1978–79 2. Bundesliga

5th season of the second-tier football league in Germany February 2023 2. Bundesliga 1978–79 Nord: Bayer LeverkusenSüd: TSV 1860 Munich Nord: Bayer LeverkusenBayer UerdingenSüd: TSV 1860 Munich Nord: Westfalia HerneFC St. PauliWacker 04 Berlin Süd: FC Hanau 93FC AugsburgKSV BaunatalBorussia Neunkirchen Nord: Karl-Heinz Mödrath(28 goals)Süd: Eduard Kirschner(33 goals) Nord: 380Süd: 380 Nord: 4,280Süd: 4,857 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 2. Bundesliga season was the fifth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd. Bayer Leverkusen, TSV 1860 Munich and Bayer Uerdingen were promoted to the Bundesliga while Westfalia Herne, FC St. Pauli, Wacker 04 Berlin, FC Hanau 93, FC Augsburg, KSV Baunatal and Borussia Neunkirchen were relegated to the Oberligas. Nord For the 1978–79 season saw DSC Wanne-Eickel, Holstein Kiel, Viktoria Köln and Wacker 04 Berlin promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga and Amateurligas while FC St. Pauli had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga. League table main WDL PQR 2 B04 Bayer Leverkusen B05 KFC Uerdingen PRM Preußen Münster FKO Fortuna Köln SCW Westfalia Herne STP FC St. Pauli AAC Alemannia Aachen RWE Rot-Weiss Essen SGU SG Union Solingen SGW SG Wattenscheid 09 TBB Tennis Borussia Berlin SVA Arminia Hannover WAN DSC Wanne-Eickel KSV Holstein Kiel H96 Hannover 96 FCV Viktoria Köln WSV Wuppertaler SV OSN VfL Osnabrück RWL Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid W04 Wacker 04 Berlin 24 11 3 87 34 C,P 22 9 7 83 44 P 21 9 8 59 25 18 11 9 84 52 16 11 11 65 47 R 16 11 11 56 49 R 14 12 12 54 47 14 11 13 68 62 14 11 13 47 49 10 16 12 49 47 12 12 14 58 61 13 10 15 56 65 11 13 14 66 66 13 9 16 40 62 9 16 13 57 68 10 12 16 53 60 9 12 17 46 57 10 9 19 49 71 8 6 24 49 106 8 5 25 33 87 R Westfalia Herne voluntarily returned their license for the following season to the DFB and were therefore relegated. FC St. Pauli were not granted a license for the following season by the DFB and were therefore relegated. green1 Promotion to Bundesliga P yellow1 Qualification to promotion play-offs QP red1 Relegation to Oberliga R R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Bundesliga.de Results main DFB complete FBR AAC Alemannia Aachen TBB Tennis Borussia Berlin W04 Wacker 04 Berlin RWE Rot-Weiss Essen H96 Hannover 96 SVA Arminia Hannover SCW Westfalia Herne KSV Holstein Kiel FKO Fortuna Köln FCV Viktoria Köln B04 Bayer Leverkusen RWL Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid PRM Preußen Münster OSN VfL Osnabrück SGU Union Solingen STP FC St. Pauli B05 Bayer Uerdingen WAN DSC Wanne-Eickel SGW SG Wattenscheid WSV Wuppertaler SV 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–5 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–4 5–2 1–0 4–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–1 9–0 5–6 4–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 3–0 3–3 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–4 0–7 0–4 4–2 1–0 3–0 0–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–3 3–3 4–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 4–1 3–3 2–1 7–2 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–3 0–2 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–3 1–1 3–0 4–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 4–2 4–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–3 3–2 1–1 3–2 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 5–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 2–2 4–1 3–0 4–0 5–0 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–2 4–2 3–0 2–0 2–4 5–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–5 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–4 9–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 5–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 8–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 3–3 4–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–4 0–4 0–3 1–3 0–4 1–1 1–3 2–1 4–2 3–1 1–3 1–3 2–5 1–1 4–2 4–0 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 4–3 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 5–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 5–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–4 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 5–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–2 4–2 3–1 1–1 5–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 4–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 5–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 6–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 5–1 2–2 0–2 1–3 0–0 3–1 1–1 5–3 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–3 1–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 Top scorers The league's top scorers:2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Nord Torschützenliste de Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015 Goals Player Team28GER Karl-Heinz MödrathFortuna Köln23GER Matthias BrückenBayer LeverkusenGER Dieter SchatzschneiderHannover 96GER Gerd-Volker SchockVfL OsnabrückGER Winfried StradtAlemannia Aachen22GER Wolfgang LüttgesBayer Uerdingen21GER Elmar JürgensPreußen Münster16GER Klaus BeverungenFC St. Pauli/Westfalia Herne15GER Klaus-Dieter CzizewskiViktoria KölnGER Norbert LückeDSC Wanne-EickelGER Frank MillRot-Weiss EssenGER Peter SzechBayer Leverkusen Süd For the 1978–79 season saw Borussia Neunkirchen, FC Hanau 93, MTV Ingolstadt and SC Freiburg promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and 1. FC Saarbrücken and TSV 1860 Munich relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga. League table main WDL PQR 2 M60 1860 Munich BAY SpVgg Bayreuth W08 Wormatia Worms FUE SpVgg Fürth KSC Karlsruher SC KOF Kickers Offenbach HOM FC Homburg FCS 1. FC Saarbrücken SKI Stuttgarter Kickers TRI Eintracht Trier MTV MTV Ingolstadt FSV FSV Frankfurt FFC Freiburger FC FVW FV Würzburg SCF SC Freiburg WMA Waldhof Mannheim H93 FC Hanau 93 FCA FC Augsburg BAU KSV Baunatal BNE Borussia Neunkirchen 21 11 6 75 38 C,P 21 10 7 86 53 21 8 9 66 33 21 7 10 66 45 20 7 11 77 50 17 9 12 86 62 17 9 12 65 47 15 11 12 70 58 15 11 12 68 59 12 12 14 58 57 16 3 19 62 82 15 4 19 59 66 15 3 20 58 75 13 7 18 40 62 11 10 17 51 75 11 9 18 46 56 11 7 20 72 98 R 11 6 21 55 89 R 12 2 24 49 67 R 10 4 24 47 84 R green1 Promotion to Bundesliga P yellow1 Qualification to promotion play-offs QP red1 Relegation to Oberliga R R R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Bundesliga.de Results main DFB complete FBR FCA FC Augsburg BAU KSV Baunatal BAY SpVgg Bayreuth FSV FSV Frankfurt FFC Freiburger FC SCF SC Freiburg FUE SpVgg Fürth H93 FC Hanau 93 HOM FC Homburg MTV MTV Ingolstadt KSC Karlsruher SC WMA Waldhof Mannheim M60 1860 Munich BNE Borussia Neunkirchen KOF Kickers Offenbach FCS 1. FC Saarbrücken SKI Stuttgarter Kickers TRI Eintracht Trier W08 Wormatia Worms FVW FV Würzburg 04 1–2 1–0 4–1 5–2 2–2 2–4 7–3 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 4–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–0 0–5 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–3 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–4 3–1 3–3 2–1 4–3 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 7–1 4–3 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–2 0–3 5–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–3 5–1 3–1 4–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–2 0–4 3–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 5–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–5 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 4–4 2–1 4–3 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 5–6 0–3 1–5 5–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 2–2 4–0 1–4 3–3 2–3 4–0 2–2 1–3 3–3 2–1 2–1 3–1 5–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–3 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 3–0 7–1 5–2 1–4 3–2 3–4 4–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 4–0 3–2 3–3 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 5–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–3 1–2 3–0 4–4 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–0 2–4 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–5 3–5 2–0 1–2 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–3 3–0 4–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 5–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 4–4 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–5 1–4 3–2 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 4–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 0–1 5–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 3–1 3–1 4–2 4–1 0–2 6–1 3–3 2–1 2–4 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 5–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 4–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 3–3 3–1 2–2 4–1 0–2 5–1 2–1 3–0 0–3 3–0 2–2 2–2 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–3 4–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 8–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 6–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 0–0 4–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 4–0 3–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 Top scorers The league's top scorers:2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Süd Torschützenliste de Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015 Goals Player Team33GER Eduard KirschnerSpVgg Fürth24GER Uwe SommererSpVgg Bayreuth23GER Karl AllgöwerStuttgarter Kickers20GER Paul DörflingerSC Freiburg19GER Franz GerberTSV 1860 MunichGER Walter KrauseKickers OffenbachGER Werner SeubertVfR Wormatia Worms18GER Rainer Künkel1. FC Saarbrücken17GER Hermann BitzKickers Offenbach16GER Raimund KrauthKarlsruher SC Promotion play-offs The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions. Bayer Uerdingen won on aggregate and were promoted to the Bundesliga.Relegation Bundesliga 1978/1979 de Weltfussball.de – Promotion round, retrieved 8 November 2015 2 SpVgg Bayreuth (S) 2–3 Bayer Uerdingen (N) 1–1 1–2 References External links 2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Nord at Weltfussball.de de 2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Süd at Weltfussball.de de 1978–79 2. Bundesliga at kicker.de de 1978-79 2 German