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, Nord and Süd.
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.
Nord 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 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.
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Top scorers The league's top scorers:2. Bundesliga 1979/1980 Nord Torschützenliste Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015 Goals Player Team35 Christian SackewitzArminia Bielefeld34 Dieter SchatzschneiderHannover 9630 Norbert EilenfeldtArminia Bielefeld26 Karl-Heinz MödrathFortuna Köln24 Norbert StolzenburgTennis Borussia Berlin21 Gerd-Volker SchockArminia Bielefeld18 Ewald HammesSG Wattenscheid 09 Bernd KrumbeinOSV Hannover Peter KunkelSG Wattenscheid 0917 Norbert LückeDSC Wanne-Eickel Frank-Michael SchonertViktoria Köln
Süd 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 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.
League table
Results
Top scorers The league's top scorers:2. Bundesliga 1979/1980 Süd Torschützenliste Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015 Goals Player Team29 Emanuel GüntherKarlsruher SC26 Walter KrauseKickers Offenbach25 Karl AllgöwerStuttgarter Kickers20 Bodo MatternVfR Wormatia Worms17 Werner Heck1. FC Saarbrücken Hans KrostinaMTV 1881 Ingolstadt Uwe SommererSpVgg Bayreuth16 Uwe DreherStuttgarter Kickers15 Eduard KirschnerSpVgg Fürth Rainer Künkel1. FC Saarbrücken Werner NickelStuttgarter Kickers Karl-Heinz StruthKarlsruher SC Lothar WesselerVfR Wormatia Worms
Promotion play-offs 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.Relegation Bundesliga 1979/1980 Weltfussball.de – Promotion round, retrieved 8 November 2015
References
External links 2. Bundesliga 1979/1980 Nord at Weltfussball.de 2. Bundesliga 1979/1980 Süd at Weltfussball.de 1979–80 2. Bundesliga at kicker.de