# 1989–90 2. Bundesliga

The 1989–90 2. Bundesliga season was the sixteenth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
Hertha BSC and SG Wattenscheid 09 were promoted to the Bundesliga while KSV Hessen Kassel, SpVgg Bayreuth, Alemannia Aachen and SpVgg Unterhaching were relegated to the Oberliga.

## League table

For the 1989–90 season KSV Hessen Kassel, SpVgg Unterhaching, MSV Duisburg and Preußen Münster were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while Stuttgarter Kickers and Hannover 96 had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hertha BSC (C, P) | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 53 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | SG Wattenscheid 09 (P) | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 51 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 46 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 45 | |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 69 | 51 | +18 | 43 | |
| 6 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 42 | |
| 7 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 39 | |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 38 | |
| 9 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 37 | |
| 10 | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 37 | |
| 11 | SV Meppen | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 36 | |
| 12 | SC Preußen Münster | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 36 | |
| 13 | SC Freiburg | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 34 | |
| 14 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 34 | |
| 15 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 58 | 69 | −11 | 33 | |
| 16 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 33 | |
| 17 | Hessen Kassel (R) | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 33 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | SpVgg Bayreuth (R) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 31 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | Alemannia Aachen (R) | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 51 | 63 | −12 | 30 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | SpVgg Unterhaching (R) | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 29 | Relegation to Oberliga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAC | BAY | BWB | BSC | EBS | D98 | DUI | RWE | SCF | H96 | KAS | FKO | SVM | PRM | OSN | FCS | S04 | SKI | UNT | SGW |
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 3–0 | — | 6–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Hertha BSC | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| SC Freiburg | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Hannover 96 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Hessen Kassel | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Fortuna Köln | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| SV Meppen | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Preußen Münster | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 |
| Schalke 04 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | — | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — |

## Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 21 | Maurice Banach | SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| 19 | Uwe Tschiskale | SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| 18 | Heikko Glöde | VfL Osnabrück |
| 18 | Theo Gries | Hertha BSC |
| 18 | Wolfgang Schüler | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 18 | Peter Sendscheid | FC Schalke 04 |
| 17 | Tony Yeboah | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| 16 | Aleksandr Borodyuk | FC Schalke 04 |
| 16 | Uwe Kober | MSV Duisburg |
| 15 | Thorsten Bolzek | Fortuna Köln |