2024–25 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga
Season2024–25
Dates2 August 2024 – 18 May 2025
Matches played153
Goals scored484 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorerBudu Zivzivadze
(12 goals)
Biggest home winKöln 5–0 Braunschweig
Hamburg 5–0 Regensburg
Nürnberg 8–3 Regensburg
Biggest away winRegensburg 0–4 Fürth
Fürth 0–4 Nürnberg
Fürth 1–5 Darmstadt
Highest scoringNürnberg 8–3 Regensburg
Longest winning run3 games
four teams
Longest unbeaten run9 games
Karlsruhe
Longest winless run8 games
Regensburg
Longest losing run4 games
Braunschweig
Regensburg
Highest attendance68,763
Hertha BSC v Köln
Lowest attendance8,451
Elversberg v Ulm
Attendance4,614,275 (30,159 per match)
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 22 December 2024.

The 2024–25 2. Bundesliga is the 51st season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 2 August 2024 and will conclude on 18 May 2025.[1][2]

The fixtures were announced on 4 July 2024.[3]

Teams

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Locations of the 2024–25 2. Bundesliga teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2023–24 3. Liga 		Relegated from
2023–24 Bundesliga 		Promoted to
2024–25 Bundesliga 		Relegated to
2024–25 3. Liga
SSV Ulm
Preußen Münster
Jahn Regensburg 		1. FC Köln
Darmstadt 98 		FC St. Pauli
Holstein Kiel 		Wehen Wiesbaden
Hansa Rostock
VfL Osnabrück

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 74,649
Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor 17,650
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena 54,600
SV Elversberg Spiesen-Elversberg Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde 10,000
Greuther Fürth Fürth Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer 16,626
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 57,000
Hannover 96 Hanover Heinz von Heiden Arena 49,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,327
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe BBBank Wildpark 34,302
1. FC Köln Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 49,698
1. FC Magdeburg Magdeburg Avnet Arena 30,098
Preußen Münster Münster Preußenstadion 14,300
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Max-Morlock-Stadion 49,923
SC Paderborn Paderborn Home Deluxe Arena 15,000
Jahn Regensburg Regensburg Jahnstadion Regensburg 15,210
Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 62,271
SSV Ulm Ulm Donaustadion 19,500

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany Daniel Scherning Bosnia and Herzegovina Ermin Bičakčić Puma BRAWO Group Lease a Bike
Hertha BSC Germany Cristian Fiél Germany Toni Leistner Nike CheckCars24.de WTG
Darmstadt 98 Germany Florian Kohfeldt Germany Fabian Holland Craft HAIX 28 Black
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany Daniel Thioune Germany André Hoffmann Adidas Targobank Metro Chef
SV Elversberg Germany Horst Steffen Germany Robin Fellhauer Nike HYLO Pure Steel
Greuther Fürth Germany Jan Siewert Sweden Branimir Hrgota Puma Hofmann Personal Signia
Hamburger SV Germany Merlin Polzin Germany Sebastian Schonlau Adidas HanseMerkur Plan International
Hannover 96 Germany André Breitenreiter Germany Ron-Robert Zieler Macron Heise ÜSTRA
1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany Markus Anfang Germany Marlon Ritter Castore Novoline Lacalut
Karlsruher SC Germany Christian Eichner Germany Marvin Wanitzek Macron SWEG billiger.de
1. FC Köln Austria Gerhard Struber Germany Timo Hübers Hummel REWE DEVK
1. FC Magdeburg Germany Christian Titz Germany Dominik Reimann Hummel Humanas SWM Magdeburg
Preußen Münster Germany Sascha Hildmann Germany Marc Lorenz Jako FIEGE Stadtwerke Münster
1. FC Nürnberg Germany Miroslav Klose Germany Robin Knoche Adidas Nürnberger Versicherung Helmsauer
SC Paderborn Poland Lukas Kwasniok Germany Raphael Obermair Saller Four 20 Pharma Personalco
Jahn Regensburg Germany Andreas Patz Germany Andreas Geipl Hummel Netto None
Schalke 04 Netherlands Kees van Wonderen Turkey Kenan Karaman Adidas SUN Minimeal hülsta
SSV Ulm Germany Thomas Wörle Germany Johannes Reichert Uhlsport Liqui Moly B-ITE E-Recruiting

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany Friedhelm Funkel Mutual consent 17 May 2024 30 June 2024 Pre-season Germany Markus Anfang 29 May 2024 1 July 2024 [4][5]
Hertha BSC Hungary Pál Dárdai End of contract 18 May 2024 Germany Cristian Fiél 6 June 2024 [6][7]
1. FC Köln Germany Timo Schultz 27 May 2024 Austria Gerhard Struber 12 June 2024 [8][9]
1. FC Nürnberg Germany Cristian Fiél Signed by Hertha BSC 6 June 2024 Germany Miroslav Klose 11 June 2024 [10][11]
Darmstadt 98 Germany Torsten Lieberknecht Resigned 1 September 2024 18th Germany Florian Kohfeldt 7 September 2024 [12][13]
Schalke 04 Belgium Karel Geraerts Sacked 21 September 2024 14th Germany Jakob Fimpel (interim) 21 September 2024 [14]
Germany Jakob Fimpel (interim) End of caretaker 6 October 2024 13th Netherlands Kees van Wonderen 6 October 2024 [15]
Greuther Fürth Germany Alexander Zorniger Sacked 22 October 2024 12th Germany Leonhard Haas (interim) 22 October 2024 [16]
Jahn Regensburg United States Joe Enochs 27 October 2024 18th Germany Andreas Patz (interim) 27 October 2024 [17]
Greuther Fürth Germany Leonhard Haas (interim) End of caretaker 12 November 2024 12th Germany Jan Siewert 12 November 2024 [18]
Hamburger SV Germany Steffen Baumgart Sacked 24 November 2024 7th Germany Merlin Polzin (interim) 24 November 2024 [19]
Hannover 96 Germany Stefan Leitl 29 December 2024 Germany André Breitenreiter 29 December 2024 [20][21]

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Köln 17 9 4 4 32 23 +9 31 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Karlsruher SC 17 8 5 4 34 31 +3 29
3 Hamburger SV 17 7 7 3 39 23 +16 28 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 SV Elversberg 17 8 4 5 31 22 +9 28
5 1. FC Magdeburg 17 7 7 3 30 24 +6 28
6 SC Paderborn 17 7 7 3 29 24 +5 28
7 Hannover 96 17 8 3 6 22 17 +5 27
8 Fortuna Düsseldorf 17 7 5 5 28 23 +5 26
9 1. FC Kaiserslautern 17 7 5 5 30 27 +3 26
10 Darmstadt 98 17 6 6 5 36 29 +7 24
11 1. FC Nürnberg 17 6 4 7 31 30 +1 22
12 Hertha BSC 17 6 4 7 27 27 0 22
13 Schalke 04 17 5 5 7 32 33 −1 20
14 Greuther Fürth 17 5 5 7 24 33 −9 20
15 Preußen Münster 17 3 7 7 18 23 −5 16
16 SSV Ulm 17 2 8 7 16 20 −4 14 Qualification for relegation play-offs
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 17 3 4 10 16 36 −20 13 Relegation to 3. Liga
18 Jahn Regensburg 17 3 2 12 9 39 −30 11
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2024. Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[22]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results

Home \ Away BRA BSC DAR DÜS ELV FÜR HAM HAN KAI KAR KÖL MAG MÜN NÜR PAD REG SCH ULM
Eintracht Braunschweig — 0–3 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–0
Hertha BSC 3–1 — 0–2 1–4 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–2
Darmstadt 98 1–1 3–1 — 0–2 5–1 5–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf 5–0 — 0–2 0–3 1–0 3–4 0–0 2–2 2–5 1–1
SV Elversberg 4–0 — 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–4 1–3
Greuther Fürth 2–1 1–5 1–2 0–0 — 1–0 2–3 3–1 0–4 1–1
Hamburger SV 1–1 2–2 5–0 — 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 5–0 2–2
Hannover 96 a 0–0 1–2 1–0 — 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–2 3–4 2–2 2–2 — 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–0
Karlsruher SC 1–3 3–3 3–2 1–3 — 1–1 3–2 4–2 2–0
1. FC Köln 5–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 4–4 — 1–2 3–1 1–2 2–0
1. FC Magdeburg 1–3 0–0 2–2 0–3 2–2 — 1–1 2–2 0–0
Preußen Münster 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 — 3–3 1–2 0–0
1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–4 3–2 — 8–3 3–1
SC Paderborn 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 3–2 — 3–0 2–4 0–0
Jahn Regensburg 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–4 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 — 1–0
Schalke 04 5–1 2–2 3–5 1–1 3–4 0–3 1–3 2–0 —
SSV Ulm 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2024. Source: Bundesliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs will take place on 21 or 23 and 27 or 28 May 2025.[2]

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 22 December 2024[23]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Georgia (country) Budu Zivzivadze Karlsruher SC 12
2 Mali Moussa Sylla Schalke 04 11
3 Kosovo Fisnik Asllani SV Elversberg 10
Turkey Kenan Karaman Schalke 04
Germany Davie Selke Hamburger SV
6 Germany Ragnar Ache 1. FC Kaiserslautern 9
Sweden Isac Lidberg Darmstadt 98
France Rayan Philippe Eintracht Braunschweig
9 Germany Tim Lemperle 1. FC Köln 8
Greece Stefanos Tzimas 1. FC Nürnberg

Hat-tricks

Date Player Club Against Result
3 August 2024 Georgia (country) Budu Zivzivadze Karlsruher SC 1. FC Nürnberg 3–2 (H)
20 September 2024 Sweden Isac Lidberg Darmstadt 98 Schalke 04 5–3 (A)
29 September 2024 Germany Marvin Wanitzek Karlsruher SC 1. FC Köln 4–4 (A)
25 October 2024 Germany Julian Justvan 1. FC Nürnberg Jahn Regensburg 8–3 (H)

Clean sheets

As of 22 December 2024[24]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Germany Ron-Robert Zieler Hannover 96 7
2 Germany Florian Kastenmeier Fortuna Düsseldorf 6
Austria Nicolas Kristof SV Elversberg
4 Germany Julian Krahl 1. FC Kaiserslautern 5
Germany Johannes Schenk Preußen Münster
Germany Marvin Schwäbe 1. FC Köln
7 Germany Felix Gebhardt Jahn Regensburg 4
Germany Dominik Reimann 1. FC Magdeburg
9 Germany Tjark Ernst Hertha BSC 3
Germany Jan Reichert 1. FC Nürnberg
Germany Max Weiß Karlsruher SC

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