2023–24 2. Bundesliga

The 2023–24 2. Bundesliga was the 50th season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 28 July 2023 and concluded on 28 May 2024.^[1][2]

2. Bundesliga

Season	2023–24
Dates	28 July 2023 – 19 May 2024
Champions	FC St. Pauli
Promoted	FC St. Pauli Holstein Kiel
Relegated	Wehen Wiesbaden (via play-off) Hansa Rostock VfL Osnabrück
Matches played	306
Goals scored	947 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Glatzel Haris Tabaković Christos Tzolis (22 goals each)
Biggest home win	Hannover 7–0 Osnabrück Karlsruhe 7–0 Magdeburg
Biggest away win	Elversberg 0–5 Düsseldorf Nürnberg 0–5 Düsseldorf
Highest scoring	Magdeburg 6–4 Hertha
Longest winning run	6 games Düsseldorf Kiel
Longest unbeaten run	20 games St. Pauli
Longest winless run	15 games Osnabrück
Longest losing run	7 games Kaiserslautern
Highest attendance	69,156 Hertha v Schalke
Lowest attendance	6,119 Wiesbaden v Paderborn
Attendance	8,811,550 (28,796 per match)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The fixtures were announced on 30 June 2023.^[3]

Teams

Braun-
schweig

Hertha BSC

Düsseldorf

Elversberg

Fürth

Hamburg

Hannover

Kaiserslautern

Karlsruhe

Kiel

Magdeburg

Nürnberg

Osnabrück

Paderborn

Rostock

Schalke

St. Pauli

Wiesbaden

Locations of the 2023–24 2. Bundesliga teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2022–23 3. Liga	Relegated from 2022–23 Bundesliga	Promoted to 2023–24 Bundesliga	Relegated to 2023–24 3. Liga
SV Elversberg VfL Osnabrück Wehen Wiesbaden	Schalke 04 Hertha BSC	1. FC Heidenheim Darmstadt 98	Arminia Bielefeld Jahn Regensburg SV Sandhausen

SV Elversberg played in the 2. Bundesliga for the first time in the club's history, VfL Osnabrück returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a two-season spell in the third tier and Wehen Wiesbaden returned after a three-season spell in the third tier.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Eintracht Braunschweig	Braunschweig	Eintracht-Stadion	23,325
Hertha BSC	Berlin	Olympiastadion	74,649
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf	Merkur Spiel-Arena	54,600
SV Elversberg	Spiesen-Elversberg	Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde	10,000
Greuther Fürth	Fürth	Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer	16,626
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	57,000
Hannover 96	Hanover	Heinz von Heiden Arena	49,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	49,327
Karlsruher SC	Karlsruhe	BBBank Wildpark	34,302
Holstein Kiel	Kiel	Holstein-Stadion	15,034
1. FC Magdeburg	Magdeburg	MDCC-Arena	30,098
1. FC Nürnberg	Nuremberg	Max-Morlock-Stadion	49,923
VfL Osnabrück	Osnabrück	Stadion an der Bremer Brücke	16,667
SC Paderborn	Paderborn	Home Deluxe Arena	15,000
Hansa Rostock	Rostock	Ostseestadion	29,000
Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Veltins-Arena	62,271
FC St. Pauli	Hamburg	Millerntor-Stadion	29,546
Wehen Wiesbaden	Wiesbaden	BRITA-Arena	12,250

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
				Front	Sleeve
Eintracht Braunschweig	Daniel Scherning	Jannis Nikolaou	Puma	Kosatec Computer	Jochen Staake Stiftung
Hertha BSC	Pál Dárdai	Toni Leistner	Nike	CrazyBuzzer	CG Elementum
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Daniel Thioune	André Hoffmann	Adidas	Targobank	Metro Chef
SV Elversberg	Horst Steffen	Kevin Conrad	Nike	HYLO	Pure Steel+
Greuther Fürth	Alexander Zorniger	Branimir Hrgota	Puma	Hofmann Personal	Signia
Hamburger SV	Steffen Baumgart	Sebastian Schonlau	Adidas	HanseMerkur	Popp Feinkost
Hannover 96	Stefan Leitl	Ron-Robert Zieler	Macron	BRAINHOUSE247/ÜSTRA (April 2024 onwards)[4]	Xylem
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Friedhelm Funkel	Jean Zimmer	Nike	Allgäuer Latschenkiefer	Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz
Karlsruher SC	Christian Eichner	Jérôme Gondorf	Macron	CG Elementum	Schauinsland-Reisen
Holstein Kiel	Marcel Rapp	Philipp Sander	Puma	Famila	Lotto Schleswig-Holstein
1. FC Magdeburg	Christian Titz	Amara Condé	Hummel	Humanas	SWM Magdeburg
1. FC Nürnberg	Cristian Fiél	Enrico Valentini	Adidas	Nürnberger Versicherung	Helmsauer
VfL Osnabrück	Uwe Koschinat	Timo Beermann	Puma	SO-TECH	JOPA
SC Paderborn	Lukas Kwasniok	Jannik Huth	Saller	Four 20 Pharma	Personalco
Hansa Rostock	Mersad Selimbegović	Markus Kolke	Mizuno	28 Black	APEX Group
Schalke 04	Karel Geraerts	Simon Terodde	Adidas	Veltins	hülsta
FC St. Pauli	Fabian Hürzeler	Jackson Irvine	DIIY	Congstar	Astra Brauerei
Wehen Wiesbaden	Nils Döring	Sascha Mockenhaupt	Capelli	Brita	Mobilebet

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
			Announced on	Departed on			Announced on	Arrived on
1. FC Nürnberg	Dieter Hecking (interim)	End of caretaker	20 February 2023	30 June 2023	Pre-season	Cristian Fiél	10 June 2023	1 July 2023	[5][6]
Eintracht Braunschweig	Michael Schiele	Sacked	9 June 2023			Jens Härtel	11 June 2023		[7][8]
Schalke 04	Thomas Reis		27 September 2023		16th	Matthias Kreutzer (interim)	27 September 2023		[9]
	Matthias Kreutzer (interim)	End of caretaker	9 October 2023			Karel Geraerts	9 October 2023		[10]
Eintracht Braunschweig	Jens Härtel	Sacked	23 October 2023		18th	Marc Pfitzner (interim)	23 October 2023		[11]
	Marc Pfitzner (interim)	End of caretaker spell	7 November 2023			Daniel Scherning	7 November 2023		[12]
VfL Osnabrück	Tobias Schweinsteiger	Sacked	14 November 2023			Martin Heck / Tim Danneberg (interim)	14 November 2023		[13][14]
	Martin Heck / Tim Danneberg (interim)	End of caretaker spell	27 November 2023			Uwe Koschinat	27 November 2023		[15]
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Dirk Schuster	Sacked	30 November 2023		11th	Niklas Martin (interim)	30 November 2023		[16]
	Niklas Martin (interim)	End of caretaker spell	3 December 2023		13th	Dimitrios Grammozis	3 December 2023		[17]
Hansa Rostock	Alois Schwartz	Sacked	13 December 2023		16th	Uwe Speidel (interim)	13 December 2023		[18]
	Uwe Speidel (interim)	End of caretaker spell	18 December 2023			Mersad Selimbegović	18 December 2023	2 January 2024	[19]
Hamburger SV	Tim Walter	Sacked	12 February 2024		3rd	Merlin Polzin (interim)	12 February 2024		[20]
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Dimitrios Grammozis		13 February 2024		16th	Friedhelm Funkel	14 February 2024		[21][22]
Hamburger SV	Merlin Polzin (interim)	End of caretaker spell	20 February 2024		3rd	Steffen Baumgart	20 February 2024		[23]
Wehen Wiesbaden	Markus Kauczinski	Sacked	28 April 2024		16th	Nils Döring (interim)	30 April 2024		[24][25]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC St. Pauli (C, P)	34	20	9	5	62	36	+26	69	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Holstein Kiel (P)	34	21	5	8	65	39	+26	68
3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	18	9	7	72	40	+32	63	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	Hamburger SV	34	17	7	10	64	44	+20	58
5	Karlsruher SC	34	15	10	9	68	48	+20	55
6	Hannover 96	34	13	13	8	59	44	+15	52
7	SC Paderborn	34	15	7	12	54	54	0	52
8	Greuther Fürth	34	14	8	12	50	49	+1	50
9	Hertha BSC	34	13	9	12	69	59	+10	48
10	Schalke 04	34	12	7	15	53	60	−7	43
11	SV Elversberg	34	12	7	15	49	63	−14	43
12	1. FC Nürnberg	34	11	7	16	43	64	−21	40
13	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	11	6	17	59	64	−5	39
14	1. FC Magdeburg	34	9	11	14	46	54	−8	38
15	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	11	5	18	37	53	−16	38
16	Wehen Wiesbaden (R)	34	8	8	18	36	50	−14	32	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	Hansa Rostock (R)	34	9	4	21	30	57	−27	31	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	VfL Osnabrück (R)	34	6	10	18	31	69	−38	28

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[26]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BRA	BSC	DÜS	ELV	FÜR	HAM	HAN	KAI	KAR	KIE	MAG	NÜR	OSN	PAD	ROS	SCH	STP	WIE
Eintracht Braunschweig	—	1–1	1–4	5–0	0–1	0–4	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0
Hertha BSC	3–0	—	2–2	5–1	5–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–2	3–3	0–0	3–1	4–0	5–2	1–2	0–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–0	1–0	—	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–3	3–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	5–3	1–2	1–3
SV Elversberg	3–0	4–2	0–5	—	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–3	0–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	4–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–3
Greuther Fürth	3–3	1–2	1–0	1–4	—	1–1	1–3	2–1	4–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–0	5–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0
Hamburger SV	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	—	3–4	2–1	3–4	0–1	2–0	4–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	5–3	1–0	3–0
Hannover 96	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	—	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	7–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0
1. FC Kaiserslautern	5–0	1–2	1–3	3–2	0–2	3–3	3–1	—	0–4	0–3	4–1	3–1	3–2	1–2	3–1	4–1	1–2	1–1
Karlsruher SC	2–0	3–2	2–2	3–2	4–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	—	0–2	7–0	4–1	2–1	0–3	2–2	3–0	2–1	2–2
Holstein Kiel	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	4–2	3–0	1–3	1–0	—	2–4	0–2	4–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–4	3–2
1. FC Magdeburg	2–1	6–4	2–3	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	—	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–0
1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	3–1	0–5	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	0–4	1–0	—	2–2	0–2	3–0	1–2	0–2	2–1
VfL Osnabrück	0–3	2–1	0–4	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	1–1	0–2	2–3	—	0–0	0–0	0–4	1–1	0–2
SC Paderborn	1–2	2–3	4–3	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–4	0–0	1–3	1–1	—	3–0	3–1	2–2	2–1
Hansa Rostock	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	—	0–2	2–3	3–1
Schalke 04	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	3–2	3–0	0–0	0–2	4–3	2–0	4–0	3–3	2–1	—	3–1	1–0
FC St. Pauli	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–4	3–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	5–1	0–0	5–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	—	1–1
Wehen Wiesbaden	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	3–5	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 24 and 28 May 2024.^[2][27]

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jahn Regensburg (3L)	4–3	Wehen Wiesbaden (2B)	2–2	2–1

Matches

Jahn Regensburg	2–2	Wehen Wiesbaden
Ganaus 27' Kother 79'	Report	Heußer 66' Iredale 71'

24 May 2024

20:30

Jahnstadion Regensburg, Regensburg

Attendance: 13,358

Referee: Tobias Reichel

Wehen Wiesbaden	1–2	Jahn Regensburg
Prtajin 81'	Report	Kother 45+2' Faber 47'

28 May 2024

20:30

BRITA-Arena, Wiesbaden

Referee: Martin Petersen

Jahn Regensburg won 4–3 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga. Wehen Wiesbaden is relegated to the 3. Liga.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[28]
1	Robert Glatzel	Hamburger SV	22
	Haris Tabaković	Hertha BSC
	Christos Tzolis	Fortuna Düsseldorf
4	Marcel Hartel	FC St. Pauli	17
5	Ragnar Ache	1. FC Kaiserslautern	16
	Can Uzun	1. FC Nürnberg
7	Igor Matanović	Karlsruher SC	14
8	László Bénes	Hamburger SV	13
	Kenan Karaman	Schalke 04
	Ivan Prtajin	Wehen Wiesbaden

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Haris Tabaković	Hertha BSC	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–0 (H)	17 September 2023
Ragnar Ache	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hansa Rostock	3–0 (A)	2 March 2024
Paul Stock	SV Elversberg	Greuther Fürth	4–1 (A)	10 March 2024
Christos Tzolis	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1. FC Magdeburg	3–2 (H)	19 May 2024
Robert Glatzel	Hamburger SV	1. FC Nürnberg	4–1 (H)
Marlon Ritter	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Eintracht Braunschweig	5–0 (H)

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[29]
1	Timon Weiner	Holstein Kiel	14
2	Florian Kastenmeier	Fortuna Düsseldorf	10
	Jonas Urbig	Greuther Fürth
	Nikola Vasilj	FC St. Pauli
5	Dominik Reimann	1. FC Magdeburg	9
6	Daniel Heuer Fernandes	Hamburger SV	8
7	Patrick Drewes	Karlsruher SC	7
	Ron-Thorben Hoffmann	Eintracht Braunschweig
	Ron-Robert Zieler	Hannover 96
10	Pelle Boevink	Paderborn 07	6
	Markus Kolke	Hansa Rostock
	Philipp Kühn	VfL Osnabrück
	Marius Müller	Schalke 04

Attendances

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance
1	Schalke 04	17	61,388
2	Hamburger SV	17	55,908
3	Hertha BSC	17	50,559
4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	17	43,888
5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	17	39,672
6	Hannover 96	17	37,700
7	1. FC Nürnberg	17	34,416
8	FC St. Pauli	17	29,424
9	Karlsruher SC	17	27,099
10	Hansa Rostock	17	26,215
11	1. FC Magdeburg	17	24,988
12	Eintracht Braunschweig	17	20,692
13	VfL Osnabrück	17	14,366
14	Holstein Kiel	17	13,919
15	SC Paderborn 07	17	13,128
16	Greuther Fürth	17	12,503
17	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	17	9,385
18	SV 07 Elversberg	17	8,913

Source: European Football Statistics

Notes