1990–91 2. Bundesliga
The 1990–91 2. Bundesliga season was the seventeenth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was the last season in which the league consisted of West German clubs only. From 1991–92 onwards clubs from the former East Germany joined the league.
FC Schalke 04, MSV Duisburg and Stuttgarter Kickers were promoted to the Bundesliga while Rot-Weiss Essen, Preußen Münster, TSV Havelse and FC Schweinfurt 05 were relegated to the Oberliga.
League table
For the 1990–91 season VfB Oldenburg, TSV Havelse, 1. FSV Mainz 05 and 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while SV Waldhof Mannheim and FC 08 Homburg had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.Results
Top scorers
The league's top scorers:| Goals | Player | Team |
| 29 |  Michael Tönnies | MSV Duisburg |
| 22 | Marcus Marin | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 21 | Thomas Adler | SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin |
| 19 | Jochen Heisig | Hannover 96 |
| 16 | Niels Schlotterbeck | SC Freiburg |
| 14 | Holger Aden | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| 14 |  Berardino Capocchiano | TSV Havelse |
| 13 |  Aleksandr Borodyuk | FC Schalke 04 |
| 13 | Henrik Eichenauer | SV Darmstadt 98 |
| 13 |  Dimitrios Moutas | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 13 | Jörg Wolff | SV Waldhof Mannheim |