1999–2000 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

1. FC Köln, VfL Bochum and FC Energie Cottbus were promoted to the Bundesliga.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Köln (C) (P)	34	19	8	7	68	39	+29	65	Promotion to the Bundesliga
2	VfL Bochum (P)	34	18	7	9	67	48	+19	61
3	Energie Cottbus (P)	34	18	4	12	62	42	+20	58
4	1. FC Nuremberg	34	15	10	9	54	46	+8	55
5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	14	12	8	60	43	+17	54
6	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	34	12	13	9	43	34	+9	49
7	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	10	16	8	40	39	+1	46
8	Alemannia Aachen	34	12	10	12	46	54	−8	46
9	FSV Mainz 05	34	11	12	11	41	42	−1	45
10	Hannover 96	34	12	8	14	56	56	0	44
11	Chemnitzer FC	34	11	10	13	42	49	−7	43
12	Waldhof Mannheim	34	10	12	12	50	59	−9	42
13	FC St. Pauli	34	8	15	11	37	45	−8	39
14	Stuttgarter Kickers	34	10	9	15	49	58	−9	39
15	Fortuna Köln (R)	34	8	11	15	38	50	−12	35	Relegation to the Regionalliga
16	Kickers Offenbach (R)	34	8	11	15	35	58	−23	35
17	Karlsruher SC (R)	34	5	12	17	35	56	−21	27
18	Tennis Borussia Berlin (R)	34	10	10	14	42	50	−8	40	Relegation to the Regionalliga ¹

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹Tennis Borussia Berlin had their license revoked. Under paragraph 41 of the DFB regulations, Tennis Borussia Berlin were placed last.
Fortuna Köln and Tennis Borussia Berlin were relegated to the Regionalliga Nord. Karlsruher SC and Kickers Offenbach were relegated to the Regionalliga Süd
(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	Tomislav Marić	Stuttgarter Kickers
19	Arie van Lent	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Achim Weber	VfL Bochum
15	Rainer Krieg	Karlsruher SC
Antun Labak	FC Energie Cottbus
Peter Peschel	VfL Bochum
14	Dimtcho Beliakov	1. FC Nuremberg
Saša Ćirić	Tennis Borussia Berlin
Dirk Lottner	1. FC Köln
13	Gustav Policella	1. FSV Mainz 05
Angelo Vier	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

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