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#2 Biggest win – Borussia Monchengladbach (12-0 vs. Borussia Dortmund, 1977-78)
The 2019-20 Premier League campaign saw Leicester City equal Manchester United’s 25-year record for the competition’s biggest win by beating Southampton 9-0. The Bundesliga’s record for the biggest win however is a little heavier; it belongs to Borussia Monchengladbach, who defeated Borussia Dortmund 12-0 in the 1977-78 season.
The match became controversial due to the instances that led up to it. Monchengladbach were involved in a tussle for the Bundesliga title with FC Koln, and the two sides went into the final day of the season on equal points.
Koln had a superior goal difference of +40 though, meaning Die Fohlen would not only need to better their result on the final day, but would also need more than a 10-goal swing in their favour too. Naturally then, eyebrows were raised when Dortmund – who had drawn with Monchengladbach 3-3 earlier in the season – completely capitulated.
Future Bayern Munich boss Jupp Heynckes opened the scoring in just the 1st minute, and by the time he completed his hat-trick after 32 minutes, the score was already 5-0. In the end, Heynckes plundered 5 of his side’s ridiculous 12 goals.
Naturally, cries of match-fixing immediately occurred after the game, but Dortmund denied the charge, simply claiming they just “gave up”. Somehow though, the result wasn’t enough to earn Monchengladbach the Bundesliga title – Koln defeated St. Pauli 5-0 on the same day, winning the league by a superior goal difference of just 3.
#1 Highest average attendance per home game in a season – Borussia Dortmund (81,178 in 2015-16)
The Bundesliga is renowned for attracting thousands of fans to its games each week, with huge stadiums across Germany selling an insane numbers of tickets. But surprisingly, despite being the competition’s most successful side, Bayern Munich doesn’t hold the record for the highest average attendance per home game in a season.
That record instead belongs to their current title rivals, Borussia Dortmund. Die Schwarzgelben play their home games at the Westfalenstadion – otherwise known as Signal Iduna Park – and the famous stadium is absolutely massive.
With a league capacity of 81,365 (standing and seated), the Westfalenstadion is Germany’s largest stadium and the 7th largest overall in Europe. Only Barcelona and Real Madrid play their home games at bigger stadiums.
However, having a huge stadium isn’t the impressive part of this record. What’s really impressive is that in the record-holding 2015-16 season, Dortmund averaged a home attendance of 81,178! That means that on average, less than 200 seats were left empty per game.
So overall, while Bayern Munich might be the league’s most popular club, unless they find a way to expand the 75,000 capacity Allianz Arena – which they tend to sell out for each game – this is a record that will remain beyond their capabilities.
