The 1964–65 Bundesliga was the second season of the
Bundesliga
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,
West Germany
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's premier
football
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league. It began on 22 August 1964 and ended on 15 May 1965.
1. FC Köln were the defending champions.
Season overview
The championship was won by
Werder Bremen
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.
Schalke 04 and
Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher Sport-Club Mühlburg-Phönix e. V., better known as Karlsruher SC, is a Football in Germany, German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germa ...
were originally going to be demoted to the
Regionalliga
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The term is often associated with the Germa ...
. However, the
German FA became aware of irregularities regarding transfer fees, signing bonuses and player wages paid by
Hertha BSC
Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC () or Hertha Berlin, is a German professional football club based in Berlin. Hertha BSC plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football league system, German footbal ...
. A cash audit was ordered, and the evidence collected from there was enough to revoke Hertha's license. In order to avoid any legal battles over Bundesliga membership, the FA decided to expand the league from sixteen to eighteen teams, meaning Schalke and Karlsruhe were spared relegation. Since Berlin should have a representative in the league as well,
Tasmania Berlin were promoted besides the winners of the promotion play-off groups for the 1965–66 season.
The 1964–65 season saw the debut of Brazilian players in the Bundesliga.
Zézé became the first Brazilian to play in the league when he fielded for 1. FC Köln against Hertha BSC on 22 August 1964 while
Raoul Tagliari scored the first-ever Bundesliga goal by a Brazilian for
Meidericher SV against 1. FC Nürnberg on 21 November 1964.
Teams
Preußen Münster
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It also refers to:
Ships
* Preußen (ship), ''Preußen'' (ship), windjammer built in 1902
* SMS Preußen (1873), SMS ''Preußen'' (1873), armored frigate
* SMS Preußen (1903), SMS ''Preußen ...
and
1. FC Saarbrücken were relegated to the
Regionalliga
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after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by
Hannover 96
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and
Borussia Neunkirchen
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History
From 1912 through ...
, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
;24 goals
*
Rudolf Brunnenmeier ''(
1860 Munich)''
;22 goals
*
Friedhelm Konietzka ''(
Borussia Dortmund
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)''
;19 goals
*
Christian Müller ''(
1. FC Köln)''
;15 goals
*
Heinz Strehl ''(
1. FC Nürnberg)''
;14 goals
*
Franz Brungs
Franz Brungs (born 4 December 1936) is a German retired football coach and player. As a player, he spent eight seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund, 1. FC Nürnberg and Hertha BSC.
Honours
* Bundesliga: 1967–68
* DFB-Pokal
Th ...
''(
Borussia Dortmund
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)''
*
Uwe Seeler ''(
Hamburger SV
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)''
;12 goals
*
Peter Grosser
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Club career
As a player, he spent six seasons in the Bundesliga with TSV 1860 Munich, captaining the club for the 1965–66 Bundesliga title and scoring ...
''(
1860 Munich)''
*
Hartmann Madl ''(
Karlsruher SC
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)''
*
Klaus Matischak ''(
FC Schalke 04
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)''
*
Elmar May ''(
Borussia Neunkirchen
Borussia VfB Neunkirchen is a German association football club based in Neunkirchen, Saarland. The club ''SC Borussia Neunkirchen'' was founded out of the 1907 merger of ''FC 1905 Borussia'' and ''SC Neunkirchen''.
History
From 1912 through ...
)''
*
Karl-Heinz Thielen ''(
1. FC Köln)''
*
Lothar Ulsaß ''(
Eintracht Braunschweig
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)''
Champion squad
References
External links
DFB archive, 1964–65 season
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Bundesliga seasons
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