2024–25 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga

Season	2024–25
Dates	2 August 2024 – 18 May 2025
Matches played	150
Goals scored	478 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Budu Zivzivadze (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Köln 5–0 Braunschweig Hamburg 5–0 Regensburg Nürnberg 8–3 Regensburg
Biggest away win	Regensburg 0–4 Fürth Fürth 0–4 Nürnberg Fürth 1–5 Darmstadt
Highest scoring	Nürnberg 8–3 Regensburg
Longest winning run	3 games four teams
Longest unbeaten run	9 games Karlsruhe
Longest winless run	8 games Regensburg
Longest losing run	4 games Braunschweig Regensburg
Highest attendance	68,763 Hertha BSC v Köln
Lowest attendance	8,451 Elversberg v Ulm
Attendance	4,474,650 (29,831 per match)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 21 December 2024.

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.[1][2]

The fixtures were announced on 4 July 2024.[3]

Teams

Braun-
schweig

Hertha BSC

Darmstadt

Düsseldorf

Elversberg

Fürth

Hamburg

Hannover

Kaiserslautern

Karlsruhe

Köln

Magdeburg

Münster

Nürnberg

Paderborn

Regensburg

Schalke

Ulm

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Locations of the 2024–25 2. Bundesliga 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
				Front	Sleeve
Eintracht Braunschweig	Daniel Scherning	Ermin Bičakčić	Puma	BRAWO Group	Lease a Bike
Hertha BSC	Cristian Fiél	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	Stefan Leitl	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	Thomas Wörle	Johannes Reichert	Uhlsport	Liqui Moly	B-ITE E-Recruiting

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
			Announced on	Departed on			Announced on	Arrived on
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Friedhelm Funkel	Mutual consent	17 May 2024	30 June 2024	Pre-season	Markus Anfang	29 May 2024	1 July 2024	[4][5]
Hertha BSC	Pál Dárdai	End of contract	18 May 2024			Cristian Fiél	6 June 2024		[6][7]
1. FC Köln	Timo Schultz		27 May 2024			Gerhard Struber	12 June 2024		[8][9]
1. FC Nürnberg	Cristian Fiél	Signed by Hertha BSC	6 June 2024			Miroslav Klose	11 June 2024		[10][11]
Darmstadt 98	Torsten Lieberknecht	Resigned	1 September 2024		18th	Florian Kohfeldt	7 September 2024		[12][13]
Schalke 04	Karel Geraerts	Sacked	21 September 2024		14th	Jakob Fimpel (interim)	21 September 2024		[14]
	Jakob Fimpel (interim)	End of caretaker	6 October 2024		13th	Kees van Wonderen	6 October 2024		[15]
Greuther Fürth	Alexander Zorniger	Sacked	22 October 2024		12th	Leonhard Haas (interim)	22 October 2024		[16]
Jahn Regensburg	Joe Enochs		27 October 2024		18th	Andreas Patz (interim)	27 October 2024		[17]
Greuther Fürth	Leonhard Haas (interim)	End of caretaker	12 November 2024		12th	Jan Siewert	12 November 2024		[18]
Hamburger SV	Steffen Baumgart	Sacked	24 November 2024		7th	Merlin Polzin (inteirm)	24 November 2024		[19]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Karlsruher SC	17	8	5	4	34	31	+3	29	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Hamburger SV	17	7	7	3	39	23	+16	28
3	SV Elversberg	17	8	4	5	31	22	+9	28	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	1. FC Köln	16	8	4	4	31	23	+8	28
5	1. FC Magdeburg	17	7	7	3	30	24	+6	28
6	SC Paderborn	17	7	7	3	29	24	+5	28
7	Fortuna Düsseldorf	17	7	5	5	28	23	+5	26
8	Hannover 96	16	8	2	6	22	17	+5	26
9	1. FC Kaiserslautern	16	7	5	4	30	26	+4	26
10	Darmstadt 98	16	6	6	4	35	27	+8	24
11	1. FC Nürnberg	17	6	4	7	31	30	+1	22
12	Hertha BSC	16	6	3	7	27	27	0	21
13	Schalke 04	17	5	5	7	32	33	−1	20
14	Greuther Fürth	17	5	5	7	24	33	−9	20
15	Preußen Münster	17	3	7	7	18	23	−5	16
16	SSV Ulm	17	2	8	7	16	20	−4	14	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	Eintracht Braunschweig	17	3	4	10	16	36	−20	13	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	Jahn Regensburg	16	2	2	12	7	38	−31	8

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[20]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: Bundesliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs will take place on 21 or 23 and 27 or 28 May 2025.[2]

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 15 December 2024[21]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Budu Zivzivadze	Karlsruher SC	11
2	Fisnik Asllani	SV Elversberg	10
3	Ragnar Ache	1. FC Kaiserslautern	9
	Kenan Karaman	Schalke 04
	Isac Lidberg	Darmstadt 98
	Rayan Philippe	Eintracht Braunschweig
	Moussa Sylla	Schalke 04
8	Tim Lemperle	1. FC Köln	8
	Davie Selke	Hamburger SV
10	Damion Downs	1. FC Köln	7
	Noel Futkeu	Greuther Fürth
	Robert Glatzel	Hamburger SV
	Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer	Hamburger SV
	Stefanos Tzimas	1. FC Nürnberg

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)

Clean sheets

As of 15 December 2024[22]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Florian Kastenmeier	Fortuna Düsseldorf	6
	Nicolas Kristof	SV Elversberg
	Ron-Robert Zieler	Hannover 96
4	Julian Krahl	1. FC Kaiserslautern	5
5	Felix Gebhardt	Jahn Regensburg	4
	Dominik Reimann	1. FC Magdeburg
	Johannes Schenk	Preußen Münster
	Marvin Schwäbe	1. FC Köln
9	Max Weiß	Karlsruher SC	3
10	Pelle Boevink	Paderborn 07	2
	Tjark Ernst	Hertha BSC
	Lennart Grill	Eintracht Braunschweig
	Marko Johansson	Eintracht Braunschweig
	Justin Heekeren	Schalke 04
	Nahuel Noll	Greuther Fürth
	Jan Reichert	1. FC Nürnberg
	Niclas Thiede	SSV Ulm
	Jonas Urbig	1. FC Köln

References

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8. "Schultz, Pawlak and McKenna depart". 1. FC Köln. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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14. "Marc Wilmots and Karel Geraerts leave S04 with immediate effect". Schalke 04. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
15. "Kees van Wonderen is the new head coach of FC Schalke 04". Schalke 04. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
16. "Haas übernimmt bis Winter". sgf1903.de. 22 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
17. "SSV Jahn und Joe Enochs beenden Zusammenarbeit". ssv-jahn.de. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
18. "Fürstner wird Sportdirektor". sgf1903.de. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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External links

• Official website