In the tiebreaker game, Borussia won 4—1, at last gaining promotion to the first division. Going into the —10 season, Borussia exchanged its previous black and white color scheme with blue and yellow vertical stripes.

Gladbach started into the higher league with significant issues, bringing Rheydt SpV only to a 2—2 at home before struggling with a crushing defeat in the 0—9 away fixture.

The team ended the season with five wins, five losses and two draws in fourth place, dodging relegation.

The club's tenth anniversary had seen a record registered members, up from 32 in and 75 in In the —11 season, the league grew from seven to ten teams, adding opponents like Germania Hilden, FC Krefeld and Eintracht Mönchengladbach, bringing the game plan for Borussia to 18 games, not counting numerous friendly matches that brought the total number of games played to over 30, placing a significant strain on the amateur players.

Aside from a noteworthy 11—2 victory over rivals Rheydt SV, the season was another mediocre performance for Borussia. The season forced Borussia to once again move the playing ground, after the Schweizerhaus grounds were deemed to dangerous in response to complaints by opposing teams.

Borussia subsequently moved to grounds near the Catholic graveyard, and finished fourth in the league. The —12 season was the first major success in the club's history.

Borussia easily dominated the league with twelve wins, one draw and one loss, and thus earned qualification for promotion games towards Verbandsliga as northern district champions as well as the West German championship.

Ultimately, Borussia lost the finals for the West German championship against Cologne BC 01, the precursor of Borussia's greatest all-time rival, 1.

FC Köln , at a 2—4 scoreline. In a step down from the previous season's outstanding performance, Borussia proved to struggle in the —13 season.

While the team was not threatened by relegation at any point in the tournament, Borussia ended in the middle of the table without a serious claim towards the title, and was no serious threat in the West German championship either.

Borussia ended the season in sixth place in the league, at eight wins, two draws and eight losses. In the last full season before World War I , the German footballing structure was again reformed in the —14 season.

The system of two federation leagues German: Verbandsliga of twenty clubs each was replaced with a system of four district leagues German: Kreisliga of ten clubs each.

This left Borussia in the Rhenish Northern District German: Rheinischer Nordkreis along with teams from Aachen and Düsseldorf, as well as other teams from Mönchengladbach.

In the preparation for the season, Borussia performed miserably, losing 1—3 to Viktoria Duisburg and 1—6 to Duisburg SV. Borussia nonetheless entered the season with the clear goal to earn the district championship.

The team fell well short of that target, coming third in the league at five wins, five draws and four losses. The highlight of the season is a friendly match against an English professional team.

Dulwich Hamlet F. In March , the club purchased De Kull , a decommissioned gravel pit and the grounds on which the later Bökelbergstadion would be built.

The First World War halted the progress of both the stadium and football in general, as many players volunteered or were drafted for military service.

With rapidly changing player lineups, Borussia contested the war cup German: Kriegspokal , beating Düren 7—0. In total, Borussia played 18 games in the —15 season, in spite of the logistical difficulties caused by the war.

In time for the —16 season, it had become clear that the war, initially anticipated by all sides to conclude quickly, would last longer than expected.

Regardless, Borussia was able to assemble a functional team for the season reinforced regularly by players on vacation from frontline duty , and played games against Union Krefeld, Viktoria Rheydt, Konstantia Kaldenkirchen, VfB Krefeld, FC Mönchengladbach and Eintracht Mönchengladbach.

After a shaky start including a 1—4 friendly game loss to Borussia Düsseldorf, Borussia found its footing in the league, and briefly rivalled Krefeld for the first place in January Ultimately, Borussia finished second in the league.

By mid, Borussia was forced to cease regular play due to the lack of regularly available players. By 4 November , even the provisional club leadership had to cease operations, as too many of its members were called up for military service.

Borussia suffered several losses due to war casualties: The club's chairman since , Heinz Körstgens, was killed in action in , as was Stephan Ditgens, Borussia player and uncle of Borussia's first ever German national team player, Heinz Ditgens.

In the immediate aftermath of the military armistice of 11 November , football clubs all over Germany began to gradually resume operations.

Members of Borussia had informal meetings about the resumption of play even during the last months of the war, as early as mid The first recorded game of this phase was a 5—0 over Rheydt SV on 15 August , followed by the turnaround in the form of a 2—7 thrashing at the hands of Rheydt SV in the return fixture a week later.

The aftermath of the war interrupted the blossoming football of —19, as only seven of Borussia's 14 planned games were held due to the occupation of the region by the Belgian Armed Forces.

The decades-long struggle to find a usable locale to play continued, as De Kull was not yet ready to be used. By early , the team returned to Schweizerhaus as a temporary measure.

On 15 March , FC Borussia merged with another local club, Turnverein Germania , becoming VfTuR M. The club achieved its first major success in , defeating Kölner BC 3—1 to win the West German championship final.

The union between Germania and Borussia only lasted a matter of two years; the club was thereafter known as Borussia VfL e.

Also while under the Third Reich, Mönchengladbach's first ever international player was capped; Heinz Ditgens playing in a 9—0 win over Luxembourg for Germany in the Olympic Games.

After the outbreak of World War II , play continued as usual, other than for the —45 season. Eventually, Mönchengladbach resumed play in June , gaining successive promotions to the Landesliga Niederrhein the regional second tier in and the top flight, the Oberliga West, in Following many years of promotions and relegations, Borussia won their first Oberliga title in the —59 season.

In August , Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated 1. FC Köln in the West German Cup. Weeks later, the club won the DFB-Pokal , clinching their first national honours after defeating Karlsruher SC 3—2 in the final.

Borussia therefore qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup in —61 , where they were defeated 11—0 on aggregate by the Scottish club, Rangers.

Rangers won 3—0 in Germany and 8—0 in Glasgow. The following year, the club took on the now-familiar name Borussia VfL Mönchengladbach after the city of München-Gladbach became Mönchengladbach.

The —62 season in the Oberliga ended again with Borussia in 13th place in the table. In —63, the club hoped in vain to join the circle of DFB clubs which would start next year in the newly founded Bundesliga.

Helmut Beyer , who remained in office for 30 years, took over the responsibility of president that season and Helmut Grashoff took over as second chairman.

In July , Borussia signed Fritz Langner , who had won the West German championship in with Westfalia Herne , as their new coach.

To Langner's chagrin, the new leadership sold Albert Brüllsfor a record fee of , DM to FC Modena in Italy in order to rehabilitate the club financially.

Helmut Grashoff, who collected the fee in Italian lira in cash in a suitcase, later said he had feared, after the money transfer, "being thought a bank robber".

That year, the A-Youth team won the West German championship with a squad that included future professional footballers, Jupp Heynckes and Herbert Laumen.

Further honours would have to wait a decade. Borussia's results in the ten years leading up to the formation of the Bundesliga in were not strong enough to earn them admission into the ranks of the nation's new top flight professional league, and so the club played in the second tier, the Regionalliga West.

In the next season, —65, the club signed the youngsters, Jupp Heynckes and Bernd Rupp , and some of the youth team joined the professional squad.

Their average age of Reporter Wilhelm August Hurtmanns coined the nickname in his articles in the Rheinische Post. He was taken with the style of Borussia and wrote that they would play like young foals.

This saw the team play against the competitors of Wormatia Worms Second in the Regionalliga Südwest , SSV Reutlingen Second in the Regionalliga Süd and Holstein Kiel Champions in the Regionalliga Nord in first and second matches.

Of the six games Borussia won three 5—1 in Worms, 1—0 against Kiel and 7—0 against Reutlingen.

Together with Borussia Bayern Munich rose by winning Group 2. Mönchengladbach enjoyed its first taste of the Bundesliga in the —66 season , earning promotion alongside future powerhouse Bayern Munich.

The two clubs would go on to engage in a fierce struggle as they challenged each other for domestic supremacy throughout the s.

Bayern took first blood in the struggle for supremacy between the two: winning the Bundesliga championship in Mönchengladbach struck back immediately in the next season with a championship of their own and followed up with a second title in , becoming the first Bundesliga club ever to successfully defend their title.

The commitment of Weisweiler as coach pointed the way for the sporting success of the club in the Bundesliga.

The economic situation of the club did not allow to finance a team of stars. Weisweiler corresponded to the needs of the association with his attitude to promote the education and development of young talents.

This resulted in a carefree and offensive style of playing, the hallmark of Fohlenelf. The club signed with Berti Vogts and Heinz Wittmann , both players whose names should be closely linked to the sporting successes of Borussia.

The first Bundesliga match in the —66 season took place away against Borussia Neunkirchen and ended 1—1, the first Bundesliga goal scorer was Gerhard Elfert.

The first home game against SC Tasmania Berlin Borussia won 5—0. Weisweiler knew how to give the team tactical freedom and to promote the individual enthusiasm of the players.

These freedoms cost the still immature team in the first Bundesliga season with a number of sometimes high defeats. The Borussia finished the first season in the Bundesliga on the 13th place in the table.

In the following season —67 showed the scoring power of the Mönchengladbacher team, which scored 70 goals. The striker Herbert Laumen scored 18, Bernd Rupp 16 and Jupp Heynckes scored 14 goals.

Due to the good goal difference, the team was able to complete the season on the eighth place in the table. With an 11—0 home win over FC Schalke 04 on Matchday 18, the team celebrated the first highest ever victory in Bundesliga history.

The successes had the side effect that the salaries of the players jumped up and thus good players were not easy to hold onto.

Jupp Heynckes moved for the former record transfer fee of , DM to Hannover 96 , Bernd Rupp moved to SV Werder Bremen , and Eintracht Braunschweig signed Gerhard Elfert.

The club bought Peter Meyer and Peter Dietrich and thus compensated for the departure of seasoned players. With a 10—0 win on the twelfth match-day of the season —68 over Borussia Neunkirchen , the team showed again their scoring power.

The team reached in this and the next season third place in the table. The club signed in the season —69 their future coach Horst Köppel , who had already had first experiences in the national team, and from hitherto unknown amateur VfL Schwerte the then long-time goalkeeper Wolfgang Kleff and Hartwig Bleidick , Gerd Zimmermann and Winfried Schäfer , who played ten seasons at Borussia.

Under coach Hennes Weisweiler , the young side displayed an offensive-minded philosophy and powerful play that attracted fans from all over Germany.

Borussia won the championship five times, more than any other team in this time. At the same time a rivalry developed with FC Bayern Munich, with which Borussia together ascended in to the Bundesliga.

After the club had twice finished in previous years third place in the table, coached Hennes Weisweiler in the —70 season especially the defence.

Deviating from the "foal" concept, Borussia bought for the first time experienced defensive players like Luggi Müller and Klaus-Dieter Sieloff.

With Ulrik le Fevre the club signed their first Danish player, later followed by Henning Jensen and Allan Simonsen.

This season saw the first Bundesliga victory over Bayern. After a 5—1 win over Alemannia Aachen on 31 October , Borussia topped the Bundesliga for the first time.

Today as of December Borussia takes third place in the list of league leaders in the Bundesliga behind Bayern and Dortmund.

With a home win against Hamburger SV on 30 April , the 33rd Round of the season, Borussia were named as champions. On 16 September Herbert Laumen scored in the 6—0 win against EPA Larnaka the first goal for Borussia in a game of European club football.

In the history of the Bundesliga unique is an incident in the home game of the 27th matchday against Werder Bremen , known as the post break from Bökelberg.

In the game on 3 April , after a penalty area scene in the 88th minute, the striker Herbert Laumen after a head clash together with the Bremen goalkeeper Günter Bernardinto overturned the left goal post.

After unsuccessful attempts at repair and no replacement goal could be set up, the referee stopped the game at the score of The DFB sports court in Frankfurt rated the game as a 2—0 win for Bremen.

As a consequence, the DFB obliged the clubs to provide a replacement for both goals. The championship was decided only on the last match day as a head-to-head race with Bayern Munich.

Nine weeks after the post-break game, on 5 June , Borussia were the first side in the history of the Bundesliga to defend their championship title, with a victory at Eintracht Frankfurt.

On 20 October in the European Cup , the champions took part in a can-throwing game in football history match against Inter Milan instead. Borussia won the match at Bökelbergstadion 7—1, but UEFA cancelled the game, as the Italian striker Roberto Boninsegna was hit by an empty coke can and received medical treatment.

Nobody in the world would have won against this team today. That was football in the highest perfection. After a 4—2 away defeat in Milan and a goalless draw in the replay at the Berlin Olympic Stadium , Borussia were eliminated from the Cup of the national champions.

Die Fohlen were able to take some consolation in a 2—1 victory over 1. FC Köln in the Rheinland derby by a goal by Günter Netzer in to win their second DFB-Pokal.

For Netzer this was the last game for Borussia: he left the club and moved to Real Madrid. In addition to the game-winning scene in the 93rd minute from Netzer there were numerous other highlights in the 30th cup final in history, that of the one best, playful highly interesting and exciting in the history of this competition in the annals entered and of which one could swarm only in highest tones Kicker.

The first international final match took place on 9 May Liverpool won the UEFA Cup first-leg 3—0 on the second try after the game was cancelled the day before due to rain.

On 23 May Borussia Mönchengladbach won the second-leg 2—0, but Liverpool won the cup by aggregate victory. The following seasons were marked by the departure of well-known players, although the main Mönchengladbach striker remained.

In the —74 season Jupp Heynckes' 30 goals made him the top-scorer in the Bundesliga, the first Borussia Monchengladbach player to be so.

In that first season following the departure of Günter Netzer, Borussia finished as runner-up to champions Bayern Munich by one point.

With a total of 93 goals scored Borussia set a new club record. Borussia graduated in the following years to , the championship in third and fifth place and vice-champion.

In the —75 season Borussia laid the foundation for a feat previously unheard of in the Bundesliga. On Matchday 17, the "foals" topped the league table and did not relinquish the league lead until winning the championship on 14 June The joy over the title was clouded by the departure of coach Hennes Weisweiler , who left the club after eleven years in the direction of FC Barcelona.

The first leg of the UEFA Cup in Düsseldorf between Borussia and Twente Enschede ended goalless. The second leg on 21 May was won by the VfL 5: 1.

With the highest away win in a UEFA Cup final, Borussia won their first international title. Udo Lattek , who came from the rival Bayern Munich , although he had already signed with Rot-Weiss Essen , took over the club in the —76 season.

In contrast to the departed Weisweiler, Lattek represented a rather safety-first philosophy. The team topped the Championship on the twelfth round of the season, with a victory over Werder Bremen and Eintracht Braunschweig , and retained that lead to the end of the season.

On 3 March , on Ash Wednesday , was the next sensational international appearance of Borussia. In the European Champions Cup , Borussia Mönchengladbach played against Real Madrid , where now Günter Netzer and Paul Breitner were under contract, 2: 2.

In the second leg 17 March , which ended 1—1, the referee Leonardus van der Kroft did not recognise two Mönchengladbach goals, in the 68th minute a goal by Henning Jensen and in the 83rd minute by Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp.

Once a foul must have preceded the goal, once the referee decided on offside, although it had been not indicated by the linesman. The draw was enough for the Madrilenians to progress.

The team stayed on the attack, and matched Bayern's achievement, with three consecutive titles from to On 12 June Mönchengladbach won a fourth league title.

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