# 1985–86 2. Bundesliga

The 1985–86 2. Bundesliga season was the twelfth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
FC Homburg and SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin were promoted to the Bundesliga while Hertha BSC, SpVgg Bayreuth, Tennis Borussia Berlin and MSV Duisburg were relegated to the Oberliga.

## League table

For the 1985–86 season VfL Osnabrück, Tennis Borussia Berlin, Viktoria Aschaffenburg and SpVgg Bayreuth were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while Arminia Bielefeld, Karlsruher SC and Eintracht Braunschweig had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | FC Homburg (C, P) | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 75 | 42 | +33 | 49 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin (P) | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 76 | 48 | +28 | 47 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 46 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Arminia Bielefeld | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 45 | |
| 5 | KSV Hessen Kassel | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 44 | |
| 6 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 73 | 55 | +18 | 43 | |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 43 | |
| 8 | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 43 | |
| 9 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 63 | 56 | +7 | 43 | |
| 10 | Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 63 | 57 | +6 | 41 | |
| 11 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 37 | |
| 12 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 65 | 62 | +3 | 36 | |
| 13 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 35 | |
| 14 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 35 | |
| 15 | SG Union Solingen | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 34 | |
| 16 | SC Freiburg | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 54 | 62 | −8 | 33 | |
| 17 | Hertha BSC (R) | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 31 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | SpVgg Bayreuth (R) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 73 | −33 | 31 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | Tennis Borussia Berlin (R) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 48 | 73 | −25 | 29 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | MSV Duisburg (R) | 38 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 34 | 86 | −52 | 15 | Relegation to Oberliga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAC | SVV | BAY | BWB | BSC | TBB | DSC | EBS | D98 | DUI | SCF | HOM | KSC | KAS | FKO | RWO | OSN | SGU | SKI | SGW |
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 5–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Hertha BSC | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 7–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | — | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–7 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| SC Freiburg | 4–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| FC Homburg | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Karlsruher SC | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Hessen Kassel | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 4–3 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Fortuna Köln | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Union Solingen | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | — | 4–2 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–6 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — |

## Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 26 | Leo Bunk | SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin |
| 22 | Paul Linz | VfL Osnabrück |
| 22 | Uwe Tschiskale | SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| 19 | Bernd Grabosch | Fortuna Köln |
| 18 | Souleyman Sané | SC Freiburg |
| 18 | Cezary Tobollik | Viktoria Aschaffenburg |
| 17 | Bruno Labbadia | SV Darmstadt 98 |
| 15 | Bodo Mattern | SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin |
| 15 | Andreas Merkle | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 14 | Sergio Allievi | SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| 14 | Andreas Brandts | Alemannia Aachen |
| 14 | Daniel Jurgeleit | SG Union Solingen |
| 14 | Stefan Kohn | Arminia Bielefeld |
| 14 | Michael Künast | Karlsruher SC |