1976–77 1. FC Köln season

1. FC Köln 1976–77 Hennes Weisweiler Müngersdorfer Stadion Bundesliga 5th DFB-Pokal Winners UEFA Cup Third round Dieter Müller (34 goals) Dieter Müller (53 goals) 1975–76 1977–78 In the 1976–77 season, Köln ended their Bundesliga campaign in fifth place with 40 points. They also won the DFB-Pokal, beating Hertha BSC in a replay of the final after both clubs tied in the final. Having ended in fourth place in the last season's Bundesliga, Köln competed in the UEFA Cup, beating Tychy and Grasshoppers, and faced off against Queens Park Rangers in the third round. After losing 3-0 in Loftus Road, London, Köln beat the London club by 4-1 at home in Cologne, but due to the away goals rule, Queens Park Rangers advanced instead. It was also the last season of club legend Wolfgang Overath as a professional player, having played for Köln since 1962. Striker Dieter Müller was the Bundesliga's top scorer, with 34 goals, and his additional goals in the DFB-Pokal and UEFA Cup led him to score 53 goals in total. Squad Source:https://www.kicker.de/1-fc-koeln/kader/bundesliga/1976-77 1. FC Köln - Kader 1976/77 Kicker.de 23 July 2026 y y GER GK Toni Schumacher y YUG GK Slobodan Topalović y GER DF Roland Gerber y GER DF Gerd Strack y GER DF Wolfgang Weber y GER DF Bernd Cullmann y GER DF Herbert Zimmermann y GER DF Herbert Hein y GER DF Harald Konopka y GER MF Dieter Prestin y y GER MF Heinz Flohe y GER MF Herbert Neumann y GER MF Rainer Nicot y GER MF Wolfgang Overath y GER MF Heinz Simmet y GER FW Hannes Löhr y GER FW Jürgen Glowacz y BEL FW Roger Van Gool y DEN FW Preben Elkjær Larsen y GER FW Klaus Kösling y GER FW Dieter Müller y GER FW Ferdinand Rohde Competitions Bundesliga 1976-77 Bundesliga League table KOE Matches 1 14 August 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-klautern-1976-bundesliga-16186/schema Köln 3-1 Kaiserslautern Müller 39 42Konopka 63 Melzer 47 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 37,000 Rudolf Frickel W 2 21 August 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/essen-gegen-koeln-1976-bundesliga-16191/schema Rot-Weiß Essen 0-3 Köln van Gool 16Müller 75Zimmermann 83 Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen 22,000 Heinz Quindeau W 3 28 August 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-frankfurt-1976-bundesliga-16204/schema Köln 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt van Gool 10Kösling 86 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 51,000 Günter Linn W 4 4 September 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/duesseldorf-gegen-koeln-1976-bundesliga-16208/schema Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-3 Köln Mattsson 65 Müller 42 53Flohe 51 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 35,000 Theo Antz W 5 11 September 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-braunschweig-1976-bundesliga-16222/schema Köln 3-0 Eintracht Braunschweig Overath 60 86Löhr 82 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 57,000 Heinz Aldinger W 6 18 September 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/tebe-berlin-gegen-koeln-1976-bundesliga-16232/schema Tennis Borussia Berlin 3-2 Köln Wendt 2Schulz 13Subklewe 55 Löhr 87Müller 90 Olympiastadion, Berlin 18.454 Herbert Lutz L 7 25 September 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/bayern-gegen-koeln-1976-bundesliga-16242/schema Bayern Munich 4-1 Köln Rummenigge 9Hoeneß 41 78Dürnberger 79 Overath 60 Olympiastadion, Munich 77,850 Ferdinand Biwersi L 8 2 October 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-schalke-1976-bundesliga-16249/schema Köln 2-0 Schalke 04 Gerber 76Müller 88 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 55,500 Winfried Walz W 9 9 October 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/hsv-gegen-koeln-1976-bundesliga-16256/schema Hamburg 2-1 Köln Eigl 42Zimmermann 77 o.g. Müller 50 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Rudolf Frickel 58,000 L 10 23 October 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-saarbruecken-1976-bundesliga-16267/schema Köln 5-1 Saarbrücken Löhr 5 60 pen.Strack 50Müller 84Konopka 88 Traser 73 pen. Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 28,000 Walter Horstmann W 11 30 October 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/karlsruhe-gegen-koeln-1976-bundesliga-16272/schema Karlsruhe 2-1 Köln Struth 49Janzon 85 Müller 13 Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe 35,000 Walter Niemann L 12 6 November 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-mgladbach-1976-bundesliga-16285/schema Köln 0–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Heynckes 43 83Bonhof 74 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 61,188 Jürgen Messmer L 13 13 November 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/duisburg-gegen-koeln-1976-bundesliga-16296/schema Duisburg 1-1 Köln Büssers 45 Elkjær 34 Wedaustadion, Duisburg 27,000 Günter Linn D 14 20 November 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-hertha-1976-bundesliga-16303/schema Köln 3-2 Hertha BSC Gerber 5Müller 15Flohe 55 Sidka 21Hermandung 88 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 24,000 Ferdinand Biwersi W 15 27 November 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/bochum-gegen-koeln-1976-bundesliga-16312/schema Bochum 1-2 Köln Fromm 44 Müller 63Flohe 73 Ruhrstadion, Bochum 17,000 Hermann Schröder W 16 3 December 1976 20:00 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-dortmund-1976-bundesliga-16321/schema Köln 1-1 Borussia Dortmund van Gool 57 Hartl 53 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 40,000 Peter Gabor D 17 11 December 1976 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/bremen-gegen-koeln-1976-bundesliga-16328/schema Werder Bremen 2-1 Köln Røntved 52Röber 53 Müller 28 Weserstadion, Bremen 23,000 Heinz Aldinger L 18 15 January 1977 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/klautern-gegen-koeln-1977-bundesliga-16339/schema Kaiserslautern 4-2 Köln Toppmöller 46 69Riedl 48 81 Scheller 37 o.g.Müller 42 Stadion Betzenberg, Kaiserslautern 15,000 Horst Joos L 19 22 January 1977 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-essen-1977-bundesliga-16344/schema Köln 2-2 Rot-Weiß Essen Müller 18Overath 74 Hrubesch 22Wieczorkowski 24 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 15,000 Rainer Waltert D 20 29 January 1977 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/frankfurt-gegen-koeln-1977-bundesliga-16357/schema Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 Köln Wenzel 40 68 69 76 Waldstadion, Frankfurt 24,000 Eckhard Jensen L 21 5 February 1977 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-duesseldorf-1977-bundesliga-16361/schema Köln 2-2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Löhr 8Müller 10 Szymanek 29Seel 88 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 19,000 Herbert Lutz D 22 12 February 1977 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/braunschweig-gegen-koeln-1977-bundesliga-16375/schema Eintracht Braunschweig 4-2 Köln Holzer 10Frank 61 77Hollmann 66 van Gool 23Glowacz 85 Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig 22,000 Jürgen Walther L 23 26 February 1977 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-tebe-berlin-1977-bundesliga-16385/schema Köln 8-4 Tennis Borussia Berlin Müller 5 8 67 85Simmet 20 49Overath 25Flohe 85 Hochheimer 2Stradt 44Berkemeier] 68Subklewe 74 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 14,000 Jürgen Meßmer W 24 5 March 1977 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-bayern-1977-bundesliga-16395/schema Köln 3-0 Bayern Munich van Gool 8 17Beckenbauer 57 o.g. Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 60,000 Walter Engel W 25 12 March 1977 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/schalke-gegen-koeln-1977-bundesliga-16402/schema Schalke 04 1-1 Köln Abramczik 28 Zimmermann 21 Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen 60,000 Rudolf Frickel D 26 19 March 1977 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-hsv-1977-bundesliga-16409/schema Köln 3-3 Hamburger SV Müller 10 21 33 Bertl 56Volkert 64Memering 76 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 35,000 Max Klauser D 27 26 March 1977 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/saarbruecken-gegen-koeln-1977-bundesliga-16420/schema Saarbrücken 3-1 Köln Stegmayer 45 50 67 Prestin 18 Ludwigsparkstadion, Saarbrücken 25,000 Eberhard Schmoock L 28 1 April 1977 20:00 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-karlsruhe-1977-bundesliga-16425/schema Köln 4-0 Karlsruhe Müller 1 36 73Gerber 14 Struth 70 pen. Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 8,000 Eckhard Jensen W 29 12 April 1977 20:00 https://www.kicker.de/mgladbach-gegen-koeln-1977-bundesliga-16438/schema Borussia Mönchengladbach 3:1 1. FC Köln Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 Köln Bonhof 58Simonsen 70Kulik 77 Flohe 75 Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach 30,000 Klaus Ohmsen L 30 16 April 1977 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-duisburg-1977-bundesliga-16449/schema Köln 5-2 Duisburg Löhr 28 43Müller 37 56van Gool 87 Bücker 33Seliger 54 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 19,000 Winfried Walz W 31 23 April 1977 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/hertha-gegen-koeln-1977-bundesliga-16456/schema Hertha BSC 2-4 Köln Gersdorff 21Granitza 71 Müller 10 77Strack 54van Gool 65 Olympiastadion, Berlin 12,500 Volker Roth W 32 6 May 1977 20:00 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-bochum-1977-bundesliga-16465/schema Köln 6-1 Bochum Müller 15 19 42 43Flohe 33Simmet 60 Kaczor 85 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 12,000 Gert Meuser W 33 13 May 1977 20:00 https://www.kicker.de/dortmund-gegen-koeln-1977-bundesliga-16474/schema Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Köln Burgsmüller 18 Simmet 58van Gool 89 Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen 25,000 Werner Burgers W 34 21 May 1977 15:30 https://www.kicker.de/koeln-gegen-bremen-1977-bundesliga-16481/schema Köln 3-0 Werder Bremen Flohe 10Overath 29van Gool 84 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 14,000 Max Klauser W DFB-Pokal 1976-77 DFB-Pokal First round 8 August 1976 https://datencenter.dfb.de/datencenter/dfb-pokal/1976-1977/1-runde/itzehoer-sv-09-1-fc-koeln-561950 Itzehoer SV 1909 0-7 Köln Müller 38 48 86Overath 45 58Löhr 67Glowacz 85 8,000 Wilfried Heitmann W Second round 16 October 1976 https://datencenter.dfb.de/datencenter/dfb-pokal/1976-1977/2-runde/fortuna-duesseldorf-1-fc-koeln-562006 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-4 yes Köln Kriegler 31 58 Müller 25 105Löhr 43Flohe 93 pen. Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 27,000 Volker Roth W Third round 15 December 1976 https://datencenter.dfb.de/datencenter/dfb-pokal/1976-1977/3-runde/1-fc-koeln-tennis-borussia-berlin-562038 Köln 5-1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Müller 3Flohe 17 pen.van Gool 34Löhr 60Neumann 81 Eggert 37 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 10,000 Jan Redelfs W Round of 16 8 January 1977 https://datencenter.dfb.de/datencenter/dfb-pokal/1976-1977/achtelfinale/1-fc-koeln-fc-08-homburg-562052 Köln 7-2 Homburg Flohe 12 18Müller 14 37Overath 24 32van Gool 30 Bartel 63Lenz 88 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 11,000 Diedrich Basedow W Quarter-final 9 February 1977 https://datencenter.dfb.de/datencenter/dfb-pokal/1976-1977/viertelfinale/1-fc-koeln-1-fc-nuernberg-562058 Köln 4-2 Nürnberg Müller 3 48 84Cullmann 57 Eder 22Petrović 87 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 16,000 Volker Roth W Semi-final 7 April 1977 https://datencenter.dfb.de/datencenter/dfb-pokal/1976-1977/halbfinale/1-fc-koeln-rot-weiss-essen-562061 Köln 4-0 Rot-Weiß Essen Zimmermann 7Simmet 34Müller 44Prestin 67 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 30,000 Walter Horstmann W Final 28 May 1977 https://datencenter.dfb.de/datencenter/dfb-pokal/1976-1977/finale/1-fc-koeln-hertha-bsc-562063 Köln 1-1 Hertha BSC Müller 41 Horr 64 Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover 57,000 Rudolf Frickel D Final replay 30 May 1977 https://datencenter.dfb.de/datencenter/dfb-pokal/1976-1977/finale/1-fc-koeln-hertha-bsc-562064 Köln 1-0 Hertha BSC Müller 70 Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover 35,000 Klaus Ohmsen W UEFA Cup 1976-77 UEFA Cup First round First leg 15 September 1976 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/64719--koln-vs-tychy/ Köln FRG 2–0 POL 1928 Tychy Flohe 42 pen.Van Gool 88 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 19,000 Torben Månsson (Denmark) W Second leg 29 September 1976 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/64720--tychy-vs-koln/ Tychy POL 1928 1–1 FRG Köln Ogaza 18 Müller 75 Stadion Miejski, Tychy 15,000 Frans Derks (Netherlands) D Second round First leg 20 October 1976 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/64763--koln-vs-grasshoppers/ Köln FRG 2–0 SUI Grasshoppers Konopka 37Müller 77 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 18,000 Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland) W Second leg 3 November 1976 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/64764--grasshoppers-vs-koln/ Grasshoppers SUI 2–3 FRG Köln Bauer 75 pen.Bosco 85 Müller 56Elkjær 58 79 Hardturm, Zürich 12,500 Marijan Rauš (Yugoslavia) W Third round First leg 24 November 1976 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/64795--qpr-vs-koln/ Queens Park Rangers ENG 3–0 FRG Köln Givens 39Webb 41Bowles 74 Loftus Road, London 21,143 Paul Schiller (Austria) L Second leg 8 December 1976 https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/64796--koln-vs-qpr/ Köln FRG 4–1 ENG Queens Park Rangers Müller 22 60Löhr 33Weber 36 Masson 4 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 37,000 Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain) W References Köln Category:1. FC Köln seasons