The 1987–88 Bundesliga was the 25th season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 31 July 1987 and ended on 21 May 1988. FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.
Competition modus 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 1986–87 Fortuna Düsseldorf and SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin were directly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Hannover 96 and Karlsruher SC. Relegation/promotion play-off participant FC Homburg won on aggregate against FC St. Pauli and thus retained their Bundesliga status.
Team overview
Club Location Ground Capacity Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000 Bremen Weserstadion 32,000 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 54,000 Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000 Hamburg Volksparkstadion 62,000 Hanover Niedersachsenstadion 60,400 Homburg Waldstadion 24,000 Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 42,000 Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 50,000 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000 Leverkusen Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion 20,000 Ludwigshafen Südweststadion 75,000 Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich Olympiastadion 80,000 Nuremberg Städtisches Stadion 64,238 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000 Stuttgart Neckarstadion 72,000 Krefeld Grotenburg Stadion 35,700
Waldhof Mannheim played their matches in nearby Ludwigshafen because their own ground did not fulfil Bundesliga requirements.
League table
Results
Relegation play-offs SV Waldhof Mannheim and third-placed 2. Bundesliga team SV Darmstadt 98 had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. After a two-leg series, both teams were tied 4–4 on aggregate, so a deciding third match had to be scheduled. Mannheim won this match in a penalty shootout and retained their Bundesliga status.
Top goalscorers 19 goals Jürgen Klinsmann (VfB Stuttgart)
18 goals Karl-Heinz Riedle (SV Werder Bremen)
17 goals Lothar Matthäus (FC Bayern Munich) Siegfried Reich (Hannover 96)
16 goals Harald Kohr (1. FC Kaiserslautern) Fritz Walter (VfB Stuttgart)
15 goals Dieter Eckstein (1. FC Nürnberg) Frank Ordenewitz (SV Werder Bremen)
14 goals Olaf Thon (FC Schalke 04)
13 goals Stefan Kuntz (Bayer 05 Uerdingen) Uwe Leifeld (VfL Bochum) Flemming Povlsen (1. FC Köln) Jürgen Wegmann (FC Bayern Munich) Michael Zorc (Borussia Dortmund)
Champion squad
SV Werder BremenGoalkeepers: Oliver Reck (32); Dieter Burdenski (3). Defenders: Gunnar Sauer (33 / 2); Uli Borowka (31 / 1); Rune Bratseth (31); Jonny Otten (30); Thomas Schaaf (29 / 1); Michael Kutzop (17 / 1); Matthias Ruländer (2). Midfielders: Miroslav Votava (captain; 32 / 2); Günter Hermann (30); Norbert Meier (26 / 7); Thomas Wolter (16); Dieter Eilts (2); Benno Möhlmann (1). Forwards: Karl-Heinz Riedle (33 / 18); Frank Ordenewitz (30 / 15); Manfred Burgsmüller (26 / 6); Frank Neubarth (22 / 6). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Otto Rehhagel.
On the roster but have not played in a league game: none.
Attendances Source:
No. Team Attendance Change Highest 1 Borussia Dortmund 29,424 -14.9% 54,000 2 Bayern München 28,034 -25.2% 77,573 3 1. FC Nürnberg 26,729 -0.1% 49,000 4 VfB Stuttgart 26,294 28.6% 70,705 5 Schalke 04 23,041 0.2% 61,200 6 1. FC Köln 22,412 35.1% 59,000 7 Werder Bremen 22,159 -3.1% 39,500 8 Karlsruher SC 21,629 111.8% 45,000 9 1. FC Kaiserslautern 21,505 -22.5% 36,923 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 21,287 15.1% 51,000 11 Hannover 96 20,967 12.3% 60,354 12 VfL Bochum 16,994 -4.7% 40,000 13 Hamburger SV 16,009 -33.9% 36,400 14 Waldhof Mannheim 14,392 1.5% 32,160 15 Borussia Mönchengladbach 14,249 -18.3% 34,000 16 Bayer 05 Uerdingen 10,712 -15.8% 18,000 17 Bayer Leverkusen 9,512 -25.3% 14,500 18 FC 08 Homburg 8,735 -12.6% 20,000
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1987/1988