1987–88 2. Bundesliga
The 1987–88 2. Bundesliga season was the fourteenth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
Stuttgarter Kickers and FC St. Pauli were promoted to the Bundesliga while Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, BVL 08 Remscheid, SSV Ulm 1846 and Arminia Bielefeld were relegated to the Oberliga.
League table
For the 1987–88 season Kickers Offenbach, SpVgg Bayreuth, SV Meppen and BVL 08 Remscheid were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin and Fortuna Düsseldorf had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.Results
Top scorers
The league's top scorers:| Goals | Player | Team |
| 21 |  Souleyman Sané | SC Freiburg |
| 19 |  Theo Gries | Alemannia Aachen |
| 18 | Frank Kremer | BVL 08 Remscheid |
| 17 | Waldemar Steubing | SSV Ulm 1846 |
| 17 | Dirk Zander | FC St. Pauli |
| 16 | Bernd Grabosch | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 16 | Dieter Müller | Kickers Offenbach |
| 16 | Thorsten Schlumberger | SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin |
| 16 | Rüdiger Wenzel | FC St. Pauli |
| 15 | Heikko Glöde | VfL Osnabrück |