1974–75 2. Fußball-Bundesliga

The 1974/75 season was the inaugural season of the newly created 2. Fußball-Bundesliga. It was split into two divisions, North and South. The champions of each division won promotion to the Bundesliga while the second placed teams entered a play-off. The bottom four teams of each division were relegated.

Contents

Final table north

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Hannover 96 (C) (P) 38 25 4 9 93 39 +54 54 Promotion to the Bundesliga
2 Uerdingen (P) 38 20 11 7 66 38 +28 51 Promotion playoff
3 FC St. Pauli 38 22 6 10 77 48 +29 50
4 Arminia Bielefeld 38 18 14 6 68 47 +21 50
5 Fortuna Köln 38 21 4 13 69 43 +26 46
6 Borussia Dortmund 38 17 12 9 65 44 +21 46
7 SG Wattenscheid 09 38 18 10 10 72 53 +19 46
8 VfL Osnabrück 38 16 10 12 81 62 +19 42
9 Preußen Münster 38 17 8 13 73 63 +10 42
10 1. SC Göttingen 05 38 15 9 14 60 66 −6 39
11 1. FC Mülheim 38 12 12 14 47 64 −17 36
12 Schwarz-Weiss Essen 38 13 8 17 44 69 −25 34
13 Wacker 04 Berlin 38 13 7 18 54 68 −14 33
14 FC Gütersloh 38 11 10 17 57 63 −6 32
15 Alemannia Aachen 38 11 8 19 57 71 −14 30
16 SpVgg Erkenschwick 38 9 11 18 49 70 −21 29
17 Olympia Wilhelmshaven (R) 38 10 7 21 54 81 −27 27 Relegation to the Oberliga
18 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (R) 38 6 15 17 38 66 −28 27
19 VfL Wolfsburg (R) 38 10 6 22 61 89 −28 26
20 HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst (R) 38 6 8 24 34 86 −52 20

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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
29 Volker Graul Arminia Bielefeld
26 Gerd-Volker Schock VfL Osnabrück
24 Rüdiger Wenzel FC St. Pauli
23 Peter Dahl Hannover 96
20 Gerd Kasperski Hannover 96
Rolf Kucharski Alemannia Aachen
19 Wolfgang John Wacker 04 Berlin
Wolf-Rüdiger Krause VfL Wolfsburg
Roland Stegmayer Hannover 96
18 Hans Fritsche Schwarz-Weiß Essen

Final table south

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Karlsruher SC (C) (P) 38 22 6 10 76 50 +26 50 Promotion to the Bundesliga
2 FK Pirmasens 38 19 10 9 75 62 +13 48 Promotion playoff
3 FC Schweinfurt 05 38 19 10 9 65 59 +6 48
4 Bayern Hof 38 18 10 10 65 46 +19 46
5 1860 Munich 38 20 5 13 64 45 +19 45
6 1. FC Nuremberg 38 17 8 13 70 52 +18 42
7 1. FC Saarbrücken 38 15 11 12 72 52 +20 41
8 Waldhof Mannheim 38 16 8 14 52 42 +10 40
9 SpVgg Bayreuth 38 15 10 13 53 50 +3 40
10 SV Darmstadt 98 38 16 7 15 68 62 +6 39
11 FSV Mainz 05 38 14 10 14 63 60 +3 38
12 FC Augsburg 38 12 13 13 61 63 −2 37
13 Röchling Völklingen 38 11 12 15 56 54 +2 34
14 FC Homburg 38 13 8 17 71 74 −3 34
15 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 38 12 10 16 40 48 −8 34
16 Stuttgarter Kickers 38 13 7 18 52 61 −9 33
17 VfR Heilbronn (R) 38 10 10 18 51 78 −27 30 Relegation to the Oberliga
18 Borussia Neunkirchen (R) 38 11 6 21 49 73 −24 28
19 Wormatia Worms (R) 38 9 9 20 36 66 −30 27
20 VfR Mannheim (R) 38 8 10 20 43 85 −42 26

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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
25 Bernd Hoffmann Karlsruher SC
23 Ferdinand Keller TSV 1860 München
21 Otmar Ludwig FC 08 Homburg
Hans Walitza 1. FC Nuremberg
17 Gilbert Dussier Röchling Völklingen
16 Lothar Emmerich FC Schweinfurt 05
Werner Seubert FC Schweinfurt 05
15 Harald Aumeier FC Schweinfurt 05
Harry Erhart FK Pirmasens
Gerhard Pankotsch FC 08 Homburg
Gerd Warken Röchling Völklingen
Dieter Weinkauff FK Pirmasens
Hartmut Werner FC Bayern Hof

Promotion play-off

The second placed teams of each division entered a two-leg promotion play-off.

Deciding matches
FK Pirmasens - Bayer Uerdingen 4:4
Bayer Uerdingen - FK Pirmasens 6:0

Bayer Uerdingen was promoted to Bundesliga.