# 1990–91 2. Bundesliga

The 1990–91 2. Bundesliga season was the seventeenth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was the last season in which the league consisted of West German clubs only. From 1991–92 onwards clubs from the former East Germany joined the league.
FC Schalke 04, MSV Duisburg and Stuttgarter Kickers were promoted to the Bundesliga while Rot-Weiss Essen, Preußen Münster, TSV Havelse and FC Schweinfurt 05 were relegated to the Oberliga.

## League table

For the 1990–91 season VfB Oldenburg, TSV Havelse, 1. FSV Mainz 05 and 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while SV Waldhof Mannheim and FC 08 Homburg had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Schalke 04 (C, P) | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 64 | 29 | +35 | 57 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | MSV Duisburg (P) | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 70 | 34 | +36 | 53 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Stuttgarter Kickers (P) | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 51 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 4 | FC Homburg | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 45 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 44 | |
| 6 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 38 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 44 | |
| 7 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 42 | |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 41 | |
| 9 | SC Freiburg | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 40 | |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 38 | |
| 11 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 37 | |
| 12 | VfB Oldenburg | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 36 | |
| 13 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 35 | |
| 14 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 51 | 55 | −4 | 35 | |
| 15 | Rot-Weiss Essen (R) | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 34 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 16 | SV Meppen | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 34 | |
| 17 | Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 33 | |
| 18 | Preußen Münster (R) | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 29 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | TSV Havelse (R) | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 44 | 82 | −38 | 19 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | FC Schweinfurt 05 (R) | 38 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 95 | −69 | 13 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* ↑ After the end of the season, Rot-Weiss Essen were denied a license and were therefore relegated as the fourth team. Darmstadt 98 remained in the second division.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BWB | EBS | D98 | DUI | RWE | SCF | H96 | HAV | HOM | FKO | M05 | WMA | SVM | PRM | OLD | OSN | FCS | S04 | S05 | SKI |
| Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 |
| MSV Duisburg | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | — | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| SC Freiburg | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Hannover 96 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| TSV Havelse | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| FC Homburg | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 |
| Fortuna Köln | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Mainz 05 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 2–0 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| SV Meppen | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Preußen Münster | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 0–0 |
| VfB Oldenburg | 3–5 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | — | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 |
| Schalke 04 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 1. FC Schweinfurt | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–4 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |

## Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 29 | Michael Tönnies | MSV Duisburg |
| 22 | Marcus Marin | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 21 | Thomas Adler | SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin |
| 19 | Jochen Heisig | Hannover 96 |
| 16 | Niels Schlotterbeck | SC Freiburg |
| 14 | Holger Aden | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| 14 | Berardino Capocchiano | TSV Havelse |
| 13 | Aleksandr Borodyuk | FC Schalke 04 |
| 13 | Henrik Eichenauer | SV Darmstadt 98 |
| 13 | Dimitrios Moutas | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 13 | Jörg Wolff | SV Waldhof Mannheim |