Season 1984–85 Matches played 380 | Champions 1. FC Nürnberg | |
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Promoted 1. FC Nürnberg
Hannover 96
1. FC Saarbrücken Relegated FC St. Pauli
VfR 1910 Bürstadt
Kickers Offenbach
SSV Ulm 1846 Top goalscorer Manfred Burgsmüller
(29 goals) | ||
The 1984–85 2. Bundesliga season was the eleventh season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
Contents
1. FC Nürnberg, Hannover 96 and 1. FC Saarbrücken were promoted to the Bundesliga while FC St. Pauli, VfR 1910 Bürstadt, Kickers Offenbach and SSV Ulm 1846 were relegated to the Oberliga.
Final table
For the 1984–85 season VfR 1910 Bürstadt, FC 08 Homburg, FC St. Pauli and Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while 1. FC Nürnberg and Kickers Offenbach had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
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.
Promotion/relegation playoff
The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the third place team in the 2. Bundesliga (1. FC Saarbrücken) and the third-last team in the Bundesliga (Arminia Bielefeld). 1. FC Saarbrücken won on aggregate and were promoted to the Bundesliga.
Top scorers
The league's top scorers: