# 1975–76 2. Bundesliga

The 1975–76 2. Bundesliga season was the second season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd.
Tennis Borussia Berlin, Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Saarbrücken were promoted to the Bundesliga while 1. FC Mülheim, SpVgg Erkenschwick, DJK Gütersloh, Spandauer SV, 1. FSV Mainz 05, FC Schweinfurt 05, Eintracht Bad Kreuznach and SSV Reutlingen were relegated to the Oberligas and Amateurligas.

## Nord

For the 1975–76 season saw Bayer Leverkusen, Spandauer SV, Westfalia Herne and Union Solingen promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga and Amateurligas while Wuppertaler SV and Tennis Borussia Berlin had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tennis Borussia Berlin (C, P) | 38 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 86 | 43 | +43 | 54 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund (P) | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 93 | 37 | +56 | 52 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Preußen Münster | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 49 | |
| 4 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 74 | 49 | +25 | 45 | |
| 5 | Wuppertaler SV | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 76 | 53 | +23 | 45 | |
| 6 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 45 | |
| 7 | Schwarz-Weiss Essen | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 44 | |
| 8 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 71 | 58 | +13 | 43 | |
| 9 | Arminia Bielefeld | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 42 | |
| 10 | Westfalia Herne | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 40 | |
| 11 | 1. SC Göttingen 05 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 37 | |
| 12 | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 36 | |
| 13 | SG Union Solingen | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 36 | |
| 14 | FC St. Pauli | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 70 | 82 | −12 | 34 | |
| 15 | Bayer Leverkusen | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 61 | −15 | 32 | |
| 16 | Wacker 04 Berlin | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 51 | 82 | −31 | 31 | |
| 17 | 1. FC Mülheim (R) | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 30 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | SpVgg Erkenschwick (R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 45 | 69 | −24 | 29 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | DJK Gütersloh (R) | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 28 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | Spandauer SV (R) | 38 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 33 | 115 | −82 | 8 | Relegation to Oberliga |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAC | TBB | W04 | DSC | BVB | ERK | SWE | G05 | DJK | SCW | FKO | B04 | FMU | PRM | OSN | SGU | SSV | STP | SGW | WSV |
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 6–0 | — | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Wacker 04 Berlin | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–7 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 3–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | — | 6–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| SpVgg Erkenschwick | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Göttingen 05 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| DJK Gütersloh | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 0–5 |
| Westfalia Herne | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| Fortuna Köln | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 0–4 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Mülheim | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Preußen Münster | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Union Solingen | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Spandauer SV | 1–4 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–7 | — | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| FC St. Pauli | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | — | 3–5 | 2–4 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 |
| Wuppertaler SV | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | — |

### Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 27 | Norbert Stolzenburg | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| 22 | Hans Fritsche | Schwarz-Weiß Essen |
| 19 | Franz Gerber | Wuppertaler SV |
| 18 | Hans-Werner Hartl | Borussia Dortmund |
| 18 | Herbert Mühlenberg | VfL Osnabrück |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Abel | Westfalia Herne |
| 17 | Otmar Ludwig | Fortuna Köln |
| 15 | Wolfgang John | Wacker 04 Berlin/FC St. Pauli |
| 15 | Gerd Kasperski | Borussia Dortmund |
| 15 | Horst Neumann | FC St. Pauli |

## Süd

For the 1975–76 season saw Eintracht Kreuznach, FSV Frankfurt, Jahn Regensburg and SSV Reutlingen promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and VfB Stuttgart relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Saarbrücken (C, P) | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 66 | 28 | +38 | 57 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 78 | 42 | +36 | 54 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 3 | FC Homburg | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 72 | 41 | +31 | 51 | |
| 4 | 1860 Munich | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 78 | 55 | +23 | 47 | |
| 5 | SpVgg Bayreuth | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 71 | 55 | +16 | 47 | |
| 6 | Röchling Völklingen | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 72 | 65 | +7 | 45 | |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 76 | 64 | +12 | 43 | |
| 8 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 42 | |
| 9 | Bayern Hof | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 60 | 56 | +4 | 41 | |
| 10 | SpVgg Fürth | 38 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 37 | |
| 11 | VfB Stuttgart | 38 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 67 | 60 | +7 | 36 | |
| 12 | Mainz 05 (R) | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 81 | 92 | −11 | 36 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 13 | FSV Frankfurt | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 35 | |
| 14 | FK Pirmasens | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 66 | 78 | −12 | 33 | |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 32 | |
| 16 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 57 | 70 | −13 | 32 | |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 48 | 74 | −26 | 30 | |
| 18 | FC Schweinfurt 05 (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 50 | 72 | −22 | 26 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | Eintracht Bad Kreuznach (R) | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 49 | 83 | −34 | 23 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | SSV Reutlingen (R) | 38 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 35 | 99 | −64 | 13 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* ↑ 1. FSV Mainz 05 voluntarily returned their license for the following season to the DFB and were therefore relegated.

### Results

| Home \ Away | FCA | EBK | BAY | D98 | FSV | FUE | HOF | HOM | M05 | M60 | FCN | FKP | JRE | R05 | FCS | S05 | SKI | VFB | SVR | CWA |
| FC Augsburg | — | 3–1 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Eintracht Bad Kreuznach | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 6–4 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| FSV Frankfurt | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| SpVgg Fürth | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Bayern Hof | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| FC Homburg | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | — | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Mainz 05 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–3 | 3–7 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 |
| 1860 Munich | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 5–4 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| FK Pirmasens | 0–0 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 1–2 |
| Jahn Regensburg | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| SSV Reutlingen | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| 1. FC Schweinfurt | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 1–1 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Röchling Völklingen | 4–4 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–3 | — | 1–0 |
| SV Chio Waldhof | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | — |

### Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 29 | Karl-Heinz Granitza | Röchling Völklingen |
| 23 | Werner Hofmann | SpVgg Fürth |
| 23 | Ferdinand Keller | TSV 1860 Munich |
| 21 | Lothar Emmerich | FC Schweinfurt 05 |
| 21 | Dieter Nüssing | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| 21 | Hans Walitza | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| 20 | Hartmut Werner | FC Bayern Hof |
| 19 | Manfred Lenz | FC 08 Homburg |
| 18 | Harald Diener | FC 08 Homburg |
| 18 | Günter Sebert | SV Waldhof Mannheim |

## Promotion play-offs

The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions. Borussia Dortmund won on aggregate and were promoted to the Bundesliga.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| 1. FC Nürnberg (S) | 2–4 | Borussia Dortmund (N) | 0–1 | 2–3 |