List of clubs in the 2. Bundesliga

This is a list of clubs in the 2. Bundesliga, including all clubs and their final placings from 1974–75 to 2023–24. The league is the second-highest football league in Germany and the German football league system. It replaced the Regionalligas as the second division in Germany in 1974. Initially played in a two-division format, north and south, it was merged into a single division in 1981 and has remained at this format ever since with the exception of the 1991–92 season, when the league was briefly split again to accommodate the influx of clubs from the former East Germany.

Overview

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After the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 the second division was initially formed by five Regionalligas with a promotion round at the end. In 1974 this system was changed to two regional divisions which were named 2. Bundesliga Süd and Nord. This halved the number of second division teams from a nominal number of 40 to 20. In the 1991–92 season the league was briefly split into a northern and southern division of 12 clubs each to allow for the entry of the East German clubs into the league system. Since 1992 the league has always operated as a single division, initially with 20 clubs, later with 18.[1]

List of clubs

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The list of clubs of the 2. Bundesliga from its inception to the present season, sorted by the last season a club played in the league:[2][3][4][5]

Club No. First Last Best Titles Seasons
Greuther Fürth 3 33 1974–75 Present 1st 1 2011–12
Hannover 96 28 1974–75 Present 1st 3 1974–75, 1986–87, 2001–02
Karlsruher SC 28 1974–75 Present 1st 3 1974–75, 1983–84, 2006–07
Darmstadt 98 25 1974–75 Present 1st 2 1977–78, 1980–81
1. FC Nürnberg 23 1974–75 Present 1st 4 1979–80, 1984–85, 2000–01, 2003–04
Preußen Münster 10 1974–75 Present 3rd
Jahn Regensburg 11 1975–76 Present 8th
SSV Ulm 9 1979–80 Present 3rd
Eintracht Braunschweig 20 1980–81 Present 2nd
Hertha BSC 17 1980–81 Present 1st 3 1989–90, 2010–11, 2012–13
Schalke 04 8 1981–82 Present 1st 3 1981–82, 1990–91, 2021–22
Fortuna Düsseldorf 18 1987–88 Present 1st 2 1988–89, 2017–18
1. FC Kaiserslautern 14 1996–97 Present 1st 2 1996–97, 2009–10
1. FC Köln 11 1998–99 Present 1st 4 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2018–19
SC Paderborn 6 15 2005–06 Present 2nd
Hamburger SV 7 2018–19 Present 3rd
1. FC Magdeburg 4 2018–19 Present 11th
SV Elversberg 2 2023−24 Present 11th
SV Wehen Wiesbaden 4 2007–08 2023–24 8th
Hansa Rostock 11 1992–93 2023–24 1st 1 1994–95
Holstein Kiel 10 1978–79 2023–24 2nd
FC St. Pauli 31 1974–75 2023–24 1st 2 1976–77, 2023–24
VfL Osnabrück 26 1974–75 2023–24 6th
Arminia Bielefeld 21 1974–75 2022−23 1st 3 1977–78, 1979–80, 1998–99
1. FC Heidenheim 9 2014–15 2022−23 1st 1 2022−23
SV Sandhausen 11 2012–13 2022−23 10th
Werder Bremen 2 1980–81 2021–22 1st 1 1980–81
Erzgebirge Aue 16 2003–04 2021–22 5th
Dynamo Dresden 10 2004–05 2021–22 5th
FC Ingolstadt 4 9 2008–09 2021–22 1st 1 2014–15
Würzburger Kickers 3 1977–78 2020–21 17th
VfL Bochum 16 1993–94 2020–21 1st 4 1993–94, 1995–96, 2005–06, 2020–21
VfB Stuttgart 3 1975–76 2019–20 1st 3 1976–77, 2016–17, 2019–20
MSV Duisburg 22 1982–83 2018–19 2nd
Union Berlin 13 2001–02 2018–19 3rd
1860 Munich 20 1974–75 2016–17 1st 1 1978–79
FSV Frankfurt 16 1975–76 2015–16 4th
SC Freiburg 22 1978–79 2015–16 1st 4 1992–93, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2015–16
RB Leipzig 2 2014–15 2015–16 2nd
VfR Aalen 3 2012–13 2014–15 11th
Energie Cottbus 11 1997–98 2013–14 3rd
Alemannia Aachen 28 1974–75 2011–12 2nd
Eintracht Frankfurt 6 1996–97 2011–12 1st 1 1997–98
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 18 1974–75 2010–11 5th
1. FSV Mainz 05 19 1974–75 2010–11 2nd
FC Augsburg 12 1974–75 2010–11 2nd
Rot-Weiß Ahlen 7 8 2000–01 2009–10 6th
TuS Koblenz 4 2006–07 2009–10 10th
Kickers Offenbach 14 1976–77 2007–08 2nd
FC Carl Zeiss Jena 8 1991–92 2007–08 5th
Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 1999–2000 2007–08 1st 1 2007–08
1899 Hoffenheim 1 2007–08 2007–08 2nd
Rot-Weiß Essen 16 1977–78 2006–07 2nd
SpVgg Unterhaching 11 1989–90 2006–07 2nd
Wacker Burghausen 5 2002–03 2006–07 8th
1. FC Saarbrücken 19 1974–75 2005–06 1st 2 1975–76, 1991–92
Sportfreunde Siegen 1 2005–06 2005–06 18th
Eintracht Trier 8 1976–77 2004–05 7th
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2 1991–92 2004–05 12th
VfB Lübeck 4 1995–96 2003–04 11th
SV Waldhof Mannheim 20 1974–75 2002–03 1st 1 1982–83
SSV Reutlingen 4 1975–76 2002–03 7th
FC Schweinfurt 05 4 1974–75 2001–02 3rd
SV Babelsberg 03 1 2001–02 2001–02 18th
Stuttgarter Kickers 23 1974–75 2000–01 1st 1 1987–88
Chemnitzer FC 7 1991–92 2000–01 4th
Fortuna Köln 26 1974–75 1999–2000 3rd
Tennis Borussia Berlin 9 1975–76 1999–2000 1st 1 1975–76
KFC Uerdingen 05 1 11 1974–75 1998–99 1st 1 1991–92
SG Wattenscheid 09 20 1974–75 1998–99 2nd
FC Gütersloh 2 3 1996–97 1998–99 5th
SV Meppen 11 1987–88 1997–98 6th
VfB Leipzig 6 1991–92 1997–98 3rd
FSV Zwickau 4 1994–95 1997–98 5th
VfL Wolfsburg 7 1974–75 1996–97 2nd
VfB Oldenburg 5 1980–81 1996–97 2nd
FC Homburg 15 1974–75 1994–95 1st 1 1985–86
Wuppertaler SV 7 1975–76 1993–94 3rd
FC Remscheid 5 5 1982–83 1992–93 8th
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 7 1984–85 1991–92 2nd
Hallescher FC 1 1991–92 1991–92 11th
Stahl Brandenburg 1 1991–92 1991–92 12th
TSV Havelse 1 1990–91 1990–91 19th
SpVgg Bayreuth 12 1974–75 1989–90 2nd
Hessen Kassel 8 1980–81 1989–90 4th
Viktoria Aschaffenburg 3 1985–86 1988–89 13th
Union Solingen 14 1975–76 1988–89 5th
FSV Salmrohr 1 1986–87 1986–87 20th
VfR Bürstadt 4 1977–78 1984–85 13th
SC Charlottenburg 1 1983–84 1983–84 18th
TuS Schloß Neuhaus 6 1 1982–83 1982–83 20th
Wormatia Worms 6 1974–75 1981–82 3rd
Freiburger FC 5 1977–78 1981–82 9th
SC Göttingen 05 4 1974–75 1980–81 10th
Borussia Neunkirchen 3 1974–75 1980–81 18th
SpVgg Erkenschwick 3 1974–75 1980–81 16th
SC Herford 4 1976–77 1980–81 14th
1. FC Bocholt 2 1977–78 1980–81 12th
Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid 4 1977–78 1980–81 13th
Viktoria Köln 3 1978–79 1980–81 4th
ESV Ingolstadt 4 2 1979–80 1980–81 16th
OSV Hannover 2 1979–80 1980–81 12th
VfB Eppingen 1 1980–81 1980–81 20th
DSC Wanne-Eickel 2 1978–79 1979–80 11th
OSC Bremerhaven 2 1977–78 1979–80 18th
Arminia Hannover 4 1976–77 1979–80 12th
MTV Ingolstadt 4 2 1978–79 1979–80 11th
SV Röchling Völklingen 4 1974–75 1979–80 6th
FV Würzburg 04 4 1976–77 1979–80 11th
Westfalia Herne 4 1975–76 1978–79 5th
KSV Baunatal 3 1976–77 1978–79 15th
FC Hanau 93 1 1978–79 1978–79 17th
Wacker 04 Berlin 4 1974–75 1978–79 13th
Bayer Leverkusen 4 1975–76 1978–79 1st 1 1978–79
Schwarz-Weiß Essen 4 1974–75 1977–78 7th
FC Bayern Hof 4 1974–75 1977–78 4th
FK Pirmasens 4 1974–75 1977–78 2nd
Bonner SC 1 1976–77 1976–77 16th
BSV Schwenningen 1 1976–77 1976–77 20th
1. FC Mülheim 2 1974–75 1975–76 11th
DJK Gütersloh 2 2 1974–75 1975–76 14th
Borussia Dortmund 2 1974–75 1975–76 2nd
Eintracht Bad Kreuznach 1 1975–76 1975–76 19th
Spandauer SV 1 1975–76 1975–76 20th
VfR Heilbronn 1 1974–75 1974–75 17th
Olympia Wilhelmshaven 1 1974–75 1974–75 17th
VfR Mannheim 1 1974–75 1974–75 20th
HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst 1 1974–75 1974–75 20th
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Club Name of club
No Number of seasons in league
First First season in league
Last Last season in league
Best Best result in league
Titles Number of league titles won
Seasons Seasons league titles were won in

Placings

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1974–1981

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The placings in the two divisions of the 2. Bundesliga from its interception to the change to a single-division format:[2][3]

1981–1991

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The placings in the 2. Bundesliga from its first season as a single-division league to the last season before the German reunion:[2][3]

Club 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91
Bayer Uerdingen 1 12 3 B B B B B B B B
1. FC Nürnberg B B B 1 B B B B B B
Karlsruher SC B B 1 B 7 2 B B B B
FC St. Pauli 17 3 2 B B B
Fortuna Düsseldorf B B B B B B 5 1 B B
Hertha BSC 2 B 11 14 17 13 1 B
SG Wattenscheid 09 17 15 15 10 9 11 4 6 2 B
Schalke 04 1 B 2 B B B B 12 5 1
MSV Duisburg B 11 3 13 20 10 2
Stuttgarter Kickers 7 5 8 9 6 7 1 B 4 3
FC Homburg 16 1 B B 2 B 4
1. FC Saarbrücken 10 3 B 15 13 3 3 5
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 7 2 B 7 8 9 6
SV Waldhof Mannheim 6 1 B B B B B B B 7
Mainz 05 19 8
SC Freiburg 15 8 7 8 16 8 10 5 13 9
Hannover 96 5 12 14 2 B 1 B B 8 10
Fortuna Köln 10 6 9 11 3 14 12 4 14 11
VfB Oldenburg 12
Eintracht Braunschweig B B B B 12 17 9 7 13
VfL Osnabrück 13 10 19 14 6 9 14 15 14
Rot-Weiß Essen 11 14 17 10 11 16 6 15
SV Meppen 14 10 11 16
Darmstadt 98 B 7 12 15 10 4 3 11 16 17
Preußen Münster 12 18
TSV Havelse 19
FC Schweinfurt 05 20
Hessen Kassel 8 4 4 4 5 19 17
SpVgg Bayreuth 20 18 17 17 18
Alemannia Aachen 9 9 6 5 8 5 6 7 19
SpVgg Unterhaching 20
Kickers Offenbach 3 2 B 19 8 15
Viktoria Aschaffenburg 13 18 18
Union Solingen 16 16 5 6 15 12 15 20
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 16 12 11 16 16
BVL Remscheid 5 13 20 18
SSV Ulm 13 20 13 19
Arminia Bielefeld B B B B 4 9 20
FSV Salmrohr 20
Tennis Borussia Berlin 19
VfR Bürstadt 18
SC Charlottenburg 18
FC Augsburg 17
SpVgg Fürth 3 14 18
FSV Frankfurt 19
TuS Schloß Neuhaus 6 20
1860 Munich 4
Wormatia Worms 18
Freiburger FC 19

1991–present

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The teams are ordered here based on when they were last in the league, starting with the longest promoted teams, current teams, and longest relegated teams. The placings in the 2. Bundesliga from the German reunion to the present season:[2][3]

Club 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
VfL Wolfsburg 14 5 4 12 2 B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Borussia Mönchengladbach B B B B B B B B 5 2 B B B B B B 1 B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
1899 Hoffenheim 2 B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Mainz 05 9 12 13 14 11 4 10 7 9 14 4 4 3 B B B 4 2 B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B
FC Augsburg 7 14 11 3 2 B B B B B B B B B B B B B
Eintracht Frankfurt B B B B B 7 1 B B B 7 3 B 3 B B B B B B 2 B B B B B B B B B B B B
SC Freiburg 3 1 B B B B 2 B B B B 1 B B 4 4 5 1 B B B B B B 1 B B B B B B B B
RB Leipzig 5 2 B B B B B B B B
1. FC Köln B B B B B B B 10 1 B B 2 B 1 B 9 3 B B B B 5 1 B B B B 1 B B B B B
Union Berlin 6 9 17 12 11 7 7 9 7 6 4 8 3 B B B B B
VfB Stuttgart B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B 1 B B 2 B B B B
VfL Bochum B B 1 B 1 B B B 2 B 3 B B B 1 B B B B 3 11 14 15 11 5 9 6 11 8 1 B B B
Werder Bremen B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B 2 B B
1. FC Heidenheim 8 11 6 13 5 3 8 6 1 B
Darmstadt 98 8 24 2 B B 10 10 5 7 4 2 B
FC St. Pauli 4 17 4 2 B B 4 9 13 3 B 17 9 8 2 B 4 10 8 15 4 7 12 9 14 10 5 5 1
Holstein Kiel 3 6 11 3 9 8 2
Fortuna Düsseldorf B 21 3 B B 7 18 4 7 3 B 6 10 14 11 1 B B 5 10 4 3
Hamburger SV B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B 4 4 4 3 3 4
Karlsruher SC B B B B B B B 5 17 13 13 14 11 6 1 B B 10 15 16 5 3 7 18 15 6 12 7 5
Hannover 96 5 9 12 12 16 4 10 9 1 B B B B B B B B B B B B B B 2 B B 6 13 11 10 6
SC Paderborn 6 9 11 17 5 12 5 12 2 B 18 2 B 9 7 6 7
Greuther Fürth 3 9 8 7 5 5 5 9 5 5 5 6 5 11 4 1 B 3 14 9 8 15 13 9 2 B 12 8
Hertha BSC 3 5 11 11 14 3 B B B B B B B B B B B B B 1 B 1 B B B B B B B B B B 9
Schalke 04 B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B 1 B 10
SV Elversberg 11
1. FC Nürnberg B B B 15 17 3 B 4 1 B B 1 B B B B 3 B B B B B 9 3 12 2 B 16 11 8 14 12
1. FC Kaiserslautern B B B B B 1 B B B B B B B B B 6 13 7 1 B B 3 4 4 10 13 18 9 13
1. FC Magdeburg 17 11 14
Eintracht Braunschweig 7 19 15 12 18 8 2 B 6 8 3 17 17 15 15
Wehen Wiesbaden 8 18 17 16
Hansa Rostock B 11 8 1 B B B B B B B B B B 10 2 B 13 16 18 13 13 17
VfL Osnabrück 9 20 15 18 12 16 16 13 16 18
Arminia Bielefeld 2 B B 1 B 13 2 B 2 B B B B B 7 18 16 12 15 4 7 1 B B 16
Jahn Regensburg 16 18 5 8 12 14 15 17
SV Sandhausen 17 12 12 13 10 11 15 10 15 14 18
Dynamo Dresden B B B B 8 15 9 16 17 5 14 12 18 16
Erzgebirge Aue 8 7 7 10 16 5 15 15 14 17 14 16 14 7 12 17
FC Ingolstadt 4 17 14 12 13 10 1 B B 9 16 18
Würzburger Kickers 17 18
MSV Duisburg B 2 B B 3 B B B B 11 11 8 7 2 B 3 B 6 6 8 10 11 16 7 18
1860 Munich 10 3 B B B B B B B B B B 4 13 8 11 12 8 9 6 6 7 16 15 16
FSV Frankfurt 18 15 15 13 13 4 13 13 17
VfR Aalen 9 11 18
Energie Cottbus 8 11 3 B B B 4 14 3 B B B 9 6 14 8 18
Alemannia Aachen 8 10 14 6 6 6 2 B 7 4 13 10 17
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 12 6 12 12 14 5 16 9 14 17
TuS Koblenz 12 10 14 17
Rot-Weiß Ahlen 7 6 8 12 12 13 17 10 18
Kickers Offenbach 16 11 14 15
Carl Zeiss Jena 5 8 17 6 12 16 13 18
Rot-Weiß Essen 20 17 17 15
SpVgg Unterhaching 18 4 6 11 2 B B 15 13 10 14 16
Wacker Burghausen 10 10 9 8 17
1. FC Saarbrücken 1 B 14 7 8 16 12 16
Sportfreunde Siegen 18
Eintracht Trier 7 11 15
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 12 18
VfB Lübeck 13 16 11 15
SSV Reutlingen 7 10 16
Waldhof Mannheim 2 4 6 5 7 15 12 4 9 18
FC Schweinfurt 17
SV Babelsberg 18
SSV Ulm 3 B 16
Stuttgarter Kickers B 15 16 5 12 13 14 17
Chemnitzer FC 4 7 9 9 15 11 18
Fortuna Köln 11 6 15 8 8 11 6 14 15
Tennis Borussia Berlin 19 6 18
FC Gütersloh 2 13 5 15
KFC Uerdingen 1 1 B 2 B B 9 13 16
SG Wattenscheid B B B 10 18 14 17
VfB Leipzig 7 3 B 13 9 8 15
FSV Zwickau 16 5 14 17
SV Meppen 6 10 7 6 10 10 18
VfB Oldenburg 2 22 18
FC Homburg 6 16 10 17
Wuppertaler SV 13 18
FC Remscheid 5 8 23
Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin 10
Hallescher FC 11
FC Stahl Brandenburg 12
Symbol Key
B Bundesliga
1 League champions
Place League place
Blank Played at a league level below this league

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b c 2. Bundesliga 1974-heute (in German) Das deutsche Fussball Archiv – Historic German league tables – Tables and results of the 2. Bundesliga since 1974. Retrieved 16 August 2012
  2. ^ a b c d 2. Bundesliga (in German) Weltfussball.de – Tables and results of the 2. Bundesliga since 1974.
  3. ^ a b c d 2. Bundesliga (in German) Fussballdaten.de – Tables and results of the 2. Bundesliga since 1974.
  4. ^ 2. Bundesliga .:. Ewige Tabelle (in German) Weltfussball.de – The all-time table of the 2. Bundesliga since 1974.
  5. ^ Die Ewige Tabelle der 2. Bundesliga (in German) Fussballdaten.de – The all-time table of the 2. Bundesliga since 1974.
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