1984–85 2. Bundesliga

11th season of the second-tier football league in Germany

Football league season

2. Bundesliga
Season	1984–85
Champions	1. FC Nürnberg
Promoted	1. FC Nürnberg Hannover 96 1. FC Saarbrücken
Relegated	FC St. Pauli VfR 1910 Bürstadt Kickers Offenbach SSV Ulm 1846
Matches played	380
Top goalscorer	Manfred Burgsmüller (29 goals)
Average attendance	5,499
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 2. Bundesliga season was the eleventh season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.

1. FC Nürnberg, Hannover 96 and 1. FC Saarbrücken were promoted to the Bundesliga while FC St. Pauli, VfR 1910 Bürstadt, Kickers Offenbach and SSV Ulm 1846 were relegated to the Oberliga.

League table

For the 1984–85 season VfR 1910 Bürstadt, FC 08 Homburg, FC St. Pauli and Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while 1. FC Nürnberg and Kickers Offenbach had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.

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Locations of the participating teams of the 1984–85 season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Nürnberg (C, P)	38	23	4	11	71	45	+26	50	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Hannover 96 (P)	38	18	14	6	79	58	+21	50	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	1. FC Saarbrücken (P)	38	21	7	10	70	41	+29	49	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	KSV Hessen Kassel	38	20	9	9	72	48	+24	49
5	Alemannia Aachen	38	15	13	10	60	46	+14	43
6	SG Union Solingen	38	18	5	15	64	70	−6	41
7	Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin	38	15	9	14	66	56	+10	39
8	SC Freiburg	38	14	10	14	45	49	−4	38
9	Stuttgarter Kickers	38	14	9	15	51	49	+2	37
10	SG Wattenscheid 09	38	14	8	16	61	68	−7	36
11	Fortuna Köln	38	14	8	16	58	67	−9	36
12	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	38	13	9	16	64	70	−6	35
13	MSV Duisburg	38	12	11	15	56	63	−7	35
14	Hertha BSC	38	10	15	13	50	59	−9	35
15	Darmstadt 98	38	13	9	16	52	64	−12	35
16	FC Homburg	38	13	8	17	57	58	−1	34
17	FC St. Pauli (R)	38	11	11	16	48	59	−11	33	Relegation to Oberliga
18	VfR Bürstadt (R)	38	12	7	19	48	56	−8	31
19	Kickers Offenbach (R)	38	10	12	16	43	56	−13	32
20	SSV Ulm 1846 (R)	38	5	12	21	48	81	−33	22

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	BWB	BSC	BUE	D98	DUI	SCF	H96	HOM	KAS	FKO	FCN	RWO	KOF	FCS	SGU	STP	SKI	ULM	SGW
Alemannia Aachen	—	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–2	3–0
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin	1–2	—	0–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	6–4	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–1
Hertha BSC	0–0	2–0	—	1–1	0–0	4–3	0–0	2–2	3–3	1–1	2–1	0–3	4–1	0–1	4–3	3–2	1–1	1–3	5–1	3–1
VfR Bürstadt	2–0	0–0	2–2	—	0–2	7–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2
Darmstadt 98	3–1	4–1	2–1	1–2	—	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–4	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–4
MSV Duisburg	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	—	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	5–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	0–1	5–0	1–1
SC Freiburg	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	—	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–4	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–2
Hannover 96	3–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	—	1–1	1–3	3–2	4–2	5–3	2–3	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–2
FC Homburg	3–4	1–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	3–3	—	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	4–3	3–1	3–2	3–1	2–0
Hessen Kassel	0–0	1–4	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	3–2	—	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	6–0	5–4	2–0	3–1	5–1
Fortuna Köln	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	0–0	0–0	3–5	0–0	3–0	—	2–0	4–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	4–0	3–2	2–1
1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	6–0	—	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–2	2–0
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	3–1	2–5	5–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	5–1	1–0	0–0	3–4	2–2
Kickers Offenbach	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	0–2	0–1	2–4	2–3	2–1	—	1–3	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1
1. FC Saarbrücken	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	6–1	3–2	0–1	5–0	—	3–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	2–1
Union Solingen	3–1	5–3	3–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–3	0–2	4–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	—	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–0
FC St. Pauli	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–5	—	2–0	0–0	1–1
Stuttgarter Kickers	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	4–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	—	2–0	4–0
SSV Ulm	3–1	3–3	0–0	4–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	1–4	0–0	0–1	4–4	3–2	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	—	3–3
SG Wattenscheid	2–2	2–1	3–0	3–2	2–2	2–4	2–3	2–0	2–1	3–2	4–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–4	2–1	—

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	Manfred Burgsmüller	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
17	Pascal Notthoff	MSV Duisburg
16	Dieter Dannenberg	Stuttgarter Kickers
15	Michael Blättel	1. FC Saarbrücken
15	Uwe Höfer	Kickers Offenbach
14	Leo Bunk	SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin
	Jörg Gaedke	SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin
	Gregor Grillemeier	Hertha BSC Berlin
	Michael Gue	Hannover 96
	Horst Knauf	KSV Hessen Kassel
	Uwe Kuhl	SV Darmstadt 98
	Dirk Kurtenbach	Fortuna Köln

References

^ 2. Bundesliga 1984/1985 » Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 7 November 2015

External links

2. Bundesliga 1984/1985 at Weltfussball.de (in German)
1984–85 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