2025–26 2. Bundesliga

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.

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2025–26 2. Bundesliga

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.

Teams

Team changes

<table><thead><tr><th>Promoted from 2024–25 3. Liga</th><th>Relegated from 2024–25 Bundesliga</th><th>Promoted to 2025–26 Bundesliga</th><th>Relegated to 2025–26 3. Liga</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Arminia Bielefeld Dynamo Dresden</td><td>Holstein Kiel VfL Bochum</td><td>1. FC Köln Hamburger SV</td><td>SSV Ulm Jahn Regensburg</td></tr></tbody></table>

Stadiums and locations

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Location</th><th>Stadium</th><th>Capacity</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Hertha BSC</td><td>Berlin</td><td>Olympiastadion</td><td>74,649</td></tr><tr><td>Arminia Bielefeld</td><td>Bielefeld</td><td>Schüco-Arena</td><td>27,332</td></tr><tr><td>VfL Bochum</td><td>Bochum</td><td>Vonovia Ruhrstadion</td><td>26,000</td></tr><tr><td>Eintracht Braunschweig</td><td>Braunschweig</td><td>Eintracht-Stadion</td><td>23,325</td></tr><tr><td>Darmstadt 98</td><td>Darmstadt</td><td>Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor</td><td>17,650</td></tr><tr><td>Dynamo Dresden</td><td>Dresden</td><td>Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion</td><td>32,249</td></tr><tr><td>Fortuna Düsseldorf</td><td>Düsseldorf</td><td>Merkur Spiel-Arena</td><td>54,600</td></tr><tr><td>SV Elversberg</td><td>Spiesen-Elversberg</td><td>Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde</td><td>10,000</td></tr><tr><td>Greuther Fürth</td><td>Fürth</td><td>Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer</td><td>16,626</td></tr><tr><td>Hannover 96</td><td>Hanover</td><td>Heinz von Heiden Arena</td><td>49,000</td></tr><tr><td>1. FC Kaiserslautern</td><td>Kaiserslautern</td><td>Fritz-Walter-Stadion</td><td>49,327</td></tr><tr><td>Karlsruher SC</td><td>Karlsruhe</td><td>BBBank Wildpark</td><td>34,302</td></tr><tr><td>Holstein Kiel</td><td>Kiel</td><td>Holstein-Stadion</td><td>15,034</td></tr><tr><td>1. FC Magdeburg</td><td>Magdeburg</td><td>Avnet Arena</td><td>30,098</td></tr><tr><td>Preußen Münster</td><td>Münster</td><td>LVM-Preußenstadion</td><td>14,300</td></tr><tr><td>1. FC Nürnberg</td><td>Nuremberg</td><td>Max-Morlock-Stadion</td><td>49,923</td></tr><tr><td>SC Paderborn</td><td>Paderborn</td><td>Home Deluxe Arena</td><td>15,000</td></tr><tr><td>Schalke 04</td><td>Gelsenkirchen</td><td>Veltins-Arena</td><td>62,271</td></tr></tbody></table>

Personnel and kits

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

Managerial changes

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

League table

2025–26 2. Bundesliga

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Promotion, qualification or relegation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Schalke 04</td><td>27</td><td>15</td><td>7</td><td>5</td><td>38</td><td>24</td><td>+14</td><td>52</td><td>Promotion to Bundesliga</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>SV Elversberg</td><td>27</td><td>15</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>47</td><td>29</td><td>+18</td><td>51</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>SC Paderborn</td><td>27</td><td>15</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>45</td><td>31</td><td>+14</td><td>51</td><td>Qualification for promotion play-offs</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Darmstadt 98</td><td>27</td><td>13</td><td>11</td><td>3</td><td>49</td><td>30</td><td>+19</td><td>50</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Hannover 96</td><td>27</td><td>14</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>46</td><td>34</td><td>+12</td><td>49</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Hertha BSC</td><td>27</td><td>12</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>42</td><td>33</td><td>+9</td><td>44</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>1. FC Kaiserslautern</td><td>27</td><td>12</td><td>4</td><td>11</td><td>45</td><td>41</td><td>+4</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Karlsruher SC</td><td>27</td><td>10</td><td>7</td><td>10</td><td>43</td><td>51</td><td>−8</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>1. FC Nürnberg</td><td>27</td><td>10</td><td>6</td><td>11</td><td>37</td><td>37</td><td>0</td><td>36</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>VfL Bochum</td><td>27</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>10</td><td>38</td><td>36</td><td>+2</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Fortuna Düsseldorf</td><td>27</td><td>9</td><td>4</td><td>14</td><td>26</td><td>40</td><td>−14</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Dynamo Dresden</td><td>27</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>12</td><td>45</td><td>46</td><td>−1</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Eintracht Braunschweig</td><td>27</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>14</td><td>29</td><td>44</td><td>−15</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Greuther Fürth</td><td>27</td><td>8</td><td>5</td><td>14</td><td>40</td><td>59</td><td>−19</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Arminia Bielefeld</td><td>27</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>13</td><td>39</td><td>39</td><td>0</td><td>28</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Holstein Kiel</td><td>27</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>13</td><td>34</td><td>42</td><td>−8</td><td>28</td><td>Qualification for relegation play-offs</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>1. FC Magdeburg</td><td>27</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>16</td><td>39</td><td>50</td><td>−11</td><td>27</td><td>Relegation to 3. Liga</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Preußen Münster</td><td>27</td><td>6</td><td>8</td><td>13</td><td>31</td><td>47</td><td>−16</td><td>26</td></tr></tbody></table>

Relegation play-offs

2025–26 2. Bundesliga

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

Statistics

Top goalscorers

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Isac Lidberg</td><td>Darmstadt 98</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Benjamin Källman</td><td>Hannover 96</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Marvin Wanitzek</td><td>Karlsruher SC</td></tr><tr><td>Mateusz Żukowski</td><td>1. FC Magdeburg</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Younes Ebnoutalib</td><td>SV Elversberg</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Noel Futkeu</td><td>Greuther Fürth</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Cedric Itten</td><td>Fortuna Düsseldorf</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Kenan Karaman</td><td>Schalke 04</td></tr><tr><td>Ivan Prtajin</td><td>1. FC Kaiserslautern</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Mohamed Ali Zoma</td><td>1. FC Nürnberg</td><td>10</td></tr></tbody></table>

Hat-tricks

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

Clean sheets

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Clean sheets</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Tjark Ernst</td><td>Hertha BSC</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Loris Karius</td><td>Schalke 04</td></tr><tr><td>Marcel Schuhen</td><td>SV Darmstadt</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Nahuel Noll</td><td>Hannover 96</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Timo Horn</td><td>VfL Bochum</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Nicolas Kristof</td><td>SV Elversberg</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Dennis Seimen</td><td>SC Paderborn</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Jonas Kersken</td><td>Arminia Bielefeld</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Hans Christian Bernat</td><td>Karlsruher SC</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Ron-Thorben Hoffmann</td><td>Eintracht Braunschweig</td></tr><tr><td>Jonas Krumrey</td><td>Holstein Kiel</td></tr><tr><td>Julian Krahl</td><td>1. FC Kaiserslautern</td></tr><tr><td>Dominik Reimann</td><td>1. FC Magdeburg</td></tr></tbody></table>