1976–77 2. Bundesliga

The 1976–77 2. Bundesliga season was the third season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd.

2. Bundesliga
Season1976–77
ChampionsNord: FC St. Pauli
Süd: VfB Stuttgart
PromotedNord: FC St. Pauli
Süd: VfB Stuttgart
TSV 1860 Munich
RelegatedNord: Bonner SC
Göttingen 05
Wacker 04 Berlin
VfL Wolfsburg
Süd: Röchling Völklingen
Jahn Regensburg
BSV Schwenningen
Matches playedNord: 380
Süd: 380
Top goalscorerNord: Franz Gerber
(27 goals)
Süd: Lothar Emmerich
(24 goals)
Average attendanceNord: 6,048
Süd: 7,618

FC St. Pauli, VfB Stuttgart and TSV 1860 Munich were promoted to the Bundesliga while Bonner SC, Göttingen 05, Wacker 04 Berlin, VfL Wolfsburg, Röchling Völklingen, Jahn Regensburg and BSV Schwenningen were relegated to the Oberligas and Amateurligas.

Nord

For the 1976–77 season saw Arminia Hannover, Bonner SC, SC Herford and VfL Wolfsburg promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga and Amateurligas while Bayer 05 Uerdingen and Hannover 96 had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC St. Pauli (C, P) 38 19 16 3 69 36 +33 54 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Arminia Bielefeld 38 19 12 7 72 39 +33 50 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 Wuppertaler SV 38 18 11 9 81 55 +26 47
4 Bayer 05 Uerdingen 38 16 11 11 78 52 +26 43
5 Hannover 96 38 18 7 13 73 48 +25 43
6 Preußen Münster 38 15 13 10 73 52 +21 43
7 Alemannia Aachen 38 16 11 11 69 56 +13 43
8 Schwarz-Weiss Essen 38 16 11 11 63 55 +8 43
9 VfL Osnabrück 38 18 7 13 84 77 +7 43
10 Bayer Leverkusen 38 14 12 12 59 58 +1 40
11 Westfalia Herne 38 15 9 14 77 73 +4 39
12 Fortuna Köln 38 14 10 14 67 62 +5 38
13 Arminia Hannover 38 15 8 15 64 62 +2 38
14 SC Herford 38 12 12 14 62 63 −1 36
15 SG Wattenscheid 09 38 12 9 17 65 80 −15 33
16 Bonner SC[lower-alpha 1] (R) 38 14 5 19 53 72 −19 33 Relegation to Oberliga
17 1. SC Göttingen 05[lower-alpha 2] (R) 38 11 9 18 57 67 −10 31
18 Wacker 04 Berlin (R) 38 9 9 20 43 79 −36 27
19 SG Union Solingen 38 6 8 24 46 96 −50 20
20 VfL Wolfsburg (R) 38 5 6 27 46 119 −73 16 Relegation to Oberliga
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Bonner SC were not granted a license for the following season by the DFB and were therefore relegated.
  2. SC Göttingen 05 waived their league place, which they would have retained after the license revoking of Bonner SC.

Results
Home \ Away AAC W04 DSC BON SWE G05 H96 SVA HER SCW FKO B04 PRM OSN SGU STP B05 SGW WOB WSV
Alemannia Aachen — 5–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 4–3 3–2 3–0 4–1 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–2
Wacker 04 Berlin 2–3 — 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–3
Arminia Bielefeld 2–0 0–0 — 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 5–0 1–1
Bonner SC 1–1 2–1 2–1 — 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–2 2–3 1–0 2–1 2–3 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–3 4–0
Schwarz-Weiß Essen 0–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 — 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 3–3 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 4–4 2–0 3–1
Göttingen 05 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–3 — 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 9–0 5–3
Hannover 96 4–1 5–2 4–1 5–0 1–1 2–0 — 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 6–1 0–1 4–1 5–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 4–0 0–0
Arminia Hannover 0–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 3–2 3–1 1–2 — 1–1 2–6 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–3 6–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 3–2 3–1
SC Herford 2–1 5–0 2–2 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–2 1–1 — 2–3 2–0 1–3 1–3 5–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 5–1 2–0
Westfalia Herne 0–0 0–1 1–5 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–5 0–0 — 4–2 3–1 3–1 5–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 3–1 8–2 0–4
Fortuna Köln 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–2 7–2 0–2 4–0 3–1 3–1 — 3–2 0–4 3–2 4–3 0–0 3–3 1–1 3–1 0–2
Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 5–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 4–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–0
Preußen Münster 1–1 0–0 1–0 6–0 2–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 5–2 1–1 2–3 — 3–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 5–0 7–0 1–0
VfL Osnabrück 5–1 4–3 1–2 3–1 4–2 4–2 3–0 4–3 1–1 4–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 — 3–0 2–2 2–1 5–2 4–1 2–4
Union Solingen 2–4 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–1 4–3 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–2 3–0 — 3–3 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–2
FC St. Pauli 3–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 4–1 4–2 2–1 3–0 4–0 3–3 1–1 — 1–0 4–0 3–1 2–2
Bayer Uerdingen 2–1 6–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–3 2–2 3–4 6–0 0–1 — 4–1 3–2 2–1
SG Wattenscheid 2–2 4–0 2–5 4–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 4–2 3–0 2–4 0–4 — 5–2 1–0
VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 2–2 3–3 0–3 2–0 1–4 0–1 0–1 1–3 3–1 0–3 0–1 4–2 0–0 3–4 2–2 2–5 1–2 — 0–5
Wuppertaler SV 4–1 4–1 1–1 6–2 4–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 3–4 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 3–3 6–1 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:[1]

Goals Player Team
27 Franz Gerber FC St. Pauli
23 Rainer Budde Wuppertaler SV
Heinz-Josef Kehr Alemannia Aachen
Gerd-Volker Schock VfL Osnabrück
21 Ewald Hammes SG Wattenscheid 09
Klaus Wunder Hannover 96
19 Karl-Heinz Mrosko Arminia Hannover
18 Wilfried Klinge RSV Göttingen 05
Klaus Wolf Preußen Münster
17 Friedhelm Funkel Bayer Uerdingen
Jürgen Milewski Hannover 96
Frank-Michael Schonert Bayer Leverkusen
Wolfgang Wallek VfL Wolfsburg

Süd

For the 1976–77 season saw BSV Schwenningen, Eintracht Trier, FV Würzburg 04 and KSV Baunatal promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and Kickers Offenbach relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 VfB Stuttgart (C, P) 38 24 9 5 100 36 +64 57 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 1860 Munich (P) 38 24 8 6 78 29 +49 56 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 Kickers Offenbach 38 22 9 7 86 52 +34 53
4 FC Homburg 38 23 3 12 84 56 +28 49
5 1. FC Nürnberg 38 18 13 7 77 51 +26 49
6 Darmstadt 98 38 18 10 10 68 48 +20 46
7 FSV Frankfurt 38 14 12 12 65 58 +7 40
8 SpVgg Fürth 38 15 10 13 55 51 +4 40
9 FC Augsburg 38 17 6 15 72 73 −1 40
10 Stuttgarter Kickers 38 16 7 15 59 53 +6 39
11 Waldhof Mannheim 38 16 5 17 70 57 +13 37
12 Bayern Hof 38 12 13 13 61 53 +8 37
13 FV Würzburg 38 14 9 15 49 81 −32 37
14 SpVgg Bayreuth 38 12 10 16 60 64 −4 34
15 KSV Baunatal 38 11 11 16 64 82 −18 33
16 Röchling Völklingen[lower-alpha 1] (R) 38 13 6 19 47 71 −24 32 Relegation to Oberliga
17 Eintracht Trier 38 12 4 22 46 68 −22 28
18 FK Pirmasens 38 5 9 24 43 85 −42 19
19 Jahn Regensburg (R) 38 7 5 26 42 87 −45 19 Relegation to Oberliga
20 BSV 07 Schwenningen (R) 38 4 7 27 31 102 −71 15
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. SV Röchling Völklingen voluntarily returned their license for the following season to the DFB and were therefore relegated.

Results
Home \ Away FCA BAU BAY D98 FSV FUE HOF HOM M60 FCN KOF FKP JRE SCH SKI VFB TRI SVR CWA FVW
FC Augsburg — 3–1 5–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–4 0–1 2–1 1–0 5–1
KSV Baunatal 1–1 — 0–4 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–3 2–2 5–2 3–0 4–2 0–5 5–4 4–1 2–2 5–1
SpVgg Bayreuth 2–4 3–4 — 2–2 2–2 2–1 5–1 1–2 1–4 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–4 0–1 1–0 3–2
Darmstadt 98 1–0 3–2 1–0 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 5–3 4–0 6–1 1–0 2–1 5–2 3–0 4–1 0–1
FSV Frankfurt 2–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 — 2–3 1–0 4–0 2–2 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 5–1
SpVgg Fürth 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 — 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 3–2 4–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 3–1 2–0
Bayern Hof 7–2 3–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 3–1 — 2–3 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 10–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–0
FC Homburg 5–0 3–1 3–1 4–0 6–2 2–1 3–0 — 2–0 0–4 2–1 4–1 1–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 4–2 4–0
1860 Munich 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 6–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 — 3–0 4–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 6–0 1–0 4–0
1. FC Nürnberg 2–4 5–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 — 3–3 3–0 5–1 5–0 2–0 0–4 1–0 2–2 2–0 4–0
Kickers Offenbach 4–1 7–0 2–1 3–3 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 2–0 — 3–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 1–2 6–3 3–0 2–1 2–0
FK Pirmasens 0–3 2–5 0–0 3–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–4 1–3 2–2 — 1–2 2–2 3–2 0–4 4–1 0–1 0–1 0–2
Jahn Regensburg 5–1 0–0 3–4 1–0 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–3 2–5 0–4 — 4–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 4–2 2–3
BSV Schwenningen 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 — 0–5 3–3 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1
Stuttgarter Kickers 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–3 0–3 3–3 0–1 3–2 3–1 1–0 — 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 8–1
VfB Stuttgart 4–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 5–1 3–2 4–0 2–2 7–2 8–0 6–0 2–1 — 1–0 4–3 4–3 4–0
Eintracht Trier 2–6 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–2 3–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–5 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 — 1–3 0–1 0–1
Röchling Völklingen 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–2 0–2 5–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 — 1–2 1–2
SV Chio Waldhof 5–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–2 4–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 6–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 4–1 — 3–3
FV Würzburg 04 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 2–1 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:[2]

Goals Player Team
24 Lothar Emmerich FV Würzburg 04
23 Werner Heck SV Waldhof Mannheim
Manfred Lenz FC 08 Homburg
22 Ottmar Hitzfeld VfB Stuttgart
21 Werner Hofmann FSV Frankfurt
Hans Walitza 1. FC Nürnberg
20 Harald Diener FC 08 Homburg
18 Wolfgang Rausch Kickers Offenbach
17 Peter Falter TSV 1860 Munich
Erhard Hofeditz KSV 1964 Baunatal

Promotion play-offs

The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions. TSV 1860 Munich were promoted to the Bundesliga after a third game was made necessary to decide the series.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg3rd leg
Arminia Bielefeld (N) 4–6 TSV 1860 Munich (S) 4–0 0–40–2

References
  1. 2. Bundesliga 1976/1977 Nord Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, accessed: 8 November 2015
  2. 2. Bundesliga 1976/1977 Süd Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, accessed: 8 November 2015
  3. Relegation Bundesliga 1976/1977 (in German) Weltfussball.de – Promotion round, accessed: 8 November 2015
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