1999–2000 2. Bundesliga

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

Final standings

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 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 Nürnberg 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 46 548 46
9 1. FSV Mainz 05 34 11 12 11 41 421 45
10 Hannover 96 34 12 8 14 56 560 44
11 Chemnitzer FC 34 11 10 13 42 497 43
12 Waldhof Mannheim 34 10 12 12 50 599 42
13 FC St. Pauli 34 8 15 11 37 458 39
14 Stuttgarter Kickers 34 10 9 15 49 589 39
15 Fortuna Köln (R) 34 8 11 15 38 5012 35 Relegation to Regionalliga
16 Kickers Offenbach (R) 34 8 11 15 35 5823 35
17 Karlsruher SC (R) 34 5 12 17 35 5621 27
18 Tennis Borussia Berlin (R) 34 10 10 14 42 508 40 Relegation to 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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

Goals Player Team
21 Croatia Tomislav Marić Stuttgarter Kickers
19 Netherlands Arie van Lent Borussia Mönchengladbach
Germany Achim Weber VfL Bochum
15 Germany Rainer Krieg Karlsruher SC
Croatia Antun Labak FC Energie Cottbus
Germany Peter Peschel VfL Bochum
14 Bulgaria Dimtcho Beliakov 1. FC Nuremberg
Republic of Macedonia Saša Ćirić Tennis Borussia Berlin
Germany Dirk Lottner 1. FC Köln
13 Germany Gustav Policella 1. FSV Mainz 05
Germany Angelo Vier Rot-Weiß Oberhausen