1990–91 Bundesliga

The 1990–91 Bundesliga was the 28th season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 8 August 1990[1] and ended on 15 June 1991.[2] FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

Bundesliga
Season1990–91
Dates8 August 1990 – 15 June 1991
Champions1. FC Kaiserslautern
1st Bundesliga title
3rd German title
RelegatedFC St. Pauli
Bayer 05 Uerdingen
Hertha BSC Berlin
European Cup1. FC Kaiserslautern
Cup Winners' CupSV Werder Bremen
UEFA CupFC Bayern Munich
Eintracht Frankfurt
Hamburger SV
VfB Stuttgart
Matches played306
Goals scored863 (2.82 per match)
Average goals/game2.82
Top goalscorerRoland Wohlfarth (21)
Biggest home winFC Bayern 7–0 Wattenscheid (24 November 1990)
Stuttgart 7–0 Dortmund (23 February 1991)
Biggest away winFrankfurt 0–6 Hamburg (13 April 1991)
Highest scoringUerdingen 3–7 K'lautern (10 goals) (22 September 1990)
FC Bayern 7–3 Hertha BSC (10 goals) (25 May 1991)

With the Reunification of Germany on 3 October 1990, it was the last season that the league was exclusive to teams from the former West Germany before it was opened to teams from the former East Germany.

Competition format

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 two teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga. The third-to-last team had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off against the third-placed team from 2. Bundesliga.

Team changes to 1989–90

SV Waldhof Mannheim and FC Homburg were directly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Hertha BSC and SG Wattenscheid 09. Relegation/promotion play-off participant VfL Bochum won on aggregate against 1. FC Saarbrücken and thus retained their Bundesliga status.

Team overview

Location of teams in Bundesliga 1990–91
ClubLocationGround[3]Capacity[3]
Hertha BSC BerlinBerlinOlympiastadion76,000
VfL BochumBochumRuhrstadion40,000
SV Werder BremenBremenWeserstadion32,000
Borussia DortmundDortmundWestfalenstadion54,000
Fortuna DüsseldorfDüsseldorfRheinstadion59,600
Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurtWaldstadion62,000
Hamburger SVHamburgVolksparkstadion62,000
1. FC KaiserslauternKaiserslauternFritz-Walter-Stadion42,000
Karlsruher SCKarlsruheWildparkstadion50,000
1. FC KölnCologneMüngersdorfer Stadion61,000
Bayer 04 LeverkusenLeverkusenUlrich-Haberland-Stadion20,000
Borussia MönchengladbachMönchengladbachBökelbergstadion34,500
FC Bayern MunichMunichOlympiastadion70,000
1. FC NürnbergNurembergStädtisches Stadion64,238
FC St. PauliHamburgStadion am Millerntor18,000
VfB StuttgartStuttgartNeckarstadion72,000
Bayer 05 UerdingenKrefeldGrotenburg-Stadion34,500
SG Wattenscheid 09BochumLohrheidestadion[1]15,000
  • ^1 Wattenscheid played their first six home matches at Ruhrstadion because their own ground was upgraded to meet Bundesliga requirements.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
11. FC Kaiserslautern (C)34191057245+2748Qualification to European Cup first round
2Bayern Munich3418977441+3345Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
3Werder Bremen34141464629+1742Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4Eintracht Frankfurt34151096340+2340Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
5Hamburger SV34168106038+2240
6VfB Stuttgart341410105744+1338
71. FC Köln341311105043+737
8Bayer Leverkusen341113104746+135
9Borussia Mönchengladbach3491784954−535
10Borussia Dortmund341014104657−1134
11SG Wattenscheid 0934915104251−933
12Fortuna Düsseldorf341110134049−932
13Karlsruher SC34815114652−631
14VfL Bochum34911145052−229
151. FC Nürnberg34109154054−1429
16FC St. Pauli (R)34615133353−2027Qualification to relegation play-offs
17Bayer 05 Uerdingen (R)34513163454−2023Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18Hertha BSC (R)3438233784−4714
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The league expanded to 20 teams for the 1991–92 season because of the integration of the two best East German Oberliga teams due to German reunification.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayBSCBOCSVWBVBF95SGEHSVFCKKSCKOEB04BMGFCBFCNSTPVFBB05SGW
Hertha BSC2–40–02–20–11–01–40–21–10–01–21–10–02–41–20–20–02–3
VfL Bochum4–21–22–20–00–00–10–20–11–03–13–01–20–03–01–10–20–0
Werder Bremen6–02–11–13–11–13–11–22–02–11–13–01–00–01–00–14–31–1
Borussia Dortmund3–11–01–11–10–31–10–22–21–21–11–12–30–25–20–31–02–2
Fortuna Düsseldorf4–23–41–20–01–02–10–05–20–20–24–11–23–00–00–40–22–1
Eintracht Frankfurt5–11–10–03–15–10–64–33–01–03–15–11–40–11–14–04–04–0
Hamburger SV2–01–03–24–01–00–11–32–21–13–13–02–34–05–02–02–00–0
1. FC Kaiserslautern4–34–11–02–20–01–11–03–22–22–12–32–13–11–02–02–01–1
Karlsruher SC3–03–21–11–21–12–22–24–21–12–03–22–32–01–10–02–01–3
1. FC Köln2–10–01–00–11–12–11–02–60–01–11–34–03–12–01–63–11–1
Bayer Leverkusen3–14–20–01–21–12–22–22–21–02–02–51–22–23–10–01–02–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach2–01–21–12–12–01–11–12–22–12–21–11–12–01–12–01–11–1
Bayern Munich7–32–21–12–30–12–06–14–03–02–21–14–11–00–12–12–27–0
1. FC Nürnberg1–43–22–31–13–00–23–11–40–00–41–02–20–15–20–11–14–2
FC St. Pauli2–23–30–00–22–31–10–21–02–02–01–01–10–00–02–21–11–1
VfB Stuttgart4–02–20–17–01–12–12–02–22–23–20–21–10–32–12–13–11–4
Bayer Uerdingen1–24–10–01–31–22–30–03–71–10–31–11–11–10–02–02–00–2
SG Wattenscheid3–10–42–01–12–01–00–10–01–10–31–21–13–20–12–22–20–0
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

FC St. Pauli and third-placed 2. Bundesliga team Stuttgarter Kickers had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. After a two-leg series, both teams were tied 2–2 on aggregate, so a deciding third match had to be scheduled. Stuttgarter Kickers won this match and were promoted to the Bundesliga.

FC St. Pauli1–1Stuttgarter Kickers
Golke 31'Report link
(in German)
Marin 88'
Attendance: 20,500

Stuttgarter Kickers1–1FC St. Pauli
Schwartz 25'Report link
(in German)
Golke 51'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Werner Föckler (Bad Dürkheim)

Stuttgarter Kickers3–1FC St. Pauli
Vollmer 21'
Cayasso 35'
Fengler 42'
Report link
(in German)
Knäbel 37'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Hans-Peter Dellwing (Trier)

Top goalscorers

21 goals
20 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals

See also

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