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.
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.
The league's top scorers:[1] For the 1978–79 season saw Borussia Neunkirchen, FC Hanau 93, MTV Ingolstadt and SC Freiburg promoted to the 2.
The league's top scorers:[2] The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions.