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

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 (C) (P) 38 25 4 9 93 39+54 54 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 KFC Uerdingen 05 (P) 38 20 11 7 66 38+28 51 Promotion playoff
3 FC St. Pauli 38 22 6 10 77 48+29 50
4 Arminia Bielefeld 38 18 14 6 68 47+21 50
5 SC Fortuna Köln 38 21 4 13 69 43+26 46
6 Borussia Dortmund 38 17 12 9 65 44+21 46
7 SG Wattenscheid 09 38 18 10 10 72 53+19 46
8 VfL Osnabrück 38 16 10 12 81 62+19 42
9 Preußen Münster 38 17 8 13 73 63+10 42
10 1. SC Göttingen 05 38 15 9 14 60 666 39
11 1. FC Mülheim 38 12 12 14 47 6417 36
12 Schwarz-Weiss Essen 38 13 8 17 44 6925 34
13 Wacker 04 Berlin 38 13 7 18 54 6814 33
14 DJK Gütersloh 38 11 10 17 57 636 32
15 Alemannia Aachen 38 11 8 19 57 7114 30
16 SpVgg Erkenschwick 38 9 11 18 49 7021 29
17 Olympia Wilhelmshaven (R) 38 10 7 21 54 8127 27 Relegation to Oberliga
18 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (R) 38 6 15 17 38 6628 27
19 VfL Wolfsburg (R) 38 10 6 22 61 8928 26
20 HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst (R) 38 6 8 24 34 8652 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 Germany Volker Graul Arminia Bielefeld
26 Germany Gerd-Volker Schock VfL Osnabrück
24 Germany Rüdiger Wenzel FC St. Pauli
23 Denmark Peter Dahl Hannover 96
20 Germany Gerd Kasperski Hannover 96
Germany Rolf Kucharski Alemannia Aachen
19 Germany Wolfgang John Wacker 04 Berlin
Germany Wolf-Rüdiger Krause VfL Wolfsburg
Germany Roland Stegmayer Hannover 96
18 Germany 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 (C) (P) 38 22 6 10 76 50+26 50 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 FK Pirmasens 38 19 10 9 75 62+13 48 Promotion playoff
3 FC Schweinfurt 05 38 19 10 9 65 59+6 48
4 Bayern Hof 38 18 10 10 65 46+19 46
5 1860 München 38 20 5 13 64 45+19 45
6 1. FC Nürnberg 38 17 8 13 70 52+18 42
7 1. FC Saarbrücken 38 15 11 12 72 52+20 41
8 Waldhof Mannheim 38 16 8 14 52 42+10 40
9 SpVgg Bayreuth 38 15 10 13 53 50+3 40
10 Darmstadt 98 38 16 7 15 68 62+6 39
11 Mainz 05 38 14 10 14 63 60+3 38
12 FC Augsburg 38 12 13 13 61 632 37
13 Röchling Völklingen 38 11 12 15 56 54+2 34
14 FC Homburg 38 13 8 17 71 743 34
15 SpVgg Fürth 38 12 10 16 40 488 34
16 Stuttgarter Kickers 38 13 7 18 52 619 33
17 VfR Heilbronn (R) 38 10 10 18 51 7827 30 Relegation to Oberliga
18 Borussia Neunkirchen (R) 38 11 6 21 49 7324 28
19 Wormatia Worms (R) 38 9 9 20 36 6630 27
20 VfR Mannheim (R) 38 8 10 20 43 8542 26

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:[2]

Goals Player Team
25 Germany Bernd Hoffmann Karlsruher SC
23 Germany Ferdinand Keller TSV 1860 München
21 Germany Otmar Ludwig FC 08 Homburg
Germany Hans Walitza 1. FC Nuremberg
17 Luxembourg Gilbert Dussier Röchling Völklingen
16 Germany Lothar Emmerich FC Schweinfurt 05
Germany Werner Seubert FC Schweinfurt 05
15 Germany Harald Aumeier FC Schweinfurt 05
Germany Harry Erhart FK Pirmasens
Germany Gerhard Pankotsch FC 08 Homburg
Germany Gerd Warken Röchling Völklingen
Germany Dieter Weinkauff FK Pirmasens
Germany 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

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

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