Season 1979–80 | Matches played North: 380South: 420 | |
Promoted North: Arminia BielefeldSouth: 1. FC NürnbergKarlsruher SC Relegated North: DSC Wanne-EickelOSC BremerhavenArminia HannoverWuppertaler SVSouth: MTV 1881 IngolstadtRöchling VölklingenFV Würzburg 04 Top goalscorer North: Christian Sackewitz(35 goals)South: Emanuel Günther(29 goals) | ||
The 1979–80 2. Bundesliga season was the sixth 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
Arminia Bielefeld, 1. FC Nürnberg and Karlsruher SC were promoted to the Bundesliga while DSC Wanne-Eickel, OSC Bremerhaven, Arminia Hannover, Wuppertaler SV, MTV 1881 Ingolstadt, Röchling Völklingen and FV Würzburg 04 were relegated to the Oberligas.
North
The 1979–80 season saw OSC Bremerhaven, OSV Hannover, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and SC Herford promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberligas while Arminia Bielefeld 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
*DSC Wanne-Eickel voluntarily returned their license for the following season to 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
The 1979–80 season saw ESV Ingolstadt, SV Röchling Völklingen, SSV Ulm 1846 and VfR Oli Bürstadt promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberligas and SV Darmstadt 98 and 1. FC Nürnberg 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. Karlsruher SC won on aggregate and were promoted to the Bundesliga.