| Season | 1979–80 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Nord:Arminia Bielefeld Süd:1. FC Nürnberg |
| Promoted | Nord:Arminia Bielefeld Süd:1. FC Nürnberg Karlsruher SC |
| Relegated | Nord:DSC Wanne-Eickel OSC Bremerhaven Arminia Hannover Wuppertaler SV Süd:MTV 1881 Ingolstadt Röchling Völklingen FV Würzburg 04 |
| Matches | Nord: 380 Süd: 420 |
| Top goalscorer | Nord:Christian Sackewitz (35 goals) Süd:Emanuel Günther (29 goals) |
| Average attendance | Nord: 4,551 Süd: 4,960 |
1980–81 → | |
The1979–80 2. Bundesliga season was the sixth season of the2. Bundesliga, the second tier of theGerman football league system. It was played in two regional divisions,Nord andSüd.
Arminia Bielefeld,1. FC Nürnberg andKarlsruher SC were promoted to theBundesliga whileDSC Wanne-Eickel,OSC Bremerhaven,Arminia Hannover,Wuppertaler SV,MTV 1881 Ingolstadt,Röchling Völklingen andFV Würzburg 04 were relegated to theOberligas.
The 1979–80 season sawOSC Bremerhaven,OSV Hannover,Rot-Weiß Oberhausen andSC Herford promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberligas whileArminia Bielefeld had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | 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 toBundesliga |
| 2 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 97 | 54 | +43 | 54 | Qualification topromotion 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[a](R) | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 63 | 71 | −8 | 36 | Relegation toOberliga |
| 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 toOberliga |
| 19 | Arminia Hannover(R) | 38 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 40 | 92 | −52 | 17 | |
| 20 | Wuppertaler SV(R) | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 35 | 84 | −49 | 16 |
| Home \ Away | AAC | TBB | DSC | OSC | RWE | H96 | SVA | OSV | HER | KSV | FKO | FCV | RWL | PRM | RWO | OSN | SGU | WAN | SGW | WSV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 7–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 11–0 | 7–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| OSC Bremerhaven | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | — | 0–2 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | — | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| Hannover 96 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Arminia Hannover | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| OSV Hannover | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| SC Herford | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Holstein Kiel | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Fortuna Köln | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Viktoria Köln | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 6–4 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Preußen Münster | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–7 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Union Solingen | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 9–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| DSC Wanne-Eickel | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–6 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 4–1 |
| Wuppertaler SV | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — |
The league's top scorers:[1]
The 1979–80 season sawESV Ingolstadt,SV Röchling Völklingen,SSV Ulm 1846 andVfR Oli Bürstadt promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberligas andSV Darmstadt 98 and1. FC Nürnberg relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | 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 toBundesliga |
| 2 | Karlsruher SC(P) | 40 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 104 | 52 | +52 | 59 | Qualification topromotion 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 toOberliga |
| 20 | Röchling Völklingen(R) | 40 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 49 | 101 | −52 | 22 | |
| 21 | FV Würzburg(R) | 40 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 42 | 82 | −40 | 21 |
| Home \ Away | BAY | BUE | D98 | FSV | FFC | SCF | FUE | HOM | ESV | MTV | KSC | WMA | FCN | KOF | FCS | SKI | TRI | ULM | SVR | W08 | FVW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SpVgg Bayreuth | — | 2–2 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| VfR Bürstadt | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 1–3 | 3–0 | — | 5–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| FSV Frankfurt | 5–2 | 0–1 | 4–4 | — | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Freiburger FC | 2–2 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 1–4 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 10–2 |
| SC Freiburg | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 |
| SpVgg Fürth | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 7–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| FC Homburg | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| ESV Ingolstadt | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–6 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| MTV Ingolstadt | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Karlsruher SC | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 10–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 6–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 4–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 8–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Eintracht Trier | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| SSV Ulm | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Röchling Völklingen | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Wormatia Worms | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | — | 4–0 |
| FV Würzburg 04 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | — |
The league's top scorers:[2]
The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions.Karlsruher SC won on aggregate and were promoted to the Bundesliga.[3]
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karlsruher SC(S) | 6–4 | Rot-Weiss Essen(N) | 5–1 | 1–3 |