| Competition: | Bundesliga |
| Season: | 1979–80 |
| Dates: | 11 August 1979 – 31 May 1980 |
| Winners: | Bayern Munich 5th Bundesliga title 6th German title |
| Relegated: | Hertha BSC Werder Bremen Eintracht Braunschweig |
| Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | FC Bayern Munich |
| Continentalcup2: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Hamburger SV 1. FC Kaiserslautern VfB Stuttgart 1. FC Köln Eintracht Frankfurt |
| League Topscorer: | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (26) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Köln 8–0 Br'schweig (8 September 1979) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Hertha BSC 0–6 Hamburg (5 April 1980) |
| Highest Scoring: | Bremen 4–6 1860 (10 goals) (26 January 1980) |
| Total Goals: | 1023 |
| Prevseason: | 1978–79 |
| Nextseason: | 1980–81 |
The 1979–80 Bundesliga was the 17th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 11 August 1979[1] and ended on 31 May 1980.[2] Hamburger SV were the defending champions.
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.
Arminia Bielefeld, 1. FC Nürnberg and SV Darmstadt 98 were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Bayer Leverkusen, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, TSV 1860 Munich, winners of the Southern Division and Bayer Uerdingen, who won a two-legged promotion play-off against SpVgg Bayreuth.
| Club | Location | Ground[3] | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | Olympiastadion | 100,000 | ||
| Bochum | Ruhrstadion | 40,000 | ||
| Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 38,000 | ||
| Bremen | Weserstadion | 32,000 | ||
| Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 54,000 | ||
| Duisburg | Wedaustadion | 38,500 | ||
| Düsseldorf | Rheinstadion | 59,600 | ||
| Frankfurt | Waldstadion | 62,000 | ||
| Hamburg | Volksparkstadion | 80,000 | ||
| Kaiserslautern | Stadion Betzenberg | 42,000 | ||
| Cologne | Müngersdorfer Stadion | 61,000 | ||
| Leverkusen | Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion | 20,000 | ||
| Mönchengladbach | Bökelbergstadion | 34,500 | ||
| Munich | Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße | 31,509 | ||
| Munich | Olympiastadion | 80,000 | ||
| Gelsenkirchen | Parkstadion | 70,000 | ||
| Stuttgart | Neckarstadion | 72,000 | ||
| Krefeld | Grotenburg-Kampfbahn | 28,000 |
