1975–76 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga
Season1975–76
ChampionsNord: Tennis Borussia Berlin
Süd: 1. FC Saarbrücken
PromotedNord: Tennis Borussia Berlin
Borussia Dortmund
Süd: 1. FC Saarbrücken
RelegatedNord: 1. FC Mülheim
SpVgg Erkenschwick
DJK Gütersloh
Spandauer SV
Süd: 1. FSV Mainz 05
FC Schweinfurt 05
Eintracht Bad Kreuznach
SSV Reutlingen
Matches playedNord: 380
Süd: 380
Top goalscorerNord: Norbert Stolzenburg
(27 goals)
Süd: Karl-Heinz Granitza
(29 goals)
Average attendanceNord: 6,396
Süd: 7,258

The 1975–76 2. Bundesliga season was the second season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd.

Tennis Borussia Berlin, Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Saarbrücken were promoted to the Bundesliga while 1. FC Mülheim, SpVgg Erkenschwick, DJK Gütersloh, Spandauer SV, 1. FSV Mainz 05, FC Schweinfurt 05, Eintracht Bad Kreuznach and SSV Reutlingen were relegated to the Oberligas and Amateurligas.

Nord

For the 1975–76 season saw Bayer Leverkusen, Spandauer SV, Westfalia Herne and Union Solingen promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga and Amateurligas while Wuppertaler SV and Tennis Borussia Berlin had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Tennis Borussia Berlin (C, P) 38 25 4 9 86 43 +43 54 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Borussia Dortmund (P) 38 22 8 8 93 37 +56 52 Qualification for promotion play-offs
3 Preußen Münster 38 20 9 9 65 42 +23 49
4 Fortuna Köln 38 19 7 12 74 49 +25 45
5 Wuppertaler SV 38 18 9 11 76 53 +23 45
6 VfL Osnabrück 38 19 7 12 61 47 +14 45
7 Schwarz-Weiss Essen 38 19 6 13 63 52 +11 44
8 SG Wattenscheid 09 38 17 9 12 71 58 +13 43
9 Arminia Bielefeld 38 14 14 10 49 46 +3 42
10 Westfalia Herne 38 16 8 14 60 57 +3 40
11 1. SC Göttingen 05 38 15 7 16 63 54 +9 37
12 Alemannia Aachen 38 12 12 14 45 53 −8 36
13 SG Union Solingen 38 11 14 13 45 56 −11 36
14 FC St. Pauli 38 13 8 17 70 82 −12 34
15 Bayer Leverkusen 38 12 8 18 46 61 −15 32
16 Wacker 04 Berlin 38 11 9 18 51 82 −31 31
17 1. FC Mülheim (R) 38 10 10 18 54 76 −22 30 Relegation to Oberliga
18 SpVgg Erkenschwick (R) 38 10 9 19 45 69 −24 29
19 DJK Gütersloh (R) 38 12 4 22 52 70 −18 28
20 Spandauer SV (R) 38 2 4 32 33 115 −82 8
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 TBB W04 DSC BVB ERK SWE G05 DJK SCW FKO B04 FMU PRM OSN SGU SSV STP SGW WSV
Alemannia Aachen — 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–1 5–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–1
Tennis Borussia Berlin 6–0 — 4–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 4–1 4–0 0–1 3–1 3–2 4–1 5–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 2–1
Wacker 04 Berlin 2–0 2–1 — 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–3 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–7 0–3 4–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–3 1–2
Arminia Bielefeld 1–0 0–2 1–1 — 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–4 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1
Borussia Dortmund 3–0 4–0 6–0 2–2 — 6–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 7–0 6–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 6–2 4–1 2–1
SpVgg Erkenschwick 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–4 — 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–4 2–1 4–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 4–3 5–1 1–3 2–3 0–1
Schwarz-Weiß Essen 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 — 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–1 2–2
Göttingen 05 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–2 — 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 2–2 4–1 1–2 0–2 1–3
DJK Gütersloh 2–1 2–4 1–0 0–2 0–2 4–0 0–2 1–0 — 1–2 3–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 4–2 3–1 4–0 4–4 1–2 0–5
Westfalia Herne 2–0 3–2 3–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 — 0–2 2–1 6–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 4–2
Fortuna Köln 1–1 6–1 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 3–2 3–4 2–0 3–1 — 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–2 2–1 5–4 0–4
Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 — 3–0 6–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–1
1. FC Mülheim 0–0 0–2 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–4 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 — 1–1 1–3 5–1 6–1 4–3 1–2 0–0
Preußen Münster 4–0 0–0 4–2 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 — 2–0 2–1 7–0 2–2 2–1 1–1
VfL Osnabrück 1–0 1–2 4–2 2–0 3–2 3–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 — 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 4–0
Union Solingen 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 — 2–1 1–4 2–2 2–1
Spandauer SV 1–4 0–5 2–3 1–3 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 1–3 1–0 4–5 1–2 1–0 2–7 — 1–5 1–1 1–4
FC St. Pauli 1–1 1–2 5–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–2 5–1 — 3–5 2–4
SG Wattenscheid 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 4–3 2–3 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 — 2–2
Wuppertaler SV 2–2 1–4 3–1 1–4 0–3 3–0 2–2 3–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–2 3–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:[1]

Goals Player Team
27 Germany Norbert Stolzenburg Tennis Borussia Berlin
22 Germany Hans Fritsche Schwarz-Weiß Essen
19 Germany Franz Gerber Wuppertaler SV
18 Germany Hans-Werner Hartl Borussia Dortmund
Germany Herbert Mühlenberg VfL Osnabrück
17 Germany Hans-Joachim Abel Westfalia Herne
Germany Otmar Ludwig Fortuna Köln
15 Germany Wolfgang John Wacker 04 Berlin/FC St. Pauli
Germany Gerd Kasperski Borussia Dortmund
Germany Horst Neumann FC St. Pauli

Süd

For the 1975–76 season saw Eintracht Kreuznach, FSV Frankfurt, Jahn Regensburg and SSV Reutlingen promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and VfB Stuttgart relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Saarbrücken (C, P) 38 23 11 4 66 28 +38 57 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 1. FC Nürnberg 38 24 6 8 78 42 +36 54 Qualification for promotion play-offs
3 FC Homburg 38 19 13 6 72 41 +31 51
4 1860 Munich 38 19 9 10 78 55 +23 47
5 SpVgg Bayreuth 38 18 11 9 71 55 +16 47
6 Röchling Völklingen 38 18 9 11 72 65 +7 45
7 Darmstadt 98 38 19 5 14 76 64 +12 43
8 Waldhof Mannheim 38 16 10 12 64 55 +9 42
9 Bayern Hof 38 18 5 15 60 56 +4 41
10 SpVgg Fürth 38 17 3 18 64 52 +12 37
11 VfB Stuttgart 38 16 4 18 67 60 +7 36
12 Mainz 05[a] (R) 38 12 12 14 81 92 −11 36 Relegation to Oberliga
13 FSV Frankfurt 38 15 5 18 49 63 −14 35
14 FK Pirmasens 38 13 7 18 66 78 −12 33
15 FC Augsburg 38 12 8 18 57 56 +1 32
16 Stuttgarter Kickers 38 13 6 19 57 70 −13 32
17 Jahn Regensburg 38 8 14 16 48 74 −26 30
18 FC Schweinfurt 05 (R) 38 9 8 21 50 72 −22 26 Relegation to Oberliga
19 Eintracht Bad Kreuznach (R) 38 8 7 23 49 83 −34 23
20 SSV Reutlingen (R) 38 5 3 30 35 99 −64 13
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 1. FSV Mainz 05 voluntarily returned their license for the following season to the DFB and were therefore relegated.

Results

Home \ Away FCA EBK BAY D98 FSV FUE HOF HOM M05 M60 FCN FKP JRE R05 FCS S05 SKI VFB SVR CWA
FC Augsburg — 3–1 3–4 4–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 4–0 3–1 2–0 0–1
Eintracht Bad Kreuznach 1–0 — 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–3 6–3 2–2 6–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 6–4
SpVgg Bayreuth 2–0 1–1 — 0–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–2 3–4 3–0 4–0 3–2 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–2
Darmstadt 98 4–1 4–1 0–0 — 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 3–1 5–3 2–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 6–2 4–0 2–3 3–1 4–1
FSV Frankfurt 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 — 4–0 2–0 1–0 7–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–7 0–1 3–2
SpVgg Fürth 2–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 — 3–0 0–3 4–2 0–2 2–3 4–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–1
Bayern Hof 2–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 — 3–2 4–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 3–4 2–0 1–2 3–4 1–0 0–1
FC Homburg 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 3–1 3–0 — 7–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–2
Mainz 05 1–3 3–1 2–2 5–2 6–1 1–5 0–1 2–2 — 3–3 3–7 1–0 3–3 4–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–2 4–2 2–2
1860 Munich 4–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–3 — 1–0 3–0 3–1 6–0 1–1 3–1 5–0 3–0 1–2 2–1
1. FC Nürnberg 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 5–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 — 5–4 4–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 2–2 0–2
FK Pirmasens 0–0 6–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–3 4–1 0–3 — 2–1 2–1 0–2 5–4 1–0 0–2 6–2 1–2
Jahn Regensburg 2–0 2–1 4–2 3–3 1–1 1–2 0–3 2–2 3–3 0–2 0–3 0–0 — 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–2
SSV Reutlingen 0–2 1–3 1–3 2–6 0–1 1–0 1–4 0–2 2–2 1–4 0–1 3–4 2–4 — 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–4 1–3 1–1
1. FC Saarbrücken 2–0 3–0 5–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 — 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 3–1
1. FC Schweinfurt 3–3 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 — 2–1 2–3 3–4 1–1
Stuttgarter Kickers 1–1 3–3 0–1 6–0 0–0 1–4 2–1 0–1 5–2 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–2 — 2–0 1–2 4–1
VfB Stuttgart 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 5–3 3–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 5–0 — 2–2 2–0
Röchling Völklingen 4–4 1–0 3–3 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–4 0–0 4–2 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 5–3 — 1–0
SV Chio Waldhof 0–3 3–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 3–0 5–1 5–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–4 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:[2]

Goals Player Team
29 Germany Karl-Heinz Granitza Röchling Völklingen
23 Germany Werner Hofmann SpVgg Fürth
Germany Ferdinand Keller TSV 1860 Munich
21 Germany Lothar Emmerich FC Schweinfurt 05
Germany Dieter Nüssing 1. FC Nürnberg
Germany Hans Walitza 1. FC Nürnberg
20 Germany Hartmut Werner FC Bayern Hof
19 Germany Manfred Lenz FC 08 Homburg
18 Germany Harald Diener FC 08 Homburg
Germany Günter Sebert SV Waldhof Mannheim

Promotion play-offs

The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions. Borussia Dortmund won on aggregate and were promoted to the Bundesliga.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
1. FC Nürnberg (S) 2–4 Borussia Dortmund (N) 0–1 2–3

References

  1. ^ 2. Bundesliga 1975/1976 Nord Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015
  2. ^ 2. Bundesliga 1975/1976 Süd Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015
  3. ^ Relegation Bundesliga 1975/1976 (in German) Weltfussball.de – Promotion round, retrieved 8 November 2015