2nd Bundesliga 1996/97

2nd Bundesliga 1996/97
master	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Climbers	1. FC Kaiserslautern VfL Wolfsburg Hertha BSC
Relegated	SV Waldhof Mannheim VfB Lübeck Rot-Weiss Essen VfB Oldenburg
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	822  (ø 2.69 per game)
spectator	2,739,431  (ø 8952 per game)
Top scorer	Angelo Vier ( Rot-Weiss Essen )
← 2nd Bundesliga 1995/96 2nd Bundesliga 1997/98 →
↑ Bundesliga 1996/97 Regionalliga 1996/97 ↓

In the 2. Bundesliga 1996/97 the achieved 1. FC Kaiserslautern , the VfL Wolfsburg and Hertha BSC move up to the Bundesliga .

statistics

League leader

Bottom of the table

Closing table

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	1. FC Kaiserslautern (A, P)	34	19th	11	4th	74:28	+46	68
02.	VfL Wolfsburg	34	14th	16	4th	52:29	+23	58
03.	Hertha BSC	34	17th	7th	10	57:38	+19	58
04th	1. FSV Mainz 05	34	14th	12	8th	50:34	+16	54
05.	Stuttgart Kickers (N)	34	14th	11	9	38:27	+11	53
06th	SpVgg Unterhaching	34	11	16	7th	35:29	+ 06	49
07th	Eintracht Frankfurt (A)	34	13	9	12	43:46	- 03	48
08th.	VfB Leipzig	34	12	10	12	53:54	- 01	46
09.	KFC Uerdingen 05 (A)	34	13	5	16	46:44	+ 02	44
10.	SV Meppen	34	10	14th	10	44:48	- 04th	44
11.	SC Fortuna Cologne	34	11	9	14th	52:47	+ 05	42
12.	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	34	9	15th	10	44:49	- 05th	42
13.	FC Gütersloh 1 (N)	34	12	9	13	43:51	- 08	42
14th	FSV Zwickau	34	12	6th	16	34:48	−14	42
15th	SV Waldhof Mannheim	34	10	10	14th	45:56	−11	40
16.	VfB Lübeck	34	8th	12	14th	32:53	−21	36
17th	Rot-Weiss Essen (N)	34	8th	5	21st	47:74	−27	29
18th	VfB Oldenburg (N)	34	6th	9	19th	33:67	−34	27

Legend
	Promoted to the Bundesliga
	Relegated to the regional league
(P)	Cup winner of the preseason
(A)	Relegated from the Bundesliga
(N)	Promoted from the regional league

¹ FC Gütersloh was deducted three points at the end of the season due to incorrect information in the licensing process.

Crosstab

Pl.	1996/97
1.	1. FC Kaiserslautern		4-0	0-0	1: 1	2-0	0-0	5-0	4: 1	3: 1	7: 6	2-0	2-0	2-0	4: 1	5-0	7-0	3: 2	6: 2
2.	VfL Wolfsburg	0-0		1: 1	5: 4	0-0	0-0	4: 1	2-0	1-0	3: 1	2: 1	4: 1	3-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	5: 1	2: 2
3.	Hertha BSC	2-0	1-0		1-0	0: 1	3-0	1: 2	1: 1	0: 2	3-0	4: 2	0: 1	5: 2	1-0	2: 2	0-0	7: 3	1-0
4th	FSV Mainz 05	0-0	0-0	0: 1		1-0	0-0	2: 2	2: 1	3: 1	3-0	2-0	3: 2	3-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	2: 1	3-0
5.	Stuttgart Kickers	0: 2	0-0	1: 2	2: 1		1-0	0-0	3: 1	1-0	0-0	3: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 3	1: 1	5-0
6th	SpVgg Unterhaching	0-0	1-0	1: 2	0-0	1: 1		2: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	2-0	1: 1
7th	Eintracht Frankfurt	0-0	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	0: 1	1-0		2: 3	0: 1	0: 1	3: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	3-0	3-0	2: 3
8th.	VfB Leipzig	2: 2	0: 2	0: 3	3-0	0-0	3-0	2: 3		3: 1	1: 3	4: 1	3: 3	3: 1	4-0	6: 1	0-0	2-0	0-0
9.	KFC Uerdingen	0: 1	0: 3	2: 3	0: 1	3: 1	0: 4	3-0	5-0		0-0	1: 2	2: 2	0: 2	3-0	4: 1	5-0	1-0	1-0
10.	SV Meppen	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	5: 4	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	2-0		0: 3	0-0	2-0	3-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	2: 1
11.	Fortuna Cologne	0-0	2-0	2-0	1: 3	1: 2	3: 1	0-0	2: 3	1: 2	0-0		2-0	3-0	2: 1	4-0	0: 3	1: 1	7: 1
12.	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	2: 2	3: 3	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1		2: 5	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	4-0	3: 1
13.	FC Gütersloh	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	0-0	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	2-0	1: 1	4: 2	1-0	0-0		3: 1	0-0	3: 1	2: 3	1-0
14th	FSV Zwickau	2: 1	0-0	1: 2	0-0	0: 1	0: 2	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	3: 1		2-0	2-0	2: 1	1-0
15th	SV Waldhof Mannheim	2-0	1: 3	2: 1	2: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	1-0	3: 3	4-0	1-0	4-0		3: 1	3: 3	2-0
16.	VfB Lübeck	0: 2	0-0	1: 4	0: 2	1-0	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	4: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 3	1: 1	2: 3		3: 2	2-0
17th	Red and white food	1: 4	0: 1	2: 1	0: 2	0: 4	1: 2	4: 1	4: 1	1: 2	2: 1	0: 4	0: 2	2: 2	1: 2	2: 1	2-0		5-0
18th	VfB Oldenburg	0: 1	1: 4	2: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	1: 2	4: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	2-0	1: 2	1-0	1: 1	2: 1

Ascent

1. FC Kaiserslautern, which won the DFB Cup in 1996, when they were relegated , managed to get promoted back to the Bundesliga. The team remained unbeaten at home and scored the most goals in the league. Another traditional club returned with Hertha BSC, while VfL Wolfsburg made it into the Bundesliga for the first time.

The game from Kaiserslautern at Hertha BSC was remarkable. In this game on April 7, 1997, 75,000 spectators in the sold-out Berlin Olympic Stadium set a new attendance record for the single-track 2nd division. The absolute second league audience record was recorded on April 2, 1977 in the 2nd League South at the game TSV 1860 Munich - VfB Stuttgart with 77,573 spectators.

There was an exciting promotion final on the last day of the season: Mainz and VfL Wolfsburg met in Wolfsburg in the battle for the last free promotion spot. In an exciting game, VfL won 5: 4 and was promoted to the Bundesliga.

descent

With Rot-Weiss Essen and VfB Oldenburg, two newcomers were immediately relegated. They were accompanied by the former Bundesliga club Waldhof Mannheim and VfB Lübeck.

List of goalscorers

The best goalscorer of the season was Angelo Vier from relegated Rot-Weiss Essen with 18 goals. Steffen Heidrich from VfB Leipzig landed on the places with 17 goals and Axel Kruse from Hertha BSC with 15 goals.

		player	society	Gates
1.		Angelo four	Red and white food	18th
2.		Steffen Heidrich	VfB Leipzig	17th
3.		Axel Kruse	Hertha BSC	15th
4th		Pavel Kuka	1. FC Kaiserslautern	14th
5.		Christian Claaßen	SV Meppen	13
6th		Abderrahim Ouakili	1. FSV Mainz 05	12
		Jürgen Rische	1. FC Kaiserslautern
8th.		Rainer Krieg	Fortuna Cologne	11
9.		Sven Demandt	1. FSV Mainz 05	10
		Horst Elberfeld	VfB Oldenburg
		Antoine Hey	Fortuna Cologne
		Wolfram Klein	Red and white food
		Olaf Marshal	1. FC Kaiserslautern
		Dirk van der Ven	FC Gütersloh
		Mark Zimmermann	FC Carl Zeiss Jena

Remarkable

The 7: 6 of 1. FC Kaiserslautern against SV Meppen on the last matchday is the highest-scoring game in German professional football to this day.