 96)

;16 goals

Germany Harald Kohr (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
Germany Fritz Walter (VfB Stuttgart)

;15 goals

Germany Dieter Eckstein (1. FC Nürnberg)
Germany Frank Ordenewitz (SV Werder Bremen)

;14 goals

Germany Olaf Thon (FC Schalke 04)

;13 goals

Germany Stefan Kuntz (Bayer 05 Uerdingen)
Germany Uwe Leifeld (VfL Bochum)
Denmark Flemming Povlsen (1. FC Köln)
Germany Jürgen Wegmann (FC Bayern Munich)
Germany Michael Zorc (Borussia Dortmund)

Champion squad

SV Werder Bremen
Goalkeepers: Oliver Reck (32); Dieter Burdenski (3).

Attendances

Source:

No.	Team	Attendance	Change	Highest
1	Borussia Dortmund	29,424	-14.9%	54,000
2	Bayern München	28,034	-25.2%	77,573
3	1. FC Nürnberg	26,729	-0.1%	49,000
4	VfB Stuttgart	26,294	28.6%	70,705
5	Schalke 04	23,041	0.2%	61,200
6	1. FC Köln	22,412	35.1%	59,000
7	Werder Bremen	22,159	-3.1%	39,500
8	Karlsruher SC	21,629	111.8%	45,000
9	1. FC Kaiserslautern	21,505	-22.5%	36,923
10	Eintracht Frankfurt	21,287	15.1%	51,000
11	Hannover 96	20,967	12.3%	60,354
12	VfL Bochum	16,994	-4.7%	40,000
13	Hamburger SV	16,009	-33.9%	36,400
14	Waldhof Mannheim	14,392	1.5%	32,160
15	Borussia Mönchengladbach	14,249	-18.3%	34,000
16	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	10,712	-15.8%	18,000
17	Bayer Leverkusen	9,512	-25.3%	14,500
18	FC 08 Homburg	8,735	-12.6%	20,000

References

"Schedule Round 1". DFB.
"Archive 1987/1988 Round 34". DFB.
Grüne, Hardy. (2001). "Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon". AGON Sportverlag.
Grüne, Hardy. (2000). "Bundesliga & Co.". AGON Sportverlag.
https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ger/aveger88.htm

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