1995–96 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

VfL Bochum, Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg were promoted to the Bundesliga.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	VfL Bochum (C) (P)	34	21	6	7	68	30	+38	69	Promotion to the Bundesliga
2	Arminia Bielefeld (P)	34	16	9	9	55	45	+10	57
3	MSV Duisburg (P)	34	15	11	8	55	37	+18	56
4	SpVgg Unterhaching	34	14	10	10	52	38	+14	52
5	FSV Zwickau	34	15	4	15	39	48	−9	49
6	Carl Zeiss Jena	34	13	9	12	49	54	−5	48
7	Waldhof Mannheim	34	13	7	14	49	47	+2	46
8	Fortuna Köln	34	12	10	12	37	37	0	46
9	Lokomotive Leipzig	34	13	6	15	35	49	−14	45
10	SV Meppen	34	10	14	10	45	43	+2	44
11	FSV Mainz 05	34	12	8	14	37	41	−4	44
12	VfL Wolfsburg	34	10	14	10	41	46	−5	44
13	VfB Lübeck	34	13	5	16	40	45	−5	44
14	Hertha BSC	34	11	12	11	37	35	+2	45
15	Chemnitzer FC (R)	34	11	9	14	43	51	−8	42	Relegation to the Regionalliga
16	Hannover 96 (R)	34	10	7	17	38	48	−10	37
17	1. FC Nuremberg (R)	34	9	12	13	33	40	−7	39
18	SG Wattenscheid 09 (R)	34	8	7	19	38	57	−19	31

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Hannover 96 was relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Chemnitzer FC was relegated to Regionalliga Nordost. 1. FC Nuremberg was relegated to Regionalliga Süd. SG Wattenscheid 09 was relegeated to Regionalliga Südwest.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

Goals	Player	Team
21	Fritz Walter	Arminia Bielefeld
15	Torsten Gütschow	Chemnitzer FC
15	Daniel Jurgeleit	VfB Lübeck
14	Jörg Kirsten	FSV Zwickau
13	Marcus Marin	MSV Duisburg
12	Niko Kovač	Hertha BSC Berlin
11	Peter Közle	VfL Bochum
	Peter Peschel	VfL Bochum
	Thomas Ziemer	1. FSV Mainz 05
10	Michael Koch	VfB Lübeck
	Giuseppe Reina	SG Wattenscheid 09
	Mark Zimmermann	FC Carl Zeiss Jena

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