1974–75 Tennis Borussia Berlin season

Tennis Borussia Berlin
1974–75 season
ManagerGeorg Gawliczek
StadiumMommsenstadion
Bundesliga17th (relegated)
DFB-PokalFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Norbert Stolzenburg (13)
All: Norbert Stolzenburg (14)
Highest home attendance75,000
(vs. Hertha BSC)
Lowest home attendance1,500
(vs. Wuppertaler SV)
Average home league attendance10,591

The 1974–75 season was the first time Tennis Borussia Berlin played in the Fußball-Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system. After 34 league games, Tennis Borussia finished in 17th position, second from the bottom of the table, only one place above Wuppertaler SV. The club reached the fourth round of the DFB-Pokal; eventually losing 2–1 away to VfB Stuttgart II. Thirteen of their 38 league goals were scored by striker Norbert Stolzenburg.

1974–75 Tennis Borussia Berlin squad

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 Wolfgang Mulack
DF  FRG Werner Novak
DF  FRG Jürgen Rumor
DF  FRG Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
DF  FRG Norbert Siegmann
DF  FRG Joachim Thiel
MF  FRG Reinhard Adler
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  FRG Gino Ferrin
MF  FRG Jürgen Schulz
MF  FRG Gerd Schwidrowski
FW  FRG Peter Geyer
FW  FRG Dietmar Mürdter
FW  FRG Hans Sprenger
FW  FRG Norbert Stolzenburg
FW  FRG Karlheinz Subklewe
FW  FRG Wolfgang Sühnholz
MF  FRG Ditmar Jakobs (joined September 1974)
FW  FRG Albert Bittlmayer (joined October 1974)

1974–75 fixtures

Bundesliga

24 August 1974 Eintracht Braunschweig 5–0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
15:30 Bründl 2'
Frank 14'
Gersdorff 30', 60'
Haebermann 70'
Report Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (Oberhausen)
31 August 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 4–0 SV Werder Bremen Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Geyer 14', 24', 89'
Stolzenburg 76'
Siegmann
Report Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)
14 September 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–4 Eintracht Frankfurt Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Stolzenburg 14'
Geyer
Report Lorenz 19'
Weidle 26'
Rohrbach 47'
Beverungen 66'
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Gerd Hennig (Duisburg)
21 September 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 0–3 Hamburger SV Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:30 Report Volkert 5'
Eigl 53'
Krobbach 62'
Winkler
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)
5 October 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 2–3 MSV Duisburg Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Stolzenburg 28'
Schulz 67'
Report Dietz 33', 82'
Büssers 87'
Schneider Bregman
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)
9 October 1974 Rot-Weiss Essen 3–2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen
20:00 Dörre 24'
Lorant 56'
Lippens 64' (pen.)
Dörre
Report Geyer 74'
Stolzenburg 87'
Mulack Schnellinger Siegmann
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)
12 October 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 2–0 VfL Bochum Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Sprenger 66'
Stolzenburg 90'
Mulack
Report Eggert Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)
19 October 1974 Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
15:30 Geye 2', 42' (pen.)
Seel 27'
Geye
Report Stolzenburg 72'
Sühnholz 77'
Jakobs
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Hermann Schröder (Lahnstein)
2 November 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 2–2 FC Bayern Munich Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Bittlmayer 35'
Eggert 87'
Report Hoeneß 47'
Rummenigge 86'
Attendance: 14,800
Referee: Karl-Heinz Fork (Unna)
16 November 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 0–3 Hertha BSC Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 Mulack Report Grau 53'
Beer 67', 75'
Grau
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Paul Kindervater (Cologne)
23 November 1974 VfB Stuttgart 2–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
15:30 Martin 19'
Weller 80'
Jank  86'
Report Jakobs 65'
Siegmann
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)
30 November 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 2–3 1. FC Köln Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Stolzenburg 40' (pen.), 66' Report Strack 13'
Löhr 55', 60'
Simmet
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)
14 December 1974 Tennis Borussia Berlin 0–2 FC Schalke 04 Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Report Bongartz 2'
Fischer 85'
Bongartz
Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Karl-Heinz Picker (Hamburg)
21 December 1974 Wuppertaler SV 2–0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Stadion am Zoo, Wuppertal
15:30 Gerber 77', 83' Report Eggert Hoffmann Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)
25 January 1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 2–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Rumor 22', 63' Report Gersdorff 16', 44'
Grzyb
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Euskirchen)
1 February 1975 SV Werder Bremen 1–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Weserstadion, Bremen
15:30 Höttges 78' (pen.) Report Rumor 35'
Birkenmeier Rumor
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)
Man of the Match: Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (TeBe)
15 February 1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–4 Borussia Mönchengladbach Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Stolzenburg 33' Report Heynckes 27', 50', 88'
Bonhof 68'
Attendance: 9,900
Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)
Man of the Match: Jupp Heynckes (M'gladbach)
22 February 1975 Eintracht Frankfurt 7–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Waldstadion, Frankfurt
15:30 Nickel 25', 41'
Beverungen 37'
Körbel 57', 81' (pen.)
Grabowski 65'
Kraus 78'
Kraus
Report Schulz 65'
Kraus
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Rainer Waltert (Paderborn)
8 March 1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 3–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Stolzenburg 53'
Subklewe 79'
Sprenger 83'
Report Diehl 65'
Toppmöller 69'
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Karl-Heinz Fork (Unna)
21 March 1975 MSV Duisburg 2–3 Tennis Borussia Berlin Wedaustadion, Duisburg
20:00 Bücker 69'
Worm 80'
Report Stolzenburg 43' (pen.)
Rumor 44'
Geyer 84'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Günter Linn (Altendiez)
27 March 1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–0 Rot-Weiss Essen Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:30 Stolzenburg 39' Report Erlhoff Lippens Lorant Senger Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)
1 April 1975 VfL Bochum 0–0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Ruhrstadion, Bochum
20:00 Report Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)
5 April 1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–4 Fortuna Düsseldorf Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Jakobs 77'
Jakobs
Report Budde 10', 48'
Hesse 11'
Geye 28'
Baltes
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)
3 May 1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 0–2 Kickers Offenbach Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Rumor Report Ritschel 22'
Schwemmle 87'
Attendance: 3,251
Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)
10 May 1975 Hertha BSC 2–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 Sziedat 1'
Sidka 50'
Müller
Report Rumor 39'
Jakobs
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Hans Hillebrand (Essen)
31 May 1975 1. FC Köln 7–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne
15:30 Müller 40' (pen.), 75', 90' (pen.)
Overath 43'
Flohe 61', 67'
Simmet 70'
Report Bittlmayer 48'
Geyer Stolzenburg Thiel
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)
7 June 1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 0–0 Wuppertaler SV Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30 Report Dupke Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)
14 June 1975 FC Schalke 04 3–0 Tennis Borussia Berlin Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
15:30 Fichtel 36' (pen.)
Bruns 60'
Fischer 82'
Report Kraus  36' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hermann Schröder (Lahnstein)
Man of the Match: Klaus Fichtel (FC Schalke 04)

DFB-Pokal

7 September 1974 R1 Rheydter SV 1–2 Tennis Borussia Berlin Jahnstadion, Mönchengladbach
Bäumer 14' Report Adler 24'
Geyer 46'
Sühnholz
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Gerhard Boe (Uelzen)
25 October 1974 R2 Tennis Borussia Berlin 4–0 SC Rapide Wedding 1893 Mommsenstadion, Berlin
Bittlmayer 28'
Stolzenburg 52' (pen.)
Geyer 71', 82'
Report Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Jürgen Zuchantke (Berlin)
8 February 1975 R3 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1–0 Alemannia Aachen Mommsenstadion, Berlin
Bläser 15' (o.g.) Report Bläser Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Roth (Salzgitter)
15 March 1975 R4 VfB Stuttgart II 2–1 Tennis Borussia Berlin Robert-Schlienz-Stadion, Stuttgart
Müllner 49'
Haug 62'
Report Schulz 25' Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dettmer (Ludwigshafen)

Player statistics

Pos Player Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
MF Reinhard Adler 10 0 1 1 11 1
GK Hubert Birkenmeier 33 0 3 0 36 0
FW Albert Bittlmayer 20 2 3 1 23 3
DF Peter Eggert 11 1 1 0 12 1
MF Gino Ferrin 6 0 1 0 7 0
FW Peter Geyer 33 6 4 3 37 9
DF Stephan Hoffmann 17 0 3 0 20 0
MF Ditmar Jakobs 30 3 3 0 33 0
DF Hans-Georg Kraus 17 0 0 0 17 0
DF Wolfgang Mulack 22 0 2 0 24 0
DF Werner Novak 4 0 1 0 5 0
DF Jürgen Rumor 16 6 2 0 18 6
DF Karl-Heinz Schnellinger 19 0 3 0 22 0
MF Jürgen Schulz 33 2 4 1 37 3
MF Gerd Schwidrowski 7 1 0 0 7 1
DF Norbert Siegmann 28 0 4 0 32 0
FW Hans Sprenger 32 2 3 0 35 2
FW Norbert Stolzenburg 33 13 4 1 37 14
FW Karlheinz Subklewe 20 1 1 0 21 1
FW Wolfgang Sühnholz 8 1 2 0 10 1
DF Joachim Thiel 22 0 3 0 25 0
GK Manfred Wittke 2 0 1 0 3 0

Final league position – 17th

1974–75 Fußball-Bundesliga: extract from the final league table[1]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Points
1 Borussia Mönchengladbach (C) 34 21 8 5 86 40 +46 50:18
15 SV Werder Bremen 34 9 7 18 45 69 −24 25:43
16 VfB Stuttgart (R) 34 8 8 18 50 79 −29 24:44
17 Tennis Borussia Berlin (R) 34 5 6 23 38 89 –51 16:52
18 Wuppertaler SV (R) 34 2 8 24 32 86 −54 12:56

References

  1. ^ "Abschlusstabelle der Bundesliga 1974/1975". fussballdaten.de (in German). 14 June 1975. Retrieved 26 December 2010.