List of players with the most appearances in the 2nd Bundesliga

The list of the players with the most appearances in the 2nd Bundesliga includes all football players who have played at least 400 second division games since the second top division of the German league was introduced in 1974. The record holder and the only player with more than 500 appearances is Willi Landgraf , who played at Alemannia Aachen at the end of his second division career. The list currently contains nine players, none of whom are currently active in the 2nd Bundesliga . Dirk Hupe in 10th place was on the ball in 399 games.

List of record players

As of July 29, 2019

rank	player	Games	for clubs	from	to
1.	Willi Landgraf	508	Alemannia Aachen (188 games) Rot-Weiss Essen (119) FC Homburg-Saar (107) FC Gütersloh (94)	1987	2006
2.	Joaquín Montañés	479	Alemannia Aachen (479)	1974	1989
3.	Karl-Heinz Schulz	463	SC Freiburg (287) Freiburg FC (176)	1977	1991
4th	Hans Wulf	440	KSV Hessen Kassel (231) Black and White Essen (118) Wormatia Worms (59) Hanover 96 (32)	1974	1989
5.	Wolfgang Kruger	427	SG Union Solingen (427)	1975	1988
6th	Hans-Jürgen Gede	416	Fortuna Cologne (344) Prussia Munster (72)	1977	1990
7th	Andreas Helmer	411	SV Meppen (244) VfL Osnabrück (167)	1983	1998
8th.	Gerd Paulus	407	Kickers Offenbach (304) SV Röchling Völklingen (103)	1974	1989
9.	Oliver Posniak	403	SV Darmstadt 98 (290) FSV Frankfurt (113)	1977	1989
10.	Dirk Horn	399	Fortuna Cologne (212) SG Union Solingen (187)	1975	1994

Active players

This list contains all active second division players with at least 250 appearances.

As of July 29, 2019

rank	player	Games	for clubs	since	current club
71.	Markus Karl	286	1. FC Kaiserslautern (98) SV Sandhausen (77) FC Ingolstadt 04 (54) 1. FC Union Berlin (51) SpVgg Greuther Fürth (6)	2004	SV Sandhausen

Top appearances in the current second division clubs

Note: For each team, the three players with the most stakes for the club are shown. If there is no player from the current team squad below, then the player from this squad with the most appearances is also displayed. Players in the current squad are shown in bold.

As of July 29, 2019

society	rank	player	Games
FC Erzgebirge Aue	1.	Martin Mannel	243
	2.	Skerdilaid Curri	181
	3.	Fabian Mueller	163
Arminia Bielefeld	1.	Norbert Eilenfeldt Helmut Schröder	165 165
	3.	Fabian Klos	161
VfL Bochum	1.	Anthony Losilla	159
	2.	Marcel Maltritz	156
	3.	Andreas Luthe	154
SV Darmstadt 98	1.	Oliver Posniak	290
	2.	Edwin Westenberger	281
	3.	Dieter Rudolf	264
	...
	37.	Fabian Holland	91
Dynamo Dresden	1.	Romain Brégerie	94
	2.	Erich Berko	85
	3.	Mickaël Poté	83
	...
	6th	Marco Hartmann	73
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1.	Bernhard Bergmann	321
	2.	Hermann Grabmeier	251
	3.	Peter Löwer	231
	...
	10.	Marco Caligiuri	184
Hamburger SV	1.	Rick van Drongelen	35
	2.	Douglas Santos Khaled Narey	33 33
Hannover 96	1.	Jörg Sievers	367
	2.	Karsten Surmann	266
	3.	Peter Anders	222
	...
	103.	Waldemar Anton	32
1. FC Heidenheim	1.	Marc Schnatterer	166
	2.	Sebastian Griesbeck	156
	3.	Marcel Titsch-Rivero	115
Karlsruher SC	1.	Emanuel Günther	186
	2.	Michael Harforth	168
	3.	Mario Eggimann	144
	...
	45.	Daniel Gordon	67
Holstein Kiel	1.	Bernd Jordt	115
	2.	Dieter Wendlandt	107
	3.	Jochen Aido	105
	...
	11.	Alexander Mühling	66
1. FC Nuremberg	1.	Norbert Eder	146
	2.	Dieter Lieberwirth Peter Stocker	131 131
	...
	13.	Hanno Behrens	99
VfL Osnabrück	1.	Lothar goose	293
	2.	Dirk Gellrich	272
	3.	Ralf Heskamp	236
	...
	84.	Constantine Engel	43
SSV Jahn Regensburg	1.	Reinhold Mathes	76
	2.	Hans Meichel	73
	3.	Michael Hümmer Werner Michalka Sebastian Nachreiner	67 67 67
SV Sandhausen	1.	Denis Linsmayer	188
	2.	Andrew Wooten	151
	3.	Stefan Kulovits	127
FC St. Pauli	1.	Klaus Thomforde	217
	2.	André Trulsen	206
	3.	Jürgen Gronau	202
	...
	7th	Christopher Buchtmann	154
VfB Stuttgart	1.	Dragan Holcer	73
	2.	Hermann Ohlicher	72
	3.	Helmut Roleder	67
	...
	15th	Emiliano Insúa	34
SV Wehen Wiesbaden	1.	Ronny King	61
	2.	Marko Kopilas Benjamin Siegert	59 59
	...
	39.	14 players	1

The youngest players

This list contains the five youngest players in the 2nd Bundesliga and all current second division players from the top 50. The currently active players are marked in gray.

As of July 29, 2019

rank	player	Age	Date of birth	First use	for club
01.	Gunther Reeg	16 years, 332 days	07/05/1968	06/02/1985	SV Darmstadt 98
02.	Roberto Massimo	17 years, 50 days	10/12/2000	December 01, 2017	Arminia Bielefeld
03.	Ralf Obermann	17 years, 74 days	05/23/1963	08/05/1980	Freiburg FC
04th	Lewis Holtby	17 years, 80 days	September 18, 1990	07/12/2007	Alemannia Aachen
05.	Johannes Geis	17 years, 95 days	08/17/1993	11/20/2010	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
16.	Armel Bella-Kotchap	17 years, 138 days	12/11/2001	04/28/2019	VfL Bochum
26th	Jomaine Consbruch	17 years, 184 days	01/26/2002	07/29/2019	Arminia Bielefeld
48.	Josha Vagnoman	17 years, 244 days	12/11/2000	08/12/2018	Hamburger SV

The oldest players

This list contains the five oldest players in the 2nd Bundesliga as well as all current second division players from the top 50. The currently active players are marked in gray.

As of July 29, 2019

rank	player	Age	Date of birth	Last use	for club
01.	Peter Eich	42 years, 330 days	06/18/1963	05/14/2006	1. FC Saarbrücken
02.	Dietmar Diekmann	42 years, 97 days	03/11/1949	06/16/1991	1. FC Schweinfurt 05
03.	Holger Brück	42 years	09/30/1947	09/30/1989	KSV Hessen Kassel
04th	Günter Wienhold	41 years, 274 days	01/21/1948	10/22/1989	Sc freiburg
05.	Uli Stein	41 years, 229 days	23.10.1954	06/08/1996	Arminia Bielefeld

Rainer Rissel made his debut in the league at the age of 40 years, five months and six days.

Others

As of May 19, 2013

• Ansgar Brinkmann was the only player to play for nine different teams in the 2nd Bundesliga. He has a total of 316 second division appearances. Karsten Hutwelker (184 appearances in total) and Alexander Löbe (145) played for eight different clubs .

See also

• List of soccer players with the most Bundesliga appearances
• List of the most successful goal scorers in the 2nd Bundesliga
• List of top scorer in the 2nd Bundesliga

Individual evidence

1. ↑ vmLOGIC - Volker Mallmann: The football studio
2. ↑ Record player 2. Bundesliga , weltfussball.de, accessed on July 29, 2019
3. ↑ ^{a b} The list is sorted according to the number of games and then alphabetically according to the players' last names.
4. ↑ ^{a b} The order of the clubs depends on the number of assignments.
5. ↑ ^{a b} The year of the first second division appearance is given.
6. ↑ The year of the last second division appearance is given.
7. ↑ Active players over 250 stakes , transfermarkt.de, accessed on July 29, 2019
8. ↑ Youngest players, 2nd Bundesliga , sport.de, accessed on July 29, 2019
9. ↑ Oldest players in the 2nd Bundesliga , sport.de, accessed on July 29, 2019