Football league season
| 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.
CologneEssenFrankfurtGüterslohHertha BSCJenaKaiserslauternLeipzigLübeckMainzMannheimMeppenOldenburgStuttgartUerdingenUnterhachingWolfsburgZwickauclass=notpageimage| Locations of the participating teams of the 1996–97 season
| Pos | 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 |
| 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- VfB Lübeck, and VfB Oldenburg were relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Waldhof Mannheim was relegated to Regionalliga Süd. Rot-Weiss Essen was relegated to Regionalliga Südwest.
Results
| Home \ Away | BSC | RWE | SGE | FCG | JEN | FCK | FKO | LEI | LUE | M05 | WMA | SVM | OLD | SKI | KFC | UNT | WOB | ZWI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertha BSC | — | 7–3 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| FC Gütersloh | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 7–6 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
| Fortuna Köln | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 7–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| VfB Leipzig | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 |
| VfB Lübeck | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Mainz 05 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 |
| SV Meppen | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–4 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| VfB Oldenburg | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| KFC Uerdingen | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–4 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 |
| FSV Zwickau | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
The league's top scorers:
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
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