1974–75 2. Bundesliga

Inaugural season of the second-tier football league in Germany

Football league season

2. Bundesliga
Season	1974–75
Champions	Nord: Hannover 96 Süd: Karlsruher SC
Promoted	Nord: Hannover 96 Bayer 05 Uerdingen Süd: Karlsruher SC
Relegated	Nord: Olympia Wilhelmshaven Rot-Weiß Oberhausen VfL Wolfsburg HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst Süd: VfR Heilbronn Borussia Neunkirchen VfR Wormatia Worms VfR Mannheim
Matches played	Nord: 380 Süd: 380
Top goalscorer	Nord: Volker Graul (29 goals) Süd: Bernd Hoffmann (25 goals)
Average attendance	Nord: 6,818 Süd: 8,356
← 1973–74 (Regionalliga) 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 2. Bundesliga season was the inaugural season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd.

Hannover 96, Bayer 05 Uerdingen and Karlsruher SC were promoted to the Bundesliga while Olympia Wilhelmshaven, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, VfL Wolfsburg, HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst, VfR Heilbronn, Borussia Neunkirchen, VfR Wormatia Worms and VfR Mannheim were relegated to the Oberligas and Amateurligas.

Nord

League table

For the 1974–75 season saw no team promoted to the new 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas while Hannover 96 and SC Fortuna Köln had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hannover 96 (C, P)	38	25	4	9	93	39	+54	54	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Bayer 05 Uerdingen (P)	38	20	11	7	66	38	+28	51	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	FC St. Pauli	38	22	6	10	77	48	+29	50
4	Arminia Bielefeld	38	18	14	6	68	47	+21	50
5	Fortuna Köln	38	21	4	13	69	43	+26	46
6	Borussia Dortmund	38	17	12	9	65	44	+21	46
7	SG Wattenscheid 09	38	18	10	10	72	53	+19	46
8	VfL Osnabrück	38	16	10	12	81	62	+19	42
9	Preußen Münster	38	17	8	13	73	63	+10	42
10	1. SC Göttingen 05	38	15	9	14	60	66	−6	39
11	1. FC Mülheim	38	12	12	14	47	64	−17	36
12	Schwarz-Weiss Essen	38	13	8	17	44	69	−25	34
13	Wacker 04 Berlin	38	13	7	18	54	68	−14	33
14	DJK Gütersloh	38	11	10	17	57	63	−6	32
15	Alemannia Aachen	38	11	8	19	57	71	−14	30
16	SpVgg Erkenschwick	38	9	11	18	49	70	−21	29
17	Olympia Wilhelmshaven (R)	38	10	7	21	54	81	−27	27	Relegation to Oberliga
18	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (R)	38	6	15	17	38	66	−28	27
19	VfL Wolfsburg (R)	38	10	6	22	61	89	−28	26
20	HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst (R)	38	6	8	24	34	86	−52	20

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	BAR	W04	DSC	BVB	ERK	SWE	G05	DJK	H96	FKO	MST	PRM	RWO	OSN	STP	B05	SGW	WIL	WOB
Alemannia Aachen	—	2–1	1–3	3–1	0–1	4–0	8–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–1
HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst	2–1	—	2–2	0–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	0–6	1–1	0–2	0–0	3–1
Wacker 04 Berlin	2–0	3–1	—	5–3	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	4–2	2–2	1–4	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	3–3	3–0	4–2
Arminia Bielefeld	2–0	7–1	3–0	—	1–1	2–3	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1
Borussia Dortmund	6–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	—	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–3	4–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	2–2
SpVgg Erkenschwick	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	5–2	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	2–2	4–1	1–2
Schwarz-Weiß Essen	3–0	5–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	—	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	4–0	0–0
Göttingen 05	5–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	5–2	0–2	1–0	2–0	3–2	3–2	2–2	5–0	1–1	2–1	5–2	2–3
DJK Gütersloh	4–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	—	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	4–0	3–1
Hannover 96	3–0	5–2	7–0	3–1	0–0	7–1	3–1	6–0	6–1	—	2–0	4–1	0–1	5–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–1
Fortuna Köln	5–2	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	—	7–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–1
1. FC Mülheim-Styrum	2–4	3–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	—	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1
Preußen Münster	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	5–1	4–2	3–0	3–3	1–1	2–3	4–0	—	1–0	3–3	0–4	3–0	4–1	2–1	2–2
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	2–1	—	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–2	2–3	5–1
VfL Osnabrück	2–0	5–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	6–0	5–1	4–2	0–1	0–2	6–1	3–2	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	2–1	5–2	3–0
FC St. Pauli	1–0	3–1	1–2	3–0	1–4	2–0	5–1	4–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	4–1	2–1	—	1–0	1–3	2–1	10–2
Bayer Uerdingen	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–2	6–3	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	5–2	2–0	—	1–0	3–0	4–1
SG Wattenscheid	1–0	4–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–3	1–3	0–0	3–2	4–0	3–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	—	2–2	3–2
Olympia Wilhelmshaven	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	5–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	4–0	2–1	1–2	2–4	3–4	—	2–1
VfL Wolfsburg	2–3	2–0	3–1	0–3	0–0	0–3	4–1	0–1	2–1	3–4	1–5	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–5	2–3	0–1	3–2	6–2	—

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

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:^[1]

Goals	Player	Team
29	Volker Graul	Arminia Bielefeld
26	Gerd-Volker Schock	VfL Osnabrück
24	Rüdiger Wenzel	FC St. Pauli
23	Peter Dahl	Hannover 96
20	Gerd Kasperski	Hannover 96
20	Rolf Kucharski	Alemannia Aachen
19	Wolfgang John	Wacker 04 Berlin
	Wolf-Rüdiger Krause	VfL Wolfsburg
	Roland Stegmayer	Hannover 96
18	Hans Fritsche	Schwarz-Weiß Essen

Süd

League table

For the 1974–75 season saw no team promoted to the new 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and no team relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Karlsruher SC (C, P)	38	22	6	10	76	50	+26	50	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	FK Pirmasens	38	19	10	9	75	62	+13	48	Qualification for promotion play-offs
3	FC Schweinfurt 05	38	19	10	9	65	59	+6	48
4	Bayern Hof	38	18	10	10	65	46	+19	46
5	1860 Munich	38	20	5	13	64	45	+19	45
6	1. FC Nürnberg	38	17	8	13	70	52	+18	42
7	1. FC Saarbrücken	38	15	11	12	72	52	+20	41
8	Waldhof Mannheim	38	16	8	14	52	42	+10	40
9	SpVgg Bayreuth	38	15	10	13	53	50	+3	40
10	Darmstadt 98	38	16	7	15	68	62	+6	39
11	Mainz 05	38	14	10	14	63	60	+3	38
12	FC Augsburg	38	12	13	13	61	63	−2	37
13	Röchling Völklingen	38	11	12	15	56	54	+2	34
14	FC Homburg	38	13	8	17	71	74	−3	34
15	SpVgg Fürth	38	12	10	16	40	48	−8	34
16	Stuttgarter Kickers	38	13	7	18	52	61	−9	33
17	VfR Heilbronn (R)	38	10	10	18	51	78	−27	30	Relegation to Oberliga
18	Borussia Neunkirchen (R)	38	11	6	21	49	73	−24	28
19	Wormatia Worms (R)	38	9	9	20	36	66	−30	27
20	VfR Mannheim (R)	38	8	10	20	43	85	−42	26

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	FCA	BAY	D98	FUE	HEI	HOF	HOM	KSC	M05	MAN	M60	BNE	FCN	FKP	FCS	S05	SKI	SVR	CWA	W08
FC Augsburg	—	3–0	2–1	2–0	5–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	3–3	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–3
SpVgg Bayreuth	2–1	—	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–4	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0
Darmstadt 98	2–0	4–1	—	1–3	4–1	1–1	4–1	3–2	1–2	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–0	2–2	3–2	3–1	2–0	3–2	5–1	1–1
SpVgg Fürth	3–0	1–1	1–3	—	1–3	0–0	2–0	4–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0
VfR Heilbronn	3–3	1–3	1–1	0–1	—	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–3	2–2	4–4	5–1	4–2	1–0	0–0	1–0
Bayern Hof	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	—	3–2	3–0	3–3	2–0	4–2	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–0
FC Homburg	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	4–0	0–2	—	2–3	3–2	6–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	3–3	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0
Karlsruher SC	2–0	5–1	2–2	1–0	5–1	2–0	4–2	—	3–1	5–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–1	6–0	2–1	0–4	1–0	2–0
Mainz 05	3–2	3–0	1–0	2–3	4–1	2–0	2–5	0–1	—	1–1	1–3	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2
VfR Mannheim	1–1	1–5	1–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	4–2	1–4	2–5	—	2–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	0–5	1–1	2–4	2–0	1–2	4–0
1860 Munich	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–3	3–0	—	4–1	3–2	3–2	1–0	1–3	4–1	1–0	3–0	3–0
Borussia Neunkirchen	2–2	1–0	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–4	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	—	1–2	3–0	0–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–0
1. FC Nürnberg	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	6–2	6–5	2–0	3–0	5–0	1–0	1–4	—	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0
FK Pirmasens	2–1	2–1	5–1	2–1	8–0	3–2	4–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–3	5–3	0–0	—	3–2	4–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	3–0
1. FC Saarbrücken	2–2	4–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	2–2	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	6–0	—	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1
1. FC Schweinfurt	4–2	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–2	2–3	2–0	3–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	—	3–2	4–3	2–0	0–0
Stuttgarter Kickers	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–4	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–1	—	1–0	1–1	4–1
Röchling Völklingen	4–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	5–0	1–1	5–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–5	3–4	2–1	—	0–0	1–1
SV Chio Waldhof	5–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	4–0	—	1–0
Wormatia Worms	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–3	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	—

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

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:^[2]

Goals	Player	Team
25	Bernd Hoffmann	Karlsruher SC
23	Ferdinand Keller	TSV 1860 Munich
21	Otmar Ludwig	FC 08 Homburg
21	Hans Walitza	1. FC Nürnberg
17	Gilbert Dussier	Röchling Völklingen
16	Lothar Emmerich	FC Schweinfurt 05
16	Werner Seubert	FC Schweinfurt 05
15	Harald Aumeier	FC Schweinfurt 05
	Harry Erhart	FK Pirmasens
	Gerhard Pankotsch	FC 08 Homburg
	Gerd Warken	Röchling Völklingen
	Dieter Weinkauff	FK Pirmasens
	Hartmut Werner	FC Bayern Hof

Promotion play-offs

The second placed teams of each division entered a two-leg promotion play-off. Bayer Uerdingen was promoted to Bundesliga.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FK Pirmasens (S)	4–10	Bayer Uerdingen (N)	4–4	0–6

References

^ 2. Bundesliga 1974/1975 Nord Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015
^ 2. Bundesliga 1974/1975 Süd Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015
^ Relegation Bundesliga 1974/1975 (in German) Weltfussball.de – Promotion round, retrieved 8 November 2015

External links

2. Bundesliga 1974/1975 Nord at Weltfussball.de (in German)
2. Bundesliga 1974/1975 Süd at Weltfussball.de (in German)
1974–75 2. Bundesliga at kicker.de (in German)

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2. Bundesliga (1981–present)	Alemannia Aachen VfR Aalen Rot Weiss Ahlen Viktoria Aschaffenburg Erzgebirge Aue FC Augsburg SV Babelsberg 03 SpVgg Bayreuth Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin Union Berlin Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum Stahl Brandenburg Werder Bremen Wacker Burghausen VfR Bürstadt SC Charlottenburg Chemnitzer FC Energie Cottbus Darmstadt 98 Dynamo Dresden MSV Duisburg Rot-Weiß Erfurt Rot-Weiss Essen Eintracht Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt Freiburger FC SC Freiburg FC Gütersloh Hallescher FC TSV Havelse 1. FC Heidenheim 1899 Hoffenheim FC Homburg FC Ingolstadt Carl Zeiss Jena Hessen Kassel TuS Koblenz 1. FC Köln Fortuna Köln RB Leipzig VfB Leipzig VfB Lübeck 1. FSV Mainz 05 Waldhof Mannheim SV Meppen Borussia Mönchengladbach TSV 1860 Munich Preußen Münster Kickers Offenbach Rot-Weiß Oberhausen VfB Oldenburg Jahn Regensburg FC Remscheid SSV Reutlingen Hansa Rostock 1. FC Saarbrücken FSV Salmrohr SV Sandhausen TuS Schloß Neuhaus 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 Sportfreunde Siegen Union Solingen VfB Stuttgart Stuttgarter Kickers Eintracht Trier KFC Uerdingen 05 SSV Ulm 1846 SpVgg Unterhaching Wattenscheid 09 VfL Wolfsburg Wormatia Worms Wuppertaler SV Würzburger Kickers FSV Zwickau
2. Bundesliga Nord (1974–1981)	HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst Wacker 04 Berlin 1. FC Bocholt Bonner SC OSC Bremerhaven Borussia Dortmund SpVgg Erkenschwick Schwarz-Weiß Essen 1. SC Göttingen 05 DJK Gütersloh Arminia Hannover OSV Hannover SC Herford Westfalia Herne Viktoria Köln Bayer Leverkusen Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid 1. FC Mülheim Spandauer SV DSC Wanne-Eickel Olympia Wilhelmshaven
2. Bundesliga Süd (1974–1981)	Eintracht Bad Kreuznach KSV Baunatal VfB Eppingen FC Hanau 93 VfR Heilbronn Bayern Hof ESV Ingolstadt MTV Ingolstadt VfR Mannheim Borussia Neunkirchen FK Pirmasens BSV 07 Schwenningen Röchling Völklingen Würzburger FV

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