The 2017â18 2. Bundesliga was the 44th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second highest German football league. It began on 28 July 2017 and concluded on 13 May 2018 [2] [3] with the match between VfL Bochum and FC St. Pauli (0:1) and ended with the 34th match day on 13 May 2018. From 19 December 2017 to 23 January 2018, the season was interrupted by a winter break. [4]
The fixtures were announced on 29 June 2017. [5]
Fortuna DĂŒsseldorf secured the direct promotion to the Bundesliga after 32 days of play, [6] [7] 1. FC NĂŒrnberg secured promotion one match day later; 1. FC NĂŒrnberg set a new record with its eighth Bundesliga promotion. The championship was decided on the last match day in a direct duel between the two upstarts, which Fortuna DĂŒsseldorf won. Holstein Kiel was able to reach the autumn championship as a starter and placed third one match day before the end, but lost in the relegation games to VfL Wolfsburg. In the relegation battle, after 32 days of play, the first decision was made relatively late with the relegation of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Until the end, six clubs were at risk of relegation, in the end Eintracht Braunschweig, who was still a participant in the promotion delegation last year, had to be relegated to the 3rd division. FC Erzgebirge Aue had to go into the relegation playoff against Karlsruher SC and were able to secure their stay in the 2. Bundesliga. [8]
Promoted from 2016â17 3. Liga | Relegated from 2016â17 Bundesliga | Promoted to 2017â18 Bundesliga | Relegated to 2017â18 3. Liga | Relegated to Regionalliga Bayern |
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MSV Duisburg Holstein Kiel Jahn Regensburg |
FC Ingolstadt Darmstadt 98 |
VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96 |
WĂŒrzburger Kickers Karlsruher SC |
1860 Munich |
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Erzgebirge Aue | Aue | Erzgebirgsstadion | 15,711 |
Arminia Bielefeld | Bielefeld | SchĂŒco-Arena | 27,300 |
VfL Bochum | Bochum | Vonovia-Ruhrstadion | 29,299 |
Eintracht Braunschweig | Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 23,325 |
Darmstadt 98 | Darmstadt | Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor | 17,000 |
Dynamo Dresden | Dresden | DDV-Stadion | 32,066 |
MSV Duisburg | Duisburg | MSV-Arena | 31,500 |
Fortuna DĂŒsseldorf | DĂŒsseldorf | Esprit Arena | 54,600 |
SpVgg Greuther FĂŒrth | FĂŒrth | Sportpark Ronhof | 18,500 |
1. FC Heidenheim | Heidenheim | Voith-Arena | 15,000 |
FC Ingolstadt | Ingolstadt | Audi Sportpark | 15,000 |
1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern | Fritz-Walter-Stadion | 49,780 |
Holstein Kiel | Kiel | Holstein-Stadion | 11,386 |
1. FC NĂŒrnberg | Nuremberg | Max-Morlock-Stadion | 50,000 |
Jahn Regensburg | Regensburg | Continental Arena | 15,224 |
SV Sandhausen | Sandhausen | BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald | 12,100 |
FC St. Pauli | Hamburg | Millerntor-Stadion | 29,546 |
Union Berlin | Berlin | Alte Försterei | 22,012 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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FC St. Pauli | Ewald Lienen [15] | Moved to technical director | 30 June 2017 | Preseason | Olaf JanĂen [15] | 1 July 2017 |
Jahn Regensburg | Heiko Herrlich [16] | Signed by Bayer Leverkusen | Achim Beierlorzer [17] | |||
Erzgebirge Aue | Domenico Tedesco [18] | Signed by Schalke 04 | Thomas Letsch [19] | |||
VfL Bochum | Gertjan Verbeek [20] | Sacked | 11 July 2017 | Ismail Atalan [20] | 11 July 2017 | |
Erzgebirge Aue | Thomas Letsch [21] | 14 August 2017 | 18th | Robin Lenk (interim) | 14 August 2017 | |
FC Ingolstadt | Maik Walpurgis [22] | 22 August 2017 | Stefan Leitl [23] | 22 August 2017 | ||
SpVgg Greuther FĂŒrth | JĂĄnos Radoki [24] | 28 August 2017 | Mirko Dickhaut (interim) | 28 August 2017 | ||
Mirko Dickhaut [25] | End of caretaker | 9 September 2017 | Damir BuriÄ [25] | 9 September 2017 | ||
Erzgebirge Aue | Robin Lenk [26] | 8 September 2017 | 10th | Hannes Drews [26] | 8 September 2017 | |
1. FC Kaiserslautern | Norbert Meier [27] | Sacked | 20 September 2017 | 18th | Manfred Paula (interim) [27] | 20 September 2017 |
Manfred Paula [28] | End of caretaker | 27 September 2017 | Jeff Strasser [28] | 27 September 2017 | ||
VfL Bochum | Ismail Atalan [29] | Sacked | 9 October 2017 | 13th | Jens Rasiejewski [29] | 9 October 2017 |
Union Berlin | Jens Keller [30] | 4 December 2017 | 4th | André Hofschneider [30] | 4 December 2017 | |
FC St. Pauli | Olaf JanĂen [31] | 7 December 2017 | 14th | Markus Kauczinski [31] | 7 December 2017 | |
Darmstadt 98 | Torsten Frings [32] | 9 December 2017 | 16th | Dirk Schuster [33] | 11 December 2017 | |
1. FC Kaiserslautern | Jeff Strasser [34] | Resigned | 1 February 2018 | 18th | Michael Frontzeck [34] | 1 February 2018 |
VfL Bochum | Jens Rasiejewski [35] | Sacked | 7 February 2018 | 14th | Heiko Butscher (interim) [35] | 7 February 2018 |
Heiko Butscher [36] | End of caretaker | 11 February 2018 | Robin Dutt [36] | 11 February 2018 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Fortuna DĂŒsseldorf (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 63 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
2 | 1. FC NĂŒrnberg (P) | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 60 | |
3 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 71 | 44 | +27 | 56 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
4 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 48 | |
5 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 48 | |
6 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 48 | |
7 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 48 | |
8 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 47 | |
9 | FC Ingolstadt | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 45 | |
10 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 43 | |
11 | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 43 | |
12 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 43 | |
13 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 42 | |
14 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 41 | |
15 | Greuther FĂŒrth | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 40 | |
16 | Erzgebirge Aue (O) | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 40 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
17 | Eintracht Braunschweig (R) | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 39 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
18 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 35 |
All times are UTC+2.
VfL Wolfsburg | 3â1 | Holstein Kiel |
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Report | Schindler 34' |
Holstein Kiel | 0â1 | VfL Wolfsburg |
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Report | Knoche 75' |
VfL Wolfsburg won 4â1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.
All times are UTC+2.
Erzgebirge Aue | 3â1 | Karlsruher SC |
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Bertram 25', 53', 75' | Report | Schleusener 44' |
Erzgebirge Aue won 3â1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets [38] |
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1 | Marcel Schuhen | SV Sandhausen | 12 |
2 | Stefan Ortega | Arminia Bielefeld | 11 |
3 | Robin Himmelmann | FC St. Pauli | 10 |
Ărjan Nyland | FC Ingolstadt | ||
5 | Jasmin FejziÄ | Eintracht Braunschweig | 9 |
Mark Flekken | MSV Duisburg | ||
7 | Daniel Heuer Fernandes | Darmstadt 98 | 8 |
Kenneth Kronholm | Holstein Kiel | ||
9 | Seven players | 7 |
Position | State | Number of teams | Teams |
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1 | Bavaria | 4 | FC Ingolstadt, Greuther FĂŒrth, 1. FC NĂŒrnberg and Jahn Regensburg |
North Rhine-Westphalia | 4 | Arminia Bielefeld, VfL Bochum, Fortuna DĂŒsseldorf and MSV Duisburg | |
3 | Baden-WĂŒrttemberg | 2 | 1. FC Heidenheim and SV Sandhausen |
Saxony | 2 | Dynamo Dresden and Erzgebirge Aue | |
5 | Berlin | 1 | Union Berlin |
Hamburg | 1 | FC St. Pauli | |
Hesse | 1 | Darmstadt 98 | |
Lower Saxony | 1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | |
Rhineland-Palatinate | 1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |
Schleswig-Holstein | 1 | Holstein Kiel |