View source for 1973–74 in German football

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{{Infobox football country season
| country                    = Germany
| season                     = 1973–74
| division1                  = [[1973–74 Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
| champions1                 = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| domestic                   = [[1973–74 DFB-Pokal|DFB-Pokal]]
| dchampions                 = [[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
| wdivision1                  = [[List of German women's football champions|Champions]]
| wchampions1                = [[TuS Wörrstadt]]
| prevseason                 = 1972–73
| nextseason                 = 1974–75
| flagicon                   = 
}}

The '''1973–74 season''' is the 64th season of competitive [[football in Germany]].

==Promotion and relegation==

===Pre Season===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! League !! Promoted to League !! Relegated from League
|-
| Bundesliga ||
* [[Fortuna Köln]]
* [[Rot-Weiss Essen]]
||
* [[Eintracht Braunschweig]]
* [[Rot-Weiß Oberhausen]]
|}

===Post Season===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! League !! Promoted to League !! Relegated from League
|-
| Bundesliga ||
* [[Tennis Borussia Berlin]]
* [[Eintracht Braunschweig]]
||
* [[Fortuna Köln]]
* [[Hannover 96]]
|}

==National teams==

===Germany national football team===
{{main|West Germany national football team}}

====1974 FIFA World Cup====
{{main|1974 FIFA World Cup}}
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0622-0035, Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft, Spiel DDR-BRD.jpg|thumb|West Germany (in white) against East Germany in the 1974 World Cup]]
{{football box collapsible
|date = {{start date|1974|06|14|df=y}}
|time = 16:00 [[Central European Time|CET]]
|round= [[1974 FIFA World Cup#Group 1|First round]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRG}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131109143519/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D39/results/matches/match%3D2003/report.html FIFA]
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = [[Paul Breitner|Breitner]] {{goal|18}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]]
|location = [[West Berlin]]
|attendance = 81,100
|referee = [[Doğan Babacan]] ([[Turkish Football Federation|Turkey]])
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = {{start date|1974|06|18|df=y}}
|time = 16:00 [[Central European Time|CET]]
|round= First round
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUS}}
|score = 0–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194229/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D39/results/matches/match%3D1954/report.html FIFA]
|team2 = {{fb|FRG}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Wolfgang Overath|Overath]] {{goal|12}}<br>[[Bernhard Cullmann|Cullmann]] {{goal|34}}<br>[[Gerd Müller|Müller]] {{goal|53}}
|stadium = [[Volksparkstadion]]
|location = [[Hamburg]]
|attendance = 53,300
|referee = Mostafa Kamil ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = {{start date|1974|06|22|df=y}}
|time = 19:30 [[Central European Time|CET]]
|round= First round
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GDR}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224255/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D39/results/matches/match%3D2062/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FRG}}
|goals1 = [[Jürgen Sparwasser|Sparwasser]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Volksparkstadion]]
|location = Hamburg
|attendance = 60,200
|referee = [[Ramón Barreto]] ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])
|result = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = {{start date|1974|06|26|df=y}}
|time = 16:00 [[Central European Time|CET]]
|round= [[1974 FIFA World Cup#Group B|Second round]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}
|score = 0–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131017164207/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D39/results/matches/match%3D2066/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FRG}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Paul Breitner|Breitner]] {{goal|39}}<br>[[Gerd Müller|Müller]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium = [[Rheinstadion]]
|location = [[Düsseldorf]]
|attendance = 67,385
|referee = Armando Marques ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = {{start date|1974|06|30|df=y}}
|time = 19:30 [[Central European Time|CET]]
|round= Second round
|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRG}}
|score = 4–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131017164216/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D39/results/matches/match%3D2065/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SWE}}
|goals1 = [[Wolfgang Overath|Overath]] {{goal|51}}<br>[[Rainer Bonhof|Bonhof]] {{goal|52}}<br>[[Jürgen Grabowski|Grabowski]] {{goal|76}}<br>[[Uli Hoeneß|Hoeneß]] {{goal|89|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Ralf Edström|Edström]] {{goal|24}}<br>[[Roland Sandberg|Sandberg]] {{goal|53}}
|stadium = [[Rheinstadion]]
|location = Düsseldorf
|attendance = 67,800
|referee = Pavel Kazakov ([[Russian Football Union|Soviet Union]])
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = {{start date|1974|07|03|df=y}}
|time = 16:30 [[Central European Time|CET]]
|round= Second round
|team1 = {{fb-rt|POL}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20131021070847/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D39/results/matches/match%3D2064/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FRG}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Gerd Müller|Müller]] {{goal|76}}
|stadium = [[Commerzbank-Arena|Waldstadion]]
|location = [[Frankfurt]]
|attendance = 62,000
|referee = [[Erich Linemayr]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = {{start date|1974|07|07|df=y}}
|time = 16:00 ([[Central European Time|CET]])
|round= [[1974 FIFA World Cup Final|Final]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|NED}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070714103240/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=39/results/matches/match=2063/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|FRG}}
|goals1 = [[Johan Neeskens|Neeskens]] {{goal|2|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Paul Breitner|Breitner]] {{goal|25|pen.}}<br>[[Gerd Müller|Müller]] {{goal|43}}
|stadium = [[Olympiastadion (Munich)|Olympiastadion]]
|location = [[Munich]]
|attendance = 78,200
|referee = [[Jack Taylor (referee)|Jack Taylor]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
|result = W
}}

====Friendly matches====
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|date= {{start date|1973|06|16|df=y}}
|time=
|round=  
|team1= {{fb-rt|FRG}}
|score= 0–1
|report= [https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500395&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat290&lang=E&cHash=c9593e43c01463b7de59f30f29139d2b DFB]<br>[http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12025 Report]
|team2= {{fb|BRA|1968}}
|goals1= 
|goals2= [[Dirceu]] {{goal|73}}
|stadium= [[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]]
|location= [[West Berlin]]
|attendance= 75,000
|referee= Arie van Gemert ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
|result= L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date= {{start date|1973|09|05|df=y}}
|time= 
|round= 
|team1= {{fb-rt|URS|1955}}
|score= 0–1
|report= [https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500395&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat291&lang=E&cHash=de1047a6bd67cffc40e3c21f89838d63 DFB]<br>[http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12048 Report]
|team2= {{fb|FRG}}
|goals1= 
|goals2= [[Gerd Müller|Müller]] {{goal|62}}
|stadium= [[Luzhniki Stadium|Central Lenin Stadium]]
|location= [[Moscow]], Soviet Union
|attendance= 61,647
|referee= Nikola Mladenović ([[Football Association of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]])
|result= W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date= {{start date|1973|10|10|df=y}}
|time= 
|round= 
|team1= {{fb-rt|FRG}}
|score= 4–0
|report= [https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500395&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat292&lang=E&cHash=63dff351368336a72241e9b14aba5091 DFB]<br>[http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12062 Report]
|team2= {{fb|AUT}}
|goals1= [[Gerd Müller|Müller]] {{goal|29||50}}<br>[[Wolfgang Weber|Weber]] {{goal|45}}<br>[[Erwin Kremers|Kremers]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2=
|stadium= [[Niedersachsenstadion]]
|location= [[Hanover]], West Germany
|attendance= 55,000
|referee= Alfred Delcourt ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
|result= W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date= {{start date|1973|10|13|df=y}}
|time=
|round= 
|team1= {{fb-rt|FRG}}
|score= 2–1
|report= [https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500395&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat293&lang=E&cHash=a879eff56986eb8dda066b0047ef7cf0 DFB]<br>[http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12066 Report]
|team2= {{fb|FRA}}
|goals1= [[Gerd Müller|Müller]] {{goal|55||59|pen.}}
|goals2= [[Marius Trésor|Trésor]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium= [[Parkstadion]]
|location= [[Gelsenkirchen]], West Germany
|attendance= 70,400
|referee= [[Rudolf Scheurer]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
|result= W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date= {{start date|1973|11|14|df=y}}
|time=
|round= 
|team1= {{fb-rt|SCO}}
|score= 1–1
|report= [https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500395&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat294&lang=E&cHash=ddda3b9151f7e134fe02f921786ac923 DFB]<br>[http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12080 Report]
|team2= {{fb|FRG}}
|goals1= [[Jim Holton|Holton]] {{goal|5}}
|goals2= [[Uli Hoeneß|Hoeneß]] {{goal|81}}
|stadium= [[Hampden Park]]
|location= [[Glasgow]], Scotland
|attendance= 58,235
|referee= [[Jack Taylor (referee)|Jack Taylor]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
|result= D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date= {{start date|1973|11|24|df=y}}
|time=
|round= 
|team1= {{fb-rt|FRG}}
|score= 2–1
|report= [https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500395&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat295&lang=E&cHash=3a7530882772e3f82c695d5cce77f56f DFB]<br>[http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12088 Report]
|team2= {{fb|ESP|1945}}
|goals1= [[Jupp Heynckes|Heynckes]] {{goal|13||37}}
|goals2= Claramunt {{goal|53}}
|stadium= [[Neckarstadion]]
|location= [[Stuttgart]], West Germany
|attendance= 70,000
|referee= Alistair MacKenzie ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
|result= W
}}
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|date= {{start date|1974|02|23|df=y}}
|time=
|round= 
|team1= {{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}
|score= 1–0
|report= [https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500395&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat271&lang=E&cHash=b7a15fa87d98fb0284129c5a7db1dc07 DFB]<br>[http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12095 Report]
|team2= {{fb|FRG}}
|goals1= [[Juan Manuel Asensi|Asensi]] {{goal|20}}
|goals2=
|stadium= [[Estadi de Sarrià]]
|location= [[Barcelona]], Spain
|attendance= 17,000
|referee= Michal Jursa ([[Football Association of the Czech Republic|Czechoslovakia]])
|result= L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date= {{start date|1974|02|26|df=y}}
|time=
|round= 
|team1= {{fb-rt|ITA}}
|score= 0–0
|report= [https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500395&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat272&lang=E&cHash=7d0c8b05749bf9d699575f10b6c11359 DFB]<br>[http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12096 Report]
|team2= {{fb|FRG}}
|goals1= 
|goals2=
|stadium= [[Stadio Olimpico]]
|location= [[Rome]], Italy
|attendance= 90,000
|referee= Anton Bucheli ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
|result= D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date= {{start date|1974|03|27|df=y}}
|time=
|round= 
|team1= {{fb-rt|FRG}}
|score= 2–1
|report= [https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500395&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat273&lang=E&cHash=5b64fb8958703ca25e8d8e3f1338269e DFB]<br>[http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12103 Report]
|team2= {{fb|SCO}}
|goals1= [[Paul Breitner|Breitner]] {{goal|33|pen.}}<br>[[Jürgen Grabowski|Grabowski]] {{goal|35}}
|goals2= [[Kenny Dalglish|Dalglish]] {{goal|77}}
|stadium= [[Commerzbank-Arena|Waldstadion]]
|location= [[Frankfurt]], West Germany
|attendance= 60,000
|referee= Paul Schiller ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
|result= W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date= {{start date|1974|04|17|df=y}}
|time=
|round= 
|team1= {{fb-rt|FRG}}
|score= 5–0
|report= [https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500395&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat274&lang=E&cHash=e8ebeeff42e681953b5f4e08cf85ca06 DFB]<br>[http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12111 Report]
|team2= {{fb|HUN|1957}}
|goals1= [[Herbert Wimmer|Wimmer]] {{goal|11}}<br>[[Bernd Hölzenbein|Hölzenbein]] {{goal|54}}<br>[[Erwin Kremers|Kremers]] {{goal|67}}<br>[[Gerd Müller|Müller]] {{goal|74||87}}
|goals2=
|stadium= [[Westfalenstadion]]
|location= [[Dortmund]], West Germany
|attendance= 56,000
|referee= Robert Schaut ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
|result= W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date= {{start date|1974|05|01|df=y}}
|time=
|round= 
|team1= {{fb-rt|FRG}}
|score= 2–0
|report= [https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500395&no_cache=1&action=showSchema&liga=Nationalmannschaft&matchid=dfbat275&lang=E&cHash=7b164efbc5a92b6661634cf31050f6b9 DFB]<br>[http://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12118 Report]
|team2= {{fb|SWE}}
|goals1= [[Jupp Heynckes|Heynckes]] {{goal|51||58}}
|goals2=
|stadium= [[Volksparkstadion]]
|location= [[Hamburg]], West Germany
|attendance= 55,000
|referee= [[Michel Kitabdjian]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
|result= W
}}

==League season==

===Bundesliga===
{{transcluded section|1973–74 Bundesliga}}
{{:1973–74 Bundesliga}}

==DFB–Pokal==
{{main|1973–74 DFB-Pokal}}

[[Eintracht Frankfurt]] won the 1973–74 DFB-Pokal final by defeating [[Hamburger SV]] 3–1 on {{start date|1974|08|17|df=y}}.

==German clubs in Europe==
===European Cup===
{{main|1973–74 European Cup}}

====Bayern Munich====
{{main|1973–74 FC Bayern Munich season}}

Bayern Munich won the 1973–74 European Cup defeating [[Atlético Madrid]] 4–0 in a replay of the [[1974 European Cup Final]].  The replay was needed because the first match between the two clubs ended as a 1–1 draw.

===European Cup Winners' Cup===
{{main|1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup}}

====Borussia Mönchengladbach====
{{main|1973–74 Borussia Mönchengladbach season}}

[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] were eliminated in the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup by [[A.C. Milan]].

===UEFA Cup===
{{main|1973–74 UEFA Cup}}

====Fortuna Düsseldorf====
{{main|1973–74 Fortuna Düsseldorf season}}

[[Fortuna Düsseldorf]] were eliminated in the third round of the UEFA Cup by Lokomotive Leipzig.

====1. FC Köln====
{{main|1973–74 1. FC Köln season}}

[[1. FC Köln]] were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup by [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.]]

====VfB Stuttgart====
{{main|1973–74 VfB Stuttgart season}}

[[VfB Stuttgart]] were eliminated in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup by eventual champions [[Feyenoord]].

====Wuppertaler SV====
{{main|1973–74 Wuppertaler SV season}}

Wuppertaler SV were eliminated in the first round of the UEFA Cup by [[Ruch Chorzów]].

==Sources==
{{Reflist|3}}

{{1973–74 in German football}}
{{German football seasons}}

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