2017–18 2. Bundesliga

The 2017–18 2. Bundesliga was the 44th season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 28 July 2017 and concluded on 13 May 2018.[2][3]

2. Bundesliga
Season2017–18
ChampionsFortuna Düsseldorf
PromotedFortuna Düsseldorf
1. FC Nürnberg
RelegatedEintracht Braunschweig
1. FC Kaiserslautern
Matches played306
Goals scored843 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerMarvin Ducksch
(18 goals)
Biggest home winUnion Berlin 5–0 Kaiserslautern
Arminia Bielefeld 5–0 FC St. Pauli
Holstein Kiel 5–0 MSV Duisburg[1]
Biggest away winMSV Duisburg 1–6 1. FC Nürnberg[1]
Highest scoring1. FC Heidenheim 3–5 Holstein Kiel
Holstein Kiel 6–2 Eintracht Braunschweig[1]
Longest winning run5 games[1]
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Longest unbeaten run11 games[1]
1. FC Nürnberg
Darmstadt 98
Longest winless run12 games[1]
Darmstadt 98
Longest losing run4 games[1]
VfL Bochum
Darmstadt 98
MSV Duisburg
Greuther Fürth
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Heidenheim
Highest attendance50,000[1]
Fortuna Düsseldorf v Holstein Kiel
Lowest attendance4,354[1]
SV Sandhausen v Arminia Bielefeld
Attendance5,383,923 (17,595 per match)

The fixtures were announced on 29 June 2017.[4]

Teams
Locations of the 2017–18 2. Bundesliga teams

Team changes
Promoted from 2016–17 3. LigaRelegated from 2016–17 BundesligaPromoted to 2017–18 BundesligaRelegated to 2017–18 3. LigaRelegated to Regionalliga Bayern
MSV Duisburg
Holstein Kiel
Jahn Regensburg		FC Ingolstadt
Darmstadt 98		VfB Stuttgart
Hannover 96		Würzburger Kickers
Karlsruher SC		1860 Munich

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Erzgebirge Aue Aue Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion 15,711
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,300
VfL Bochum Bochum Vonovia-Ruhrstadion 29,299
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325
Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor 17,000
Dynamo Dresden Dresden DDV-Stadion 32,066
MSV Duisburg Duisburg MSV-Arena 31,500
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Esprit Arena 54,600
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Fürth Sportpark Ronhof 18,500
1. FC Heidenheim Heidenheim Voith-Arena 15,000
FC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Audi Sportpark 15,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,780
Holstein Kiel Kiel Holstein-Stadion 11,386
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Max-Morlock-Stadion 50,000
Jahn Regensburg Regensburg Continental Arena 15,224
SV Sandhausen Sandhausen BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald 12,100
FC St. Pauli Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 29,546
Union Berlin Berlin Alte Försterei 22,012

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Erzgebirge Aue Hannes Drews Martin Männel Nike WätaS Wärmetauscher Sachsen
Arminia Bielefeld Jeff Saibene Julian Börner Joma[5] Schüco, JAB Anstoetz Textilien1
VfL Bochum Robin Dutt Stefano Celozzi Nike Trivago, Viactiv Betriebskrankenkasse1
Eintracht Braunschweig Torsten Lieberknecht Ken Reichel[6] Erima[7] SEAT
Darmstadt 98 Dirk Schuster Aytaç Sulu Jako Software AG, ROWE Mineralölwerk1
Dynamo Dresden Uwe Neuhaus Marco Hartmann Erima Feldschlößchen, AOK Plus1
MSV Duisburg Iliya Gruev Kevin Wolze Capelli XTiP, Rhein Power1
Fortuna Düsseldorf Friedhelm Funkel Oliver Fink Uhlsport[8] Orthomol,[9] Toyo Tires Reifen1
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Damir Burić Balázs Megyeri Hummel Hofmann Personal, BVUK – Gruppe Unternehmensberatung1
1. FC Heidenheim Frank Schmidt Marc Schnatterer Nike Hartmann Gruppe, Voith1
FC Ingolstadt Stefan Leitl Marvin Matip Adidas Media Markt, Audi Schanzer Fußballschule1
1. FC Kaiserslautern Michael Frontzeck Daniel Halfar Uhlsport Top12.de1[10]
Holstein Kiel Markus Anfang Rafael Czichos Puma Famila, Lotto Schleswig-Holstein1
1. FC Nürnberg Michael Köllner Hanno Behrens Umbro Nürnberger Versicherung, Godelmann Betonstein1
Jahn Regensburg Achim Beierlorzer Marco Grüttner Saller Netto, Dallmeier electronic1
SV Sandhausen Kenan Kocak Stefan Kulovits Puma Verivox, BWT1
FC St. Pauli Markus Kauczinski Bernd Nehrig Under Armour Congstar, Astra Brauerei1
1. FC Union Berlin André Hofschneider Felix Kroos Macron Layenberger, Koch Automobile1
1. ^ On the sleeves.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
FC St. Pauli Ewald Lienen[11] Moved to technical director 30 June 2017 Preseason Olaf Janßen[11] 1 July 2017
Jahn Regensburg Heiko Herrlich[12] Signed by Bayer Leverkusen Achim Beierlorzer[13]
Erzgebirge Aue Domenico Tedesco[14] Signed by Schalke 04 Thomas Letsch[15]
VfL Bochum Gertjan Verbeek[16] Sacked 11 July 2017 Ismail Atalan[16] 11 July 2017
Erzgebirge Aue Thomas Letsch[17] 14 August 2017 18th Robin Lenk (interim) 14 August 2017
FC Ingolstadt Maik Walpurgis[18] 22 August 2017 Stefan Leitl[19] 22 August 2017
SpVgg Greuther Fürth János Radoki[20] 28 August 2017 Mirko Dickhaut (interim) 28 August 2017
Mirko Dickhaut[21] End of caretaker 9 September 2017 Damir Burić[21] 9 September 2017
Erzgebirge Aue Robin Lenk[22] 8 September 2017 10th Hannes Drews[22] 8 September 2017
1. FC Kaiserslautern Norbert Meier[23] Sacked 20 September 2017 18th Manfred Paula (interim)[23] 20 September 2017
Manfred Paula[24] End of caretaker 27 September 2017 Jeff Strasser[24] 27 September 2017
VfL Bochum Ismail Atalan[25] Sacked 9 October 2017 13th Jens Rasiejewski[25] 9 October 2017
Union Berlin Jens Keller[26] 4 December 2017 4th André Hofschneider[26] 4 December 2017
FC St. Pauli Olaf Janßen[27] 7 December 2017 14th Markus Kauczinski[27] 7 December 2017
Darmstadt 98 Torsten Frings[28] 9 December 2017 16th Dirk Schuster[29] 11 December 2017
1. FC Kaiserslautern Jeff Strasser[30] Resigned 1 February 2018 18th Michael Frontzeck[30] 1 February 2018
VfL Bochum Jens Rasiejewski[31] Sacked 7 February 2018 14th Heiko Butscher (interim)[31] 7 February 2018
Heiko Butscher[32] End of caretaker 11 February 2018 Robin Dutt[32] 11 February 2018

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Fortuna Düsseldorf (C, P) 34 19 6 9 57 43 +14 63 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 1. FC Nürnberg (P) 34 17 9 8 61 39 +22 60
3 Holstein Kiel 34 14 14 6 71 44 +27 56 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Arminia Bielefeld 34 12 12 10 51 47 +4 48
5 Jahn Regensburg 34 14 6 14 53 53 0 48
6 VfL Bochum 34 13 9 12 37 40 −3 48
7 MSV Duisburg 34 13 9 12 52 56 −4 48
8 Union Berlin 34 12 11 11 54 46 +8 47
9 FC Ingolstadt 34 12 9 13 47 45 +2 45
10 Darmstadt 98 34 10 13 11 47 45 +2 43
11 SV Sandhausen 34 11 10 13 35 33 +2 43
12 FC St. Pauli 34 11 10 13 35 48 −13 43
13 1. FC Heidenheim 34 11 9 14 50 56 −6 42
14 Dynamo Dresden 34 11 8 15 42 52 −10 41
15 Greuther Fürth 34 10 10 14 37 48 −11 40
16 Erzgebirge Aue (O) 34 10 10 14 35 49 −14 40 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Eintracht Braunschweig (R) 34 8 15 11 37 43 −6 39 Relegation to 3. Liga
18 1. FC Kaiserslautern (R) 34 9 8 17 42 55 −13 35
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away AUE BER BIE BOC BRA DAR DRE DUI DÜS FÜR HEI ING KAI KIE NÜR REG SAN STP
Erzgebirge Aue — 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–3 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Union Berlin 0–0 — 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 5–0 4–3 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–0
Arminia Bielefeld 2–0 1–1 — 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–3 0–4 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 5–0
VfL Bochum 2–1 2–1 0–1 — 2–0 2–1 3–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1
Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 — 2–2 1–1 3–2 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–2
Darmstadt 98 1–0 3–1 4–3 1–2 1–1 — 3–3 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 3–4 0–1 1–2 3–0
Dynamo Dresden 4–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 — 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 0–4 1–1 1–0 0–4 1–3
MSV Duisburg 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 — 1–2 2–0 3–3 2–1 1–4 1–3 1–6 4–1 0–2 2–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–1 3–2 4–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–3 3–1 — 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1
Greuther Fürth 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 — 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 4–0
1. FC Heidenheim 2–1 4–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 — 1–2 3–2 3–5 1–0 1–3 2–0 3–1
FC Ingolstadt 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 3–0 4–2 2–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 — 1–3 1–5 1–1 2–4 0–0 0–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–2 4–3 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 — 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1
Holstein Kiel 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 6–2 0–0 3–0 5–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 — 1–3 1–1 2–2 0–1
1. FC Nürnberg 4–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–3 0–2 3–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 — 2–2 1–0 0–1
Jahn Regensburg 1–3 0–2 3–2 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 4–0 4–3 3–2 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 — 2–1 3–1
SV Sandhausen 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 — 1–1
FC St. Pauli 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–4 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern match from 24 January 2018 was suspended after 45 minutes (half-time) and a score of 0–0 due to a medical emergency involving 1. FC Kaiserslautern manager Jeff Strasser. The replay took place on 21 February 2018 and finished with a score of 1–2.

Promotion play-offs

All times are UTC+2.

First leg
VfL Wolfsburg3–1Holstein Kiel
 Report Schindler  34'
Attendance: 28,800
Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Second leg
Holstein Kiel0–1VfL Wolfsburg
Report Knoche  75'
Attendance: 12,000

VfL Wolfsburg won 4–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

Relegation play-offs

All times are UTC+2.

First leg
Karlsruher SC0–0Erzgebirge Aue
Report
Attendance: 25,906

Second leg
Erzgebirge Aue3–1Karlsruher SC
Bertram  25', 53', 75' Report Schleusener  44'
Attendance: 16,000

Erzgebirge Aue won 3–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

Statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[33]
1 Marvin Ducksch Holstein Kiel 18
2 Hanno Behrens 1. FC Nürnberg 14
Lukas Hinterseer VfL Bochum
Steven Skrzybski Union Berlin
5 Marco Grüttner Jahn Regensburg 13
Rouwen Hennings Fortuna Düsseldorf
Andreas Voglsammer Arminia Bielefeld
8 Sebastian Andersson 1. FC Kaiserslautern 12
Dominick Drexler Holstein Kiel
Mikael Ishak 1. FC Nürnberg
Sebastian Polter Union Berlin
Kingsley Schindler Holstein Kiel

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets[34]
1 Marcel Schuhen SV Sandhausen 12
2 Stefan Ortega Arminia Bielefeld 11
3 Robin Himmelmann FC St. Pauli 10
Ørjan Nyland FC Ingolstadt
5 Jasmin Fejzić Eintracht Braunschweig 9
Mark Flekken MSV Duisburg
7 Daniel Heuer Fernandes Darmstadt 98 8
Kenneth Kronholm Holstein Kiel
9 Seven players 7

Number of teams by state
Position State Number of teams Teams
1  Bavaria4FC Ingolstadt, Greuther Fürth, 1. FC Nürnberg and Jahn Regensburg
 North Rhine-Westphalia4Arminia Bielefeld, VfL Bochum, Fortuna Düsseldorf and MSV Duisburg
3  Baden-Württemberg21. FC Heidenheim and SV Sandhausen
 Saxony2Dynamo Dresden and Erzgebirge Aue
5  Berlin1Union Berlin
 Hamburg1FC St. Pauli
 Hesse1Darmstadt 98
 Lower Saxony1Eintracht Braunschweig
 Rhineland-Palatinate11. FC Kaiserslautern
 Schleswig-Holstein1Holstein Kiel

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