1974–75 2. Bundesliga


The 1974–75 2. Bundesliga season was the inaugural season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd.
Hannover 96, Bayer 05 Uerdingen and Karlsruher SC were promoted to the Bundesliga while Olympia Wilhelmshaven, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, VfL Wolfsburg, HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst, VfR Heilbronn, Borussia Neunkirchen, VfR Wormatia Worms and VfR Mannheim were relegated to the Oberligas and Amateurligas.

Nord

League table

For the 1974–75 season saw no team promoted to the new 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas while Hannover 96 and SC Fortuna Köln had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.

Results

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
GoalsPlayerTeam
29 Volker GraulArminia Bielefeld
26 Gerd-Volker SchockVfL Osnabrück
24 Rüdiger WenzelFC St. Pauli
23 Peter DahlHannover 96
20 Gerd KasperskiHannover 96
20 Rolf KucharskiAlemannia Aachen
19 Wolfgang JohnWacker 04 Berlin
19 Wolf-Rüdiger KrauseVfL Wolfsburg
19 Roland StegmayerHannover 96
18 Hans FritscheSchwarz-Weiß Essen

Süd

League table

For the 1974–75 season saw no team promoted to the new 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and no team relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.

Results

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
GoalsPlayerTeam
25 Bernd HoffmannKarlsruher SC
23 Ferdinand KellerTSV 1860 Munich
21 Otmar LudwigFC 08 Homburg
21 Hans Walitza1. FC Nürnberg
17 Gilbert DussierRöchling Völklingen
16 Lothar EmmerichFC Schweinfurt 05
16 Werner SeubertFC Schweinfurt 05
15 Harald AumeierFC Schweinfurt 05
15 Harry ErhartFK Pirmasens
15 Gerhard PankotschFC 08 Homburg
15 Gerd WarkenRöchling Völklingen
15 Dieter WeinkauffFK Pirmasens
15 Hartmut WernerFC Bayern Hof

Promotion play-offs

The second placed teams of each division entered a two-leg promotion play-off. Bayer Uerdingen was promoted to Bundesliga.