Season 1978–79 | Matches played North: 380South: 380 | |
Champions North: Bayer LeverkusenSouth: TSV 1860 München Promoted North: Bayer LeverkusenBayer UerdingenSouth: TSV 1860 München Relegated North: Westfalia HerneFC St. PauliWacker 04 BerlinSouth: FC Hanau 93FC AugsburgKSV BaunatalBorussia Neunkirchen Top goalscorer North: Karl-Heinz Mödrath(28 goals)South: Eduard Kirschner(33 goals) | ||
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, North and South.
Contents
Bayer Leverkusen, TSV 1860 München 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.
North
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 northern division from the Bundesliga.
Final table
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Westfalia Herne voluntarily returned their license for the following season to the DFB and were therefore relegated.
2FC St. Pauli were not granted a license for the following season by the DFB and were therefore relegated.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Top scorers
The league's top scorers:
South
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 München relegated to the southern division from the Bundesliga.
Final table
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Top scorers
The league's top scorers:
Promotion playoff
The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the North and South divisions. Bayer Uerdingen won on aggregate and were promoted to the Bundesliga.