1978–79 2. Bundesliga
Season | 1978–79 |
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Champions | Nord: Bayer Leverkusen Süd: TSV 1860 Munich |
Promoted | Nord: Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Uerdingen Süd: TSV 1860 Munich |
Relegated | Nord: Westfalia Herne FC St. Pauli Wacker 04 Berlin Süd: FC Hanau 93 FC Augsburg KSV Baunatal Borussia Neunkirchen |
Matches played | Nord: 380 Süd: 380 |
Top goalscorer | Nord: Karl-Heinz Mödrath (28 goals) Süd: Eduard Kirschner (33 goals) |
Average attendance | Nord: 4,280 Süd: 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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Top scorers
The league's top scorers:[1]
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 |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
Top scorers
The league's top scorers:[2]
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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SpVgg Bayreuth (S) | 2–3 | Bayer Uerdingen (N) | 1–1 | 1–2 |
References
- ^ 2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Nord Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, accessed: 8 November 2015
- ^ 2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Süd Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, accessed: 8 November 2015
- ^ Relegation Bundesliga 1978/1979 (in German) Weltfussball.de – Promotion round, accessed: 8 November 2015
External links
- 2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Nord at Weltfussball.de (in German)
- 2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Süd at Weltfussball.de (in German)
- 1978–79 2. Bundesliga at kicker.de (in German)