1979–80 in German football

Football in Germany
Season	1979–80
Men's football
Bundesliga	Bayern Munich
2. Bundesliga	Arminia Bielefeld (North); 1. FC Nürnberg (South)
DFB-Pokal	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Women's football
Champions	SSG Bergisch Gladbach

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

Promotion and relegation

Pre Season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Bundesliga	Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer 05 Uerdingen 1860 Munich	Arminia Bielefeld 1. FC Nürnberg SV Darmstadt 98
2. Bundesliga	OSV Hannover Rot-Weiß Oberhausen SC Herford OSC Bremerhaven VfR Bürstadt SSV Ulm 1846 ESV Ingolstadt SV Röchling Völklingen	SC Westfalia Herne FC St. Pauli Wacker 04 Berlin FC Hanau 93 FC Augsburg KSV Baunatal Borussia Neunkirchen

Post Season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Bundesliga	Arminia Bielefeld 1. FC Nürnberg Karlsruher SC	Hertha BSC Werder Bremen Eintracht Braunschweig
2. Bundesliga	1. FC Bocholt VfB Oldenburg SC Göttingen 05 SpVgg Erkenschwick Hessen Kassel FC Augsburg Borussia Neunkirchen VfB Eppingen	DSC Wanne-Eickel OSC Bremerhaven Arminia Hannover Wuppertaler SV MTV Ingolstadt Röchling Völklingen SV Röchling Völklingen

National teams

Germany national football team

Euro 1980 qualifying

Win Draw Loss

Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	Goalscorers		Ref.
Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	West Germany	Opponent	Ref.
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

Win Draw Loss

Round	Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	Goalscorers		Ref.
Round	Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	West Germany	Opponent	Ref.
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.
Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	West Germany	Opponent	Ref.
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:

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:

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

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

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

Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

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

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

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.

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[table_note_res_UC10.49455610918559-12] Eintracht Frankfurt won the 1979–80 UEFA Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.

[table_note_WAN0.80005493098872-13] DSC Wanne-Eickel voluntarily returned their license for the following season to the DFB and were therefore relegated.

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