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2. Bundesliga

March 07, 2023

For other uses, see 2nd Bundesliga (disambiguation).

The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga [ˈtsvaɪtə ˈbʊndəsˌliːɡa]) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football.[1] The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below the Bundesliga and above the 3. Liga in the German football league system. All of the 2. Bundesliga clubs take part in the DFB-Pokal, the annual German Cup competition. A total of 127 clubs have competed in the 2. Bundesliga since its foundation.

2. Bundesliga
Organising bodyDeutsche Fußball Liga (DFL)
Founded1974; 49 years ago (1974)
CountryGermany
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams18
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toBundesliga
Relegation to3. Liga
Domestic cup(s)DFB-Pokal
International cup(s)UEFA Europa League (through DFB-Pokal win)
Current championsSchalke 04 (3rd title)
(2021–22)
Most championshipsArminia Bielefeld
1. FC Nürnberg
SC Freiburg
1. FC Köln
VfL Bochum
(4 titles each)
TV partnersSky Sport
DAZN
WebsiteOfficial website
Current: 2022–23 2. Bundesliga

The decision to establish the league as the second level of football in West Germany was made in May 1973. The league started operating in August 1974, then with two divisions of 20 clubs. It was reduced to a single division in 1981. From the 1991–92 season onwards clubs from the former East Germany started participating in the league, briefly expanding it to two divisions again. It returned to a single division format again at the end of that season and has had 18 clubs as its strength since 1994. Two clubs from the 2. Bundesliga are directly promoted to the Bundesliga, while a third promoted club is determined through the play-offs, from 1974 to 1991 and again since 2008. Between 1991 and 2008 the third-placed club in the league was directly promoted. The bottom clubs in the league are relegated to the third division; from 1974 to 1994, the Oberliga, from 1994 to 2008, the Regionalliga and since 2008, the 3. Liga. The number of relegated clubs has fluctuated over the years. Since 2008 two clubs are directly relegated while the third-last team has the opportunity to defend its league play in the play-offs against the third placed team of the 3. Liga.

1. FC Nürnberg, SC Freiburg, 1. FC Köln, Arminia Bielefeld and VfL Bochum hold the record number of championships in the league with four each. Bielefeld also holds the record for number of promotions from the 2. Bundesliga to the Bundesliga, with eight.

For the 2018–19 season, an average of 19,128 spectators watched 2. Bundesliga matches, making the 2. Bundesliga the world's second most-watched secondary football league, after the EFL Championship in England.

History

Background

With the implementation of the Bundesliga in 1963,[2] five Regionalligen were also founded as the 2nd highest playing level, South, Southwest, West, North and Berlin. The two top ranking teams from each Regionalliga at the end of a season were placed into groups to play against the relegation teams from the Bundesliga. With the transition from the former Oberliga to the newly created Bundesliga and Regionalliga, however, it became clear that the substructure of the Bundesliga was both sportingly and economically problematic and that relegation from the Bundesliga could easily ruin a club economically.

This situation was partly responsible for the Bundesliga scandal in 1971, in which, due to manipulations in point games in the relegation battle, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Arminia Bielefeld managed to remain in the Bundesliga. As a consequence of the scandal, the DFB-Bundestag in Frankfurt decided on 30 June 1973 to introduce a 2. Bundesliga, divided into a north and a south season, for the 1974/75 season, which should close the gap between professional and amateur areas. According to an elaborate point system,[3] the clubs should be able to qualify for the new divisions. Not only the placements of the previous five seasons were decisive, but also economic and structural requirements. There was also a five-year evaluation, with the first two years being single, the next two years double and the last year triple. In the event of a tie, the last year should apply.

With this regulation, however, the DFB had overlooked that the ten regional leagues participating in the annual promotion round to the Bundesliga had not qualified for the new 2. Bundesliga from the outset due to their placement in the 1973/74 season. In the case of 1. FC Saarbrücken, this meant that the club was accepted into the 2 Bundesliga South after failing in the promotion round and took the place of SV Alsenborn, which also came from the Regionalliga Südwest. SV Alsenborn, a "village club" sponsored by Fritz Walter, had failed three times in the Bundesliga promotion round in 1968, 1969 and 1970 and had clearly qualified for the new division. The DFB found that there were no conditions suitable for the second division in Alsenborn and that they could not be achieved in the foreseeable future and downgraded SV Alsenborn to the then third-class amateur league Southwest, although the club had a successful participation in one of the three rounds of promotion to the Bundesliga Special permission would have been allowed to play even in the top division (of course not in Alsenborn, but in Kaiserslautern or Ludwigshafen).

Formation

Main article: Introduction of the 2. Bundesliga

The decision to establish the 2. Bundesliga as a fully professional league below the Bundesliga was made at the annual convention of the German Football Association, the DFB, in Frankfurt on 30 June 1973. The league replaced the five Regionalligas that were at this level from 1963 to 1974. Each Regionalliga had a set quota of clubs that could qualify for the new league with the Regionalliga Süd receiving thirteen spots, the Regionalliga West twelve, the Regionalliga Nord and Regionalliga Südwest seven and the Regionalliga Berlin one. The qualified teams were established through a ranking that took the last five seasons of the Regionalliga into account.[4]

The new 2. Bundesliga was split into a northern and a southern division with 20 clubs each. Each division had its champion directly promoted to the Bundesliga while the two runners-up would contest a two-leg play-off to determine the third promoted team. The bottom four clubs in each league were relegated, however, as the number of clubs relegated from the Bundesliga to each division could vary, so could the number of clubs in the league and therefore the number of teams relegated.[5][6]

2. Bundesliga North and South 1974 to 1981

The first-ever game of the league was played on Friday, 2 August 1974 between 1. FC Saarbrücken and Darmstadt 98 and ended in a 1–0 win for Saarbrücken, with Nikolaus Semlitsch scoring the first-ever goal of the new league in the 18th minute of the game.[7][8][9] The inaugural champions of the league were Hannover 96 in the north and Karlsruher SC in the south, both former Bundesliga clubs. The play-offs for the third Bundesliga spot were contested by FK Pirmasens and Bayer Uerdingen, with Uerdingen winning 6–0 at home after a four-all draw in the first leg.[10][11] The three promoted teams however proved uncompetitive in the Bundesliga with Hannover and Uerdingen being relegated straight away again while Karlsruhe lasted for only two seasons.[12]

The second season saw league championships for Tennis Borussia Berlin and 1. FC Saarbrücken, with Tennis Borussia lasting for only one season and 1. FCS for two. The contest for the third promotion spot pitted two far bigger names of German football against each other, with Borussia Dortmund edging out 1. FC Nürnberg with two wins, ending Dortmund's four-year second division spell.[12][13][14] The last round of the season in the south also saw an all-time goal scoring record per round when 55 goals were scored in ten games. The northern division incidentally set the second best mark when it scored 51 goals the day before.[15]

In 1976–77 the league champions were FC St. Pauli and VfB Stuttgart while the third promotion spot went to 1860 Munich, having had to play a third game after Arminia Bielefeld and TSV 1860 each won their home games 4–0, with the decider ending 2–0 in favour of the southern team.[16][17] Ottmar Hitzfeld set an all-time 2. Bundesliga record in May 1977 when he scored 6 goals in a league match for VfB Stuttgart against Jahn Regensburg.[18] Bielefeld won promotion as the champions of the northern division in the following season, as did southern champion SV Darmstadt 98, entering the Bundesliga for the first time in its history. Third place went to 1. FC Nürnberg who overcame Rot-Weiss Essen with a 1–0 home win and a two–all draw away.[19][20] For Nürnberg it ended a nine-year absence from the Bundesliga.[12] Horst Hrubesch set an all-time record that season for goals in one season, 41 scored for Rot-Weiss Essen.[21]

In 1978–79 direct promotion went to 1860 Munich and Bayer Leverkusen while the play-off was won, once more, by Bayer Uerdingen, which defeated SpVgg Bayreuth 2–1 at home after a draw away. In the north, two clubs were relegated from the league for financial reasons, Westfalia Herne, which had finished fifth and former Bundesliga side FC St. Pauli, which had come sixth.[22][23] The following seasons saw 1. FC Nürnberg and Arminia Bielefeld clinch another promotion from the 2. Bundesliga, as did Karlsuher SC which overcame Rot-Weiss Essen by winning 5–1 at home after losing 3–1 away.[24][25] Arminia Bielefeld set an all-time 2. Bundesliga record when it defeated Arminia Hannover 11–0 in May 1980, the biggest-ever win in the league.[26]

The 1980–81 season, the seventh of the league, was also its last in this format. From 1981 it played as a single division of 20 teams after a decision taken on 7 June 1980, when, at a special convention of the DFB, the introduction of the single division 2. Bundesliga was decided upon with a majority of 84 votes to 77.[27] The northern division was unusually strong that season, having received all three relegated teams of the 1979–80 Bundesliga season, SV Werder Bremen, Eintracht Braunschweig and Hertha BSC, and playing with 22 teams. Bremen won the league while Braunschweig came second. Hertha missed out despite scoring 123 goals. In the south, the league was won by SV Darmstadt 98 for a second time while runners-up Kickers Offenbach lost out to Braunschweig in the play-offs. The reduction of the league to a single division meant 22 teams were relegated while no team was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga that season.[28][29]

Single division era 1981 to 1991

The new single division league of 20 teams saw only a small change in modus. The top two in the league were promoted while the third placed team played the sixteenth placed Bundesliga side in a home-and-away play-off for one more spot in the Bundesliga. The bottom four in the league were relegated. The inaugural season saw FC Schalke 04 compete in the 2. Bundesliga for the first time, and win it. Second place went to Hertha BSC while third placed Kickers Offenbach missed out on promotion after losing both play-off games to Bayer Leverkusen. Fourth place went to 1860 Munich, one point behind Offenbach, but the club found itself relegated after the DFB refused it a license for the following season. This decision kept 17th placed SG Wattenscheid 09, the best-placed team on a relegation rank, in the league.[30] The following season finally saw Kickers Offenbach win promotion from the 2. Bundesliga, behind champions SV Waldhof Mannheim who had never played in the Bundesliga before. Bayer Uerdingen, in third place, won promotion through the play-offs for a third time, this time overcoming the previous seasons 2. Bundesliga champions FC Schalke 04.[12][31]

Schalke bounced back immediately, coming second behind Karlsruher SC in 1983–84. Third place went to MSV Duisburg wo were decisively beaten 0–5 by Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt at home. At the other end, Rot-Weiss Essen, after having failed to win promotion to the Bundesliga through the play-offs twice from the 2. Bundesliga, was relegated to amateur football that season.[32] 1. FC Nürnberg took out the championship of the single division 2. Bundesliga for the first time in 1985, with Hannover 96 coming second. Third placed 1. FC Saarbrücken also won promotion courtesy to a 2–0 home win over Arminia Bielefeld after a draw away. Kickers Offenbach, freshly relegated from the Bundesliga came only 19th in the 2. Bundesliga, suffered another relegation, as did another former Bundesliga side, FC St. Pauli, having returned to the league for the first time after having had its license revoked in 1979.[33]

In 1985–86, three clubs from Berlin competed in the league, but none the following season, with Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin achieving its one and only promotion to the Bundesliga while Hertha BSC and Tennis Borussia were relegated to amateur football. The league champions were FC 08 Homburg, also promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time. Arguably one of the most famous play-off contests in 2. Bundesliga history however were the games between third placed Fortuna Köln and Borussia Dortmund. Köln won 2–0 at home, followed by a 3–1 for Dortmund, making a third game necessary as the away goal rule did not apply to the Bundesliga versus 2. Bundesliga play-offs at the time. This third game was won 8–0 by Borussia Dortmund in front of 50,000 in neutral Düsseldorf. In the relegation zone MSV Duisburg followed the two Berlin clubs into amateur football as a third former Bundesliga side that season.[34][35]

Hannover 96 and Karlsruher SC won promotion once more in 1987 while third placed FC St. Pauli, freshly promoted from amateur football again, missed out by a goal in the play-offs against FC Homburg. At the bottom end Eintracht Braunschweig became another former Bundesliga side and champion to drop into the third division.[36] FC St. Pauli ended a ten-year wait for Bundesliga return in 1988 when it finished runners-up to Stuttgarter Kickers who were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time. Third placed SV Darmstadt 98 missed out on penalties in the deciding third game against SV Waldhof Mannheim after each side had won their home game by a goal. Arminia Bielefeld came a distant last and was relegated while 17th placed SpVgg Bayreuth was rescued when Rot-Weiß Oberhausen was refused a license.[37]

Fortuna Düsseldorf won the league championship in 1988–89, with two clubs from the Saarland coming second and third, FC Homburg and 1. FC Saarbrücken. Saarbrücken however was unable to overcome Eintracht Frankfurt in the later club's second successful play-off defence of its Bundesliga place. SpVgg Bayreuth finished 17th again but was again spared from relegation when Kickers Offenbach was refused a license. Also relegated were Union Solingen after 14 consecutive seasons in the league.[38] At the end of the season Spanish-born Joaquín Montañés retired from 2. Bundesliga football after 479 games for Alemannia Aachen in the league from 1974 to 1989, a record for any player with a single club in the league.[39] In 1990 Hertha BSC completed its return from amateur football to the Bundesliga with a 2. Bundesliga title, followed up by SG Wattenscheid 09, who entered the Bundesliga for the first time. 1. FC Saarbrücken failed in the play-offs for a second consecutive time when it missed out to VfL Bochum, thereby ensuring a Bochum derby in the Bundesliga between VfL and Wattenscheid for the following season. In the relegation zone SpVgg Bayreuth failed to get reprieved for a third consecutive season and dropped into amateur football, as did Alemannia Aachen, a founding member of the 2. Bundesliga who had played all 16 seasons of the league until then.[40]

The tenth season of the single division 2. Bundesliga was to be the last in its current format for a time as the German reunification in 1991 lead to changes to the league after this season. With FC Schalke 04 and MSV Duisburg two long-term Bundesliga teams finished at the top of the league. In third place Stuttgarter Kickers had to play FC St. Pauli three times to earn promotion, the first two contests having ended 1–1 while Stuttgart won the third 3–1. FC Schweinfurt 05 in last place became one of the worst clubs in the league history when it only won two games all season. Rot-Weiss Essen had its license revoked which allowed SV Darmstadt 98 to avoid relegation.[41]

German reunification 1991–92

In the 1991–92 season, the league was expanded to 24 teams in two regional divisions, north and south, to accommodate six new East German clubs which joined the league that season. The East German clubs were spread very unevenly, with one going to the north and five to the south, caused by the geographic location of those clubs. Only the league champions were promoted to the Bundesliga that year, which were Bayer Uerdingen in the north and 1. FC Saarbrücken in the south. The bottom three in each division were relegated, three of which were from former East Germany. The other two were former Bundesliga clubs, Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin and 1860 Munich, with the later having played its first season back in the 2. Bundesliga after their license was revoked in 1982. At the end of this season the league returned to the single division format, but with still 24 clubs as its strength.[42][43]

Single division era 1992 to present

The 1992–93 season was a momentous one, with 24 teams competing in a single league and each club playing 46 games. Three clubs were promoted directly, as would be the case from then on until 2008, with the play-offs having been abolished. SC Freiburg won the league and promotion for the first time. Behind it, MSV Duisburg made a return to the Bundesliga while third placed VfB Leipzig became the first former East German club to earn promotion from the 2. Bundesliga. Seven clubs were relegated from the league to reduce its strength to 20 clubs again from the following season. Of those Eintracht Braunschweig, Fortuna Düsseldorf and SV Darmstadt 98 were former Bundesliga sides.[44] The following season saw changes again as it was the last with 20 clubs. Promoted were VfL Bochum, Bayer Uerdingen and 1860 Munich, which had just won promotion from the third division the year before and returned to the Bundesliga for the first time since 1981. At the bottom end, five clubs were relegated, four of those former Bundesliga sides and the fifth one, Carl Zeiss Jena, from former East Germany.[45]

The league level below the 2. Bundesliga was changed profoundly in 1994 with the Oberligas replaced by the new Regionalligas, which allowed for direct promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time since 1980. The league itself was now reduced to 18 clubs with no play-offs, three promoted and four relegated teams, a system it would maintain until 2008, when the play-offs were re-introduced. Hansa Rostock won the 2. Bundesliga for the first time in 1995 and FC St. Pauli and Fortuna Düsseldorf followed it up to the Bundesliga. In the relegation zone FSV Frankfurt came a distant last with only three wins to its name while the two Saarland sides FC Homburg and 1. FC Saarbrücken accompanied it. The later, despite finishing seventh, had its license revoked, thereby sparing FSV Zwickau from relegation.[46]

The 1995–96 season saw VfL Bochum win the league again with second placed Arminia Bielefeld winning promotion straight after having been promoted from the Regionalliga the year before. Third place went to MSV Duisburg while Hannover 96, 1. FC Nürnberg and SG Wattenscheid 09 were all former Bundesliga clubs now suffering relegation to the third division.[47] The 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Eintracht Frankfurt had suffered their first-ever relegation from the Bundesliga in 1996. The former won the league and bounced back immediately while Frankfurt remained at this level for another season. Kaiseslautern was accompanied up by VfL Wolfsburg, who won promotion for the first time, and Hertha BSC. Kaiserslautern would also become the first and only club to win the Bundesliga as a freshly promoted side the following year.[48] The 1. FC Kaiserslautern and SV Meppen also set a record for number of goals in a game, 13, when Kaiserslautern defeated Meppen 7–6.[49] Eintracht Frankfurt won the league in 1998 with SC Freiburg coming second while 1. FC Nürnberg, freshly returned from the Regionalliga, came third. At the bottom end VfB Leipzig was one of three clubs from the east to be relegated, alongside SV Meppen, which dropped out of the league after eleven consecutive seasons there.[50]

The 1998–99 season saw the 1. FC Köln in the league for the first time, having been relegated from the Bundesliga after 35 consecutive seasons there from the start of the league in 1963. Köln only managed to come tenth, while the league was won by Arminia Bielefeld. Behind Arminia Bielefeld, SpVgg Unterhaching and SSV Ulm 1846 entered the Bundesliga for the very first time. Last place in the league went to Fortuna Düsseldorf, which was accompanied to the Regionalliga by SG Wattenscheid 09, KFC Uerdingen 05, formerly Bayer Uerdingen, and FC Gütersloh.[51] The first season of the new millennium saw the end of an era, with Fortuna Köln being relegated after 26 consecutive seasons in the league since the start in 1974. Local rival 1. FC Köln won the league while VfL Bochum came second and FC Energie Cottbus, in third place, moved up to the Bundesliga for the first time. Fortuna Köln was accompanied to the Regionalliga by Karlsruher SC, Kickers Offenbach and Tennis Borussia Berlin, who had their license revoked.[52]

In 2000–01, the league was won by 1. FC Nürnberg once again, with Borussia Mönchengladbach earning promotion back to the Bundesliga after a two-year absence. FC St. Pauli was the third promoted team. SSV Ulm 1846, freshly relegated from the Bundesliga, finished the season in 16th place and became insolvent.[53] Hannover 96, Arminia Bielefeld and VfL Bochum were the promoted teams in 2002,[54] while the following season saw 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt competing and succeeding for promotion again, behind league champions SC Freiburg.[55]

In 2004, 1. FC Nürnberg and Arminia Bielefeld earned another one of their many promotions while third placed 1. FSV Mainz 05 was a newcomer to the Bundesliga.[56] Like in 2003, 2005 saw 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt win promotion while between them, in second place, MSV Duisburg moved up, too. At the bottom end three of the four relegated clubs shared similar names, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Rot-Weiss Essen and Rot-Weiß Erfurt with the fourth team relegated being Eintracht Trier.[57]

 
The Stadion An der Alten Försterei is the home of 1. FC Union Berlin. The club competed in the 2. Bundesliga for ten consecutive seasons.

VfL Bochum won the league again in 2006 while FC Energie Cottbus returned to the Bundesliga for a second three-year stint. In second place Alemannia Aachen returned to the Bundesliga for the first time since 1970. Relegated that year were Dynamo Dresden, former East German power house, after a two-year stint in the league.[58] 2006 also saw the retirement of Willi Landgraf from 2. Bundesliga football. Landgraf had played a record 508 2. Bundesliga games from 1986 to 2006, playing in the league for Rot-Weiss Essen, FC 08 Homburg, FC Gütersloh and Alemannia Aachen.[39][59] Karlsruher SC ended an absence from the Bundesliga that had lasted since 1998 when it won the league in 2007 and was followed up by Hansa Rostock and MSV Duisburg.[60] Freshly relegated Borussia Mönchengladbach won the league the following year, with new Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim second and 1. FC Köln third.[61]

The 2008–09 season saw the return of play-offs. The third placed team in the 2. Bundesliga now played the 16th placed team in the Bundesliga for a spot in that league. At the other end of the table, the 16th placed 2. Bundesliga side would now also play the third placed team in the new 3. Liga, which had replaced the Regionalliga as the third division. SC Freiburg and 1. FSV Mainz 05 were directly promoted that season while 1. FC Nürnberg had to enter the play-offs in which it defeated FC Energie Cottbus 5–0 on aggregate. At the relegation end, VfL Osnabrück lost its 2. Bundesliga place to SC Paderborn from the 3. Liga.[62]

1. FC Kaiserslautern ended a four-year spell in the 2. Bundesliga in 2010 with a league championship, with FC St. Pauli coming second. The FC Augsburg finished third but was unable to overcome 1. FC Nürnberg in the play-offs and lost 3–0 on aggregate. Hansa Rostock, in 16th place, dropped out of the 2. Bundesliga when it lost both play-off games to Ingolstadt 04.[63] Hertha BSC and FC Augsburg were directly promoted to the Bundesliga in 2010, the later for the first time, while VfL Bochum in third place missed out on promotion against Borussia Mönchengladbach. VfL Osnabrück found itself unsuccessfully defending its league place again, losing to Dynamo Dresden in extra time in the second leg.[64]

After 15 consecutive seasons in the 2. Bundesliga a numerous attempts at promotion Greuther Fürth finally won the league in 2012. Eintracht Frankfurt came second and Fortuna Düsseldorf returned to the Bundesliga for the first time since 1997 when it defeated Hertha BSC in the play-offs. Karlsruher SC failed to remain in the 2. Bundesliga when it was relegated on away goal rule after two drawn games against Jahn Regensburg.[65]

Hertha BSC won the 2. Bundesliga for the second time in three seasons in 2012–13 and was accompanied up by Eintracht Braunschweig, who had not played in the Bundesliga since 1985. Third placed 1. FC Kaiserslautern lost both games to 1899 Hoffenheim and thereby failed to get promoted. Dynamo Dresden became the first 2. Bundesliga side in five attempts to hold onto their league place while 3. Liga side VfL Osnabrück missed out in the play-offs for a third time in three attempts.[66] The 2013–14 season ended with 1. FC Köln winning the league, followed up by SC Paderborn who won promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time. Relegated where Energie Cottbus and Dynamo Dresden, both former Bundesliga sides. Third placed SpVgg Greuther Fürth failed to gain promotion after two draws with Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. At the bottom end two eastern clubs were relegated, Dynamo Dresden and Energie Cottbus, while Arminia Bielefeld entered the relegation round.

The 2014–15 season saw Ingolstadt 04 win the league and earn Bundesliga promotion for the first time while SV Darmstadt 98 finished second and returned to the Bundesliga for the first time since 1982. Third placed Karlsruher SC faced Hamburg for another Bundesliga spot while TSV 1860 Munich had to play Holstein Kiel to retain their place in the 2. Bundesliga. Both the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga clubs retained their league membership. The two clubs directly relegated from the league where Erzgebirge Aue and VfR Aalen.[67] In the 2015–16 the league was won by SC Freiburg, with RB Leipzig finishing runners-up and earning its first-ever Bundesliga promotion, while 1. FC Nürnberg had to enter the promotion play-off where it lost on aggregate to Eintracht Frankfurt. At the bottom end of the table SC Paderborn suffered consecutive relegations, becoming the sixth club to drop from the Bundesliga to the third tier in consecutive seasons. FSV Frankfurt was the second team directly relegated while MSV Duisburg entered the relegation play-off where it was unsuccessful.[68] All the clubs promoted to the 2. Bundesliga had played there before but while Dynamo Dresden and Erzgebirge Aue had only experienced a short absence the third club, Würzburger Kickers, had not played at this level for almost 40 years.[69]

After their relegation, the 2018–19 season was Hamburger SV's first season outside of the German top flight in their 55-year history.[70]

Logo history

For the first time in 1996, the Bundesliga was given its own logo to distinguish itself. Six years later, the logo was revamped into a portrait orientation, which was used until 2010. A new logo was announced for the 2010–11 season in order to modernise the brand logo for all media platforms.[71] To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bundesliga, a special logo was developed for the 2012–13 season, featuring a "50" and "1963–2013".[72] Following the season, the 2010 logo was restored. In December 2016, it was announced that a new logo would be used for the 2017–18 season, modified slightly for digitisation requirements, featuring a matte look.[73]

In December 2016, it was announced that for the first time, the 2. Bundesliga would be given its own logo, taking effect at the start of the 2017–18 season. Previously, the 2. Bundesliga had borrowed the Bundesliga logo for promotional and media purposes. The 2. Bundesliga gained its own logo to "strengthen the profile of the competition" and to better identify the league with fans, the media, and sponsors.[74]

All-time table

As of November 2022, the most consistent team in the league has been SpVgg Greuther Fürth, who have won 1680 points in 1140 games (using the three points per win scheme). In second place sits FC St. Pauli with 1578 points, and Alemannia Aachen is third with 1481 points. Last place, number 127, goes to Spandauer SV with just ten points to its name.[75]

Members of the 2. Bundesliga (2022–23 season)

For details on the 2. Bundesliga 2022–23 season, see here.

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Locations of the 2022–23 2. Bundesliga teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,300
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325
Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor 17,000
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena 54,600
Greuther Fürth Fürth Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer 16,626
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 57,000
Hannover 96 Hanover Heinz von Heiden-Arena 49,000
1. FC Heidenheim Heidenheim Voith-Arena 15,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,780
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe BBBank Wildpark 29,699
Holstein Kiel Kiel Holstein-Stadion 15,034
1. FC Magdeburg Magdeburg MDCC-Arena 30,098
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Max-Morlock-Stadion 49,923
SC Paderborn Paderborn Home Deluxe Arena 15,000
Jahn Regensburg Regensburg Jahnstadion Regensburg 15,210
Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 29,000
SV Sandhausen Sandhausen BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald 15,414
FC St. Pauli Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 29,546

Division set-up

Changes in division set-up

  • Number of clubs
    • Current (since 1994–95): 18 teams
    • From 1974 to 1975 to 1980–81: two divisions (Nord and Süd)
      • From 1974 to 1975 to 1978–79: 20 teams each
      • 1979–80: 20 teams (Nord), 21 teams (Süd)
      • 1980–81: 22 teams (Nord), 20 teams (Süd)
    • From 1981 to 1982 to 1990–91: 20 teams
    • 1991–92: two divisions (Nord and Süd) of 12 teams each, divisions split into promotion/relegation groups of 6 teams each after 22 rounds
    • 1992–93: 24 teams
    • 1993–94: 20 teams
  • Teams promoted to the Bundesliga: 3; 1981–1991 there was a promotion/relegation round, in 1991–92 there was 1 promotion per group.
  • Number of relegations into the Regionalliga (until 1994: Oberliga): 4; 1991–92: 2–3 per group (inclusive relegation); 1992–93: 7.

Promotion and relegation

Further information: Promotion to the Bundesliga
  • From the 1992–93 season to the 2008–09 season, the top three teams gained promotion into the Bundesliga; after this, and to the present, only the top two teams are promoted automatically, and the third placed team plays a two-leg playoff against the team that finishes 16th in the Bundesliga.
  • Until the 2007–08 season, the bottom four teams were relegated into the Regional leagues. Since the 2008–09, following the inception of the 3. Liga, only the bottom two teams are relegated into the 3. Liga automatically; the third from bottom team can avoid relegation by winning a two-leg playoff against the team that finishes in third place in the 3. Liga.

League rules

Since the 2006–07 season there is no longer a limit on non-EU players in the league. Instead clubs are required to have 8 players on the squad who have come up through the youth system of a German club, 4 of which have to come from the club's own youth system.[76] Seven substitutes are permitted to be selected, from which three can be used in the duration of the game.

League champions

Second Bundesliga

Second Bundesliga

Season Champions Runners-up Third place
1992–93 SC Freiburg MSV Duisburg VfB Leipzig
1993–94 VfL Bochum Uerdingen 1860 Munich
1994–95 Hansa Rostock FC St. Pauli Fortuna Düsseldorf
1995–96 VfL Bochum Arminia Bielefeld MSV Duisburg
1996–97 1. FC Kaiserslautern VfL Wolfsburg Hertha BSC
1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1. FC Nürnberg
1998–99 Arminia Bielefeld Unterhaching SSV Ulm
1999–2000 1. FC Köln VfL Bochum Energie Cottbus
2000–01 1. FC Nürnberg Borussia Mönchengladbach St. Pauli
2001–02 Hannover 96 Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum
2002–03 SC Freiburg 1. FC Köln Eintracht Frankfurt
2003–04 1. FC Nürnberg Arminia Bielefeld Mainz 05
2004–05 1. FC Köln Duisburg Eintracht Frankfurt
2005–06 VfL Bochum Alemannia Aachen Energie Cottbus
2006–07 Karlsruher SC Hansa Rostock Duisburg
2007–08 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln
2008–09 SC Freiburg Mainz 05 1. FC Nürnberg
2009–10 1. FC Kaiserslautern St. Pauli FC Augsburg
2010–11 Hertha BSC FC Augsburg VfL Bochum
2011–12 Greuther Fürth Eintracht Frankfurt Fortuna Düsseldorf
2012–13 Hertha BSC Eintracht Braunschweig 1. FC Kaiserslautern
2013–14 1. FC Köln SC Paderborn Greuther Fürth
2014–15 Ingolstadt 04 Darmstadt 98 Karlsruher SC
2015–16 SC Freiburg RB Leipzig 1. FC Nürnberg
2016–17 VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96 Eintracht Braunschweig
2017–18 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1. FC Nürnberg Holstein Kiel
2018–19 1. FC Köln SC Paderborn 1. FC Union Berlin
2019–20 Arminia Bielefeld VfB Stuttgart 1. FC Heidenheim
2020–21 VfL Bochum Greuther Fürth Holstein Kiel
2021–22 Schalke 04 Werder Bremen Hamburger SV
  • Bold denotes team earned promotion.

See also: Promotion to the Bundesliga, Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, and List of clubs in the 2. Bundesliga

The list of teams that earned promotion to and from the 2. Bundesliga or were relegated from the league:

Season Promoted to the Bundesliga Relegated to the Oberliga/Regionalliga/3. Liga Promoted from the Oberliga/Regionalliga/3. Liga
1974–75 Hannover 96, Bayer Uerdingen (Nord)
Karlsruher SC (Süd) 		Olympia Wilhelmshaven, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, VfL Wolfsburg, HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst (Nord)
VfR Heilbronn, Borussia Neunkirchen, VfR Wormatia Worms, VfR Mannheim (Süd) 		Bayer Leverkusen, Spandauer SV, Westfalia Herne, Union Solingen (Nord)
Eintracht Kreuznach, FSV Frankfurt, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Reutlingen (Süd)
1975–76 Tennis Borussia Berlin, Borussia Dortmund (Nord)
1. FC Saarbrücken (Süd) 		1. FC Mülheim, SpVgg Erkenschwick, DJK Gütersloh, Spandauer SV (Nord)
Mainz 05, FC Schweinfurt 05, Eintracht Bad Kreuznach, SSV Reutlingen (Süd) 		Arminia Hannover, Bonner SC, SC Herford, VfL Wolfsburg (Nord)
BSV Schwenningen, Eintracht Trier, FV Würzburg 04, KSV Baunatal (Süd)
1976–77 FC St. Pauli (Nord)
VfB Stuttgart, 1860 Munich (Süd) 		Bonner SC, Göttingen 05, Wacker 04 Berlin, VfL Wolfsburg (Nord)
Röchling Völklingen, Jahn Regensburg, BSV 07 Schwenningen (Süd) 		1. FC Bocholt, OSC Bremerhaven, Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid (Nord)
Freiburger FC, Würzburger Kickers, VfR Oli Bürstadt, Wormatia Worms (Süd)
1977–78 Arminia Bielefeld (Nord)
Darmstadt 98, 1. FC Nürnberg (Süd) 		1. FC Bocholt, OSC Bremerhaven, Schwarz-Weiß Essen (Nord)
FC Bayern Hof, VfR 1910 Bürstadt, Kickers Würzburg, FK Pirmasens (Süd) 		DSC Wanne-Eickel, Holstein Kiel, Viktoria Köln, Wacker 04 Berlin (Nord)
Borussia Neunkirchen, FC Hanau 93, MTV Ingolstadt, SC Freiburg (Süd)
1978–79 Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Uerdingen (Nord)
1860 Munich (Süd) 		Westfalia Herne, FC St. Pauli, Wacker 04 Berlin (Nord)
FC Hanau 93, FC Augsburg, KSV Baunatal, Borussia Neunkirchen (Süd) 		OSC Bremerhaven, OSV Hannover, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, SC Herford (Nord)
ESV Ingolstadt, SV Röchling Völklingen, SSV Ulm 1846, VfR Oli Bürstadt (Süd)
1979–80 Arminia Bielefeld (Nord)
1. FC Nürnberg, Karlsruher SC (Süd) 		DSC Wanne-Eickel, OSC Bremerhaven, Arminia Hannover, Wuppertaler SV (Nord)
MTV 1881 Ingolstadt, Röchling Völklingen, FV Würzburg 04 (Süd) 		1. FC Bocholt, Göttingen 05, SpVgg Erkenschwick, VfB Oldenburg (Nord)
Borussia Neunkirchen, FC Augsburg, Hessen Kassel, VfB Eppingen (Süd)
1980–81 Werder Bremen, Eintracht Braunschweig (Nord)
Darmstadt 98 (Süd) 		Because of the reduction of the league to a single division 22 clubs were relegated None
1981–82 FC Schalke 04, Hertha BSC 1860 Munich, VfR Wormatia Worms, Freiburger FC, SpVgg Bayreuth FSV Frankfurt, FC Augsburg, BV Lüttringhausen, TuS Schloß Neuhaus
1982–83 SV Waldhof Mannheim, Kickers Offenbach, Bayer Uerdingen FC Augsburg, SpVgg Fürth, FSV Frankfurt, TuS Schloß Neuhaus Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, SC Charlottenburg, SSV Ulm 1846, 1. FC Saarbrücken
1983–84 Karlsruher SC, FC Schalke 04 Rot-Weiss Essen, SC Charlottenburg, VfL Osnabrück, BV 08 Lüttringhausen VfR Bürstadt, FC 08 Homburg, FC St. Pauli, Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin
1984–85 1. FC Nürnberg, Hannover 96, 1. FC Saarbrücken FC St. Pauli, VfR 1910 Bürstadt, Kickers Offenbach, SSV Ulm 1846 VfL Osnabrück, Tennis Borussia Berlin, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, SpVgg Bayreuth
1985–86 FC 08 Homburg, Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin Hertha BSC, SpVgg Bayreuth, Tennis Borussia Berlin, MSV Duisburg SSV Ulm 1846, FSV Salmrohr, FC St. Pauli, Rot-Weiss Essen
1986–87 Hannover 96, Karlsruher SC Eintracht Braunschweig, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, KSV Hessen Kassel, FSV Salmrohr Kickers Offenbach, SpVgg Bayreuth, SV Meppen, BVL 08 Remscheid
1987–88 Stuttgarter Kickers, FC St. Pauli Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, BVL 08 Remscheid, SSV Ulm 1846, Arminia Bielefeld Eintracht Braunschweig, Hertha BSC, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, Mainz 05
1988–89 Fortuna Düsseldorf, FC 08 Homburg Kickers Offenbach, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, Mainz 05, Union Solingen KSV Hessen Kassel, SpVgg Unterhaching, MSV Duisburg, Preußen Münster
1989–90 Hertha BSC, SG Wattenscheid 09 KSV Hessen Kassel, SpVgg Bayreuth, Alemannia Aachen, SpVgg Unterhaching VfB Oldenburg, TSV Havelse, Mainz 05, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
1990–91 FC Schalke 04, MSV Duisburg, Stuttgarter Kickers Rot-Weiss Essen, Preußen Münster, TSV Havelse, Schweinfurt 05 FC Remscheid, 1860 Munich (West)
Stahl Brandenburg, VfB Leipzig, Chemnitzer FC, Carl Zeiss Jena, Hallescher FC, Rot-Weiß Erfurt (East)
1991–92 Bayer Uerdingen (Nord)
1. FC Saarbrücken (Süd) 		Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin, BSV Stahl Brandenburg (Nord)
1860 Munich, Hallescher FC, FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt (Süd) 		Wuppertaler SV, VfL Wolfsburg, SpVgg Unterhaching
1992–93 SC Freiburg, MSV Duisburg, VfB Leipzig SpVgg Unterhaching, Eintracht Braunschweig, VfL Osnabrück, Fortuna Düsseldorf, VfB Oldenburg, Darmstadt 98, FC Remscheid 1860 Munich, Rot-Weiss Essen, Tennis Borussia Berlin
1993–94 VfL Bochum, Bayer Uerdingen, 1860 Munich Stuttgarter Kickers, Carl Zeiss Jena, Wuppertaler SV, Rot-Weiss Essen, Tennis Borussia Berlin Fortuna Düsseldorf, FSV Frankfurt, FSV Zwickau
1994–95 Hansa Rostock, FC St. Pauli, Fortuna Düsseldorf 1. FC Saarbrücken, FC 08 Homburg, FSV Frankfurt SpVgg Unterhaching, VfB Lübeck, Carl Zeiss Jena, Arminia Bielefeld
1995–96 VfL Bochum, Arminia Bielefeld, MSV Duisburg Chemnitzer FC, Hannover 96, 1. FC Nürnberg, SG Wattenscheid 09 VfB Oldenburg, Rot-Weiss Essen, FC Gütersloh, Stuttgarter Kickers
1996–97 1. FC Kaiserslautern, VfL Wolfsburg, Hertha BSC SV Waldhof Mannheim, VfB Lübeck, Rot-Weiss Essen, VfB Oldenburg Greuther Fürth, Energie Cottbus, SG Wattenscheid 09, 1. FC Nürnberg
1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt, SC Freiburg, 1. FC Nürnberg VfB Leipzig, Carl Zeiss Jena, FSV Zwickau, SV Meppen SSV Ulm 1846, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Hannover 96, Tennis Borussia Berlin
1998–99 Arminia Bielefeld, SpVgg Unterhaching, SSV Ulm 1846 FC Gütersloh, KFC Uerdingen 05, SG Wattenscheid 09, Fortuna Düsseldorf SV Waldhof Mannheim, Kickers Offenbach, Chemnitzer FC, Alemannia Aachen
1999–2000 1. FC Köln, VfL Bochum, Energie Cottbus Tennis Borussia Berlin, Fortuna Köln, Kickers Offenbach, Karlsruher SC LR Ahlen, SSV Reutlingen, 1. FC Saarbrücken, VfL Osnabrück
2000–01 1. FC Nürnberg, Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC St. Pauli VfL Osnabrück, SSV Ulm 1846, Stuttgarter Kickers, Chemnitzer FC SV Babelsberg 03, Union Berlin, Karlsruher SC, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
2001–02 Hannover 96, Arminia Bielefeld, VfL Bochum SpVgg Unterhaching, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Schweinfurt 05, SV Babelsberg 03 Wacker Burghausen, Eintracht Trier, VfB Lübeck, Eintracht Braunschweig
2002–03 SC Freiburg, 1. FC Köln, Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Braunschweig, SSV Reutlingen 05, FC St. Pauli, SV Waldhof Mannheim Jahn Regensburg, SpVgg Unterhaching, Erzgebirge Aue, VfL Osnabrück
2003–04 1. FC Nürnberg, Arminia Bielefeld, Mainz 05 VfB Lübeck, Jahn Regensburg, Union Berlin, VfL Osnabrück Rot-Weiß Erfurt, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Rot-Weiss Essen, Dynamo Dresden
2004–05 1. FC Köln, MSV Duisburg, Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Trier, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Rot-Weiss Essen, FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt Eintracht Braunschweig, SC Paderborn, Kickers Offenbach, Sportfreunde Siegen
2005–06 VfL Bochum, Alemannia Aachen, Energie Cottbus Dynamo Dresden, 1. FC Saarbrücken, LR Ahlen, Sportfreunde Siegen FC Augsburg, TuS Koblenz, Carl Zeiss Jena, Rot-Weiss Essen
2006–07 Karlsruher SC, Hansa Rostock, MSV Duisburg Rot-Weiss Essen, SpVgg Unterhaching, SV Wacker Burghausen, Eintracht Braunschweig SV Wehen, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, FC St. Pauli, VfL Osnabrück
2007–08 Borussia Mönchengladbach, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, 1. FC Köln Kickers Offenbach, Erzgebirge Aue, SC Paderborn, FC Carl Zeiss Jena FSV Frankfurt, Ingolstadt 04, Rot Weiss Ahlen, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
2008–09 SC Freiburg, Mainz 05, 1. FC Nürnberg VfL Osnabrück, Ingolstadt 04, SV Wehen Wiesbaden Union Berlin, Fortuna Düsseldorf, SC Paderborn
2009–10 1. FC Kaiserslautern, FC St. Pauli Hansa Rostock, TuS Koblenz, Rot Weiss Ahlen VfL Osnabrück, Erzgebirge Aue, Ingolstadt 04
2010–11 Hertha BSC, FC Augsburg VfL Osnabrück, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Arminia Bielefeld Eintracht Braunschweig, Hansa Rostock, Dynamo Dresden
2011–12 Greuther Fürth, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fortuna Düsseldorf Hansa Rostock, Alemannia Aachen, Karlsruher SC SV Sandhausen, VfR Aalen, Jahn Regensburg
2012–13 Hertha BSC, Eintracht Braunschweig MSV Duisburg, Jahn Regensburg Karlsruher SC, Arminia Bielefeld
2013–14 1. FC Köln, SC Paderborn Energie Cottbus, Dynamo Dresden, Arminia Bielefeld 1. FC Heidenheim, RB Leipzig, Darmstadt 98
2014–15 Ingolstadt 04, Darmstadt 98 Erzgebirge Aue, VfR Aalen Arminia Bielefeld, MSV Duisburg
2015–16 SC Freiburg, RB Leipzig MSV Duisburg, FSV Frankfurt, SC Paderborn Dynamo Dresden, Erzgebirge Aue, Würzburger Kickers
2016–17 VfB Stuttgart, Hannover 96 1860 Munich, Würzburger Kickers, Karlsruher SC MSV Duisburg, Holstein Kiel, Jahn Regensburg
2017–18 Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1. FC Nürnberg Eintracht Braunschweig, 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Magdeburg, SC Paderborn
2018–19 1. FC Köln, SC Paderborn, Union Berlin 1. FC Magdeburg, MSV Duisburg, FC Ingolstadt VfL Osnabrück, Karlsruher SC, SV Wehen Wiesbaden
2019–20 Arminia Bielefeld, VfB Stuttgart SV Wehen Wiesbaden, Dynamo Dresden Würzburger Kickers, Eintracht Braunschweig
2020–21 VfL Bochum, Greuther Fürth Eintracht Braunschweig, Würzburger Kickers Dynamo Dresden, Hansa Rostock
2021–22 Schalke 04, Werder Bremen Dynamo Dresden, Erzgebirge Aue, FC Ingolstadt 1. FC Magdeburg, Eintracht Braunschweig, 1. FC Kaiserslautern

Records

Player records

Appearances

As of end of 2021–22 season.[98]
Rank Player Apps Years Club(s)
1   Willi Landgraf 508 1987–2006 Alemannia Aachen 188, Rot-Weiss Essen 119, FC Homburg 107, FC Gütersloh 94
2   Joaquín Montañés 479 1974–1989 Alemannia Aachen 479
3   Karl-Heinz Schulz 463 1977–1991 SC Freiburg 287, Freiburger FC 176
4   Hans Wulf 440 1974–1989 KSV Hessen Kassel 231, Schwarz-Weiß Essen 118, Wormatia Worms 59, Hannover 96 32
5   Wolfgang Krüger 428 1975–1988 Union Solingen 428
6   Hans-Jürgen Gede 416 1977–1990 Fortuna Köln 344, Preußen Münster 72
7   Andreas Helmer 411 1983–1998 SV Meppen 244, VfL Osnabrück 167
8   Gerd Paulus 407 1974–1989 Kickers Offenbach 304, SV Röchling Völklingen 103
9   Oliver Posniak 403 1977–1989 Darmstadt 98 290, FSV Frankfurt 113
10   Dirk Hupe 399 1975–1994 Fortuna Köln 212, Union Solingen 187

Top scorers

As of end of 2021–22 season.[99]
Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio Years Club(s)
1   Simon Terodde 172 283 0.61 2007–2022 VfL Bochum 41, Schalke 04 30, 1. FC Köln 29, VfB Stuttgart 25, HSV 24, Union Berlin 23
2   Dieter Schatzschneider 153 201 0.76 1978–1987 Hannover 96 131, Fortuna Köln 22
3   Karl-Heinz Mödrath 150 272 0.55 1974–1983 Fortuna Köln 143, Alemannia Aachen 7
4   Theo Gries 123 293 0.42 1985–1994 Hertha BSC 67, Alemannia Aachen 47, Hannover 96 8
5   Sven Demandt 121 317 0.38 1987–2001 Mainz 05 55, Fortuna Düsseldorf 49, Hertha BSC 17
6   Walter Krause 120 273 0.44 1974–1983 Kickers Offenbach 98, Wattenscheid 09 13, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 9
7   Daniel Jurgeleit 117 393 0.30 1982–1997 Union Solingen 59, FC Homburg 34, VfB Lübeck 24
8   Gerd-Volker Schock 116 242 0.48 1974–1984 VfL Osnabrück 95, Arminia Bielefeld 21
9   Franz Gerber 115 213 0.54 1975–1987 FC St. Pauli 42, ESV Ingolstadt 23, Wuppertaler SV 19, 1860 Munich 19, Hannover 96 12
  Paul Linz 115 233 0.49 1979–1988 VfL Osnabrück 52, Freiburger FC 36, Waldhof Mannheim 16, OSC Bremerhaven 11

Match records

Largest win[100]
Arminia Bielefeld – Arminia Hannover 11–0 (23 May 1980) 11
Most goals in a game[101]
1. FC Kaiserslautern – SV Meppen 7–6 (11 June 1997) 13
Most goals in a game for a player[102]
Ottmar Hitzfeld – (VfB Stuttgart – Jahn Regensburg on 13 May 1977) 6

Spectators

The spectator figures since 1992, when the league returned to the single division format:

Spectators
Season Over all Average Best supported club Average
1992–93[103] 3,098,153 5,613 FC St. Pauli 14,120
1993–94[104] 2,649,849 6,973 1860 Munich 19,553
1994–95[105] 2,238,271 7,315 FC St. Pauli 17,211
1995–96[106] 2,300,480 7,518 1. FC Nürnberg 16,465
1996–97[107] 2,731,439 8,952 1.FC Kaiserslautern 36,680
1997–98[108] 2,843,170 9,291 1. FC Nürnberg 24,759
1998–99[109] 2,635,431 8,613 Hannover 96 19,229
1999–2000[110] 3,735,624 12,208 1. FC Köln 28,853
2000–01[111] 3,218,861 10,519 Borussia Mönchengladbach 23,458
2001–02[112] 2,760,839 9,022 Hannover 96 20,562
2002–03[113] 3,403,895 11,124 1. FC Köln 26,459
2003–04[114] 2,911,457 9,515 1. FC Nürnberg 16,152
2004–05[115] 4,135,108 13,513 1. FC Köln 38,482
2005–06[116] 4,024,776 13,153 1860 Munich 41,932
2006–07[117] 5,112,072 16,706 1. FC Köln 42,194
2007–08[118] 5,551,586 18,142 1. FC Köln 43,763
2008–09[119] 4,814,737 15,734 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34,409
2009–10[120] 4,616,048 15,085 1. FC Kaiserslautern 35,398
2010–11[121] 4,526,857 14,794 Hertha BSC 46,131
2011–12[122] 5,276,103 17,242 Eintracht Frankfurt 37,641
2012–13[123] 5,274,798 17,238 1. FC Köln 40,688
2013–14[124] 5,475,652 17,894 1. FC Köln 46,176
2014–15[125] 5,405,811 17,666 1. FC Kaiserslautern 33,013
2015–16[126] 5,857,626 19,143 1. FC Nürnberg 30,723
2016–17[127] 6,645,406 21,717 VfB Stuttgart 50,515
2017–18[128] 5,380,757 17,584 1. FC Nürnberg 30,558
2018–19[129] 5,853,246 19,128 1. FC Köln 49,547
2019–20[130] 4,583,300 14,978 VfB Stuttgart 39,503[131]
2020–21[132] 104,547 342 Hannover 96 982[133]
2021–22[134] 4,123,434 13,699 Schalke 04 33,528[135]

Top scorers

Main article: List of 2. Bundesliga top scorers

The most recent top goal scorers in the league:[136]

Second division in the European Cup

So far, clubs of the 2. Bundesliga have participated in the European Cup six times:

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bundesliga, other, uses, bundesliga, disambiguation, zweite, bundesliga, ˈtsvaɪtə, ˈbʊndəsˌliːɡa, second, division, professional, football, germany, implemented, years, after, founding, fußball, bundesliga, second, division, professional, football, ranked, bel. For other uses see 2nd Bundesliga disambiguation The 2 Bundesliga Zweite Bundesliga ˈtsvaɪte ˈbʊndesˌliːɡa is the second division of professional football in Germany It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fussball Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football 1 The 2 Bundesliga is ranked below the Bundesliga and above the 3 Liga in the German football league system All of the 2 Bundesliga clubs take part in the DFB Pokal the annual German Cup competition A total of 127 clubs have competed in the 2 Bundesliga since its foundation 2 BundesligaOrganising bodyDeutsche Fussball Liga DFL Founded1974 49 years ago 1974 CountryGermanyConfederationUEFANumber of teams18Level on pyramid2Promotion toBundesligaRelegation to3 LigaDomestic cup s DFB PokalInternational cup s UEFA Europa League through DFB Pokal win Current championsSchalke 04 3rd title 2021 22 Most championshipsArminia Bielefeld1 FC NurnbergSC Freiburg1 FC KolnVfL Bochum 4 titles each TV partnersSky SportDAZNWebsiteOfficial websiteCurrent 2022 23 2 BundesligaThe decision to establish the league as the second level of football in West Germany was made in May 1973 The league started operating in August 1974 then with two divisions of 20 clubs It was reduced to a single division in 1981 From the 1991 92 season onwards clubs from the former East Germany started participating in the league briefly expanding it to two divisions again It returned to a single division format again at the end of that season and has had 18 clubs as its strength since 1994 Two clubs from the 2 Bundesliga are directly promoted to the Bundesliga while a third promoted club is determined through the play offs from 1974 to 1991 and again since 2008 Between 1991 and 2008 the third placed club in the league was directly promoted The bottom clubs in the league are relegated to the third division from 1974 to 1994 the Oberliga from 1994 to 2008 the Regionalliga and since 2008 the 3 Liga The number of relegated clubs has fluctuated over the years Since 2008 two clubs are directly relegated while the third last team has the opportunity to defend its league play in the play offs against the third placed team of the 3 Liga 1 FC Nurnberg SC Freiburg 1 FC Koln Arminia Bielefeld and VfL Bochum hold the record number of championships in the league with four each Bielefeld also holds the record for number of promotions from the 2 Bundesliga to the Bundesliga with eight For the 2018 19 season an average of 19 128 spectators watched 2 Bundesliga matches making the 2 Bundesliga the world s second most watched secondary football league after the EFL Championship in England Contents 1 History 1 1 Background 1 2 Formation 1 3 2 Bundesliga North and South 1974 to 1981 1 4 Single division era 1981 to 1991 1 5 German reunification 1991 92 1 6 Single division era 1992 to present 2 Logo history 3 All time table 4 Members of the 2 Bundesliga 2022 23 season 5 Division set up 5 1 Changes in division set up 5 2 Promotion and relegation 6 League rules 7 League champions 7 1 Second Bundesliga North 7 2 Second Bundesliga South 7 3 Second Bundesliga 7 4 Second Bundesliga North 7 5 Second Bundesliga South 7 6 Second Bundesliga 8 Promoted and relegated teams 9 Records 9 1 Player records 9 1 1 Appearances 9 1 2 Top scorers 9 2 Match records 10 Spectators 11 Top scorers 12 Second division in the European Cup 13 References 14 External linksHistory EditBackground Edit With the implementation of the Bundesliga in 1963 2 five Regionalligen were also founded as the 2nd highest playing level South Southwest West North and Berlin The two top ranking teams from each Regionalliga at the end of a season were placed into groups to play against the relegation teams from the Bundesliga With the transition from the former Oberliga to the newly created Bundesliga and Regionalliga however it became clear that the substructure of the Bundesliga was both sportingly and economically problematic and that relegation from the Bundesliga could easily ruin a club economically This situation was partly responsible for the Bundesliga scandal in 1971 in which due to manipulations in point games in the relegation battle Rot Weiss Oberhausen and Arminia Bielefeld managed to remain in the Bundesliga As a consequence of the scandal the DFB Bundestag in Frankfurt decided on 30 June 1973 to introduce a 2 Bundesliga divided into a north and a south season for the 1974 75 season which should close the gap between professional and amateur areas According to an elaborate point system 3 the clubs should be able to qualify for the new divisions Not only the placements of the previous five seasons were decisive but also economic and structural requirements There was also a five year evaluation with the first two years being single the next two years double and the last year triple In the event of a tie the last year should apply With this regulation however the DFB had overlooked that the ten regional leagues participating in the annual promotion round to the Bundesliga had not qualified for the new 2 Bundesliga from the outset due to their placement in the 1973 74 season In the case of 1 FC Saarbrucken this meant that the club was accepted into the 2 Bundesliga South after failing in the promotion round and took the place of SV Alsenborn which also came from the Regionalliga Sudwest SV Alsenborn a village club sponsored by Fritz Walter had failed three times in the Bundesliga promotion round in 1968 1969 and 1970 and had clearly qualified for the new division The DFB found that there were no conditions suitable for the second division in Alsenborn and that they could not be achieved in the foreseeable future and downgraded SV Alsenborn to the then third class amateur league Southwest although the club had a successful participation in one of the three rounds of promotion to the Bundesliga Special permission would have been allowed to play even in the top division of course not in Alsenborn but in Kaiserslautern or Ludwigshafen Formation Edit Main article Introduction of the 2 Bundesliga The decision to establish the 2 Bundesliga as a fully professional league below the Bundesliga was made at the annual convention of the German Football Association the DFB in Frankfurt on 30 June 1973 The league replaced the five Regionalligas that were at this level from 1963 to 1974 Each Regionalliga had a set quota of clubs that could qualify for the new league with the Regionalliga Sud receiving thirteen spots the Regionalliga West twelve the Regionalliga Nord and Regionalliga Sudwest seven and the Regionalliga Berlin one The qualified teams were established through a ranking that took the last five seasons of the Regionalliga into account 4 The new 2 Bundesliga was split into a northern and a southern division with 20 clubs each Each division had its champion directly promoted to the Bundesliga while the two runners up would contest a two leg play off to determine the third promoted team The bottom four clubs in each league were relegated however as the number of clubs relegated from the Bundesliga to each division could vary so could the number of clubs in the league and therefore the number of teams relegated 5 6 2 Bundesliga North and South 1974 to 1981 Edit The first ever game of the league was played on Friday 2 August 1974 between 1 FC Saarbrucken and Darmstadt 98 and ended in a 1 0 win for Saarbrucken with Nikolaus Semlitsch scoring the first ever goal of the new league in the 18th minute of the game 7 8 9 The inaugural champions of the league were Hannover 96 in the north and Karlsruher SC in the south both former Bundesliga clubs The play offs for the third Bundesliga spot were contested by FK Pirmasens and Bayer Uerdingen with Uerdingen winning 6 0 at home after a four all draw in the first leg 10 11 The three promoted teams however proved uncompetitive in the Bundesliga with Hannover and Uerdingen being relegated straight away again while Karlsruhe lasted for only two seasons 12 The second season saw league championships for Tennis Borussia Berlin and 1 FC Saarbrucken with Tennis Borussia lasting for only one season and 1 FCS for two The contest for the third promotion spot pitted two far bigger names of German football against each other with Borussia Dortmund edging out 1 FC Nurnberg with two wins ending Dortmund s four year second division spell 12 13 14 The last round of the season in the south also saw an all time goal scoring record per round when 55 goals were scored in ten games The northern division incidentally set the second best mark when it scored 51 goals the day before 15 In 1976 77 the league champions were FC St Pauli and VfB Stuttgart while the third promotion spot went to 1860 Munich having had to play a third game after Arminia Bielefeld and TSV 1860 each won their home games 4 0 with the decider ending 2 0 in favour of the southern team 16 17 Ottmar Hitzfeld set an all time 2 Bundesliga record in May 1977 when he scored 6 goals in a league match for VfB Stuttgart against Jahn Regensburg 18 Bielefeld won promotion as the champions of the northern division in the following season as did southern champion SV Darmstadt 98 entering the Bundesliga for the first time in its history Third place went to 1 FC Nurnberg who overcame Rot Weiss Essen with a 1 0 home win and a two all draw away 19 20 For Nurnberg it ended a nine year absence from the Bundesliga 12 Horst Hrubesch set an all time record that season for goals in one season 41 scored for Rot Weiss Essen 21 In 1978 79 direct promotion went to 1860 Munich and Bayer Leverkusen while the play off was won once more by Bayer Uerdingen which defeated SpVgg Bayreuth 2 1 at home after a draw away In the north two clubs were relegated from the league for financial reasons Westfalia Herne which had finished fifth and former Bundesliga side FC St Pauli which had come sixth 22 23 The following seasons saw 1 FC Nurnberg and Arminia Bielefeld clinch another promotion from the 2 Bundesliga as did Karlsuher SC which overcame Rot Weiss Essen by winning 5 1 at home after losing 3 1 away 24 25 Arminia Bielefeld set an all time 2 Bundesliga record when it defeated Arminia Hannover 11 0 in May 1980 the biggest ever win in the league 26 The 1980 81 season the seventh of the league was also its last in this format From 1981 it played as a single division of 20 teams after a decision taken on 7 June 1980 when at a special convention of the DFB the introduction of the single division 2 Bundesliga was decided upon with a majority of 84 votes to 77 27 The northern division was unusually strong that season having received all three relegated teams of the 1979 80 Bundesliga season SV Werder Bremen Eintracht Braunschweig and Hertha BSC and playing with 22 teams Bremen won the league while Braunschweig came second Hertha missed out despite scoring 123 goals In the south the league was won by SV Darmstadt 98 for a second time while runners up Kickers Offenbach lost out to Braunschweig in the play offs The reduction of the league to a single division meant 22 teams were relegated while no team was promoted to the 2 Bundesliga that season 28 29 Single division era 1981 to 1991 Edit The new single division league of 20 teams saw only a small change in modus The top two in the league were promoted while the third placed team played the sixteenth placed Bundesliga side in a home and away play off for one more spot in the Bundesliga The bottom four in the league were relegated The inaugural season saw FC Schalke 04 compete in the 2 Bundesliga for the first time and win it Second place went to Hertha BSC while third placed Kickers Offenbach missed out on promotion after losing both play off games to Bayer Leverkusen Fourth place went to 1860 Munich one point behind Offenbach but the club found itself relegated after the DFB refused it a license for the following season This decision kept 17th placed SG Wattenscheid 09 the best placed team on a relegation rank in the league 30 The following season finally saw Kickers Offenbach win promotion from the 2 Bundesliga behind champions SV Waldhof Mannheim who had never played in the Bundesliga before Bayer Uerdingen in third place won promotion through the play offs for a third time this time overcoming the previous seasons 2 Bundesliga champions FC Schalke 04 12 31 Schalke bounced back immediately coming second behind Karlsruher SC in 1983 84 Third place went to MSV Duisburg wo were decisively beaten 0 5 by Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt at home At the other end Rot Weiss Essen after having failed to win promotion to the Bundesliga through the play offs twice from the 2 Bundesliga was relegated to amateur football that season 32 1 FC Nurnberg took out the championship of the single division 2 Bundesliga for the first time in 1985 with Hannover 96 coming second Third placed 1 FC Saarbrucken also won promotion courtesy to a 2 0 home win over Arminia Bielefeld after a draw away Kickers Offenbach freshly relegated from the Bundesliga came only 19th in the 2 Bundesliga suffered another relegation as did another former Bundesliga side FC St Pauli having returned to the league for the first time after having had its license revoked in 1979 33 In 1985 86 three clubs from Berlin competed in the league but none the following season with Blau Weiss 90 Berlin achieving its one and only promotion to the Bundesliga while Hertha BSC and Tennis Borussia were relegated to amateur football The league champions were FC 08 Homburg also promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time Arguably one of the most famous play off contests in 2 Bundesliga history however were the games between third placed Fortuna Koln and Borussia Dortmund Koln won 2 0 at home followed by a 3 1 for Dortmund making a third game necessary as the away goal rule did not apply to the Bundesliga versus 2 Bundesliga play offs at the time This third game was won 8 0 by Borussia Dortmund in front of 50 000 in neutral Dusseldorf In the relegation zone MSV Duisburg followed the two Berlin clubs into amateur football as a third former Bundesliga side that season 34 35 Hannover 96 and Karlsruher SC won promotion once more in 1987 while third placed FC St Pauli freshly promoted from amateur football again missed out by a goal in the play offs against FC Homburg At the bottom end Eintracht Braunschweig became another former Bundesliga side and champion to drop into the third division 36 FC St Pauli ended a ten year wait for Bundesliga return in 1988 when it finished runners up to Stuttgarter Kickers who were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time Third placed SV Darmstadt 98 missed out on penalties in the deciding third game against SV Waldhof Mannheim after each side had won their home game by a goal Arminia Bielefeld came a distant last and was relegated while 17th placed SpVgg Bayreuth was rescued when Rot Weiss Oberhausen was refused a license 37 Fortuna Dusseldorf won the league championship in 1988 89 with two clubs from the Saarland coming second and third FC Homburg and 1 FC Saarbrucken Saarbrucken however was unable to overcome Eintracht Frankfurt in the later club s second successful play off defence of its Bundesliga place SpVgg Bayreuth finished 17th again but was again spared from relegation when Kickers Offenbach was refused a license Also relegated were Union Solingen after 14 consecutive seasons in the league 38 At the end of the season Spanish born Joaquin Montanes retired from 2 Bundesliga football after 479 games for Alemannia Aachen in the league from 1974 to 1989 a record for any player with a single club in the league 39 In 1990 Hertha BSC completed its return from amateur football to the Bundesliga with a 2 Bundesliga title followed up by SG Wattenscheid 09 who entered the Bundesliga for the first time 1 FC Saarbrucken failed in the play offs for a second consecutive time when it missed out to VfL Bochum thereby ensuring a Bochum derby in the Bundesliga between VfL and Wattenscheid for the following season In the relegation zone SpVgg Bayreuth failed to get reprieved for a third consecutive season and dropped into amateur football as did Alemannia Aachen a founding member of the 2 Bundesliga who had played all 16 seasons of the league until then 40 The tenth season of the single division 2 Bundesliga was to be the last in its current format for a time as the German reunification in 1991 lead to changes to the league after this season With FC Schalke 04 and MSV Duisburg two long term Bundesliga teams finished at the top of the league In third place Stuttgarter Kickers had to play FC St Pauli three times to earn promotion the first two contests having ended 1 1 while Stuttgart won the third 3 1 FC Schweinfurt 05 in last place became one of the worst clubs in the league history when it only won two games all season Rot Weiss Essen had its license revoked which allowed SV Darmstadt 98 to avoid relegation 41 German reunification 1991 92 Edit In the 1991 92 season the league was expanded to 24 teams in two regional divisions north and south to accommodate six new East German clubs which joined the league that season The East German clubs were spread very unevenly with one going to the north and five to the south caused by the geographic location of those clubs Only the league champions were promoted to the Bundesliga that year which were Bayer Uerdingen in the north and 1 FC Saarbrucken in the south The bottom three in each division were relegated three of which were from former East Germany The other two were former Bundesliga clubs Blau Weiss 90 Berlin and 1860 Munich with the later having played its first season back in the 2 Bundesliga after their license was revoked in 1982 At the end of this season the league returned to the single division format but with still 24 clubs as its strength 42 43 Single division era 1992 to present Edit The 1992 93 season was a momentous one with 24 teams competing in a single league and each club playing 46 games Three clubs were promoted directly as would be the case from then on until 2008 with the play offs having been abolished SC Freiburg won the league and promotion for the first time Behind it MSV Duisburg made a return to the Bundesliga while third placed VfB Leipzig became the first former East German club to earn promotion from the 2 Bundesliga Seven clubs were relegated from the league to reduce its strength to 20 clubs again from the following season Of those Eintracht Braunschweig Fortuna Dusseldorf and SV Darmstadt 98 were former Bundesliga sides 44 The following season saw changes again as it was the last with 20 clubs Promoted were VfL Bochum Bayer Uerdingen and 1860 Munich which had just won promotion from the third division the year before and returned to the Bundesliga for the first time since 1981 At the bottom end five clubs were relegated four of those former Bundesliga sides and the fifth one Carl Zeiss Jena from former East Germany 45 The league level below the 2 Bundesliga was changed profoundly in 1994 with the Oberligas replaced by the new Regionalligas which allowed for direct promotion to the 2 Bundesliga for the first time since 1980 The league itself was now reduced to 18 clubs with no play offs three promoted and four relegated teams a system it would maintain until 2008 when the play offs were re introduced Hansa Rostock won the 2 Bundesliga for the first time in 1995 and FC St Pauli and Fortuna Dusseldorf followed it up to the Bundesliga In the relegation zone FSV Frankfurt came a distant last with only three wins to its name while the two Saarland sides FC Homburg and 1 FC Saarbrucken accompanied it The later despite finishing seventh had its license revoked thereby sparing FSV Zwickau from relegation 46 The 1995 96 season saw VfL Bochum win the league again with second placed Arminia Bielefeld winning promotion straight after having been promoted from the Regionalliga the year before Third place went to MSV Duisburg while Hannover 96 1 FC Nurnberg and SG Wattenscheid 09 were all former Bundesliga clubs now suffering relegation to the third division 47 The 1 FC Kaiserslautern and Eintracht Frankfurt had suffered their first ever relegation from the Bundesliga in 1996 The former won the league and bounced back immediately while Frankfurt remained at this level for another season Kaiseslautern was accompanied up by VfL Wolfsburg who won promotion for the first time and Hertha BSC Kaiserslautern would also become the first and only club to win the Bundesliga as a freshly promoted side the following year 48 The 1 FC Kaiserslautern and SV Meppen also set a record for number of goals in a game 13 when Kaiserslautern defeated Meppen 7 6 49 Eintracht Frankfurt won the league in 1998 with SC Freiburg coming second while 1 FC Nurnberg freshly returned from the Regionalliga came third At the bottom end VfB Leipzig was one of three clubs from the east to be relegated alongside SV Meppen which dropped out of the league after eleven consecutive seasons there 50 The 1998 99 season saw the 1 FC Koln in the league for the first time having been relegated from the Bundesliga after 35 consecutive seasons there from the start of the league in 1963 Koln only managed to come tenth while the league was won by Arminia Bielefeld Behind Arminia Bielefeld SpVgg Unterhaching and SSV Ulm 1846 entered the Bundesliga for the very first time Last place in the league went to Fortuna Dusseldorf which was accompanied to the Regionalliga by SG Wattenscheid 09 KFC Uerdingen 05 formerly Bayer Uerdingen and FC Gutersloh 51 The first season of the new millennium saw the end of an era with Fortuna Koln being relegated after 26 consecutive seasons in the league since the start in 1974 Local rival 1 FC Koln won the league while VfL Bochum came second and FC Energie Cottbus in third place moved up to the Bundesliga for the first time Fortuna Koln was accompanied to the Regionalliga by Karlsruher SC Kickers Offenbach and Tennis Borussia Berlin who had their license revoked 52 In 2000 01 the league was won by 1 FC Nurnberg once again with Borussia Monchengladbach earning promotion back to the Bundesliga after a two year absence FC St Pauli was the third promoted team SSV Ulm 1846 freshly relegated from the Bundesliga finished the season in 16th place and became insolvent 53 Hannover 96 Arminia Bielefeld and VfL Bochum were the promoted teams in 2002 54 while the following season saw 1 FC Koln and Eintracht Frankfurt competing and succeeding for promotion again behind league champions SC Freiburg 55 In 2004 1 FC Nurnberg and Arminia Bielefeld earned another one of their many promotions while third placed 1 FSV Mainz 05 was a newcomer to the Bundesliga 56 Like in 2003 2005 saw 1 FC Koln and Eintracht Frankfurt win promotion while between them in second place MSV Duisburg moved up too At the bottom end three of the four relegated clubs shared similar names Rot Weiss Oberhausen Rot Weiss Essen and Rot Weiss Erfurt with the fourth team relegated being Eintracht Trier 57 The Stadion An der Alten Forsterei is the home of 1 FC Union Berlin The club competed in the 2 Bundesliga for ten consecutive seasons VfL Bochum won the league again in 2006 while FC Energie Cottbus returned to the Bundesliga for a second three year stint In second place Alemannia Aachen returned to the Bundesliga for the first time since 1970 Relegated that year were Dynamo Dresden former East German power house after a two year stint in the league 58 2006 also saw the retirement of Willi Landgraf from 2 Bundesliga football Landgraf had played a record 508 2 Bundesliga games from 1986 to 2006 playing in the league for Rot Weiss Essen FC 08 Homburg FC Gutersloh and Alemannia Aachen 39 59 Karlsruher SC ended an absence from the Bundesliga that had lasted since 1998 when it won the league in 2007 and was followed up by Hansa Rostock and MSV Duisburg 60 Freshly relegated Borussia Monchengladbach won the league the following year with new Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim second and 1 FC Koln third 61 The 2008 09 season saw the return of play offs The third placed team in the 2 Bundesliga now played the 16th placed team in the Bundesliga for a spot in that league At the other end of the table the 16th placed 2 Bundesliga side would now also play the third placed team in the new 3 Liga which had replaced the Regionalliga as the third division SC Freiburg and 1 FSV Mainz 05 were directly promoted that season while 1 FC Nurnberg had to enter the play offs in which it defeated FC Energie Cottbus 5 0 on aggregate At the relegation end VfL Osnabruck lost its 2 Bundesliga place to SC Paderborn from the 3 Liga 62 1 FC Kaiserslautern ended a four year spell in the 2 Bundesliga in 2010 with a league championship with FC St Pauli coming second The FC Augsburg finished third but was unable to overcome 1 FC Nurnberg in the play offs and lost 3 0 on aggregate Hansa Rostock in 16th place dropped out of the 2 Bundesliga when it lost both play off games to Ingolstadt 04 63 Hertha BSC and FC Augsburg were directly promoted to the Bundesliga in 2010 the later for the first time while VfL Bochum in third place missed out on promotion against Borussia Monchengladbach VfL Osnabruck found itself unsuccessfully defending its league place again losing to Dynamo Dresden in extra time in the second leg 64 After 15 consecutive seasons in the 2 Bundesliga a numerous attempts at promotion Greuther Furth finally won the league in 2012 Eintracht Frankfurt came second and Fortuna Dusseldorf returned to the Bundesliga for the first time since 1997 when it defeated Hertha BSC in the play offs Karlsruher SC failed to remain in the 2 Bundesliga when it was relegated on away goal rule after two drawn games against Jahn Regensburg 65 Hertha BSC won the 2 Bundesliga for the second time in three seasons in 2012 13 and was accompanied up by Eintracht Braunschweig who had not played in the Bundesliga since 1985 Third placed 1 FC Kaiserslautern lost both games to 1899 Hoffenheim and thereby failed to get promoted Dynamo Dresden became the first 2 Bundesliga side in five attempts to hold onto their league place while 3 Liga side VfL Osnabruck missed out in the play offs for a third time in three attempts 66 The 2013 14 season ended with 1 FC Koln winning the league followed up by SC Paderborn who won promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time Relegated where Energie Cottbus and Dynamo Dresden both former Bundesliga sides Third placed SpVgg Greuther Furth failed to gain promotion after two draws with Bundesliga club Hamburger SV At the bottom end two eastern clubs were relegated Dynamo Dresden and Energie Cottbus while Arminia Bielefeld entered the relegation round The 2014 15 season saw Ingolstadt 04 win the league and earn Bundesliga promotion for the first time while SV Darmstadt 98 finished second and returned to the Bundesliga for the first time since 1982 Third placed Karlsruher SC faced Hamburg for another Bundesliga spot while TSV 1860 Munich had to play Holstein Kiel to retain their place in the 2 Bundesliga Both the Bundesliga and 2 Bundesliga clubs retained their league membership The two clubs directly relegated from the league where Erzgebirge Aue and VfR Aalen 67 In the 2015 16 the league was won by SC Freiburg with RB Leipzig finishing runners up and earning its first ever Bundesliga promotion while 1 FC Nurnberg had to enter the promotion play off where it lost on aggregate to Eintracht Frankfurt At the bottom end of the table SC Paderborn suffered consecutive relegations becoming the sixth club to drop from the Bundesliga to the third tier in consecutive seasons FSV Frankfurt was the second team directly relegated while MSV Duisburg entered the relegation play off where it was unsuccessful 68 All the clubs promoted to the 2 Bundesliga had played there before but while Dynamo Dresden and Erzgebirge Aue had only experienced a short absence the third club Wurzburger Kickers had not played at this level for almost 40 years 69 After their relegation the 2018 19 season was Hamburger SV s first season outside of the German top flight in their 55 year history 70 Logo history EditFor the first time in 1996 the Bundesliga was given its own logo to distinguish itself Six years later the logo was revamped into a portrait orientation which was used until 2010 A new logo was announced for the 2010 11 season in order to modernise the brand logo for all media platforms 71 To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bundesliga a special logo was developed for the 2012 13 season featuring a 50 and 1963 2013 72 Following the season the 2010 logo was restored In December 2016 it was announced that a new logo would be used for the 2017 18 season modified slightly for digitisation requirements featuring a matte look 73 In December 2016 it was announced that for the first time the 2 Bundesliga would be given its own logo taking effect at the start of the 2017 18 season Previously the 2 Bundesliga had borrowed the Bundesliga logo for promotional and media purposes The 2 Bundesliga gained its own logo to strengthen the profile of the competition and to better identify the league with fans the media and sponsors 74 All time table EditAs of November 2022 update the most consistent team in the league has been SpVgg Greuther Furth who have won 1680 points in 1140 games using the three points per win scheme In second place sits FC St Pauli with 1578 points and Alemannia Aachen is third with 1481 points Last place number 127 goes to Spandauer SV with just ten points to its name 75 Members of the 2 Bundesliga 2022 23 season EditFor details on the 2 Bundesliga 2022 23 season see here Bielefeld Braun schweig Darmstadt Dusseldorf Furth Hamburg Hannover Heidenheim Kaiserslautern Karlsruhe Kiel Magdeburg Nurnberg Paderborn Regensburg Rostock Sandhausen St Pauliclass notpageimage Locations of the 2022 23 2 Bundesliga teams Team Location Stadium CapacityArminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schuco Arena 27 300Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht Stadion 23 325Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Merck Stadion am Bollenfalltor 17 000Fortuna Dusseldorf Dusseldorf Merkur Spiel Arena 54 600Greuther Furth Furth Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer 16 626Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 57 000Hannover 96 Hanover Heinz von Heiden Arena 49 0001 FC Heidenheim Heidenheim Voith Arena 15 0001 FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz Walter Stadion 49 780Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe BBBank Wildpark 29 699Holstein Kiel Kiel Holstein Stadion 15 0341 FC Magdeburg Magdeburg MDCC Arena 30 0981 FC Nurnberg Nuremberg Max Morlock Stadion 49 923SC Paderborn Paderborn Home Deluxe Arena 15 000Jahn Regensburg Regensburg Jahnstadion Regensburg 15 210Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 29 000SV Sandhausen Sandhausen BWT Stadion am Hardtwald 15 414FC St Pauli Hamburg Millerntor Stadion 29 546Division set up EditChanges in division set up Edit Number of clubs Current since 1994 95 18 teams From 1974 to 1975 to 1980 81 two divisions Nord and Sud From 1974 to 1975 to 1978 79 20 teams each 1979 80 20 teams Nord 21 teams Sud 1980 81 22 teams Nord 20 teams Sud From 1981 to 1982 to 1990 91 20 teams 1991 92 two divisions Nord and Sud of 12 teams each divisions split into promotion relegation groups of 6 teams each after 22 rounds 1992 93 24 teams 1993 94 20 teams Teams promoted to the Bundesliga 3 1981 1991 there was a promotion relegation round in 1991 92 there was 1 promotion per group Number of relegations into the Regionalliga until 1994 Oberliga 4 1991 92 2 3 per group inclusive relegation 1992 93 7 Promotion and relegation Edit Further information Promotion to the Bundesliga From the 1992 93 season to the 2008 09 season the top three teams gained promotion into the Bundesliga after this and to the present only the top two teams are promoted automatically and the third placed team plays a two leg playoff against the team that finishes 16th in the Bundesliga Until the 2007 08 season the bottom four teams were relegated into the Regional leagues Since the 2008 09 following the inception of the 3 Liga only the bottom two teams are relegated into the 3 Liga automatically the third from bottom team can avoid relegation by winning a two leg playoff against the team that finishes in third place in the 3 Liga League rules EditSince the 2006 07 season there is no longer a limit on non EU players in the league Instead clubs are required to have 8 players on the squad who have come up through the youth system of a German club 4 of which have to come from the club s own youth system 76 Seven substitutes are permitted to be selected from which three can be used in the duration of the game League champions EditSecond Bundesliga North Edit Season Champions Runners up1974 75 Hannover 96 Bayer Uerdingen1975 76 Tennis Borussia Berlin Borussia Dortmund1976 77 FC St Pauli Arminia Bielefeld1977 78 Arminia Bielefeld Rot Weiss Essen1978 79 Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Uerdingen1979 80 Arminia Bielefeld Rot Weiss Essen1980 81 Werder Bremen Eintracht Braunschweig Second Bundesliga South Edit Season Champions Runners up1974 75 Karlsruher SC Pirmasens1975 76 1 FC Saarbrucken 1 FC Nurnberg1976 77 VfB Stuttgart 1860 Munich1977 78 Darmstadt 98 1 FC Nurnberg1978 79 1860 Munich Bayreuth1979 80 1 FC Nurnberg Karlsruher SC1980 81 Darmstadt 98 Kickers Offenbach Second Bundesliga Edit Season Champions Runners up Third place1981 82 Schalke 04 Hertha BSC Kickers Offenbach1982 83 Waldhof Mannheim Kickers Offenbach Uerdingen1983 84 Karlsruher SC Schalke 04 MSV Duisburg1984 85 1 FC Nurnberg Hannover 96 1 FC Saarbrucken1985 86 Homburg BW Berlin Fortuna Koln1986 87 Hannover 96 Karlsruher SC FC St Pauli1987 88 Stuttgarter Kickers FC St Pauli Darmstadt 981988 89 Fortuna Dusseldorf Homburg 1 FC Saarbrucken1989 90 Hertha BSC Wattenscheid 1 FC Saarbrucken1990 91 Schalke 04 MSV Duisburg Stuttgarter KickersSecond Bundesliga North Edit Season Champions Runners up1991 92 Bayer Uerdingen VfB Oldenburg Second Bundesliga South Edit Season Champions Runners up1991 92 1 FC Saarbrucken Waldhof Mannheim Second Bundesliga Edit Season Champions Runners up Third place1992 93 SC Freiburg MSV Duisburg VfB Leipzig1993 94 VfL Bochum Uerdingen 1860 Munich1994 95 Hansa Rostock FC St Pauli Fortuna Dusseldorf1995 96 VfL Bochum Arminia Bielefeld MSV Duisburg1996 97 1 FC Kaiserslautern VfL Wolfsburg Hertha BSC1997 98 Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1 FC Nurnberg1998 99 Arminia Bielefeld Unterhaching SSV Ulm1999 2000 1 FC Koln VfL Bochum Energie Cottbus2000 01 1 FC Nurnberg Borussia Monchengladbach St Pauli2001 02 Hannover 96 Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum2002 03 SC Freiburg 1 FC Koln Eintracht Frankfurt2003 04 1 FC Nurnberg Arminia Bielefeld Mainz 052004 05 1 FC Koln Duisburg Eintracht Frankfurt2005 06 VfL Bochum Alemannia Aachen Energie Cottbus2006 07 Karlsruher SC Hansa Rostock Duisburg2007 08 Borussia Monchengladbach Hoffenheim 1 FC Koln2008 09 SC Freiburg Mainz 05 1 FC Nurnberg2009 10 1 FC Kaiserslautern St Pauli FC Augsburg2010 11 Hertha BSC FC Augsburg VfL Bochum2011 12 Greuther Furth Eintracht Frankfurt Fortuna Dusseldorf2012 13 Hertha BSC Eintracht Braunschweig 1 FC Kaiserslautern2013 14 1 FC Koln SC Paderborn Greuther Furth2014 15 Ingolstadt 04 Darmstadt 98 Karlsruher SC2015 16 SC Freiburg RB Leipzig 1 FC Nurnberg2016 17 VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96 Eintracht Braunschweig2017 18 Fortuna Dusseldorf 1 FC Nurnberg Holstein Kiel2018 19 1 FC Koln SC Paderborn 1 FC Union Berlin2019 20 Arminia Bielefeld VfB Stuttgart 1 FC Heidenheim2020 21 VfL Bochum Greuther Furth Holstein Kiel2021 22 Schalke 04 Werder Bremen Hamburger SVBold denotes team earned promotion Promoted and relegated teams EditSee also Promotion to the Bundesliga Promotion to the 2 Bundesliga and List of clubs in the 2 Bundesliga The list of teams that earned promotion to and from the 2 Bundesliga or were relegated from the league Season Promoted to the Bundesliga Relegated to the Oberliga Regionalliga 3 Liga Promoted from the Oberliga Regionalliga 3 Liga1974 75 Hannover 96 Bayer Uerdingen Nord Karlsruher SC Sud Olympia Wilhelmshaven Rot Weiss Oberhausen VfL Wolfsburg HSV Barmbek Uhlenhorst Nord VfR Heilbronn Borussia Neunkirchen VfR Wormatia Worms VfR Mannheim Sud Bayer Leverkusen Spandauer SV Westfalia Herne Union Solingen Nord Eintracht Kreuznach FSV Frankfurt Jahn Regensburg SSV Reutlingen Sud 1975 76 Tennis Borussia Berlin Borussia Dortmund Nord 1 FC Saarbrucken Sud 1 FC Mulheim SpVgg Erkenschwick DJK Gutersloh Spandauer SV Nord Mainz 05 FC Schweinfurt 05 Eintracht Bad Kreuznach SSV Reutlingen Sud Arminia Hannover Bonner SC SC Herford VfL Wolfsburg Nord BSV Schwenningen Eintracht Trier FV Wurzburg 04 KSV Baunatal Sud 1976 77 FC St Pauli Nord VfB Stuttgart 1860 Munich Sud Bonner SC Gottingen 05 Wacker 04 Berlin VfL Wolfsburg Nord Rochling Volklingen Jahn Regensburg BSV 07 Schwenningen Sud 1 FC Bocholt OSC Bremerhaven Rot Weiss Ludenscheid Nord Freiburger FC Wurzburger Kickers VfR Oli Burstadt Wormatia Worms Sud 1977 78 Arminia Bielefeld Nord Darmstadt 98 1 FC Nurnberg Sud 1 FC Bocholt OSC Bremerhaven Schwarz Weiss Essen Nord FC Bayern Hof VfR 1910 Burstadt Kickers Wurzburg FK Pirmasens Sud DSC Wanne Eickel Holstein Kiel Viktoria Koln Wacker 04 Berlin Nord Borussia Neunkirchen FC Hanau 93 MTV Ingolstadt SC Freiburg Sud 1978 79 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bayer Uerdingen Nord 1860 Munich Sud Westfalia Herne FC St Pauli Wacker 04 Berlin Nord FC Hanau 93 FC Augsburg KSV Baunatal Borussia Neunkirchen Sud OSC Bremerhaven OSV Hannover Rot Weiss Oberhausen SC Herford Nord ESV Ingolstadt SV Rochling Volklingen SSV Ulm 1846 VfR Oli Burstadt Sud 1979 80 Arminia Bielefeld Nord 1 FC Nurnberg Karlsruher SC Sud DSC Wanne Eickel OSC Bremerhaven Arminia Hannover Wuppertaler SV Nord MTV 1881 Ingolstadt Rochling Volklingen FV Wurzburg 04 Sud 1 FC Bocholt Gottingen 05 SpVgg Erkenschwick VfB Oldenburg Nord Borussia Neunkirchen FC Augsburg Hessen Kassel VfB Eppingen Sud 1980 81 Werder Bremen Eintracht Braunschweig Nord Darmstadt 98 Sud Because of the reduction of the league to a single division 22 clubs were relegated None1981 82 FC Schalke 04 Hertha BSC 1860 Munich VfR Wormatia Worms Freiburger FC SpVgg Bayreuth FSV Frankfurt FC Augsburg BV Luttringhausen TuS Schloss Neuhaus1982 83 SV Waldhof Mannheim Kickers Offenbach Bayer Uerdingen FC Augsburg SpVgg Furth FSV Frankfurt TuS Schloss Neuhaus Rot Weiss Oberhausen SC Charlottenburg SSV Ulm 1846 1 FC Saarbrucken1983 84 Karlsruher SC FC Schalke 04 Rot Weiss Essen SC Charlottenburg VfL Osnabruck BV 08 Luttringhausen VfR Burstadt FC 08 Homburg FC St Pauli Blau Weiss 90 Berlin1984 85 1 FC Nurnberg Hannover 96 1 FC Saarbrucken FC St Pauli VfR 1910 Burstadt Kickers Offenbach SSV Ulm 1846 VfL Osnabruck Tennis Borussia Berlin Viktoria Aschaffenburg SpVgg Bayreuth1985 86 FC 08 Homburg Blau Weiss 90 Berlin Hertha BSC SpVgg Bayreuth Tennis Borussia Berlin MSV Duisburg SSV Ulm 1846 FSV Salmrohr FC St Pauli Rot Weiss Essen1986 87 Hannover 96 Karlsruher SC Eintracht Braunschweig Viktoria Aschaffenburg KSV Hessen Kassel FSV Salmrohr Kickers Offenbach SpVgg Bayreuth SV Meppen BVL 08 Remscheid1987 88 Stuttgarter Kickers FC St Pauli Rot Weiss Oberhausen BVL 08 Remscheid SSV Ulm 1846 Arminia Bielefeld Eintracht Braunschweig Hertha BSC Viktoria Aschaffenburg Mainz 051988 89 Fortuna Dusseldorf FC 08 Homburg Kickers Offenbach Viktoria Aschaffenburg Mainz 05 Union Solingen KSV Hessen Kassel SpVgg Unterhaching MSV Duisburg Preussen Munster1989 90 Hertha BSC SG Wattenscheid 09 KSV Hessen Kassel SpVgg Bayreuth Alemannia Aachen SpVgg Unterhaching VfB Oldenburg TSV Havelse Mainz 05 1 FC Schweinfurt 051990 91 FC Schalke 04 MSV Duisburg Stuttgarter Kickers Rot Weiss Essen Preussen Munster TSV Havelse Schweinfurt 05 FC Remscheid 1860 Munich West Stahl Brandenburg VfB Leipzig Chemnitzer FC Carl Zeiss Jena Hallescher FC Rot Weiss Erfurt East 1991 92 Bayer Uerdingen Nord 1 FC Saarbrucken Sud Blau Weiss 90 Berlin BSV Stahl Brandenburg Nord 1860 Munich Hallescher FC FC Rot Weiss Erfurt Sud Wuppertaler SV VfL Wolfsburg SpVgg Unterhaching1992 93 SC Freiburg MSV Duisburg VfB Leipzig SpVgg Unterhaching Eintracht Braunschweig VfL Osnabruck Fortuna Dusseldorf VfB Oldenburg Darmstadt 98 FC Remscheid 1860 Munich Rot Weiss Essen Tennis Borussia Berlin1993 94 VfL Bochum Bayer Uerdingen 1860 Munich Stuttgarter Kickers Carl Zeiss Jena Wuppertaler SV Rot Weiss Essen Tennis Borussia Berlin Fortuna Dusseldorf FSV Frankfurt FSV Zwickau1994 95 Hansa Rostock FC St Pauli Fortuna Dusseldorf 1 FC Saarbrucken FC 08 Homburg FSV Frankfurt SpVgg Unterhaching VfB Lubeck Carl Zeiss Jena Arminia Bielefeld1995 96 VfL Bochum Arminia Bielefeld MSV Duisburg Chemnitzer FC Hannover 96 1 FC Nurnberg SG Wattenscheid 09 VfB Oldenburg Rot Weiss Essen FC Gutersloh Stuttgarter Kickers1996 97 1 FC Kaiserslautern VfL Wolfsburg Hertha BSC SV Waldhof Mannheim VfB Lubeck Rot Weiss Essen VfB Oldenburg Greuther Furth Energie Cottbus SG Wattenscheid 09 1 FC Nurnberg1997 98 Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1 FC Nurnberg VfB Leipzig Carl Zeiss Jena FSV Zwickau SV Meppen SSV Ulm 1846 Rot Weiss Oberhausen Hannover 96 Tennis Borussia Berlin1998 99 Arminia Bielefeld SpVgg Unterhaching SSV Ulm 1846 FC Gutersloh KFC Uerdingen 05 SG Wattenscheid 09 Fortuna Dusseldorf SV Waldhof Mannheim Kickers Offenbach Chemnitzer FC Alemannia Aachen1999 2000 1 FC Koln VfL Bochum Energie Cottbus Tennis Borussia Berlin Fortuna Koln Kickers Offenbach Karlsruher SC LR Ahlen SSV Reutlingen 1 FC Saarbrucken VfL Osnabruck2000 01 1 FC Nurnberg Borussia Monchengladbach FC St Pauli VfL Osnabruck SSV Ulm 1846 Stuttgarter Kickers Chemnitzer FC SV Babelsberg 03 Union Berlin Karlsruher SC 1 FC Schweinfurt 052001 02 Hannover 96 Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum SpVgg Unterhaching 1 FC Saarbrucken Schweinfurt 05 SV Babelsberg 03 Wacker Burghausen Eintracht Trier VfB Lubeck Eintracht Braunschweig2002 03 SC Freiburg 1 FC Koln Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Braunschweig SSV Reutlingen 05 FC St Pauli SV Waldhof Mannheim Jahn Regensburg SpVgg Unterhaching Erzgebirge Aue VfL Osnabruck2003 04 1 FC Nurnberg Arminia Bielefeld Mainz 05 VfB Lubeck Jahn Regensburg Union Berlin VfL Osnabruck Rot Weiss Erfurt 1 FC Saarbrucken Rot Weiss Essen Dynamo Dresden2004 05 1 FC Koln MSV Duisburg Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Trier Rot Weiss Oberhausen Rot Weiss Essen FC Rot Weiss Erfurt Eintracht Braunschweig SC Paderborn Kickers Offenbach Sportfreunde Siegen2005 06 VfL Bochum Alemannia Aachen Energie Cottbus Dynamo Dresden 1 FC Saarbrucken LR Ahlen Sportfreunde Siegen FC Augsburg TuS Koblenz Carl Zeiss Jena Rot Weiss Essen2006 07 Karlsruher SC Hansa Rostock MSV Duisburg Rot Weiss Essen SpVgg Unterhaching SV Wacker Burghausen Eintracht Braunschweig SV Wehen TSG 1899 Hoffenheim FC St Pauli VfL Osnabruck2007 08 Borussia Monchengladbach TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1 FC Koln Kickers Offenbach Erzgebirge Aue SC Paderborn FC Carl Zeiss Jena FSV Frankfurt Ingolstadt 04 Rot Weiss Ahlen Rot Weiss Oberhausen2008 09 SC Freiburg Mainz 05 1 FC Nurnberg VfL Osnabruck Ingolstadt 04 SV Wehen Wiesbaden Union Berlin Fortuna Dusseldorf SC Paderborn2009 10 1 FC Kaiserslautern FC St Pauli Hansa Rostock TuS Koblenz Rot Weiss Ahlen VfL Osnabruck Erzgebirge Aue Ingolstadt 042010 11 Hertha BSC FC Augsburg VfL Osnabruck Rot Weiss Oberhausen Arminia Bielefeld Eintracht Braunschweig Hansa Rostock Dynamo Dresden2011 12 Greuther Furth Eintracht Frankfurt Fortuna Dusseldorf Hansa Rostock Alemannia Aachen Karlsruher SC SV Sandhausen VfR Aalen Jahn Regensburg2012 13 Hertha BSC Eintracht Braunschweig MSV Duisburg Jahn Regensburg Karlsruher SC Arminia Bielefeld2013 14 1 FC Koln SC Paderborn Energie Cottbus Dynamo Dresden Arminia Bielefeld 1 FC Heidenheim RB Leipzig Darmstadt 982014 15 Ingolstadt 04 Darmstadt 98 Erzgebirge Aue VfR Aalen Arminia Bielefeld MSV Duisburg2015 16 SC Freiburg RB Leipzig MSV Duisburg FSV Frankfurt SC Paderborn Dynamo Dresden Erzgebirge Aue Wurzburger Kickers2016 17 VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96 1860 Munich Wurzburger Kickers Karlsruher SC MSV Duisburg Holstein Kiel Jahn Regensburg2017 18 Fortuna Dusseldorf 1 FC Nurnberg Eintracht Braunschweig 1 FC Kaiserslautern 1 FC Magdeburg SC Paderborn2018 19 1 FC Koln SC Paderborn Union Berlin 1 FC Magdeburg MSV Duisburg FC Ingolstadt VfL Osnabruck Karlsruher SC SV Wehen Wiesbaden2019 20 Arminia Bielefeld VfB Stuttgart SV Wehen Wiesbaden Dynamo Dresden Wurzburger Kickers Eintracht Braunschweig2020 21 VfL Bochum Greuther Furth Eintracht Braunschweig Wurzburger Kickers Dynamo Dresden Hansa Rostock2021 22 Schalke 04 Werder Bremen Dynamo Dresden Erzgebirge Aue FC Ingolstadt 1 FC Magdeburg Eintracht Braunschweig 1 FC KaiserslauternRecords EditThe 2 Bundesliga is the only football league in Germany in which teams from all federal states have already played Greuther Furth has collected the most points as of the end of the 2021 22 season Since 1974 the club has won 1 667 points in 1 126 second division games and has been leading the all time table of the 2 Bundesliga since September 2017 This is followed by FC St Pauli with 1 563 points from 1 062 games and Alemannia Aachen with 1 481 points from 1 020 games 77 Greuther Furth have scored the most goals with 1 674 in 1 126 games 77 The best goal difference was achieved by Hannover 96 with 309 77 So far eight clubs have managed to march straight through from the third division to the Bundesliga 1860 Munich in 1994 Fortuna Dusseldorf in 1995 Arminia Bielefeld in 1996 1 FC Nurnberg in 1998 SSV Ulm 1846 in 1999 1899 Hoffenheim in 2008 Darmstadt 98 in 2015 and SC Paderborn in 2019 The most consistent club in this league was SC Fortuna Koln which remained in the 2 Bundesliga for 26 years without interruption until 2000 The currently longest serving team is VfL Bochum which has played 2 Bundesliga for 10 seasons without interruption since 2010 including the 2019 20 season Hertha BSC achieved the best single season points record in the single track 2 Bundesliga in the 2012 13 season with 22 wins 10 draws and 2 defeats i e 76 points three point rule 78 However this result was surpassed in absolute terms in the unification season 1992 93 when 24 teams played in the league and 46 match days took place For a comparison of the season results in the 2 Bundesliga as a whole both single and double track time the figures relative to the number of games are more meaningful because the size of the league and the relays changed several times Arminia Bielefeld achieved the best relative season result in the 1979 80 season with 78 9 wins 15 8 draws and 5 3 defeats 1 737 0 263 points two point rule or 2 526 points three point rule 3 158 0 816 goals Goal difference 2 342 This is also the record for the absolute goal difference 89 The best result in absolute points was that of Werder Bremen in 1980 81 68 16 points 98 according to the three point rule season size 22 i e 42 game days Horst Hrubesch scored the most goals in one season for Rot Weiss Essen 41 goals in the 1977 78 season 79 80 81 Hertha BSC scored the most goals in a single season with 123 in the 1980 81 season Karlsruher SC was the only team to in the promotion spot on all 34 game days of a second division season in the 2006 07 season Willi Landgraf played the most games in the 2 Bundesliga with a total of 508 games for Rot Weiss Essen 119 FC 08 Homburg 107 FC Gutersloh 2000 94 and Alemannia Aachen 188 Landgraf never played in the Bundesliga but he played for the then second division Alemannia Aachen in the UEFA Cup 82 83 Arminia Bielefeld celebrated the largest victory in the 2 Bundesliga in the 1979 80 season an 11 0 win against SV Arminia Hannover 84 Four more games in the second division also ended with a double digit result FC St Pauli won 10 2 in the 1974 75 season against VfL Wolfsburg 85 and Freiburger FC against Wurzburger FV in the 1979 80 season 86 SpVgg Bayern Hof defeated BSV 07 Schwenningen 1976 77 10 1 87 Karlsruher SC recorded a 10 0 win against ESV Ingolstadt Ringsee 1979 80 season 88 The largest victory after the introduction of the single track 2 Bundesliga in 1981 was achieved by FC Hansa Rostock in the 2008 09 season with a 9 0 win against TuS Koblenz 89 A team left a total of five times as 8 0 winners namely SV Waldhof Mannheim against BV Luttringhausen 90 1982 83 season Hannover 96 against Karlsruher SC 1986 87 season 91 SV Darmstadt 98 against FSV Salmrohr also 1986 87 season 92 the Stuttgarter Kickers at SSV Ulm 1846 1987 88 season 93 and SpVgg Unterhaching against 1 FC Saarbrucken 2001 02 season 94 The game with the most goals was a 7 6 win for 1 FC Kaiserslautern against SV Meppen on matchday 34 of the 1996 97 season 95 Benjamin Siegert from SV Wehen Wiesbaden scored not only the fastest goal in the history of the second division but also in German professional football after eight seconds in a 1 1 draw against Greuther Furth on 5 October 2007 96 1 The most common pairings were SC Fortuna Koln against Hannover 96 and SG Wattenscheid 09 40 games each in 20 seasons The game with the highest number of spectators in the 2 Bundesliga was in the 2010 11 season when 77 116 spectators saw the game between Hertha BSC and FC Augsburg The lowest number of spectators was the game between Alemannia Aachen and 1 FC Nurnberg 2003 04 which was a ghost game with no spectators after fan riots occurred 97 Player records Edit Appearances Edit As of end of 2021 22 season 98 Rank Player Apps Years Club s 1 Willi Landgraf 508 1987 2006 Alemannia Aachen 188 Rot Weiss Essen 119 FC Homburg 107 FC Gutersloh 942 Joaquin Montanes 479 1974 1989 Alemannia Aachen 4793 Karl Heinz Schulz 463 1977 1991 SC Freiburg 287 Freiburger FC 1764 Hans Wulf 440 1974 1989 KSV Hessen Kassel 231 Schwarz Weiss Essen 118 Wormatia Worms 59 Hannover 96 325 Wolfgang Kruger 428 1975 1988 Union Solingen 4286 Hans Jurgen Gede 416 1977 1990 Fortuna Koln 344 Preussen Munster 727 Andreas Helmer 411 1983 1998 SV Meppen 244 VfL Osnabruck 1678 Gerd Paulus 407 1974 1989 Kickers Offenbach 304 SV Rochling Volklingen 1039 Oliver Posniak 403 1977 1989 Darmstadt 98 290 FSV Frankfurt 11310 Dirk Hupe 399 1975 1994 Fortuna Koln 212 Union Solingen 187Top scorers Edit As of end of 2021 22 season 99 Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio Years Club s 1 Simon Terodde 172 283 0 61 2007 2022 VfL Bochum 41 Schalke 04 30 1 FC Koln 29 VfB Stuttgart 25 HSV 24 Union Berlin 232 Dieter Schatzschneider 153 201 0 76 1978 1987 Hannover 96 131 Fortuna Koln 223 Karl Heinz Modrath 150 272 0 55 1974 1983 Fortuna Koln 143 Alemannia Aachen 74 Theo Gries 123 293 0 42 1985 1994 Hertha BSC 67 Alemannia Aachen 47 Hannover 96 85 Sven Demandt 121 317 0 38 1987 2001 Mainz 05 55 Fortuna Dusseldorf 49 Hertha BSC 176 Walter Krause 120 273 0 44 1974 1983 Kickers Offenbach 98 Wattenscheid 09 13 Rot Weiss Oberhausen 97 Daniel Jurgeleit 117 393 0 30 1982 1997 Union Solingen 59 FC Homburg 34 VfB Lubeck 248 Gerd Volker Schock 116 242 0 48 1974 1984 VfL Osnabruck 95 Arminia Bielefeld 219 Franz Gerber 115 213 0 54 1975 1987 FC St Pauli 42 ESV Ingolstadt 23 Wuppertaler SV 19 1860 Munich 19 Hannover 96 12 Paul Linz 115 233 0 49 1979 1988 VfL Osnabruck 52 Freiburger FC 36 Waldhof Mannheim 16 OSC Bremerhaven 11Match records Edit Largest win 100 Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Hannover 11 0 23 May 1980 11Most goals in a game 101 1 FC Kaiserslautern SV Meppen 7 6 11 June 1997 13Most goals in a game for a player 102 Ottmar Hitzfeld VfB Stuttgart Jahn Regensburg on 13 May 1977 6Spectators EditThe spectator figures since 1992 when the league returned to the single division format SpectatorsSeason Over all Average Best supported club Average1992 93 103 3 098 153 5 613 FC St Pauli 14 1201993 94 104 2 649 849 6 973 1860 Munich 19 5531994 95 105 2 238 271 7 315 FC St Pauli 17 2111995 96 106 2 300 480 7 518 1 FC Nurnberg 16 4651996 97 107 2 731 439 8 952 1 FC Kaiserslautern 36 6801997 98 108 2 843 170 9 291 1 FC Nurnberg 24 7591998 99 109 2 635 431 8 613 Hannover 96 19 2291999 2000 110 3 735 624 12 208 1 FC Koln 28 8532000 01 111 3 218 861 10 519 Borussia Monchengladbach 23 4582001 02 112 2 760 839 9 022 Hannover 96 20 5622002 03 113 3 403 895 11 124 1 FC Koln 26 4592003 04 114 2 911 457 9 515 1 FC Nurnberg 16 1522004 05 115 4 135 108 13 513 1 FC Koln 38 4822005 06 116 4 024 776 13 153 1860 Munich 41 9322006 07 117 5 112 072 16 706 1 FC Koln 42 1942007 08 118 5 551 586 18 142 1 FC Koln 43 7632008 09 119 4 814 737 15 734 1 FC Kaiserslautern 34 4092009 10 120 4 616 048 15 085 1 FC Kaiserslautern 35 3982010 11 121 4 526 857 14 794 Hertha BSC 46 1312011 12 122 5 276 103 17 242 Eintracht Frankfurt 37 6412012 13 123 5 274 798 17 238 1 FC Koln 40 6882013 14 124 5 475 652 17 894 1 FC Koln 46 1762014 15 125 5 405 811 17 666 1 FC Kaiserslautern 33 0132015 16 126 5 857 626 19 143 1 FC Nurnberg 30 7232016 17 127 6 645 406 21 717 VfB Stuttgart 50 5152017 18 128 5 380 757 17 584 1 FC Nurnberg 30 5582018 19 129 5 853 246 19 128 1 FC Koln 49 5472019 20 130 4 583 300 14 978 VfB Stuttgart 39 503 131 2020 21 132 104 547 342 Hannover 96 982 133 2021 22 134 4 123 434 13 699 Schalke 04 33 528 135 Top scorers EditMain article List of 2 Bundesliga top scorers The most recent top goal scorers in the league 136 Top scorersSeason Top scorer s Club Goals2012 13 Dominick Kumbela Eintracht Braunschweig 192013 14 Mahir Saglik Jakub Sylvestr Paderborn 07 Erzgebirge Aue 152014 15 Rouwen Hennings Karlsruher SC 172015 16 Simon Terodde VfL Bochum 252016 17 Simon Terodde VfB Stuttgart 252017 18 Marvin Ducksch Holstein Kiel 182018 19 Simon Terodde 1 FC Koln 292019 20 Fabian Klos Arminia Bielefeld 212020 21 Serdar Dursun Darmstadt 98 272021 22 Simon Terodde Schalke 04 30Second division in the European Cup EditSo far clubs of the 2 Bundesliga have participated in the European Cup six times After the East German DFV was incorporated into the now all German DFB in 1991 the former DDR Oberliga clubs FC Rot Weiss Erfurt and Hallescher FC which were 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