# 2021–22 2. Frauen-Bundesliga

The 2021–22 2. Frauen-Bundesliga was the 18th season of Germany's second-tier women's football league, and the fourth as a single-division league. The season began on 15 August 2021 and concluded on 5 June 2022. The champions and runners-up will be promoted to the Frauen-Bundesliga, while the bottom three teams will be relegated to the Frauen-Regionalliga.
The fixtures were announced on 23 July 2021.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Entering league | Entering league | Exiting league | Exiting league | Exiting league |
| Promoted from 2020–21 Regionalliga | Relegated from 2020–21 Bundesliga | Promoted to 2021–22 Bundesliga | Relegated to 2021–22 Regionalliga | Relegated to 2021–22 Regionalliga |
| SV Elversberg (previously SV Göttelborn) SV Henstedt-Ulzburg 1. FC Nürnberg | SV Meppen MSV Duisburg | Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Köln | Borussia Mönchengladbach Turbine Potsdam II Arminia Bielefeld SpVg Berghofen | BV Cloppenburg 1. FC Saarbrücken Würzburger Kickers 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen |

### Stadiums

| Team | Home city | Home ground | Capacity |
| SG Andernach | Andernach | Stadion am Bassenheimer Weg | 15,220 |
| Borussia Bocholt | Bocholt | In der Hardt | 1,500 |
| MSV Duisburg | Duisburg | MSV-Arena | 31,514 |
| SV Elversberg | Spiesen-Elversberg | Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde | 9,970 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt II | Frankfurt | Stadion am Brentanobad | 5,200 |
| FSV Gütersloh | Gütersloh | Tönnies-Arena | 4,252 |
| SV Henstedt-Ulzburg | Henstedt-Ulzburg | Stadion Schäferkampsweg | 1,500 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim II | Sinsheim | Ensinger-Stadion | 4,000 |
| FC Ingolstadt | Ingolstadt | ESV-Stadion | 11,481 |
| RB Leipzig | Leipzig | Sportanlage Gontardweg | 1,300 |
| SV Meppen | Meppen | Hänsch-Arena | 16,500 |
| Bayern Munich II | Aschheim | Sportpark Aschheim | 3,000 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Nuremberg | Sportpark Valznerweiher | 7,000 |
| VfL Wolfsburg II | Wolfsburg | AOK Stadion | 5,200 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SV Meppen (C, P) | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 64 | 20 | +44 | 61 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | MSV Duisburg (P) | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 60 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 70 | 46 | +24 | 53 | |
| 4 | SG Andernach | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 47 | |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt II | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 56 | 38 | +18 | 43 | |
| 6 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 41 | |
| 7 | Bayern Munich II | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 39 | |
| 8 | FSV Gütersloh | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 32 | |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim II | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 28 | |
| 10 | VfL Wolfsburg II | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 28 | |
| 11 | FC Ingolstadt | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 27 | |
| 12 | SV Elversberg (R) | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 57 | −32 | 22 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 13 | SV Henstedt-Ulzburg (R) | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 74 | −38 | 19 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 14 | Borussia Bocholt (R) | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 31 | 71 | −40 | 17 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* ↑ The Bayern Munich v SV Meppen match from 1 May 2022, originally ended in a 2–0 win for Munich, was counted as a 2–0 win for Meppen afterwards after Munich fielded an ineligible player.
* 1 2 3 4 Reserve teams cannot compete in the Frauen-Bundesliga and are therefore ineligible for promotion.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AND | BOC | DUI | ELV | FR2 | GÜT | HEN | HO2 | ING | LEI | MEP | MU2 | NÜR | WO2 |
| SG Andernach | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Borussia Bocholt | 0–4 | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–8 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–9 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 3–0 | 3–0 | — | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| SV Elversberg | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–5 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt II | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | — | 2–0 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| FSV Gütersloh | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 6–0 |
| SV Henstedt-Ulzburg | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–5 | — | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–7 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim II | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 |
| FC Ingolstadt | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| RB Leipzig | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | — | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| SV Meppen | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Bayern Munich II | 0–3 | 4–5 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–3 | 4–1 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 2–6 | 4–0 | — | 3–3 |
| VfL Wolfsburg II | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — |
* ↑ The Bayern Munich v SV Meppen match from 1 May 2022, originally ended in a 2–0 win for Munich, was counted as a 2–0 win for Meppen afterwards after Munich fielded an ineligible player.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nastassja Lein | 1. FC Nürnberg | 25 |
| 1 | Ramona Maier | FC Ingolstadt | 25 |
| 3 | Vanessa Fudalla | RB Leipzig | 17 |
| 4 | Annalena Rieke | FSV Gütersloh | 14 |
| 4 | Julia Schermuly | SG 99 Andernach | 14 |
| 6 | Alexandra Emmerling | SV Meppen | 13 |
| 6 | Indra Hahn | SV Henstedt-Ulzburg | 13 |
| 6 | Marlene Müller | RB Leipzig | 13 |
| 9 | Isabella Jaron | SV Meppen | 12 |
| 10 | Agnieszka Winczo | SV Meppen | 10 |