Second Fußball-Bundesliga 1974–75
historyThe 1974/75 season was the naugural season of the newly created 2. Fußball-Bundesliga. It was split into two divisions, North and South. The champions of each division won promotion to the Bundesliga while the second placed teams entered a play-off. The bottom four teams of each division were relegated.
{|style="border: 1px solid #ffffff; background: #ffffff" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="500" |- style="background:#efefef;" ! Pl. || Club || Pl || W || D || L || Goals || Diff. || Points |- style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center" | 1. ||align="left"| Hannover 96 || 38 || 25 || 4 || 9 || 93:39 || +54 || 54-22 |- style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center" | 2. ||align="left"| Bayer Uerdingen || 38 || 20 || 11 || 7 || 66:38 || +28 || 51-25 |-align="center" | 3. ||align="left"| FC St. Pauli || 38 || 22 || 6 || 10 || 77:48 || +29 || 50-26 |-align="center" | 4. ||align="left"| Arminia Bielefeld || 38 || 18 || 14 || 6 || 68:47 || +21 || 50-26 |-align="center" | 5. ||align="left"| Fortuna Köln || 38 || 21 || 4 || 13 || 69:43 || +26 || 46-30 |-align="center" | 6. ||align="left"| Borussia Dortmund || 38 || 17 || 12 || 9 || 65:44 || +21 || 46-30 |-align="center" | 7. ||align="left"| SG Wattenscheid 09 || 38 || 18 || 10 || 10 || 72:53 || +19 || 46-30 |-align="center" | 8. ||align="left"| VfL Osnabrück || 38 || 16 || 10 || 12 || 81:62 || +19 || 42-34 |-align="center" | 9. ||align="left"| Preußen Münster || 38 || 17 || 8 || 13 || 73:63 || +10 || 42-34 |-align="center" | 10. ||align="left"| Göttingen 05 || 38 || 15 || 9 || 14 || 60:66 || -6 || 39-37 |-align="center" | 11. ||align="left"| 1. FC Mülheim || 38 || 12 || 12 || 14 || 47:64 || -17 || 36-40 |-align="center" | 12. ||align="left"| Schwarz-Weiß Essen || 38 || 13 || 8 || 17 || 55:69 || -14 || 34-42 |-align="center" | 13. ||align="left"| Wacker 04 Berlin || 38 || 13 || 7 || 18 || 54:68 || -14 || 33-43 |-align="center" | 14. ||align="left"| DJK Gütersloh || 38 || 11 || 10 || 17 || 57:63 || -6 || 32-44 |-align="center" | 15. ||align="left"| Alemannia Aachen || 38 || 11 || 8 || 19 || 57:71 || -14 || 30-46 |-align="center" | 16. ||align="left"| SpVgg Erkenschwick || |38 || 9 || 11 || 18 || 49:70 || -21 || 29-47 |- style="background:#ffcccc;" align="center" | 17. ||align="left"| Olympia Wilhelmshaven || 38 || 10 || 7 || 21 || 54:81 || -27 || 27-49 |- style="background:#ffcccc;" align="center" | 18. ||align="left"| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen || 38 || 6 || 15 || 17 || 38:66 || -28 || 27-49 |- style="background:#ffcccc;" align="center" | 19. ||align="left"| VfL Wolfsburg || 38 || 10 || 6 || 22 || 61:89 || -28 || 26-50 |- style="background:#ffcccc;" align="center" | 20. ||align="left"| HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst || 38 || 6 || 8 || 24 || 34:86 || -52 || 20-56 |}
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" |- |Goals |Player |Team |- |rowspan="1" align=center|29 | Volker Graul |Arminia Bielefeld |- |rowspan="1" align=center|26 | Gerd-Volker Schock |VfL Osnabrück |- |rowspan="1" align=center|24 | Rüdiger Wenzel |FC St. Pauli |- |rowspan="1" align=center|23 | Peter Dahl |Hannover 96 |- |rowspan="2" align=center|20 | Gerd Kasperski |Hannover 96 |- | Rolf Kucharski |Alemannia Aachen |- |rowspan="3" align=center|19 | Wolfgang John |Wacker 04 Berlin |- | Wolf-Rüdiger Krause |VfL Wolfsburg |- | Roland Stegmayer |Hannover 96 |- |rowspan="1" align=center|18 | Hans Fritsche |Schwarz-Weiß Essen |- |}
{|style="border: 1px solid #ffffff; background: #ffffff" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="500" |- style="background:#efefef;" ! Pl. || Club || Pl || W || D || L || Goals || Diff. || Points |- style="background:#ccffcc;" align="center" | 1. ||align="left"| Karlsruher SC || 38 || 22 || 6 || 10 || 76:50 || +26 || 50-26 |- style="background:#eaffea;" align="center" | 2. ||align="left"| FK Pirmasens || 38 || 19 || 10 || 9 || 75:62 || +13 || 48-28 |-align="center" | 3. ||align="left"| FC Schweinfurt 05 || 38 || 19 || 10 || 9 || 65:59 || +6 || 48-28 |-align="center" | 4. ||align="left"| FC Bayern Hof || 38 || 18 || 10 || 10 || 65:46 || +19 || 46-30 |-align="center" | 5. ||align="left"| 1860 München || 38 || 20 || 5 || 13 || 64:45 || +19 || 45-31 |-align="center" | 6. ||align="left"| 1. FC Nuremberg || 38 || 17 || 8 || 13 || 70:52 || +18 || 42-34 |-align="center" | 7. ||align="left"| 1. FC Saarbrücken || 38 || 15 || 11 || 12 || 72:52 || +20 || 41-35 |-align="center" | 8. ||align="left"| SV Waldhof Mannheim || 38 || 16 || 8 || 14 || 52:42 || +10 || 40-36 |-align="center" | 9. ||align="left"| SpVgg Bayreuth || 38 || 15 || 10 || 13 || 53:50 || +3 || 40-36 |-align="center" | 10. ||align="left"| Darmstadt 98 || 38 || 16 || 7 || 15 || 68:62 || +6 || 39-37 |-align="center" | 11. ||align="left"| FSV Mainz 05 || 38 || 14 || 10 || 14 || 63:60 || +3 || 38-38 |-align="center" | 12. ||align="left"| FC Augsburg || 38 || 12 || 13 || 13 || 61:63 || -2 || 37-39 |-align="center" | 13. ||align="left"| Röchling Völklingen || 38 || 11 || 12 || 15 || 56:54 || +2 || 34-42 |-align="center" | 14. ||align="left"| FC Homburg || |38 || 13 || 8 || 17 || 71:74 || -3 || 34-42 |-align="center" | 15. ||align="left" |SpVgg Fürth || 38 || 12 || 10 || 16 || |40:48 || -8 || 34-42 |-align="center" | 16. ||align="left"| Stuttgarter Kickers || 38 || 13 || 7 || 18 || 52:61 || -9 || 33-43 |- style="background:#ffcccc;" align="center" | 17. ||align="left"| VfR Heilbronn || 38 || 10 || 10 || 18 || 51:78 || -27 || 30-46 |- style="background:#ffcccc;" align="center" | 18. ||align="left"| Borussia Neunkirchen || 38 || 11 || 6 || 21 || 49:73 || -24 || 28-48 |- style="background:#ffcccc;" align="center" | 19. ||align="left"| VfR Wormatia Worms || 38 || 9 || 9 || 20 || 36:66 || -30 || 27-49 |- style="background:#ffcccc;" align="center" | 20. ||align="left"| VfR Mannheim || 38 || 8 || 10 || 20 || 43:85 || -42 || 26-50 |}
{|style="border: 1px solid #ffffff; background: #ffffff" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="250px" |- style="background:#efefef;" ! Legend |- style="background:#ccffcc;" | Promoted in Bundesliga |- style="background:#eaffea;" | Participant Deciding matches |- style="background:#ffcccc;" | Relegated |}
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" |- |Goals |Player |Team |- |rowspan="1" align=center|25 | Bernd Hoffmann |Karlsruher SC |- |rowspan="1" align=center|23 | Ferdinand Keller |TSV 1860 München |- |rowspan="2" align=center|21 | Otmar Ludwig |FC 08 Homburg |- | Hans Walitza |1. FC Nürnberg |- |rowspan="1" align=center|17 | Gilbert Dussier |Röchling Völklingen |- |rowspan="2" align=center|16 | Lothar Emmerich |FC Schweinfurt 05 |- | Werner Seubert |FC Schweinfurt 05 |- |rowspan="6" align=center|15 | Harald Aumeier |FC Schweinfurt 05 |- | Harry Erhart |FK Pirmasens |- | Gerhard Pankotsch |FC 08 Homburg |- | Gerd Warken |Röchling Völklingen |- | Dieter Weinkauff |FK Pirmasens |- | Hartmut Werner |FC Bayern Hof |- |}
The second placed teams of each division entered a two-leg promotion play-off.
{|style="border: 1px solid #ffffff; background: #ffffff" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1" width="250px" |- style="background:#efefef;" ! colspan="2" | Deciding matches |- | FK Pirmasens - Bayer Uerdingen || 4:4 |- | Bayer Uerdingen - FK Pirmasens || 6:0 |} Bayer Uerdingen was promoted to Bundesliga.