1979–80 in German football

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 Germany 1980–81 →

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

Promotion and relegation

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Pre-season

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League Promoted to League Relegated from League
Bundesliga
2. Bundesliga

Post-season

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League Promoted to League Relegated from League
Bundesliga
2. Bundesliga

National teams

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Germany national football team

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Euro 1980 qualifying

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  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'
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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'
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Euro 1980

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  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'
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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

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  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

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Bundesliga

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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[a]
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[a]
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 [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Eintracht Frankfurt won the 1979–80 UEFA Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.

2. Bundesliga

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North

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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[a] (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) Champions; (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

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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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

DFB–Pokal

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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

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European Cup

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Hamburger SV

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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

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Fortuna Düsseldorf

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

UEFA Cup

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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

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

Eintracht Frankfurt

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

VfB Stuttgart

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

Bayern Munich

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

1. FC Kaiserlsautern

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

Sources

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  1. ^ "EURO Qualifiers 1978/1979 » Group 7 » Germany - Wales 5:1". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. ^ "EURO Qualifiers 1978/1979 » Group 7 » Germany - Turkey 2:0". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. ^ "EURO Qualifiers 1978/1979 » Group 7 » Germany - Malta 8:0". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. ^ "EURO 1980 Italy » Group 1 » Germany - CSSR 1:0". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  5. ^ "EURO 1980 Italy » Group 1 » Germany - Netherlands 3:2". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  6. ^ "EURO 1980 Italy » Group 1 » Germany - Greece 0:0". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  7. ^ "EURO 1980 Italy » Final » Germany - Belgium 2:1". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  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.
  10. ^ "Friendlies 1980 » April » Germany - Austria 1:0". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Friendlies 1980 » May » Germany - Poland 3:1". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 January 2015.