The 1979–80 2. Bundesliga season was the sixth season of the

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

, the second tier of the

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. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd. Arminia Bielefeld, 1. FC Nürnberg and

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were promoted to the

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while

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, OSC Bremerhaven, Arminia Hannover,

Wuppertaler SV Wuppertaler SV is a German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in 1929 out of the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cronenberg and Ronsdorf – e ...

, MTV 1881 Ingolstadt, Röchling Völklingen and FV Würzburg 04 were relegated to the Oberligas.

Nord

The 1979–80 season saw OSC Bremerhaven, OSV Hannover,

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and SC Herford promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberligas while Arminia Bielefeld had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.

League table

Results

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:

Süd

The 1979–80 season saw ESV Ingolstadt, SV Röchling Völklingen,

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and VfR Oli Bürstadt promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberligas and SV Darmstadt 98 and 1. FC Nürnberg relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.

League table

Results

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:

Promotion play-offs

The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions.

won on aggregate and were promoted to the Bundesliga.Relegation Bundesliga 1979/1980
Weltfussball.de – Promotion round, accessed: 8 November 2015

References

External links

2. Bundesliga 1979/1980 Nord at Weltfussball.de

2. Bundesliga 1979/1980 Süd at Weltfussball.de

at '' kicker.de'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Bundesliga 1979-80, 2. 1979-80 2

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