| Season | 1989–90 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Hertha BSC |
| Promoted | Hertha BSC SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| Relegated | Hessen Kassel SpVgg Bayreuth Alemannia Aachen SpVgg Unterhaching |
| Matches | 380 |
| Top goalscorer | Maurice Banach (21 goals) |
| Average attendance | 7,398 |
1990–91 → | |
The1989–90 2. Bundesliga season was the sixteenth season of the2. Bundesliga, the second tier of theGerman football league system.
Hertha BSC andSG Wattenscheid 09 were promoted to theBundesliga whileKSV Hessen Kassel,SpVgg Bayreuth,Alemannia Aachen andSpVgg Unterhaching were relegated to theOberliga.
For the 1989–90 seasonKSV Hessen Kassel,SpVgg Unterhaching,MSV Duisburg andPreußen Münster were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga whileStuttgarter Kickers andHannover 96 had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hertha BSC(C, P) | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 53 | Promotion toBundesliga |
| 2 | SG Wattenscheid 09(P) | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 51 | |
| 3 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 46 | Qualification topromotion play-offs |
| 4 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 45 | |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 69 | 51 | +18 | 43 | |
| 6 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 42 | |
| 7 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 39 | |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 38 | |
| 9 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 37 | |
| 10 | MSV Duisburg | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 37 | |
| 11 | SV Meppen | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 36 | |
| 12 | SC Preußen Münster | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 36 | |
| 13 | SC Freiburg | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 34 | |
| 14 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 34 | |
| 15 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 58 | 69 | −11 | 33 | |
| 16 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 33 | |
| 17 | Hessen Kassel(R) | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 33 | Relegation toOberliga |
| 18 | SpVgg Bayreuth(R) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 31 | |
| 19 | Alemannia Aachen(R) | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 51 | 63 | −12 | 30 | |
| 20 | SpVgg Unterhaching(R) | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 29 |
| Home \ Away | AAC | BAY | BWB | BSC | EBS | D98 | DUI | RWE | SCF | H96 | KAS | FKO | SVM | PRM | OSN | FCS | S04 | SKI | UNT | SGW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 3–0 | — | 6–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Hertha BSC | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| SC Freiburg | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Hannover 96 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Hessen Kassel | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Fortuna Köln | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| SV Meppen | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Preußen Münster | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 |
| Schalke 04 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | — | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–2 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — |
The league's top scorers:[1]