2021–22 2. Bundesliga

The 2021–22 2. Bundesliga is the 48th season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 23 July 2021 and will conclude on 15 May 2022.[1]

2. Bundesliga
Season2021–22
Dates23 July 2021 – 15 May 2022
Matches played153
Goals scored445 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorerGuido Burgstaller
(14 goals)
Biggest home winDarmstadt 6–1 Ingolstadt
Biggest away winSandhausen 1–6 Darmstadt
Highest scoringDarmstadt 6–1 Ingolstadt
Sandhausen 1–6 Darmstadt
Longest winning run5 games
St. Pauli
Longest unbeaten run11 games
Nürnberg
Longest winless run11 games
Ingolstadt
Longest losing run6 games
Ingolstadt
Attendance1,953,390 (12,767 per match)[lower-alpha 1]
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 12 December 2021.

The fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[2]

Teams
Locations of the 2021–22 2. Bundesliga teams

Team changes
Promoted from 2020–21 3. LigaRelegated from 2020–21 BundesligaPromoted to 2021–22 BundesligaRelegated to 2021–22 3. Liga
Dynamo Dresden
Hansa Rostock
FC Ingolstadt		Werder Bremen
Schalke 04		VfL Bochum
Greuther Fürth		VfL Osnabrück
Eintracht Braunschweig
Würzburger Kickers

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Erzgebirge Aue Aue-Bad Schlema Erzgebirgsstadion 15,711
Werder Bremen Bremen Wohninvest Weserstadion 42,100
Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor 17,000
Dynamo Dresden Dresden Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion 32,066
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena 54,600
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 57,000
Hannover 96 Hanover HDI-Arena 49,000
1. FC Heidenheim Heidenheim Voith-Arena 15,000
FC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Audi Sportpark 15,000
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe BBBank Wildpark 29,699
Holstein Kiel Kiel Holstein-Stadion 15,034
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Max-Morlock-Stadion 49,923
SC Paderborn Paderborn Benteler-Arena 15,000
Jahn Regensburg Regensburg Jahnstadion Regensburg 15,210
Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 29,000
SV Sandhausen Sandhausen BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald 15,414
Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 62,271
FC St. Pauli Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 29,546

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve
Erzgebirge Aue Marc Hensel / Carsten Müller Martin Männel Nike WätaS Wärmetauscher Sachsen Leonhardt Group
Werder Bremen Ole Werner Ömer Toprak Umbro Wiesenhof Ammerländer
Darmstadt 98 Torsten Lieberknecht Fabian Holland Craft Software AG Dialog Minds
Dynamo Dresden Alexander Schmidt Sebastian Mai Umbro[3] ALL-INKL.COM AOK Plus
Fortuna Düsseldorf Christian Preußer Adam Bodzek Adidas Henkel Toyo Tires
Hamburger SV Tim Walter Sebastian Schonlau Adidas Orthomol Popp Feinkost
Hannover 96 Christoph Dabrowski Marcel Franke Macron BRAINHOUSE247 HDI
1. FC Heidenheim Frank Schmidt Patrick Mainka Nike MHP Voith
FC Ingolstadt Rüdiger Rehm Stefan Kutschke Puma PROSIS Audi Schanzer Fußballschule
Karlsruher SC Christian Eichner Jérôme Gondorf Macron GEM (H), CG Elementum (A) E.G.O.
Holstein Kiel Marcel Rapp Hauke Wahl Puma Famila Lotto Schleswig-Holstein
1. FC Nürnberg Robert Klauß Enrico Valentini Adidas Nürnberger Versicherung Exasol
SC Paderborn Lukas Kwasniok Ron Schallenberg Saller Bremer AG sky Personal
Jahn Regensburg Mersad Selimbegović Benedikt Gimber Saller Netto Wolf GmbH
Hansa Rostock Jens Härtel Markus Kolke Nike Apex Group SoftClean
SV Sandhausen Alois Schwartz Dennis Diekmeier Macron Layenberger Office Mix
Schalke 04 Dimitrios Grammozis Danny Latza Umbro Gazprom Harfid
FC St. Pauli Timo Schultz Philipp Ziereis DIIY[4] Congstar Astra Brauerei

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
SC Paderborn Steffen Baumgart End of contract 8 April 2021 30 June 2021 Pre-season Lukas Kwasniok 17 May 2021 1 July 2021 [5][6]
Hannover 96 Kenan Koçak Mutual consent 28 April 2021 Jan Zimmermann 10 May 2021 [7][8]
Hamburger SV Horst Hrubesch (interim) End of caretaker spell 3 May 2021 Tim Walter 25 May 2021 [9][10]
Werder Bremen Thomas Schaaf 16 May 2021 Markus Anfang 1 June 2021 [11][12]
Fortuna Düsseldorf Uwe Rösler End of contract 24 May 2021 Christian Preußer 27 May 2021 [13][14]
Erzgebirge Aue Dirk Schuster Mutual consent 28 May 2021 Aleksey Shpilevsky 7 June 2021 [15][16]
Darmstadt 98 Markus Anfang Signed for Werder Bremen 1 June 2021 Torsten Lieberknecht 8 June 2021 [12][17]
FC Ingolstadt Tomas Oral End of contract 2 June 2021 Roberto Pätzold 6 June 2021 [18][19]
Erzgebirge Aue Aleksey Shpilevsky Sacked 19 September 2021 18th Marc Hensel / Carsten Müller 21 September 2021 [20][21]
Holstein Kiel Ole Werner Resigned 20 September 2021 15th Dirk Bremser (interim) 20 September 2021 [22]
SV Sandhausen Gerhard Kleppinger / Stefan Kulovits Sacked 21 September 2021 16th Alois Schwartz 22 September 2021 [23]
FC Ingolstadt Roberto Pätzold Sacked 26 September 2021 17th André Schubert 26 September 2021 [24]
Holstein Kiel Dirk Bremser (interim) End of caretaker spell 1 October 2021 14th Marcel Rapp 1 October 2021 [25]
Werder Bremen Markus Anfang Resigned 20 November 2021 8th Danijel Zenković (interim) 20 November 2021 [26]
Danijel Zenković (interim) End of caretaker spell 28 November 2021 10th Ole Werner 28 November 2021 [27]
Hannover 96 Jan Zimmermann Sacked 29 November 2021 16th Christoph Dabrowski (interim) 1 December 2021 [28][29]
FC Ingolstadt André Schubert Sacked 8 December 2021 18th Rüdiger Rehm 8 December 2021 [30][31]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC St. Pauli 17 11 3 3 37 20 +17 36 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Darmstadt 98 17 10 2 5 39 20 +19 32
3 Hamburger SV 17 7 8 2 30 17 +13 29 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Schalke 04 17 9 2 6 33 22 +11 29
5 Jahn Regensburg 17 8 4 5 35 26 +9 28
6 SC Paderborn 17 7 6 4 30 19 +11 27
7 1. FC Nürnberg 17 7 6 4 24 20 +4 27
8 1. FC Heidenheim 17 8 3 6 21 23 −2 27
9 Werder Bremen 17 7 5 5 28 24 +4 26
10 Karlsruher SC 17 6 6 5 29 26 +3 24
11 Dynamo Dresden 17 7 1 9 20 22 −2 22
12 Fortuna Düsseldorf 17 5 5 7 23 24 −1 20
13 Hannover 96 17 5 5 7 13 23 −10 20
14 Hansa Rostock 17 5 4 8 19 29 −10 19
15 Holstein Kiel 17 4 6 7 20 30 −10 18
16 Erzgebirge Aue 17 3 5 9 14 27 −13 14 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 SV Sandhausen 17 3 5 9 19 36 −17 14 Relegation to 3. Liga
18 FC Ingolstadt 17 1 4 12 11 37 −26 7
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[32]

Results
Home \ Away AUE BRE DAR DRE DÜS HAM HAN HEI ING KAR KIE NÜR PAD REG ROS SAN SCH STP
Erzgebirge Aue — 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–4 1–3 0–0
Werder Bremen 4–0 — 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–4 3–0 1–1 1–1
Darmstadt 98 3–0 — 1–0 1–3 4–0 6–1 2–0 0–2 4–0
Dynamo Dresden 3–0 — 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 0–1 0–3 0–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–3 — 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–1
Hamburger SV a 1–1 1–1 — 3–0 1–1 2–2 4–1 3–0 2–1 a
Hannover 96 1–1 2–2 1–0 — 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–0
1. FC Heidenheim 2–1 2–1 0–0 — 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–4
FC Ingolstadt 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 — 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–3
Karlsruher SC 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 3–2 — 2–2 2–4 1–3
Holstein Kiel 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 — 0–3 0–2 2–2 0–3
1. FC Nürnberg 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 — 1–0 2–3
SC Paderborn 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 — 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1
Jahn Regensburg 3–2 2–3 3–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 — 2–3 3–0 4–1
Hansa Rostock 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–3 — 1–1 0–2
SV Sandhausen 2–2 1–6 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 —
Schalke 04 1–1 2–4 3–0 3–1 1–3 3–0 1–2 4–1 5–2 —
FC St. Pauli 3–0 3–2 4–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2021. Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs will take place on 20 and 24 May 2022.[1]

Top scorers
As of 12 December 2021
Rank Player Club Goals[33]
1 Guido Burgstaller FC St. Pauli 14
2 Sven Michel SC Paderborn 13
3 Simon Terodde Schalke 04 12
Phillip Tietz Darmstadt 98
5 Luca Pfeiffer Darmstadt 98 11
6 John Verhoek Hansa Rostock 10
7 Christoph Daferner Dynamo Dresden 8
Marvin Ducksch Hannover 96
Werder Bremen
Robert Glatzel Hamburger SV
Philipp Hofmann Karlsruher SC
Rouwen Hennings Fortuna Düsseldorf

Notes
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allows a different number of spectators.

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