1995–96 Bundesliga

The 1995–96 Bundesliga was the 33rd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 1995[1] and ended on 18 May 1996.[2] Borussia Dortmund were the defending champions.

Bundesliga
Season1995–96
Dates11 August 1995 – 18 May 1996
ChampionsBorussia Dortmund
2nd Bundesliga title
5th German title
RelegatedKaiserslautern
Eintracht Frankfurt
KFC Uerdingen 05
Champions LeagueBorussia Dortmund
Cup Winners' CupKaiserslautern
UEFA CupBayern Munich
Schalke 04
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Hamburg
Intertoto CupKarlsruhe
1860 Munich
Werder Bremen
Stuttgart
Goals scored815
Average goals/game2.66
Top goalscorerFredi Bobic (17)
Biggest home winDortmund 6–0 Frankfurt (23 March 1996)
Biggest away winUerdingen 1–6 Bayern (25 February 1996)
Stuttgart 0–5 Dortmund (16 March 1996)
Highest scoringDortmund 6–3 Stuttgart (9 goals) (16 September 1995)

Competition modus

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. This was the first season where teams received three points for a win (instead of two), 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 2. Bundesliga.

Team changes to 1994–95

VfL Bochum and MSV Duisburg were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in 16th and 17th place respectively. Dynamo Dresden, who ended the season in last place, were denied a professional license by the DFB and thus relegated to the third-tier Regionalliga. All demoted teams were replaced by 2. Bundesliga sides F.C. Hansa Rostock, FC St. Pauli and Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Bayer 05 Uerdingen were renamed KFC Uerdingen 05 due to the retreat of main sponsor Bayer.

Team overview
Location of teams in Bundesliga 1995–96
Club Location Ground[3] Capacity[3]
SV Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 30,000
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 42,800
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 55,850
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000
SC Freiburg Freiburg Dreisamstadion 22,500
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 62,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,500
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 40,000
1. FC Köln Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 55,000
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Leverkusen Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion 26,800
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500
TSV 1860 Munich Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
FC Bayern Munich Munich Olympiastadion 63,000
F.C. Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 25,850
FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000
FC St. Pauli Hamburg Stadion am Millerntor 20,550
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion 53,700
Bayer 05 Uerdingen Krefeld Grotenburg-Stadion 34,500

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Borussia Dortmund (C) 34 19 11 4 76 38 +38 68 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Bayern Munich 34 19 5 10 66 46 +20 62 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Schalke 04 34 14 14 6 45 36 +9 56
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 15 8 11 52 51 +1 53
5 Hamburger SV 34 12 14 8 52 47 +5 50
6 Hansa Rostock 34 13 10 11 47 43 +4 49
7 Karlsruher SC 34 12 12 10 53 47 +6 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage[lower-alpha 1]
8 1860 Munich 34 11 12 11 52 46 +6 45
9 Werder Bremen 34 10 14 10 39 42 −3 44
10 VfB Stuttgart 34 10 13 11 59 62 −3 43
11 SC Freiburg 34 11 9 14 30 41 −11 42
12 1. FC Köln 34 9 13 12 33 35 −2 40
13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 8 16 10 40 47 −7 40
14 Bayer Leverkusen 34 8 14 12 37 38 −1 38
15 FC St. Pauli 34 9 11 14 43 51 −8 38
16 1. FC Kaiserslautern (R) 34 6 18 10 31 37 −6 36
Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17 Eintracht Frankfurt (R) 34 7 11 16 43 68 −25 32 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 KFC Uerdingen (R) 34 5 11 18 33 56 −23 26
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. As Hansa Rostock did not apply for the UEFA Intertoto Cup, their place was transferred to Stuttgart.
  2. After being demoted by league place, Kaiserslautern won the DFB-Pokal 1995–96 and thus qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup.

Results
Home \ Away SVW BVB F95 SGE SCF HSV FCK KSC KOE B04 BMG M60 FCB ROS S04 STP VFB KFC
Werder Bremen — 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0
Borussia Dortmund 1–1 — 3–0 6–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 6–3 5–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 1–2 — 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0
Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 3–4 3–0 — 0–1 1–4 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 4–2 4–1 1–3 0–3 2–2 2–2 1–0
SC Freiburg 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 — 0–3 0–0 0–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1
Hamburger SV 3–3 2–2 4–1 5–1 0–0 — 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0
1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 — 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–0
Karlsruher SC 1–1 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 — 1–0 1–4 4–0 1–1 2–6 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–0
1. FC Köln 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 — 2–2 0–2 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0
Bayer Leverkusen 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 — 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 — 0–2 3–1 3–2 4–1 2–4 1–1 2–1
1860 Munich 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–0 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–0 — 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1
Bayern Munich 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 1–4 3–2 1–0 1–2 4–2 — 0–1 4–0 1–1 5–3 2–0
Hansa Rostock 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 0–3 0–0 — 1–2 2–0 3–3 1–0
Schalke 04 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 1–3 — 2–0 2–0 1–1
FC St. Pauli 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–3 2–1 0–2 4–2 0–1 3–2 2–0 — 1–3 0–2
VfB Stuttgart 1–1 0–5 2–3 3–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–4 5–0 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 — 0–0
KFC Uerdingen 3–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–6 1–1 1–1 2–5 3–4 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
11 goals

Champion squad
Borussia Dortmund
Goalkeepers: Stefan Klos (33); Wolfgang de Beer (1); Harald Schumacher (1).

Defenders: Jürgen Kohler (29 / 5); Júlio César (23 / 2); Martin Kree (23); Matthias Sammer (22 / 3); Bodo Schmidt (17); Günter Kutowski (3).
Midfielders: Michael Zorc (captain; 30 / 15); Steffen Freund (30 / 2); Patrik Berger (27 / 4); Stefan Reuter (26 / 6); Lars Ricken (26 / 6); Andreas Möller (23 / 8); René Tretschok (20 / 2); Knut Reinhardt (20); Jörg Heinrich (17 / 2); Carsten Wolters (11 / 1); Thomas Franck (5).
Forwards: Karl-Heinz Riedle (18 / 7); Stéphane Chapuisat (17 / 3); Rubén Sosa (17 / 3); Heiko Herrlich (16 / 7); Lars Müller (5); Ibrahim Tanko (3); Mallam Yahaya (1).
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld.

On the roster but have not played in a league game: none.

Transferred out during the season: none.

References
  1. "Schedule Round 1". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
  2. "Archive 1995/1996 Round 34". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
  3. Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.
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