1991–92 Bundesliga
The 1991–92 Bundesliga was the 29th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 2 August 1991[1] and ended on 16 May 1992.[2] 1. FC Kaiserslautern were the defending champions.
Season | 1991–92 |
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Dates | 2 August 1991 – 16 May 1992 |
Champions | VfB Stuttgart 2nd Bundesliga title 4th German title |
Relegated | Stuttgarter Kickers Hansa Rostock MSV Duisburg Fortuna Düsseldorf |
Champions League | VfB Stuttgart |
UEFA Cup | Borussia Dortmund Eintracht Frankfurt 1. FC Köln 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
Goals scored | 968 |
Average goals/game | 2.55 |
Top goalscorer | Fritz Walter (22) |
Biggest home win | five games with a differential of +5 each (twice 6–1, three times 5–0) |
Biggest away win | Bochum 0–5 FC Bayern (20 February 1992) |
Highest scoring | Duisburg 3–6 Frankfurt (9 goals) (1 November 1991) |
← 1990–91 1992–93 → |
As Germany had been reunified on 3 October 1990, this was the first season that the Bundesliga contained teams from the former East Germany.[3]
Competition modus
Owing to the incorporation of two teams from former East Germany, the number of clubs was extended to 20, being reduced to the ″traditional″ number of 18 immediately after this one season. Hence, the season consisted of 38 matchdays. 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 four teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga (to be replaced by just two teams from that league).
Team changes to 1990–91
Bayer 05 Uerdingen and Hertha BSC were directly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by FC Schalke 04 and MSV Duisburg. Uerdingen and Hertha BSC were eventually joined in demotion by relegation/promotion play-off participant FC St. Pauli, who lost on aggregate against Stuttgarter Kickers.
Due to German reunification, teams from the former DDR-Oberliga were also accommodated to the Bundesliga. These were the best two teams of the 1990–91 season, Hansa Rostock and Dynamo Dresden.
Season overview
The season saw some surprises, including Hansa Rostock being at the top of the league table early in the season, and Bayern Munich only finishing mid-table. On the final matchday, three teams had chances to win the Bundesliga title: Eintracht Frankfurt, VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund each had 50 points before kick-off, and all three had an away match to play. Frankfurt seemed to have the easiest task, but lost 1–2 to Rostock and only finished third. They were overtaken by Stuttgart who won 2–1 at Bayer Leverkusen and achieved their 4th German championship. Dortmund won 1–0 at MSV Duisburg and finished second.
Despite their 2–1 win, Rostock were relegated, along with Fortuna Düsseldorf, Duisburg and Stuttgarter Kickers. Out of the teams that had been promoted from Bundesliga Two, FC Schalke 04 were the only one to stay in the league. Dynamo Dresden remained as the only team from Eastern Germany.
Team overview
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League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | VfB Stuttgart (C) | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 52 | Qualification to Champions League first round |
2 | Borussia Dortmund | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 66 | 47 | +19 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 76 | 41 | +35 | 50 | |
4 | 1. FC Köln | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 44 | |
5 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 44 | |
6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 43 | |
7 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 43 | |
8 | Karlsruher SC | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 41 | |
9 | Werder Bremen | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 38 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
10 | Bayern Munich | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 59 | 61 | −2 | 36 | |
11 | Schalke 04 | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 34 | |
12 | Hamburger SV | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 34 | |
13 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 34 | |
14 | Dynamo Dresden | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 34 | |
15 | VfL Bochum | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 33 | |
16 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 50 | 60 | −10 | 32 | |
17 | Stuttgarter Kickers (R) | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 53 | 64 | −11 | 31 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
18 | Hansa Rostock (R) | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 31 | |
19 | MSV Duisburg (R) | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 30 | |
20 | Fortuna Düsseldorf (R) | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 41 | 69 | −28 | 24 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The league contracted back to 18 teams for the 1992–93 season.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Results
Top goalscorers
- 22 goals
- 20 goals
- 17 goals
- 15 goals
- 14 goals
- 13 goals
Marcus Marin (Stuttgarter Kickers)
Michael Spies (Hansa Rostock)
Michael Tönnies (MSV Duisburg)
- 12 goals
Champion squad
VfB Stuttgart |
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Goalkeeper: Eike Immel (38). Defenders: Michael Frontzeck (38 / 5); Slobodan Dubajić Manager: Christoph Daum. On the roster but have not played in a league game: Siegfried Grüninger; Eberhard Trautner; Harald Preuss; Jens Keller; Jovica Simanić Transferred out during the season: none. |
See also
References
- "Schedule Round 1". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
- "Archive 1991/1992 Round 38". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
- "The 1990s: Unity restored, television and Dortmund in the ascendant". bundesliga.de. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.