# 1978–79 2. Bundesliga

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 (R) | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 43 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 6 | FC St. Pauli (R) | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 43 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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.

### 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 | — |

### Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 28 | Karl-Heinz Mödrath | Fortuna Köln |
| 23 | Matthias Brücken | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 23 | Dieter Schatzschneider | Hannover 96 |
| 23 | Gerd-Volker Schock | VfL Osnabrück |
| 23 | Winfried Stradt | Alemannia Aachen |
| 22 | Wolfgang Lüttges | Bayer Uerdingen |
| 21 | Elmar Jürgens | Preußen Münster |
| 16 | Klaus Beverungen | FC St. Pauli/Westfalia Herne |
| 15 | Klaus-Dieter Czizewski | Viktoria Köln |
| 15 | Norbert Lücke | DSC Wanne-Eickel |
| 15 | Frank Mill | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 15 | 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 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | KSV Baunatal (R) | 38 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 49 | 67 | −18 | 26 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | Borussia Neunkirchen (R) | 38 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 47 | 84 | −37 | 24 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### 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 | — |

### Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 33 | Eduard Kirschner | SpVgg Fürth |
| 24 | Uwe Sommerer | SpVgg Bayreuth |
| 23 | Karl Allgöwer | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 20 | Paul Dörflinger | SC Freiburg |
| 19 | Franz Gerber | TSV 1860 Munich |
| 19 | Walter Krause | Kickers Offenbach |
| 19 | Werner Seubert | VfR Wormatia Worms |
| 18 | Rainer Künkel | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| 17 | Hermann Bitz | Kickers Offenbach |
| 16 | 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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| SpVgg Bayreuth (S) | 2–3 | Bayer Uerdingen (N) | 1–1 | 1–2 |