| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 August 2025 – 17 May 2026 |
| Matches | 198 |
| Goals | 566 (2.86 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Benjamin Källman (13 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Elversberg 6–0Fürth |
| Biggest away win | Braunschweig 1–4 Elversberg Hannover 0–3Schalke Fürth 1–4Karlsruhe Braunschweig 0–3 Hannover |
| Highest scoring | Magdeburg 4–5 Fürth Fürth 4–5 Magdeburg |
| Longest winning run | 4 games Hannover |
| Longest unbeaten run | 5 games Karlsruhe |
| Longest winless run | 5 games Nürnberg |
| Longest losing run | 3 games Nürnberg |
| Highest attendance | 71,157 Hertha vSchalke |
| Lowest attendance | 8,341 Elversberg vKiel |
| Attendance | 5,672,526 (28,649 per match) |
2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 15 February 2026. | |
The2025–26 2. Bundesliga is the 52nd season of the2. Bundesliga. It began on 1 August 2025 and will conclude on 17 May 2026.[1][2]
The fixtures were released on 27 June 2025.[3][4]
| Promoted from 2024–25 3. Liga | Relegated from 2024–25 Bundesliga | Promoted to 2025–26 Bundesliga | Relegated to 2025–26 3. Liga |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arminia Bielefeld Dynamo Dresden | Holstein Kiel VfL Bochum | 1. FC Köln Hamburger SV | SSV Ulm Jahn Regensburg |
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced on | Departed on | Announced on | Arrived on | ||||||
| SC Paderborn | Mutual consent | 15 April 2025 | 30 June 2025 | Pre-season | 20 May 2025 | 1 July 2025 | [7][8] | ||
| Hannover 96 | End of caretaker | 23 April 2025 | 15 June 2025 | [9][10] | |||||
| Preußen Münster | 28 April 2025 | 21 May 2025 | [11][12] | ||||||
| Schalke 04 | 3 May 2025 | 31 May 2025 | [13][14] | ||||||
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 19 May 2025 | 17 June 2025 | [15][16] | ||||||
| Greuther Fürth | 26 May 2025 | 26 May 2025 | [17] | ||||||
| SV Elversberg | Signed byWerder Bremen | 29 May 2025 | 6 June 2025 | [18][19] | |||||
| 1. FC Magdeburg | Signed by Hannover 96 | 15 June 2025 | 15 June 2025 | [20][21] | |||||
| VfL Bochum | Sacked | 15 September 2025 | 16th | 15 September 2025 | [22] | ||||
| End of caretaker spell | 6 October 2025 | 17th | 6 October 2025 | [23] | |||||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Sacked | 13th | [24] | ||||||
| 1. FC Magdeburg | 12 October 2025 | 18th | 12 October 2025 | [25][26] | |||||
| SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 1 December 2025 | 17th | 1 December 2025 | [27] | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schalke 04 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 43 | Promotion toBundesliga |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 42 | |
| 3 | SV Elversberg | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 41 | Qualification forpromotion play-offs |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 41 | |
| 5 | SC Paderborn | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 40 | |
| 6 | Hertha BSC | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 34 | |
| 7 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 34 | |
| 8 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 29 | |
| 9 | VfL Bochum | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 28 | |
| 10 | Arminia Bielefeld | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 27 | |
| 11 | Karlsruher SC | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 27 | |
| 12 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 25 | |
| 13 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 25 | |
| 14 | Holstein Kiel | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 24 | |
| 15 | Preußen Münster | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 23 | |
| 16 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 23 | Qualification forrelegation play-offs |
| 17 | Dynamo Dresden | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 21 | Relegation to3. Liga |
| 18 | Greuther Fürth | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 53 | −21 | 19 |
| Home \ Away | BSC | BIE | BRA | BOC | DAR | DRE | DÜS | ELV | FÜR | HAN | KAI | KAR | KIE | MAG | MÜN | NÜR | PAD | SCH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertha BSC | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |||||
| Arminia Bielefeld | — | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | ||||||
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |||||
| VfL Bochum | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||||||
| Darmstadt 98 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||||
| Dynamo Dresden | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | ||||||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |||||
| SV Elversberg | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 6–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||||||
| Greuther Fürth | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | — | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 4–5 | 1–0 | |||||||
| Hannover 96 | 0–3 | 3–1 | a | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | ||||||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 4–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||||
| Karlsruher SC | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | |||||||
| Holstein Kiel | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | ||||||
| 1. FC Magdeburg | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 4–5 | 1–2 | 3–3 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | ||||||
| Preußen Münster | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | |||||
| SC Paderborn | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | ||||||
| Schalke 04 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — |
The relegation play-offs will take place on 20 or 22 and 26 or 27 May 2026.[2]
| Date | Player | Club | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2025 | Darmstadt 98 | VfL Bochum | 4–1 (H) | |
| 19 September 2025 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Preußen Münster | 4–1 (H) | |
| 19 October 2025 | SV Elversberg | Greuther Fürth | 6–0 (H) | |
| 23 November 2025 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Holstein Kiel | 4–1 (H) | |
| 6 February 2026 | 1. FC Magdeburg | Greuther Fürth | 5–4 (A) | |
| 13 February 2026 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Karlsruher SC | 5–1 (H) |