2024–25 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga
Season	2024–25
Dates	2 August 2024 – 18 May 2025
Champions	1. FC Köln (5th title)
Promoted	1. FC Köln; Hamburger SV
Relegated	SSV Ulm; Jahn Regensburg
Matches	306
Goals	925 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Davie Selke; (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Elversberg 6–0 Regensburg
Biggest away win	Regensburg 0–4 Fürth; Fürth 0–4 Nürnberg; Fürth 1–5 Darmstadt; Braunschweig 1–5 Hertha
Highest scoring	Nürnberg 8–3 Regensburg
Longest winning run	4 games; Kaiserslautern
Longest unbeaten run	11 games; Hamburg
Longest winless run	8 games; Braunschweig; Regensburg
Longest losing run	4 games; four teams
Highest attendance	71,500; Hertha v Hamburg
Lowest attendance	8,451; Elversberg v Ulm
Attendance	9,434,101 (30,830 per match)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 2. Bundesliga was the 51st season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 2 August 2024 and concluded on 18 May 2025.^[1]^[2]

Season2024–25

Dates2 August 2024 – 18 May 2025

Champions1. FC Köln (5th title)

Promoted1. FC Köln
Hamburger SV

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The fixtures were announced on 4 July 2024.^[3]

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Hertha BSC	Berlin	Olympiastadion	74,649
Eintracht Braunschweig	Braunschweig	Eintracht-Stadion	23,325
Darmstadt 98	Darmstadt	Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor	17,650
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf	Merkur Spiel-Arena	54,600
SV Elversberg	Spiesen-Elversberg	Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde	10,000
Greuther Fürth	Fürth	Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer	16,626
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	57,000
Hannover 96	Hanover	Heinz von Heiden Arena	49,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	49,327
Karlsruher SC	Karlsruhe	BBBank Wildpark	34,302
1. FC Köln	Cologne	RheinEnergieStadion	49,698
1. FC Magdeburg	Magdeburg	Avnet Arena	30,098
Preußen Münster	Münster	LVM-Preußenstadion	14,300
1. FC Nürnberg	Nuremberg	Max-Morlock-Stadion	49,923
SC Paderborn	Paderborn	Home Deluxe Arena	15,000
Jahn Regensburg	Regensburg	Jahnstadion Regensburg	15,210
Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Veltins-Arena	62,271
SSV Ulm	Ulm	Donaustadion	19,500

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Front	Sleeve
Hertha BSC	Stefan Leitl	Toni Leistner	Nike	CheckCars24.de	WTG
Eintracht Braunschweig	Marc Pfitzner	Ermin Bičakčić	Puma	BRAWO Group	Lease a Bike
Darmstadt 98	Florian Kohfeldt	Fabian Holland	Craft	HAIX	28 Black
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Daniel Thioune	André Hoffmann	Adidas	Targobank	Metro Chef
SV Elversberg	Horst Steffen	Robin Fellhauer	Nike	HYLO	Pure Steel
Greuther Fürth	Thomas Kleine / Milorad Peković	Branimir Hrgota	Puma	Hofmann Personal	Signia
Hamburger SV	Merlin Polzin	Sebastian Schonlau	Adidas	HanseMerkur	Plan International
Hannover 96	Lars Barlemann / Dirk Lottner / Christian Schulz	Ron-Robert Zieler	Macron	Heise	ÜSTRA
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Torsten Lieberknecht	Marlon Ritter	Castore	Novoline	Lacalut
Karlsruher SC	Christian Eichner	Marvin Wanitzek	Macron	SWEG	billiger.de
1. FC Köln	Friedhelm Funkel	Timo Hübers	Hummel	REWE	DEVK
1. FC Magdeburg	Christian Titz	Dominik Reimann	Hummel	Humanas	SWM Magdeburg
Preußen Münster	Kieran Schulze-Marmeling	Marc Lorenz	Jako	FIEGE	Stadtwerke Münster
1. FC Nürnberg	Miroslav Klose	Robin Knoche	Adidas	Nürnberger Versicherung	Helmsauer
SC Paderborn	Lukas Kwasniok	Raphael Obermair	Saller	Four 20 Pharma	Personalco
Jahn Regensburg	Munier Raychouni	Andreas Geipl	Hummel	Netto	None
Schalke 04	Jakob Fimpel	Kenan Karaman	Adidas	SUN Minimeal	hülsta
SSV Ulm	Robert Lechleiter	Johannes Reichert	Uhlsport	Liqui Moly	B-ITE E-Recruiting

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
Team	Outgoing	Manner	Announced on	Departed on	Position in table	Incoming	Announced on	Arrived on	Ref.
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Friedhelm Funkel	Mutual consent	17 May 2024	30 June 2024	Pre-season	Markus Anfang	29 May 2024	1 July 2024	^[4]^[5]
Hertha BSC	Pál Dárdai	End of contract	18 May 2024			Cristian Fiél	6 June 2024		^[6]^[7]
1. FC Köln	Timo Schultz	End of contract	27 May 2024			Gerhard Struber	12 June 2024		^[8]^[9]
1. FC Nürnberg	Cristian Fiél	Signed by Hertha BSC	6 June 2024			Miroslav Klose	11 June 2024		^[10]^[11]
Darmstadt 98	Torsten Lieberknecht	Resigned	1 September 2024		18th	Florian Kohfeldt	7 September 2024		^[12]^[13]
Schalke 04	Karel Geraerts	Sacked	21 September 2024		14th	Jakob Fimpel (interim)	21 September 2024		^[14]
Schalke 04	Jakob Fimpel (interim)	End of caretaker	6 October 2024		13th	Kees van Wonderen	6 October 2024		^[15]
Greuther Fürth	Alexander Zorniger	Sacked	22 October 2024		12th	Leonhard Haas (interim)	22 October 2024		^[16]
Jahn Regensburg	Joe Enochs	Sacked	27 October 2024		18th	Andreas Patz	27 October 2024		^[17]^[18]
Greuther Fürth	Leonhard Haas (interim)	End of caretaker	12 November 2024		12th	Jan Siewert	12 November 2024		^[19]
Hamburger SV	Steffen Baumgart	Sacked	24 November 2024		7th	Merlin Polzin	24 November 2024		^[20]^[21]
Hannover 96	Stefan Leitl		29 December 2024		7th	André Breitenreiter	29 December 2024		^[22]^[23]
Hertha BSC	Cristian Fiél		17 February 2025		14th	Stefan Leitl	18 February 2025		^[24]^[25]
SSV Ulm	Thomas Wörle		11 March 2025		17th	Robert Lechleiter	11 March 2025		^[26]
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Markus Anfang		22 April 2025		7th	Torsten Lieberknecht	22 April 2025		^[27]
Hannover 96	André Breitenreiter	Mutual consent	23 April 2025		10th	Lars Barlemann / Dirk Lottner / Christian Schulz (interim)	23 April 2025		^[28]
Preußen Münster	Sascha Hildmann	Sacked	27 April 2025		17th	Kieran Schulze-Marmeling (interim)	28 April 2025		^[29]^[30]
Schalke 04	Kees van Wonderen	Sacked	3 May 2025		13th	Jakob Fimpel (interim)	3 May 2025		^[31]
1. FC Köln	Gerhard Struber		5 May 2025		2nd	Friedhelm Funkel (interim)	5 May 2025		^[32]
Greuther Fürth	Jan Siewert		5 May 2025		14th	Thomas Kleine / Milorad Peković	6 May 2025		^[33]^[34]
Jahn Regensburg	Andreas Patz	Resigned	8 May 2025		18th	Munier Raychouni (interim)	8 May 2025		^[35]
Eintracht Braunschweig	Daniel Scherning	Sacked	19 May 2025		16th	Marc Pfitzner (interim)	19 May 2025		^[36]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Köln (C, P)	34	18	7	9	53	38	+15	61	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Hamburger SV (P)	34	16	11	7	78	44	+34	59	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	SV Elversberg	34	16	10	8	64	37	+27	58	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	SC Paderborn	34	15	10	9	56	46	+10	55
5	1. FC Magdeburg	34	14	11	9	64	52	+12	53
6	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	14	11	9	57	52	+5	53
7	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	15	8	11	56	55	+1	53
8	Karlsruher SC	34	14	10	10	57	55	+2	52
9	Hannover 96	34	13	12	9	41	36	+5	51
10	1. FC Nürnberg	34	14	6	14	60	57	+3	48
11	Hertha BSC	34	12	8	14	49	51	−2	44
12	Darmstadt 98	34	11	9	14	56	55	+1	42
13	Greuther Fürth	34	10	9	15	45	59	−14	39
14	Schalke 04	34	10	8	16	52	62	−10	38
15	Preußen Münster	34	8	12	14	40	43	−3	36
16	Eintracht Braunschweig (O)	34	8	11	15	38	64	−26	35	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	SSV Ulm (R)	34	6	12	16	36	48	−12	30	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	Jahn Regensburg (R)	34	6	7	21	23	71	−48	25	Relegation to 3. Liga

Home \ Away	BRA	BSC	DAR	DÜS	ELV	FÜR	HAM	HAN	KAI	KAR	KÖL	MAG	MÜN	NÜR	PAD	REG	SCH	ULM
Eintracht Braunschweig	—	1–5	1–0	2–2	0–3	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–4	3–2	0–0	0–0	1–1
Hertha BSC	3–1	—	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–2
Darmstadt 98	1–1	3–1	—	0–2	0–3	1–0	0–4	3–1	5–1	3–0	5–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf	5–0	2–1	2–2	—	0–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	3–4	0–0	2–2	2–5	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–2
SV Elversberg	3–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	—	2–0	4–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	2–5	0–1	2–1	1–3	6–0	1–4	1–3
Greuther Fürth	3–0	2–1	1–5	1–2	0–0	—	3–2	1–0	2–4	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	2–1	3–3	0–1
Hamburger SV	2–4	1–1	2–2	4–1	0–0	5–0	—	2–2	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	5–0	2–2	6–1
Hannover 96	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	—	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–2	3–4	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	—	3–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–1
Karlsruher SC	0–2	1–3	3–3	2–3	3–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	—	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	3–0	4–2	2–0	0–0
1. FC Köln	5–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	4–0	4–4	—	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–0
1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	1–3	4–1	4–2	0–0	2–2	0–3	0–3	2–0	2–2	3–0	—	0–5	3–4	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–0
Preußen Münster	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	—	0–1	3–3	2–0	1–2	0–0
1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–3	3–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–4	3–2	—	2–3	8–3	3–1	2–0
SC Paderborn	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	5–3	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	—	3–0	2–4	0–0
Jahn Regensburg	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–3	1–0	0–4	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	—	2–0	1–0
Schalke 04	5–1	2–2	3–5	1–1	1–2	3–4	2–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–3	2–5	1–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	—	2–1
SSV Ulm	3–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	5–1	0–0	—

2024–25 2. Bundesliga

Teams

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Overview

Matches

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[38]
1	Davie Selke	Hamburger SV	22
2	Martijn Kaars	1. FC Magdeburg	19
3	Ragnar Ache	1. FC Kaiserslautern	18
3	Fisnik Asllani	SV Elversberg	18
5	Moussa Sylla	Schalke 04	16
6	Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer	Hamburger SV	14
6	Isac Lidberg	Darmstadt 98	14
7	Kenan Karaman	Schalke 04	13
	Dawid Kownacki	Fortuna Düsseldorf
	Rayan Philippe	Eintracht Braunschweig
	Marvin Wanitzek	Karlsruher SC

Date	Player	Club	Against	Result
3 August 2024	Budu Zivzivadze	Karlsruher SC	1. FC Nürnberg	3–2 (H)
20 September 2024	Isac Lidberg	Darmstadt 98	Schalke 04	5–3 (A)
29 September 2024	Marvin Wanitzek	Karlsruher SC	1. FC Köln	4–4 (A)
25 October 2024	Julian Justvan	1. FC Nürnberg	Jahn Regensburg	8–3 (H)
19 January 2025	Martijn Kaars	1. FC Magdeburg	SV Elversberg	5–2 (A)
26 January 2025	Semir Telalović⁴	SSV Ulm	Jahn Regensburg	5–1 (H)
1 February 2025	Martijn Kaars⁴	1. FC Magdeburg	Schalke 04	5–2 (A)
12 April 2025	Fisnik Asllani	SV Elversberg	Hannover 96	3–1 (A)

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[39]
1	Nicolas Kristof	SV Elversberg	13
2	Ron-Robert Zieler	Hannover 96	11
3	Florian Kastenmeier	Fortuna Düsseldorf	9
	Johannes Schenk	Preußen Münster
	Marvin Schwäbe	1. FC Köln
6	Daniel Heuer Fernandes	Hamburger SV	8
	Julian Krahl	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Jan Reichert	1. FC Nürnberg
	Dominik Reimann	1. FC Magdeburg
	Max Weiß	Karlsruher SC