| 16/03/1979 | 19:00 | MSV Duisburg | - | VfB Stuttgart | 3:1 (1:0) | |
| 17/03/1979 | 14:30 | FC Schalke 04 | - | VfL Bochum | 1:3 (1:1) | |
| 14:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | - | Werder Bremen | 2:1 (2:0) | ||
| 14:30 | Arminia Bielefeld | - | Bor. Mönchengladbach | 0:2 (0:1) | ||
| 14:30 | Eintracht Braunschweig | - | Bayern München | 0:0 (0:0) | ||
| 14:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | - | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0:0 (0:0) | ||
| 14:30 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | - | SV Darmstadt 98 | 4:0 (1:0) | ||
| 14:30 | Borussia Dortmund | - | Hertha BSC | 3:0 (1:0) | ||
| 08/05/1979 | 19:00 | Hamburger SV | - | 1. FC Köln | 6:0 (3:0) |
| » Tables | Home | Away | First round | Second round | First half | Second half |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
1. FC Kaiserslautern | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 45:26 | 19 | 34:12 |
| 2 |
|
Hamburger SV | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 52:23 | 29 | 31:15 |
| 3 |
|
VfB Stuttgart | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 42:24 | 18 | 30:16 |
| 4 |
|
Eintracht Frankfurt | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 37:28 | 9 | 30:16 |
| 5 |
|
Fortuna Düsseldorf | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 47:37 | 10 | 25:21 |
| 6 |
|
VfL Bochum | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 38:35 | 3 | 24:22 |
| 7 |
|
Bayern München | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 41:35 | 6 | 23:23 |
| 8 |
|
1. FC Köln | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 31:33 | -2 | 23:23 |
| 9 |
|
MSV Duisburg | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 33:40 | -7 | 23:23 |
| 10 |
|
Bor. Mönchengladbach | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 33:29 | 4 | 22:24 |
| 11 |
|
Borussia Dortmund | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 42:51 | -9 | 22:24 |
| 12 |
|
FC Schalke 04 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 43:40 | 3 | 21:25 |
| 13 |
|
Werder Bremen | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 35:42 | -7 | 20:26 |
| 14 |
|
Eintracht Braunschweig | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 32:41 | -9 | 20:26 |
| 15 |
|
Arminia Bielefeld | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 29:38 | -9 | 20:26 |
| 16 |
|
Hertha BSC | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 28:36 | -8 | 19:27 |
| 17 |
|
1. FC Nürnberg | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 21:46 | -25 | 15:31 |
| 18 |
|
SV Darmstadt 98 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 25:50 | -25 | 12:34 |