1974–75 Tennis Borussia Berlin season

Tennis Borussia Berlin

1974–75 season
Manager	Georg Gawliczek
Stadium	Mommsenstadion
Bundesliga	17th (relgated)
DFB-Pokal	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Norbert Stolzenburg (13) All: Norbert Stolzenburg (14)
Highest home attendance	75,000 (vs. Hertha BSC)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 (vs. Wuppertaler SV)
Average home league attendance	10,591
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 season was the first time Tennis Borussia Berlin played in the Fußball-Bundesliga, the highest tier of the German football league system. After 34 league games, Tennis Borussia finished in 17th position, second from the bottom of the table, only one place above Wuppertaler SV. The club reached the fourth round of the DFB-Pokal; eventually losing 2–1 away to VfB Stuttgart II. Thirteen of their 38 league goals were scored by striker Norbert Stolzenburg.

1974–75 Tennis Borussia Berlin squad

No. Position Player — GK Hubert Birkenmeier — GK Manfred Wittke — DF Peter Eggert — DF Stephan Hoffmann — DF Hans-Georg Kraus — DF Wolfgang Mulack — DF Werner Novak — DF Jürgen Rumor — DF Karl-Heinz Schnellinger — DF Norbert Siegmann — DF Joachim Thiel — MF Reinhard Adler

No. Position Player — MF Gino Ferrin — MF Jürgen Schulz — MF Gerd Schwidrowski — FW Peter Geyer — FW Dietmar Mürdter — FW Hans Sprenger — FW Norbert Stolzenburg — FW Karlheinz Subklewe — FW Wolfgang Sühnholz — MF Ditmar Jakobs (joined September 1974) — FW Albert Bittlmayer (joined October 1974)

1974–75 fixtures

Eintracht Braunschweig v Tennis Borussia Berlin

24 August 1974 Bundesliga	Eintracht Braunschweig	5 – 0	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig
15:30	Bründl  2' Frank  14' Gersdorff  30', 60' Haebermann  70'	Report		Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (Oberhausen)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v SV Werder Bremen

31 August 1974 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	4 – 0	SV Werder Bremen	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30	Geyer  14', 24', 89' Stolzenburg  76' Siegmann	Report		Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

Rheydter SV v Tennis Borussia Berlin

7 September 1974 DFB-Pokal – R1	Rheydter SV	1 – 2	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Jahnstadion, Mönchengladbach
	Bäumer  14'	Report	Adler  24' Geyer  46' Sühnholz	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Gerhard Boe (Uelzen)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Tennis Borussia Berlin

10 September 1974 Bundesliga	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3 – 1	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
20:00	Bonhof  36' (pen.) Wittkamp  47' Simonsen  61'	Report	Geyer  17' Birkenmeier Novak Thiel	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jürgen Meßmer (Mannheim)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v Eintracht Frankfurt

14 September 1974 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1 – 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30	Stolzenburg  14' Geyer	Report	Lorenz  19' Weidle  26' Rohrbach  47' Beverungen  66'	Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Gerd Hennig (Duisburg)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v Hamburger SV

21 September 1974 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	0 – 3	Hamburger SV	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:30		Report	Volkert  5' Eigl  53' Krobbach  62' Winkler	Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Alfons Betz (Regensburg)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Tennis Borussia Berlin

27 September 1974 Bundesliga	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4 – 0	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
20:00	Schwarz  43' Riedl  54' Sandberg  63' Pirrung  73' Kroth	Report	Geyer Mulack Schnellinger Thiel  32'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Rainer Waltert (Paderborn)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v MSV Duisburg

5 October 1974 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	2 – 3	MSV Duisburg	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30	Stolzenburg  28' Schulz  67'	Report	Dietz  33', 82' Büssers  87' Schneider Bregman	Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

Rot-Weiss Essen v Tennis Borussia Berlin

9 October 1974 Bundesliga	Rot-Weiss Essen	3 – 2	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen
20:00	Dörre  24' Lorant  56' Lippens  64' (pen.) Dörre	Report	Geyer  74' Stolzenburg  87' Mulack Schnellinger Siegmann	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v VfL Bochum

12 October 1974 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30	Sprenger  66' Stolzenburg  90' Mulack	Report	Eggert	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Tennis Borussia Berlin

19 October 1974 Bundesliga	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3 – 2	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
15:30	Geye  2', 42' (pen.) Seel  27' Geye	Report	Stolzenburg  72' Sühnholz  77' Jakobs	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hermann Schröder (Lahnstein)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v SC Rapide Wedding 1893

25 October 1974 DFB-Pokal – R2	Tennis Borussia Berlin	4 – 0	SC Rapide Wedding 1893	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
	Bittlmayer  28' Stolzenburg  52' (pen.) Geyer  71', 82'	Report		Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Jürgen Zuchantke (Berlin)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v FC Bayern Munich

2 November 1974 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	2 – 2	FC Bayern Munich	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30	Bittlmayer  35' Eggert  87'	Report	Hoeneß  47' Rummenigge  86'	Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Karl-Heinz Fork (Unna)

Kickers Offenbach v Tennis Borussia Berlin

8 November 1974 Bundesliga	Kickers Offenbach	3 – 2	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Stadion am Bieberer Berg, Offenbach
20:00	Schwemmle  1' Held  2' Janzon  24' Ritschel	Report	Jakobs  37' Stolzenburg  48' Schnellinger Schulz	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Manfred Wichmann (Gelsenkirchen)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v Hertha BSC

16 November 1974 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	0 – 3	Hertha BSC	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30	Mulack	Report	Grau  53' Beer  67', 75' Grau	Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Paul Kindervater (Cologne)

VfB Stuttgart v Tennis Borussia Berlin

23 November 1974 Bundesliga	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 1	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
15:30	Martin  19' Weller  80' Jank  86'	Report	Jakobs  65' Siegmann	Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Wolfgang Dittmer (Mutterstadt)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v 1. FC Köln

30 November 1974 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	2 – 3	1. FC Köln	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30	Stolzenburg  40' (pen.), 66'	Report	Strack  13' Löhr  55', 60' Simmet	Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v FC Schalke 04

14 December 1974 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	0 – 2	FC Schalke 04	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30		Report	Bongartz  2' Fischer  85' Bongartz	Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Karl-Heinz Picker (Hamburg)

Wuppertaler SV v Tennis Borussia Berlin

21 December 1974 Bundesliga	Wuppertaler SV	2 – 0	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Stadion am Zoo, Wuppertal
15:30	Gerber  77', 83'	Report	Eggert Hoffmann	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v Eintracht Braunschweig

25 January 1975 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	2 – 2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30	Rumor  22', 63'	Report	Gersdorff  16', 44' Grzyb	Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Walter Eschweiler (Euskirchen)

SV Werder Bremen v Tennis Borussia Berlin

1 February 1975 Bundesliga	SV Werder Bremen	1 – 1	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Weserstadion, Bremen
15:30	Höttges  78' (pen.)	Report	Rumor  35' Birkenmeier Rumor	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Dieter Dreher (Darmstadt) Man of the Match: Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (TeBe)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v Alemannia Aachen

8 February 1975 DFB-Pokal – R3	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1 – 0	Alemannia Aachen	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
	Bläser  15' (o.g.)	Report	Bläser	Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Roth (Salzgitter)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v Borussia Mönchengladbach

15 February 1975 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1 – 4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30	Stolzenburg  33'	Report	Heynckes  27', 50', 88' Bonhof  68'	Attendance: 9,900 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim) Man of the Match: Jupp Heynckes (M'gladbach)

Eintracht Frankfurt v Tennis Borussia Berlin

22 February 1975 Bundesliga	Eintracht Frankfurt	7 – 1	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Waldstadion, Frankfurt
15:30	Nickel  25', 41' Beverungen  37' Körbel  57', 81' (pen.) Grabowski  65' Kraus  78' Kraus	Report	Schulz  65' Kraus	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Rainer Waltert (Paderborn)

Hamburger SV v Tennis Borussia Berlin

28 February 1975 Bundesliga	Hamburger SV	4 – 0	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
20:00	Memering  7' Bjørnmose  43' Volkert  49' Sperlich  57' Winkler	Report	Rumor Siegmann	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Wilfried Hilker (Bochum)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

8 March 1975 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	3 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30	Stolzenburg  53' Subklewe  79' Sprenger  83'	Report	Diehl  65' Toppmöller  69'	Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Karl-Heinz Fork (Unna)

VfB Stuttgart II v Tennis Borussia Berlin

15 March 1975 DFB-Pokal – R4	VfB Stuttgart II	2 – 1	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Robert-Schlienz-Stadion, Stuttgart
	Müllner  49' Haug  62'	Report	Schulz  25'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Dettmer (Ludwigshafen)

MSV Duisburg v Tennis Borussia Berlin

21 March 1975 Bundesliga	MSV Duisburg	2 – 3	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Wedaustadion, Duisburg
20:00	Bücker  69' Worm  80'	Report	Stolzenburg  43' (pen.) Rumor  44' Geyer  84'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Günter Linn (Altendiez)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v Rot-Weiss Essen

27 March 1975 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1 – 0	Rot-Weiss Essen	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
19:30	Stolzenburg  39'	Report	Erlhoff Lippens Lorant Senger	Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Dieter Berner (Enzberg)

VfL Bochum v Tennis Borussia Berlin

1 April 1975 Bundesliga	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Ruhrstadion, Bochum
20:00		Report		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Max Klauser (Munich)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v Fortuna Düsseldorf

5 April 1975 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1 – 4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30	Jakobs  77' Jakobs	Report	Budde  10', 48' Hesse  11' Geye  28' Baltes	Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Walter Engel (Reimsbach)

FC Bayern Munich v Tennis Borussia Berlin

19 April 1975 Bundesliga	FC Bayern Munich	3 – 1	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Olympiastadion, Munich
15:30	Müller  4', 18' (pen.) Andersson  8'	Report	Rumor  52' Schulz	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Wilfried Hilker (Bochum)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v Kickers Offenbach

3 May 1975 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	0 – 2	Kickers Offenbach	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30	Rumor	Report	Ritschel  22' Schwemmle  87'	Attendance: 3,251 Referee: Gert Meuser (Ingelheim)

Hertha BSC v Tennis Borussia Berlin

10 May 1975 Bundesliga	Hertha BSC	2 – 1	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Olympiastadion, Berlin
15:30	Sziedat  1' Sidka  50' Müller	Report	Rumor  39' Jakobs	Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Hans Hillebrand (Essen)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v VfB Stuttgart

24 May 1975 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30	Schwidrowski  66'	Report	Ohlicher  42' Schäfer	Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Wilfried Hilker (Bochum)

1. FC Köln v Tennis Borussia Berlin

31 May 1975 Bundesliga	1. FC Köln	7 – 1	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne
15:30	Müller  40' (pen.), 75', 90' (pen.) Overath  43' Flohe  61', 67' Simmet  70'	Report	Bittlmayer  48' Geyer Stolzenburg Thiel	Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Eberhard Schmoock (Reichenau)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v Wuppertaler SV

7 June 1975 Bundesliga	Tennis Borussia Berlin	0 – 0	Wuppertaler SV	Mommsenstadion, Berlin
15:30		Report	Dupke	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Herbert Lutz (Bremen)

FC Schalke 04 v Tennis Borussia Berlin

14 June 1975 Bundesliga	FC Schalke 04	3 – 0	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
15:30	Fichtel  36' (pen.) Bruns  60' Fischer  82'	Report	Kraus  36'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hermann Schröder (Lahnstein) Man of the Match: Klaus Fichtel (FC Schalke 04)

Player statistics

Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Total
MF	Reinhard Adler	10	0	1	1	11	1
GK	Hubert Birkenmeier	33	0	3	0	36	0
FW	Albert Bittlmayer	20	2	3	1	23	3
DF	Peter Eggert	11	1	1	0	12	1
MF	Gino Ferrin	6	0	1	0	7	0
FW	Peter Geyer	33	6	4	3	37	9
DF	Stephan Hoffmann	17	0	3	0	20	0
MF	Ditmar Jakobs	30	3	3	0	33	0
DF	Hans-Georg Kraus	17	0	0	0	17	0
DF	Wolfgang Mulack	22	0	2	0	24	0
DF	Werner Novak	4	0	1	0	5	0
DF	Jürgen Rumor	16	6	2	0	18	6
DF	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger	19	0	3	0	22	0
MF	Jürgen Schulz	33	2	4	1	37	3
MF	Gerd Schwidrowski	7	1	0	0	7	1
DF	Norbert Siegmann	28	0	4	0	32	0
FW	Hans Sprenger	32	2	3	0	35	2
FW	Norbert Stolzenburg	33	13	4	1	37	14
FW	Karlheinz Subklewe	20	1	1	0	21	1
FW	Wolfgang Sühnholz	8	1	2	0	10	1
DF	Joachim Thiel	22	0	3	0	25	0
GK	Manfred Wittke	2	0	1	0	3	0

Final league position – 17th

1974–75 Fußball-Bundesliga: extract from the final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Borussia Mönchengladbach (C)	34	21	8	5	86	40	+46	50:18
15	SV Werder Bremen	34	9	7	18	45	69	–24	25:43
16	VfB Stuttgart (R)	34	8	8	18	50	79	–29	24:44
17	Tennis Borussia Berlin (R)	34	5	6	23	38	89	–51	16:52
18	Wuppertaler SV (R)	34	2	8	24	32	86	–54	12:56

External links

• 1974–75 Tennis Borussia Berlin season – squad and statistics at fussballdaten.de (German)