# 1979–80 in German football

The 1979–80 season was the 70th season of competitive football in Germany.

## Promotion and relegation
### Pre-season

| League | Promoted to League | Relegated from League |
| Bundesliga | Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer 05 Uerdingen 1860 Munich | Arminia Bielefeld 1. FC Nürnberg SV Darmstadt 98 |
| 2. Bundesliga | OSV Hannover Rot-Weiß Oberhausen SC Herford OSC Bremerhaven VfR Bürstadt SSV Ulm 1846 ESV Ingolstadt SV Röchling Völklingen | SC Westfalia Herne FC St. Pauli Wacker 04 Berlin FC Hanau 93 FC Augsburg KSV Baunatal Borussia Neunkirchen |

### Post-season

| League | Promoted to League | Relegated from League |
| Bundesliga | Arminia Bielefeld 1. FC Nürnberg Karlsruher SC | Hertha BSC Werder Bremen Eintracht Braunschweig |
| 2. Bundesliga | 1. FC Bocholt VfB Oldenburg SC Göttingen 05 SpVgg Erkenschwick Hessen Kassel FC Augsburg Borussia Neunkirchen VfB Eppingen | DSC Wanne-Eickel OSC Bremerhaven Arminia Hannover Wuppertaler SV MTV Ingolstadt Röchling Völklingen SV Röchling Völklingen |

## National teams
### Germany national football team
#### Euro 1980 qualifying

Win  Draw  Loss
| Date | Venue | Location | Opponent | Score F–A | Att. | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Ref. |
| Date | Venue | Location | Opponent | Score F–A | Att. | West Germany | Opponent | Ref. |
| 17 October 1979 (1979-10-17) | Müngersdorfer Stadion | Cologne, West Germany | Wales | 5–1 | 61,000 | Fischer 23', 38' Kaltz 32' Rummenigge 41' Förster 83' | Curtis 85' | |
| 22 December 1979 (1979-12-22) | Parkstadion | Gelsenkirchen, West Germany | Turkey | 2–0 | 70,000 | Fischer 15' Zimmermann 89' | — | |
| 27 February 1980 (1980-02-27) | Weserstadion | Bremen, West Germany | Malta | 8–0 | 33,278 | Allofs 14', 56' Bonhof 19' (pen.) Fischer 40', 90' Holland 61' (o.g.) Kelsch 70' Rummenigge 74' | — | |

#### Euro 1980

Win  Draw  Loss
| Round | Date | Venue | Location | Opponent | Score F–A | Att. | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Ref. |
| Round | Date | Venue | Location | Opponent | Score F–A | Att. | West Germany | Opponent | Ref. |
| Group A | 11 June 1980 (1980-06-11) | Stadio Olimpico | Rome, Italy | Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | 10,500 | Rummenigge 55' | — | |
| Group A | 14 June 1980 (1980-06-14) | Stadio San Paolo | Napoli, Italy | Netherlands | 3–2 | 29,889 | Allofs 20', 60', 66' | Rep 80' (pen.) van de Kerkhof 86' | |
| Group A | 17 June 1980 (1980-06-17) | Stadio Comunale | Turin, Italy | Greece | 0–0 | 13,901 | — | — | |
| Final | 22 June 1980 (1980-06-22) | Stadio Olimpico | Rome, Italy | Belgium | 2–1 | 47,860 | Hrubesch 10', 89' | Vandereycken 72' (pen.) | |

#### Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss
| Date | Venue | Location | Opponent | Score F–A | Att. | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Ref. |
| Date | Venue | Location | Opponent | Score F–A | Att. | West Germany | Opponent | Ref. |
| 12 September 1979 (1979-09-12) | Olympiastadion | West Berlin | Argentina | 2–1 | 45,000 | Allofs 47' Rummenigge 58' | Castro 84' | |
| 21 November 1979 (1979-11-21) | Boris Paichadze National Stadium | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR | Soviet Union | 3–1 | 40,000 | Rummenigge 35', 62' Fischer 66' | Makhovikov 83' | |
| 2 April 1980 (1980-04-02) | Olympiastadion | Munich, West Germany | Austria | 1–0 | 78,000 | Müller 34' | — | |
| 13 May 1980 (1980-05-13) | Waldstadion | Frankfurt, West Germany | Poland | 3–1 | 45,000 | Rummenigge 6' Allofs 38' Schuster 57' | Boniek 35' | |

## League season
### Bundesliga

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 84 | 33 | +51 | 50 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 86 | 35 | +51 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 75 | 53 | +22 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 75 | 53 | +22 | 41 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 36 | |
| 7 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 36 | |
| 8 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 33 | |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 65 | 61 | +4 | 32 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 10 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 32 | |
| 11 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 62 | 72 | −10 | 32 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 12 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 32 | |
| 13 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 30 | |
| 14 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 29 | |
| 15 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 29 | |
| 16 | Hertha BSC (R) | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 29 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 17 | Werder Bremen (R) | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 52 | 93 | −41 | 25 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 20 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* 1 2 Eintracht Frankfurt won the 1979–80 UEFA Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.

### 2. Bundesliga
#### North

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld (C, P) | 38 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 120 | 31 | +89 | 66 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 97 | 54 | +43 | 54 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Hannover 96 | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 52 | |
| 4 | Viktoria Köln | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 77 | 52 | +25 | 46 | |
| 5 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 72 | 57 | +15 | 46 | |
| 6 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 79 | 54 | +25 | 45 | |
| 7 | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 41 | |
| 8 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 64 | 68 | −4 | 40 | |
| 9 | SG Union Solingen | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 38 | |
| 10 | Preußen Münster | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 59 | −6 | 36 | |
| 11 | DSC Wanne-Eickel (R) | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 63 | 71 | −8 | 36 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 12 | OSV Hannover | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 79 | −24 | 36 | |
| 13 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 57 | 65 | −8 | 35 | |
| 14 | Holstein Kiel | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 61 | 67 | −6 | 33 | |
| 15 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 33 | |
| 16 | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 32 | |
| 17 | SC Herford | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 48 | 69 | −21 | 31 | |
| 18 | OSC Bremerhaven (R) | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 52 | 79 | −27 | 27 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | Arminia Hannover (R) | 38 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 40 | 92 | −52 | 17 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | Wuppertaler SV (R) | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 35 | 84 | −49 | 16 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* ↑ DSC Wanne-Eickel voluntarily returned their license for the following season to the DFB and were therefore relegated.

#### South

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Nürnberg (C, P) | 40 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 88 | 38 | +50 | 61 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Karlsruher SC (P) | 40 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 104 | 52 | +52 | 59 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 40 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 94 | 54 | +40 | 52 | |
| 4 | Darmstadt 98 | 40 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 81 | 42 | +39 | 48 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 40 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 69 | 56 | +13 | 47 | |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 68 | 54 | +14 | 46 | |
| 7 | SpVgg Fürth | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 44 | |
| 8 | Kickers Offenbach | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 78 | 64 | +14 | 43 | |
| 9 | Freiburger FC | 40 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 78 | 64 | +14 | 43 | |
| 10 | Wormatia Worms | 40 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 67 | 73 | −6 | 38 | |
| 11 | Waldhof Mannheim | 40 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 57 | 69 | −12 | 38 | |
| 12 | FC Homburg | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 58 | 62 | −4 | 37 | |
| 13 | SpVgg Bayreuth | 40 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 77 | 82 | −5 | 37 | |
| 14 | VfR Bürstadt | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 57 | 68 | −11 | 37 | |
| 15 | Eintracht Trier | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 36 | |
| 16 | SSV Ulm 1846 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 36 | |
| 17 | ESV Ingolstadt | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 57 | 89 | −32 | 34 | |
| 18 | FSV Frankfurt | 40 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 63 | 97 | −34 | 32 | |
| 19 | MTV Ingolstadt (R) | 40 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 58 | 81 | −23 | 29 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | Röchling Völklingen (R) | 40 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 49 | 101 | −52 | 22 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 21 | FV Würzburg (R) | 40 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 42 | 82 | −40 | 21 | Relegation to Oberliga |

## DFB–Pokal

Fortuna Düsseldorf won the 1979–80 DFB-Pokal final by defeating 1. FC Köln 2–1 on 4 June 1980 (1980-06-04).

## German clubs in Europe
### European Cup
#### Hamburger SV

Hamburger SV finished the 1979–80 European Cup as runners-up losing to Nottingham Forest 0–1 in the 1980 European Cup Final.

### European Cup Winners' Cup
#### Fortuna Düsseldorf

Fortuna Düsseldorf were eliminated in the first round of the European Cup Winners' Cup by Rangers.

### UEFA Cup

Five teams from West Germany competed in the UEFA Cup this season. 1. FC Kaiserslautern were eliminated in the quarter-finals. Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, and VfB Stuttgart made up a semi-finals consisting of only teams from West Germany. Frankfurt would go on to win the competition with Gladbach finishing as runners-up.

#### Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach were runners-up in the UEFA Cup after losing to Eintracht Frankfurt due to the away goals rule.

#### Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt won the UEFA Cup by defeating Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 1980 UEFA Cup Final due to the away goals rule.

#### VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart were eliminated in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup by Borussia Mönchengladbach.

#### Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich were eliminated in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup by eventual champions Eintracht Frankfurt.

#### 1. FC Kaiserlsautern

1. FC Kaiserslautern were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup by Bayern Munich.

## Sources

* ↑ "EURO Qualifiers 1978/1979 » Group 7 » Germany - Wales 5:1". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
* ↑ "EURO Qualifiers 1978/1979 » Group 7 » Germany - Turkey 2:0". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
* ↑ "EURO Qualifiers 1978/1979 » Group 7 » Germany - Malta 8:0". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
* ↑ "EURO 1980 Italy » Group 1 » Germany - CSSR 1:0". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
* ↑ "EURO 1980 Italy » Group 1 » Germany - Netherlands 3:2". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
* ↑ "EURO 1980 Italy » Group 1 » Germany - Greece 0:0". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
* ↑ "EURO 1980 Italy » Final » Germany - Belgium 2:1". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
* ↑ "Friendlies 1979 » September » Germany - Argentina 2:1". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
* ↑ "Friendlies 1979 » November » USSR - Germany 1:3". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
* ↑ "Friendlies 1980 » April » Germany - Austria 1:0". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
* ↑ "Friendlies 1980 » May » Germany - Poland 3:1". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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