# 2005–06 2. Bundesliga

The 2005–06 2. Bundesliga was the 32nd season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. VfL Bochum, Alemannia Aachen, and Energie Cottbus were promoted to the Bundesliga while Dynamo Dresden, 1. FC Saarbrücken, LR Ahlen, and Sportfreunde Siegen were relegated to the Regionalliga.

## League table

For the 2005–06, season Eintracht Braunschweig, SC Paderborn 07, Kickers Offenbach and Sportfreunde Siegen were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while VfL Bochum, F.C. Hansa Rostock and SC Freiburg 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 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 67 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Alemannia Aachen (P) | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 65 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Energie Cottbus (P) | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 58 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 4 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 56 | |
| 5 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 54 | |
| 6 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 53 | |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 48 | |
| 8 | Wacker Burghausen | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 47 | |
| 9 | SC Paderborn | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 46 | |
| 10 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 43 | |
| 11 | Kickers Offenbach | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 43 | |
| 12 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 43 | |
| 13 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 42 | |
| 14 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 42 | |
| 15 | Dynamo Dresden (R) | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 41 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 16 | 1. FC Saarbrücken (R) | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 63 | −26 | 38 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 17 | LR Ahlen (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 35 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | Sportfreunde Siegen (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 31 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* ↑ Dynamo Dresden and LR Ahlen were relegated to Regionalliga Nord. 1. FC Saarbrücken and Sportfreunde Siegen were relegated to Regionalliga Süd.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAC | LRA | AUE | BOC | EBS | WBU | FCE | SGD | SCF | SGF | KSC | M60 | KOF | SCP | ROS | FCS | SIE | UNT |
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 6–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| LR Ahlen | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Erzgebirge Aue | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| VfL Bochum | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Wacker Burghausen | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Energie Cottbus | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Dynamo Dresden | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| SC Freiburg | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Greuther Fürth | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Karlsruher SC | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 1860 Munich | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–5 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| SC Paderborn | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Hansa Rostock | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–3 | 5–3 |
| Sportfreunde Siegen | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | — | 4–0 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — |
* ↑ The Wacker Burghausen v 1860 Munich match from 4 November 2005, which finished with a score of 0–2, was annulled by the DFB on 15 February 2006 and was required to be replayed due to 1860 Munich player Nemanja Vučićević being convicted of taking an illicit substance. The replay took place on 29 March 2006 and finished with a score of 1–0.

## Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 18 | Christian Eigler | SpVgg Greuther Fürth |
| 14 | Giovanni Federico | Karlsruher SC |
| 14 | Marek Krejčí | SV Wacker Burghausen |
| 13 | Régis Dorn | Kickers Offenbach |
| 13 | Marius Ebbers | Alemannia Aachen |
| 12 | Sergiu Radu | FC Energie Cottbus |
| 12 | Edu | VfL Bochum |
| 11 | Zvjezdan Misimović | VfL Bochum |
| 11 | Suat Türker | Kickers Offenbach |
| 11 | Jan Schlaudraff | Alemannia Aachen |
| 11 | René Müller | SC Paderborn 07 |