1996–97 2. Bundesliga

23rd season of the second-tier football league in Germany February 2023 2. Bundesliga 1996–97 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC KaiserslauternVfL WolfsburgHertha BSC SV Waldhof MannheimVfB LübeckRot-Weiss EssenVfB Oldenburg Angelo Vier(18 goals) 306 8,952 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-third season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. 1. FC Kaiserslautern, VfL Wolfsburg and Hertha BSC were promoted to the Bundesliga while SV Waldhof Mannheim, VfB Lübeck, Rot-Weiss Essen and VfB Oldenburg were relegated to the Regionalliga. League table For the 1996–97 season VfB Oldenburg, Rot-Weiss Essen, FC Gütersloh and Stuttgarter Kickers were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Eintracht Frankfurt and KFC Uerdingen 05 had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga. Germany 375 right Locations of the participating teams of the 1996–97 season Germany 50.936190 6.872191 Cologne right Germany 51.485833 6.977778 Essen right Germany 50.069206 8.644234 Frankfurt Germany 51.891667 8.388333 Gütersloh Germany 52.511274 13.242632 Hertha BSC floatleft Germany 50.916111 11.583056 Jena left Germany 49.434705 7.776408 Kaiserslautern bottom Germany 51.345770 12.348298 Leipzig left Germany 53.881111 10.668889 Lübeck bottom Germany 49.984167 8.224167 Mainz left Germany 49.533056 8.485278 Mannheim Germany 52.708056 7.298056 Meppen Germany 53.129167 8.206389 Oldenburg Germany 48.792295 9.232141 Stuttgart Germany 51.338858 6.603603 Uerdingen right Germany 48.065833 11.61 Unterhaching bottom Germany 52.425306 10.799417 Wolfsburg left Germany 50.697222 12.485556 Zwickau left main WDL PR 5 -3 FC Gütersloh have been deducted three points for providing false details regarding the licensing process. FCK 1. FC Kaiserslautern WOB VfL Wolfsburg BSC Hertha BSC M05 Mainz 05 SKI Stuttgarter Kickers UNT SpVgg Unterhaching SGE Eintracht Frankfurt LEI VfB Leipzig KFC KFC Uerdingen SVM SV Meppen FKO Fortuna Köln JEN Carl Zeiss Jena FCG FC Gütersloh ZWI FSV Zwickau WMA Waldhof Mannheim LUE VfB Lübeck RWE Rot-Weiss Essen OLD VfB Oldenburg 19 11 4 74 28 C,P 14 16 4 52 29 P 17 7 10 57 38 P 14 12 8 50 34 14 11 9 38 27 11 16 7 35 29 13 9 12 43 46 12 10 12 53 54 13 5 16 46 44 10 14 10 44 48 11 9 14 52 47 9 15 10 44 49 12 9 13 43 51 12 6 16 34 48 10 10 14 45 56 R 8 12 14 32 53 R 8 5 21 47 74 R 6 9 19 33 67 R green1 Promotion to Bundesliga P P P red1 Relegation to Regionalliga R R R R VfB Lübeck, and VfB Oldenburg were relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Waldhof Mannheim was relegated to Regionalliga Süd. Rot-Weiss Essen was relegated to Regionalliga Südwest. complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. Bundesliga.de Results main DFB complete FBR BSC Hertha BSC RWE Rot-Weiss Essen SGE Eintracht Frankfurt FCG FC Gütersloh JEN Carl Zeiss Jena FCK 1. FC Kaiserslautern FKO Fortuna Köln LEI VfB Leipzig LUE VfB Lübeck M05 Mainz 05 WMA Waldhof Mannheim SVM SV Meppen OLD VfB Oldenburg SKI Stuttgarter Kickers KFC KFC Uerdingen UNT SpVgg Unterhaching WOB VfL Wolfsburg ZWI FSV Zwickau 7–3 1–2 5–2 0–1 2–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 0–2 1–4 0–4 4–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 5–0 0–4 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–3 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–5 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–3 2–1 0–0 3–2 5–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 7–0 1–1 5–0 7–6 6–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–3 0–3 1–3 4–0 0–0 7–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 2–3 3–1 3–3 2–2 4–1 0–0 3–0 6–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 0–2 4–0 1–4 3–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–3 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–0 3–3 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–0 5–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 3–1 3–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 5–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–2 5–0 5–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–4 0–3 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–1 4–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 5–4 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 Top scorers The league's top scorers:2. Bundesliga 1996/1997 » Torschützenliste de Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 17 November 2015 Goals Player Team18GER Angelo VierRot-Weiss Essen17GER Steffen HeidrichVfB Leipzig15GER Axel KruseHertha BSC Berlin14CZE Pavel Kuka1. FC Kaiserslautern13GER Christian ClaaßenSV Meppen12Morocco Abderrahim Ouakili1. FSV Mainz 05GER Jürgen Rische1. FC Kaiserslautern11GER Rainer KriegFortuna Köln10GER Sven Demandt1. FSV Mainz 05GER Horst ElberfeldVfB OldenburgGER Wolfram KleinRot-Weiss EssenGER Olaf Marschall1. FC KaiserslauternNetherlands Dirk van der VenFC GüterslohGER Mark ZimmermannFC Carl Zeiss Jena References External links 2. Bundesliga 1996/1997 at Weltfussball.de de 1996–97 2. Bundesliga de kicker.de 1996-97 2 Germany