1971–72 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

Borussia Mönchengladbach
1971–72 season
ChairmanHelmut Beyer
ManagerHennes Weisweiler
Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalQuarter-finals
European CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Jupp Heynckes (19 goals)
All: Jupp Heynckes (22 goals)

The 1971–72 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 73rd season in the club's history and the 7th in the top-flight of German football. The season began on 14 August 1971 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern and finished on 5 April 1972 against FC Schalke 04.

Season overview

In the 1971–72 season, Borussia Mönchengladbach, coached by Hennes Weisweiler, finished the 1971–72 Bundesliga in 3rd place with a total of 18 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses. The team's top scorer was Jupp Heynckes with 19 goals. In the 1971–72 European Cup, Borussia Mönchengladbach were eliminated in the round of 16 by Inter Milan, after losing 4-2 in Milan and drawing 0-0 in Berlin in the replay of the first leg. During the initial first leg match, which went down in history as the Match of the Can, Borussia had won 7-1 but the result had not been approved by UEFA due to a Mönchengladbach fan throwing a can of Coca-Cola that hit Italian forward Roberto Boninsegna.

Squad

Source:[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  GER Wolfgang Kleff
— GK  GER Gregor Quasten
— GK  GER Bernd Schrage
— DF  GER Berti Vogts
— DF  GER Klaus-Dieter Sieloff
— DF  GER Rainer Bonhof
— DF  GER Ludwig Müller
— DF  GER Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp
— DF  GER Ulrich Surau
— DF  GER Hartwig Bleidick
— MF  GER Dietmar Danner
— MF  GER Herbert Wimmer
— MF  GER Christian Kulik
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  GER Heinz Michallik
— MF  GER Rainer Malzkorn
— MF  GER Hans-Jürgen Wloka
— FW  GER Jupp Heynckes
— FW  GER Bernd Rupp
— FW  GER Günter Netzer
— FW  DEN Ulrik le Fevre
— FW  GER Hans-Jürgen Greven
— FW  GER Siegfried Zoppke
— FW  GER Robert Fahrian
— FW  GER Wilfried Stevens
— FW  GER Peter Wloka

Transfers

Transfers In
Date Name From Transfer Fee
Summer 1972 Dietmar Danner VfR Mannheim
Summer 1972 Christian Kulik Alemannia Aachen
Summer 1972 Heinz Michallik Gütersloh
Summer 1972 Ulrich Surau Alemannia Aachen
Summer 1972 Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp FC Schalke 04
Total Transfer Fees
Transfer Out
Date Name To Transfer Fee
Summer 1971 Werner Adler Karlsruher SC
Summer 1971 Peter Dietrich Werder Bremen
Summer 1971 Horst Köppel VfB Stuttgart
Summer 1971 Herbert Laumen Werder Bremen
Total Transfer Fees

Match results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Main article: 1971–72 Bundesliga
14 August 1971 1 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Betzenbergstadion, Kaiserslautern
15:30 CET Bitz 71' Report Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)
21 August 1971 2 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–1 Arminia Bielefeld Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Heynckes 33', 37'
Netzer 39', 87' (pen.)
Fevre 67'		 Report Kasperski 60' Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Diedrich Basedow (Hamburg)
28 August 1971 3 VfL Bochum 0–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Stadion an der Castroper Straße, Bochum
15:30 [2] Heynckes 34'
Wloka 70'		 Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)
1 September 1971 4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 VfB Stuttgart Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
20:00 CET Report Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Walter Horstmann (Groß Escherde)
3 September 1971 (1971-09-03) 5 Bayern Munich 2–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Munich
20:00 CET Roth 27'
Hoeneß 31'		 Report Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)
11 September 1971 6 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 Hannover 96 Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Netzer 18' (pen.)
Bonhof 45'
Wittkamp 57'		 Report Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)
18 September 1971 7 MSV Duisburg 1–5 Borussia Mönchengladbach Wedaustadion, Duisburg
15:30 CET Wunder 59' Report Müller 15', 53'
Wloka 27'
Heynckes 70'
Fevre 84'		 Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Horst Bonacker (Quadrath-Ichendorf)
25 September 1971 8 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 Hamburger SV Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Netzer 75' Report Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)
2 October 1971 9 1. FC Köln 4–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne
15:30 CET Hemmersbach 15'
Flohe 44'
Scheermann 47', 80'		 Report Netzer 21', 68'
Fevre 42'		 Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (Laatzen)
13 October 1971 10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 6–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
20:00 CET Müller 22' (pen.)
Wittkamp 30'
Danner 63', 70'
Heynckes 81' (pen.), 89' (pen.)		 Report Konca 1'
Grabowski 64'		 Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)
16 October 1971 11 Borussia Dortmund 0–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
15:30 CET Report Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Euskirchen)
23 October 1971 12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 7–0 FC Schalke 04 Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Heynckes 4', 29'
Netzer 6' (pen.), 64'
Bleidick 23'
Fevre 36', 52'		 Report Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Rudolf Schröck (Riegelsberg)
30 October 1971 13 Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Flinger Broich, Düsseldorf
15:30 CET Report Heynckes 32'
Kulik 36'		 Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)
6 November 1971 14 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–2 Hertha BSC Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)
13 November 1971 15 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Stadion an der Hamburger Straße, Braunschweig
15:30 CET Grzyb 52'
Bäse 71'		 Report Heynckes 42' Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)
27 November 1971 16 Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–2 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Kulik 49'
Netzer 57'
Wimmer 70'
Bonhof 72'
Fevre 90'		 Report Hollmann 3'
Hoffmann 26'		 Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden)
11 December 1971 17 Werder Bremen 2–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Weserstadion, Bremen
15:30 CET Hasebrink 65'
Laumen 73'		 Report Sieloff 39'
Kulik 47'		 Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)
22 January 1972 18 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Netzer 47' (rig)
Danner 70'		 Report Vogt 20' Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Philipp Geng (Freiburg)
29 January 1972 19 Arminia Bielefeld 2–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bielefelder Alm, Bielefeld
15:30 CET Roggensack 43'
Słomiany 52'		 Report 51' Vogts
63' Sieloff
88' Heynckes		 Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Karl-Heinz Picker (Hamburg)
8 February 1972 20 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 VfL Bochum Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
20:00 CET Kulik 79' [3] Walitza 29' Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)
19 February 1972 21 VfB Stuttgart 0–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
15:00 CET Report Heynckes 52' Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Diedrich Basedow (Hamburg)
26 February 1972 (1972-02-26) 22 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 Bayern Munich Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Heynckes 4', 20' Report Schneider 23'
Roth 47'		 Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (Hamburg)
4 March 1972 23 Hannover 96 2–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
15:30 CET Keller 41'
Weller 61'		 Report Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden)
11 March 1972 24 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 MSV Duisburg Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Wimmer 53'
Heynckes 55'
Fevre 84'		 Report Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)
18 March 1972 25 Hamburger SV 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Volksparkstadion, Hannover
15:30 CET Seeler 25' Report Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)
25 March 1972 26 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 1. FC Köln Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Netzer 28'
Fevre 75'
Wimmer 85'		 Report Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)
8 April 1972 27 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Waldstadion, Frankfurt
15:30 CET Grabowski 23'
Heese 59'
Hölzenbein 66'		 Report Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Diedrich Basedow (Hamburg)
15 April 1972 28 Borussia Mönchengladbach 7–1 Borussia Dortmund Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Fevre 20', 76'
Netzer 28' (rig), 48', 52'
Wimmer 55'
Danner 80'		 Report Bücker 67' Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Walter Horstmann (Groß Escherde)
22 April 1972 29 FC Schalke 04 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET Lütkebohmert 54' Report Netzer 42' Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Horst Herden (Hamburg)
6 May 1972 30 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Netzer 40' Report Geye 10'
Herzog 66'		 Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Erich Pfleiderer (Heilbronn)
27 May 1972 (1972-05-27) 31 Hertha BSC 2–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30 CET
  • Hermandung 1'
  • Beer 33'
 Report Heynckes 80' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Roth (Salzgitter)
3 June 1972 32 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–1 Eintracht Braunschweig Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Sieloff 37'
Wittkamp 54', 83'
Wimmer 87'		 Report Gersdorff 68' Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Max Klauser (Vaterstetten)
23 June 1972 33 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 0–4 Borussia Mönchengladbach Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen
20:00 CET Report 5' Heynckes
40' Wittkamp
69' Wimmer
87' (rig) Netzer		 Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Karl-Heinz Fork (Unna-Massen)
28 June 1972 34 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 Werder Bremen Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET Heynckes 2'
Wittkamp 35'		 Report Dietrich 50'
Weist 59'		 Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Rudolf Schröck (Riegelsberg)

DFB-Pokal

First Round

Main article: 1971–72 DFB-Pokal
5 December 1971 First leg Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0–3 Borussia Mönchengladbach Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, Leverkusen
CET Report Sieloff 17' (pen.)
Wimmer 41'
Fevre 80'		 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Wilfried Hilker (Bochum)
14 December 1971 Second leg Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
CET Wimmer 10'
Wittkamp 32'
Danner 34'
Sieloff 48'		 Report Surau 57' (o.g.)
Strelczyk 82'		 Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hans Georg Merboth (Schiffweiler)

Round of 16

13 February 1972 First leg Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
CET Fevre 16'
Bonhof 62'
Wittkamp 69'
Nickel 75' (aut)		 Report Nickel 47'
Konca 49'		 Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)
22 February 1972 Second leg Eintracht Frankfurt 3–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach Waldstadion, Frankfurt
CET Weidle 31'
Grabowski 61'
Hölzenbein 75'		 Report Heynckes 35'
Netzer 81'		 Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

Quarter finals

1 April 1972 First leg Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 FC Schalke 04 Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
CET Fevre 72'
Heynckes 76' (pen.)		 Report Fischer 11', 48' Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)
5 April 1972 Second leg FC Schalke 04 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
CET Scheer 88' Report Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

European Cup

Main article: 1971–72 European Cup

First leg

15 September 1971 First round Cork Hibernians 0–5 Borussia Mönchengladbach Flower Lodge, Cork
Report Wloka 5', 30'
Heynckes 19'
Le Fevre 32', 39'		 Attendance: 8,513
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
29 September 1971 Second leg Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 Cork Hibernians Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
Sieloff 60'
Wimmer 82'		 Report Dennehy 32' Attendance: 9,098
Referee: Josef Krnavek (Czechoslovakia)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.

Second Round

20 October 1971 First leg Borussia Mönchengladbach 7–1 Inter Milan Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
Heynckes 7', 44'
Le Fevre 21', 34'
Netzer 42', 52'
Sieloff 83' (pen.)		 Report Boninsegna 20' Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Jef Dorpmans (Netherlands)
3 November 1971 First round - replay Inter Milan 4–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach San Siro, Milan
Bellugi 10'
Boninsegna 13'
Jair 57'
Ghio 90'		 Report Le Fevre 38'
Wittkamp 89'		 Attendance: 57,413
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
1 December 1971 Second leg Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 Inter Milan Olympiastadion, West Berlin
Report Attendance: 84,561
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ "Borussia Mönchengladbach 1971-72". BDFútbol (in European Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  2. ^ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Mgladbach 0:2" (in German). kicker.
  3. ^ "Borussia Mgladbach – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
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