2017–18 2. Bundesliga
The 2017–18 2. Bundesliga was the 44th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second highest German football league. It began on 28 July 2017 and concluded on 13 May 2018[2][3] with the match between VfL Bochum and FC St. Pauli (0:1) and ended with the 34th match day on 13 May 2018. From 19 December 2017 to 23 January 2018, the season was interrupted by a winter break.[4]
Season | 2017–18 |
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Dates | 28 July 2017 – 13 May 2018 |
Champions | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
Promoted | Fortuna Düsseldorf 1. FC Nürnberg |
Relegated | Eintracht Braunschweig 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 843 (2.75 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Marvin Ducksch (18 goals) |
Biggest home win | Union Berlin 5–0 Kaiserslautern Arminia Bielefeld 5–0 FC St. Pauli Holstein Kiel 5–0 MSV Duisburg[1] |
Biggest away win | MSV Duisburg 1–6 1. FC Nürnberg[1] |
Highest scoring | 1. FC Heidenheim 3–5 Holstein Kiel Holstein Kiel 6–2 Eintracht Braunschweig[1] |
Longest winning run | 5 games[1] Fortuna Düsseldorf |
Longest unbeaten run | 11 games[1] 1. FC Nürnberg Darmstadt 98 |
Longest winless run | 12 games[1] Darmstadt 98 |
Longest losing run | 4 games[1] VfL Bochum Darmstadt 98 MSV Duisburg Greuther Fürth 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Heidenheim |
Highest attendance | 50,000[1] Fortuna Düsseldorf v Holstein Kiel |
Lowest attendance | 4,354[1] SV Sandhausen v Arminia Bielefeld |
Attendance | 5,383,923 (17,595 per match) |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
The fixtures were announced on 29 June 2017.[5]
Fortuna Düsseldorf secured the direct promotion to the Bundesliga after 32 days of play,[6][7] the 1. FC Nürnberg one match day later; 1. FC Nürnberg set a new record with its eighth Bundesliga promotion. The championship was decided on the last match day in a direct duel between the two upstarts, which Fortuna Düsseldorf won. Holstein Kiel was able to reach the autumn championship as a starter and placed third one match day before the end, but lost in the relegation games to VfL Wolfsburg. In the relegation battle, after 32 days of play, the first decision was made relatively late with the relegation of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Until the end, six clubs were at risk of relegation, in the end Eintracht Braunschweig, who was still a participant in the promotion delegation last year, had to be relegated to the 3rd division. The FC Erzgebirge Aue had to go into the relegation against Karlsruher SC and was able to secure the class stay there.[8]
Teams
Team changes
Promoted from 2016–17 3. Liga | Relegated from 2016–17 Bundesliga | Promoted to 2017–18 Bundesliga | Relegated to 2017–18 3. Liga | Relegated to Regionalliga Bayern |
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MSV Duisburg Holstein Kiel Jahn Regensburg | FC Ingolstadt Darmstadt 98 | VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96 | Würzburger Kickers Karlsruher SC | 1860 Munich |
Stadiums and locations
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Erzgebirge Aue | Aue | Erzgebirgsstadion | 15,711 |
Arminia Bielefeld | Bielefeld | Schüco-Arena | 27,300 |
VfL Bochum | Bochum | Vonovia-Ruhrstadion | 29,299 |
Eintracht Braunschweig | Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 23,325 |
Darmstadt 98 | Darmstadt | Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor | 17,000 |
Dynamo Dresden | Dresden | DDV-Stadion | 32,066 |
MSV Duisburg | Duisburg | MSV-Arena | 31,500 |
Fortuna Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf | Esprit Arena | 54,600 |
SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Fürth | Sportpark Ronhof | 18,500 |
1. FC Heidenheim | Heidenheim | Voith-Arena | 15,000 |
FC Ingolstadt | Ingolstadt | Audi Sportpark | 15,000 |
1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern | Fritz-Walter-Stadion | 49,780 |
Holstein Kiel | Kiel | Holstein-Stadion | 11,386 |
1. FC Nürnberg | Nuremberg | Max-Morlock-Stadion | 50,000 |
Jahn Regensburg | Regensburg | Continental Arena | 15,224 |
SV Sandhausen | Sandhausen | BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald | 12,100 |
FC St. Pauli | Hamburg | Millerntor-Stadion | 29,546 |
Union Berlin | Berlin | Alte Försterei | 22,012 |
Personnel and kits
- 1. ^ On the sleeves.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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FC St. Pauli | Ewald Lienen[15] | Moved to technical director | 30 June 2017 | Preseason | Olaf Janßen[15] | 1 July 2017 |
Jahn Regensburg | Heiko Herrlich[16] | Signed by Bayer Leverkusen | Achim Beierlorzer[17] | |||
Erzgebirge Aue | Domenico Tedesco[18] | Signed by Schalke 04 | Thomas Letsch[19] | |||
VfL Bochum | Gertjan Verbeek[20] | Sacked | 11 July 2017 | Ismail Atalan[20] | 11 July 2017 | |
Erzgebirge Aue | Thomas Letsch[21] | 14 August 2017 | 18th | Robin Lenk (interim) | 14 August 2017 | |
FC Ingolstadt | Maik Walpurgis[22] | 22 August 2017 | Stefan Leitl[23] | 22 August 2017 | ||
SpVgg Greuther Fürth | János Radoki[24] | 28 August 2017 | Mirko Dickhaut (interim) | 28 August 2017 | ||
Mirko Dickhaut[25] | End of caretaker | 9 September 2017 | Damir Burić[25] | 9 September 2017 | ||
Erzgebirge Aue | Robin Lenk[26] | 8 September 2017 | 10th | Hannes Drews[26] | 8 September 2017 | |
1. FC Kaiserslautern | Norbert Meier[27] | Sacked | 20 September 2017 | 18th | Manfred Paula (interim)[27] | 20 September 2017 |
Manfred Paula[28] | End of caretaker | 27 September 2017 | Jeff Strasser[28] | 27 September 2017 | ||
VfL Bochum | Ismail Atalan[29] | Sacked | 9 October 2017 | 13th | Jens Rasiejewski[29] | 9 October 2017 |
Union Berlin | Jens Keller[30] | 4 December 2017 | 4th | André Hofschneider[30] | 4 December 2017 | |
FC St. Pauli | Olaf Janßen[31] | 7 December 2017 | 14th | Markus Kauczinski[31] | 7 December 2017 | |
Darmstadt 98 | Torsten Frings[32] | 9 December 2017 | 16th | Dirk Schuster[33] | 11 December 2017 | |
1. FC Kaiserslautern | Jeff Strasser[34] | Resigned | 1 February 2018 | 18th | Michael Frontzeck[34] | 1 February 2018 |
VfL Bochum | Jens Rasiejewski[35] | Sacked | 7 February 2018 | 14th | Heiko Butscher (interim)[35] | 7 February 2018 |
Heiko Butscher[36] | End of caretaker | 11 February 2018 | Robin Dutt[36] | 11 February 2018 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 63 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
2 | 1. FC Nürnberg (P) | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 60 | |
3 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 71 | 44 | +27 | 56 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
4 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 48 | |
5 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 48 | |
6 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 48 | |
7 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 48 | |
8 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 47 | |
9 | FC Ingolstadt | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 45 | |
10 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 43 | |
11 | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 43 | |
12 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 43 | |
13 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 42 | |
14 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 41 | |
15 | Greuther Fürth | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 40 | |
16 | Erzgebirge Aue (O) | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 40 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
17 | Eintracht Braunschweig (R) | 34 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 39 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
18 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 35 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
Promotion play-offs
All times are UTC+2.
Second leg
VfL Wolfsburg won 4–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.
Relegation play-offs
All times are UTC+2.
First leg
Second leg
Erzgebirge Aue | 3–1 | Karlsruher SC |
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Bertram 25', 53', 75' | Report | Schleusener 44' |
Erzgebirge Aue won 3–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Clean sheets
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[38] |
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1 | Marcel Schuhen | SV Sandhausen | 12 |
2 | Stefan Ortega | Arminia Bielefeld | 11 |
3 | Robin Himmelmann | FC St. Pauli | 10 |
Ørjan Nyland | FC Ingolstadt | ||
5 | Jasmin Fejzić | Eintracht Braunschweig | 9 |
Mark Flekken | MSV Duisburg | ||
7 | Daniel Heuer Fernandes | Darmstadt 98 | 8 |
Kenneth Kronholm | Holstein Kiel | ||
9 | Seven players | 7 |
Number of teams by state
Highs of the season
- The highest wins were all with 5 goals difference:
- The 6:1 between 1. FC Nürnberg at MSV Duisburg on the 6th matchday[39]
- The 5:0 between 1. FC Union Berlin against 1. FC Kaiserslautern on the 8th matchday[40]
- The 5:0 of Arminia Bielefeld against FC St. Pauli on the 16th matchday[41]
- The 5:0 of Holstein Kiel against MSV Duisburg on the 25th matchday[42]
- The games with the most goals scored was with 8 goals:
- The 3:5 of 1. FC Heidenheim against Holstein Kiel on the 10th matchday[43]
- The 6:2 between Holstein Kiel against Eintracht Braunschweig on the 34th matchday[44]
- The highest goal undecided games were:
- The 3:3 between SV Darmstadt 98 against Dynamo Dresden on the 8th matchday[45]
- The 3:3 of 1. FC Union Berlin against the SV Darmstadt 98 on the 15th matchday[46]
- The 3:3 of MSV Duisburg against 1. FC Heidenheim on the 20th marchday[47]
- The highest goal scoring match day was 36 goals on the 27th matchday from 16. To 19. March 2018.
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