1. Bundesliga (Germany) 1971/1972

#	Club	M	W	D	L	Goal	Pts	GD	Result
1	FC Bayern Munich	34	24	7	3	101 - 38	55	+63	Champion (Champions League)
2	FC Schalke 04	34	24	4	6	78 - 35	52	+43	Cup Winner Cup (cup winner)
3	Borussia Moenchengladbach	34	18	7	9	82 - 40	43	+42	UEFA Cup
4	1. FC Koeln	34	15	13	6	64 - 44	43	+20	UEFA Cup
5	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	16	7	11	71 - 61	39	+10	UEFA Cup
6	Hertha BSC	34	14	9	11	46 - 55	37	-9
7	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	14	7	13	59 - 53	35	+6	UEFA Cup (cup finalist)
8	VfB Stuttgart	34	13	9	12	52 - 56	35	-4
9	VfL Bochum	34	14	6	14	59 - 69	34	-10
10	Hamburger SV	34	13	7	14	52 - 52	33	±0
11	SV Werder Bremen	34	11	9	14	63 - 58	31	+5
12	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	8	15	11	43 - 48	31	-5
13	Fortuna Duesseldorf	34	10	10	14	40 - 53	30	-13
14	MSV Duisburg	34	10	7	17	36 - 51	27	-15
15	Rot-Weiss Oberhausen	34	7	11	16	33 - 66	25	-33
16	Hannover 96	34	10	3	21	54 - 69	23	-15
17	Borussia Dortmund	34	6	8	20	34 - 83	20	-49
18	Arminia Bielefeld	34	0	0	0	0 - 0	0	±0	Relegated (corruption scandal)
Pts = Points M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference;
							Notes: - Champion - national cup holder - participation in European competition - promoted - relegated

1. Bundesliga (Germany) 1971/1972: final table of First division