| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Promoted | SpVgg Greuther Fürth Eintracht Frankfurt Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| Relegated | Karlsruher SC (via play-off) Alemannia Aachen Hansa Rostock |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 855 (2.79 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alexander Meier Olivier Occean Nick Proschwitz (17 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Bochum 6–0E. Aue |
| Biggest away win | E. Cottbus 0–51860 Munich Karlsruhe 0–5F. Düsseldorf H. Rostock 0–5FSV Frankfurt |
| Highest scoring | Union Berlin 5–4Hansa Rostock |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Greuther Fürth[1] |
| Longest unbeaten run | 18 matches by Fortuna Düsseldorf[1] |
| Longest winless run | 11 matches by Alemannia Aachen[1] |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches by Alemannia Aachen VfL Bochum MSV Duisburg SC Paderborn 07[1] |
| Average attendance | 17,230[2] |
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The2011–12 2. Bundesliga was the 38th season of the2. Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of itsfootball league system. The season commenced on 15 July 2011, three weeks earlier than the2011–12 Bundesliga season, and ended with the last games on 6 May 2012. The traditional winter break was to be held between the weekends around 18 December 2011 and 4 February 2012.[3] The league comprises eighteen teams.
At the end of the2010–11 season, championsHertha BSC and runners-upFC Augsburg were directly promoted to the2011–12 Bundesliga. TheBerlin side has directly returned to the highest German football league, while Augsburg ended a five-year tenure in the second level of German football. The two teams were replaced byEintracht Frankfurt andFC St. Pauli, who were directly relegated from the2010–11 Bundesliga season. Frankfurt returned to the 2. Bundesliga after six years, while St. Pauli made a direct comeback to the league.
On the other end of the table,Rot-Weiß Oberhausen andArminia Bielefeld were directly relegated to the2011–12 3. Liga, after finishing the 2010–11 season in the bottom two spots of the table. Oberhausen was dropped to the third level after three years, while Bielefeld will leave the 2. Bundesliga after two seasons. The two relegated teams were replaced by2010–11 3. Liga championsEintracht Braunschweig and runners-upHansa Rostock. Braunschweig returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a total of four seasons at the third tier of the German football pyramid, while Rostock immediately bounced back from their relegation twelve months earlier.
A further two places were given toVfL Bochum as losers of the Bundesliga relegation playoff andDynamo Dresden as winners of the 2. Bundesliga relegation playoff. Dresden returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a five-year absence after beatingVfL Osnabrück 4–2 on aggregate; Osnabrück were thus immediately relegated back to the 3. Liga. In the Bundesliga playoff, Bochum retained its spot in the league after losing 2–1 on aggregate againstBorussia Mönchengladbach.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greuther Fürth(C, P) | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 73 | 27 | +46 | 70 | Promotion toBundesliga |
| 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt(P) | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 76 | 33 | +43 | 68 | |
| 3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf(O, P) | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 62 | Qualification forpromotion play-offs |
| 4 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 62 | |
| 5 | SC Paderborn | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 61 | |
| 6 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 57 | |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 48 | |
| 8 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 45 | |
| 9 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 45 | |
| 10 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 39 | |
| 11 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 37 | |
| 12 | FC Ingolstadt | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 43 | 58 | −15 | 37 | |
| 13 | FSV Frankfurt | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 35 | |
| 14 | Energie Cottbus | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 35 | |
| 15 | Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 35 | |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC(R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 33 | Qualification forrelegation play-offs |
| 17 | Alemannia Aachen(R) | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 31 | Relegation to3. Liga |
| 18 | Hansa Rostock(R) | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 63 | −29 | 27 |
| Home \ Away | AAC | AUE | UNB | BOC | EBS | FCE | SGD | DUI | F95 | SGE | FSV | SGF | FCI | KSC | M60 | SCP | ROS | STP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Erzgebirge Aue | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Union Berlin | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–4 | 0–2 |
| VfL Bochum | 1–0 | 6–0 | 4–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Energie Cottbus | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Dynamo Dresden | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| MSV Duisburg | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| FSV Frankfurt | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 0–4 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 |
| Greuther Fürth | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 6–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| FC Ingolstadt | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Karlsruher SC | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | — | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| 1860 Munich | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| SC Paderborn | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Hansa Rostock | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–3 |
| FC St. Pauli | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 3–0 | — |
The 16th-placed team faced the third-placed2011–12 3. Liga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner onaggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga.
Dates and times of these matches were determined by theDeutsche Fußball-Liga as following:[30]
| Jahn Regensburg | 1–1 | Karlsruher SC |
|---|---|---|
| Alibaz | Report |
| Karlsruher SC | 2–2 | Jahn Regensburg |
|---|---|---|
| Lavrič Charalambous | Report |
The tie ended 3–3 on aggregate;Jahn Regensburg promoted to2012–13 2. Bundesliga, andKarlsruher SC relegated to2012–13 3. Liga according toaway goals rule 2–1.
Top goalscorers[edit]Source:Bundesliga.de
| Top assists[edit]Source:Bundesliga.deArchived 7 August 2012 at theWayback Machine
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