# 1995–96 2. Bundesliga

The 1995–96 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-second season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
VfL Bochum, Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg were promoted to the Bundesliga while Chemnitzer FC, Hannover 96, 1. FC Nürnberg and SG Wattenscheid 09 were relegated to the Regionalliga.

## League table

For the 1995–96 season SpVgg Unterhaching, VfB Lübeck, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Arminia Bielefeld were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while VfL Bochum and MSV Duisburg had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | VfL Bochum (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 30 | +38 | 69 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Arminia Bielefeld (P) | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 57 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | MSV Duisburg (P) | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 56 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 4 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 52 | |
| 5 | FSV Zwickau | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 49 | |
| 6 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 48 | |
| 7 | Waldhof Mannheim | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 46 | |
| 8 | Fortuna Köln | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 46 | |
| 9 | VfB Leipzig | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 45 | |
| 10 | SV Meppen | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 44 | |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 44 | |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 44 | |
| 13 | VfB Lübeck | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 44 | |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 45 | |
| 15 | Chemnitzer FC (R) | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 42 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 16 | Hannover 96 (R) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 37 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 17 | 1. FC Nürnberg (R) | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 39 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | SG Wattenscheid 09 (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 31 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* ↑ Hannover 96 was relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Chemnitzer FC was relegated to Regionalliga Nordost. 1. FC Nürnberg was relegated to Regionalliga Süd. SG Wattenscheid 09 was relegated to Regionalliga West/Südwest.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BSC | DSC | BOC | CFC | DUI | H96 | JEN | FKO | LEI | LUE | M05 | WMA | SVM | FCN | UNT | SGW | WOB | ZWI |
| Hertha BSC | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| VfL Bochum | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Chemnitzer FC | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Hannover 96 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Fortuna Köln | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| VfB Leipzig | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| VfB Lübeck | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Mainz 05 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 3–2 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| SV Meppen | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 |
| FSV Zwickau | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — |
* ↑ The Mainz 05 v Hannover 96 match from 5 August 1995, which finished with a score of 2–2, was later awarded to Hannover 96 with a score of 0–2 due to Mainz 05 fielding the ineligible player Thomas Ziemer.

## Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 21 | Fritz Walter | Arminia Bielefeld |
| 15 | Torsten Gütschow | Chemnitzer FC |
| 15 | Daniel Jurgeleit | VfB Lübeck |
| 14 | Jörg Kirsten | FSV Zwickau |
| 13 | Marcus Marin | MSV Duisburg |
| 12 | Niko Kovač | Hertha BSC Berlin |
| 11 | Peter Közle | VfL Bochum |
| 11 | Peter Peschel | VfL Bochum |
| 11 | Thomas Ziemer | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
| 10 | Michael Koch | VfB Lübeck |
| 10 | Giuseppe Reina | SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| 10 | Mark Zimmermann | FC Carl Zeiss Jena |