Season 1980–81 | Matches played North: 462South: 380 | |
Relegated North: 12 clubsSouth: 10 clubs Top goalscorer North: Frank Mill(40 goals)South: Horst Neumann(26 goals) | ||
The 1980–81 2. Bundesliga season was the seventh season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, North and South. This was the final season of the original two region 2. Bundesliga, as the DFB sought to integrate the North and South divisions into a single division for the next campaign. This meant 22 teams faced the drop to the Oberliga (12 from the North, 10 from the South). There were 3 promotion spots to the Bundesliga on offer, while the remaining teams would enter the new single league 2. Bundesliga in the next season.
Contents
Werder Bremen, Eintracht Braunschweig and SV Darmstadt 98 were promoted to the Bundesliga while twenty two clubs were relegated to the Oberligas.
North
The 1980–81 season saw 1. FC Bocholt, Göttingen 05, SpVgg Erkenschwick and VfB Oldenburg promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberligas while Hertha BSC, Werder Bremen and Eintracht Braunschweig 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
(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.
South
The 1980–81 season saw Borussia Neunkirchen, FC Augsburg, Hessen Kassel and VfB Eppingen promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberligas while no club had been 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
*SSV Ulm 1846, SV Eintracht Trier, FC 08 Homburg and VfR OLI Bürstadt had their licenses revoked 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. Eintracht Braunschweig won on aggregate and were promoted to the Bundesliga.