1978–79 Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season1978–79
Dates11 August 1978 – 9 June 1979
ChampionsHamburger SV
1st Bundesliga title
4th German title
RelegatedArminia Bielefeld
1. FC Nürnberg
SV Darmstadt 98
European CupHamburger SV
Cup Winners' CupFortuna Düsseldorf
UEFA CupVfB Stuttgart
1. FC Kaiserslautern
FC Bayern Munich
Eintracht Frankfurt
Borussia Mönchengladbach (title holders)
Goals scored946
Average goals/game3.09
Top goalscorerKlaus Allofs (22)
Biggest home winDüsseldorf 7–1 Bayern Munich (9 December 1978)
Biggest away winM'gladbach 1–7 Bayern Munich (24 March 1979)
Darmstadt 1–7 Stuttgart (9 June 1979)
Highest scoring7 games with 8 goals each

The 1978–79 Bundesliga was the 16th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 1978[1] and ended on 9 June 1979.[2] 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.

Season overview

Team overview

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Location of teams in Bundesliga 1978–79
Club Location Ground[3] Capacity[3]
Hertha BSC Berlin Berlin Olympiastadion 100,000
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Stadion Alm 35,000
VfL Bochum Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 38,000
SV Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 32,000
SV Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Stadion am Böllenfalltor 30,000
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 54,000
MSV Duisburg Duisburg Wedaustadion 38,500
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 80,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Stadion Betzenberg 42,000
1. FC Köln Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500
FC Bayern Munich Munich Olympiastadion 80,000
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Städtisches Stadion 64,238
FC Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Neckarstadion 72,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hamburger SV (C) 34 21 7 6 78 32 +46 49 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 VfB Stuttgart 34 20 8 6 73 34 +39 48 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
3 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 16 11 7 62 47 +15 43
4 Bayern Munich 34 16 8 10 69 46 +23 40
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 16 7 11 50 49 +1 39
6 1. FC Köln 34 13 12 9 55 47 +8 38
7 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 13 11 10 70 59 +11 37 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
8 VfL Bochum 34 10 13 11 47 46 +1 33
9 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 10 13 11 50 55 −5 33
10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 12 8 14 50 53 −3 32 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[a]
11 Werder Bremen 34 10 11 13 48 60 −12 31
12 Borussia Dortmund 34 10 11 13 54 70 −16 31
13 MSV Duisburg 34 12 6 16 43 56 −13 30
14 Hertha BSC 34 9 11 14 40 50 −10 29
15 Schalke 04 34 9 10 15 55 61 −6 28
16 Arminia Bielefeld (R) 34 9 8 17 43 56 −13 26 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17 1. FC Nürnberg (R) 34 8 8 18 36 67 −31 24
18 SV Darmstadt 98 (R) 34 7 7 20 40 75 −35 21
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Borussia Mönchengladbach won the 1978–79 UEFA Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.

Results

Home \ Away BSC DSC BOC EBS SVW D98 BVB DUI F95 SGE HSV FCK KOE BMG FCB FCN S04 VFB
Hertha BSC — 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
Arminia Bielefeld 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
VfL Bochum 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
Eintracht Braunschweig 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
Werder Bremen 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
Darmstadt 98 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
Borussia Dortmund 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
MSV Duisburg 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
Fortuna Düsseldorf 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
Eintracht Frankfurt 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
Hamburger SV 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
1. FC Kaiserslautern 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
1. FC Köln 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
Borussia Mönchengladbach 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
Bayern Munich 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
1. FC Nürnberg 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
Schalke 04 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
VfB Stuttgart 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 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

22 goals
21 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals

Champion squad

Hamburger SV
Goalkeeper: Rudolf Kargus (34).

Defenders: Manfred Kaltz (34 / 6); Peter Nogly (captain; 34 / 1); Ivan Buljan Socialist Federal Republic of 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 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

On the roster but did not play in a league game: Jürgen Stars; Bernd Gorski; Andreas Karow; Thomas Bliemeister.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
  2. ^ "Archive 1978/1979 Round 34". DFB.
  3. ^ a b Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.