2005–06 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga

Season	2005–06
Champions	VfL Bochum
Promoted	VfL Bochum Alemannia Aachen Energie Cottbus
Relegated	Dynamo Dresden 1. FC Saarbrücken LR Ahlen Sportfreunde Siegen
Goals scored	801
Average goals/game	2.62
Top goalscorer	Christian Eigler (18)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 2. Bundesliga was the 32nd season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. VfL Bochum, Alemannia Aachen and Energie Cottbus were promoted to the Bundesliga while Dynamo Dresden, 1. FC Saarbrücken, LR Ahlen and Sportfreunde Siegen were relegated to the Regionalliga.

Final standings

For the 2005–06 season Eintracht Braunschweig, SC Paderborn 07, Kickers Offenbach and Sportfreunde Siegen were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while VfL Bochum, F.C. Hansa Rostock and SC Freiburg had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.^[1]

Aachen

Ahlen

Aue

Bochum

Braunschweig

Burghausen

Cottbus

Dresden

Freiburg

Fürth

Karlsruhe

Munich

Offenbach

Paderborn

Rostock

Saarbrücken

Siegen

Unterhaching

Locations of the participating teams of the 2005–06 season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	VfL Bochum (C) (P)	34	20	7	7	62	33	+29	67	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Alemannia Aachen (P)	34	20	5	9	61	36	+25	65
3	Energie Cottbus (P)	34	16	10	8	49	33	+16	58
4	SC Freiburg	34	16	8	10	41	33	+8	56
5	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	15	9	10	51	42	+9	54
6	Karlsruher SC	34	15	8	11	55	45	+10	53
7	Erzgebirge Aue	34	13	9	12	38	36	+2	48
8	Wacker Burghausen	34	12	11	11	45	49	−4	47
9	SC Paderborn	34	13	7	14	46	40	+6	46
10	Hansa Rostock	34	13	4	17	44	49	−5	43
11	Kickers Offenbach	34	12	7	15	42	53	−11	43
12	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	13	4	17	37	48	−11	43
13	1860 München	34	11	9	14	41	44	−3	42
14	SpVgg Unterhaching	34	12	6	16	42	48	−6	42
15	Dynamo Dresden (R)	34	11	8	15	39	45	−6	41	Relegation to Regionalliga
16	1. FC Saarbrücken (R)	34	11	5	18	37	63	−26	38
17	LR Ahlen (R)	34	9	8	17	36	50	−14	35
18	Sportfreunde Siegen (R)	34	8	7	19	35	54	−19	31

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Dynamo Dresden and LR Ahlen were relegated to Regionalliga Nord. 1. FC Saarbrücken and Sportfreunde Siegen were relegated to Regionalliga Süd.
(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
18	Christian Eigler	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
14	Giovanni Federico	Karlsruher SC
	Marek Krejčí	SV Wacker Burghausen
13	Régis Dorn	Kickers Offenbach
	Marius Ebbers	Alemannia Aachen
12	Sergiu Radu	FC Energie Cottbus
	Edu	VfL Bochum
11	Zvjezdan Misimović	VfL Bochum
	Suat Türker	Kickers Offenbach
	Jan Schlaudraff	Alemannia Aachen
	René Müller	SC Paderborn 07

References

1. 2. Bundesliga 2005/2006 (German) Weltfussball.de – League table 2005-06, accessed: 13 August 2012
2. 2. Bundesliga 2005/2006 .:. Torschützenliste (German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers 2005–06, accessed: 13 August 2012

External links

• Official Bundesliga site (German) (English)
• 2. Bundesliga @ DFB (English) (German)
• Kicker.de (German)