2011–12 2. Bundesliga

2.Fußball-Bundesliga
Season 2011–12
Promoted SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Eintracht Frankfurt
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Relegated Karlsruher SC
Alemannia Aachen
Hansa Rostock
Matches played 306
Goals scored 855 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer Alexander Meier
Olivier Occean
Nick Proschwitz
(17 goals each)
Biggest home win Bochum 6–0 E. Aue
Biggest away win E. Cottbus 0–5 1860 Munich
Karlsruhe 0–5 F. Düsseldorf
H. Rostock 0–5 FSV Frankfurt
Highest scoring Union Berlin 5–4 Hansa Rostock
Longest winning run 6 matches
Greuther Fürth[1]
Longest unbeaten run 18 matches by
Fortuna Düsseldorf[1]
Longest winless run 11 matches by
Alemannia Aachen[1]
Longest losing run 5 matches by
Alemannia Aachen
VfL Bochum
MSV Duisburg
SC Paderborn 07[1]
Average attendance 17,230[2]

The 2011–12 2. Bundesliga is the 38th season of the 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 15 July 2011, three weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Bundesliga season, and will end with the last games on 6 May 2012. The traditional winter break will be held between the weekends around 18 December 2011 and 4 February 2012.[3] The league comprises eighteen teams.

Teams

At the end of the 2010–11 season, champions Hertha BSC and runners-up FC Augsburg were directly promoted to the 2011–12 Bundesliga. The Berlin side will directly return to the highest German football league, while Augsburg ended a five-year tenure in the second level of German football. The two teams were replaced by Eintracht Frankfurt and FC St. Pauli, who were directly relegated from the 2010–11 Bundesliga season. Frankfurt returned to the 2. Bundesliga after six years, while St. Pauli made a direct comeback to the league.

On the other end of the table, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Arminia Bielefeld were directly relegated to the 2011–12 3. Liga, after finishing the 2010–11 season in the bottom two spots of the table. Oberhausen will drop to the third level after three years, while Bielefeld will leave the 2. Bundesliga after two seasons. The two relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 3. Liga champions Eintracht Braunschweig and runners-up Hansa Rostock. Braunschweig returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a total of four seasons at the third tier of the German football pyramid, while Rostock immediately bounced back from their relegation twelve months earlier.

A further two places were given to VfL Bochum as losers of the Bundesliga relegation playoff and Dynamo Dresden as winners of the 2. Bundesliga relegation playoff. Dresden returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a five-year absence after beating VfL Osnabrück 4–2 on aggregate; Osnabrück were thus immediately relegated back to the 3rd Liga. In the Bundesliga playoff, Bochum retained its spot in the league after losing 2–1 on aggregate against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity[4]
Alemannia Aachen Aachen New Tivoli 32,960
VfL Bochum Bochum rewirPower-Stadion 29,448
MSV Duisburg Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 31,500
Dynamo Dresden Dresden Glücksgas-Stadion 32,066
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 24,000
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Commerzbank-Arena 51,500
Energie Cottbus Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 22,528
FC Erzgebirge Aue Aue Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion 15,700
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Esprit Arena 54,400
FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion 10,826
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Fürth Trolli Arena 15,000
Hansa Rostock Rostock DKB-Arena 29,000
FC Ingolstadt 04 Ingolstadt Audi Sportpark 15,445
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 29,699
1860 Munich Munich Allianz Arena 69,000
SC Paderborn 07 Paderborn Energieteam Arena 15,000
FC St. Pauli Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 24,487
Union Berlin Berlin Alte Försterei 18,432


Personnel and sponsorships

Team Head coach Team captain Kitmaker[5] Shirt sponsor[5]
Alemannia Aachen Germany Ralf Außem Germany Benjamin Auer Nike AachenMünchener
VfL Bochum Germany Andreas Bergmann Germany Christoph Dabrowski Nike Netto
MSV Duisburg Germany Oliver Reck Serbia Srđan Baljak Nike Rheinpower
Dynamo Dresden Germany Ralf Loose Germany Robert Koch Nike Veolia
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany Torsten Lieberknecht Germany Dennis Kruppke Puma Volkswagen Bank
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany Armin Veh Switzerland Pirmin Schwegler Jako Fraport
Energie Cottbus Germany Rudi Bommer Germany Marc-André Kruska Umbro Tropical Islands
Erzgebirge Aue Germany Karsten Baumann Germany René Klingbeil Puma Spar mit! Reisen
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany Norbert Meier Germany Andreas Lambertz Puma Bauhaus
FSV Frankfurt Germany Benno Möhlmann Germany Björn Schlicke Saller Hyundai
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Germany Michael Büskens Germany Thomas Kleine Jako Ergo Direkt Versicherungen
Hansa Rostock Germany Wolfgang Wolf Germany Sebastian Pelzer Nike Veolia
FC Ingolstadt 04 Germany Tomas Oral Germany Moritz Hartmann Adidas Audi
Karlsruher SC Germany Markus Kauczinski Georgia (country) Alexander Iashvili Nike Klaiber Markisen
1860 Munich Germany Reiner Maurer Germany Benjamin Lauth Uhlsport Aston Martin
SC Paderborn 07 Germany Roger Schmidt Germany Markus Krösche Puma Finke
FC St. Pauli Germany André Schubert Germany Fabio Morena Do You Football Ein Platz an der Sonne
1. FC Union Berlin Germany Uwe Neuhaus Germany Torsten Mattuschka Uhlsport KFZTeile24

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany Christoph Daum Resigned 16 May 2011[6] Off-season Germany Armin Veh 1 July 2011[7]
SC Paderborn 07 Germany André Schubert FC St. Pauli purchased rights 30 June 2011[8] Germany Roger Schmidt 1 July 2011[9]
FC St. Pauli Germany Holger Stanislawski End of contract 30 June 2011[10] Germany André Schubert 1 July 2011[8]
Alemannia Aachen Germany Peter Hyballa Sacked 13 September 2011[11] 18th Germany Friedhelm Funkel 19 September 2011[12]
VfL Bochum Germany Friedhelm Funkel Sacked 14 September 2011[13] 17th Germany Andreas Bergmann 15 September 2011[14]
MSV Duisburg Croatia Milan Šašić Sacked 28 October 2011[15] 14th Germany Oliver Reck 28 October 2011[15]
Karlsruher SC Germany Rainer Scharinger Sacked 31 October 2011[16] 17th Norway Jørn Andersen 6 November 2011[17]
FC Ingolstadt 04 Germany Benno Möhlmann Sacked 9 November 2011[18] 18th Germany Tomas Oral 10 November 2011[19]
Hansa Rostock Germany Peter Vollmann Sacked 6 December 2011[20] 17th Germany Wolfgang Wolf 7 December 2011[21]
Energie Cottbus Germany Claus-Dieter Wollitz Mutual Consent 8 December 2011[22] 9th Germany Rudi Bommer 1 January 2012[23]
FSV Frankfurt Germany Hans-Jürgen Boysen Sacked 17 December 2011[24] 16th Germany Benno Möhlmann 21 December 2011[25]
Erzgebirge Aue Germany Rico Schmitt Sacked 21 February 2012[26] 14th Germany Karsten Baumann 22 February 2012[27]
Karlsruher SC Norway Jørn Andersen Sacked 26 March 2012[28] 17th Germany Markus Kauczinski 26 March 2012[28]
Alemannia Aachen Germany Friedhelm Funkel Sacked 1 April 2012[29] 17th Germany Ralf Außem 1 April 2012[29]

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 SpVgg Greuther Fürth (C) (P) 34 20 10 4 73 27 +46 70 Promotion to 2012–13 Bundesliga
2 Eintracht Frankfurt (P) 34 20 8 6 76 33 +43 68
3 Fortuna Düsseldorf (P) 34 16 14 4 64 35 +29 62 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 FC St. Pauli 34 18 8 8 59 34 +25 62
5 SC Paderborn 34 17 10 7 51 42 +9 61
6 1860 Munich 34 17 6 11 62 46 +16 57
7 1. FC Union Berlin 34 14 6 14 55 58 −3 48
8 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 10 15 9 37 34 +3 45
9 Dynamo Dresden 34 12 9 13 50 52 −2 45
10 MSV Duisburg 34 10 9 15 42 47 −5 39
11 VfL Bochum 34 10 7 17 41 55 −14 37
12 FC Ingolstadt 04 34 8 13 13 43 58 −15 37
13 FSV Frankfurt 34 7 14 13 43 59 −16 35
14 Energie Cottbus 34 8 11 15 30 49 −19 35
15 Erzgebirge Aue 34 8 11 15 31 55 −24 35
16 Karlsruher SC (R) 34 9 6 19 34 60 −26 33 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Alemannia Aachen (R) 34 6 13 15 30 47 −17 31 Relegation to 2012–13 3. Liga
18 Hansa Rostock (R) 34 5 12 17 34 63 −29 27

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away[1] AAC BOC DREBRSFRACOTAUEDÜSFSVGRFROSINGKARDUIM60PADSTPUNB
Alemannia Aachen 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–3 2–1 1–3
VfL Bochum 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 6–0 1–1 1–0 1–4 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–4 1–2 4–2
Dynamo Dresden 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–4 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 5–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 4–0
Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 4–0 0–2 0–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–2
Eintracht Frankfurt 4–3 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 6–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–1
Energie Cottbus 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–5 0–2 1–4 2–1
Erzgebirge Aue 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–4 4–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 4–2 2–2 3–1 2–3 0–0 2–1
FSV Frankfurt 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 0–1 1–1 2–5 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 3–3 1–1
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1–0 6–2 1–0 1–3 2–3 3–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 5–1 2–1 5–0
Hansa Rostock 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–5 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–5 2–2 1–2 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–2 1–3 2–5
FC Ingolstadt 04 3–3 3–5 4–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–0 3–3
Karlsruher SC 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–5 0–4 2–2 2–2 3–2 3–2 1–3 2–0 0–2 2–0
MSV Duisburg 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 3–1 3–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–1
1860 München 1–2 1–3 2–4 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 4–0 1–4 0–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1
SC Paderborn 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 4–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 3–2
FC St. Pauli 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–3 2–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–2 5–0 2–1
1. FC Union Berlin 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–4 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 0–4 5–4 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–2

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source: bundesliga.de
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The 16th-placed team will face the 3rd-placed 2011–12 3. Liga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga.

Dates and times of these matches were determined by the Deutsche Fußball-Liga as following:[30]

11 May 2012
20:30 CEST
Jahn Regensburg 1–1 Karlsruher SC
Alibaz  58' (pen.) Report  76' Groß

14 May 2012
20:30 CEST
Karlsruher SC 2–2 Jahn Regensburg
Lavric  32'
Charalambous  56' 		Report  26' Hein
 66' Laurito
Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe
Attendance: 29,699
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

Tie ended 3–3 on aggregate; Jahn Regensburg promoted to 2012–13 2. Bundesliga, Karlsruhe relegated to 2012–13 3. Liga according to away goal rule.

Statistics

Including matches played on 6 May 2012

Top goalscorers

Source: Bundesliga.de

17 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals

Top assists

Source: Bundesliga.de

12 assists
10 assists
9 assists
8 assists
7 assists

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.bundesliga.de/de/statistik/saison/index.php
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  14. ↑ Bergmann neuer Cheftrainer des VfL
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  30. ↑ "DFL revises first-leg schedule for promotion/relegation play-offs". Deutsche Fußball Liga. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

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