| Club: | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| Season: | 1978–79 |
| Manager: | Reinhard Roder |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Stadium: | Mommsenstadion |
| League: | 2. Bundesliga (Nord) |
| League Result: | 11th |
| Cup1: | DFB-Pokal |
| Cup1 Result: | Third Round |
| League Topscorer: | Allan Hansen + Norbert Stolzenburg (both 11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Allan Hansen + Norbert Stolzenburg (both 11) |
| Highest Attendance: | 50,000 (vs. SC Wacker 04 Berlin) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 700 (vs. SC Fortuna Köln) |
| Average Attendance: | 4,263 |
| Prevseason: | 1977–78 |
| Nextseason: | 1979–80 |
The 1978–79 season was the third time Tennis Borussia Berlin played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second highest tier of the German football league system. After 38 league games, Tennis Borussia finished 11th in the division, following a tenth-placed finish the previous year. The club reached the third round of the DFB-Pokal; losing 2–0 at home to 1. FC Nürnberg. Allan Hansen and Norbert Stolzenburg each scored 11 league goals during the season.
| Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978–79 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total | ||||||
| MF | Fred Arbinger | 36 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 3 | |
| GK | Peter Endrulat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| DF | Klaus-Peter Hanisch | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| FW |  Allan Hansen | 34 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 11 | |
| DF | Dieter Hochheimer | 38 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 4 | |
| FW | Manfred Krüger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| DF | Frank-Michael Marczewski | 38 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 3 | |
| MF | Wolfgang Schilling | 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 8 | |
| MF | Norbert Schmitz | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 5 | |
| DF | Reinhard Schmitz | 32 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 3 | |
| MF | Jürgen Schulz | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 3 | |
| DF | Hans Sprenger | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| FW | Norbert Stolzenburg | 37 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 11 | |
| FW | Peter Vogel | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | |
| GK | Gerhard Welz | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| DF | Jochem Ziegert | 33 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 6 | |
| + 1978–79 2. Bundesliga Nord: extract from the final league table[1] | width=28 | width=185Team | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=28 | width=56Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen (C) | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 87 | 34 | +53 | 59:17 | |
| 10 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 36:40 | |
| 11 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 58 | 61 | –3 | 36:40 | |
| 12 | SV Arminia Hannover | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 56 | 65 | –9 | 36:40 | |
| 20 | SC Wacker 04 Berlin (R) | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 33 | 87 | –54 | 21:55 |