1986–87 2. Bundesliga

The 1986–87 2. Bundesliga season was the thirteenth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.

2. Bundesliga

Season	1986–87
Champions	Hannover 96
Promoted	Hannover 96 Karlsruher SC
Relegated	Eintracht Braunschweig Viktoria Aschaffenburg Hessen Kassel FSV Salmrohr
Matches played	380
Top goalscorer	Siegfried Reich (26 goals)
Average attendance	5,777
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

Hannover 96 and Karlsruher SC were promoted to the Bundesliga while Eintracht Braunschweig, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, KSV Hessen Kassel and FSV Salmrohr were relegated to the Oberliga.

League table

For the 1986–87 season SSV Ulm 1846, FSV Salmrohr, FC St. Pauli and Rot-Weiss Essen were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while 1. FC Saarbrücken and Hannover 96 had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.

Aachen

Aschaffenburg

Bielefeld

Braunschweig

Cologne

Darmstadt

Essen

Freiburg

Hannover

Karlsruhe

Kassel

Oberhausen

Osnabrück

Salmrohr

Solingen

Saarbrücken

St. Pauli

Stuttgart

Ulm

Wattenscheid

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Locations of the participating teams of the 1986–87 season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hannover 96 (C, P)	38	23	10	5	86	48	+38	56	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Karlsruher SC (P)	38	22	8	8	79	49	+30	52
3	FC St. Pauli	38	19	11	8	63	45	+18	49	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Darmstadt 98	38	20	7	11	72	48	+24	47
5	Alemannia Aachen	38	18	10	10	55	36	+19	46
6	VfL Osnabrück	38	18	8	12	69	66	+3	44
7	Stuttgarter Kickers	38	18	6	14	72	55	+17	42
8	SC Freiburg	38	13	13	12	59	56	+3	39
9	Arminia Bielefeld	38	12	14	12	58	55	+3	38
10	Rot-Weiss Essen	38	14	10	14	70	69	+1	38
11	SG Wattenscheid 09	38	12	14	12	59	66	−7	38
12	SG Union Solingen	38	13	9	16	61	65	−4	35
13	SSV Ulm 1846	38	13	9	16	55	63	−8	35
14	Fortuna Köln	38	10	15	13	51	66	−15	35
15	1. FC Saarbrücken	38	10	14	14	53	71	−18	34
16	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	38	13	7	18	52	55	−3	33
17	Eintracht Braunschweig (R)	38	11	10	17	52	47	+5	32	Relegation to Oberliga
18	Viktoria Aschaffenburg (R)	38	5	14	19	47	72	−25	24
19	KSV Hessen Kassel (R)	38	6	10	22	40	75	−35	22
20	FSV Salmrohr (R)	38	4	13	21	48	94	−46	21

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

Results

Home \ Away	AAC	SVV	DSC	EBS	D98	RWE	SCF	H96	KSC	KAS	FKO	RWO	OSN	FCS	SAL	SGU	STP	SKI	ULM	SGW
Alemannia Aachen	—	4–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	4–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	0–1
Viktoria Aschaffenburg	1–2	—	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–4	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	6–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–4	0–0	1–2
Arminia Bielefeld	1–5	1–1	—	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–3	4–1	2–3	1–3	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	2–3
Eintracht Braunschweig	1–2	3–0	2–3	—	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	3–0	5–1	1–2	5–2	2–2	3–1
Darmstadt 98	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	—	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–4	3–0	2–1	2–2	7–1	4–2	8–0	1–0	4–2	1–0	2–1	1–1
Rot-Weiss Essen	0–1	5–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	—	3–0	3–4	2–1	4–1	3–3	3–1	3–5	4–0	3–2	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–3	3–1
SC Freiburg	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	—	3–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	5–1
Hannover 96	1–0	3–1	4–1	1–0	3–2	3–2	1–1	—	8–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	4–1	4–1	2–1	2–4
Karlsruher SC	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	3–0	4–2	3–2	—	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	6–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	5–0	1–1
Hessen Kassel	1–1	1–4	4–5	1–0	1–1	2–2	4–2	0–4	0–4	—	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–4	2–3
Fortuna Köln	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–2	—	0–0	2–1	3–2	4–2	2–1	2–2	1–6	3–1	1–1
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–3	0–1	2–0	—	0–2	1–0	6–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	3–0
VfL Osnabrück	0–2	3–1	1–5	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	—	1–1	5–0	6–3	1–3	3–2	3–0	1–1
1. FC Saarbrücken	2–1	4–2	0–2	0–0	0–5	5–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	3–3	1–1	4–1	—	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	4–1
FSV Salmrohr	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–4	2–2	1–2	5–5	1–1	0–5	4–0	2–4	2–3	3–3	—	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–2
Union Solingen	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	4–2	1–2	1–0	2–4	1–1	3–0	3–0	5–3	0–1	2–0	2–2	—	3–2	2–1	6–2	1–1
FC St. Pauli	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–4	2–0	4–2	3–2	5–1	0–1	4–2	3–0	1–0	—	0–0	0–0	1–1
Stuttgarter Kickers	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	5–2	3–1	1–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	—	3–1	4–1
SSV Ulm	2–0	2–0	1–2	4–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	5–2	3–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	—	3–1
SG Wattenscheid	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	4–3	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–3	5–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	3–3	0–0	—

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

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:

Goals	Player	Team
26	Siegfried Reich	Hannover 96
20	Paul Linz	VfL Osnabrück
18	Bruno Labbadia	SV Darmstadt 98
	Rainer Schütterle	Karlsruher SC
17	Theo Gries	Alemannia Aachen
	Dirk Heitkamp	Rot-Weiss Essen
	Joachim Löw	SC Freiburg
	Souleyman Sané	SC Freiburg
16	Dirk Kurtenbach	Stuttgarter Kickers
	Uwe Tschiskale	SG Wattenscheid 09

External links

• 2. Bundesliga 1986/1987 at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 1986–87 2. Bundesliga at kicker.de (in German)