Borussia Mönchengladbach 12–0 Borussia Dortmund
On 29 April 1978, the final match day of the 1977–78 Fußball-Bundesliga season, Borussia Mönchengladbach played Borussia Dortmund with the possibility of winning the Bundesliga championship. Knowing that if 1. FC Köln won their game away to FC St. Pauli, Borussia Mönchengladbach would have to win by a margin well in excess of ten goals. The match finished 12–0, which remains the largest margin of victory and tied with four other matches for the biggest win in Bundesliga history. However, 1. FC Köln beat FC St. Pauli 5–0 to become champions.
The Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, scene of Borussia Mönchengladbach's record Bundesliga victory
Ewald Lienen came off the bench to score the penultimate goal in the 12–0 win
Borussia Dortmund coach Otto Rehhagel was sacked the day after the game
Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany that plays in the Bundesliga, the top flight of German football. Nicknamed Die Fohlen, the club has won five league titles, three DFB-Pokals and two UEFA Cup titles.
Players of FC Borussia in 1900
Promotion game at Holstein Kiel, 19 June 1965
Hennes Weisweiler, 1970
Club crest 1970–1999
