Season | 2021–22 |
---|---|
Dates | 23 July 2021 – 15 May 2022 |
Champions | Schalke 04 |
Promoted |
Schalke 04 Werder Bremen |
Relegated |
Dynamo Dresden (via play-off) Erzgebirge Aue FC Ingolstadt |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 892 (2.92 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Simon Terodde (30 goals) |
Biggest home win | Darmstadt 6–0 Aue |
Biggest away win |
Sandhausen 1–6 Darmstadt Aue 0–5 Schalke Nürnberg 0–5 Ingolstadt Darmstadt 0–5 Hamburg |
Highest scoring | Darmstadt 6–1 Ingolstadt Sandhausen 1–6 Darmstadt Schalke 5–2 Sandhausen Paderborn 3–4 Bremen Kiel 3–4 Paderborn Schalke 3–4 Rostock |
Longest winning run | 7 games Bremen |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 games Hamburg |
Longest winless run | 17 games Dresden |
Longest losing run | 5 games Dresden |
Attendance | 4,123,434 (13,475 per match) [a] |
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The 2021–22 2. Bundesliga was the 48th season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 23 July 2021 and concluded on 15 May 2022. [1]
The fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021. [2]
Promoted from 2020–21 3. Liga | Relegated from 2020–21 Bundesliga | Promoted to 2021–22 Bundesliga | Relegated to 2021–22 3. Liga |
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Dynamo Dresden Hansa Rostock FC Ingolstadt |
Werder Bremen Schalke 04 |
VfL Bochum Greuther Fürth |
VfL Osnabrück Eintracht Braunschweig Würzburger Kickers |
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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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 |
Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Ref. | ||
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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 | [8] [9] |
Hannover 96 | Kenan Koçak | Mutual consent | 28 April 2021 | Jan Zimmermann | 10 May 2021 | [10] [11] | |||
Hamburger SV | Horst Hrubesch (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 3 May 2021 | Tim Walter | 25 May 2021 | [12] [13] | |||
Werder Bremen | Thomas Schaaf | 16 May 2021 | Markus Anfang | 1 June 2021 | [14] [15] | ||||
Fortuna Düsseldorf | Uwe Rösler | End of contract | 24 May 2021 | Christian Preußer | 27 May 2021 | [16] [17] | |||
Erzgebirge Aue | Dirk Schuster | Mutual consent | 28 May 2021 | Aleksey Shpilevsky | 7 June 2021 | [18] [19] | |||
Darmstadt 98 | Markus Anfang | Signed for Werder Bremen | 1 June 2021 | Torsten Lieberknecht | 8 June 2021 | [15] [20] | |||
FC Ingolstadt | Tomas Oral | End of contract | 2 June 2021 | Roberto Pätzold | 6 June 2021 | [21] [22] | |||
Erzgebirge Aue | Aleksey Shpilevsky | Sacked | 19 September 2021 | 18th | Marc Hensel / Carsten Müller | 21 September 2021 | [23] [24] | ||
Holstein Kiel | Ole Werner | Resigned | 20 September 2021 | 15th | Dirk Bremser (interim) | 20 September 2021 | [25] | ||
SV Sandhausen | Gerhard Kleppinger / Stefan Kulovits | Sacked | 21 September 2021 | 16th | Alois Schwartz | 22 September 2021 | [26] | ||
FC Ingolstadt | Roberto Pätzold | Sacked | 26 September 2021 | 17th | André Schubert | 26 September 2021 | [27] | ||
Holstein Kiel | Dirk Bremser (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 1 October 2021 | 14th | Marcel Rapp | 1 October 2021 | [28] | ||
Werder Bremen | Markus Anfang | Resigned | 20 November 2021 | 8th | Danijel Zenković (interim) | 20 November 2021 | [29] | ||
Danijel Zenković (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 28 November 2021 | 10th | Ole Werner | 28 November 2021 | [30] | |||
Hannover 96 | Jan Zimmermann | Sacked | 29 November 2021 | 16th | Christoph Dabrowski [c] | 1 December 2021 | [31] [32] [33] | ||
FC Ingolstadt | André Schubert | Sacked | 8 December 2021 | 18th | Rüdiger Rehm | 8 December 2021 | [34] [35] | ||
Fortuna Düsseldorf | Christian Preußer | Sacked | 8 February 2022 | 15th | Daniel Thioune | 8 February 2022 | [36] | ||
Erzgebirge Aue | Marc Hensel / Carsten Müller | Stepping back in coaching team | 23 February 2022 | 18th | Pavel Dochev | 23 February 2022 | [37] | ||
Dynamo Dresden | Alexander Schmidt | Sacked | 1 March 2022 | 14th | Guerino Capretti | 2 March 2022 | [38] [39] | ||
Schalke 04 | Dimitrios Grammozis | Sacked | 6 March 2022 | 6th | Mike Büskens | 7 March 2022 | [40] [41] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Schalke 04 (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 65 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
2 | Werder Bremen (P) | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 63 | |
3 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 60 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
4 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 71 | 46 | +25 | 60 | |
5 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 57 | |
6 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 52 | |
7 | SC Paderborn | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 51 | |
8 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 51 | |
9 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 45 | |
10 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 44 | |
11 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 42 | |
12 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 41 | |
13 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 41 | |
14 | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 41 | |
15 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 40 | |
16 | Dynamo Dresden (R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 32 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
17 | Erzgebirge Aue (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 72 | −40 | 26 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
18 | FC Ingolstadt (R) | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 65 | −35 | 21 |
The relegation play-offs took place on 20 and 24 May 2022. [1] [43]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dynamo Dresden | 0–2 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–0 | 0–2 |
All times Central European Summer Time ( UTC+2)
1. FC Kaiserslautern won 2–0 on aggregate
Rank | Player | Club | Goals [44] |
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1 | Simon Terodde | Schalke 04 | 30 |
2 | Robert Glatzel | Hamburger SV | 22 |
3 | Marvin Ducksch |
Hannover 96 Werder Bremen |
21 |
4 | Niclas Füllkrug | Werder Bremen | 19 |
Philipp Hofmann | Karlsruher SC | ||
6 | Guido Burgstaller | FC St. Pauli | 18 |
7 | Luca Pfeiffer | Darmstadt 98 | 17 |
John Verhoek | Hansa Rostock | ||
9 | Phillip Tietz | Darmstadt 98 | 15 |
10 | Sven Michel | SC Paderborn | 14 |
Position | State | Number | Teams |
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1 | Baden-Württemberg | 3 | 1. FC Heidenheim, Karlsruher SC and SV Sandhausen |
Bavaria | 3 | FC Ingolstadt 04, 1. FC Nürnberg and Jahn Regensburg | |
North Rhine-Westphalia | 3 | Schalke 04, Fortuna Düsseldorf and SC Paderborn | |
4 | Hamburg | 2 | Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli |
Saxony | 2 | Erzgebirge Aue and Dynamo Dresden | |
6 | Bremen | 1 | Werder Bremen |
Hesse | 1 | Darmstadt 98 | |
Lower Saxony | 1 | Hannover 96 | |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1 | Hansa Rostock | |
Schleswig-Holstein | 1 | Holstein Kiel |