2. Frauen-Bundesliga

The 2. Frauen-Bundesliga is the second league competition for women's association football in Germany. For its first 14 seasons the league was divided into two groups: Nord and Süd. The winner and the runner-up are promoted to the Bundesliga (unless they are reserve teams of Bundesliga sides); the last three places are relegated to the Regionalliga. Until the 2017–18 season, in each group, the winner was promoted and the bottom two were relegated.

2. Frauen-Bundesliga

Founded	2004
Country	Germany
Divisions	1
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Bundesliga
Relegation to	Regionalliga
Domestic cup(s)	Frauen DFB-Pokal
Current champions	Turbine Potsdam (1st title)
Most championships	TSG Hoffenheim II (3 titles)
Website	Official website
Current: 2024–25 2. Frauen-Bundesliga

The league has been played as one group of 14 teams since the 2018–19 season, with second teams of clubs being ineligible for promotion and allowed to have only three players older than 20 years.^[1][2]

For the 2020–21 season only, the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga was divided into two groups of 10 and nine teams each due to the relegation being suspended for the 2019–20 season as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] The two group winners were promoted to the Frauen-Bundesliga for the 2021–22 season. From the 2021–22 season, a single group was used again.

Clubs

Members for the 2024–25 2. Frauen-Bundesliga.

Andernach

Berlin

Bochum

Frankfurt

Freiburg

Gütersloh

Hamburg

Gladbach

Ingolstadt

Meppen

Munich

Nürnberg

Sand

Weinberg

Locations of teams in the 2024–25 2. Frauen-Bundesliga

Team	Home city	Home ground	Capacity
SG Andernach	Andernach	Stadion am Bassenheimer Weg	15,220
Bayern Munich II	Munich	Sportpark Aschheim[4]	3,000
Union Berlin	Berlin	Fritz-Lesch-Sportplatz	6,000
VfL Bochum	Bochum	Leichtathletikplatz am Ruhrstadion	1,500
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Grenzlandstadion	10,000
Eintracht Frankfurt II	Frankfurt	Stadion am Brentanobad	5,750
SC Freiburg II	Freiburg	Schönbergstadion	3,000
FSV Gütersloh	Gütersloh	Tönnies-Arena	4,252
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion Platz 6[5]	630
FC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	BZA Süd-Ost	11,418
SV Meppen	Meppen	Hänsch-Arena	16,500
1. FC Nürnberg	Nuremberg	Max-Morlock-Stadion	50,000
SC Sand	Willstätt	Orsey-Stadion	2,000
SV 67 Weinberg	Aurach	Sportanlange Vehlbergstraße Platz 2	1,000

Champions

Season	Nord	Süd
2004–05	FFC Brauweiler Pulheim	VfL Sindelfingen
2005–06	VfL Wolfsburg	TSV Crailsheim
2006–07	SG Wattenscheid 09	1. FC Saarbrücken
2007–08	HSV Borussia Friedenstal	FF USV Jena
2008–09	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1. FC Saarbrücken
2009–10	HSV Borussia Friedenstal	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2010–11	Hamburger SV II1	SC Freiburg
2011–12	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam II2	VfL Sindelfingen
2012–13	BV Cloppenburg	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2013–14	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam II3	SC Sand
2014–15	1. FC Lübars4	1. FC Köln
2015–16	MSV Duisburg	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II5
2016–17	Werder Bremen	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II6
2017–18	Borussia Mönchengladbach	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II7
Season	Champions	Runners-up
2018–19	Bayern Munich II8	VfL Wolfsburg II8
2019–20	Werder Bremen	VfL Wolfsburg II9
Season	Nord	Süd
2020–21	Carl Zeiss Jena	1. FC Köln
Season	Champions	Runners-up
2021–22	SV Meppen	MSV Duisburg
2022–23	RB Leipzig	1. FC Nürnberg
2023–24	Turbine Potsdam	Carl Zeiss Jena

• ¹ Hamburg II was the first reserve team that won the league. As reserve teams are ineligible for promotion, runners-up 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig were promoted.
• ² Runners-up FSV Gütersloh 2009 were promoted.
• ³ Runners-up Herford were promoted.
• ⁴ Lübars did not apply for a Bundesliga licence for financial reasons. Runners-up Werder Bremen were promoted.
• ⁵ Runners-up Borussia Mönchengladbach were promoted.
• ⁶ Runners-up 1. FC Köln were promoted.
• ⁷ As the top two were reserve teams (runners-up were Bayern Munich II), third-placed Bayer 04 Leverkusen were promoted.
• ⁸ As the top two were reserve teams, third-placed 1. FC Köln and fourth-placed USV Jena were promoted.
• ⁹ As the second- and third-placed teams were reserve teams, fourth-placed SV Meppen were promoted.

Top scorers

Nord

• 2004–05: Anja Koser (FFC Brauweiler Pulheim) – 27 goals
• 2005–06: Martina Müller (VfL Wolfsburg) – 36 goals
• 2006–07: Jennifer Ninaus (SG Wattenscheid 09) – 19 goals
• 2007–08: Marie Pollmann (Herforder SV – 21 goals
• 2008–09: Kerstin Straka (Tennis Borussia Berlin) & Martina Fennen (SV Victoria Gersten) – 12 goals
• 2009–10: Kathrin Patzke (Hamburger SV) – 25 goals
• 2010–11: Kathrin Patzke (Hamburger SV) – 21 goals
• 2011–12: Agnieszka Winczo (BV Cloppenburg) – 24 goals
• 2012–13: Anna Laue (Herforder SV) – 22 goals
• 2013–14: Cindy König (Werder Bremen) – 17 goals
• 2014–15: Cindy König (Werder Bremen) – 19 goals
• 2015–16: Giustina Ronzetti (Herforder SV) – 23 goals
• 2016–17: Agnieszka Winczo (BV Cloppenburg) – 25 goals
• 2017–18: Sarah Grünheid (Arminia Bielefeld) – 16 goals
• 2020–21: Sarah Abu-Sabbah (Borussia Mönchengladbach) – 11 goals

Süd

• 2004–05: Christina Arend (1. FC Saarbrücken) – 25 goals
• 2005–06: Nadine Keßler (1. FC Saarbrücken) – 24 goals
• 2006–07: Nadine Keßler (1. FC Saarbrücken) – 27 goals
• 2007–08: Sabrina Schmutzler (FF USV Jena) – 27 goals
• 2008–09: Jennifer Ninaus (SG Wattenscheid 09) – 20 goals
• 2009–10: Bilgin Defterli (1. FC Köln) – 22 goals
• 2010–11: Susanne Hartel (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) – 16 goals
• 2011–12: Natalia Mann (VfL Sindelfingen) & Claudia Nußelt (TSV Crailsheim) – 16 goals
• 2012–13: Julia Manger (ETSV Würzburg) – 24 goals
• 2013–14: Ilaria Mauro (SC Sand) & Sarah Schatton (1. FC Saarbrücken) – 24 goals
• 2014–15: Lise Munk (1. FC Köln) – 27 goals
• 2015–16: Nadja Pfeiffer (Borussia Mönchengladbach) – 16 goals
• 2016–17: Annika Eberhard (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II) – 18 goals
• 2017–18: Jana Beuschlein (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) & Jacqueline de Becker (1. FC Saarbrücken) – 18 goals
• 2020–21: Vanessa Leimenstoll (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II) – 14 goals

One group

• 2018–19: Julia Matuschewski (1. FC Saarbrücken) – 20 goals
• 2019–20: Laura Lindner (Turbine Potsdam II) – 16 goals
• 2021–22: Nastassja Lein (1. FC Nürnberg) / Ramona Maier (FC Ingolstadt) – 25 goals
• 2022–23: Vanessa Fudalla (RB Leipzig) – 20 goals
• 2023–24: Larissa Mühlhaus (Hamburger SV) – 20 goals

References

1. Walter Dollendorf (29 January 2016). "Frauenfußball: Infotagung beim Deutschen Fußball-Bund". Neue Westfälische (in German).
2. "2. Frauen-Bundesliga ab 2018 eingleisig". dfb.de (in German). DFB. 16 November 2016.
3. "2. Frauen-Bundesliga: Zweigleisiges Spielformat bestätigt" (in German). DFB. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
4. "FC Bayern Women II - Matchplan Season 2024/2025". FC Bayern München. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
5. https://www.hsv-ev.de/news/neue-heimspielstaette-fuer-die-hsv-frauen

External links

• German Football Association (DFB) section on 2nd Women's Bundesliga