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The 1977–78 2. Bundesliga season was the fourth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd.
| Season | 1977–78 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Nord: Arminia Bielefeld Süd: Darmstadt 98 |
| Promoted | Nord: Arminia Bielefeld Süd: Darmstadt 98 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Relegated | Nord: 1. FC Bocholt OSC Bremerhaven Schwarz-Weiß Essen Süd: FC Bayern Hof VfR 1910 Bürstadt Kickers Würzburg FK Pirmasens |
| Matches played | Nord: 380 Süd: 380 |
| Top goalscorer | Nord: Horst Hrubesch (42 goals) Süd: Emanuel Günther (27 goals) |
| Average attendance | Nord: 5,617 Süd: 5,240 |
← 1976–77 1978–79 → | |
Arminia Bielefeld, Darmstadt 98 and 1. FC Nürnberg were promoted to the Bundesliga while 1. FC Bocholt, OSC Bremerhaven, Schwarz-Weiß Essen, FC Bayern Hof, VfR 1910 Bürstadt, Kickers Würzburg and FK Pirmasens were relegated to the Oberligas.
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For the 1977–78 season saw 1. FC Bocholt, OSC Bremerhaven and Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga and Amateurligas while Tennis Borussia Berlin and Rot-Weiss Essen had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld (C, P) | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 74 | 40 | +34 | 51 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 82 | 49 | +33 | 50 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Preußen Münster | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 49 | |
| 4 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 79 | 62 | +17 | 48 | |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 68 | 57 | +11 | 43 | |
| 6 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 76 | 65 | +11 | 41 | |
| 7 | KFC Uerdingen | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 75 | 64 | +11 | 41 | |
| 8 | Bayer Leverkusen | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 39 | |
| 9 | SG Union Solingen | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 39 | |
| 10 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 36 | |
| 11 | Wuppertaler SV | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 56 | 59 | −3 | 36 | |
| 12 | Westfalia Herne | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 53 | 59 | −6 | 35 | |
| 13 | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 59 | 75 | −16 | 35 | |
| 14 | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 34 | |
| 15 | Arminia Hannover | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 63 | 78 | −15 | 34 | |
| 16 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 33 | |
| 17 | SC Herford (R) | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 51 | 58 | −7 | 33 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | 1. FC Bocholt (R) | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 65 | 70 | −5 | 32 | |
| 19 | OSC Bremerhaven (R) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 61 | 88 | −27 | 32 | |
| 20 | Schwarz-Weiss Essen (R) | 38 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 45 | 92 | −47 | 19 |
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
| Home \ Away | AAC | TBB | DSC | BHO | OSC | RWE | SWE | H96 | SVA | HER | SCW | FKO | B04 | RWL | PRM | OSN | SGU | B05 | SGW | WSV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 2–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 1. FC Bocholt | 3–0 | 4–3 | 5–0 | — | 3–1 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| OSC Bremerhaven | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 |
| Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 3–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 4–2 |
| Hannover 96 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Arminia Hannover | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–4 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–0 |
| SC Herford | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Westfalia Herne | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Fortuna Köln | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 |
| Preußen Münster | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Union Solingen | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–3 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–5 | — | 0–2 |
| Wuppertaler SV | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — |
Top scorers
The league's top scorers:[1]
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For the 1977–78 season saw Freiburger FC, Kickers Würzburg, VfR Oli Bürstadt and Wormatia Worms promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and Karlsruher SC relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darmstadt 98 (C, P) | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 90 | 43 | +47 | 58 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | 1. FC Nürnberg (P) | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 75 | 46 | +29 | 53 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 3 | FC Homburg | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 45 | +20 | 49 | |
| 4 | SpVgg Bayreuth | 38 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 79 | 50 | +29 | 48 | |
| 5 | Kickers Offenbach | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 88 | 54 | +34 | 46 | |
| 6 | SpVgg Fürth | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 73 | 42 | +31 | 46 | |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 76 | 54 | +22 | 45 | |
| 8 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 76 | 50 | +26 | 42 | |
| 9 | Wormatia Worms | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 42 | |
| 10 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 63 | 71 | −8 | 40 | |
| 11 | FV Würzburg | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 38 | |
| 12 | Eintracht Trier | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 35 | |
| 13 | Freiburger FC | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 35 | |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 34 | |
| 15 | FSV Frankfurt | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 54 | 62 | −8 | 34 | |
| 16 | KSV Baunatal | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 55 | 80 | −25 | 34 | |
| 17 | Bayern Hof (R) | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 33 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | VfR Bürstadt (R) | 38 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 48 | 68 | −20 | 25 | |
| 19 | Würzburger Kickers (R) | 38 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 93 | −55 | 17 | |
| 20 | FK Pirmasens (R) | 38 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 120 | −95 | 6 |
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
| Home \ Away | FCA | BAU | BAY | BUE | D98 | FSV | FFC | FUE | HOF | HOM | KSC | FCN | KOF | FKP | SKI | TRI | CWA | W08 | FVW | FCW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Augsburg | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 8–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| KSV Baunatal | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 0–2 | 4–1 | — | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 7–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| VfR Bürstadt | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| FSV Frankfurt | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Freiburger FC | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| SpVgg Fürth | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–2 | — | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Bayern Hof | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| FC Homburg | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Karlsruher SC | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | — | 3–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 6–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| FK Pirmasens | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–9 | 1–6 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | — | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Eintracht Trier | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| SV Chio Waldhof | 4–4 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 |
| Wormatia Worms | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| FV Würzburg 04 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | 4–0 |
| Würzburger Kickers | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–6 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — |
Top scorers
The league's top scorers:[2]
| Goals | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 27 |  Emanuel Günther |
Karlsruher SC |
| 25 | Peter Cestonaro |
SV Darmstadt 98 |
| Uwe Sommerer |
SpVgg Bayreuth | |
| 21 | Georg Beichle |
FC Augsburg |
| Manfred Drexler |
SV Darmstadt 98 | |
| Werner Seubert |
VfR Wormatia Worms | |
| Erich Unger |
SpVgg Fürth | |
| 18 | Klaus Heinlein |
SpVgg Fürth |
| Hans-Otto Jordan |
VfR 1910 Bürstadt | |
| 16 | Lothar Leiendecker |
Eintracht Trier |
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The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions. 1. FC Nürnberg won on aggregate and were promoted to the Bundesliga.[3]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. FC Nürnberg (S) | 3–2 | Rot-Weiss Essen (N) | 1–0 | 2–2 |
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