The chief prosecutor of the DFB, Hans Kindermann, found out that, amongst others, the 17 April 1971 game between FC Schalke and Arminia Bielefeld that ended 0–1, had been "sold" (or thrown) by Schalke's players and the board of directors. Afterwards, many of the Schalke players were banned for long periods, while several lifetime bans were imposed.
The players maintained their innocence, and even swore an oath to that, but the oath was eventually proven to be false. Schalke's rivals, especially from the Ruhr, still occasionally refer to Schalke as FC Meineid (German for "FC Perjury").
Fifty-two players, two managers and six club functionaries were punished. Also, Bielefeld and Offenbach had their license to participate in the Bundesliga revoked. Offenbach had been relegated due to their sporting performance anyway, despite the manipulated games, but Bielefeld played in the next Bundesliga season. Eventually, Bielefeld finished playing all 34 games of the 1971–72 season, but were punished by automatic relegation after that season, officially receiving zero points for each game independently of their actual record.
5 June 1971: Braunschweig vs Oberhausen, 1–1*; Hertha BSC vs Bielefeld, 0–1; Köln vs Offenbach, 4–2
*Strictly speaking, the game was not manipulated, but the Braunschweig players were promised, and given, for winning this game an additional bonus by a third party, which was illegal.
^Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger (2003). Tor!: The story of German football. When Saturday Comes Books. ISBN0-9540134-5-X.
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1971, bundesliga, scandal, other, uses, bundesliga, scandal, bundesliga, scandal, bundesliga, skandal, refers, malicious, profit, manipulation, games, 1970, german, football, championship, season, contents, history, manipulated, games, punished, participants, . For other uses see Bundesliga scandal The Bundesliga scandal der Bundesliga Skandal refers to the malicious for profit manipulation of games in the 1970 71 German football championship season Contents 1 History 2 Manipulated games 3 Punished participants 3 1 Players 3 2 Coaches 3 3 Club officials 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe manipulation of games was revealed when the president of Kickers Offenbach Horst Gregorio Canellas presented an audio tape to DFB officials and a few journalists at his 50th birthday garden party In that tape several players including German internationals Bernd Patzke and Manfred Manglitz could be heard offering to let themselves be bribed to help Offenbach avoid relegation 1 The chief prosecutor of the DFB Hans Kindermann found out that amongst others the 17 April 1971 game between FC Schalke and Arminia Bielefeld that ended 0 1 had been sold or thrown by Schalke s players and the board of directors Afterwards many of the Schalke players were banned for long periods while several lifetime bans were imposed The players maintained their innocence and even swore an oath to that but the oath was eventually proven to be false Schalke s rivals especially from the Ruhr still occasionally refer to Schalke as FC Meineid German for FC Perjury Fifty two players two managers and six club functionaries were punished Also Bielefeld and Offenbach had their license to participate in the Bundesliga revoked Offenbach had been relegated due to their sporting performance anyway despite the manipulated games but Bielefeld played in the next Bundesliga season Eventually Bielefeld finished playing all 34 games of the 1971 72 season but were punished by automatic relegation after that season officially receiving zero points for each game independently of their actual record Manipulated games Edit17 April 1971 Schalke vs Bielefeld 0 1 5 May 1971 Koln vs Essen 3 2 8 May 1971 Offenbach vs Oberhausen 3 2 22 May 1971 Koln vs Oberhausen 2 4 Duisburg vs Bielefeld 4 1 29 May 1971 Bielefeld vs Stuttgart 1 0 Offenbach vs Frankfurt 0 2 5 June 1971 Braunschweig vs Oberhausen 1 1 Hertha BSC vs Bielefeld 0 1 Koln vs Offenbach 4 2 Strictly speaking the game was not manipulated but the Braunschweig players were promised and given for winning this game an additional bonus by a third party which was illegal Punished participants EditPlayers Edit Hertha BSC Tasso Wild Bernd Patzke Jurgen Rumor Laszlo Gergely Volkmar Gross Peter Enders Wolfgang Gayer Arno Steffenhagen Karl Heinz Ferschl Hans Jurgen Sperlich Franz Brungs Jurgen Weber Michael Kellner Uwe Witt and Zoltan Varga VfB Stuttgart Hans Arnold Hartmut Weiss and Hans Eisele FC Schalke 04 Klaus Fichtel Hans Jurgen Wittkamp Rolf Russmann Herbert Lutkebohmert Manfred Pohlschmidt Hans Pirkner Jurgen Sobieray Klaus Fischer Reinhard Libuda Dieter Burdenski Klaus Senger Jurgen Galbierz and Heinz van Haaren Arminia Bielefeld Waldemar Slomiany and Jurgen Neumann MSV Duisburg Volker Danner and Gerhard Kentschke Eintracht Braunschweig Lothar Ulsass Horst Wolter Wolfgang Grzyb Peter Kaack Franz Merkhoffer Bernd Gersdorff Klaus Gerwien Rainer Skrotzki Eberhard Haun Jaro Deppe Dietmar Erler Friedhelm Haebermann Joachim Base Michael Polywka and Burkhardt Oller Coaches Edit Oberhausen Egon Piechaczek and Gunter BrockerClub officials Edit Oberhausen Peter Maassen Hertha BSC Wolfgang Holst Offenbach Horst Gregorio Canellas Friedrich Mann Fritz Koch and Waldemar Klein See also EditBundesliga scandal 1965 Bundesliga scandal 2005 References Edit Ulrich Hesse Lichtenberger 2003 Tor The story of German football When Saturday Comes Books ISBN 0 9540134 5 X External links EditDer Bundesliga Skandal 1971 Das Ende der Unschuld in German Der Bundesliga Skandal vor 34 Jahren in German Der Bundesligaskandal 1971 in German Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1971 Bundesliga scandal amp oldid 1159497803, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
