1968–69 Bundesliga

6th season of the Bundesliga January 2024 Bundesliga 1968–69 17 August 1968 – 7 June 1969 Bayern Munich1st Bundesliga title2nd German title 1. FC NürnbergKickers Offenbach European Cup FC Bayern Munich Cup Winners' Cup FC Schalke 04 (losing DFB Cup finalists to Bayern) Gerd Müller (30) FC Bayern 6–0 Werder Bremen (29 March 1969) 1860 Munich 0–4 M'gladbach (28 September 1968) Werder Bremen 6–5 M'gladbach (11 goals) (7 June 1969) 873 1967–68 1969–70 The 1968–69 Bundesliga was the sixth season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 17 August 1968 and ended on 7 June 1969.https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=332016 Archive 1968/1969 Schedule DFB 1. FC Nürnberg 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 average. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective Regionalliga divisions. Team changes to 1967–68 Borussia Neunkirchen and Karlsruher SC were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Hertha BSC Berlin and Kickers Offenbach, who won their respective promotion play-off groups. Season overview The dominant team of the 1968–69 season was FC Bayern Munich. Bayern were in first place of the standings from the very first matchday and never looked back, continuously increasing their margin to eventually eight points, the biggest so far in league history. They were victorious in the DFB Cup as well, beating Schalke in the final by a 2–1 score. Keys to their double win were their improved defense and top scorer Gerd Müller, who scored 30 goals. Behind Bayern, the league continued to create surprises. Alemannia Aachen ended up in second place after a campaign which featured almost every position between second and 16th. Other notable astonishments were Eintracht Braunschweig, who finished in fourth place, and 1. FC Köln, who ended their season in a dismal 13th position. Köln even were in danger of being relegated prior to the last matchday, sitting in 15th place with 30 points at that time. They played 1. FC Nürnberg at home, who also were in relegation trouble as 16th-placed team, one point behind Köln. Another match on that day was the clash between 17th-placed Borussia Dortmund and 18th-placed Kickers Offenbach. Both teams had 28 points prior to the game. After the matches were over, both Nürnberg and Offenbach had received 3–0 defeats, resulting in the demotion of both teams. The demotion of Nürnberg was especially tragic as they had been Bundesliga champions only 12 months ago. Nevertheless, a pre-season sell-out of their best players and continuous quarrels between coach Max Merkel and his players proved to be costly, and although Merkel was sacked in late March 1969, it was too late to reverse tides. A home draw to Dortmund on matchday 33 and the defeat against Köln one week later eventually sealed their fate. Team overview FRG and West Berlin 375 right Location of teams in Bundesliga 1968–69 FRG and West Berlin 50.789722 6.093889 Aachen bottom FRG and West Berlin 52.511274 13.242632 Hertha BSC left FRG and West Berlin 52.290116 10.521575 Braunschweig bottom FRG and West Berlin 53.065337 8.836722 Bremen left FRG and West Berlin 51.4925 7.454444 Dortmund FRG and West Berlin 51.409033 6.778664 Duisburg left FRG and West Berlin 50.069206 8.644234 Frankfurt left FRG and West Berlin 53.587095 9.898711 Hamburg left FRG and West Berlin 52.360771 9.730700 Hannover left FRG and West Berlin 49.434705 7.776408 Kaiserslautern FRG and West Berlin 50.933224 6.874697 Köln FRG and West Berlin 51.208908 6.439549 M'gladbach FRG and West Berlin 48.110950 11.574578 1860Bayern FRG and West Berlin 49.426230 11.125740 Nürnberg FRG and West Berlin 50.094444 8.798611 Offenbach FRG and West Berlin 51.529752 7.079809 Schalke top FRG and West Berlin 48.792295 9.232141 Stuttgart Club GroundGrüne Hardy Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon AGON Sportverlag Kassel 2001 3-89784-147-9 German Capacity Aachen Alemannia Aachen Tivoli 30,000 Berlin Hertha BSC Olympiastadion 100,000 Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 38,000 Bremen SV Werder Bremen Weserstadion 32,000 Dortmund Borussia Dortmund Stadion Rote Erde 30,000 Duisburg MSV Duisburg Wedaustadion 38,500 Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt Waldstadion 87,000 Hamburg Hamburger SV Volksparkstadion 80,000 Hannover Hannover 96 Niedersachsenstadion 86,000 Kaiserslautern 1. FC Kaiserslautern Stadion Betzenberg 42,000 Köln 1. FC Köln Müngersdorfer Stadion 76,000 Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich 1860 TSV 1860 Munich Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße 44,300 Munich Bayern FC Bayern Munich Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße 44,300 Nürnberg 1. FC Nürnberg Städtisches Stadion 64,238 Offenbach Kickers Offenbach Bieberer Berg 30,000 Schalke FC Schalke 04 Glückauf-Kampfbahn 35,000 Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart Neckarstadion 53,000 League table main WDL QR y 5 2 FCB Bayern Munich AAC Alemannia Aachen BMG Borussia Mönchengladbach EBS Eintracht Braunschweig VFB VfB Stuttgart HSV Hamburger SV S04 Schalke 04 SGE Eintracht Frankfurt SVW Werder Bremen M60 1860 Munich H96 Hannover 96 DUI MSV Duisburg KOE 1. FC Köln BSC Hertha BSC FCK 1. FC Kaiserslautern BVB Borussia Dortmund FCN 1. FC Nürnberg KOF Kickers Offenbach 18 10 6 61 31 C 16 6 12 57 51 13 11 10 61 46 13 11 10 46 43 14 8 12 60 54 13 10 11 55 55 14 7 13 45 40 13 8 13 46 43 14 6 14 59 59 15 4 15 44 59 9 14 11 47 45 8 16 10 33 37 13 6 15 47 56 12 8 14 31 39 12 6 16 45 47 11 8 15 49 54 9 11 14 45 55 R 10 8 16 42 59 R green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC1 blue1 Qualification to Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round ICFC1 ICFC1 ICFC1 ICFC1 ICFC1 yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round As Bayern Munich also won the 1968–69 DFB-Pokal, runners-up Schalke 04 were given the European spot reserved for the domestic cup winners. ECWC1 red1 Relegation to Regionalliga R R 1) points; 2) goal ratio. complete www.dfb.de Results main DFB complete FBR AAC Alemannia Aachen BSC Hertha BSC EBS Eintracht Braunschweig SVW Werder Bremen BVB Borussia Dortmund DUI MSV Duisburg SGE Eintracht Frankfurt HSV Hamburger SV H96 Hannover 96 FCK 1. FC Kaiserslautern KOE 1. FC Köln BMG Borussia Mönchengladbach M60 1860 Munich FCB Bayern Munich FCN 1. FC Nürnberg KOF Kickers Offenbach S04 Schalke 04 VFB VfB Stuttgart 0–0 1–4 2–1 0–1 4–0 4–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–4 4–2 1–2 4–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–3 0–3 4–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–3 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 0–2 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 6–5 4–1 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–4 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 5–2 2–0 1–2 1–4 1–4 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 4–2 3–0 1–3 2–1 5–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 3–0 2–3 3–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 5–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–2 3–2 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 4–4 0–0 0–1 0–1 4–3 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–4 0–3 2–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 6–0 4–1 2–2 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 5–1 0–0 2–0 1–4 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 4–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–3 4–3 0–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 4–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 4–2 2–2 2–2 2–2 3–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–3 6–1 0–3 1–1 3–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 Top goalscorers 30 goals Germany Gerd Müller (FC Bayern Munich) 23 goals Germany Uwe Seeler (Hamburger SV) 17 goals Yugoslavia Josip Skoblar (Hannover 96) 15 goals Germany Werner Görts (SV Werder Bremen) Germany Herbert Laumen (Borussia Mönchengladbach) Germany Hartmut Weiß (Eintracht Braunschweig) 14 goals Germany Carl-Heinz Rühl (1. FC Köln) 13 goals Germany Bernd Rupp (SV Werder Bremen) 12 goals Germany Lothar Emmerich (Borussia Dortmund) Germany Heinz-Dieter Hasebrink (1. FC Kaiserslautern) Germany Heinz-Gerd Klostermann (Alemannia Aachen) Champion squad FC Bayern MunichGoalkeeper: Sepp Maier (34). Defenders: Werner Olk (34 / 1); Peter Pumm Austria (34); Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (34); Franz Beckenbauer (33 / 2); Peter Kupferschmidt (22). Midfielders: August Starek Austria (34 / 4); Franz Roth (34 / 2); Helmut Schmidt (21 / 2). Forwards: Rainer Ohlhauser (34 / 10); Dieter Brenninger (34 / 9); Gerd Müller (30 / 30); Gustav Jung (4). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Branko Zebec Yugoslavia. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Fritz Kosar; Benno Zellermayer; Peter Stegmann; Albrecht Wachsmann; Reinhard Lippert. Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ger/aveger69.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 23 August 2026 No. Team Attendance Change Highest 1 Hertha BSC 44,176 925.8% 70,000 2 1. FC Nürnberg 26,647 -33.0% 50,000 3 Bayern München 25,029 15.3% 40,000 4 1. FC Köln 24,882 7.4% 53,000 5 Schalke 04 23,412 2.8% 40,000 6 Borussia Dortmund 22,824 4.3% 38,000 7 Hannover 96 22,706 1.5% 40,000 8 OFC Kickers 22,353 151.7% 33,000 9 Hamburger SV 21,059 9.3% 50,000 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 20,765 2.5% 60,000 11 Borussia Mönchengladbach 20,500 -6.9% 32,000 12 VfB Stuttgart 20,482 -14.6% 74,700 13 Alemannia 19,059 -16.3% 30,000 14 Werder Bremen 18,412 -11.6% 35,000 15 MSV Duisburg 17,324 3.9% 37,000 16 Eintracht Braunschweig 15,882 1.5% 38,000 17 TSV 1860 14,824 -23.3% 44,000 18 1. FC Kaiserslautern 14,176 4.8% 25,000 See also 1968–69 DFB-Pokal References External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1968/1969 Category:Bundesliga seasons 1 Germany