1995–96 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga

Season	1995–96
Champions	VfL Bochum
Promoted	VfL Bochum Arminia Bielefeld MSV Duisburg
Relegated	Chemnitzer FC Hannover 96 1. FC Nürnberg SG Wattenscheid 09
Matches played	306
Top goalscorer	Fritz Walter (21 goals)
Average attendance	7,518
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-second season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.

VfL Bochum, Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg were promoted to the Bundesliga while Chemnitzer FC, Hannover 96, 1. FC Nürnberg and SG Wattenscheid 09 were relegated to the Regionalliga.

Final standings

For the 1995–96 season SpVgg Unterhaching, VfB Lübeck, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Arminia Bielefeld were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while VfL Bochum and MSV Duisburg had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.

Bielefeld

Bochum

Chemnitz

Cologne

Duisburg

Hannover

Hertha BSC

Jena

Leipzig

Lübeck

Mainz

Mannheim

Meppen

Nuremberg

Unterhaching

Wattenscheid

Wolfsburg

Zwickau

Locations of the participating teams of the 1995–96 season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	VfL Bochum (C) (P)	34	21	6	7	68	30	+38	69	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Arminia Bielefeld (P)	34	16	9	9	55	45	+10	57
3	MSV Duisburg (P)	34	15	11	8	55	37	+18	56
4	SpVgg Unterhaching	34	14	10	10	52	38	+14	52
5	FSV Zwickau	34	15	4	15	39	48	−9	49
6	Carl Zeiss Jena	34	13	9	12	49	54	−5	48
7	Waldhof Mannheim	34	13	7	14	49	47	+2	46
8	SC Fortuna Köln	34	12	10	12	37	37	0	46
9	VfB Leipzig	34	13	6	15	35	49	−14	45
10	SV Meppen	34	10	14	10	45	43	+2	44
11	Mainz 05	34	12	8	14	37	41	−4	44
12	VfL Wolfsburg	34	10	14	10	41	46	−5	44
13	VfB Lübeck	34	13	5	16	40	45	−5	44
14	Hertha BSC	34	11	12	11	37	35	+2	45
15	Chemnitzer FC (R)	34	11	9	14	43	51	−8	42	Relegation to Regionalliga
16	Hannover 96 (R)	34	10	7	17	38	48	−10	37
17	1. FC Nürnberg (R)	34	9	12	13	33	40	−7	39
18	SG Wattenscheid 09 (R)	34	8	7	19	38	57	−19	31

Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Hannover 96 was relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Chemnitzer FC was relegated to Regionalliga Nordost. 1. FC Nuremberg was relegated to Regionalliga Süd. SG Wattenscheid 09 was relegeated to Regionalliga West/Südwest.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:^[1]

Goals	Player	Team
21	Fritz Walter	Arminia Bielefeld
15	Torsten Gütschow	Chemnitzer FC
	Daniel Jurgeleit	VfB Lübeck
14	Jörg Kirsten	FSV Zwickau
13	Marcus Marin	MSV Duisburg
12	Niko Kovač	Hertha BSC Berlin
11	Peter Közle	VfL Bochum
	Peter Peschel	VfL Bochum
	Thomas Ziemer	1. FSV Mainz 05
10	Michael Koch	VfB Lübeck
	Giuseppe Reina	SG Wattenscheid 09
	Mark Zimmermann	FC Carl Zeiss Jena

References

1. 2. Bundesliga 1995/1996 » Torschützenliste (German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, accessed: 17 November 2015

External links

• 2. Bundesliga 1995/1996 at Weltfussball.de (German)
• 1995–96 2. Bundesliga (German) kicker.de