2018–19 2. Bundesliga

The 2018–19 2. Bundesliga was the 45th season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 3 August 2018 and concluded on 19 May 2019.[1]

2. Bundesliga
Season2018–19
Dates3 August 2018 – 19 May 2019
Champions1. FC Köln
Promoted1. FC Köln
SC Paderborn
Union Berlin
RelegatedFC Ingolstadt
1. FC Magdeburg
MSV Duisburg
Matches played306
Goals scored904 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorerSimon Terodde (29 goals)
Biggest home winKöln 8–1 Dresden
Biggest away winHamburg 0–5 Regensburg
Fürth 0–5 Aue
Highest scoringKöln 8–1 Dresden
Longest winning run4 games
Hamburger SV
1. FC Köln
Longest unbeaten run17 games
Union Berlin
Longest winless run12 games
FC Ingolstadt
Longest losing run6 games
FC Ingolstadt
Highest attendance57,000
Hamburg v St. Pauli
Hamburg v Kiel
Lowest attendance4,778
Sandhausen v Heidenheim
Attendance5,853,246 (19,128 per match)

1. FC Köln and SC Paderborn were automatically promoted to the Bundesliga; Union Berlin were promoted after winning the Bundesliga relegation play-offs. 1. FC Magdeburg and MSV Duisburg were automatically relegated to the 3. Liga, while FC Ingolstadt 04 were also relegated to the 3. Liga after losing a playoff against SV Wehen Wiesbaden of that league.

Teams
Locations of the 2018–19 2. Bundesliga teams

Team changes
Promoted from 2017–18 3. LigaRelegated from 2017–18 BundesligaPromoted to 2018–19 BundesligaRelegated to 2018–19 3. Liga
1. FC Magdeburg
SC Paderborn		Hamburger SV
1. FC Köln		Fortuna Düsseldorf
1. FC Nürnberg		Eintracht Braunschweig
1. FC Kaiserslautern

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Erzgebirge Aue Aue Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion 15,711
Union Berlin Berlin Alte Försterei 22,012
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,300
VfL Bochum Bochum Ruhrstadion 29,299
Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor 17,000
Dynamo Dresden Dresden Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion 32,066
MSV Duisburg Duisburg MSV-Arena 31,500
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Fürth Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer 18,500
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 57,000
1. FC Heidenheim Heidenheim Voith-Arena 15,000
FC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Audi Sportpark 15,000
Holstein Kiel Kiel Holstein-Stadion 11,386
1. FC Köln Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 49,698
1. FC Magdeburg Magdeburg MDCC-Arena 27,500
SC Paderborn Paderborn Benteler-Arena 15,000
Jahn Regensburg Regensburg Continental Arena 15,224
SV Sandhausen Sandhausen BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald 15,414
FC St. Pauli Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 29,546

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Erzgebirge Aue Daniel Meyer Martin Männel Nike WätaS Wärmetauscher Sachsen
Union Berlin Urs Fischer Christopher Trimmel Macron Layenberger, Koch Automobile1
Arminia Bielefeld Uwe Neuhaus Julian Börner Joma[2] Schüco, JAB Anstoetz Textilien1
VfL Bochum Robin Dutt Stefano Celozzi Nike Tricorp Workwear, Viactiv Betriebskrankenkasse1
Darmstadt 98 Dimitrios Grammozis Fabian Holland Craft Software AG, ROWE Mineralölwerk1
Dynamo Dresden Cristian Fiel Marco Hartmann Craft Feldschlößchen, AOK Plus1
MSV Duisburg Torsten Lieberknecht Gerrit Nauber Capelli XTiP, Rhein Power1
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Stefan Leitl Marco Caligiuri Hummel Hofmann Personal, BVUK – Gruppe Unternehmensberatung1
Hamburger SV Hannes Wolf Aaron Hunt Adidas Emirates, Popp Feinkost1
1. FC Heidenheim Frank Schmidt Marc Schnatterer Nike Hartmann Gruppe, Voith1
FC Ingolstadt Tomas Oral Marvin Matip Adidas Media Markt, Audi Schanzer Fußballschule1
Holstein Kiel Tim Walter Dominik Schmidt Puma Famila, Lotto Schleswig-Holstein1
1. FC Köln André Pawlak / Manfred Schmid Jonas Hector Uhlsport REWE, DEVK1
1. FC Magdeburg Michael Oenning Nils Butzen Uhlsport FAM
SC Paderborn Steffen Baumgart Christian Strohdiek Saller Mediacom
Jahn Regensburg Achim Beierlorzer Marco Grüttner Saller Netto, Dallmeier electronic1
SV Sandhausen Uwe Koschinat Denis Linsmayer Puma Verivox, BWT1
FC St. Pauli Jos Luhukay Bernd Nehrig Under Armour Congstar, Astra Brauerei1

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
1. FC Köln Stefan Ruthenbeck[3] End of contract 30 June 2018 Preseason Markus Anfang[3] 1 July 2018
Holstein Kiel Markus Anfang[3] Signed for 1. FC Köln Tim Walter[4]
Union Berlin André Hofschneider[5] Sacked Urs Fischer[6]
Erzgebirge Aue Hannes Drews[7] Resigned Daniel Meyer[8]
Dynamo Dresden Uwe Neuhaus[9] Sacked 22 August 2018 9th Cristian Fiél (interim)[10] 23 August 2018
Cristian Fiél (interim)[11] End of caretaker spell 11 September 2018 14th Maik Walpurgis[11] 11 September 2018
FC Ingolstadt Stefan Leitl[12] Sacked 22 September 2018 13th Alexander Nouri[13] 24 September 2018
MSV Duisburg Iliya Gruev[14] 1 October 2018 18th Torsten Lieberknecht[15] 1 October 2018
SV Sandhausen Kenan Kocak[16] 8 October 2018 16th Uwe Koschinat[17] 15 October 2018
Hamburger SV Christian Titz[18] 23 October 2018 5th Hannes Wolf[18] 23 October 2018
1. FC Magdeburg Jens Härtel[19] 12 November 2018 17th Michael Oenning[20] 14 November 2018
FC Ingolstadt Alexander Nouri[21] 26 November 2018 18th Roberto Pätzold (interim)[21] 26 November 2018
Roberto Pätzold (interim)[22] End of caretaker spell 2 December 2018 Jens Keller[22] 2 December 2018
Arminia Bielefeld Jeff Saibene[23] Sacked 10 December 2018 14th Uwe Neuhaus[24] 10 December 2018
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Damir Burić[25] 4 February 2019 12th Stefan Leitl[26] 5 February 2019
Darmstadt 98 Dirk Schuster[27] 18 February 2019 14th Dimitrios Grammozis[28] 24 February 2019
Dynamo Dresden Maik Walpurgis[29] 24 February 2019 14th Cristian Fiél[30] 24 February 2019
FC Ingolstadt Jens Keller[31] 2 April 2019 18th Tomas Oral[32] 3 April 2019
FC St. Pauli Markus Kauczinski[33] 10 April 2019 6th Jos Luhukay[34] 10 April 2019
1. FC Köln Markus Anfang[35] 27 April 2019 1st André Pawlak / Manfred Schmid (interim)[35] 27 April 2019

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 1. FC Köln (C, P) 34 19 6 9 84 47 +37 63 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 SC Paderborn (P) 34 16 9 9 76 50 +26 57
3 Union Berlin (O, P) 34 14 15 5 54 33 +21 57 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Hamburger SV 34 16 8 10 45 42 +3 56
5 1. FC Heidenheim 34 15 10 9 55 45 +10 55
6 Holstein Kiel 34 13 10 11 60 51 +9 49
7 Arminia Bielefeld 34 13 10 11 52 50 +2 49
8 Jahn Regensburg 34 12 13 9 55 54 +1 49
9 FC St. Pauli 34 14 7 13 46 53 −7 49
10 Darmstadt 98 34 13 7 14 45 53 −8 46
11 VfL Bochum 34 11 11 12 49 50 −1 44
12 Dynamo Dresden 34 11 9 14 41 48 −7 42
13 Greuther Fürth 34 10 12 12 37 56 −19 42
14 Erzgebirge Aue 34 11 7 16 43 47 −4 40
15 SV Sandhausen 34 9 11 14 45 52 −7 38
16 FC Ingolstadt (R) 34 9 8 17 43 55 −12 35 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 1. FC Magdeburg (R) 34 6 13 15 35 53 −18 31 Relegation to 3. Liga
18 MSV Duisburg (R) 34 6 10 18 39 65 −26 28
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Away goals scored; 9) Play-off.[36]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away AUE BER BIE BOC DAR DRE DUI FÜR HAM HEI ING KIE KÖL MAG PAD REG SAN STP
Erzgebirge Aue — 3–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 3–1
Union Berlin 1–0 — 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–3 2–2 2–0 4–1
Arminia Bielefeld 2–1 1–1 — 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–3 1–3 2–0 5–3 1–1 1–2
VfL Bochum 2–1 2–2 1–0 — 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 6–0 1–3 0–2 4–2 1–2 3–3 1–0 1–3
Darmstadt 98 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 — 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–3 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1
Dynamo Dresden 1–1 0–0 3–4 2–2 4–1 — 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–1
MSV Duisburg 1–2 2–3 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–3 — 0–1 1–2 3–4 2–4 0–4 4–4 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 0–1
Greuther Fürth 0–5 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–1 0–4 3–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–1
Hamburger SV 1–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 — 3–2 0–3 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–5 2–1 0–0
1. FC Heidenheim 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 — 4–2 2–2 0–2 3–0 1–5 1–2 2–3 3–0
FC Ingolstadt 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 — 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–1
Holstein Kiel 5–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 4–2 3–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 — 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–1
1. FC Köln 3–1 1–1 5–1 2–3 1–2 8–1 1–2 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 — 3–0 3–5 3–5 3–1 4–1
1. FC Magdeburg 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–2
SC Paderborn 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 6–2 3–0 4–0 6–0 4–1 3–1 3–1 4–4 3–2 4–4 — 2–0 3–3 0–1
Jahn Regensburg 1–3 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 — 2–2 1–1
SV Sandhausen 0–3 0–0 0–3 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 4–0 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 — 4–0
FC St. Pauli 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–5 4–1 2–1 4–3 3–1 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

First leg
VfB Stuttgart2–2Union Berlin
 Report
Attendance: 58,619

Second leg
Union Berlin0–0VfB Stuttgart
Report
Attendance: 22,012

2–2 on aggregate. Union Berlin won on away goals and are promoted to the Bundesliga, while VfB Stuttgart are relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.

Relegation play-offs

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

First leg
Wehen Wiesbaden1–2FC Ingolstadt
Kyereh  90+6' Report Lezcano  1', 47' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,698

Second leg
FC Ingolstadt2–3Wehen Wiesbaden
 Report
Attendance: 12,420

4–4 on aggregate. Wehen Wiesbaden won on away goals and are promoted to the 2. Bundesliga, while FC Ingolstadt are relegated to the 3. Liga.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[37]
1 Simon Terodde 1. FC Köln 29
2 Jhon Córdoba 1. FC Köln 20
3 Lukas Hinterseer VfL Bochum 18
4 Fabian Klos Arminia Bielefeld 17
Andrew Wooten SV Sandhausen
6 Philipp Klement SC Paderborn 16
7 Sargis Adamyan Jahn Regensburg 15
Pascal Testroet Erzgebirge Aue
9 Robert Glatzel 1. FC Heidenheim 13
Pierre-Michel Lasogga Hamburger SV
Andreas Voglsammer Arminia Bielefeld

Number of teams by state
Position State Number of teams Teams
1  North Rhine-Westphalia5Arminia Bielefeld, VfL Bochum, MSV Duisburg, 1. FC Köln and SC Paderborn
2  Bavaria3Greuther Fürth, FC Ingolstadt and Jahn Regensburg
3  Baden-Württemberg21. FC Heidenheim and SV Sandhausen
 Hamburg2Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli
 Saxony2Erzgebirge Aue and Dynamo Dresden
6  Berlin1Union Berlin
 Hesse1Darmstadt 98
 Saxony-Anhalt11. FC Magdeburg
 Schleswig-Holstein1Holstein Kiel

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