1977–78 2. Bundesliga
# 1977–78 2. Bundesliga

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.

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.

## Nord

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 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | OSC Bremerhaven (R) | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 61 | 88 | −27 | 32 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | Schwarz-Weiss Essen (R) | 38 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 45 | 92 | −47 | 19 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### 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:

| Goals | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 42 | Horst Hrubesch | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 25 | Friedhelm Funkel | Bayer Uerdingen |
| 24 | Karl-Heinz Mrosko | Arminia Hannover |
| 21 | Jan Mattsson | Bayer Uerdingen |
| 19 | Werner Lenz | SG Union Solingen |
| 18 | Volker Graul | Fortuna Köln |
| 18 | Heinz-Josef Kehr | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| 16 | Hans-Günter Bruns | SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| 16 | Norbert Eilenfeldt | Arminia Bielefeld |
| 16 | Ewald Hammes | SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| 16 | Karl-Heinz Mödrath | Fortuna Köln |
| 16 | Hans-Günther Plücken | SG Union Solingen |
| 16 | Winfried Stradt | Tennis Borussia Berlin |

## Süd

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 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | Würzburger Kickers (R) | 38 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 93 | −55 | 17 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | FK Pirmasens (R) | 38 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 25 | 120 | −95 | 6 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### 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:

| Goals | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 27 | Emanuel Günther | Karlsruher SC |
| 25 | Peter Cestonaro | SV Darmstadt 98 |
| 25 | Uwe Sommerer | SpVgg Bayreuth |
| 21 | Georg Beichle | FC Augsburg |
| 21 | Manfred Drexler | SV Darmstadt 98 |
| 21 | Werner Seubert | VfR Wormatia Worms |
| 21 | Erich Unger | SpVgg Fürth |
| 18 | Klaus Heinlein | SpVgg Fürth |
| 18 | Hans-Otto Jordan | VfR 1910 Bürstadt |
| 16 | Lothar Leiendecker | Eintracht Trier |

## Promotion play-offs

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.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. FC Nürnberg (S) | 3–2 | Rot-Weiss Essen (N) | 1–0 | 2–2 |
