1995–96 2. Bundesliga

The 1995–96 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-second season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.

2. Bundesliga
Season1995–96
ChampionsVfL Bochum
PromotedVfL Bochum
Arminia Bielefeld
MSV Duisburg
RelegatedChemnitzer FC
Hannover 96
1. FC Nürnberg
SG Wattenscheid 09
Matches played306
Top goalscorerFritz Walter
(21 goals)
Average attendance7,518

VfL Bochum, Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg were promoted to the Bundesliga while Chemnitzer FC, Hannover 96, 1. FC Nürnberg and SG Wattenscheid 09 were relegated to the Regionalliga.

League table

For the 1995–96 season SpVgg Unterhaching, VfB Lübeck, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Arminia Bielefeld were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while VfL Bochum and MSV Duisburg had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.

Locations of the participating teams of the 1995–96 season
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 VfL Bochum (C, P) 34 21 6 7 68 30 +38 69 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Arminia Bielefeld (P) 34 16 9 9 55 45 +10 57
3 MSV Duisburg (P) 34 15 11 8 55 37 +18 56
4 SpVgg Unterhaching 34 14 10 10 52 38 +14 52
5 FSV Zwickau 34 15 4 15 39 48 −9 49
6 Carl Zeiss Jena 34 13 9 12 49 54 −5 48
7 Waldhof Mannheim 34 13 7 14 49 47 +2 46
8 Fortuna Köln 34 12 10 12 37 37 0 46
9 VfB Leipzig 34 13 6 15 35 49 −14 45
10 SV Meppen 34 10 14 10 45 43 +2 44
11 Mainz 05 34 12 8 14 37 41 −4 44
12 VfL Wolfsburg 34 10 14 10 41 46 −5 44
13 VfB Lübeck 34 13 5 16 40 45 −5 44
14 Hertha BSC 34 11 12 11 37 35 +2 45
15 Chemnitzer FC (R) 34 11 9 14 43 51 −8 42 Relegation to Regionalliga[lower-alpha 1]
16 Hannover 96 (R) 34 10 7 17 38 48 −10 37
17 1. FC Nürnberg (R) 34 9 12 13 33 40 −7 39
18 SG Wattenscheid 09 (R) 34 8 7 19 38 57 −19 31
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Hannover 96 was relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Chemnitzer FC was relegated to Regionalliga Nordost. 1. FC Nürnberg was relegated to Regionalliga Süd. SG Wattenscheid 09 was relegated to Regionalliga West/Südwest.

Results
Home \ Away BSC DSC BOC CFC DUI H96 JEN FKO LEI LUE M05 WMA SVM FCN UNT SGW WOB ZWI
Hertha BSC — 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–4 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–0
Arminia Bielefeld 1–0 — 1–3 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 4–0
VfL Bochum 2–2 2–0 — 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 4–1 4–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 3–0
Chemnitzer FC 1–2 5–1 0–2 — 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–4 0–1
MSV Duisburg 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 — 4–0 4–1 2–2 5–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–0
Hannover 96 1–0 0–1 2–0 4–2 2–2 — 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–3 3–0 0–1 1–1
Carl Zeiss Jena 0–3 2–1 0–4 4–1 2–4 4–1 — 1–0 3–1 3–1 6–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0
Fortuna Köln 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 6–0 — 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1
VfB Leipzig 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 — 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–0
VfB Lübeck 0–1 0–2 3–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 — 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–1
Mainz 05 0–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 0–1 0–2[lower-alpha 1] 3–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 — 0–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 1–0
Waldhof Mannheim 3–2 3–5 1–0 4–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 — 2–0 1–4 0–1 5–2 3–0 3–1
SV Meppen 1–1 2–2 2–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 — 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 3–0
1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–4 2–1 — 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–1
SpVgg Unterhaching 0–0 3–0 4–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 5–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 — 1–0 2–2 4–2
SG Wattenscheid 0–0 3–2 1–3 2–2 0–2 5–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 — 1–2 3–1
VfL Wolfsburg 1–4 1–1 0–5 1–1 3–1 3–3 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 — 0–1
FSV Zwickau 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Mainz 05 v Hannover 96 match from 5 August 1995, which finished with a score of 2–2, was later awarded to Hannover 96 with a score of 0–2 due to Mainz 05 fielding the ineligible player Thomas Ziemer.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:[1]

Goals Player Team
21 Fritz Walter Arminia Bielefeld
15 Torsten Gütschow Chemnitzer FC
Daniel Jurgeleit VfB Lübeck
14 Jörg Kirsten FSV Zwickau
13 Marcus Marin MSV Duisburg
12 Niko Kovač Hertha BSC Berlin
11 Peter Közle VfL Bochum
Peter Peschel VfL Bochum
Thomas Ziemer 1. FSV Mainz 05
10 Michael Koch VfB Lübeck
Giuseppe Reina SG Wattenscheid 09
Mark Zimmermann FC Carl Zeiss Jena

References
  1. 2. Bundesliga 1995/1996 » Torschützenliste (in German) Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, accessed: 17 November 2015
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