2023–24 2. Bundesliga

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2. Bundesliga
Season2023–24
Dates28 July 2023 – 19 May 2024
Matches played272
Goals scored834 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorerHaris Tabaković
(21 goals)
Biggest home winHannover 7–0 Osnabrück
Karlsruhe 7–0 Magdeburg
Biggest away winElversberg 0–5 Düsseldorf
Nürnberg 0–5 Düsseldorf
Highest scoringMagdeburg 6–4 Hertha
Longest winning run5 games
Fürth
Kiel
Longest unbeaten run20 games
St. Pauli
Longest winless run15 games
Osnabrück
Longest losing run7 games
Kaiserslautern
Highest attendance69,156
Hertha v Schalke
Lowest attendance6,119
Wiesbaden v Paderborn
Attendance7,838,528 (28,818 per match)
2024–25
All statistics correct as of 26 April 2024.

The 2023–24 2. Bundesliga is the 50th season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 28 July 2023 and will conclude on 19 May 2024.[1][2]

The fixtures were announced on 30 June 2023.[3]

Teams[edit]

Team changes[edit]

Promoted from
2022–23 3. Liga
Relegated from
2022–23 Bundesliga
Promoted to
2023–24 Bundesliga
Relegated to
2023–24 3. Liga
SV Elversberg
VfL Osnabrück
Wehen Wiesbaden
Schalke 04
Hertha BSC
1. FC Heidenheim
Darmstadt 98
Arminia Bielefeld
Jahn Regensburg
SV Sandhausen

SV Elversberg plays in 2. Bundesliga for the first time in the club's history, VfL Osnabrück returns to 2. Bundesliga after a two-season spell in third tier and Wehen Wiesbaden returns after a three-season spell in third tier.

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 74,649
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 49,780
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe BBBank Wildpark 34,302
Holstein Kiel Kiel Holstein-Stadion 15,034
1. FC Magdeburg Magdeburg MDCC-Arena 30,098
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Max-Morlock-Stadion 49,923
VfL Osnabrück Osnabrück Stadion an der Bremer Brücke 16,667
SC Paderborn Paderborn Home Deluxe Arena 15,000
Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 29,000
Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 62,271
FC St. Pauli Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 29,546
Wehen Wiesbaden Wiesbaden BRITA-Arena 12,250

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany Daniel Scherning Germany Jannis Nikolaou Puma Kosatec Computer Jochen Staake Stiftung
Hertha BSC Hungary Pál Dárdai Germany Toni Leistner Nike CrazyBuzzer CG Elementum
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany Daniel Thioune Germany André Hoffmann Adidas Targobank Metro Chef
SV Elversberg Germany Horst Steffen Germany Kevin Conrad Nike HYLO Pure Steel+
Greuther Fürth Germany Alexander Zorniger Sweden Branimir Hrgota Puma Hofmann Personal Signia
Hamburger SV Germany Steffen Baumgart Germany Sebastian Schonlau Adidas HanseMerkur Popp Feinkost
Hannover 96 Germany Stefan Leitl Germany Ron-Robert Zieler Macron BRAINHOUSE247/ÜSTRA (April 2024 onwards)[4] Xylem
1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany Friedhelm Funkel Germany Jean Zimmer Nike Allgäuer Latschenkiefer Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz
Karlsruher SC Germany Christian Eichner Germany Jérôme Gondorf Macron CG Elementum Schauinsland-Reisen
Holstein Kiel Germany Marcel Rapp Germany Philipp Sander Puma Famila Lotto Schleswig-Holstein
1. FC Magdeburg Germany Christian Titz Germany Amara Condé Hummel Humanas SWM Magdeburg
1. FC Nürnberg Germany Cristian Fiél Germany Enrico Valentini Adidas Nürnberger Versicherung Helmsauer
VfL Osnabrück Germany Uwe Koschinat Germany Timo Beermann Puma SO-TECH JOPA
SC Paderborn Poland Lukas Kwasniok Germany Jannik Huth Saller Four 20 Pharma Personalco
Hansa Rostock Bosnia and Herzegovina Mersad Selimbegović Germany Markus Kolke Mizuno 28 Black APEX Group
Schalke 04 Belgium Karel Geraerts Germany Simon Terodde Adidas Veltins hülsta
FC St. Pauli Germany Fabian Hürzeler Australia Jackson Irvine DIIY Congstar Astra Brauerei
Wehen Wiesbaden Germany Markus Kauczinski Germany Sascha Mockenhaupt Capelli Brita Mobilebet

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
1. FC Nürnberg Germany Dieter Hecking (interim) End of caretaker 20 February 2023 30 June 2023 Pre-season Germany Cristian Fiél 10 June 2023 1 July 2023 [5][6]
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany Michael Schiele Sacked 9 June 2023 Germany Jens Härtel 11 June 2023 [7][8]
Schalke 04 Germany Thomas Reis 27 September 2023 16th Germany Matthias Kreutzer (interim) 27 September 2023 [9]
Germany Matthias Kreutzer (interim) End of caretaker 9 October 2023 Belgium Karel Geraerts 9 October 2023 [10]
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany Jens Härtel Sacked 23 October 2023 18th Germany Marc Pfitzner (interim) 23 October 2023 [11]
Germany Marc Pfitzner (interim) End of caretaker spell 7 November 2023 Germany Daniel Scherning 7 November 2023 [12]
VfL Osnabrück Germany Tobias Schweinsteiger Sacked 14 November 2023 Germany Martin Heck / Germany Tim Danneberg (interim) 14 November 2023 [13][14]
Germany Martin Heck / Tim Danneberg (interim) End of caretaker spell 27 November 2023 Germany Uwe Koschinat 27 November 2023 [15]
1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany Dirk Schuster Sacked 30 November 2023 11th Germany Niklas Martin (interim) 30 November 2023 [16]
Germany Niklas Martin (interim) End of caretaker spell 3 December 2023 13th Greece Dimitrios Grammozis 3 December 2023 [17]
Hansa Rostock Germany Alois Schwartz Sacked 13 December 2023 16th Germany Uwe Speidel (interim) 13 December 2023 [18]
Germany Uwe Speidel (interim) End of caretaker spell 18 December 2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mersad Selimbegović 18 December 2023 2 January 2024 [19]
Hamburger SV Germany Tim Walter Sacked 12 February 2024 3rd Germany Merlin Polzin (interim) 12 February 2024 [20]
1. FC Kaiserslautern Greece Dimitrios Grammozis 13 February 2024 16th Germany Friedhelm Funkel 14 February 2024 [21][22]
Hamburger SV Germany Merlin Polzin (interim) End of caretaker spell 20 February 2024 3rd Germany Steffen Baumgart 20 February 2024 [23]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FC St. Pauli 31 18 9 4 57 33 +24 63 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Holstein Kiel 30 19 4 7 60 34 +26 61
3 Fortuna Düsseldorf 30 16 7 7 64 35 +29 55 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Hamburger SV 30 14 7 9 55 42 +13 49
5 Karlsruher SC 30 12 10 8 61 45 +16 46
6 Hannover 96 31 11 13 7 53 39 +14 46
7 Hertha BSC 31 12 9 10 63 52 +11 45
8 SC Paderborn 30 12 7 11 46 49 −3 43
9 Greuther Fürth 30 12 6 12 40 43 −3 42
10 SV Elversberg 30 11 7 12 44 52 −8 40
11 1. FC Nürnberg 30 10 7 13 38 56 −18 37
12 1. FC Magdeburg 30 9 9 12 42 46 −4 36
13 Schalke 04 30 10 6 14 46 56 −10 36
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 30 10 4 16 33 41 −8 34
15 Wehen Wiesbaden 30 8 8 14 32 41 −9 32
16 Hansa Rostock 31 9 4 18 27 51 −24 31 Qualification for relegation play-offs
17 1. FC Kaiserslautern 30 8 6 16 46 59 −13 30 Relegation to 3. Liga
18 VfL Osnabrück 30 5 9 16 27 60 −33 24
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2024. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[24]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results[edit]

Home \ Away BRA BSC DÜS ELV FÜR HAM HAN KAI KAR KIE MAG NÜR OSN PAD ROS SCH STP WIE
Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 1–4 5–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–1
Hertha BSC 3–0 2–2 5–1 5–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 3–2 3–3 0–0 3–1 4–0 5–2 1–2 0–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 5–3 1–2 1–3
SV Elversberg 3–0 0–5 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–3
Greuther Fürth 1–2 1–0 1–4 1–1 1–3 2–1 4–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 5–0 1–0 0–0 2–0
Hamburger SV 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–4 2–1 3–4 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 5–3 a 3–0
Hannover 96 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 7–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–2 1–3 3–2 0–2 3–3 3–1 0–4 0–3 3–1 3–2 1–2 3–1 4–1 1–2 1–1
Karlsruher SC 2–0 3–2 2–2 3–2 4–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 7–0 4–1 2–1 0–3 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–2
Holstein Kiel 1–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 4–2 3–0 1–0 2–4 0–2 4–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–4 3–2
1. FC Magdeburg 2–1 6–4 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–3 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0
1. FC Nürnberg 2–1 3–1 0–5 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–4 1–0 2–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 0–2 2–1
VfL Osnabrück 0–3 0–4 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2
SC Paderborn 1–2 2–3 4–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–4 0–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1
Hansa Rostock 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–3 1–3 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–3 3–1
Schalke 04 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 3–2 3–0 0–0 0–2 4–3 2–0 4–0 3–3 3–1 1–0
FC St. Pauli 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–4 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 5–1 0–0 5–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1
Wehen Wiesbaden 1–3 3–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2024. Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs[edit]

The relegation play-offs will take place on 22 or 24 and 28 or 29 May 2024.[2]

Statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

As of 21 April 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[25]
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Tabaković Hertha BSC 21
2 Greece Christos Tzolis Fortuna Düsseldorf 18
3 Germany Ragnar Ache 1.FC Kaiserslautern 16
Germany Robert Glatzel Hamburger SV
Germany Marcel Hartel FC St. Pauli
6 Turkey Can Uzun 1. FC Nürnberg 15
7 Slovakia László Bénes Hamburger SV 13
Croatia Igor Matanović Karlsruher SC
9 Croatia Ivan Prtajin Wehen Wiesbaden 11
Germany Cedric Teuchert Hannover 96

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player Club Against Result Date
Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Tabaković Hertha BSC Eintracht Braunschweig 3–0 (H) 17 September 2023
Germany Ragnar Ache 1. FC Kaiserslautern Hansa Rostock 3–0 (A) 2 March 2024
Germany Paul Stock SV Elversberg Greuther Fürth 4–1 (A) 10 March 2024

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 21 April 2024
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[26]
1 Germany Timon Weiner Holstein Kiel 13
2 Germany Florian Kastenmeier Fortuna Düsseldorf 10
3 Germany Jonas Urbig Greuther Fürth 9
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola Vasilj FC St. Pauli
5 Portugal Daniel Heuer Fernandes Hamburger SV 8
Germany Dominik Reimann 1. FC Magdeburg
7 Germany Ron-Robert Zieler Hannover 96 7
8 Germany Patrick Drewes Karlsruher SC 6
Germany Ron-Thorben Hoffmann Eintracht Braunschweig
Germany Markus Kolke Hansa Rostock
Germany Philipp Kühn VfL Osnabrück

Number of teams by state[edit]

Position State Number Teams
1  Lower Saxony 3 Eintracht Braunschweig, Hannover 96 and VfL Osnabrück
 North Rhine-Westphalia Fortuna Düsseldorf, SC Paderborn and Schalke 04
3  Bavaria 2 Greuther Fürth and 1. FC Nürnberg
 Hamburg Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli
5  Baden-Württemberg 1 Karlsruher SC
 Berlin Hertha BSC
 Hesse Wehen Wiesbaden
 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Hansa Rostock
 Rhineland-Palatinate 1. FC Kaiserslautern
 Saarland SV Elversberg
 Saxony-Anhalt 1. FC Magdeburg
 Schleswig-Holstein Holstein Kiel

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