# 1987–88 2. Bundesliga

The 1987–88 2. Bundesliga season was the fourteenth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
Stuttgarter Kickers and FC St. Pauli were promoted to the Bundesliga while Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, BVL 08 Remscheid, SSV Ulm 1846 and Arminia Bielefeld were relegated to the Oberliga.

## League table

For the 1987–88 season Kickers Offenbach, SpVgg Bayreuth, SV Meppen and BVL 08 Remscheid were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin and Fortuna Düsseldorf had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Stuttgarter Kickers (C, P) | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 89 | 49 | +40 | 51 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | FC St. Pauli (P) | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 65 | 38 | +27 | 49 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 46 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 47 | |
| 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 46 | |
| 6 | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 46 | |
| 7 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 43 | |
| 8 | Kickers Offenbach | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 39 | |
| 9 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 38 | |
| 10 | SC Freiburg | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 61 | 63 | −2 | 38 | |
| 11 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 34 | |
| 12 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 58 | 67 | −9 | 34 | |
| 13 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 57 | 67 | −10 | 34 | |
| 14 | SV Meppen | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 55 | 72 | −17 | 34 | |
| 15 | SG Union Solingen | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 34 | |
| 16 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (R) | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 33 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | SpVgg Bayreuth | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 55 | 66 | −11 | 33 | |
| 18 | FC Remscheid (R) | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 54 | 74 | −20 | 29 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | SSV Ulm 1846 (R) | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 51 | 75 | −24 | 29 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | Arminia Bielefeld (R) | 38 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 67 | −38 | 22 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* ↑ Rot-Weiss Oberhausen had their license revoked and were therefore relegated.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAC | BAY | BWB | DSC | D98 | F95 | RWE | SCF | FKO | SVM | RWO | KOF | OSN | REM | FCS | SGU | STP | SKI | ULM | SGW |
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 2–3 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 2–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| SC Freiburg | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–6 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| Fortuna Köln | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| SV Meppen | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| BVL Remscheid | 1–3 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Union Solingen | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| FC St. Pauli | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–3 | 6–1 |
| SSV Ulm | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–8 | — | 1–2 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | — |

## Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 21 | Souleyman Sané | SC Freiburg |
| 19 | Theo Gries | Alemannia Aachen |
| 18 | Frank Kremer | BVL 08 Remscheid |
| 17 | Waldemar Steubing | SSV Ulm 1846 |
| 17 | Dirk Zander | FC St. Pauli |
| 16 | Bernd Grabosch | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 16 | Dieter Müller | Kickers Offenbach |
| 16 | Thorsten Schlumberger | SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin |
| 16 | Rüdiger Wenzel | FC St. Pauli |
| 15 | Heikko Glöde | VfL Osnabrück |