Season 1995–96 Matches played 306 | Champions VfL Bochum | |
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Promoted VfL Bochum
Arminia Bielefeld
MSV Duisburg Relegated Chemnitzer FC
Hannover 96
1. FC Nürnberg
SG Wattenscheid 09 Top goalscorer Fritz Walter
(21 goals) | ||
The 1995–96 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-second season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
Contents
VfL Bochum, Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg were promoted to the Bundesliga while Chemnitzer FC, Hannover 96, 1. FC Nürnberg and SG Wattenscheid 09 were relegated to the Regionalliga.
Final standings
For the 1995–96 season SpVgg Unterhaching, VfB Lübeck, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Arminia Bielefeld were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while VfL Bochum and MSV Duisburg had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Hannover 96 was relegated to Regionalliga Nord. Chemnitzer FC was relegated to Regionalliga Nordost. 1. FC Nuremberg was relegated to Regionalliga Süd. SG Wattenscheid 09 was relegeated to Regionalliga West/Südwest.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Top scorers
The league's top scorers: