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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. Pos. Nation Player — GK  FRG Hubert Birkenmeier — GK  FRG Manfred Wittke — DF  FRG Peter Eggert — DF  FRG Stephan Hoffmann — DF  FRG Hans-Georg Kraus — DF  FRG Wolfgang Mulack — DF  FRG Werner Novak — DF  FRG Jürgen Rumor — DF  FRG Karl-Heinz Schnellinger — DF  FRG Norbert Siegmann — DF  FRG Joachim Thiel — MF  FRG Reinhard Adler

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

1974–75 fixtures

Bundesliga

24 August 1974	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)

31 August 1974	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)

10 September 1974	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)

14 September 1974	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)

21 September 1974	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)

27 September 1974	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)

5 October 1974	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)

9 October 1974	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)

12 October 1974	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)

19 October 1974	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)

2 November 1974	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)

8 November 1974	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)

16 November 1974	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)

23 November 1974	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)

30 November 1974	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)

14 December 1974	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)

21 December 1974	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)

25 January 1975	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)

1 February 1975	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)

15 February 1975	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)

22 February 1975	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)

28 February 1975	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)

8 March 1975	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)

21 March 1975	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)

27 March 1975	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)

5 April 1975	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)

19 April 1975	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)

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

10 May 1975	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)

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

31 May 1975	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)

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

14 June 1975	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)

DFB-Pokal

7 September 1974 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)

25 October 1974 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)

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

15 March 1975 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)

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

References

1. "Abschlusstabelle der Bundesliga 1974/1975". fussballdaten.de (in German). 14 June 1975. Retrieved 26 December 2010.

External links

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

• Tennis Borussia Berlin seasons
• German football clubs 1974–75 season