1979–80 in German football

The 1979–80 season was the 70th season of competitive football in Germany.

Football in Germany
Season1979–80
Men's football
BundesligaBayern Munich
2. BundesligaArminia Bielefeld (North)
1. FC Nürnberg (South)
DFB-PokalFortuna Düsseldorf
Women's football
ChampionsSSG Bergisch Gladbach
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Promotion and relegation

Pre Season
LeaguePromoted to LeagueRelegated from League
Bundesliga
2. Bundesliga

Post Season
LeaguePromoted to LeagueRelegated from League
Bundesliga
2. Bundesliga

National teams

Germany national football team

Euro 1980 qualifying
Main article: UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying Group 7

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date Venue Location Opponent Score
F–A		 Att. Goalscorers Ref.
West Germany Opponent
17 October 1979 (1979-10-17) Müngersdorfer Stadion Cologne, West Germany  Wales 5–1 61,000 Fischer  23', 38'
Kaltz  32'
Rummenigge  41'
Förster  83'		 Curtis  85' [1]
22 December 1979 (1979-12-22) Parkstadion Gelsenkirchen, West Germany  Turkey 2–0 70,000 Fischer  15'
Zimmermann  89'		 — [2]
27 February 1980 (1980-02-27) Weserstadion Bremen, West Germany  Malta 8–0 33,278 Allofs  14', 56'
Bonhof  19' (pen.)
Fischer  40', 90'
Holland  61' (o.g.)
Kelsch  70'
Rummenigge  74'		 — [3]

Euro 1980
Main article: UEFA Euro 1980

  Win   Draw   Loss

Round Date Venue Location Opponent Score
F–A		 Att. Goalscorers Ref.
West Germany Opponent
Group A 11 June 1980 (1980-06-11) Stadio Olimpico Rome, Italy  Czechoslovakia 1–0 10,500 Rummenigge  55' — [4]
Group A 14 June 1980 (1980-06-14) Stadio San Paolo Napoli, Italy  Netherlands 3–2 29,889 Allofs  20', 60', 66' Rep  80' (pen.)
van de Kerkhof  86'		 [5]
Group A 17 June 1980 (1980-06-17) Stadio Comunale Turin, Italy  Greece 0–0 13,901 — — [6]
Final 22 June 1980 (1980-06-22) Stadio Olimpico Rome, Italy  Belgium 2–1 47,860 Hrubesch  10', 89' Vandereycken  72' (pen.) [7]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date Venue Location Opponent Score
F–A		 Att. Goalscorers Ref.
West Germany Opponent
12 September 1979 (1979-09-12) Olympiastadion West Berlin  Argentina 2–1 45,000 Allofs  47'
Rummenigge  58'		 Castro  84' [8]
21 November 1979 (1979-11-21) Boris Paichadze National Stadium Tbilisi, Georgian SSR  Soviet Union 3–1 40,000 Rummenigge  35', 62'
Fischer  66'		 Makhovikov  83' [9]
2 April 1980 (1980-04-02) Olympiastadion Munich, West Germany  Austria 1–0 78,000 Müller  34' — [10]
13 May 1980 (1980-05-13) Waldstadion Frankfurt, West Germany  Poland 3–1 45,000 Rummenigge  6'
Allofs  38'
Schuster  57'		 Boniek  35' [11]

League season

Bundesliga
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 22 6 6 84 33 +51 50 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Hamburger SV 34 20 8 6 86 35 +51 48 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
3 VfB Stuttgart 34 18 5 11 75 53 +22 41
4 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 17 7 10 75 53 +22 41
5 1. FC Köln 34 14 9 11 72 55 +17 37
6 Borussia Dortmund 34 14 8 12 64 56 +8 36
7 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 12 12 10 61 60 +1 36
8 Schalke 04 34 12 9 13 40 51 −11 33
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 15 2 17 65 61 +4 32 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
10 VfL Bochum 34 13 6 15 41 44 −3 32
11 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 13 6 15 62 72 −10 32 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
12 Bayer Leverkusen 34 12 8 14 45 61 −16 32
13 1860 Munich 34 10 10 14 42 53 −11 30
14 MSV Duisburg 34 11 7 16 43 57 −14 29
15 Bayer 05 Uerdingen 34 12 5 17 43 61 −18 29
16 Hertha BSC (R) 34 11 7 16 41 61 −20 29 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
17 Werder Bremen (R) 34 11 3 20 52 93 −41 25
18 Eintracht Braunschweig (R) 34 6 8 20 32 64 −32 20
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Eintracht Frankfurt won the 1979–80 UEFA Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.

2. Bundesliga

North
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 to Bundesliga
2 Rot-Weiss Essen 38 24 6 8 97 54 +43 54 Qualification to promotion 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[lower-alpha 1] (R) 38 15 6 17 63 71 −8 36 Relegation to Oberliga
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 to Oberliga
19 Arminia Hannover (R) 38 8 1 29 40 92 −52 17
20 Wuppertaler SV (R) 38 5 6 27 35 84 −49 16
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. DSC Wanne-Eickel voluntarily returned their license for the following season to the DFB and were therefore relegated.

South
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 to Bundesliga
2 Karlsruher SC (P) 40 27 5 8 104 52 +52 59 Qualification to promotion 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 to Oberliga
20 Röchling Völklingen (R) 40 10 2 28 49 101 −52 22
21 FV Würzburg (R) 40 6 9 25 42 82 −40 21
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

DFB–Pokal
Main article: 1979–80 DFB-Pokal

Fortuna Düsseldorf won the 1979–80 DFB-Pokal final by defeating 1. FC Köln 2–1 on 4 June 1980 (1980-06-04).

German clubs in Europe

European Cup
Main article: 1979–80 European Cup

Hamburger SV

Hamburger SV finished the 1979–80 European Cup as runners-up losing to Nottingham Forest 0–1 in the 1980 European Cup Final.

European Cup Winners' Cup
Main article: 1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup

Fortuna Düsseldorf

Fortuna Düsseldorf were eliminated in the first round of the European Cup Winners' Cup by Rangers.

UEFA Cup
Main article: 1979–80 UEFA Cup

Five teams from West Germany competed in the UEFA Cup this season. 1. FC Kaiserslautern were eliminated in the quarter-finals. Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, and VfB Stuttgart made up a semi-finals consisting of only teams from West Germany. Frankfurt would go on to win the competition with Gladbach finishing as runners-up.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach were runners-up in the UEFA Cup after losing to Eintracht Frankfurt due to the away goals rule.

Eintracht Frankfurt
Main article: 1979–80 Eintracht Frankfurt season

Eintracht Frankfurt won the UEFA Cup by defeating Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 1980 UEFA Cup Final due to the away goals rule.

VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart were eliminated in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup by Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Bayern Munich
Main article: 1979–80 FC Bayern Munich season

Bayern Munich were eliminated in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup by eventual champions Eintracht Frankfurt.

1. FC Kaiserlsautern

1. FC Kaiserslautern were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup by Bayern Munich.

Sources
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  8. "Friendlies 1979 » September » Germany - Argentina 2:1". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  9. "Friendlies 1979 » November » USSR - Germany 1:3". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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