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1978–79 2. Bundesliga

5th season of the second-tier football league in Germany

Field	Value
competition	2. Bundesliga
season	1978–79
winners	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
league topscorer	Nord: Karl-Heinz Mödrath
(28 goals)
Süd: Eduard Kirschner
(33 goals)
matches	Nord: 380
Süd: 380
average attendance	Nord: 4,280
Süd: 4,857
prevseason	1977–78
nextseason	1979–80

Süd: TSV 1860 Munich Bayer Uerdingen Süd: TSV 1860 Munich FC St. Pauli Wacker 04 Berlin Süd: FC Hanau 93 FC Augsburg KSV Baunatal Borussia Neunkirchen (28 goals) Süd: Eduard Kirschner (33 goals) Süd: 380 Süd: 4,857 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

Results

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:

Goals	Player	Team
28	GER Karl-Heinz Mödrath	Fortuna Köln
23	GER Matthias Brücken	Bayer Leverkusen
GER Dieter Schatzschneider	Hannover 96
GER Gerd-Volker Schock	VfL Osnabrück
GER Winfried Stradt	Alemannia Aachen
22	GER Wolfgang Lüttges	Bayer Uerdingen
21	GER Elmar Jürgens	Preußen Münster
16	GER Klaus Beverungen	FC St. Pauli/Westfalia Herne
15	GER Klaus-Dieter Czizewski	Viktoria Köln
GER Norbert Lücke	DSC Wanne-Eickel
GER Frank Mill	Rot-Weiss Essen
GER 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

Results

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:

Goals	Player	Team
33	GER Eduard Kirschner	SpVgg Fürth
24	GER Uwe Sommerer	SpVgg Bayreuth
23	GER Karl Allgöwer	Stuttgarter Kickers
20	GER Paul Dörflinger	SC Freiburg
19	GER Franz Gerber	TSV 1860 Munich
GER Walter Krause	Kickers Offenbach
GER Werner Seubert	VfR Wormatia Worms
18	GER Rainer Künkel	1. FC Saarbrücken
17	GER Hermann Bitz	Kickers Offenbach
16	GER 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.

References

[http://www.weltfussball.de/torjaeger/2-bundesliga-1978-1979-nord/ 2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Nord Torschützenliste] {{in lang. de Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015
[http://www.weltfussball.de/torjaeger/2-bundesliga-1978-1979-sued/ 2. Bundesliga 1978/1979 Süd Torschützenliste] {{in lang. de Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015
[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/relegation-bundesliga-1978-1979-spiele/2/ Relegation Bundesliga 1978/1979] {{in lang. de Weltfussball.de – Promotion round, retrieved 8 November 2015

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