1974–75 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga
Season	1974–75
Champions	North: Hannover 96 South: Karlsruher SC
Promoted	North: Hannover 96 Bayer 05 Uerdingen South: Karlsruher SC
Relegated	North: Olympia Wilhelmshaven Rot-Weiß Oberhausen VfL Wolfsburg HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst South: VfR Heilbronn Borussia Neunkirchen VfR Wormatia Worms VfR Mannheim
Matches played	North: 380 South: 380
Top goalscorer	North: Volker Graul (29 goals) South: Bernd Hoffmann (25 goals)
Average attendance	North: 6,818 South: 8,356
← 1973–74 (Regionalliga) 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 2. Bundesliga season was the inaugural season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.It was played in two regional divisions, North and South.

Hannover 96, Bayer 05 Uerdingen and Karlsruher SC were promoted to the Bundesliga while Olympia Wilhelmshaven, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, VfL Wolfsburg, HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst, VfR Heilbronn, Borussia Neunkirchen, VfR Wormatia Worms and VfR Mannheim were relegated to the Oberligas and Amateurligas.

Final table North

For the 1974–75 season saw no team promoted to the new 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas while Hannover 96 and SC Fortuna Köln had been relegated to the northern division from the Bundesliga.


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

The league's top scorers:^[1]

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
20	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

For the 1974–75 season saw no team promoted to the new 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and no team relegated to the southern division from the Bundesliga.


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

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:^[2]

Goals	Player	Team
25	Bernd Hoffmann	Karlsruher SC
23	Ferdinand Keller	TSV 1860 München
21	Otmar Ludwig	FC 08 Homburg
21	Hans Walitza	1. FC Nuremberg
17	Gilbert Dussier	Röchling Völklingen
16	Lothar Emmerich	FC Schweinfurt 05
16	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 to the Bundesliga

The second placed teams of each division entered a two-leg promotion play-off. Bayer Uerdingen was promoted to Bundesliga.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FK Pirmasens (S)	4–10	Bayer Uerdingen (N)	4–4	0–6

Promotion play-off to the 2. Bundesliga

Main article: 1974–75 Oberliga

Thirteen teams took part in the promotion round to the 1975–76 2. Bundesliga, six in the north and seven in the south. Two teams, the champions of Bavaria and Hesse, were promoted directly without entering the play-off. Bayer 04 Leverkusen, SG Union Solingen, Westfalia Herne, Spandauer SV, Jahn Regensburg, FSV Frankfurt, Eintracht Bad Kreuznach and SSV Reutlingen were promoted.

References

↑ 2. Bundesliga 1974/1975 Nord Torschützenliste (German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, accessed: 8 November 2015
↑ 2. Bundesliga 1974/1975 Süd Torschützenliste (German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, accessed: 8 November 2015
↑ Relegation Bundesliga 1974/1975 (German) Weltfussball.de – Promotion round, accessed: 8 November 2015

External links

2. Bundesliga 1974/1975 Nord at Weltfussball.de (German)
2. Bundesliga 1974/1975 Süd at Weltfussball.de (German)
1974–75 2. Bundesliga (German) kicker.de

2. Bundesliga seasons

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