2. Fußball-Bundesliga

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2. Fußball-Bundesliga
Country Germany
Confederation UEFA
Founded 1974
Number of teams 18
Levels on pyramid 2
Promotion to Bundesliga
Relegation to 3. Liga
Domestic cup(s) DFB-Pokal
Current champions SpVgg Greuther Fürth
(2011–12)
Most championships 1. FC Nuremberg (4 titles)
Website www.bundesliga.de/en/liga2/
2012–13 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

The 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, commonly known as the 2. Bundesliga, is the Second Division of professional football in Germany. The 2. Bundesliga is below the Bundesliga and above the 3. Liga in the German football league system. All of the 2. Bundesliga clubs qualify for the DFB-Pokal. A total of 123 clubs have competed in the 2. Bundesliga since its foundation.

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History [edit]

For more details on this topic, see History of German football.

1974 marked the introduction of the second tier of the Bundesliga. Forty clubs, divided into two leagues (North and South), competed for promotion into the Bundesliga. 1981 saw the introduction of a single 2nd Bundesliga of 20 teams. In the 1991–1992 season, the former East German clubs participated as well. This was managed by returning to a two-tier system (with 12 teams in each league). The 1992-93 season was a momentous one, with 24 teams competing in a single league. Since 1994–95, there have been 18 teams in the second division. The most successful team, as of 2012-13, is Alemannia Aachen (1,481 points from 1,020 games).[1]

Members of the 2. Bundesliga (2012–13 season) [edit]

For details on the 2. Bundesliga 2011–12 season, see here.

Location of teams in the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity[2]
VfR Aalen Aalen Scholz-Arena 13,251
VfL Bochum Bochum rewirPower-Stadion 29,299
MSV Duisburg Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 31,500
Dynamo Dresden Dresden Glücksgas-Stadion 32,066
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 22,100Note 2
Energie Cottbus Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 22,528
FC Erzgebirge Aue Aue Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion 15,711
FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion 10,470Note 3
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 74,244
FC Ingolstadt 04 Ingolstadt Audi Sportpark 15,445
Jahn Regensburg Regensburg Jahnstadion 12,500
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,780
1. FC Köln Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 50,000
1860 Munich Munich Allianz Arena 71,000Note 1
SC Paderborn 07 Paderborn Benteler Arena 15,000
SV Sandhausen Sandhausen Hardtwald 12,100
FC St. Pauli Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 29,633Note 4
1. FC Union Berlin Berlin Alte Försterei 16,750Note 2

Notes

  1. The total capacity of Allianz Arena was 69,000 people before being expanded to 71,000 in late August 2012.[3]
  2. Stadium is under reconstruction for all of the 2012–13 season.
  3. Stadium is under reconstruction during the 2012–13 season. The capacity will increase to 12,542 spectators upon completion of the works.
  4. Stadium is under reconstruction until the end of 2012. The capacity for the first half of the season is thus reduced.

Division set-up [edit]

Changes in division set-up [edit]

  • Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20. The 1991–92 season was played in two groups of 12 teams each; 1992–93 again in one group with 24 teams, 1993–94 with 20 teams.
  • Teams promoted to the higher league: 3; 1981–91 there was a relegation round, in 1991–92 there was 1 promotion per group.
  • Number of relegations into the Regional leagues (until 1994: Upper leagues): 4; 1991–92: 2–3 per group (inclusive relegation); 1992–93: 7.

Promotion and relegation [edit]

Further information: Promotion to the Fußball-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 2008-9, following the inception of the 3rd Liga, only the bottom two teams are relegated into the 3rd Liga automatically; the third from bottom team can avoid relegation by winning a two-leg playoff against the team that finishes in 3rd place in the 3rd Liga.

League rules [edit]

Since the 2006-07 season there is no limit on non-EU players in the league anymore. 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.[4] Seven substitutes are permitted to be selected, from which three can be used in the duration of the game.

Champions since 1975 [edit]

Second Bundesliga North [edit]

Season Champion Runner Up
1974–75 Hannover 96 Bayer Uerdingen
1975–76 Tennis Borussia Berlin Borussia Dortmund
1976–77 St. Pauli Arminia Bielefeld
1977–78 Arminia Bielefeld Rot-Weiss Essen
1978–79 Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Uerdingen
1979–80 Arminia Bielefeld Rot-Weiss Essen
1980–81 Werder Bremen Eintracht Braunschweig

Second Bundesliga South [edit]

Season Champion Runner Up
1974–75 Karlsruher SC Pirmasens
1975–76 Saarbrücken Nuremberg
1976–77 VfB Stuttgart 1860 Munich
1977–78 Darmstadt Nuremberg
1978–79 1860 Munich Bayreuth
1979–80 Nurembeg Karlsruher SC
1980–81 Darmstadt Kickers Offenbach

Second Bundesliga [edit]

Season Champion Runner Up Third Place
1981–82 Schalke 04 Hertha BSC Kickers Offenbach
1982–83 Waldhof Mannheim Kickers Offenbach Uerdingen
1983–84 Karlsruhe Schalke 04 Duisburg
1984–85 Nuremberg Hannover 96 Saarbrücken
1985–86 Homburg BW Berlin Fortuna Köln
1986–87 Hannover 96 Karlsruhe St. Pauli
1987–88 Stuttgarter Kickers St. Pauli Darmstadt
1988–89 Fortuna Düsseldorf Homburg Saarbrücken
1989–90 Hertha BSC Wattenscheid Saarbrücken
1990–91 Schalke 04 Duisburg Stuttgarter Kickers

Second Bundesliga North [edit]

Season Champion Runner Up
1991–92 Bayer Uerdingen Oldenburg

Second Bundesliga South [edit]

Season Champion Runner Up
1991–92 Saarbrücken Waldhof Mannheim

Second Bundesliga [edit]

Season Champion Runner Up Third Place
1992–93 SC Freiburg Duisburg VfB Leipzig
1993–94 Bochum Uerdingen 1860 Munich
1994–95 Hansa Rostock St. Pauli Fortuna Düsseldorf
1995–96 Bochum Arminia Bielefeld Duisburg
1996–97 Kaiserslautern Wolfsburg Hertha BSC
1997–98 Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg Nuremberg
1998–99 Arminia Bielefeld Unterhaching Ulm
1999-00 1. FC Köln Bochum Energie Cottbus
2000–01 Nuremberg Gladbach St. Pauli
2001–02 Hannover 96 Arminia Bielefeld Bochum
2002–03 SC Freiburg 1. FC Köln Eintracht Frankfurt
2003–04 Nuremberg Arminia Bielefeld Mainz
2004–05 1. FC Köln Duisburg Eintracht Frankfurt
2005–06 Bochum Alemannia Aachen Energie Cottbus
2006–07 Karlsruhe Hansa Rostock Duisburg
2007–08 Gladbach Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln
2008–09 SC Freiburg Mainz 1. FC Nuremberg
2009–10 Kaiserslautern St. Pauli Augsburg
2010–11 Hertha BSC Augsburg Bochum
2011–12 Greuther Fürth Eintracht Frankfurt Fortuna Düsseldorf
2012–13 Hertha BSC Eintracht Braunschweig Kaiserslautern
  • Bold denotes team earned promotion.

Placings in the 2nd Bundesliga [edit]

Main article: List of clubs in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

Teams promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga since 1982 [edit]

Main article: Promotion to the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

SC Fortuna Köln was the team most consistently in the 2nd Bundesliga. Up to 2000 it spent 26 consecutive years in the 2nd Bundesliga.

From 1974 to 1994, promotions were decided in relegation rounds. Between 1995 and 2008, four teams were promoted from the regional leagues. Since 2008, two teams are promoted directly from the 3rd Liga, while the third placed club plays a promotion/relegation play-off against the 16th placed 2nd Bundesliga team.

Teams relegated to the Regionalliga – Oberliga – 3. Liga since 1990 [edit]

Teams relegated to the Oberliga (1990–1993) [edit]

Teams relegated to the Regionalliga (1994–2007) [edit]

Teams relegated to the 3. Liga (since 2008) [edit]

Record [edit]

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Most appearances[5]
Player Clubs Apps
1 Willi Landgraf Alemannia Aachen (188), Rot-Weiss Essen (119), FC 08 Homburg (107), FC Gütersloh (94) 508
2 Joaquin Montanes Alemannia Aachen 479
3 Karl-Heinz Schulz SC Freiburg (287), Freiburger FC (176) 463
4 Hans Wulf KSV Hessen Kassel (231), Schwarz-Weiß Essen (118), Wormatia Worms (59), Hannover 96 (32) 440
5 Wolfgang Krüger Union Solingen 428
6 Hans-Jürgen Gede Fortuna Köln (344), Preußen Münster (72) 416
7 Andreas Helmer SV Meppen (244), VfL Osnabrück (167) 411
8 Gerd Paulus Kickers Offenbach (304), Röchling Völklingen (103) 407
9 Oliver Posniak SV Darmstadt 98 (290), FSV Frankfurt (113) 403
10 Dirk Hupe Fortuna Köln (212), Union Solingen (187) 399

Most goals[6]
Player Clubs Goals
1 Dieter Schatzschneider Hannover 96 (132), SC Fortuna Köln (22) 153
2 Karl-Heinz Mödrath Fortuna Köln (143), Alemannia Aachen (7) 150
3 Theo Gries Hertha BSC (67), Alemannia Aachen (47), Hannover 96 (8) 123
4 Sven Demandt 1. FSV Mainz 05 (55), Fortuna Düsseldorf (49), Hertha BSC (17) 121
5 Walter Krause Kickers Offenbach (97), SG Wattenscheid 09 (13), Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (9) 119
6 Daniel Jurgeleit Union Solingen (59), FC 08 Homburg (34), VfB Lübeck (24) 117
7 Gerd-Volker Schock VfL Osnabrück (95), Arminia Bielefeld (21) 116
8 Franz Gerber FC St. Pauli (42), ESV Ingolstadt (23), TSV 1860 München (19), Wuppertaler SV (19), Hannover 96 (12) 115
Paul Linz VfL Osnabrück (52), Freiburger FC (36), SV Waldhof Mannheim (16), OSC Bremerhaven (11) 115
10 Peter Cestonaro SV Darmstadt 98 (68), KSV Hessen Kassel (43) 111

Game records [edit]

As of 21 May 2013:

Highest win [7] Arminia Bielefeld - Arminia Hannover 11–0 (23 May 1980)
Most goals in a game [8] 1. FC Kaiserslautern - SV Meppen 7–6 (11 June 1997)
Most goals in a game [9] Ottmar Hitzfeld – 6 (VfB Stuttgart - SSV Jahn Regensburg on 13 May 1977)

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ 2. Bundesliga .:. Ewige Tabelle (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 21 May 2013
  2. ^ Smentek, Klaus; et al (8 August 2012). "kicker Bundesliga Sonderheft 2012/13". kicker Sportmagazin (in German) (Nuremberg: Olympia Verlag). ISSN 0948-7964. 
  3. ^ "71.000: Mehr Platz in Bayerns Wohnzimmer". kicker Sportmagazin (in German). 29 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012. 
  4. ^ "Questions about the league". bundesliga.de. Retrieved 2 May 2012. 
  5. ^ kicker Sonderheft Bundesliga 07/08, S. 206
  6. ^ kicker Sonderheft Bundesliga 07/08, S. 207
  7. ^ 2. Bundesliga .:. Statistik .:. Die höchsten Siege (German) Weltfussball.de, accesed: 21 May 2013
  8. ^ 2. Bundesliga .:. Statistik .:. Die torreichsten Spiele (German) Weltfussball.de, accesed: 21 May 2013
  9. ^ Die meisten Tore eines Spielers pro Spiel (German) Weltfussball.de, accesed: 21 May 2013

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