The 1990–91 Bundesliga was the 28th season of the Bundesliga, the premier football league in West Germany. It began on 8 August 1990 and ended on 15 June 1991. FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

With the Reunification of Germany on 3 October 1990, it was the last season that the league was exclusive to teams from the former West Germany before it was opened to teams from the former East Germany.

Competition format

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to 2. Bundesliga. The third-to-last team had to compete in a two-legged relegation/promotion play-off against the third-placed team from 2. Bundesliga.

Team changes to 1989–90

SV Waldhof Mannheim and FC Homburg were directly relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last two places. They were replaced by Hertha BSC and SG Wattenscheid 09. Relegation/promotion play-off participant VfL Bochum won on aggregate against 1. FC Saarbrücken and thus retained their Bundesliga status.

Team overview

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! Club

! Location

! Ground

! Capacity

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! style="text-align:center;"| No. !! Team !! style="text-align:right;"| Attendance !! style="text-align:right;"| Change !! style="text-align:right;"| Highest

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| 1 || Borussia Dortmund || 35,923 || -3.4% || 53,000

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| 2 || Bayern München || 35,885 || -1.0% || 73,153

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| 3 || 1. FC Kaiserslautern || 32,145 || 26.4% || 38,500

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| 4 || VfB Stuttgart || 28,882 || 16.1% || 68,000

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| 5 || Eintracht Frankfurt || 24,310 || -9.1% || 60,843

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| 6 || Hamburger SV || 23,994 || 12.4% || 61,000

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| 7 || 1. FC Nürnberg || 23,337 || -6.9% || 51,750

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| 8 || 1. FC Köln || 21,235 || -4.7% || 55,000

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| 9 || Werder Bremen || 20,420 || 6.0% || 32,875

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| 10 || Borussia Mönchengladbach || 19,291 || -1.9% || 34,000

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| 11 || VfL Bochum || 18,786 || 2.3% || 40,051

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| 12 || FC St. Pauli || 18,628 || -2.1% || 38,200

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| 13 || Karlsruher SC || 18,294 || -5.0% || 33,000

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| 14 || Fortuna 95 || 16,588 || -16.8% || 48,000

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| 15 || Hertha BSC || 15,186 || 13.0% || 38,752

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| 16 || Bayer Leverkusen || 13,618 || -5.6% || 25,800

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| 17 || Wattenscheid 09 || 13,612 || 168.6% || 43,200

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| 18 || Bayer 05 Uerdingen || 10,547 || -13.8% || 23,000

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See also

  • 1990–91 2. Bundesliga
  • 1990–91 DFB-Pokal

References

  • DFB Bundesliga archive 1990/1991