2025–26 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga
Season2025–26
Dates1 August 2025 – 17 May 2026
Matches243
Goals713 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorerIsac Lidberg
(14 goals)
Biggest home winElversberg 6–0 Fürth
Dresden 6–0 Münster
Biggest away winBraunschweig 1–4 Elversberg
Hannover 0–3 Schalke
Fürth 1–4 Karlsruhe
Braunschweig 0–3 Hannover
Highest scoringMagdeburg 4–5 Fürth
Fürth 4–5 Magdeburg
Longest winning run4 games
Hannover
Longest unbeaten run5 games
Karlsruhe
Longest winless run5 games
Nürnberg
Longest losing run3 games
Nürnberg
Highest attendance71,157
Hertha v Schalke
Lowest attendance8,341
Elversberg v Kiel
Attendance6,822,448 (28,076 per match)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 22 March 2026.

The 2025–26 2. Bundesliga is the 52nd season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 1 August 2025 and will conclude on 17 May 2026.[1][2]

The fixtures were released on 27 June 2025.[3][4]

Teams

Locations of the 2025–26 2. Bundesliga teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2024–25 3. Liga 		Relegated from
2024–25 Bundesliga 		Promoted to
2025–26 Bundesliga 		Relegated to
2025–26 3. Liga
Arminia Bielefeld
Dynamo Dresden 		Holstein Kiel
VfL Bochum 		1. FC Köln
Hamburger SV 		SSV Ulm
Jahn Regensburg

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 74,649
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,332
VfL Bochum Bochum Vonovia Ruhrstadion 26,000
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325
Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor 17,650
Dynamo Dresden Dresden Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion 32,249
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
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
Holstein Kiel Kiel Holstein-Stadion 15,034
1. FC Magdeburg Magdeburg Avnet Arena 30,098
Preußen Münster Münster LVM-Preußenstadion 14,300
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Max-Morlock-Stadion 49,923
SC Paderborn Paderborn Home Deluxe Arena 15,000
Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 62,271

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve
Hertha BSC Stefan Leitl Fabian Reese Castore CheckCars24 Sparda-Bank Berlin
Arminia Bielefeld Michél Kniat Mael Corboz Umbro[5] Schüco Danne Holding
VfL Bochum Uwe Rösler Matúš Bero Mizuno[6] Vonovia MTEL Germany
Eintracht Braunschweig Lars Kornetka Sven Köhler Umbro BRAWO Group Lease a Bike
Darmstadt 98 Florian Kohfeldt Marcel Schuhen Craft HAIX Suzuki
Dynamo Dresden Thomas Stamm Stefan Kutschke Jako ALL-INKL.COM ad hoc Gruppe
Fortuna Düsseldorf Markus Anfang Florian Kastenmeier Adidas Targobank Metro Chef
SV Elversberg Vincent Wagner Lukas Pinckert Nike HYLO Pure Steel
Greuther Fürth Heiko Vogel Branimir Hrgota Puma Hofmann Personal Buxtrade
Hannover 96 Christian Titz Enzo Leopold Macron Heise Hannoversche Volksbank
1. FC Kaiserslautern Torsten Lieberknecht Marlon Ritter Castore Novoline Lacalut
Karlsruher SC Christian Eichner Marvin Wanitzek Macron SWEG billiger.de
Holstein Kiel Tim Walter Steven Skrzybski Puma Famila Lotto Schleswig-Holstein
1. FC Magdeburg Petrik Sander Dominik Reimann Hummel Humanas SWM Magdeburg
Preußen Münster Kieran Schulze-Marmeling Jorrit Hendrix Jako FIEGE Stadtwerke Münster
1. FC Nürnberg Miroslav Klose Robin Knoche Adidas Toolcraft AG Helmsauer
SC Paderborn Ralf Kettemann Felix Götze Saller Four 20 Pharma Mediacom GmbH
Schalke 04 Miron Muslić Kenan Karaman Adidas SUN Minimeal Hegmanns Gruppe

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
SC Paderborn Lukas Kwasniok Mutual consent 15 April 2025 30 June 2025 Pre-season Ralf Kettemann 20 May 2025 1 July 2025 [7][8]
Hannover 96 Lars Barlemann /
Dirk Lottner /
Christian Schulz (interim) 		End of caretaker 23 April 2025 Christian Titz 15 June 2025 [9][10]
Preußen Münster Kieran Schulze-Marmeling (interim) 28 April 2025 Alexander Ende 21 May 2025 [11][12]
Schalke 04 Jakob Fimpel (interim) 3 May 2025 Miron Muslić 31 May 2025 [13][14]
Eintracht Braunschweig Marc Pfitzner (interim) 19 May 2025 Heiner Backhaus 17 June 2025 [15][16]
Greuther Fürth Thomas Kleine /
Milorad Peković (interim) 		26 May 2025 Thomas Kleine 26 May 2025 [17]
SV Elversberg Horst Steffen Signed by Werder Bremen 29 May 2025 Vincent Wagner 6 June 2025 [18][19]
1. FC Magdeburg Christian Titz Signed by Hannover 96 15 June 2025 Markus Fiedler 15 June 2025 [20][21]
VfL Bochum Dieter Hecking Sacked 15 September 2025 16th David Siebers (caretaker) 15 September 2025 [22]
David Siebers (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 6 October 2025 17th Uwe Rösler 6 October 2025 [23]
Fortuna Düsseldorf Daniel Thioune Sacked 13th Markus Anfang [24]
1. FC Magdeburg Markus Fiedler 12 October 2025 18th Petrik Sander 12 October 2025 [25][26]
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Thomas Kleine 1 December 2025 17th Heiko Vogel 1 December 2025 [27]
Holstein Kiel Marcel Rapp 24 February 2026 14th Tim Walter 24 February 2026 [28]
Eintracht Braunschweig Heiner Backhaus 10 March 2026 15th Lars Kornetka 10 March 2026 [29][30]
Preußen Münster Alexander Ende 16 March 2026 16th Kieran Schulze-Marmeling (interim) 16 March 2026 [31]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Schalke 04 27 15 7 5 38 24 +14 52 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 SV Elversberg 27 15 6 6 47 29 +18 51
3 SC Paderborn 27 15 6 6 45 31 +14 51 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Darmstadt 98 27 13 11 3 49 30 +19 50
5 Hannover 96 27 14 7 6 46 34 +12 49
6 Hertha BSC 27 12 8 7 42 33 +9 44
7 1. FC Kaiserslautern 27 12 4 11 45 41 +4 40
8 Karlsruher SC 27 10 7 10 43 51 −8 37
9 1. FC Nürnberg 27 10 6 11 37 37 0 36
10 VfL Bochum 27 8 9 10 38 36 +2 33
11 Fortuna Düsseldorf 27 9 4 14 26 40 −14 31
12 Dynamo Dresden 27 7 8 12 45 46 −1 29
13 Eintracht Braunschweig 27 8 5 14 29 44 −15 29
14 Greuther Fürth 27 8 5 14 40 59 −19 29
15 Arminia Bielefeld 27 7 7 13 39 39 0 28
16 Holstein Kiel 27 7 7 13 34 42 −8 28 Qualification for relegation play-offs
17 1. FC Magdeburg 27 8 3 16 39 50 −11 27 Relegation to 3. Liga
18 Preußen Münster 27 6 8 13 31 47 −16 26
Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2026. 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.[32]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results

Home \ Away BSC BIE BRA BOC DAR DRE DÜS ELV FÜR HAN KAI KAR KIE MAG MÜN NÜR PAD SCH
Hertha BSC — 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–3 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–0
Arminia Bielefeld — 3–2 1–2 5–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–2
Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 — 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–4 3–2 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1
VfL Bochum 3–2 1–0 — 3–3 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–2 2–2 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0
Darmstadt 98 0–0 2–2 2–1 4–1 — 2–0 2–1 4–2 4–0 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1
Dynamo Dresden 1–1 2–3 3–1 — 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 3–3 1–2 6–0 1–2 1–2 0–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–5 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 — 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 0–2
SV Elversberg 0–3 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 — 6–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Greuther Fürth 3–3 2–1 0–0 0–3 3–2 2–0 — 2–2 0–3 1–4 0–2 4–5 1–0 1–1
Hannover 96 0–3 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 — 1–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 0–3
1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–1 3–2 3–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 3–1 — 3–0 4–1 2–3 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–0
Karlsruher SC 2–2 2–0 3–3 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–3 — 3–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 0–4 2–1
Holstein Kiel 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 — 2–3 2–0 1–2
1. FC Magdeburg 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–4 4–5 1–2 1–3 3–3 — 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–2
Preußen Münster 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–3 0–2 2–1 1–3 — 2–1 1–1 0–0
1. FC Nürnberg 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 — 0–0
SC Paderborn 5–2 4–3 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 —
Schalke 04 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 5–3 1–0 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2026. Source: Bundesliga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs will take place on 20 or 22 and 26 or 27 May 2026.[2]

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 22 March 2026[33]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Isac Lidberg Darmstadt 98 14
2 Benjamin Källman Hannover 96 13
Marvin Wanitzek Karlsruher SC
Mateusz Żukowski 1. FC Magdeburg
5 Younes Ebnoutalib SV Elversberg 12
Noel Futkeu Greuther Fürth
7 Cedric Itten Fortuna Düsseldorf 11
Kenan Karaman Schalke 04
Ivan Prtajin 1. FC Kaiserslautern
10 Mohamed Ali Zoma 1. FC Nürnberg 10

Hat-tricks

Date Player Club Against Result
2 August 2025 Isac Lidberg Darmstadt 98 VfL Bochum 4–1 (H)
19 September 2025 Ivan Prtajin 1. FC Kaiserslautern Preußen Münster 4–1 (H)
19 October 2025 Younes Ebnoutalib SV Elversberg Greuther Fürth 6–0 (H)
23 November 2025 Naatan Skyttä 1. FC Kaiserslautern Holstein Kiel 4–1 (H)
6 February 2026 Mateusz Żukowski 1. FC Magdeburg Greuther Fürth 5–4 (A)
13 February 2026 Mohamed Ali Zoma 1. FC Nürnberg Karlsruher SC 5–1 (H)

Clean sheets

As of 15 March 2026[34]
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Tjark Ernst Hertha BSC 10
Loris Karius Schalke 04
Marcel Schuhen SV Darmstadt
4 Nahuel Noll Hannover 96 9
5 Timo Horn VfL Bochum 8
Nicolas Kristof SV Elversberg
7 Dennis Seimen SC Paderborn 7
8 Jonas Kersken Arminia Bielefeld 6
9 Hans Christian Bernat Karlsruher SC 5
Ron-Thorben Hoffmann Eintracht Braunschweig
Jonas Krumrey Holstein Kiel
Julian Krahl 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Dominik Reimann 1. FC Magdeburg

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