Additions
| from | Name | Pos | Team | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/1979 |  | Dick Advocaat | DF |  | VVV-Venlo | VVV |
| 03/1979 | | Willem van Hanegem | MF |  | AZ Alkmaar | AZ Alkmaar |
| 01/1979 |  | Mike Mahoney | GK |  | Newcastle United | Newcastle |
| 01/1979 | | Peter Ressel | MF | | AZ Alkmaar | AZ Alkmaar |
| 01/1979 |  | Thomas Sjöberg | MF |  | Al Ittihad | Al Ittihad |
| 01/1979 |  | Luis Manuel Blanco | FW |  | Toronto Croatia | Toronto Croatia |
| 01/1979 |  | Karl-Heinz Granitza | FW |  | Hertha BSC | Hertha BSC |
| 11/1978 | | Arno Steffenhagen | FW |  | FC St. Pauli | St. Pauli |
| 07/1978 |  | Tony Chursky | GK |  | Seattle Sounders | Seattle SFC |
| 07/1978 | | Horst Blankenburg | DF |  | Neuchâtel Xamax FCS | Xamax |
| 07/1978 |  | Jørgen Kristensen | MF | | Hertha BSC | Hertha BSC |
Departures
| from | Name | Pos | Team | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/1979 | | Peter Ressel | MF | | AZ Alkmaar | AZ Alkmaar |
| 01/1979 |  | Ernst Jean-Joseph | DF |  | Violette AC | Violette |
| 08/1978 | | Arno Steffenhagen | FW | | FC St. Pauli | St. Pauli |
| 07/1978 |  | Alex Skotarek | DF |  | FC Tulsa | FC Tulsa |