The 2011–12 2. Bundesliga was the 38th season of the

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

, Germany's second tier of its

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league system. The season commenced on 15 July 2011, three weeks earlier than the

2011–12 Bundesliga The 2011–12 Bundesliga was the 49th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on 5 August 2011 with the opening match involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and ended with the last games on 5 May ...

season, and ended with the last games on 6 May 2012. The traditional winter break was to be held between the weekends around 18 December 2011 and 4 February 2012. The league comprises eighteen teams.

Teams

At the end of the 2010–11 season, champions

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...

and runners-up FC Augsburg were directly promoted to the

. The Berlin side has directly returned to the highest German football league, while Augsburg ended a five-year tenure in the second level of German football. The two teams were replaced by

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

and FC St. Pauli, who were directly relegated from the

2010–11 Bundesliga The 2010–11 Bundesliga was the 48th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 20 August 2010 and concluded on 14 May 2011. The winter break was in effect between weekends around 18 December 2010 and 15 January 20 ...

season. Frankfurt returned to the 2. Bundesliga after six years, while St. Pauli made a direct comeback to the league. On the other end of the table, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

were directly relegated to the

2011–12 3. Liga The 2011–12 3. Liga was the fourth season of the 3. Liga, Germany's third tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 22 July 2011, two weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Bundesliga season and one week after the 2011–12 2. Bun ...

, after finishing the 2010–11 season in the bottom two spots of the table. Oberhausen was dropped to the third level after three years, while Bielefeld will leave the 2. Bundesliga after two seasons. The two relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 3. Liga champions

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

and runners-up Hansa Rostock. Braunschweig returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a total of four seasons at the third tier of the German football pyramid, while Rostock immediately bounced back from their relegation twelve months earlier. A further two places were given to

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seas ...

as losers of the Bundesliga relegation playoff and Dynamo Dresden as winners of the 2. Bundesliga relegation playoff. Dresden returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a five-year absence after beating VfL Osnabrück 4–2 on aggregate; Osnabrück were thus immediately relegated back to the 3. Liga. In the Bundesliga playoff, Bochum retained its spot in the league after losing 2–1 on aggregate against

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorships

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Relegation play-offs

The 16th-placed team faced the third-placed

side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on

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score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga. Dates and times of these matches were determined by the

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as following: ---- Tie ended 3–3 on aggregate; Jahn Regensburg promoted to

2012–13 2. Bundesliga The 2012–13 2. Bundesliga was the 39th season of the 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second-level football league. The season began on 3 August 2012 and ended with the last games on 19 May 2013, with a winter break held between the weekends around 1 ...

, Karlsruhe relegated to

2012–13 3. Liga The 2012–13 3. Liga was the fifth season of the 3. Liga, Germany's third-level football league. The season began on the weekend of 21 July 2012 and ended with the last games on 18 May 2013, with a winter break held between the weekends around ...

according to away goal rule.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

''Source
Bundesliga.de
' ;17 goals *

Alexander Meier Alexander Meier (born 17 January 1983) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or forward. He was the 2014–15 Bundesliga top scorer with 19 goals in 26 games. Career Early career Meier began his prof ...

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''( SpVgg Greuther Fürth)'' *

Nick Proschwitz Nick Proschwitz (born 28 November 1986) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hoffenheim II. He began his career in Germany and Switzerland, before moving to England in 2012 where he spent the next three years. Club ca ...

''( SC Paderborn 07)'' ;14 goals * Mohammadou Idrissou ''(

)'' *

Kevin Volland Kevin Volland (born 30 July 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker or a winger for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the Germany national team. He gained prominence at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship where he was ...

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1860 Munich , commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team currently plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. 1860 Munich was one of the founding members of ...

)'' ;13 goals *

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''( Dynamo Dresden)'' *

Max Kruse Max Bennet Kruse (; born 19 March 1988) is a German professional footballer who last played as a forward for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team. Early years Kruse was born in Reinbek, Kreis Stormarn, Schleswig-Holste ...

''( FC St. Pauli)'' *

Christopher Nöthe Christopher Nöthe (born 3 January 1988) is a German professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Born in Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Nöthe made his debut on the professional league level in the Bundesliga for Borussia ...

''( SpVgg Greuther Fürth)'' *

Sascha Rösler Sascha Rösler (born 28 October 1977) is a German retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Youth Born in Tettnang, Rösler first played football in 1982 for TSV Meckenbeuren. Via VfB Friedrichshafen, for which he played from 1990, h ...

''( Fortuna Düsseldorf)'' ;12 goals *

Mickaël Poté Mickaël Franck Poté (born 24 September 1984) is a Beninese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Bandırmaspor. Club career Born in Lyon, Poté began his career in 2003 with Grenoble Foot, where he played only three ...

''( Dynamo Dresden)'' *

Dimitar Rangelov Dimitar Rangelov (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: Димитър Рангелов; born 9 February 1983) is a Bulgarian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for German NOFV-Oberliga ...

''( Energie Cottbus)''

Top assists

''Source
Bundesliga.de
' ;12 assists * Sercan Sararer ''( SpVgg Greuther Fürth)'' ;10 assists *

Benjamin Lauth Benjamin Lauth (born 4 August 1981) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is most commonly known for his two spells at TSV 1860 Munich. At international level, he represented Germany at under-18 and under-21 y ...

''(

)'' * Sebastian Rode ''(

)'' ;9 assists *

Stefan Leitl Stefan Leitl (born 29 August 1977) is a German football manager and former player who currently manages Hannover 96. He has managed Ingolstadt 04 II and Ingolstadt 04. He has played for Bayern Munich (A), SV Lohhof, 1. FC Nürnberg, SpVgg Unt ...

''( FC Ingolstadt 04)'' ;8 assists *

Benjamin Köhler Benjamin Köhler (born 4 August 1980) is a German former professional footballer. Köhler, who is left-footed, could play flexibly on all offensive positions but often found himself on the left wing. Career After getting just one appearance wit ...

''(

)'' * Torsten Mattuschka ''(

1. FC Union Berlin 1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as 1. FC Union Berlin () or Union Berlin, is a professional German football club in Köpenick, Berlin. The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweid ...

)'' *

Alban Meha Alban Sylë Meha (born 26 April 1986) is a Kosovar professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club KSV Hessen Kassel. Early life Meha was born in Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia, to Kosovo Albanian parents from Prekaz. He is the ...

''( SC Paderborn 07)'' *

''( Fortuna Düsseldorf)'' ;7 assists *

Marius Ebbers Marius Ebbers (born 4 January 1978) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. He works as assistant manager of SC Victoria. Playing career Ebbers scored 108 goals in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, the first two l ...

''( FC St. Pauli)'' * Jan Hochscheidt ''( Erzgebirge Aue)'' *

Alexander Iashvili Alexandr Iashvili ( ka, ალექსანდრე მამულის ძე იაშვილი; born 23 October 1977) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Early years Born in Tbilisi, Ia ...

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Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...

)'' *

Stephan Schröck Stephan Markus Cabizares Schröck (; born 21 August 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Azkals Development Team of the Philippines Football League. Although primarily a midfielder, earlier in his caree ...

''( SpVgg Greuther Fürth)''

References

External links

Official site

Bundesliga on DFB page

kicker magazine
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