1973–74 Borussia Mönchengladbach season

Borussia Mönchengladbach
1973–74 season
Manager	Hennes Weisweiler
Bundesliga	Runners-up
DFB-Pokal	Round-of-16
European Cup Winners' Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jupp Heynckes (30 goals); All: Jupp Heynckes (42 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 Borussia Mönchengladbach season was the 74th season in the club's history.

Review and events

Borussia Mönchengladbach would reach runners-up in the 1973–74 Bundesliga which would lead them to qualify for the 1974-75 UEFA Cup. They would also reach the round-of-16, losing out to Hertha BSC via penalties.^[1]

Squad

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
—	DF	GER	Berti Vogts
—	DF	GER	Klaus-Dieter Sieloff
—	DF	GER	Rainer Bonhof
—	DF	GER	Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp
—	DF	GER	Ulrich Surau
—	DF	GER	Walter Posner
—	MF	GER	Dietmar Danner
—	MF	GER	Horst Köppel
—	MF	GER	Herbert Wimmer


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Uli Stielike
—	MF	GER	Christian Kulik
—	MF	GER	Lorenz-Günther Köstner
—	MF	GER	Hans Klinkhammer
—	MF	GER	Heinz Michallik
—	FW	GER	Jupp Heynckes
—	FW	GER	Bernd Rupp
—	FW	DEN	Henning Jensen
—	FW	DEN	Allan Simonsen
—	FW	GER	Lorenz Hilkes

Match Results

Bundesliga

11 August 1973 (1973-08-11) 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	SC Fortuna Köln	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Köppel 32', 49' Danner 37' (pen.)	Report	Glock 89'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

18 August 1973 (1973-08-18) 2	Rot-Weiss Essen	2–6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen
15:30 CEST	de Vlugt 7', 37'	Report	Danner 21' Heynckes 36', 48', 53', 71' Wimmer 76'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

25 August 1973 (1973-08-25) 3	Wuppertaler SV	2–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stadion am Zoo, Wuppertal
15:30 CEST	Stöckl 9' Bonhof 18' (o.g.)	Report	Danner 15' Köppel 30', 45' Heynckes 72'	Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Paul Kindervater (Köln)

29 August 1973 (1973-08-29) 4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Hertha BSC	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
20:00 CEST	Danner 38'	Report	Hermandung 58'	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Vaterstetten)

1 September 1973 (1973-09-01) 5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6–0	FC Schalke 04	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Köppel 14', 35' Rupp 47' Heynckes 40', 50' Danner 60'	Report		Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

8 September 1973 (1973-09-08) 6	SV Werder Bremen	2–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen
15:30 CEST	Weist 24' Höttges 43'	Report	Heynckes 70', 87' Rupp 76'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Rudolf Frickel (Munich)

14 September 1973 (1973-09-14) 7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–3	Hannover 96	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
20:00 CEST	Köppel 22' Stielike 39' Rupp 53' Jensen 67'	Report	Peitsch 6' Kasperski 80' Deterding 82'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden)

22 September 1973 (1973-09-22) 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Waldstadion, Frankfurt
15:30 CEST	Rohrbach 47'	Report		Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (Laatzen)

29 September 1973 (1973-09-29) 9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	1. FC Köln	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Rupp 48'	Report	Konopka 40'	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Wilfried Hilker (Bochum)

6 October 1973 (1973-10-06) 10	MSV Duisburg	1–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Wedaustadion, Duisburg
15:30 CEST	Linßen 78'	Report	Köppel 43' Simonsen 79'	Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Vaterstetten)

17 October 1973 (1973-10-17) 11	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Heynckes 9' Sieloff 87'	Report	Toppmöller 74' Laumen 89'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Wilfried Haselberger (Reutlingen)

20 October 1973 (1973-10-20) 12	VfB Stuttgart	6–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
15:30 CEST	Handschuh 20' Brenninger 40' (pen.) Ohlicher 55' (57) Ettmayer 74' (78)	Report	Heynckes 48'	Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

27 October 1973 13	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfL Bochum	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30	Jensen 21' Heynckes 24'	^[2]^[3]		Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Herbert Kollmann (Obertal)

3 November 1973 (1973-11-03) 14	Hamburger SV	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
15:30 CEST	Kaltz 53'	Schema Report		Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

10 November 1973 (1973-11-10) 15	Kickers Offenbach	2–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bieberer Berg, Offenbach
15:30 CEST	Ritschel 23' (pen.) Semlitsch 26'	Report	Heynckes 41' Danner 67' Jensen 73'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

17 November 1973 (1973-11-17) 16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Heynckes 64'	Report	Herzog 58' Geye 77'	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

8 December 1973 (1973-12-08) 17	Bayern Munich	4–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Olympiastadion, Munich
15:30 CEST	Roth 4' Müller 20' Zobel 23' Hoeneß 64'	Report	Wimmer 6' Jensen 18' Bonhof 88'	Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)

5 January 1974 (1974-01-05) 18	SC Fortuna Köln	3–5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Radrennbahn, Köln
15:30 CEST	Kucharski 8' Mödrath 50' Glock 53'	Report	Rupp 17' Köstner 41' Heynckes 59', 74', 79'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Fritz Seiler (Schmiden)

12 January 1974 (1974-01-12) 19	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	Rot-Weiss Essen	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Bonhof 31' Danner 50'	Report	de Vlugt 17' Bast 88', pen.'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

19 January 1974 (1974-01-19) 20	Hertha BSC	3–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Olympiastadion, Munich
15:30 CEST	Hermandung 8' Horr 54' Erich Beer 59'	Report	Weiner 2' (o.g.) Vogts 23' Heynckes 23' Jensen 52'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

19 January 1974 (1974-01-19) 21	Borussia Mönchengladbach	7–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Heynckes 27', 71' (pen.) Vogts 34' Danner 34' Jensen 59' Stielike 64' Rupp 66'	Report	Kohle 41'	Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Euskirchen)

2 February 1974 (1974-02-02) 22	FC Schalke 04	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST	Scheer 45' Fichtel 79'	Report		Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

15 February 1974 (1974-02-15) 23	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	Werder Bremen	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Jensen 78', 84' Heynckes 81'	Report	Görts 21'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Volker Huster (Lahnstein)

2 March 1974 (1974-03-02) 24	Hannover 96	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
15:30 CEST		Report	Jensen 7' Heynckes 25'	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

9 March 1974 (1974-03-09) 25	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST		(Report)		Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

16 March 1974 (1974-03-16) 26	1. FC Köln	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover
15:30 CEST		Report	Heynckes 87'	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Peter Gabor (Berlin)

23 March 1974 (1974-03-23) 27	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3-2	MSV Duisburg	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Heynckes 17' Bonhof 31' (pen.) Vogts 45'	Report	Wunder 26' (50)	Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)

23 March 1974 (1974-03-23) 28	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2-4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Betzenberg, Kaiserslautern
15:30 CEST	Diehl 83' (pen.) Meier 86'	Report	Danner 9' Heynckes 11', 19' Wittkamp 46'	Attendance: 32,200 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Bickenbach)

6 April 1974 (1974-04-06) 28	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3-1	VfB Stuttgart	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Rupp 2', 55' Wittkamp 36'	Report	Handschuh 90'	Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Volker Huster (Lahnstein)

20 April 1974 30	VfL Bochum	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum, Stadion an der Castroper Straße
15:30 CEST	Walitza 56'	^[4]^[5]	Rupp 28'	Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

27 April 1974 (1974-04-27) 31	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6-1	Hamburger SV	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Rupp 23' Köppel 34', 56', 68' Stielike 36' Sieloff 76'	Report	Krobbach 50'	Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Volker Huster (Lahnstein)

4 May 1974 (1974-05-04) 32	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5-1	Kickers Offenbach	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Bonhof 35' Wittkamp 45' Köppel 47' Heynckes 71' (pen.), 80'	Report	Kostedde 55'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

11 May 1974 (1974-05-11) 33	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1-0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Geye 8'	Report		Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)

18 May 1974 (1974-05-18) 34	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–0	Bayern Munich	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST	Heynckes 30', 45' Simonsen 34' Bonhof 41' Köstner 71'	Report		Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

DFB-Pokal

1 December 1973 (1973-12-01) First round	VfB Oldenburg	0–5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Marschweg-Stadion, Oldenburg
14:30 CEST	Heynckes 30', 45' Simonsen 34' Bonhof 41' Köstner 71'	Report	Rupp 21' Heynckes 31', 65' Wimmer 44' Rainer Bonhof 77' Köppel 85'	Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Peter Gabor (Berlin)

15 December 1973 (1973-12-15) Round-of-16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2	Hamburger SV	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST		Report		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)

21 December 1973 (1973-12-21) Round-of-16	Hamburger SV	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
15:30 CEST		Report		Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

European Cup Winners' Cup

First Round

20 September 1973 First leg	ÍB Vestmannaeyja	0–7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík
			Heynckes 8', 56', 75' Sigurgeirsson 37' (o.g.) Kulik 39', 48' Finnbogason 62' (o.g.)	Attendance: 2,742 Referee: Pat Partridge (England)

3 October 1973 Second leg	Borussia Mönchengladbach	9–1	ÍB Vestmannaeyja	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
	Wimmer 3', 56' Valtýsson 23' (o.g.) Simonsen 28', 33', 68' Köppel 34', 39' Rupp 81'		Óskarsson 65'	Attendance: 4,838 Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 16-1 on aggregate.

Second Round

24 October 1973 First leg	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–0	Rangers	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
	Heynckes 21', 64' Rupp 87'			Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

7 November 1973 Second leg	Rangers	3–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
	Conn 11' Jackson 32' MacDonald 61'		Jensen 27', 71'	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Francisco Lobo (Portugal)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5-3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

5 March 1974 First leg	Glentoran	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	The Oval, Belfast
			Heynckes 8' Köppel 70'	Attendance: 7,066 Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

20 March 1974 Second leg	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–0	Glentoran	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
	Wimmer 20' Heynckes 22', 63' Köppel 57' Vogts 60'			Attendance: 11,332 Referee: Bohumil Kopcio (Czechoslovakia)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7-0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

10 April 1974 First leg	Milan	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	San Siro, Milan
	Bigon 18' Chiarugi 52'			Attendance: 61,285 Referee: Erich Linemayr, (Austria)

24 April 1974 Second leg	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Milan	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
	Sabadini 23' (o.g.)			Attendance: 67,081 Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)

Milan won 2-1 on aggregate.

References

^ "Borussia M'gladbach – Termine". Retrieved 3 September 2012.
^ "Borussia Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum, 27.10.1973" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "Borussia Mgladbach – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
^ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Mönchengladbach, 20.04.1974" (in German). German Football Association.
^ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Mgladbach 1:1" (in German). kicker.

External link

"Borussia Mönchengladbach 1973-74". BDFutbol.com. Retrieved 8 January 2025.

[schedule-1] "Borussia M'gladbach – Termine". Retrieved 3 September 2012.

[2] "Borussia Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum, 27.10.1973" (in German). German Football Association.

[3] "Borussia Mgladbach – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.

[4] "VfL Bochum – Borussia Mönchengladbach, 20.04.1974" (in German). German Football Association.

[5] "VfL Bochum – Borussia Mgladbach 1:1" (in German). kicker.

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