1978–79 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga
Season1978–79
ChampionsNord: Bayer Leverkusen
Süd: TSV 1860 Munich
PromotedNord: Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Uerdingen
Süd: TSV 1860 Munich
RelegatedNord: Westfalia Herne
FC St. Pauli
Wacker 04 Berlin
Süd: FC Hanau 93
FC Augsburg
KSV Baunatal
Borussia Neunkirchen
Matches playedNord: 380
Süd: 380
Top goalscorerNord: Karl-Heinz Mödrath
(28 goals)
Süd: Eduard Kirschner
(33 goals)
Average attendanceNord: 4,280
Süd: 4,857

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bayer Leverkusen (C, P) 38 24 11 3 87 34 +53 59 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 KFC Uerdingen (P) 38 22 9 7 83 44 +39 53 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 Preußen Münster 38 21 9 8 59 25 +34 51
4 Fortuna Köln 38 18 11 9 84 52 +32 47
5 Westfalia Herne[a] (R) 38 16 11 11 65 47 +18 43 Relegation to Oberliga
6 FC St. Pauli[b] (R) 38 16 11 11 56 49 +7 43
7 Alemannia Aachen 38 14 12 12 54 47 +7 40
8 Rot-Weiss Essen 38 14 11 13 68 62 +6 39
9 SG Union Solingen 38 14 11 13 47 49 −2 39
10 SG Wattenscheid 09 38 10 16 12 49 47 +2 36
11 Tennis Borussia Berlin 38 12 12 14 58 61 −3 36
12 Arminia Hannover 38 13 10 15 56 65 −9 36
13 DSC Wanne-Eickel 38 11 13 14 66 66 0 35
14 Holstein Kiel 38 13 9 16 40 62 −22 35
15 Hannover 96 38 9 16 13 57 68 −11 34
16 Viktoria Köln 38 10 12 16 53 60 −7 32
17 Wuppertaler SV 38 9 12 17 46 57 −11 30
18 VfL Osnabrück 38 10 9 19 49 71 −22 29
19 Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid 38 8 6 24 49 106 −57 22
20 Wacker 04 Berlin (R) 38 8 5 25 33 87 −54 21 Relegation to Oberliga
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Westfalia Herne voluntarily returned their license for the following season to the DFB and were therefore relegated.
  2. ^ FC St. Pauli were not granted a license for the following season by the DFB and were therefore relegated.

Results

Home \ Away AAC TBB W04 RWE H96 SVA SCW KSV FKO FCV B04 RWL PRM OSN SGU STP B05 WAN SGW WSV
Alemannia Aachen — 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
Tennis Borussia Berlin 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
Wacker 04 Berlin 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
Rot-Weiss Essen 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
Hannover 96 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
Arminia Hannover 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
Westfalia Herne 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
Holstein Kiel 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
Fortuna Köln 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
Viktoria Köln 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
Bayer Leverkusen 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
Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid 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
Preußen Münster 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
VfL Osnabrück 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
Union Solingen 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
FC St. Pauli 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
Bayer Uerdingen 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
DSC Wanne-Eickel 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
SG Wattenscheid 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
Wuppertaler SV 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 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:[1]

Goals Player Team
28 Germany Karl-Heinz Mödrath Fortuna Köln
23 Germany Matthias Brücken Bayer Leverkusen
Germany Dieter Schatzschneider Hannover 96
Germany Gerd-Volker Schock VfL Osnabrück
Germany Winfried Stradt Alemannia Aachen
22 Germany Wolfgang Lüttges Bayer Uerdingen
21 Germany Elmar Jürgens Preußen Münster
16 Germany Klaus Beverungen FC St. Pauli/Westfalia Herne
15 Germany Klaus-Dieter Czizewski Viktoria Köln
Germany Norbert Lücke DSC Wanne-Eickel
Germany Frank Mill Rot-Weiss Essen
Germany Peter Szech Bayer 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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1860 Munich (C, P) 38 21 11 6 75 38 +37 53 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 SpVgg Bayreuth 38 21 10 7 86 53 +33 52 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 Wormatia Worms 38 21 8 9 66 33 +33 50
4 SpVgg Fürth 38 21 7 10 66 45 +21 49
5 Karlsruher SC 38 20 7 11 77 50 +27 47
6 Kickers Offenbach 38 17 9 12 86 62 +24 43
7 FC Homburg 38 17 9 12 65 47 +18 43
8 1. FC Saarbrücken 38 15 11 12 70 58 +12 41
9 Stuttgarter Kickers 38 15 11 12 68 59 +9 41
10 Eintracht Trier 38 12 12 14 58 57 +1 36
11 MTV Ingolstadt 38 16 3 19 62 82 −20 35
12 FSV Frankfurt 38 15 4 19 59 66 −7 34
13 Freiburger FC 38 15 3 20 58 75 −17 33
14 FV Würzburg 38 13 7 18 40 62 −22 33
15 SC Freiburg 38 11 10 17 51 75 −24 32
16 Waldhof Mannheim 38 11 9 18 46 56 −10 31
17 FC Hanau 93 (R) 38 11 7 20 72 98 −26 29 Relegation to Oberliga
18 FC Augsburg (R) 38 11 6 21 55 89 −34 28
19 KSV Baunatal (R) 38 12 2 24 49 67 −18 26
20 Borussia Neunkirchen (R) 38 10 4 24 47 84 −37 24
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away FCA BAU BAY FSV FFC SCF FUE H93 HOM MTV KSC WMA M60 BNE KOF FCS SKI TRI W08 FVW
FC Augsburg — 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
KSV Baunatal 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
SpVgg Bayreuth 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
FSV Frankfurt 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
Freiburger FC 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
SC Freiburg 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
SpVgg Fürth 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
FC Hanau 93 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
FC Homburg 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
MTV Ingolstadt 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
Karlsruher SC 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
Waldhof Mannheim 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
1860 Munich 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
Borussia Neunkirchen 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
Kickers Offenbach 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
1. FC Saarbrücken 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
Stuttgarter Kickers 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
Eintracht Trier 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
Wormatia Worms 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
FV Würzburg 04 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 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:[2]

Goals Player Team
33 Germany Eduard Kirschner SpVgg Fürth
24 Germany Uwe Sommerer SpVgg Bayreuth
23 Germany Karl Allgöwer Stuttgarter Kickers
20 Germany Paul Dörflinger SC Freiburg
19 Germany Franz Gerber TSV 1860 Munich
Germany Walter Krause Kickers Offenbach
Germany Werner Seubert VfR Wormatia Worms
18 Germany Rainer Künkel 1. FC Saarbrücken
17 Germany Hermann Bitz Kickers Offenbach
16 Germany Raimund Krauth Karlsruher 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.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SpVgg Bayreuth (S) 2–3 Bayer Uerdingen (N) 1–1 1–2

References

  1. ^ 2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Nord Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015
  2. ^ 2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Süd Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015
  3. ^ Relegation Bundesliga 1978/1979 (in German) Weltfussball.de – Promotion round, retrieved 8 November 2015