1996–97 2. Bundesliga
Season | 1996–97 |
---|---|
Champions | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
Promoted | 1. FC Kaiserslautern VfL Wolfsburg Hertha BSC |
Relegated | SV Waldhof Mannheim VfB Lübeck Rot-Weiss Essen VfB Oldenburg |
Matches played | 306 |
Top goalscorer | Angelo Vier (18 goals) |
Average attendance | 8,952 |
← 1995–96 1997–98 → |
The 1996–97 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-third season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
1. FC Kaiserslautern, VfL Wolfsburg and Hertha BSC were promoted to the Bundesliga while SV Waldhof Mannheim, VfB Lübeck, Rot-Weiss Essen and VfB Oldenburg were relegated to the Regionalliga.
League table
For the 1996–97 season VfB Oldenburg, Rot-Weiss Essen, FC Gütersloh and Stuttgarter Kickers were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Eintracht Frankfurt and KFC Uerdingen 05 had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
Locations of the participating teams of the 1996–97 seasonPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 74 | 28 | +46 | 68 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
2 | VfL Wolfsburg (P) | 34 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 58 | |
3 | Hertha BSC (P) | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 58 | |
4 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 54 | |
5 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 53 | |
6 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 34 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 49 | |
7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 48 | |
8 | VfB Leipzig | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 46 | |
9 | KFC Uerdingen | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 44 | |
10 | SV Meppen | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 44 | |
11 | Fortuna Köln | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 42 | |
12 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 42 | |
13 | FC Gütersloh | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 45 | |
14 | FSV Zwickau | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 42 | |
15 | Waldhof Mannheim (R) | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 40 | Relegation to Regionalliga[a] |
16 | VfB Lübeck (R) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 36 | |
17 | Rot-Weiss Essen (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 47 | 74 | −27 | 29 | |
18 | VfB Oldenburg (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 67 | −34 | 27 |
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Waldhof Mannheim was relegated to Regionalliga Süd. Rot-Weiss Essenwas relegated to Regionalliga Südwest.
Results
Top scorers
The league's top scorers:[1]
Goals | Player | Team |
18 | Angelo Vier | Rot-Weiss Essen |
17 | Steffen Heidrich | VfB Leipzig
|
15 | Axel Kruse | Hertha BSC Berlin
|
14 | Pavel Kuka | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
13 | Christian Claaßen | SV Meppen |
12 | Abderrahim Ouakili | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
Jürgen Rische | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |
11 | Rainer Krieg | Fortuna Köln
|
10 | Sven Demandt | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
Horst Elberfeld | VfB Oldenburg | |
Wolfram Klein | Rot-Weiss Essen | |
Olaf Marschall | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |
Dirk van der Ven | FC Gütersloh | |
Mark Zimmermann | FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
References
- ^ 2. Bundesliga 1996/1997 » Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 17 November 2015
External links
- 2. Bundesliga 1996/1997 at Weltfussball.de (in German)
- 1996–97 2. Bundesliga (in German) kicker.de