| Season | 1976–77 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Nord:FC St. Pauli Süd:VfB Stuttgart |
| Promoted | Nord:FC St. Pauli Süd:VfB Stuttgart TSV 1860 Munich |
| Relegated | Nord:Bonner SC Göttingen 05 Wacker 04 Berlin VfL Wolfsburg Süd:Röchling Völklingen Jahn Regensburg BSV Schwenningen |
| Matches | Nord: 380 Süd: 380 |
| Top goalscorer | Nord:Franz Gerber (27 goals) Süd:Lothar Emmerich (24 goals) |
| Average attendance | Nord: 6,048 Süd: 7,618 |
1977–78 → | |
The1976–77 2. Bundesliga season was the third season of the2. Bundesliga, the second tier of theGerman football league system. It was played in two regional divisions,Nord andSüd.
FC St. Pauli,VfB Stuttgart andTSV 1860 Munich were promoted to theBundesliga whileBonner SC,Göttingen 05,Wacker 04 Berlin,VfL Wolfsburg,Röchling Völklingen,Jahn Regensburg andBSV Schwenningen were relegated to theOberligas and Amateurligas.
For the 1976–77 season sawArminia Hannover,Bonner SC,SC Herford andVfL Wolfsburg promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga and Amateurligas whileBayer 05 Uerdingen andHannover 96 had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC St. Pauli(C, P) | 38 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 54 | Promotion toBundesliga |
| 2 | Arminia Bielefeld | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 72 | 39 | +33 | 50 | Qualification forpromotion play-offs |
| 3 | Wuppertaler SV | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 81 | 55 | +26 | 47 | |
| 4 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 78 | 52 | +26 | 43 | |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 73 | 48 | +25 | 43 | |
| 6 | Preußen Münster | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 73 | 52 | +21 | 43 | |
| 7 | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 69 | 56 | +13 | 43 | |
| 8 | Schwarz-Weiss Essen | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 43 | |
| 9 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 84 | 77 | +7 | 43 | |
| 10 | Bayer Leverkusen | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 40 | |
| 11 | Westfalia Herne | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 77 | 73 | +4 | 39 | |
| 12 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 38 | |
| 13 | Arminia Hannover | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 38 | |
| 14 | SC Herford | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 62 | 63 | −1 | 36 | |
| 15 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 65 | 80 | −15 | 33 | |
| 16 | Bonner SC[a](R) | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 53 | 72 | −19 | 33 | Relegation toOberliga |
| 17 | 1. SC Göttingen 05[b](R) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 57 | 67 | −10 | 31 | |
| 18 | Wacker 04 Berlin(R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 43 | 79 | −36 | 27 | |
| 19 | SG Union Solingen | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 46 | 96 | −50 | 20 | |
| 20 | VfL Wolfsburg(R) | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 46 | 119 | −73 | 16 | Relegation toOberliga |
| Home \ Away | AAC | W04 | DSC | BON | SWE | G05 | H96 | SVA | HER | SCW | FKO | B04 | PRM | OSN | SGU | STP | B05 | SGW | WOB | WSV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Wacker 04 Berlin | 2–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Bonner SC | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 |
| Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Göttingen 05 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 9–0 | 5–3 |
| Hannover 96 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Arminia Hannover | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–6 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| SC Herford | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Westfalia Herne | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 8–2 | 0–4 |
| Fortuna Köln | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 7–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Preußen Münster | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 3–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 5–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2–4 |
| Union Solingen | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| FC St. Pauli | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 6–0 | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–4 | — | 5–2 | 1–0 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | — | 0–5 |
| Wuppertaler SV | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 6–1 | — |
The league's top scorers:[1]
For the 1976–77 season sawBSV Schwenningen,Eintracht Trier,FV Würzburg 04 andKSV Baunatal promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas andKickers Offenbach relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VfB Stuttgart(C, P) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 100 | 36 | +64 | 57 | Promotion toBundesliga |
| 2 | 1860 Munich(P) | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 78 | 29 | +49 | 56 | Qualification forpromotion play-offs |
| 3 | Kickers Offenbach | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 86 | 52 | +34 | 53 | |
| 4 | FC Homburg | 38 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 84 | 56 | +28 | 49 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 49 | |
| 6 | Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 46 | |
| 7 | FSV Frankfurt | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 65 | 58 | +7 | 40 | |
| 8 | SpVgg Fürth | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 40 | |
| 9 | FC Augsburg | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 72 | 73 | −1 | 40 | |
| 10 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 39 | |
| 11 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 70 | 57 | +13 | 37 | |
| 12 | Bayern Hof | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 37 | |
| 13 | FV Würzburg | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 81 | −32 | 37 | |
| 14 | SpVgg Bayreuth | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 60 | 64 | −4 | 34 | |
| 15 | KSV Baunatal | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 64 | 82 | −18 | 33 | |
| 16 | Röchling Völklingen[a](R) | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 71 | −24 | 32 | Relegation toOberliga |
| 17 | Eintracht Trier | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 28 | |
| 18 | FK Pirmasens | 38 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 43 | 85 | −42 | 19 | |
| 19 | Jahn Regensburg(R) | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 42 | 87 | −45 | 19 | Relegation toOberliga |
| 20 | BSV 07 Schwenningen(R) | 38 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 102 | −71 | 15 |
| Home \ Away | FCA | BAU | BAY | D98 | FSV | FUE | HOF | HOM | M60 | FCN | KOF | FKP | JRE | SCH | SKI | VFB | TRI | SVR | CWA | FVW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Augsburg | — | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| KSV Baunatal | 1–1 | — | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–5 | 5–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 2–4 | 3–4 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| FSV Frankfurt | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| SpVgg Fürth | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Bayern Hof | 7–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 10–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| FC Homburg | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| 1860 Munich | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 4–1 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| FK Pirmasens | 0–3 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Jahn Regensburg | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 0–4 | — | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 |
| BSV Schwenningen | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 0–5 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 8–1 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 7–2 | 8–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–0 |
| Eintracht Trier | 2–6 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Röchling Völklingen | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| SV Chio Waldhof | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–3 |
| FV Würzburg 04 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — |
The league's top scorers:[2]
The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions.TSV 1860 Munich were promoted to the Bundesliga after a third game was made necessary to decide the series.[3]
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arminia Bielefeld(N) | 4–6 | TSV 1860 Munich(S) | 4–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 |