# 2024–25 2. Bundesliga

The 2024–25 2. Bundesliga is the 51st season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 2 August 2024 and will conclude on 18 May 2025.
The fixtures were announced on 4 July 2024.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 2023–24 3. Liga | Relegated from 2023–24 Bundesliga | Promoted to 2024–25 Bundesliga | Relegated to 2024–25 3. Liga |
| SSV Ulm Preußen Münster Jahn Regensburg | 1. FC Köln Darmstadt 98 | FC St. Pauli Holstein Kiel | Wehen Wiesbaden Hansa Rostock VfL Osnabrück |

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 23,325 |
| Hertha BSC | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 74,649 |
| Darmstadt 98 | Darmstadt | Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor | 17,650 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf | Merkur Spiel-Arena | 54,600 |
| SV Elversberg | Spiesen-Elversberg | Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde | 10,000 |
| Greuther Fürth | Fürth | Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer | 16,626 |
| Hamburger SV | Hamburg | Volksparkstadion | 57,000 |
| Hannover 96 | Hanover | Heinz von Heiden Arena | 49,000 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern | Fritz-Walter-Stadion | 49,327 |
| Karlsruher SC | Karlsruhe | BBBank Wildpark | 34,302 |
| 1. FC Köln | Cologne | RheinEnergieStadion | 49,698 |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | Magdeburg | Avnet Arena | 30,098 |
| Preußen Münster | Münster | Preußenstadion | 14,300 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Nuremberg | Max-Morlock-Stadion | 49,923 |
| SC Paderborn | Paderborn | Home Deluxe Arena | 15,000 |
| Jahn Regensburg | Regensburg | Jahnstadion Regensburg | 15,210 |
| Schalke 04 | Gelsenkirchen | Veltins-Arena | 62,271 |
| SSV Ulm | Ulm | Donaustadion | 19,500 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | Shirt sponsor |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Front | Sleeve |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Daniel Scherning | Ermin Bičakčić | Puma | BRAWO Group | Lease a Bike |
| Hertha BSC | Stefan Leitl | Toni Leistner | Nike | CheckCars24.de | WTG |
| Darmstadt 98 | Florian Kohfeldt | Fabian Holland | Craft | HAIX | 28 Black |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Daniel Thioune | André Hoffmann | Adidas | Targobank | Metro Chef |
| SV Elversberg | Horst Steffen | Robin Fellhauer | Nike | HYLO | Pure Steel |
| Greuther Fürth | Jan Siewert | Branimir Hrgota | Puma | Hofmann Personal | Signia |
| Hamburger SV | Merlin Polzin | Sebastian Schonlau | Adidas | HanseMerkur | Plan International |
| Hannover 96 | André Breitenreiter | Ron-Robert Zieler | Macron | Heise | ÜSTRA |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Markus Anfang | Marlon Ritter | Castore | Novoline | Lacalut |
| Karlsruher SC | Christian Eichner | Marvin Wanitzek | Macron | SWEG | billiger.de |
| 1. FC Köln | Gerhard Struber | Timo Hübers | Hummel | REWE | DEVK |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | Christian Titz | Dominik Reimann | Hummel | Humanas | SWM Magdeburg |
| Preußen Münster | Sascha Hildmann | Marc Lorenz | Jako | FIEGE | Stadtwerke Münster |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Miroslav Klose | Robin Knoche | Adidas | Nürnberger Versicherung | Helmsauer |
| SC Paderborn | Lukas Kwasniok | Raphael Obermair | Saller | Four 20 Pharma | Personalco |
| Jahn Regensburg | Andreas Patz | Andreas Geipl | Hummel | Netto | None |
| Schalke 04 | Kees van Wonderen | Kenan Karaman | Adidas | SUN Minimeal | hülsta |
| SSV Ulm | Robert Lechleiter | Johannes Reichert | Uhlsport | Liqui Moly | B-ITE E-Recruiting |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Incoming date | Ref. |
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Announced on | Departed on | Position in table | Incoming | Announced on | Arrived on | Ref. |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Friedhelm Funkel | Mutual consent | 17 May 2024 | 30 June 2024 | Pre-season | Markus Anfang | 29 May 2024 | 1 July 2024 | |
| Hertha BSC | Pál Dárdai | End of contract | 18 May 2024 | 30 June 2024 | Pre-season | Cristian Fiél | 6 June 2024 | 1 July 2024 | |
| 1. FC Köln | Timo Schultz | End of contract | 27 May 2024 | 30 June 2024 | Pre-season | Gerhard Struber | 12 June 2024 | 1 July 2024 | |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Cristian Fiél | Signed by Hertha BSC | 6 June 2024 | 30 June 2024 | Pre-season | Miroslav Klose | 11 June 2024 | 1 July 2024 | |
| Darmstadt 98 | Torsten Lieberknecht | Resigned | 1 September 2024 | 1 September 2024 | 18th | Florian Kohfeldt | 7 September 2024 | 7 September 2024 | |
| Schalke 04 | Karel Geraerts | Sacked | 21 September 2024 | 21 September 2024 | 14th | Jakob Fimpel (interim) | 21 September 2024 | 21 September 2024 | |
| Schalke 04 | Jakob Fimpel (interim) | End of caretaker | 6 October 2024 | 6 October 2024 | 13th | Kees van Wonderen | 6 October 2024 | 6 October 2024 | |
| Greuther Fürth | Alexander Zorniger | Sacked | 22 October 2024 | 22 October 2024 | 12th | Leonhard Haas (interim) | 22 October 2024 | 22 October 2024 | |
| Jahn Regensburg | Joe Enochs | Sacked | 27 October 2024 | 27 October 2024 | 18th | Andreas Patz (interim) | 27 October 2024 | 27 October 2024 | |
| Greuther Fürth | Leonhard Haas (interim) | End of caretaker | 12 November 2024 | 12 November 2024 | 12th | Jan Siewert | 12 November 2024 | 12 November 2024 | |
| Hamburger SV | Steffen Baumgart | Sacked | 24 November 2024 | 24 November 2024 | 7th | Merlin Polzin | 24 November 2024 | 24 November 2024 | |
| Hannover 96 | Stefan Leitl | Sacked | 29 December 2024 | 29 December 2024 | 7th | André Breitenreiter | 29 December 2024 | 29 December 2024 | |
| Hertha BSC | Cristian Fiél | Sacked | 17 February 2025 | 17 February 2025 | 14th | Stefan Leitl | 18 February 2025 | 18 February 2025 | |
| SSV Ulm | Thomas Wörle | Sacked | 11 March 2025 | 11 March 2025 | 17th | Robert Lechleiter | 11 March 2025 | 11 March 2025 | |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 48 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | 1. FC Köln | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 47 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | SC Paderborn | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 45 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 43 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 42 | |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 42 | |
| 7 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 41 | |
| 8 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 41 | |
| 9 | SV Elversberg | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 40 | |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 37 | |
| 11 | Schalke 04 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 33 | |
| 12 | Greuther Fürth | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 33 | |
| 13 | Darmstadt 98 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 31 | |
| 14 | Preußen Münster | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 26 | |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 49 | −25 | 23 | |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 29 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 17 | SSV Ulm | 26 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 20 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 18 | Jahn Regensburg | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 54 | −40 | 16 | Relegation to 3. Liga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BRA | BSC | DAR | DÜS | ELV | FÜR | HAM | HAN | KAI | KAR | KÖL | MAG | MÜN | NÜR | PAD | REG | SCH | ULM |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | — | 1–5 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Hertha BSC | 3–1 | — | | 0–2 | 1–4 | | 2–3 | | 0–1 | | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–3 | | | | 5–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–5 | | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–2 |
| SV Elversberg | | 4–0 | 4–0 | | — | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 1–4 | 1–3 |
| Greuther Fürth | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | |
| Hamburger SV | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | | 5–0 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | |
| Hannover 96 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3–2 | 3–4 | | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 |
| Karlsruher SC | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | | 1–3 | | | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| 1. FC Köln | 5–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 4–4 | — | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 1. FC Magdeburg | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | — | | 3–4 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Preußen Münster | | | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–4 | 3–2 | — | | 8–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| SC Paderborn | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | | | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 |
| Jahn Regensburg | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | — | | 1–0 |
| Schalke 04 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 1–1 | | 3–4 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | — | |
| SSV Ulm | 3–1 | | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | — |

## Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs will take place on 21 or 23 and 27 or 28 May 2025.

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 16 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Davie Selke | Hamburger SV | 17 |
| 2 | Martijn Kaars | 1. FC Magdeburg | 16 |
| 3 | Ragnar Ache | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 15 |
| 4 | Moussa Sylla | Schalke 04 | 13 |
| 5 | Fisnik Asllani | SV Elversberg | 12 |
| 5 | Kenan Karaman | Schalke 04 | 12 |
| 5 | Isac Lidberg | Darmstadt 98 | 12 |
| 5 | Stefanos Tzimas | 1. FC Nürnberg | 12 |
| 5 | Budu Zivzivadze | Karlsruher SC | 12 |
| 10 | Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer | Hamburger SV | 11 |

### Hat-tricks

| Date | Player | Club | Against | Result |
| 3 August 2024 | Budu Zivzivadze | Karlsruher SC | 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–2 (H) |
| 20 September 2024 | Isac Lidberg | Darmstadt 98 | Schalke 04 | 5–3 (A) |
| 29 September 2024 | Marvin Wanitzek | Karlsruher SC | 1. FC Köln | 4–4 (A) |
| 25 October 2024 | Julian Justvan | 1. FC Nürnberg | Jahn Regensburg | 8–3 (H) |
| 19 January 2025 | Martijn Kaars | 1. FC Magdeburg | SV Elversberg | 5–2 (A) |
| 26 January 2025 | Semir Telalović$^4$ | SSV Ulm | Jahn Regensburg | 5–1 (H) |
| 1 February 2025 | Martijn Kaars$^4$ | 1. FC Magdeburg | Schalke 04 | 5–2 (A) |
$^4$ Player scored four goals.

### Clean sheets

    As of 16 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Nicolas Kristof | SV Elversberg | 10 |
| 2 | Ron-Robert Zieler | Hannover 96 | 9 |
| 3 | Julian Krahl | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 8 |
| 3 | Jan Reichert | 1. FC Nürnberg | 8 |
| 3 | Marvin Schwäbe | 1. FC Köln | 8 |
| 6 | Florian Kastenmeier | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 7 |
| 6 | Johannes Schenk | Preußen Münster | 7 |
| 8 | Felix Gebhardt | Jahn Regensburg | 5 |
| 8 | Daniel Heuer Fernandes | Hamburger SV | 5 |
| 8 | Dominik Reimann | 1. FC Magdeburg | 5 |
| 8 | Max Weiß | Karlsruher SC | 5 |