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.

Bundesliga
Season1991–92
Dates2 August 1991 – 16 May 1992
ChampionsVfB Stuttgart
2nd Bundesliga title
4th German title
RelegatedStuttgarter Kickers
Hansa Rostock
MSV Duisburg
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Champions LeagueVfB Stuttgart
UEFA CupBorussia Dortmund
Eintracht Frankfurt
1. FC Köln
1. FC Kaiserslautern
Goals scored968
Average goals/game2.55
Top goalscorerFritz Walter (22)
Biggest home winfive games with a differential of +5 each (twice 6–1, three times 5–0)
Biggest away winBochum 0–5 FC Bayern (20 February 1992)
Highest scoringDuisburg 3–6 Frankfurt (9 goals) (1 November 1991)

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 format

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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

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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

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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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Club Location Ground[4] Capacity[4]
VfL Bochum Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000
SV Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 32,000
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 52,616
Dynamo Dresden Dresden Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion 30,000
MSV Duisburg Duisburg Wedaustadion 31,500
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 62,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 38,500
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 50,000
1. FC Köln Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 55,000
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Leverkusen Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion 27,800
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500
FC Bayern Munich Munich Olympiastadion 70,000
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Frankenstadion 55,000
F.C. Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 25,000
FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000
Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgart Neckarstadion 68,000
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Neckarstadion 68,000
SG Wattenscheid 09 Wattenscheid Lohrheidestadion 15,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Source: www.dfb.de
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) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BOC SVW BVB SGD DUI F95 SGE HSV FCK KSC KOE B04 BMG FCB FCN ROS S04 SKI VFB SGW
VfL Bochum 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–3 2–2 0–2 3–1 0–5 0–3 3–2 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–1
Werder Bremen 3–0 0–1 2–0 5–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–2
Borussia Dortmund 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–1
Dynamo Dresden 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–0
MSV Duisburg 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 3–6 0–1 1–1 6–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–3 4–3
Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–2 2–2 2–0 5–0 6–1 1–1 1–1
Hamburger SV 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–1 2–2 4–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 4–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 4–3 0–0 3–2
Karlsruher SC 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–5 0–2 4–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–2
1. FC Köln 1–0 5–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 0–0 0–2 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 6–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0
Bayern Munich 0–2 3–4 0–3 1–2 4–2 3–1 3–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–3 1–2 3–2 1–4 1–0 5–2
1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–2 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 4–3 3–1
Hansa Rostock 0–2 0–0 5–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–1
Schalke 04 2–1 0–0 5–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 5–0 1–2 0–1 1–1
Stuttgarter Kickers 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 3–0 2–4 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 3–0
VfB Stuttgart 4–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–2 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–1
SG Wattenscheid 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 4–1 1–3
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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22 goals
20 goals
17 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Schedule Round 1". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Archive 1991/1992 Round 38". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
  3. ^ "The 1990s: Unity restored, television and Dortmund in the ascendant". Bundesliga. 2 June 2009. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  4. ^ a b Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.
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