The 2025–26 2. Bundesliga was the 52nd season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 1 August 2025 and concluded on 17 May 2026.
The fixtures were released on 27 June 2025.
Teams
Team changes Promoted from2024–25 3. Liga Relegated from2024–25 Bundesliga Promoted to2025–26 Bundesliga Relegated to2025–26 3. LigaArminia BielefeldDynamo DresdenHolstein KielVfL Bochum1. FC KölnHamburger SVSSV UlmJahn Regensburg
Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 74,649 Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,332 VfL Bochum Bochum Vonovia Ruhrstadion 26,000 Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325 Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor 17,650 Dynamo Dresden Dresden Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion 32,249 Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena 54,600 SV Elversberg Spiesen-Elversberg Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde 10,000 Greuther Fürth Fürth Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer 16,626 Hannover 96 Hanover Heinz von Heiden Arena 49,000 1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,327 Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe BBBank Wildpark 34,302 Holstein Kiel Kiel Holstein-Stadion 15,034 1. FC Magdeburg Magdeburg Avnet Arena 30,098 Preußen Münster Münster LVM-Preußenstadion 14,300 1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Max-Morlock-Stadion 49,923 SC Paderborn Paderborn Home Deluxe Arena 15,000 Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 62,271
Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Front Sleeve Hertha BSC Stefan Leitl Fabian Reese Castore CheckCars24 Sparda-Bank Berlin Arminia Bielefeld Michél Kniat Mael Corboz Umbro Schüco Danne Holding VfL Bochum Uwe Rösler Matúš Bero Mizuno Vonovia MTEL Germany Eintracht Braunschweig Lars Kornetka Sven Köhler Umbro BRAWO Group Lease a Bike Darmstadt 98 Florian Kohfeldt Marcel Schuhen Craft HAIX Suzuki Dynamo Dresden Thomas Stamm Stefan Kutschke Jako ALL-INKL.COM ad hoc Gruppe Fortuna Düsseldorf Alexander Ende Florian Kastenmeier Adidas Targobank Metro Chef SV Elversberg Vincent Wagner Lukas Pinckert Nike HYLO Pure Steel Greuther Fürth Heiko Vogel Branimir Hrgota Puma Hofmann Personal Buxtrade Hannover 96 Christian Titz Enzo Leopold Macron Heise Hannoversche Volksbank 1. FC Kaiserslautern Torsten Lieberknecht Marlon Ritter Castore Novoline Lacalut Karlsruher SC Christian Eichner Marvin Wanitzek Macron SWEG billiger.de Holstein Kiel Tim Walter Steven Skrzybski Puma Famila Lotto Schleswig-Holstein 1. FC Magdeburg Petrik Sander / Pascal Ibold Dominik Reimann Hummel Humanas SWM Magdeburg Preußen Münster Alois Schwartz Jorrit Hendrix Jako FIEGE Stadtwerke Münster 1. FC Nürnberg Miroslav Klose Robin Knoche Adidas Toolcraft AG Helmsauer SC Paderborn Ralf Kettemann Felix Götze Saller Four 20 Pharma Mediacom GmbH Schalke 04 Miron Muslić Kenan Karaman Adidas SUN Minimeal Hegmanns Gruppe
Managerial changes Team Outgoing Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on SC Paderborn Lukas Kwasniok Mutual consent 15 April 2025 30 June 2025 Pre-season Ralf Kettemann 20 May 2025 1 July 2025 Hannover 96 Lars Barlemann / Dirk Lottner / Christian Schulz (caretakers) End of caretaker spell 23 April 2025 Christian Titz 15 June 2025 Preußen Münster Kieran Schulze-Marmeling (caretaker) 28 April 2025 Alexander Ende 21 May 2025 Schalke 04 Jakob Fimpel (caretaker) 3 May 2025 Miron Muslić 31 May 2025 Eintracht Braunschweig Marc Pfitzner (caretaker) 19 May 2025 Heiner Backhaus 17 June 2025 Greuther Fürth Thomas Kleine / Milorad Peković (caretakers) 26 May 2025 Thomas Kleine 26 May 2025 SV Elversberg Horst Steffen Signed by Werder Bremen 29 May 2025 Vincent Wagner 6 June 2025 1. FC Magdeburg Christian Titz Signed by Hannover 96 15 June 2025 Markus Fiedler 15 June 2025 VfL Bochum Dieter Hecking Sacked15 September 2025 16th David Siebers (caretaker)15 September 2025 David Siebers (caretaker) End of caretaker spell6 October 2025 17th Uwe Rösler6 October 2025 Fortuna Düsseldorf Daniel ThiouneSacked 13th Markus Anfang 1. FC Magdeburg Markus Fiedler12 October 2025 18th Petrik Sander / Pascal Ibold12 October 2025 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Thomas Kleine1 December 2025 17th Heiko Vogel1 December 2025 Holstein Kiel Marcel Rapp24 February 2026 14th Tim Walter24 February 2026 Eintracht Braunschweig Heiner Backhaus10 March 2026 15th Lars Kornetka10 March 2026 Preußen Münster Alexander Ende16 March 2026 16th Kieran Schulze-Marmeling (caretaker)16 March 2026 Kieran Schulze-Marmeling (caretaker) End of caretaker spell24 March 2026 18th Alois Schwartz24 March 2026 Fortuna Düsseldorf Markus Anfang Sacked12 April 2026 14th Alexander Ende12 April 2026
League table
Results
Relegation play-offs The relegation play-offs took place on 22 and 26 May 2026.
Overview
Matches
Greuther Fürth won 2–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.
Statistics Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Noel FutkeuGreuther Fürth 192 Isac LidbergDarmstadt 9817 Mateusz Żukowski1. FC Magdeburg4 Filip BilbijaSC Paderborn15 Cedric IttenFortuna Düsseldorf Marvin WanitzekKarlsruher SC7 Benjamin KällmanHannover 9614 Kenan KaramanSchalke 04 Mohamed Ali Zoma1. FC Nürnberg 10 Lukas PetkovSV Elversberg 13
Hat-tricks Date Player Club Against Result Isac Lidberg Darmstadt 98 VfL Bochum4–1 (H) Ivan Prtajin 1. FC Kaiserslautern Preußen Münster4–1 (H) Younes Ebnoutalib SV Elversberg Greuther Fürth6–0 (H) Naatan Skyttä 1. FC Kaiserslautern Holstein Kiel4–1 (H) Mateusz Żukowski 1. FC Magdeburg Greuther Fürth5–4 (A) Mohamed Ali Zoma 1. FC Nürnberg Karlsruher SC5–1 (H) 4 Filip Bilbija SC Paderborn 1. FC Magdeburg4–3 (H) Noel Futkeu Greuther Fürth Darmstadt 983–2 (H) 4 Player scored four goals.
Clean sheets Rank Player Club Cleansheets 1 Loris KariusSchalke 04 13 2 Tjark ErnstHertha BSC 113 Nicolas KristofSV Elversberg10 Nahuel NollHannover 96 Marcel SchuhenSV Darmstadt6 Julian Krahl1. FC Kaiserslautern9 Dennis SeimenSC Paderborn 8 Timo HornVfL Bochum 8 9 Dominik Reimann1. FC Magdeburg 710 Ron-Thorben HoffmannEintracht Braunschweig6 Jonas KerskenArminia Bielefeld
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