2011–12 2. Bundesliga

The 2011–12 2. Bundesliga was the 38th season of the 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 15 July 2011, three weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Bundesliga season, and ended with the last games on 6 May 2012. The traditional winter break was to be held between the weekends around 18 December 2011 and 4 February 2012.^[3] The league comprises eighteen teams.

2. Bundesliga

Season	2011–12
Promoted	SpVgg Greuther Fürth Eintracht Frankfurt Fortuna Düsseldorf
Relegated	Karlsruher SC Alemannia Aachen Hansa Rostock
Matches played	306
Goals scored	855 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alexander Meier Olivier Occean Nick Proschwitz (17 goals each)
Biggest home win	Bochum 6–0 E. Aue
Biggest away win	E. Cottbus 0–5 1860 Munich Karlsruhe 0–5 F. Düsseldorf H. Rostock 0–5 FSV Frankfurt
Highest scoring	Union Berlin 5–4 Hansa Rostock
Longest winning run	6 matches Greuther Fürth^[1]
Longest unbeaten run	18 matches by Fortuna Düsseldorf^[1]
Longest winless run	11 matches by Alemannia Aachen^[1]
Longest losing run	5 matches by Alemannia Aachen VfL Bochum MSV Duisburg SC Paderborn 07^[1]
Average attendance	17,230^[2]
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Teams

At the end of the 2010–11 season, champions Hertha BSC and runners-up FC Augsburg were directly promoted to the 2011–12 Bundesliga. The Berlin side has directly returned to the highest German football league, while Augsburg ended a five-year tenure in the second level of German football. The two teams were replaced by Eintracht Frankfurt and FC St. Pauli, who were directly relegated from the 2010–11 Bundesliga season. Frankfurt returned to the 2. Bundesliga after six years, while St. Pauli made a direct comeback to the league.

On the other end of the table, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Arminia Bielefeld were directly relegated to the 2011–12 3. Liga, after finishing the 2010–11 season in the bottom two spots of the table. Oberhausen was dropped to the third level after three years, while Bielefeld will leave the 2. Bundesliga after two seasons. The two relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 3. Liga champions Eintracht Braunschweig and runners-up Hansa Rostock. Braunschweig returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a total of four seasons at the third tier of the German football pyramid, while Rostock immediately bounced back from their relegation twelve months earlier.

A further two places were given to VfL Bochum as losers of the Bundesliga relegation playoff and Dynamo Dresden as winners of the 2. Bundesliga relegation playoff. Dresden returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a five-year absence after beating VfL Osnabrück 4–2 on aggregate; Osnabrück were thus immediately relegated back to the 3. Liga. In the Bundesliga playoff, Bochum retained its spot in the league after losing 2–1 on aggregate against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Stadiums and locations

 

 

1860

 

Aachen

 

Aue

 

Bochum

 

 

Braunschweig

 

Cottbus

 

Dresden

 

 

Eintr. Frankfurt

 

FSV Frankfurt

 

Gr. Fürth

 

Ingolstadt

 

Karlsruhe

 

Paderborn

 

Rostock

 

Union Berlin

 

St. Pauli

 

Duisburg

 

Düsseldorf

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Location of teams in the 2011–12 2. Bundesliga

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity^[4]
Alemannia Aachen	Aachen	New Tivoli	32,960
VfL Bochum	Bochum	rewirPower-Stadion	29,448
MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	31,500
Dynamo Dresden	Dresden	Glücksgas-Stadion	32,066
Eintracht Braunschweig	Braunschweig	Eintracht-Stadion	24,000
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt am Main	Commerzbank-Arena	51,500
Energie Cottbus	Cottbus	Stadion der Freundschaft	22,528
FC Erzgebirge Aue	Aue	Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion	15,700
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf	Esprit Arena	54,400
FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt am Main	Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion	10,826
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Fürth	Trolli Arena	15,000
Hansa Rostock	Rostock	DKB-Arena	29,000
FC Ingolstadt 04	Ingolstadt	Audi Sportpark	15,445
Karlsruher SC	Karlsruhe	Wildparkstadion	29,699
1860 Munich	Munich	Allianz Arena	69,000
SC Paderborn 07	Paderborn	Energieteam Arena	15,000
FC St. Pauli	Hamburg	Millerntor-Stadion	24,487
Union Berlin	Berlin	Alte Försterei	18,432

Personnel and sponsorships

Team	Head coach	Team captain	Kitmaker^[5]	Shirt sponsor^[5]
Alemannia Aachen	Ralf Außem	Benjamin Auer	Nike	AachenMünchener
VfL Bochum	Andreas Bergmann	Christoph Dabrowski	Nike	Netto
MSV Duisburg	Oliver Reck	Srđan Baljak	Nike	Rheinpower
Dynamo Dresden	Ralf Loose	Robert Koch	Nike	Veolia
Eintracht Braunschweig	Torsten Lieberknecht	Dennis Kruppke	Puma	Volkswagen Bank
Eintracht Frankfurt	Armin Veh	Pirmin Schwegler	Jako	Fraport
Energie Cottbus	Rudi Bommer	Marc-André Kruska	Umbro	Tropical Islands
Erzgebirge Aue	Karsten Baumann	René Klingbeil	Puma	Spar mit! Reisen
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Norbert Meier	Andreas Lambertz	Puma	Bauhaus
FSV Frankfurt	Benno Möhlmann	Björn Schlicke	Saller	Hyundai
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Michael Büskens	Thomas Kleine	Jako	Ergo Direkt Versicherungen
Hansa Rostock	Wolfgang Wolf	Sebastian Pelzer	Nike	Veolia
FC Ingolstadt 04	Tomas Oral	Moritz Hartmann	Adidas	Audi
Karlsruher SC	Markus Kauczinski	Alexander Iashvili	Nike	Klaiber Markisen
1860 Munich	Reiner Maurer	Benjamin Lauth	Uhlsport	Aston Martin
SC Paderborn 07	Roger Schmidt	Markus Krösche	Puma	Finke
FC St. Pauli	André Schubert	Fabio Morena	Do You Football	Ein Platz an der Sonne
1. FC Union Berlin	Uwe Neuhaus	Torsten Mattuschka	Uhlsport	KFZTeile24

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Eintracht Frankfurt	Christoph Daum	Resigned	16 May 2011^[6]	Off-season	Armin Veh	1 July 2011^[7]
SC Paderborn 07	André Schubert	FC St. Pauli purchased rights	30 June 2011^[8]		Roger Schmidt	1 July 2011^[9]
FC St. Pauli	Holger Stanislawski	End of contract	30 June 2011^[10]		André Schubert	1 July 2011^[8]
Alemannia Aachen	Peter Hyballa	Sacked	13 September 2011^[11]	18th	Friedhelm Funkel	19 September 2011^[12]
VfL Bochum	Friedhelm Funkel	Sacked	14 September 2011^[13]	17th	Andreas Bergmann	15 September 2011^[14]
MSV Duisburg	Milan Šašić	Sacked	28 October 2011^[15]	14th	Oliver Reck	28 October 2011^[15]
Karlsruher SC	Rainer Scharinger	Sacked	31 October 2011^[16]	17th	Jørn Andersen	6 November 2011^[17]
FC Ingolstadt 04	Benno Möhlmann	Sacked	9 November 2011^[18]	18th	Tomas Oral	10 November 2011^[19]
Hansa Rostock	Peter Vollmann	Sacked	6 December 2011^[20]	17th	Wolfgang Wolf	7 December 2011^[21]
Energie Cottbus	Claus-Dieter Wollitz	Mutual Consent	8 December 2011^[22]	9th	Rudi Bommer	1 January 2012^[23]
FSV Frankfurt	Hans-Jürgen Boysen	Sacked	17 December 2011^[24]	16th	Benno Möhlmann	21 December 2011^[25]
Erzgebirge Aue	Rico Schmitt	Sacked	21 February 2012^[26]	14th	Karsten Baumann	22 February 2012^[27]
Karlsruher SC	Jørn Andersen	Sacked	26 March 2012^[28]	17th	Markus Kauczinski	26 March 2012^[28]
Alemannia Aachen	Friedhelm Funkel	Sacked	1 April 2012^[29]	17th	Ralf Außem	1 April 2012^[29]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth (C, P)	34	20	10	4	73	27	+46	70	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Eintracht Frankfurt (P)	34	20	8	6	76	33	+43	68
3	Fortuna Düsseldorf (P)	34	16	14	4	64	35	+29	62	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	FC St. Pauli	34	18	8	8	59	34	+25	62
5	SC Paderborn	34	17	10	7	51	42	+9	61
6	1860 Munich	34	17	6	11	62	46	+16	57
7	1. FC Union Berlin	34	14	6	14	55	58	−3	48
8	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	10	15	9	37	34	+3	45
9	Dynamo Dresden	34	12	9	13	50	52	−2	45
10	MSV Duisburg	34	10	9	15	42	47	−5	39
11	VfL Bochum	34	10	7	17	41	55	−14	37
12	FC Ingolstadt 04	34	8	13	13	43	58	−15	37
13	FSV Frankfurt	34	7	14	13	43	59	−16	35
14	Energie Cottbus	34	8	11	15	30	49	−19	35
15	Erzgebirge Aue	34	8	11	15	31	55	−24	35
16	Karlsruher SC (R)	34	9	6	19	34	60	−26	33	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	Alemannia Aachen (R)	34	6	13	15	30	47	−17	31	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	Hansa Rostock (R)	34	5	12	17	34	63	−29	27

Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AAC	AUE	UNB	BOC	EBS	FCE	SGD	DUI	F95	SGE	FSV	SGF	FCI	KSC	M60	SCP	ROS	STP
Alemannia Aachen	—	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–3	1–3	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	2–1
Erzgebirge Aue	1–0	—	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–4	1–2	4–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–1
Union Berlin	2–0	1–0	—	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	0–4	4–0	0–4	4–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	5–4	0–2
VfL Bochum	1–0	6–0	4–2	—	2–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–4	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–4	2–1	1–2
Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–0	—	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–2	1–0
Energie Cottbus	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–5	0–2	0–1	1–4
Dynamo Dresden	1–1	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	—	2–0	2–1	1–4	2–2	3–1	0–0	5–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0
MSV Duisburg	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	—	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	3–1	3–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	2–2	—	1–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	4–2	3–1	2–3	2–0	0–0
Eintracht Frankfurt	4–3	4–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	—	6–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	4–1	1–1
FSV Frankfurt	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–5	0–4	—	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	3–3
Greuther Fürth	1–0	2–0	5–0	6–2	1–3	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	4–0	—	3–0	3–0	2–0	5–1	3–0	2–1
FC Ingolstadt	3–3	0–0	3–3	3–5	0–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	4–0	3–1	1–0
Karlsruher SC	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	3–2	0–5	1–0	0–4	2–2	3–2	—	1–3	2–0	2–2	0–2
1860 Munich	1–2	4–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	2–0	2–4	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–4	4–1	2–1	—	1–1	0–1	1–1
SC Paderborn	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	4–2	1–0	0–1	4–1	2–1	2–2	—	2–0	1–1
Hansa Rostock	0–0	0–1	2–5	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	4–2	2–1	1–5	0–5	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	—	1–3
FC St. Pauli	3–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	4–2	5–0	3–0	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Further information on the playoff for promotion to the Bundesliga: 2011–12 Bundesliga § Relegation play-offs

The 16th-placed team faced the third-placed 2011–12 3. Liga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga.

Dates and times of these matches were determined by the Deutsche Fußball-Liga as following:^[30]

11 May 2012

20:30 CEST

Jahn Regensburg	1–1	Karlsruher SC
Alibaz   58' (pen.)	Report	76' Groß

Jahnstadion, Regensburg

Attendance: 10,724

Referee: Christian Dingert (Thallichtenberg)

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14 May 2012

20:30 CEST

Karlsruher SC	2–2	Jahn Regensburg
Lavric   32' Charalambous   56'	Report	26' Hein   66' Laurito

Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe

Attendance: 29,699

Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

Tie ended 3–3 on aggregate; Jahn Regensburg promoted to 2012–13 2. Bundesliga, Karlsruhe relegated to 2012–13 3. Liga according to away goal rule.

Statistics

Top goalscorers Source: 17 goals   Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt)   Olivier Occean (SpVgg Greuther Fürth)   Nick Proschwitz (SC Paderborn 07) 14 goals   Mohammadou Idrissou (Eintracht Frankfurt)   Kevin Volland (1860 Munich) 13 goals   Zlatko Dedič (Dynamo Dresden)   Max Kruse (FC St. Pauli)   Christopher Nöthe (SpVgg Greuther Fürth)   Sascha Rösler (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 12 goals   Mickaël Poté (Dynamo Dresden)   Dimitar Rangelov (Energie Cottbus)

Top assists Source: Bundesliga.de 12 assists   Sercan Sararer (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) 10 assists   Benjamin Lauth (1860 Munich)   Sebastian Rode (Eintracht Frankfurt) 9 assists   Stefan Leitl (FC Ingolstadt 04) 8 assists   Benjamin Köhler (Eintracht Frankfurt)   Torsten Mattuschka (1. FC Union Berlin)   Alban Meha (SC Paderborn 07)   Sascha Rösler (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 7 assists   Marius Ebbers (FC St. Pauli)   Jan Hochscheidt (Erzgebirge Aue)   Alexander Iashvili (Karlsruher SC)   Stephan Schröck (SpVgg Greuther Fürth)

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External links

• Official site (in German and English)
• Bundesliga on DFB page (in German and English)
• kicker magazine (in German)