Friday , 15 May 2026

2. Bundesliga 2025-2026

2. Bundesliga
DEU 2. Bundesliga League Format
2. Bundesliga is the second tier of German professional football, sitting directly below the Bundesliga. Founded in 1974, 18 clubs compete across a full home-and-away season, with the top two earning automatic promotion and the third-placed side entering a promotion play-off. The division is highly competitive and regularly features former Bundesliga clubs rebuilding alongside ambitious sides pushing for promotion. Hamburg SV, Hannover 96, and Kaiserslautern have all spent significant periods in the 2. Bundesliga, reflecting the unforgiving nature of German football's promotion and relegation system.
Defending Champion
1. FC Köln 2024–2025

2. Bundesliga fixtures

Sun, 17 May

SG Dynamo Dresden
17.05
13:30
Holstein Kiel
Karlsruher SC
17.05
13:30
VfL Bochum 1848
SV Darmstadt 98
17.05
13:30
SC Paderborn 07
SpVgg Greuther Furth 1903
17.05
13:30
TSV Fortuna 95 Dusseldorf
1. FC Magdeburg
17.05
13:30
1. FC Kaiserslautern
Hannover 96
17.05
13:30
1. FC Nurnberg
Arminia Bielefeld
17.05
13:30
Hertha BSC
SV 07 Elversberg
17.05
13:30
SC Preussen Munster

2. Bundesliga top clubs

2. Bundesliga past winners

# Team Season
1 1. FC Köln 2024/25
2 FC St. Pauli 1910 2023/24
3 VfL Bochum 1848 2020/21
4 Arminia Bielefeld 2019/20
5 1. FC Köln 2018/19
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6 TSV Fortuna 95 Düsseldorf 2017/18
7 VfB Stuttgart 2016/17
8 SC Freiburg 2015/16
9 FC Ingolstadt 04 2014/15
10 1. FC Köln 2013/14
11 Hertha BSC 2012/13
12 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1903 2011/12
13 Hertha BSC 2010/11
14 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2009/10
15 SC Freiburg 2008/09
16 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2007/08
17 Karlsruher SC 2006/07
18 VfL Bochum 1848 2005/06
19 1. FC Köln 2004/05
20 1. FC Nürnberg 2003/04
21 SC Freiburg 2002/03
22 Hannover 96 2001/02
23 1. FC Nürnberg 2000/01
24 1. FC Köln 1999/00
25 Arminia Bielefeld 1998/99
26 Eintracht Frankfurt 1997/98
27 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1996/97

2. Bundesliga standings

# Team M W D L GD Pts Form
1 FC Schalke 04 33 20 7 6 18 67
2 SV 07 Elversberg 33 17 8 8 22 59
3 Hannover 96 33 16 11 6 16 59
4 SC Paderborn 07 33 17 8 8 12 59
5 SV Darmstadt 98 33 13 13 7 14 52
6 Hertha BSC 33 14 9 10 8 51
7 1. FC Kaiserslautern 33 15 4 14 4 49
8 1. FC Nurnberg 33 12 9 12 2 45
9 Karlsruher SC 33 12 8 13 -10 44
10 VfL Bochum 1848 33 10 11 12 1 41
11 Holstein Kiel 33 11 8 14 -3 41
12 1. FC Magdeburg 33 12 3 18 -5 39
13 SG Dynamo Dresden 33 10 8 15 0 38
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 33 10 7 16 -17 37
15 TSV Fortuna 95 Dusseldorf 33 11 4 18 -17 37
16 Arminia Bielefeld 33 9 9 15 -3 36
17 SpVgg Greuther Furth 1903 33 9 7 17 -22 34
18 SC Preussen Munster 33 6 12 15 -20 30

2. Bundesliga points per game

# Team PPG Win% Draw% Loss% Performance
1 FC Schalke 04 2.03 61% 21% 18%
2 SV 07 Elversberg 1.79 52% 24% 24%
3 Hannover 96 1.79 48% 33% 18%
4 SC Paderborn 07 1.79 52% 24% 24%
5 SV Darmstadt 98 1.58 39% 39% 21%
6 Hertha BSC 1.55 42% 27% 30%
7 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1.48 45% 12% 42%
8 1. FC Nurnberg 1.36 36% 27% 36%
9 Karlsruher SC 1.33 36% 24% 39%
10 VfL Bochum 1848 1.24 30% 33% 36%
11 Holstein Kiel 1.24 33% 24% 42%
12 1. FC Magdeburg 1.18 36% 9% 55%
13 SG Dynamo Dresden 1.15 30% 24% 45%
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 1.12 30% 21% 48%
15 TSV Fortuna 95 Dusseldorf 1.12 33% 12% 55%
16 Arminia Bielefeld 1.09 27% 27% 45%
17 SpVgg Greuther Furth 1903 1.03 27% 21% 52%
18 SC Preussen Munster 0.91 18% 36% 45%

2. Bundesliga attack & defence

# Team GF GA GD CS Attack
1 SV 07 Elversberg 61 39 +22 9
2 Hannover 96 57 41 +16 10
3 SV Darmstadt 98 57 43 +14 10
4 SC Paderborn 07 57 45 +12 8
5 Karlsruher SC 52 62 -10 5
6 SG Dynamo Dresden 52 52 +0 6
7 1. FC Magdeburg 52 57 -5 7
8 1. FC Kaiserslautern 51 47 +4 8
9 FC Schalke 04 49 31 +18 13
10 VfL Bochum 1848 47 46 +1 8
11 Arminia Bielefeld 47 50 -3 6
12 SpVgg Greuther Furth 1903 46 68 -22 4
13 Hertha BSC 46 38 +8 12
14 1. FC Nurnberg 44 42 +2 5
15 Holstein Kiel 43 46 -3 9
16 SC Preussen Munster 38 58 -20 4
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 36 53 -17 6
18 TSV Fortuna 95 Dusseldorf 33 50 -17 5

2. Bundesliga home & away records

# Team HW HD HL AW AD AL Split
1 FC Schalke 04 12 3 1 8 4 5
2 SC Paderborn 07 10 3 4 7 5 4
3 SV 07 Elversberg 10 4 2 7 4 6
4 Hannover 96 7 5 4 9 6 2
5 1. FC Kaiserslautern 11 1 5 4 3 9
6 Hertha BSC 6 5 6 8 4 4
7 SV Darmstadt 98 10 5 1 3 8 6
8 Karlsruher SC 9 3 4 3 5 9
9 1. FC Magdeburg 5 2 9 7 1 9
10 1. FC Nurnberg 9 4 4 3 5 8
11 Holstein Kiel 6 4 7 5 4 7
12 TSV Fortuna 95 Dusseldorf 7 3 7 4 1 11
13 SG Dynamo Dresden 6 3 7 4 5 8
14 VfL Bochum 1848 8 5 4 2 6 8
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 6 5 6 4 2 10
16 Arminia Bielefeld 6 5 5 3 4 10
17 SpVgg Greuther Furth 1903 5 5 6 4 2 11
18 SC Preussen Munster 3 8 6 3 4 9

H = home, A = away — W/D/L per venue type

2. Bundesliga card discipline

# Team 🟨 2Y 🟥 M Y/G
1 Hertha BSC 18 0 3 6 3.0
2 SV Darmstadt 98 13 0 1 6 2.2
3 VfL Bochum 1848 16 0 0 5 3.2
4 SC Preussen Munster 13 0 1 4 3.3
5 Holstein Kiel 15 0 0 5 3.0
6 TSV Fortuna 95 Dusseldorf 11 0 1 5 2.2
7 1. FC Kaiserslautern 13 0 0 4 3.3
8 SC Paderborn 07 10 1 0 4 2.5
9 FC Schalke 04 10 1 0 5 2.0
10 Eintracht Braunschweig 12 0 0 6 2.0
11 Hannover 96 12 0 0 5 2.4
12 Karlsruher SC 11 0 0 6 1.8
13 1. FC Magdeburg 11 0 0 6 1.8
14 SV 07 Elversberg 10 0 0 4 2.5
15 1. FC Nurnberg 9 0 0 6 1.5

2. Bundesliga goal timing

16
1-15'
13%
19
16-30'
15%
20
31-45'
16%
20
46-60'
16%
16
61-75'
13%
32
76-90'
26%

Goals scored per 15-minute interval this season (excluding own goals)

2. Bundesliga score-first win rate

# Team Scored 1st Wins Win % Bar
1 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3 3 100%
2 Holstein Kiel 3 3 100%
3 1. FC Magdeburg 4 4 100%
4 FC Schalke 04 4 3 75%
5 Hertha BSC 3 2 67%
6 SC Paderborn 07 4 2 50%
7 SV 07 Elversberg 5 2 40%
8 1. FC Nurnberg 3 0 0%

Teams with ≥3 first goals this season, ranked by win %

2. Bundesliga half-time leads

HT situation Games FT Win FT Draw FT Loss
Home leading at HT 93 77% 18% 4%
Level at HT 122 44% 31% 25%
Away leading at HT 82 66% 22% 12%

Based on 297 finished matches this season with half-time scores recorded

2. Bundesliga Top goalkeepers

# Player Clean sheets
1 Dennis Seimen 14
2 Marcel Schuhen 13
3 Hans Christian Bernat 11

2. Bundesliga Most bookings

# Player Cards
1 Josip Brekalo 7
2 Patric Pfeiffer 5
3 Deyovaisio Zeefuik 4