1978–79 Bundesliga

16th season of the Bundesliga January 2023 Bundesliga 1978–79 11 August 1978 – 9 June 1979 Hamburger SV1st Bundesliga title4th German title Arminia Bielefeld1. FC NürnbergSV Darmstadt 98 European Cup Hamburger SV Cup Winners' Cup Fortuna Düsseldorf UEFA Cup VfB Stuttgart1. FC KaiserslauternFC Bayern MunichEintracht FrankfurtBorussia Mönchengladbach (title holders) Klaus Allofs (22) Düsseldorf 7–1 Bayern Munich (9 December 1978) M'gladbach 1–7 Bayern Munich (24 March 1979)Darmstadt 1–7 Stuttgart (9 June 1979) 7 games with 8 goals each 946 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 Bundesliga was the 16th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 1978https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=328555 Schedule Round 1 DFB and ended on 9 June 1979.https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=328917 Archive 1978/1979 Round 34 DFB 1. FC Köln were the defending champions. Competition modus Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions. Team changes to 1978–79 TSV 1860 Munich, 1. FC Saarbrücken and FC St. Pauli were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places during 1977–78. They were replaced by Arminia Bielefeld, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, SV Darmstadt 98, winners of the Southern Division and 1. FC Nürnberg, who won a two-legged promotion play-off against Rot-Weiss Essen. Team overview FRG and West Berlin 375 right Location of teams in Bundesliga 1978–79 FRG and West Berlin 52.511274 13.242632 Hertha BSC left FRG and West Berlin 52.022833 8.522395 Bielefeld left FRG and West Berlin 51.482987 7.211397       Bochum bottom FRG and West Berlin 52.290116 10.521575 Braunschweig bottom FRG and West Berlin 53.065337 8.836722 Bremen left FRG and West Berlin 49.857677 8.672410 Darmstadt FRG and West Berlin 51.512139 7.463394 Dortmund FRG and West Berlin 51.409033 6.778664 MSV left FRG and West Berlin 51.261593 6.733204         Düsseldorf bottom FRG and West Berlin 50.069206 8.644234 Frankfurt left FRG and West Berlin 53.587095 9.898711 Hamburg left FRG and West Berlin 49.434705 7.776408 Kaiserslautern bottom FRG and West Berlin 50.933224 6.874697 Köln bottom FRG and West Berlin 51.208908 6.439549 MGL left FRG and West Berlin 48.173086 11.545509 Bayern FRG and West Berlin 49.426230 11.125740 Nürnberg FRG and West Berlin 51.559146 7.067248         Schalke top FRG and West Berlin 48.792295 9.232141 Stuttgart Club Location GroundGrüne Hardy Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon AGON Sportverlag Kassel 2001 3-89784-147-9 German Capacity Berlin Hertha BSC Hertha BSC Berlin Berlin Olympiastadion 100,000 Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Stadion Alm 35,000 Bochum VfL Bochum Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000 Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 38,000 Bremen SV Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 32,000 Darmstadt SV Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Stadion am Böllenfalltor 30,000 Dortmund Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 54,000 Duisburg MSV Duisburg Duisburg Wedaustadion 38,500 Dusseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600 Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000 Hamburg Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 80,000 Kaiserslautern 1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Stadion Betzenberg 42,000 Koln 1. FC Köln Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000 Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich Bayern FC Bayern Munich Munich Olympiastadion 80,000 Nürnberg 1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Städtisches Stadion 64,238 Schalke FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000 Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Neckarstadion 72,000 League table main WDL QR 2 5 HSV Hamburger SV VFB VfB Stuttgart FCK 1. FC Kaiserslautern FCB Bayern Munich SGE Eintracht Frankfurt KOE 1. FC Köln F95 Fortuna Düsseldorf BOC VfL Bochum EBS Eintracht Braunschweig BMG Borussia Mönchengladbach SVW Werder Bremen BVB Borussia Dortmund DUI MSV Duisburg BSC Hertha BSC S04 Schalke 04 DSC Arminia Bielefeld FCN 1. FC Nürnberg D98 SV Darmstadt 98 21 7 6 78 32 C 20 8 6 73 34 16 11 7 62 47 16 8 10 69 46 16 7 11 50 49 13 12 9 55 47 13 11 10 70 59 10 13 11 47 46 10 13 11 50 55 12 8 14 50 53 10 11 13 48 60 10 11 13 54 70 12 6 16 43 56 9 11 14 40 50 9 10 15 55 61 9 8 17 43 56 R 8 8 18 36 67 R 7 7 20 40 75 R green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 UC1 UC1 UC1 UC1 Borussia Mönchengladbach won the 1978–79 UEFA Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions. yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round ECWC1 red1 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga R R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. www.dfb.de Results main DFB complete FBR BSC Hertha BSC DSC Arminia Bielefeld BOC VfL Bochum EBS Eintracht Braunschweig SVW Werder Bremen D98 Darmstadt 98 BVB Borussia Dortmund DUI MSV Duisburg F95 Fortuna Düsseldorf SGE Eintracht Frankfurt HSV Hamburger SV FCK 1. FC Kaiserslautern KOE 1. FC Köln BMG Borussia Mönchengladbach FCB Bayern Munich FCN 1. FC Nürnberg S04 Schalke 04 VFB VfB Stuttgart 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 4–1 4–1 1–3 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 5–0 4–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 4–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–5 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 5–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–3 3–1 3–0 4–4 3–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–6 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–3 1–2 1–7 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 4–1 3–0 3–1 1–3 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–3 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–4 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–2 3–1 2–1 0–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 3–1 4–0 3–1 3–0 4–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 3–3 7–1 3–3 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 4–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–4 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 5–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 6–0 3–0 1–2 4–1 4–2 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–2 5–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 5–0 3–3 2–2 0–2 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 4–1 2–0 2–3 4–0 3–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–3 4–3 5–1 2–0 1–7 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–4 2–1 6–1 4–0 1–1 4–0 6–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 5–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–3 2–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 3–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–3 4–4 2–1 4–2 5–1 2–1 1–2 4–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 3–0 5–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–4 2–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 Top goalscorers 22 goals Germany Klaus Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 21 goals Germany Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04) 18 goals Germany Rüdiger Abramczik (FC Schalke 04) 17 goals England Kevin Keegan (Hamburger SV) Germany Klaus Toppmöller (1. FC Kaiserslautern) 16 goals Germany Dieter Hoeneß (VfB Stuttgart) Germany Harald Nickel (Eintracht Braunschweig) 15 goals Germany Manfred Burgsmüller (Borussia Dortmund) 14 goals Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC Bayern Munich) Germany Georg Volkert (VfB Stuttgart) Champion squad Hamburger SVGoalkeeper: Rudi Kargus (34). Defenders: Manfred Kaltz (34 / 6); Peter Nogly (captain; 34 / 1); Ivan Buljan Yugoslavia (32 / 5); Peter Hidien (31 / 3); Hans-Jürgen Ripp (8); Uwe Beginski (1). Midfielders: Kevin Keegan England (34 / 17); Jimmy Hartwig (34 / 10); Caspar Memering (34 / 4); Horst Bertl (24 / 5); Felix Magath (captain; 21 / 4). Forwards: Horst Hrubesch (34 / 13); Willi Reimann (26 / 5); Bernd Wehmeyer (19 / 2); Hans-Günther Plücken (7 / 1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) Manager: Branko Zebec Yugoslavia. On the roster but did not play in a league game: Jürgen Stars; Bernd Gorski; Andreas Karow; Thomas Bliemeister. See also 1978–79 DFB-Pokal References External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1978/1979 Category:Bundesliga seasons 1 Germany