1978–79 2. Bundesliga
The 1978–79 2. Bundesliga season was the fifth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd.
Bayer Leverkusen, TSV 1860 Munich and Bayer Uerdingen were promoted to the Bundesliga while Westfalia Herne, FC St. Pauli, Wacker 04 Berlin, FC Hanau 93, FC Augsburg, KSV Baunatal and Borussia Neunkirchen were relegated to the Oberligas.
Nord
For the 1978–79 season saw DSC Wanne-Eickel, Holstein Kiel, Viktoria Köln and Wacker 04 Berlin promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga and Amateurligas while FC St. Pauli had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.League table
Results
Top scorers
The league's top scorers:| Goals | Player | Team |
| 28 |  Karl-Heinz Mödrath | Fortuna Köln |
| 23 | Matthias Brücken | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 23 | Dieter Schatzschneider | Hannover 96 |
| 23 | Gerd-Volker Schock | VfL Osnabrück |
| 23 | Winfried Stradt | Alemannia Aachen |
| 22 | Wolfgang Lüttges | Bayer Uerdingen |
| 21 | Elmar Jürgens | Preußen Münster |
| 16 | Klaus Beverungen | FC St. Pauli/Westfalia Herne |
| 15 | Klaus-Dieter Czizewski | Viktoria Köln |
| 15 | Norbert Lücke | DSC Wanne-Eickel |
| 15 | Frank Mill | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 15 | Peter Szech | Bayer Leverkusen |
Süd
For the 1978–79 season saw Borussia Neunkirchen, FC Hanau 93, MTV Ingolstadt and SC Freiburg promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and 1. FC Saarbrücken and TSV 1860 Munich relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.League table
Results
Top scorers
The league's top scorers:| Goals | Player | Team |
| 33 | Eduard Kirschner | SpVgg Fürth |
| 24 | Uwe Sommerer | SpVgg Bayreuth |
| 23 | Karl Allgöwer | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 20 | Paul Dörflinger | SC Freiburg |
| 19 | Franz Gerber | TSV 1860 Munich |
| 19 | Walter Krause | Kickers Offenbach |
| 19 | Werner Seubert | VfR Wormatia Worms |
| 18 | Rainer Künkel | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| 17 | Hermann Bitz | Kickers Offenbach |
| 16 | Raimund Krauth | Karlsruher SC |