Borussia Mönchengladbach 12–0 Borussia Dortmund
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1977–78 Bundesliga Matchday 34 |
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| Date | 29 April 1978 | ||||||
| Venue | Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf | ||||||
| Man of the Match |
Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
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| Referee | Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach) | ||||||
| Attendance | 38,000 | ||||||
On 29 April 1978, the final match day of the 1977–78 Fußball-Bundesliga season, Borussia Mönchengladbach played Borussia Dortmund with the possibility of winning the Bundesliga championship. Knowing that if 1. FC Köln won their game away to FC St. Pauli, Borussia Mönchengladbach would have to win by a margin well in excess of ten goals. The match finished 12–0, which, as of 2016, is still the largest margin of victory and biggest win in any Bundesliga game. However, 1. FC Köln beat FC St. Pauli 5–0 to become champions.
Borussia Mönchengladbach went into the match with Borussia Dortmund as reigning Bundesliga champions of the previous season. Having only won two of their first seven league games in the autumn of 1977, they had managed to reach second place in the table after 22 games. With the final round of games, the league championship went down to the wire with both Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Köln equal on points, but 1. FC Köln having a far superior goal difference of +10.
Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, were struggling to gain ground in their second consecutive season in the Bundesliga after promotion in 1976. Three games previously, the club had secured their Bundesliga status for the following year with a 2–0 away win over FC Schalke 04.Horst Bertram, Dortmund's number one goalkeeper, had just recovered from injury, but Dortmund's coach Otto Rehhagel decided to start with second-choice goalie Peter Endrulat, giving him a chance to present himself. Endrulat, however, was told the morning before the game, that his contract would not be extended close-season.
38,000 fans made it to the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf since Mönchengladbach's usual home ground, the Bökelbergstadion, was being renovated. The match was refereed by Ferdinand Biwersi.
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