The 1978–79 Bundesliga was the 16th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 1978 and ended on 9 June 1979. 1. FC Köln were the defending champions.
Competition modus Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.
Team changes to 1978–79 TSV 1860 Munich, 1. FC Saarbrücken and FC St. Pauli were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places during 1977–78. They were replaced by Arminia Bielefeld, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, SV Darmstadt 98, winners of the Southern Division and 1. FC Nürnberg, who won a two-legged promotion play-off against Rot-Weiss Essen.
Team overview
Club Location Ground Capacity Berlin Olympiastadion 100,000 Bielefeld Stadion Alm 35,000 Bochum Ruhrstadion 40,000 Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 38,000 Bremen Weserstadion 32,000 Darmstadt Stadion am Böllenfalltor 30,000 Dortmund Westfalenstadion 54,000 Duisburg Wedaustadion 38,500 Düsseldorf Rheinstadion 59,600 Frankfurt Waldstadion 62,000 Hamburg Volksparkstadion 80,000 Kaiserslautern Stadion Betzenberg 42,000 Cologne Müngersdorfer Stadion 61,000 Mönchengladbach Bökelbergstadion 34,500 Munich Olympiastadion 80,000 Nuremberg Städtisches Stadion 64,238 Gelsenkirchen Parkstadion 70,000 Stuttgart Neckarstadion 72,000
League table
Results
Top goalscorers 22 goals Klaus Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
21 goals Klaus Fischer (FC Schalke 04)
18 goals Rüdiger Abramczik (FC Schalke 04)
17 goals Kevin Keegan (Hamburger SV) Klaus Toppmöller (1. FC Kaiserslautern)
16 goals Dieter Hoeneß (VfB Stuttgart) Harald Nickel (Eintracht Braunschweig)
15 goals Manfred Burgsmüller (Borussia Dortmund)
14 goals Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC Bayern Munich) Georg Volkert (VfB Stuttgart)
Champion squad
Hamburger SVGoalkeeper: Rudi Kargus (34). Defenders: Manfred Kaltz (34 / 6); Peter Nogly (captain; 34 / 1); Ivan Buljan (32 / 5); Peter Hidien (31 / 3); Hans-Jürgen Ripp (8); Uwe Beginski (1). Midfielders: Kevin Keegan (34 / 17); Jimmy Hartwig (34 / 10); Caspar Memering (34 / 4); Horst Bertl (24 / 5); Felix Magath (captain; 21 / 4). Forwards: Horst Hrubesch (34 / 13); Willi Reimann (26 / 5); Bernd Wehmeyer (19 / 2); Hans-Günther Plücken (7 / 1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Manager: Branko Zebec .
On the roster but did not play in a league game: Jürgen Stars; Bernd Gorski; Andreas Karow; Thomas Bliemeister.
See also 1978–79 DFB-Pokal
References
External links DFB Bundesliga archive 1978/1979