2024–25 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga
Season2024–25
Dates2 August 2024 – 18 May 2025
Champions1. FC Köln (5th title)
Promoted1. FC Köln
Hamburger SV
RelegatedSSV Ulm
Jahn Regensburg
Matches played306
Goals scored925 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerDavie Selke
(22 goals)
Biggest home winElversberg 6–0 Regensburg
Biggest away winRegensburg 0–4 Fürth
Fürth 0–4 Nürnberg
Fürth 1–5 Darmstadt
Braunschweig 1–5 Hertha
Highest scoringNürnberg 8–3 Regensburg
Longest winning run4 games
Kaiserslautern
Longest unbeaten run11 games
Hamburg
Longest winless run8 games
Braunschweig
Regensburg
Longest losing run4 games
four teams
Highest attendance71,500
Hertha v Hamburg
Lowest attendance8,451
Elversberg v Ulm
Attendance9,434,101 (30,830 per match)

The 2024–25 2. Bundesliga was the 51st season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 2 August 2024 and concluded on 18 May 2025.[1][2]

The fixtures were announced on 4 July 2024.[3]

Teams

Locations of the 2024–25 2. Bundesliga teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2023–24 3. Liga 		Relegated from
2023–24 Bundesliga 		Promoted to
2024–25 Bundesliga 		Relegated to
2024–25 3. Liga
SSV Ulm
Preußen Münster
Jahn Regensburg 		1. FC Köln
Darmstadt 98 		FC St. Pauli
Holstein Kiel 		Wehen Wiesbaden
Hansa Rostock
VfL Osnabrück

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 74,649
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325
Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor 17,650
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena 54,600
SV Elversberg Spiesen-Elversberg Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde 10,000
Greuther Fürth Fürth Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer 16,626
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 57,000
Hannover 96 Hanover Heinz von Heiden Arena 49,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,327
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe BBBank Wildpark 34,302
1. FC Köln Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 49,698
1. FC Magdeburg Magdeburg Avnet Arena 30,098
Preußen Münster Münster LVM-Preußenstadion 14,300
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Max-Morlock-Stadion 49,923
SC Paderborn Paderborn Home Deluxe Arena 15,000
Jahn Regensburg Regensburg Jahnstadion Regensburg 15,210
Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 62,271
SSV Ulm Ulm Donaustadion 19,500

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve
Hertha BSC Stefan Leitl Toni Leistner Nike CheckCars24.de WTG
Eintracht Braunschweig Marc Pfitzner Ermin Bičakčić Puma BRAWO Group Lease a Bike
Darmstadt 98 Florian Kohfeldt Fabian Holland Craft HAIX 28 Black
Fortuna Düsseldorf Daniel Thioune André Hoffmann Adidas Targobank Metro Chef
SV Elversberg Horst Steffen Robin Fellhauer Nike HYLO Pure Steel
Greuther Fürth Thomas Kleine / Milorad Peković Branimir Hrgota Puma Hofmann Personal Signia
Hamburger SV Merlin Polzin Sebastian Schonlau Adidas HanseMerkur Plan International
Hannover 96 Lars Barlemann / Dirk Lottner / Christian Schulz Ron-Robert Zieler Macron Heise ÜSTRA
1. FC Kaiserslautern Torsten Lieberknecht Marlon Ritter Castore Novoline Lacalut
Karlsruher SC Christian Eichner Marvin Wanitzek Macron SWEG billiger.de
1. FC Köln Friedhelm Funkel Timo Hübers Hummel REWE DEVK
1. FC Magdeburg Christian Titz Dominik Reimann Hummel Humanas SWM Magdeburg
Preußen Münster Kieran Schulze-Marmeling Marc Lorenz Jako FIEGE Stadtwerke Münster
1. FC Nürnberg Miroslav Klose Robin Knoche Adidas Nürnberger Versicherung Helmsauer
SC Paderborn Lukas Kwasniok Raphael Obermair Saller Four 20 Pharma Personalco
Jahn Regensburg Munier Raychouni Andreas Geipl Hummel Netto None
Schalke 04 Jakob Fimpel Kenan Karaman Adidas SUN Minimeal hülsta
SSV Ulm Robert Lechleiter Johannes Reichert Uhlsport Liqui Moly B-ITE E-Recruiting

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
1. FC Kaiserslautern Friedhelm Funkel Mutual consent 17 May 2024 30 June 2024 Pre-season Markus Anfang 29 May 2024 1 July 2024 [4][5]
Hertha BSC Pál Dárdai End of contract 18 May 2024 Cristian Fiél 6 June 2024 [6][7]
1. FC Köln Timo Schultz 27 May 2024 Gerhard Struber 12 June 2024 [8][9]
1. FC Nürnberg Cristian Fiél Signed by Hertha BSC 6 June 2024 Miroslav Klose 11 June 2024 [10][11]
Darmstadt 98 Torsten Lieberknecht Resigned 1 September 2024 18th Florian Kohfeldt 7 September 2024 [12][13]
Schalke 04 Karel Geraerts Sacked 21 September 2024 14th Jakob Fimpel (interim) 21 September 2024 [14]
Jakob Fimpel (interim) End of caretaker 6 October 2024 13th Kees van Wonderen 6 October 2024 [15]
Greuther Fürth Alexander Zorniger Sacked 22 October 2024 12th Leonhard Haas (interim) 22 October 2024 [16]
Jahn Regensburg Joe Enochs 27 October 2024 18th Andreas Patz 27 October 2024 [17][18]
Greuther Fürth Leonhard Haas (interim) End of caretaker 12 November 2024 12th Jan Siewert 12 November 2024 [19]
Hamburger SV Steffen Baumgart Sacked 24 November 2024 7th Merlin Polzin 24 November 2024 [20][21]
Hannover 96 Stefan Leitl 29 December 2024 André Breitenreiter 29 December 2024 [22][23]
Hertha BSC Cristian Fiél 17 February 2025 14th Stefan Leitl 18 February 2025 [24][25]
SSV Ulm Thomas Wörle 11 March 2025 17th Robert Lechleiter 11 March 2025 [26]
1. FC Kaiserslautern Markus Anfang 22 April 2025 7th Torsten Lieberknecht 22 April 2025 [27]
Hannover 96 André Breitenreiter Mutual consent 23 April 2025 10th Lars Barlemann / Dirk Lottner / Christian Schulz (interim) 23 April 2025 [28]
Preußen Münster Sascha Hildmann Sacked 27 April 2025 17th Kieran Schulze-Marmeling (interim) 28 April 2025 [29][30]
Schalke 04 Kees van Wonderen Sacked 3 May 2025 13th Jakob Fimpel (interim) 3 May 2025 [31]
1. FC Köln Gerhard Struber 5 May 2025 2nd Friedhelm Funkel 5 May 2025 [32]
Greuther Fürth Jan Siewert 14th Thomas Kleine / Milorad Peković 6 May 2025 [33][34]
Jahn Regensburg Andreas Patz Resigned 8 May 2025 18th Munier Raychouni (interim) 8 May 2025 [35]
Eintracht Braunschweig Daniel Scherning Sacked 19 May 2025 16th Marc Pfitzner (interim) 19 May 2025 [36]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Köln (C, P) 34 18 7 9 53 38 +15 61 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Hamburger SV (P) 34 16 11 7 78 44 +34 59
3 SV Elversberg 34 16 10 8 64 37 +27 58 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 SC Paderborn 34 15 10 9 56 46 +10 55
5 1. FC Magdeburg 34 14 11 9 64 52 +12 53
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 14 11 9 57 52 +5 53
7 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 15 8 11 56 55 +1 53
8 Karlsruher SC 34 14 10 10 57 55 +2 52
9 Hannover 96 34 13 12 9 41 36 +5 51
10 1. FC Nürnberg 34 14 6 14 60 57 +3 48
11 Hertha BSC 34 12 8 14 49 51 −2 44
12 Darmstadt 98 34 11 9 14 56 55 +1 42
13 Greuther Fürth 34 10 9 15 45 59 −14 39
14 Schalke 04 34 10 8 16 52 62 −10 38
15 Preußen Münster 34 8 12 14 40 43 −3 36
16 Eintracht Braunschweig (O) 34 8 11 15 38 64 −26 35 Qualification for relegation play-offs
17 SSV Ulm (R) 34 6 12 16 36 48 −12 30 Relegation to 3. Liga
18 Jahn Regensburg (R) 34 6 7 21 23 71 −48 25
Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[37]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BRA BSC DAR DÜS ELV FÜR HAM HAN KAI KAR KÖL MAG MÜN NÜR PAD REG SCH ULM
Eintracht Braunschweig — 1–5 1–0 2–2 0–3 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–4 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–1
Hertha BSC 3–1 — 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–2
Darmstadt 98 1–1 3–1 — 0–2 0–3 1–0 0–4 3–1 5–1 3–0 5–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf 5–0 2–1 2–2 — 0–2 1–2 0–3 1–0 3–4 0–0 2–2 2–5 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–2
SV Elversberg 3–0 4–0 4–0 1–1 — 2–0 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–5 0–1 2–1 1–3 6–0 1–4 1–3
Greuther Fürth 3–0 2–1 1–5 1–2 0–0 — 3–2 1–0 2–4 2–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–4 1–1 2–1 3–3 0–1
Hamburger SV 2–4 1–1 2–2 4–1 0–0 5–0 — 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 5–0 2–2 6–1
Hannover 96 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 — 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–2 3–4 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 — 3–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1
Karlsruher SC 0–2 1–3 3–3 2–3 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 — 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 4–2 2–0 0–0
1. FC Köln 5–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 4–0 4–4 — 1–2 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0
1. FC Magdeburg 1–1 1–3 4–1 4–2 0–0 2–2 0–3 0–3 2–0 2–2 3–0 — 0–5 3–4 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–0
Preußen Münster 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 — 0–1 3–3 2–0 1–2 0–0
1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–3 3–0 0–3 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–4 3–2 — 2–3 8–3 3–1 2–0
SC Paderborn 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 5–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–2 — 3–0 2–4 0–0
Jahn Regensburg 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–4 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–1 0–0 — 2–0 1–0
Schalke 04 5–1 2–2 3–5 1–1 1–2 3–4 2–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–3 2–5 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 — 2–1
SSV Ulm 3–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 5–1 0–0 —
Source: Bundesliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

The promotion/relegation play-offs will take place on 23 and 27 May 2025.[2]

Overview

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
1. FC Saarbrücken (3L) 2–4 Eintracht Braunschweig (2B) 0–2 2–2

Matches

1. FC Saarbrücken0–2Eintracht Braunschweig
Report
  • Tempelmann 49'
  • Rittmüller 61'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Tobias Welz
Eintracht Braunschweig2–21. FC Saarbrücken
 Report
Attendance: 21,852

Eintracht Braunschweig won 4–2 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[38]
1 Davie Selke Hamburger SV 22
2 Martijn Kaars 1. FC Magdeburg 19
3 Ragnar Ache 1. FC Kaiserslautern 18
Fisnik Asllani SV Elversberg
5 Moussa Sylla Schalke 04 16
6 Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer Hamburger SV 14
Isac Lidberg Darmstadt 98
7 Kenan Karaman Schalke 04 13
Dawid Kownacki Fortuna Düsseldorf
Rayan Philippe Eintracht Braunschweig
Marvin Wanitzek Karlsruher SC

Hat-tricks

Date Player Club Against Result
3 August 2024 Budu Zivzivadze Karlsruher SC 1. FC Nürnberg 3–2 (H)
20 September 2024 Isac Lidberg Darmstadt 98 Schalke 04 5–3 (A)
29 September 2024 Marvin Wanitzek Karlsruher SC 1. FC Köln 4–4 (A)
25 October 2024 Julian Justvan 1. FC Nürnberg Jahn Regensburg 8–3 (H)
19 January 2025 Martijn Kaars 1. FC Magdeburg SV Elversberg 5–2 (A)
26 January 2025 Semir Telalović4 SSV Ulm Jahn Regensburg 5–1 (H)
1 February 2025 Martijn Kaars4 1. FC Magdeburg Schalke 04 5–2 (A)
12 April 2025 Fisnik Asllani SV Elversberg Hannover 96 3–1 (A)

4 Player scored four goals.

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[39]
1 Nicolas Kristof SV Elversberg 13
2 Ron-Robert Zieler Hannover 96 11
3 Florian Kastenmeier Fortuna Düsseldorf 9
Johannes Schenk Preußen Münster
Marvin Schwäbe 1. FC Köln
6 Daniel Heuer Fernandes Hamburger SV 8
Julian Krahl 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Jan Reichert 1. FC Nürnberg
Dominik Reimann 1. FC Magdeburg
Max Weiß Karlsruher SC

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