1975–76 Tennis Borussia Berlin season

The 1975–76 season was the first time Tennis Borussia Berlin played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second highest tier of the German football league system. After 38 league games, Tennis Borussia finished top of the division and were promoted back to the Bundesliga after one season as league champions. The club reached the third round of the DFB-Pokal; losing 3–0 away to FC Bayern München. Norbert Stolzenburg scored 27 of the club's 86 league goals and in doing so, became the top scorer of the 1975–76 2. Bundesliga Nord.

Tennis Borussia Berlin
1975–76 season
ManagerHelmuth Johannsen
StadiumMommsenstadion
2. Bundesliga (Nord)1st (champions; promoted)
DFB-PokalThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Norbert Stolzenburg (27)
All: Norbert Stolzenburg (27)
Highest home attendance25,000 (vs.
SC Wacker 04 Berlin)
Lowest home attendance1,800 (vs.
SpVgg Erkenschwick)
Average home league attendance5,774

1975–76 Tennis Borussia Berlin squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   FRG Hubert Birkenmeier
GK   FRG Manfred Wittke
DF   FRG Peter Eggert
DF   FRG Stephan Hoffmann
DF   FRG Hans-Georg Kraus
DF   FRG Werner Novak
DF   FRG Norbert Siegmann
DF   FRG Hans Sprenger
MF   FRG Winfried Berkemeier
MF   FRG Dirk Heun
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   FRG Ditmar Jakobs
MF   FRG Jürgen Schulz
MF   FRG Gerd Schwidrowski
MF   FRG Karlheinz Subklewe
MF   FRG Michael Zimmer
FW   FRG Albert Bittlmayer
FW   FRG Peter Pagel
FW   FRG Christian Sackewitz
FW   FRG Norbert Stolzenburg

1975–76 fixtures

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1 August 1975 DFB-Pokal – R1 Tennis Borussia Berlin 2 – 0 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 Mommsenstadion, Berlin
Sackewitz   21', 78'
Eggert   Jakobs  
Report Emmerich   Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)
9 August 1975 2. Bundesliga 1. SC Göttingen 05 3 – 0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Jahnstadion, Göttingen
15:00 Wolf   4'
Gruler   29'
Hochheimer   63'
Report Kraus   Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Eckhard Jensen (Kiel)
16 August 1975 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 2 – 1 Wuppertaler SV Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Siegmann   49'
Stolzenburg   50'
Kraus   Stolzenburg  
Report Pröpper   9'
Jung  
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Jan Redelfs
23 August 1975 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 6 – 0 Alemannia Aachen Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Stolzenburg   9', 13', 86'
Bittlmayer   55', 63', 88'
Sackewitz  
Report Mertes   Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Dieter Gabriel (Springe)
30 August 1975 2. Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund 4 – 0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
15:00 Schildt   2'
Kasperski   4'
Wagner   18'
Geyer   65'
Report Siegmann   Sprenger   Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)
6 September 1975 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 2 – 1 SG Wattenscheid 09 Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Berkemeier   5'
Stolzenburg   25'
Stolzenburg  
Report Babington   88'
Babington   Hippler  
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Wilfried Heitmann (Drentwede)
13 September 1975 2. Bundesliga DJK Gütersloh 2 – 4 Tennis Borussia Berlin Heidewaldstadion, Gütersloh
15:00 Rummenigge   14', 58'
Riediger  
Report Stolzenburg   2', 25'
Bittlmayer   31'
Subklewe   85'
Sprenger  
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Dieter Gathmann (Wattenscheid)
20 September 1975 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 3 – 2 SC Fortuna Köln Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Jakobs   58'
Berkemeier   80'
Stolzenburg   84'
Report Struth   31' (pen.)
Wesseler   85'
Wesseler  
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)
27 September 1975 2. Bundesliga SpVgg Erkenschwick 1 – 1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stimbergstadion, Oer-Erkenschwick
15:00 Schramm   73' Report Jakobs   29' Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Bernhard Holste (Mülheim)
4 October 1975 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 3 – 2 Spandauer SV Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Eggert   65'
Subklewe   76'
Jakobs   80'
Kraus  
Report Ressel   17'
Bremekamp   47'
Schubert   Kuschke  
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Norbert Brückner (Berlin)
12 October 1975 2. Bundesliga SC Wacker 04 Berlin 2 – 1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Wackerplatz, Berlin
15:30 John   43' (pen.), 62' Report Berkemeier   40'
Subklewe  
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Peter Meijerink (Berlin)
18 October 1975 DFB-Pokal – R2 Sportfreunde Siegen 1 – 2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Leimbachstadion, Siegen
Otterbach   62'
Göbel  
Report Bittlmayer   35'
Berkemeier   48'
Siegmann  
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Horst Hellwig (Sandershausen)
1 November 1975 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 3 – 0 SC Preußen Münster Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Bittlmayer   30'
Jakobs   69', 81'
Kraus   Subklewe  
Report Pleyer   Jank   Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Joachim Schoen (Mulmshorn)
8 November 1975 2. Bundesliga FC St. Pauli 1 – 2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Millerntor-Stadion, Hamburg
15:00 Höfert   40'
Kampf   Höfert   Neumann  
Report Stolzenburg   36'
Kraus   60'
Subklewe  
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Gerhard Boe (Uelzen)
15 November 1975 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 4 – 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Schulz   37'
Stolzenburg   61'
Berkemeier   67'
Jakobs   80'
Report Rehbach   57'
Kentschke  
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)
22 November 1975 2. Bundesliga Schwarz-Weiß Essen 2 – 2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Uhlenkrugstadion, Essen
15:00 Leufgen   57'
Bals   66'
Report Bittlmayer   74'
Eggert   87'
Bittlmayer  
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Brammler
29 November 1975 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 3 – 1 SC Westfalia Herne Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Berkemeier   42'
Stolzenburg   65'
Sprenger   73'
Siegmann  
Report Konrad   48'
Girrbach   Abel  
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Hans-Werner Leyding
6 December 1975 2. Bundesliga Arminia Bielefeld 0 – 2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadion Alm, Bielefeld
15:00 Report Stolzenburg   38'
Bittlmayer   58'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jan Redelfs
21 December 1975 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 0 – 0 VfL Osnabrück Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Report Baumanns   Nordmann   Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Karl-Heinz Fork (Unna)
17 January 1976 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 4 – 0 1. SC Göttingen 05 Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Jakobs   40'
Bittlmayer   51'
Stolzenburg   58'
Siegmann   68'
Report Mensink   Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Paul Kindervater (Cologne)
24 January 1976 2. Bundesliga Wuppertaler SV 1 – 4 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadion am Zoo, Wuppertal
15:00 Gerber   67' Report Bittlmayer   16', 52'
Stolzenburg   77', 79'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dietrich Basedow (Hamburg)
7 February 1976 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 5 – 0 1. FC Mülheim Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Berkemeier   27'
Schulz   50'
Heun   62'
Subklewe   83'
Bittlmayer   90'
Report Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Walter Niemann (Hamburg)
14 February 1976 2. Bundesliga Alemannia Aachen 1 – 0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Tivoli, Aachen
15:00 Reuter   82' Report Siegmann   Heun   Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Winfried Hanschke (Burgsdorf)
21 February 1976 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 1 – 3 Borussia Dortmund Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Stolzenburg   10' Report Nerlinger   49'
Wolf   73'
Geyer   87'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Volker Roth
13 March 1976 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 0 – 1 DJK Gütersloh Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Report Roggensack   38'
Angele  
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Gerhard Boe (Uelzen)
27 March 1976 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 1 – 0 SpVgg Erkenschwick Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Stolzenburg   51' Report Horsthemke   Petek   Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Karl-Heinz Picker (Hamburg)
11 April 1976 2. Bundesliga Spandauer SV 0 – 5 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadion in der Neuendorfer Straße, Berlin
15:00 Suchanek   Zippel   Report Bittlmayer   15'
Subklewe   30', 84'
Stolzenburg   32'
Schulz   82'
Stolzenburg  
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Peter Meijerink (Berlin)
16 April 1976 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 4 – 0 SG Union Solingen Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Schulz   62'
Jakobs   70'
Sprenger   85'
Stolzenburg   86'
Kraus  
Report Schmitz   Evenkamp   Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Kurt-Dieter Roth
8 May 1976 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 3 – 0 FC St. Pauli Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Sprenger   44'
Jakobs   71'
Zimmer   82'
Report John   Ferrin  
Höfert   81'
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Euskirchen)
22 May 1976 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 4 – 1 Schwarz-Weiß Essen Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Sprenger   18', 61'
Jakobs   51'
Berkemeier   66'
Report Bals   59' Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)
26 May 1976 2. Bundesliga SC Westfalia Herne 3 – 2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadion am Schloss Strünkede, Herne
19:30 Ochmann   1'
Kacmierczak   11'
Deus   43'
Report Jakobs   57', 77'
Siegmann  
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Wolfgang Richter (Kürten)
29 May 1976 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 2 – 0 Arminia Bielefeld Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:00 Siegmann   6'
Stolzenburg   23'
Report Peitsch   Mittendorf   Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Eckhard Jensen (Kiel)
12 June 1976 2. Bundesliga Tennis Borussia Berlin 4 – 1 SC Wacker 04 Berlin Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:00 Stolzenburg   54', 68'
Schulz   63'
Siegmann   85'
Report Lunenburg   75'
Lunenburg  
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jürgen Zuchantke (Berlin)

Player statistics

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Pos Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
MF   Winfried Berkemeier 37 9 3 1 40 10
GK   Hubert Birkenmeier 35 0 2 0 37 0
FW   Albert Bittlmayer 29 14 3 1 32 15
DF   Peter Eggert 37 2 3 0 40 2
MF   Dirk Heun 15 1 1 0 16 1
DF   Stephan Hoffmann 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF   Ditmar Jakobs 38 12 3 0 41 12
DF   Hans-Georg Kraus 32 1 3 0 35 1
DF   Werner Novak 6 0 0 0 6 0
FW   Peter Pagel 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW   Christian Sackewitz 15 0 1 2 16 2
MF   Jürgen Schulz 38 5 3 0 41 5
MF   Gerd Schwidrowski 2 0 0 0 2 0
DF   Norbert Siegmann 37 4 3 0 40 4
DF   Hans Sprenger 36 5 3 0 39 5
FW   Norbert Stolzenburg 38 27 3 0 41 27
MF   Karlheinz Subklewe 35 5 2 0 37 5
GK   Manfred Wittke 5 0 1 0 6 0
MF   Michael Zimmer 9 1 1 0 10 0

Final league position – 1st

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1975–76 2. Bundesliga Nord: extract from the final league table[1]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Points
1 Tennis Borussia Berlin (C) 38 25 4 9 86 43 +43 54:22
2 Borussia Dortmund (P) 38 22 8 8 93 37 +56 52:24
3 SC Preußen Münster 38 20 9 9 65 42 +23 49:27

References

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  1. ^ "Abschlusstabelle der 2. Bundesliga Nord 1975/1976". fussballdaten.de (in German). 13 June 1976. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
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