Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga

Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga
Organising bodies	DFL and DFB
Founded	1974;49 years ago
Region	Germany
Number of teams	2 or 3
Qualifier for	2. Bundesliga
Current champions	SV Elversberg VfL Osnabrück Wehen Wiesbaden (2022–23)
	2023–24 3. Liga

Last updated December 18, 2023

The Promotion to the 2. Bundesliga (German: Aufstiegsrunde zur 2. Bundesliga) are an end-of-season competition, held annually to determine the clubs that were promoted from the Amateurligas, later the Amateur Oberligas to the 2. Bundesligas . It is necessary because there are more third division champions than promotion spots available.

After the introduction of the Regionalliga in 1994, the promotion round was greatly reduced in length, generally only involving two teams. Eventually, after 2000, all promotion spots to the 2. Bundesliga were direct with no deciders necessary. Since the 2008–09 season, after the introduction of the 3. Liga, a promotion round was reintroduced.

Leagues

Tier two

Originally, there were two 2. Bundesligas, the second tier of the German football league system, these being:

2. Bundesliga Süd
2. Bundesliga Nord

In 1981, these were reduced to just one league, the 2. Bundesliga .

Tier three

In 1975, there were 15 Amateurligas, the third level of German football, these being:

Southern Germany

In 1978, these were reduced to four Amateur Oberligas, these being:

Northern Germany

In 1978, these were reduced to four Amateur Oberligas, these being:

Amateur-Oberliga Berlin (disbanded in 1991)
Amateur Oberliga Nord
Amateur Oberliga Nordrhein
Amateur Oberliga Westfalen

North-Eastern Germany

The following three Oberligas were formed in 1991, after the German reunion.

System and modus

2. Bundesliga South promotion modus

From 1975 until 1978 the champions of the Amateurligas Bayern and Hessen were directly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. The winners of the Amateurligas Nordbaden, Südbaden, Schwarzwald-Bodensee and Württemberg played out a third promotion spot. The winners of the Amateurligas Saarland, Südwest and Rheinland played out a fourth spot. Both these rounds were played in a home-and-away round robin.

In 1979 and 1980 there was no play-offs as the nine southern Amateurligas had merged to four Oberligas and therefore each champion was promoted directly. This fact was actually the main reason for the merger.

2. Bundesliga North promotion modus

In 1975 and 1976 the champions of the Amateurligas Niederrhein, Mittelrhein and the second placed team in the Oberliga Nord played out two promotion spots. The champion of the Amateurliga Berlin, the champion of the Oberliga Nord and the winner of the decider of the two Westfalen champions played out another two spots.

In 1977 and 1978 the top four teams of the Oberliga Nord, the champions of the Amateurligas Niederrhein, Mittelrhein, Westfalen 1, Westfalen 2 and Berlin played out the four promotion spots in two groups of four. Beforehand, a decider between the 4th placed team from the North and the runners-up of Westfalen reduced the number to eight out of those nine.

In 1979 and 1980 there was no play-offs as the six northern leagues merged to form four Oberligas like in the south. The champions of the Oberligas Nord, Nordrhein and Westfalen were promoted directly, the winner of Oberliga Berlin had to play the runners-up of the Oberliga Nord for the last spot.

2. Bundesliga promotion modus

From 1982 until 1991 the play-offs were split into a north and a south group.

In the southern group the four Oberliga champions of Bayern, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen and Südwest played out two promotion spots. In 1982 this was done in a single round system, afterwards in a home-and-away round robin.

In the northern group the winners of the four Oberligas Berlin, Westfalen, Nordrhein and Nord played out two promotion spots. In 1982 this was done in a single round system, afterwards in a home-and-away round robin. From 1984 the runners-up of the Oberliga Nord was also included in this play-off, taking the number of teams to five.

After the reunification of Germany the number of teams was extended.

In 1991 there was an additional two groups of four teams from East Germany. The winner of each of those four groups were promoted.

In 1992 there was 13 teams in four groups with the group winner gaining promotion. Qualified to this play-off were the ten Oberliga champions, the runners-up from Oberliga Nord and two teams from 2. Bundesliga.

In 1993 and 1994 the ten Oberliga champions and the runners-up from Oberliga Nord played in three groups, two times four and one time three, for three promotion spots.

in 1994 the four Regionalliga were introduced as an intermediate between 2. Bundesliga and the Oberligas. Oberliga teams were now promoted to the Regionalligas instead.

Modus from 1994

With the introduction of the four Regionalligas in 1994, the system for promotion was somewhat simpler. The champions of the Regionalligas Süd and West/Südwest were always directly promoted. The Regionalligas Nord and Nordost were considered a single entity for the purpose of promotion, therefore only one of the two winners could get directly promoted. From 1996, the two winners of the league had to play a home-and-away decider. The reason for this was that each of the first two Regionalligas covered areas with a population and playing strength roughly equal to the combined second two. The fourth promotion spot was allocated the following way:

1995: To the Nord/Nordost region, therefore both league winners promoted.
1996: To the West/Südwest region, runners-up of that region promoted.
1997: To the Süd region, runners-up of that region promoted.
1998 to 2000: The runners-up of West/Südwest and Süd plus the losing team from the Nord/Nordost area play a group round-robin to determine the fourth promoted team.

With the reduction of the numbers of Regionalligas in 2000 to two, play-offs became unnecessary and two teams from each league were directly promoted.

Modus from 2000

After the changes in the league system in 2000, the reduction of the numbers of Regionalligas from four to two, direct promotion was available to the 2. Bundesliga once more. The champions and runners-up of the two Regionalligas moved up without having to play a promotion round. In some instances, a promotion spot was held by a reserve team of a Bundesliga or 2. Bundesliga side, in those cases, the next-best placed first team was promoted instead.

In 2008, the 3. Liga was established as the new third tier, between Regionalligas and 2. Bundesliga. The top-two teams out of the third division are directly promoted. The third placed club has to play the 16th placed team of the 2. Bundesliga in a home and away round to determine who receives the last spot in the second division.^[1] Reserve sides, which also play in the 3. Liga, can not earn promotion.

Clubs taking part in the promotion round

Southern Germany (1975–1978)

Directly promoted clubs from Hesse and Bavaria

Season	Amateurliga Bayern	Amateurliga Hessen
1974–75	Jahn Regensburg	FSV Frankfurt
1975–76	Würzburger FV	KSV Baunatal
1976–77	Würzburger Kickers	VfR Bürstadt
1977–78	MTV Ingolstadt	FC Hanau 93

Promotion round: Southwestern group

Season	Amateurliga Saarland	Amateurliga Südwest	Amateurliga Rheinland
1974–75	ASC Dudweiler	Eintracht Bad Kreuznach	Eintracht Trier
1975–76	Borussia Neunkirchen	Wormatia Worms	Eintracht Trier
1976–77	Borussia Neunkirchen	Wormatia Worms	TuS Neuendorf
1977–78	Borussia Neunkirchen	Mainz 05	TuS Neuendorf

Promotion round: Baden-Württemberg group

Season	Amateurliga Nordbaden	Amateurliga Südbaden	Amateurliga Württemberg	Amateurliga Schwarzwald-Bodensee
1974–75	VfB Eppingen	Offenburger FV	VfR Aalen	SSV Reutlingen
1975–76	VfR Mannheim	FC 08 Villingen	SpVgg Ludwigsburg	BSV Schwenningen
1976–77	SV Neckargerach	Freiburger FC	SSV Ulm	SSV Reutlingen
1977–78	FV Weinheim	SC Freiburg	SSV Ulm	SSV Reutlingen

Southern Germany (1982–1994)

Season	Oberliga Bayern	Oberliga Hessen	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg	Oberliga Südwest
1981–82	FC Augsburg	FSV Frankfurt	SSV Ulm	FC Homburg
1982–83	SpVgg Unterhaching	VfR Oli Bürstadt	SSV Ulm	1. FC Saarbrücken
1983–84	1860 Munich	VfR Oli Bürstadt	Freiburger FC	FC Homburg
1984–85	SpVgg Bayreuth	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	SV Sandhausen	FSV Salmrohr
1985–86	1860 Munich	Kickers Offenbach	SSV Ulm	FSV Salmrohr
1986–87	SpVgg Bayreuth	Kickers Offenbach	SV Sandhausen	Eintracht Trier
1987–88	SpVgg Unterhaching	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	FV 09 Weinheim	Mainz 05
1988–89	SpVgg Unterhaching	Hessen Kassel	SSV Reutlingen	SV Edenkoben
1989–90	Schweinfurt 05	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	SSV Reutlingen	Mainz 05
1990–91	1860 Munich	Hessen Kassel	1. FC Pforzheim	Borussia Neunkirchen
1991–92	SpVgg Unterhaching	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	SSV Reutlingen	FSV Salmrohr
1992–93	1860 Munich	Kickers Offenbach	SSV Ulm	Eintracht Trier
1993–94	FC Augsburg	FSV Frankfurt	SSV Ulm	Eintracht Trier

Northern Germany (1975–1978)

Promotion round: Group A

Season	Amateurliga Mittelrhein	Amateurliga Niederrhein	Oberliga Nord
1974–75	Bayer Leverkusen	Union Solingen	Arminia Hannover
1975–76	Bonner SC	1. FC Bocholt	VfL Wolfsburg

Season	Amateurliga Westfalen	Amateurliga Mittelrhein	Oberliga Nord	Oberliga Nord
1976–77	Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid	Siegburger SV 04	Union Salzgitter	Holstein Kiel
1977–78	DSC Wanne-Eickel	Viktoria Köln	VfL Wolfsburg	Göttingen 05

Promotion round: Group B

Season	Amateurligas Westfalen	Oberliga Berlin	Oberliga Nord
1974–75	Westfalia Herne	Spandauer SV	VfB Oldenburg
1975–76	SC Herford	Union 06 Berlin	Arminia Hannover

Season	Amateurliga Niederrhein	Oberliga Berlin	Oberliga Nord	Qualifier
1976–77	1. FC Bocholt	Spandauer SV	TuS Bremerhaven	SVA Gütersloh
1977–78	Olympia Bocholt	Wacker Berlin	OSV Hannover	Holstein Kiel

Northern Germany (1982–1994)

Season	Oberliga Nordrhein	Oberliga Westfalen	Oberliga Berlin	Oberliga Nord (1st)	Oberliga Nord (2nd)
1981–82	BV Lüttringhausen	TuS Schloß Neuhaus	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Arminia Hannover	—
1982–83	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	Eintracht Hamm	SC Charlottenburg	FC St. Pauli	—
1983–84	1. FC Bocholt	FC Gütersloh	Blau-Weiß Berlin	FC St. Pauli	SV Lurup
1984–85	Rot-Weiss Essen	Eintracht Hamm	Tennis Borussia Berlin	VfL Osnabrück	Hummelsbütteler SV
1985–86	Rot-Weiß Essen	ASC Schöppingen	SC Charlottenburg	FC St. Pauli	VfB Oldenburg
1986–87	BVL Remscheid	SpVgg Erkenschwick	Hertha BSC	SV Meppen	Arminia Hannover
1987–88	MSV Duisburg	Preußen Münster	Hertha BSC	Eintracht Braunschweig	VfL Wolfsburg
1988–89	MSV Duisburg	Preußen Münster	Reinickendorfer Füchse	TSV Havelse	Göttingen 05
1989–90	Wuppertaler SV	Arminia Bielefeld	Reinickendorfer Füchse	VfB Oldenburg	TSV Havelse
1990–91	FC Remscheid	SC Verl	Tennis Borussia Berlin	VfL Wolfsburg	Göttingen 05
1991–92	Wuppertaler SV	Preußen Münster	—	VfL Wolfsburg	TSV Havelse
1992–93	Rot-Weiß Essen	Preußen Münster	—	VfL Herzlake	SC Norderstedt
1993–94	Fortuna Düsseldorf	TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus	—	Kickers Emden	Eintracht Braunschweig

North-Eastern Germany (1991–1994)

Season	NOFV-Oberliga Nord	NOFV-Oberliga Mitte	NOFV Oberliga Süd
1991–92	FC Berlin	Union Berlin	FSV Zwickau
1992–93	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Union Berlin	Bischofswerdaer FV
1993–94	BSV Brandenburg	Energie Cottbus	FSV Zwickau

Promoted teams from the Regionalliga (1995–2008)

1995–2000

Season	Regionalliga Süd	Regionalliga West/Südwest	Regionalliga Nord	Regionalliga Nord-Ost
1994–95	SpVgg Unterhaching	Arminia Bielefeld	VfB Lübeck	Carl Zeiss Jena
1995–96	Stuttgarter Kickers	FC Gütersloh Rot-Weiss Essen	VfB Oldenburg	Tennis Borussia Berlin
1996–97	1. FC Nürnberg Greuther Fürth	SG Wattenscheid	Hannover 96	Energie Cottbus
1997–98	SSV Ulm	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	Hannover 96	Tennis Borussia Berlin
1998–99	Waldhof Mannheim Kickers Offenbach	Alemannia Aachen	VfL Osnabrück	Chemnitzer FC
1999–2000	SSV Reutlingen	1. FC Saarbrücken LR Ahlen	VfL Osnabrück	Union Berlin

The Nord versus Nordost play-off games

These were staged in the five seasons from 1996 to 2000 to determine which team was directly promoted. From 1998, the loser of this games got a second chance for promotion by playing the runners-up of the other two Regionalligas.

Date	Team A	Team B	Game 1	Game 2
1995–96	Tennis Borussia Berlin	VfB Oldenburg	1–1	1–2 ( a.e.t. )
1996–97	Hannover 96	Energie Cottbus	0–0	1–3
1997–98	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Hannover 96	2–0	0–2 (1–3 p )
1998–99	VfL Osnabrück	Chemnitzer FC	1–0	0–2
1999–2000	Union Berlin	VfL Osnabrück	1–1	1–1 (7–8 p )

Winner in bold.

2000–2008

All listed teams were promoted:

Season	Regionalliga Süd		Regionalliga Nord
2000–01	Karlsruher SC	FC Schweinfurt 05	1. FC Union Berlin	SV Babelsberg 03
2001–02	Wacker Burghausen	Eintracht Trier	VfB Lübeck	Eintracht Braunschweig
2002–03	SpVgg Unterhaching	SSV Jahn Regensburg	Erzgebirge Aue	VfL Osnabrück
2003–04	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	1. FC Saarbrücken	Rot-Weiß Essen	Dynamo Dresden
2004–05	Kickers Offenbach	Sportfreunde Siegen	Eintracht Braunschweig	SC Paderborn 07
2005–06	FC Augsburg	TuS Koblenz	Rot-Weiß Essen	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
2006–07	SV Wehen	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	FC St Pauli	VfL Osnabrück
2007–08	FSV Frankfurt	FC Ingolstadt 04	Rot-Weiß Ahlen	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

3. Liga

With the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008, the first two teams of this league earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga while the third placed team had to go through a promotion round.

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Promotion Playoff	Standings
2008–09	Union Berlin	Fortuna Düsseldorf	SC Paderborn	Table
2009–10	VfL Osnabrück	Erzgebirge Aue	FC Ingolstadt	Table
2010–11	Eintracht Braunschweig	Hansa Rostock	Dynamo Dresden	Table
2011–12	SV Sandhausen	VfR Aalen	Jahn Regensburg	Table
2012–13	Karlsruher SC	Arminia Bielefeld	VfL Osnabrück	Table
2013–14	1. FC Heidenheim	RB Leipzig	Darmstadt 98	Table
2014–15	Arminia Bielefeld	MSV Duisburg	Holstein Kiel	Table
2015–16	Dynamo Dresden	Erzgebirge Aue	Würzburger Kickers	Table
2016–17	MSV Duisburg	Holstein Kiel	Jahn Regensburg	Table
2017–18	1. FC Magdeburg	SC Paderborn	Karlsruher SC	Table
2018–19	VfL Osnabrück	Karlsruher SC	Wehen Wiesbaden	Table
2019–20	Würzburger Kickers ^{[upper-alpha 1]}	Eintracht Braunschweig	FC Ingolstadt	Table
2020–21	Dynamo Dresden	Hansa Rostock	FC Ingolstadt	Table
2021–22	1. FC Magdeburg	Eintracht Braunschweig	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Table
2022–23	SV Elversberg	VfL Osnabrück ^{[upper-alpha 2]}	Wehen Wiesbaden	Table

Bold denotes team earned promotion.

3. Liga promotion round

From the 2008–09 season onwards, the third placed team in the 3. Liga had to play the 16th placed team in the 2. Bundesliga for one more spot in the second division:

2008–09^[2]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SC Paderborn (3L)	2–0	VfL Osnabrück (2B)	1–0	1–0

2009–10^[3]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Ingolstadt (3L)	3–0	Hansa Rostock (2B)	1–0	2–0

2010–11^[4]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dynamo Dresden (3L)	4–2	VfL Osnabrück (2B)	1–1	3–1 (a.e.t.)

2011–12^[5]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jahn Regensburg (3L)	3–3 (a)	Karlsruher SC (2B)	1–1	2–2

2012–13^[6]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
VfL Osnabrück (3L)	1–2	Dynamo Dresden (2B)	1–0	0–2

2013–14^[7]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Darmstadt 98 (3L)	5–5 (a)	Arminia Bielefeld (2B)	1–3	4–2 (a.e.t.)

2014–15^[8]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Holstein Kiel (3L)	1–2	1860 Munich (2B)	0–0	1–2

2015–16^[9]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Würzburger Kickers (3L)	4–1	MSV Duisburg (2B)	2–0	2–1

2016–17^[10]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jahn Regensburg (3L)	3–1	1860 Munich (2B)	1–1	2–0

2017–18^[11]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Karlsruher SC (3L)	1–3	Erzgebirge Aue (2B)	0–0	1–3

2018–19^[12]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wehen Wiesbaden (3L)	4–4 (a)	FC Ingolstadt (2B)	1–2	3–2

2019–20^[13]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
1. FC Nürnberg (2B)	3–3 (a)	FC Ingolstadt (3L)	2–0	1–3

2020–21^[14]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Ingolstadt	4–3	VfL Osnabrück	3–0	1–3

2021–22^[15]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dynamo Dresden	0–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	0–2

2022–23^[16]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wehen Wiesbaden	6–1	Arminia Bielefeld	4–0	2–1

Winner in bold.

Symbol	Key
(2B)	2. Bundesliga – 16th placed team
(3L)	3. Liga – 3rd placed team

Notes

↑ The champions of the 2019–20 3. Liga, Bayern Munich II, could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, so the promotion spot was instead passed down to the next eligible team.
↑ The runners-up of the 2022–23 3. Liga, SC Freiburg II, could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, so the promotion spot was instead passed down to the next eligible team.

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[2] The champions of the 2019–20 3. Liga, Bayern Munich II, could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, so the promotion spot was instead passed down to the next eligible team.

[3] The runners-up of the 2022–23 3. Liga, SC Freiburg II, could not be promoted as they are a reserve team, so the promotion spot was instead passed down to the next eligible team.

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v t e 3. Liga
Seasons	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
2023–24 clubs	Erzgebirge Aue Arminia Bielefeld Borussia Dortmund II Dynamo Dresden MSV Duisburg Rot-Weiss Essen SC Freiburg II Hallescher FC FC Ingolstadt Viktoria Köln VfB Lübeck Waldhof Mannheim 1860 Munich Preußen Münster Jahn Regensburg 1. FC Saarbrücken SV Sandhausen SSV Ulm 1846 SpVgg Unterhaching SC Verl
Former clubs	Alemannia Aachen VfR Aalen Rot Weiss Ahlen SV Babelsberg 03 SpVgg Bayreuth 1. FC Union Berlin Viktoria Berlin Eintracht Braunschweig Werder Bremen II Wacker Burghausen Chemnitzer FC Energie Cottbus Darmstadt 98 Borussia Dortmund II Fortuna Düsseldorf SV Elversberg Kickers Emden Rot-Weiß Erfurt FSV Frankfurt SG Sonnenhof Großaspach TSV Havelse 1. FC Heidenheim Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Holstein Kiel TuS Koblenz Fortuna Köln RB Leipzig Sportfreunde Lotte 1. FC Magdeburg 1. FSV Mainz 05 II SV Meppen Bayern Munich II Türkgücü München Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Kickers Offenbach VfB Oldenburg VfL Osnabrück SC Paderborn 07 Hansa Rostock Stuttgarter Kickers VfB Stuttgart II KFC Uerdingen 05 SV Wehen Wiesbaden Wuppertaler SV Würzburger Kickers FSV Zwickau
Promotion to 3. Liga Promotion to 2. Bundesliga

v t e German level-V football leagues
Current Oberligas	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg Bayernliga (Bayernliga Nord Bayernliga Süd) Bremen-Liga Oberliga Hamburg Hessenliga Mittelrheinliga Oberliga Niederrhein Oberliga Niedersachsen NOFV-Oberliga (NOFV-Oberliga Nord NOFV-Oberliga Süd) Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar Oberliga Schleswig-Holstein Oberliga Westfalen
Defunct Oberligas	Amateur-Oberliga Berlin Oberliga Niedersachsen-Ost Oberliga Niedersachsen-West Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen NOFV-Oberliga Mitte NRW-Liga Oberliga Nord Oberliga Nordrhein
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