1996–97 2. Bundesliga

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2. Bundesliga
Season1996–97
Champions 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Promoted 1. FC Kaiserslautern
VfL Wolfsburg
Hertha BSC
Relegated SV Waldhof Mannheim
VfB Lübeck
Rot-Weiss Essen
VfB Oldenburg
Matches306
Top goalscorer Angelo Vier
(18 goals)
Average attendance8,952
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.

Contents

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.

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Locations of the participating teams of the 1996–97 season
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 1. FC Kaiserslautern (C, P)34191147428+4668Promotion to Bundesliga
2 VfL Wolfsburg (P)34141645229+2358
3 Hertha BSC (P)34177105738+1958
4 Mainz 05 34141285034+1654
5 Stuttgarter Kickers 34141193827+1153
6 SpVgg Unterhaching 34111673529+649
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34139124346−348
8 VfB Leipzig 341210125354−146
9 KFC Uerdingen 34135164644+244
10 SV Meppen 341014104448−444
11 Fortuna Köln 34119145247+542
12 Carl Zeiss Jena 34915104449−542
13 FC Gütersloh 34129134351−845
14 FSV Zwickau 34126163448−1442
15 Waldhof Mannheim (R)341010144556−1140Relegation to Regionalliga [a]
16 VfB Lübeck (R)34812143253−2136
17 Rot-Weiss Essen (R)3485214774−2729
18 VfB Oldenburg (R)3469193367−3427
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ 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 —7–31–25–20–12–04–21–10–01–02–23–01–00–10–23–01–01–0
Rot-Weiss Essen 2–1—4–12–20–21–40–44–12–00–22–12–15–00–41–21–20–11–2
Eintracht Frankfurt 3–13–0—2–01–10–03–12–33–01–01–00–12–30–10–11–01–12–1
FC Gütersloh 1–02–33–1—0–01–11–02–03–10–00–04–21–01–01–11–11–13–1
Carl Zeiss Jena 2–14–01–12–5—2–21–10–01–12–11–12–13–10–02–21–13–32–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–03–25–02–02–0—2–04–17–01–15–07–66–22–03–10–04–04–1
Fortuna Köln 2–01–10–03–02–00–0—2–30–31–34–00–07–11–21–23–12–02–1
VfB Leipzig 0–32–02–33–13–32–24–1—0–03–06–11–30–00–03–13–00–24–0
VfB Lübeck 1–43–21–12–31–00–21–10–1—0–22–34–12–01–02–00–00–01–1
Mainz 05 0–12–12–23–03–20–02–02–11–1—2–03–03–01–03–10–00–01–1
Waldhof Mannheim 2–13–31–21–04–02–03–31–13–12–2—1–02–00–11–01–11–34–0
SV Meppen 1–11–11–12–00–02–10–30–02–05–41–1—2–11–12–01–10–03–0
VfB Oldenburg 2–22–11–22–01–00–11–14–11–11–11–01–1—1–11–21–31–41–2
Stuttgarter Kickers 1–21–10–01–11–20–23–13–12–32–12–10–05–0—1–01–00–01–0
KFC Uerdingen 2–31–03–00–22–20–11–25–05–00–14–10–01–03–1—0–40–33–0
SpVgg Unterhaching 1–22–02–13–12–10–00–01–10–00–02–11–21–11–10–0—1–02–1
VfL Wolfsburg 1–15–14–13–04–10–02–12–00–05–41–13–12–20–01–00–0—1–1
FSV Zwickau 1–22–11–03–11–02–12–01–22–00–02–01–11–00–12–10–20–0—
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers: [1]

GoalsPlayerTeam
18 Flag of Germany.svg Angelo Vier Rot-Weiss Essen
17 Flag of Germany.svg Steffen Heidrich VfB Leipzig
15 Flag of Germany.svg Axel Kruse Hertha BSC Berlin
14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Kuka 1. FC Kaiserslautern
13 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Claaßen SV Meppen
12 Flag of Morocco.svg Abderrahim Ouakili 1. FSV Mainz 05
Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Rische 1. FC Kaiserslautern
11 Flag of Germany.svg Rainer Krieg Fortuna Köln
10 Flag of Germany.svg Sven Demandt 1. FSV Mainz 05
Flag of Germany.svg Horst Elberfeld VfB Oldenburg
Flag of Germany.svg Wolfram Klein Rot-Weiss Essen
Flag of Germany.svg Olaf Marschall 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dirk van der Ven FC Gütersloh
Flag of Germany.svg Mark Zimmermann FC Carl Zeiss Jena

References

  1. ↑ 2. Bundesliga 1996/1997 » Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 17 November 2015
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