List of clubs in the 2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2. Bundesliga

This is a list of clubs in the 2. Bundesliga, including all clubs and their final placings from 1974–75 to 2023–24. The league is the second-highest football league in Germany and the German football league system. It replaced the Regionalligas as the second division in Germany in 1974. Initially played in a two-division format, north and south, it was merged into a single division in 1981 and has remained at this format ever since with the exception of the 1991–92 season, when the league was briefly split again to accommodate the influx of clubs from the former East Germany.

Overview

After the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 the second division was initially formed by five Regionalligas with a promotion round at the end. In 1974 this system was changed to two regional divisions which were named 2. Bundesliga Süd and Nord. This halved the number of second division teams from a nominal number of 40 to 20. In the 1991–92 season the league was briefly split into a northern and southern division of 12 clubs each to allow for the entry of the East German clubs into the league system. Since 1992 the league has always operated as a single division, initially with 20 clubs, later with 18.^[1]

List of clubs

The list of clubs of the 2. Bundesliga from its inception to the present season, sorted by the last season a club played in the league:^[2][3][4][5]

Club	No.	First	Last	Best	Titles	Seasons
Greuther Fürth 3	33	1974–75	Present	1st	1	2011–12
Hannover 96	28	1974–75	Present	1st	3	1974–75, 1986–87, 2001–02
Karlsruher SC	28	1974–75	Present	1st	3	1974–75, 1983–84, 2006–07
Darmstadt 98	25	1974–75	Present	1st	2	1977–78, 1980–81
1. FC Nürnberg	23	1974–75	Present	1st	4	1979–80, 1984–85, 2000–01, 2003–04
Preußen Münster	10	1974–75	Present	3rd	—	—
Jahn Regensburg	11	1975–76	Present	8th	—	—
SSV Ulm	9	1979–80	Present	3rd	—	—
Eintracht Braunschweig	20	1980–81	Present	2nd	—	—
Hertha BSC	17	1980–81	Present	1st	3	1989–90, 2010–11, 2012–13
Schalke 04	8	1981–82	Present	1st	3	1981–82, 1990–91, 2021–22
Fortuna Düsseldorf	18	1987–88	Present	1st	2	1988–89, 2017–18
1. FC Kaiserslautern	14	1996–97	Present	1st	2	1996–97, 2009–10
1. FC Köln	11	1998–99	Present	1st	4	1999–2000, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2018–19
SC Paderborn 6	15	2005–06	Present	2nd	—	—
Hamburger SV	7	2018–19	Present	3rd	—	—
1. FC Magdeburg ‡	4	2018–19	Present	11th	—	—
SV Elversberg	2	2023−24	Present	11th	—	—
SV Wehen Wiesbaden	4	2007–08	2023–24	8th	—	—
Hansa Rostock ‡	11	1992–93	2023–24	1st	1	1994–95
Holstein Kiel	10	1978–79	2023–24	2nd	—	—
FC St. Pauli	31	1974–75	2023–24	1st	2	1976–77, 2023–24
VfL Osnabrück	26	1974–75	2023–24	6th	—	—
Arminia Bielefeld	21	1974–75	2022−23	1st	3	1977–78, 1979–80, 1998–99
1. FC Heidenheim	9	2014–15	2022−23	1st	1	2022−23
SV Sandhausen	11	2012–13	2022−23	10th	—	—
Werder Bremen	2	1980–81	2021–22	1st	1	1980–81
Erzgebirge Aue ‡	16	2003–04	2021–22	5th	—	—
Dynamo Dresden ‡	10	2004–05	2021–22	5th	—	—
FC Ingolstadt 4	9	2008–09	2021–22	1st	1	2014–15
Würzburger Kickers	3	1977–78	2020–21	17th	—	—
VfL Bochum	16	1993–94	2020–21	1st	4	1993–94, 1995–96, 2005–06, 2020–21
VfB Stuttgart	4	1975–76	2019–20	1st	3	1976–77, 2016–17, 2019–20
MSV Duisburg	22	1982–83	2018–19	2nd	—	—
Union Berlin ‡	13	2001–02	2018–19	3rd	—	—
1860 Munich	20	1974–75	2016–17	1st	1	1978–79
FSV Frankfurt	16	1975–76	2015–16	4th	—	—
SC Freiburg	22	1978–79	2015–16	1st	4	1992–93, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2015–16
RB Leipzig ‡	2	2014–15	2015–16	2nd	—	—
VfR Aalen	3	2012–13	2014–15	11th	—	—
Energie Cottbus ‡	11	1997–98	2013–14	3rd	—	—
Alemannia Aachen	28	1974–75	2011–12	2nd	—	—
Eintracht Frankfurt	6	1996–97	2011–12	1st	1	1997–98
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	18	1974–75	2010–11	5th	—	—
1. FSV Mainz 05	19	1974–75	2010–11	2nd	—	—
FC Augsburg	12	1974–75	2010–11	2nd	—	—
Rot-Weiß Ahlen 7	8	2000–01	2009–10	6th	—	—
TuS Koblenz	4	2006–07	2009–10	10th	—	—
Kickers Offenbach	14	1976–77	2007–08	2nd	—	—
FC Carl Zeiss Jena ‡	8	1991–92	2007–08	5th	—	—
Borussia Mönchengladbach	3	1999–2000	2007–08	1st	1	2007–08
1899 Hoffenheim	1	2007–08	2007–08	2nd	—	—
Rot-Weiß Essen	16	1977–78	2006–07	2nd	—	—
SpVgg Unterhaching	11	1989–90	2006–07	2nd	—	—
Wacker Burghausen	5	2002–03	2006–07	8th	—	—
1. FC Saarbrücken	19	1974–75	2005–06	1st	2	1975–76, 1991–92
Sportfreunde Siegen	1	2005–06	2005–06	18th	—	—
Eintracht Trier	8	1976–77	2004–05	7th	—	—
Rot-Weiß Erfurt ‡	2	1991–92	2004–05	12th	—	—
VfB Lübeck	4	1995–96	2003–04	11th	—	—
SV Waldhof Mannheim	20	1974–75	2002–03	1st	1	1982–83
SSV Reutlingen	4	1975–76	2002–03	7th	—	—
FC Schweinfurt 05	4	1974–75	2001–02	3rd	—	—
SV Babelsberg 03 ‡	1	2001–02	2001–02	18th	—	—
Stuttgarter Kickers	23	1974–75	2000–01	1st	1	1987–88
Chemnitzer FC ‡	7	1991–92	2000–01	4th	—	—
Fortuna Köln	26	1974–75	1999–2000	3rd	—	—
Tennis Borussia Berlin	9	1975–76	1999–2000	1st	1	1975–76
KFC Uerdingen 05 1	11	1974–75	1998–99	1st	1	1991–92
SG Wattenscheid 09	20	1974–75	1998–99	2nd	—	—
FC Gütersloh 2	3	1996–97	1998–99	5th	—	—
SV Meppen	11	1987–88	1997–98	6th	—	—
VfB Leipzig ‡	6	1991–92	1997–98	3rd	—	—
FSV Zwickau ‡	4	1994–95	1997–98	5th	—	—
VfL Wolfsburg	7	1974–75	1996–97	2nd	—	—
VfB Oldenburg	5	1980–81	1996–97	2nd	—	—
FC Homburg	15	1974–75	1994–95	1st	1	1985–86
Wuppertaler SV	7	1975–76	1993–94	3rd	—	—
FC Remscheid 5	5	1982–83	1992–93	8th	—	—
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin	7	1984–85	1991–92	2nd	—	—
Hallescher FC ‡	1	1991–92	1991–92	11th	—	—
Stahl Brandenburg ‡	1	1991–92	1991–92	12th	—	—
TSV Havelse	1	1990–91	1990–91	19th	—	—
SpVgg Bayreuth	12	1974–75	1989–90	2nd	—	—
Hessen Kassel	8	1980–81	1989–90	4th	—	—
Viktoria Aschaffenburg	3	1985–86	1988–89	13th	—	—
Union Solingen	14	1975–76	1988–89	5th	—	—
FSV Salmrohr	1	1986–87	1986–87	20th	—	—
VfR Bürstadt	4	1977–78	1984–85	13th	—	—
SC Charlottenburg	1	1983–84	1983–84	18th	—	—
TuS Schloß Neuhaus 6	1	1982–83	1982–83	20th	—	—
Wormatia Worms	6	1974–75	1981–82	3rd	—	—
Freiburger FC	5	1977–78	1981–82	9th	—	—
SC Göttingen 05	4	1974–75	1980–81	10th	—	—
Borussia Neunkirchen	3	1974–75	1980–81	18th	—	—
SpVgg Erkenschwick	3	1974–75	1980–81	16th	—	—
SC Herford	4	1976–77	1980–81	14th	—	—
1. FC Bocholt	2	1977–78	1980–81	12th	—	—
Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid	4	1977–78	1980–81	13th	—	—
Viktoria Köln	3	1978–79	1980–81	4th	—	—
ESV Ingolstadt 4	2	1979–80	1980–81	16th	—	—
OSV Hannover	2	1979–80	1980–81	12th	—	—
VfB Eppingen	1	1980–81	1980–81	20th	—	—
DSC Wanne-Eickel	2	1978–79	1979–80	11th	—	—
OSC Bremerhaven	2	1977–78	1979–80	18th	—	—
Arminia Hannover	4	1976–77	1979–80	12th	—	—
MTV Ingolstadt 4	2	1978–79	1979–80	11th	—	—
SV Röchling Völklingen	4	1974–75	1979–80	6th	—	—
FV Würzburg 04	4	1976–77	1979–80	11th	—	—
Westfalia Herne	4	1975–76	1978–79	5th	—	—
KSV Baunatal	3	1976–77	1978–79	15th	—	—
FC Hanau 93	1	1978–79	1978–79	17th	—	—
Wacker 04 Berlin	4	1974–75	1978–79	13th	—	—
Bayer Leverkusen	4	1975–76	1978–79	1st	1	1978–79
Schwarz-Weiß Essen	4	1974–75	1977–78	7th	—	—
FC Bayern Hof	4	1974–75	1977–78	4th	—	—
FK Pirmasens	4	1974–75	1977–78	2nd	—	—
Bonner SC	1	1976–77	1976–77	16th	—	—
BSV Schwenningen	1	1976–77	1976–77	20th	—	—
1. FC Mülheim	2	1974–75	1975–76	11th	—	—
DJK Gütersloh 2	2	1974–75	1975–76	14th	—	—
Borussia Dortmund	2	1974–75	1975–76	2nd	—	—
Eintracht Bad Kreuznach	1	1975–76	1975–76	19th	—	—
Spandauer SV	1	1975–76	1975–76	20th	—	—
VfR Heilbronn	1	1974–75	1974–75	17th	—	—
Olympia Wilhelmshaven	1	1974–75	1974–75	17th	—	—
VfR Mannheim	1	1974–75	1974–75	20th	—	—
HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst	1	1974–75	1974–75	20th	—	—

Key

Denotes club plays in the Bundesliga in 2024–25

Denotes club plays in the 2. Bundesliga in 2024–25

Denotes club is still in contention to play in the 2. Bundesliga in 2024–25

Denotes club plays in a league below the two Bundesligas in 2024–25

Club	Name of club
No	Number of seasons in league
First	First season in league
Last	Last season in league
Best	Best result in league
Titles	Number of league titles won
Seasons	Seasons league titles were won in

Placings

1974–1981

The placings in the two divisions of the 2. Bundesliga from its interception to the change to a single-division format:^[2][3]

Nord Club 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 Borussia Dortmund 6 2 B B B B B Bayer Leverkusen 15 10 8 1 B B Bayer Uerdingen 1 2 B 4 7 2 B B Arminia Bielefeld 4 9 2 1 B 1 B Werder Bremen B B B B B B 1 Eintracht Braunschweig B B B B B B 2 Hertha BSC B B B B B B 3 Hannover 96 1 B 5 5 15 3 4 Alemannia Aachen 15 12 7 14 7 7 5 VfL Osnabrück 8 6 9 16 18 8 6 Union Solingen 13 19 9 9 9 7 Rot-Weiss Essen B B B 2 8 2 8 SC Fortuna Köln 5 4 12 4 4 6 9 SG Wattenscheid 09 7 8 15 6 10 5 10 Viktoria Köln 16 4 11 1. FC Bocholt 18 12 SC Preußen Münster 9 3 6 3 3 10 13 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 18 15 14 VfB Oldenburg 15 SC Herford 14 17 17 16 Tennis Borussia Berlin B 1 B 10 11 13 17 SC Göttingen 05 10 11 17 18 Holstein Kiel 14 14 19 Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid 13 19 16 20 SpVgg Erkenschwick 16 18 21 OSV Hannover 12 22 DSC Wanne-Eickel 13 11 OSC Bremerhaven 19 18 Arminia Hannover 13 15 12 19 Wuppertaler SV B 5 3 11 17 20 FC St. Pauli 3 14 1 B 6 Westfalia Herne 10 11 12 5 Wacker 04 Berlin 13 16 18 20 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 12 7 8 20 Bonner SC 16 VfL Wolfsburg 19 20 1. FC Mülheim 11 17 DJK Gütersloh 2 14 19 Spandauer SV 20 Olympia Wilhelmshaven 17 HSV Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst 20

Süd Club 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 VfB Stuttgart B 11 1 B B B B 1860 Munich 5 4 2 B 1 B B 1. FC Nürnberg 6 2 5 2 B 1 B Karlsruher SC 1 B B 7 5 2 B Darmstadt 98 10 7 6 1 B 4 1 Kickers Offenbach B B 3 5 6 8 2 Stuttgarter Kickers 16 16 10 10 9 3 3 KSV Hessen Kassel 4 SSV Ulm 16 5 SV Waldhof Mannheim 8 8 11 8 16 11 6 SC Freiburg 15 6 7 Eintracht Trier 17 12 10 15 8 SpVgg Bayreuth 9 5 14 4 2 13 9 Freiburger FC 13 13 9 10 FC Homburg 14 3 4 3 7 12 11 VfR Wormatia Worms 19 9 3 10 12 VfR Bürstadt 18 14 13 SpVgg Fürth 3 15 10 8 6 4 7 14 FSV Frankfurt 13 7 15 12 18 15 ESV Ingolstadt 4 17 16 1. FC Saarbrücken 7 1 B B 8 5 17 FC Augsburg 12 15 9 14 18 18 Borussia Neunkirchen 18 20 19 VfB Eppingen 20 MTV Ingolstadt 4 11 19 SV Röchling Völklingen 13 6 16 20 FV Würzburg 04 13 11 14 21 FC Hanau 93 17 KSV Baunatal 15 16 19 FC Bayern Hof 4 9 12 17 Würzburger Kickers 19 FK Pirmasens 2 14 18 20 SSV Jahn Regensburg 17 19 BSV Schwenningen 20 Mainz 05 11 12 FC Schweinfurt 05 3 18 Eintracht Bad Kreuznach 19 SSV Reutlingen 20 VfR Heilbronn 17 VfR Mannheim 20

1981–1991

The placings in the 2. Bundesliga from its first season as a single-division league to the last season before the German reunion:^[2][3]

Club	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91
Bayer Uerdingen 1	12	3	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
1. FC Nürnberg	B	B	B	1	B	B	B	B	B	B
Karlsruher SC	B	B	1	B	7	2	B	B	B	B
FC St. Pauli				17		3	2	B	B	B
Fortuna Düsseldorf	B	B	B	B	B	B	5	1	B	B
Hertha BSC	2	B	11	14	17			13	1	B
SG Wattenscheid 09	17	15	15	10	9	11	4	6	2	B
Schalke 04	1	B	2	B	B	B	B	12	5	1
MSV Duisburg	B	11	3	13	20				10	2
Stuttgarter Kickers	7	5	8	9	6	7	1	B	4	3
FC Homburg				16	1	B	B	2	B	4
1. FC Saarbrücken			10	3	B	15	13	3	3	5
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin				7	2	B	7	8	9	6
SV Waldhof Mannheim	6	1	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	7
Mainz 05								19		8
SC Freiburg	15	8	7	8	16	8	10	5	13	9
Hannover 96	5	12	14	2	B	1	B	B	8	10
Fortuna Köln	10	6	9	11	3	14	12	4	14	11
VfB Oldenburg										12
Eintracht Braunschweig	B	B	B	B	12	17		9	7	13
VfL Osnabrück	13	10	19		14	6	9	14	15	14
Rot-Weiß Essen	11	14	17			10	11	16	6	15
SV Meppen							14	10	11	16
Darmstadt 98	B	7	12	15	10	4	3	11	16	17
Preußen Münster									12	18
TSV Havelse										19
FC Schweinfurt 05										20
Hessen Kassel	8	4	4	4	5	19			17
SpVgg Bayreuth	20				18		17	17	18
Alemannia Aachen	9	9	6	5	8	5	6	7	19
SpVgg Unterhaching									20
Kickers Offenbach	3	2	B	19			8	15
Viktoria Aschaffenburg					13	18		18
Union Solingen	16	16	5	6	15	12	15	20
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen			16	12	11	16	16
BVL Remscheid 5		13	20				18
SSV Ulm			13	20		13	19
Arminia Bielefeld	B	B	B	B	4	9	20
FSV Salmrohr						20
Tennis Borussia Berlin					19
VfR Bürstadt				18
SC Charlottenburg			18
FC Augsburg		17
SpVgg Fürth 3	14	18
FSV Frankfurt		19
TuS Schloß Neuhaus 6		20
1860 Munich	4
Wormatia Worms	18
Freiburger FC	19

1991–present

The teams are ordered here based on when they were last in the league, starting with the longest promoted teams, current teams, and longest relegated teams. The placings in the 2. Bundesliga from the German reunion to the present season:^[2][3]

Club	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
VfL Wolfsburg		14	5	4	12	2	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
Borussia Mönchengladbach	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	5	2	B	B	B	B	B	B	1	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
1899 Hoffenheim																	2	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
Mainz 05	9	12	13	14	11	4	10	7	9	14	4	4	3	B	B	B	4	2	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
FC Augsburg																7	14	11	3	2	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
Eintracht Frankfurt	B	B	B	B	B	7	1	B	B	B	7	3	B	3	B	B	B	B	B	B	2	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
SC Freiburg	3	1	B	B	B	B	2	B	B	B	B	1	B	B	4	4	5	1	B	B	B	B	B	B	1	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
RB Leipzig ‡																								5	2	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
1. FC Köln	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	10	1	B	B	2	B	1	B	9	3	B	B	B	B	5	1	B	B	B	B	1	B	B	B	B	B
Union Berlin ‡											6	9	17						12	11	7	7	9	7	6	4	8	3	B	B	B	B	B
VfB Stuttgart	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	1	B	B	2	B	B	B	B
VfL Bochum	B	B	1	B	1	B	B	B	2	B	3	B	B	B	1	B	B	B	B	3	11	14	15	11	5	9	6	11	8	1	B	B	B
Werder Bremen	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	2	B	B
1. FC Heidenheim																								8	11	6	13	5	3	8	6	1	B
Darmstadt 98	8	24																						2	B	B	10	10	5	7	4	2	B
FC St. Pauli	4	17	4	2	B	B	4	9	13	3	B	17					9	8	2	B	4	10	8	15	4	7	12	9	14	10	5	5	1
Holstein Kiel																											3	6	11	3	9	8	2
Fortuna Düsseldorf	B	21		3	B	B	7	18											4	7	3	B	6	10	14	11	1	B	B	5	10	4	3
Hamburger SV	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	4	4	4	3	3	4
Karlsruher SC	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	5	17		13	13	14	11	6	1	B	B	10	15	16		5	3	7	18			15	6	12	7	5
Hannover 96	5	9	12	12	16			4	10	9	1	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	2	B	B	6	13	11	10	6
SC Paderborn 6															9	11	17		5	12	5	12	2	B	18			2	B	9	7	6	7
Greuther Fürth 3							9	8	7	5	5	5	9	5	5	5	6	5	11	4	1	B	3	14	9	8	15	13	9	2	B	12	8
Hertha BSC	3	5	11	11	14	3	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	1	B	1	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	9
Schalke 04	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	1	B	10
SV Elversberg																																	11
1. FC Nürnberg	B	B	B	15	17		3	B	4	1	B	B	1	B	B	B	B	3	B	B	B	B	B	9	3	12	2	B	16	11	8	14	12
1. FC Kaiserslautern	B	B	B	B	B	1	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	6	13	7	1	B	B	3	4	4	10	13	18					9	13
1. FC Magdeburg ‡																												17				11	14
Eintracht Braunschweig	7	19										15			12	18					8	2	B	6	8	3	17			17		15	15
Wehen Wiesbaden																	8	18											17				16
Hansa Rostock ‡	B	11	8	1	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	10	2	B	13	16		18										13	13	17
VfL Osnabrück	9	20								15			18				12	16		16									13	16			18
Arminia Bielefeld					2	B	B	1	B	13	2	B	2	B	B	B	B	B	7	18			16		12	15	4	7	1	B	B	16
Jahn Regensburg													16									18					5	8	12	14	15	17
SV Sandhausen																						17	12	12	13	10	11	15	10	15	14	18
Dynamo Dresden ‡	B	B	B	B										8	15						9	16	17			5	14	12	18		16
Erzgebirge Aue ‡													8	7	7	10	16			5	15	15	14	17		14	16	14	7	12	17
FC Ingolstadt 4																		17		14	12	13	10	1	B	B	9	16			18
Würzburger Kickers																										17				18
MSV Duisburg	B	2	B	B	3	B	B	B	B	11	11	8	7	2	B	3	B	6	6	8	10	11			16		7	18
1860 Munich	10		3	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	4	13	8	11	12	8	9	6	6	7	16	15	16
FSV Frankfurt				18														15	15	13	13	4	13	13	17
VfR Aalen																						9	11	18
Energie Cottbus ‡							8	11	3	B	B	B	4	14	3	B	B	B	9	6	14	8	18
Alemannia Aachen									8	10	14	6	6	6	2	B	7	4	13	10	17
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen								12	6	12	12	14	5	16				9	14	17
TuS Koblenz																12	10	14	17
Rot-Weiß Ahlen 7										6	8	12	12	13	17			10	18
Kickers Offenbach									16						11	14	15
Carl Zeiss Jena ‡	5	8	17		6	12	16									13	18
Rot-Weiß Essen			20			17								17		15
SpVgg Unterhaching		18			4	6	11	2	B	B	15		13	10	14	16
Wacker Burghausen												10	10	9	8	17
1. FC Saarbrücken	1	B	14	7						8	16			12	16
Sportfreunde Siegen															18
Eintracht Trier												7	11	15
Rot-Weiß Erfurt ‡	12													18
VfB Lübeck					13	16						11	15
SSV Reutlingen										7	10	16
Waldhof Mannheim	2	4	6	5	7	15			12	4	9	18
FC Schweinfurt											17
SV Babelsberg ‡											18
SSV Ulm								3	B	16
Stuttgarter Kickers	B	15	16			5	12	13	14	17
Chemnitzer FC ‡	4	7	9	9	15				11	18
Fortuna Köln	11	6	15	8	8	11	6	14	15
Tennis Borussia Berlin			19					6	18
FC Gütersloh 2						13	5	15
KFC Uerdingen 1	1	B	2	B	B	9	13	16
SG Wattenscheid	B	B	B	10	18		14	17
VfB Leipzig ‡	7	3	B	13	9	8	15
FSV Zwickau ‡				16	5	14	17
SV Meppen	6	10	7	6	10	10	18
VfB Oldenburg	2	22				18
FC Homburg	6	16	10	17
Wuppertaler SV		13	18
FC Remscheid 5	8	23
Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin	10
Hallescher FC ‡	11
FC Stahl Brandenburg ‡	12

Key

Symbol	Key
B	Bundesliga
1	League champions
Place	League place
Blank	Played at a league level below this league

Notes

• FC St. Pauli (1978–79), TSV 1860 Munich (1981–82), Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (1987–88), Kickers Offenbach (1988–89), Rot-Weiss Essen (1990–91 and 1993–94), Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin (1991–92), 1. FC Saarbrücken (1994–95), Tennis Borussia Berlin (1999–2000) and MSV Duisburg (2012–13) were demoted from the league after having their licenses revoked.^[1]
• Mainz 05 (1975–76), Westfalia Herne (1978–79) and DSC Wanne-Eickel (1979–80) voluntarily withdrew from the league.^[1]
• ^‡ Denotes clubs from the region of former East Germany which joined the German football league system in 1991. Note that clubs may have been formed after the German reunion which, for example, is the case with RB Leipzig.
• ¹ Bayer Uerdingen was renamed KFC Uerdingen 05 in 1995.
• ² DJK Gütersloh merged with Arminia Gütersloh in 1978 to form FC Gütersloh.
• ³ SpVgg Fürth merged with TSV Vestenbergsgreuth in 1996 to form Greuther Fürth.
• ⁴ ESV Ingolstadt merged with MTV Ingolstadt in 2004 to form FC Ingolstadt.
• ⁵ BV Lüttringhausen was renamed BVL Remscheid in 1985 and merged with VfB Marathon Remscheid in 1990 to form FC Remscheid.
• ⁶ TuS Schloß Neuhaus merged with FC Paderborn in 1985 to form TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus and was renamed SC Paderborn in 1997.
• ⁷ LR Ahlen was renamed Rot-Weiß Ahlen in 2006.