Season 1976–77 | Matches played North: 380South: 380 | |
Promoted North: FC St. PauliSouth: VfB StuttgartTSV 1860 Munich Relegated North: Bonner SCGöttingen 05Wacker 04 BerlinVfL WolfsburgSouth: Röchling VölklingenJahn RegensburgBSV Schwenningen Top goalscorer North: Franz Gerber(27 goals)South: Lothar Emmerich(24 goals) | ||
The 1976–77 2. Bundesliga season was the third season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, North and South.
Contents
FC St. Pauli, VfB Stuttgart and TSV 1860 Munich were promoted to the Bundesliga while Bonner SC, Göttingen 05, Wacker 04 Berlin, VfL Wolfsburg, Röchling Völklingen, Jahn Regensburg and BSV Schwenningen were relegated to the Oberligas and Amateurligas.
North
For the 1976–77 season saw Arminia Hannover, Bonner SC, SC Herford and VfL Wolfsburg promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga and Amateurligas while Bayer 05 Uerdingen and Hannover 96 had been relegated to the northern division from the Bundesliga.
Final table
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
*Bonner SC were not granted a license for the following season by the DFB and were therefore relegated.
SC Göttingen 05 waived their league place, which they would have retained after the license revoking of Bonner SC.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Top scorers
The league's top scorers:
South
For the 1976–77 season saw BSV Schwenningen, Eintracht Trier, FV Würzburg 04 and KSV Baunatal promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and Kickers Offenbach relegated to the southern division from the Bundesliga.
Final table
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
*SV Röchling Völklingen voluntarily returned their license for the following season to the DFB and were therefore relegated.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Top scorers
The league's top scorers:
Promotion playoff
The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the North and South divisions. TSV 1860 Munich were promoted to the Bundesliga after a third game was made necessary to decide the series.