1996–97 2. Bundesliga


The 1996–97 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-third season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
1. FC Kaiserslautern, VfL Wolfsburg and Hertha BSC were promoted to the Bundesliga while SV Waldhof Mannheim, VfB Lübeck, Rot-Weiss Essen and VfB Oldenburg were relegated to the Regionalliga.

League table

For the 1996–97 season VfB Oldenburg, Rot-Weiss Essen, FC Gütersloh and Stuttgarter Kickers were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Eintracht Frankfurt and KFC Uerdingen 05 had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.

Results

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
GoalsPlayerTeam
18 Angelo VierRot-Weiss Essen
17 Steffen HeidrichVfB Leipzig
15 Axel KruseHertha BSC Berlin
14 Pavel Kuka1. FC Kaiserslautern
13 Christian ClaaßenSV Meppen
12 Abderrahim Ouakili1. FSV Mainz 05
12 Jürgen Rische1. FC Kaiserslautern
11 Rainer KriegFortuna Köln
10 Sven Demandt1. FSV Mainz 05
10 Horst ElberfeldVfB Oldenburg
10 Wolfram KleinRot-Weiss Essen
10 Olaf Marschall1. FC Kaiserslautern
10 Dirk van der VenFC Gütersloh
10 Mark ZimmermannFC Carl Zeiss Jena