The 1984–85 Bundesliga was the 22nd season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 24 August 1984 and ended on 8 June 1985. VfB Stuttgart 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 1983–84 Kickers Offenbach and 1. FC Nürnberg were directly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Karlsruher SC and FC Schalke 04. Relegation/promotion play-off participant Eintracht Frankfurt won on aggregate against MSV Duisburg and thus retained their Bundesliga status.
Team overview
Club Location Ground Capacity Bielefeld Stadion Alm 35,000 Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000 Braunschweig Stadion an der Hamburger Straße 38,000 Bremen Weserstadion 32,000 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 54,000 Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600 Frankfurt am Main Waldstadion 62,000 Hamburg Volksparkstadion 80,000 Kaiserslautern Stadion Betzenberg 42,000 Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 50,000 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000 Leverkusen Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion 20,000 Ludwigshafen am Rhein Südweststadion 75,000 Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich Olympiastadion 80,000 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000 Stuttgart Neckarstadion 72,000 Krefeld Grotenburg-Kampfbahn 28,000
Waldhof Mannheim played their matches in nearby Ludwigshafen because their own ground did not fulfil Bundesliga requirements.
League table
Results
Relegation play-offs Arminia Bielefeld and third-placed 2. Bundesliga team 1. FC Saarbrücken had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off. Saarbrücken won 3–1 on aggregate and thus were promoted to the Bundesliga.
Top goalscorers 26 goals Klaus Allofs (1. FC Köln)
25 goals Rudi Völler (SV Werder Bremen)
19 goals Karl Allgöwer (VfB Stuttgart) Thomas Allofs (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
18 goals Siegfried Reich (Arminia Bielefeld) Klaus Täuber (FC Schalke 04)
17 goals Günter Thiele (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
16 goals Klaus Fischer (VfL Bochum) Pierre Littbarski (1. FC Köln) Lothar Matthäus (FC Bayern Munich) Frank Mill (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Champion squad
FC Bayern MunichGoalkeepers: Raimond Aumann (20); Jean-Marie Pfaff (14). Defenders: Norbert Eder (34 / 2); Klaus Augenthaler (32 / 5); Holger Willmer (29 / 3); Hans Pflügler (17 / 2); Bertram Beierlorzer (12); Bernd Martin (8). Midfielders: Lothar Matthäus (33 / 16); Wolfgang Dremmler (29 / 1); Søren Lerby (28 / 11); Norbert Nachtweih (25 / 3); Bernd Dürnberger (20 / 2); Wolfgang Grobe (3 / 1). Forwards: Roland Wohlfarth (32 / 12); Ludwig Kögl (27 / 1); Reinhold Mathy (24 / 7); Michael Rummenigge (24 / 5); Dieter Hoeneß (20 / 7). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Udo Lattek.
On the roster but have not played in a league game: Manfred Schwabl; Ugur Tütüneker; Karl Del'Haye; Achim Förster; Hans-Werner Grünwald.
See also 1984–85 2. Bundesliga 1984–85 DFB-Pokal
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1984/1985