1977–78 2. Bundesliga

4th season of the second-tier football league in Germany February 2023 2. Bundesliga 1977–78 Nord: Arminia BielefeldSüd: Darmstadt 98 Nord: Arminia BielefeldSüd: Darmstadt 981. FC Nürnberg Nord: 1. FC BocholtOSC BremerhavenSchwarz-Weiß Essen Süd: FC Bayern HofVfR 1910 BürstadtKickers WürzburgFK Pirmasens Nord: Horst Hrubesch(42 goals)Süd: Emanuel Günther(27 goals) Nord: 380Süd: 380 Nord: 5,617Süd: 5,240 1976–77 1978–79 The 1977–78 2. Bundesliga season was the fourth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd. Arminia Bielefeld, Darmstadt 98 and 1. FC Nürnberg were promoted to the Bundesliga while 1. FC Bocholt, OSC Bremerhaven, Schwarz-Weiß Essen, FC Bayern Hof, VfR 1910 Bürstadt, Kickers Würzburg and FK Pirmasens were relegated to the Oberligas. Nord For the 1977–78 season saw 1. FC Bocholt, OSC Bremerhaven and Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga and Amateurligas while Tennis Borussia Berlin and Rot-Weiss Essen had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga. League table main WDL PQR 2 DSC Arminia Bielefeld RWE Rot-Weiss Essen PRM Preußen Münster FKO Fortuna Köln H96 Hannover 96 SGW SG Wattenscheid 09 B05 KFC Uerdingen B04 Bayer Leverkusen SGU SG Union Solingen TBB Tennis Borussia Berlin WSV Wuppertaler SV SCW Westfalia Herne RWL Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid AAC Alemannia Aachen SVA Arminia Hannover OSN VfL Osnabrück HER SC Herford BHO 1. FC Bocholt OSC OSC Bremerhaven SWE Schwarz-Weiss Essen 23 5 10 74 40 C,P 21 8 9 82 49 18 13 7 65 47 19 10 9 79 62 19 5 14 68 57 16 9 13 76 65 15 11 12 75 64 16 7 15 58 51 13 13 12 60 60 12 12 14 58 57 12 12 14 56 59 12 11 15 53 59 12 11 15 59 75 10 14 14 51 62 12 10 16 63 78 9 15 14 56 62 12 9 17 51 58 R 13 6 19 65 70 R 11 10 17 61 88 R 4 11 23 45 92 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 AAC Alemannia Aachen TBB Tennis Borussia Berlin DSC Arminia Bielefeld BHO 1. FC Bocholt OSC OSC Bremerhaven RWE Rot-Weiss Essen SWE Schwarz-Weiß Essen H96 Hannover 96 SVA Arminia Hannover HER SC Herford SCW Westfalia Herne FKO Fortuna Köln B04 Bayer Leverkusen RWL Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid PRM Preußen Münster OSN VfL Osnabrück SGU Union Solingen B05 Bayer Uerdingen SGW SG Wattenscheid WSV Wuppertaler SV 1–4 1–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 5–3 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–4 0–0 3–2 3–3 3–3 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 6–0 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 2–3 4–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 6–0 2–0 2–0 2–4 1–3 4–0 2–0 3–3 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 4–3 5–0 3–1 4–3 3–1 3–0 2–2 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 3–3 0–3 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–1 5–2 2–4 1–1 0–0 3–1 4–3 2–0 4–1 6–1 4–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 4–4 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 6–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–3 3–3 3–4 2–4 0–3 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 4–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 2–1 0–0 4–2 2–2 2–0 4–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–0 6–4 3–4 0–0 5–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 3–4 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–4 0–0 4–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–4 2–3 1–2 2–2 4–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 4–2 4–1 3–1 3–2 3–2 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 4–3 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 0–2 0–2 7–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–4 4–2 4–1 3–2 1–1 2–5 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–4 1–0 1–0 3–2 3–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 4–1 3–0 1–1 1–4 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 6–1 1–3 3–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 3–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 5–3 3–3 2–1 0–3 2–3 3–1 3–4 1–1 0–0 5–2 1–1 5–2 2–0 0–2 3–2 7–1 1–0 3–1 1–3 1–2 3–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–3 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–3 3–0 4–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 3–2 4–0 0–1 3–2 3–0 2–2 5–2 3–3 3–1 3–0 5–3 3–1 2–5 0–2 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–3 2–3 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 4–3 2–2 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 Top scorers The league's top scorers:2. Bundesliga 1977/1978 Nord Torschützenliste de Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015 Goals Player Team42GER Horst HrubeschRot-Weiss Essen25GER Friedhelm FunkelBayer Uerdingen24GER Karl-Heinz MroskoArminia Hannover21Sweden Jan MattssonBayer Uerdingen19GER Werner LenzSG Union Solingen18GER Volker GraulFortuna KölnGER Heinz-Josef KehrTennis Borussia Berlin16GER Hans-Günter BrunsSG Wattenscheid 09GER Norbert EilenfeldtArminia BielefeldGER Ewald HammesSG Wattenscheid 09GER Karl-Heinz MödrathFortuna KölnGER Hans-Günther PlückenSG Union SolingenGER Winfried StradtTennis Borussia Berlin Süd For the 1977–78 season saw Freiburger FC, Kickers Würzburg, VfR Oli Bürstadt and Wormatia Worms promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and Karlsruher SC relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga. League table main WDL PQR 2 D98 Darmstadt 98 FCN 1. FC Nürnberg HOM FC Homburg BAY SpVgg Bayreuth KOF Kickers Offenbach FUE SpVgg Fürth KSC Karlsruher SC CWA Waldhof Mannheim W08 Wormatia Worms SKI Stuttgarter Kickers FVW FV Würzburg TRI Eintracht Trier FFC Freiburger FC FCA FC Augsburg FSV FSV Frankfurt BAU KSV Baunatal HOF Bayern Hof BUE VfR Bürstadt FCW Würzburger Kickers FKP FK Pirmasens 26 6 6 90 43 C,P 22 9 7 75 46 P 20 9 9 65 45 22 4 12 79 50 18 10 10 88 54 19 8 11 73 42 20 5 13 76 54 15 12 11 76 50 16 10 12 63 56 14 12 12 63 71 13 12 13 52 53 14 7 17 58 64 12 11 15 58 71 12 10 16 57 54 11 12 15 54 62 13 8 17 55 80 13 7 18 45 62 R 10 5 23 48 68 R 4 9 25 38 93 R 1 4 33 25 120 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 BUE VfR Bürstadt D98 Darmstadt 98 FSV FSV Frankfurt FFC Freiburger FC FUE SpVgg Fürth HOF Bayern Hof HOM FC Homburg KSC Karlsruher SC FCN 1. FC Nürnberg KOF Kickers Offenbach FKP FK Pirmasens SKI Stuttgarter Kickers TRI Eintracht Trier CWA SV Chio Waldhof W08 Wormatia Worms FVW FV Würzburg 04 FCW Würzburger Kickers 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 5–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 8–0 2–3 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–5 2–1 3–2 3–3 3–0 2–2 1–3 1–0 4–1 0–2 4–1 5–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–3 7–1 5–1 2–1 2–2 5–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 1–3 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 3–0 3–2 6–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 6–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–2 2–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 0–4 4–0 2–0 6–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–3 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 3–2 2–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 3–2 3–2 2–2 0–0 3–3 5–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 6–2 4–1 2–3 2–0 0–2 3–2 5–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 1–0 2–3 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 6–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 4–2 0–2 3–0 3–2 4–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 4–1 4–0 2–0 4–3 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–3 3–1 5–3 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 3–0 6–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 6–4 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 1–3 3–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 5–0 3–1 7–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 7–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 5–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–9 1–6 3–0 0–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–3 2–2 0–4 0–5 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–4 4–1 2–2 0–4 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 4–0 1–4 2–2 3–0 5–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 4–4 5–0 1–2 4–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 3–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 4–3 4–2 2–2 3–1 1–2 6–0 1–1 0–0 4–1 4–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 6–3 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 4–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 2–6 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–4 2–0 3–4 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 Top scorers The league's top scorers:2. Bundesliga 1977/1978 Süd Torschützenliste de Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015 Goals Player Team27GER Emanuel GüntherKarlsruher SC25GER Peter CestonaroSV Darmstadt 98GER Uwe SommererSpVgg Bayreuth21GER Georg BeichleFC AugsburgGER Manfred DrexlerSV Darmstadt 98GER Werner SeubertVfR Wormatia WormsGER Erich UngerSpVgg Fürth18GER Klaus HeinleinSpVgg FürthGER Hans-Otto JordanVfR 1910 Bürstadt16GER Lothar LeiendeckerEintracht Trier Promotion play-offs The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions. 1. FC Nürnberg won on aggregate and were promoted to the Bundesliga.Relegation Bundesliga 1977/1978 de Weltfussball.de – Promotion round, retrieved 8 November 2015 2 1. FC Nürnberg (S) 3–2 Rot-Weiss Essen (N) 1–0 2–2 References External links 2. Bundesliga 1977/1978 Nord at Weltfussball.de de 2. Bundesliga 1977/1978 Süd at Weltfussball.de de 1977–78 2. Bundesliga at kicker.de de 1977-78 2 German