The 2018–19 2. Bundesliga was the 45th season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 3 August 2018 and concluded on 19 May 2019.

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and

SC Paderborn Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest success since the turn of the millenni ...

were automatically promoted to the Bundesliga;

Union Berlin 1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as Union Berlin (), is a professional Football in Germany, German football club based in Berlin. The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweide was fo ...

were promoted after winning the Bundesliga relegation play-offs.

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and

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jer ...

were automatically relegated to the

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, while

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were also relegated to the 3. Liga after losing a playoff against

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The club was previously known as ''SV Wehen'' but added ''Wiesbaden'' to its name during the summer of 2007. They left their previous ground, the Taunusstein, t ...

of that league.

Season

Promotion Battle

Before the start of the season, Bundesliga

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and

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were considered the biggest favourites for

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. In the first round, both fulfilled this role:

was able to get just ahead of

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1. FC Union Berlin 1. Fußballclub Union Berlin e. V., commonly known as Union Berlin (), is a professional German football club based in Berlin. The club's origins can be traced to 1906, when its predecessor FC Olympia Oberschöneweide was founded. During the Co ...

followed after a round without defeat, including 10 draws, in third place. While

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St. Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St. Pauli (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg. The team plays in the Bundesliga from the 2024–25 Bundesli ...

, 1. FC Heidenheim and

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., commonly known as Holstein Kiel () or KSV Holstein, is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s through the 1960s, the club was o ...

were gradually eliminated from the field of the chasers, the newly promoted

SC Paderborn 07 Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest success since the ...

advanced to the promotion places thanks to a strong back-series (1st place with 32 points in the back-round table). After 32 days of play,

Köln Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

was crowned 2. Bundesliga champion for the fourth time and celebrated the re-entry into the Bundesliga; in the end,

recorded the most victories and scored the most goals.

, on the other hand, played a disastrous return round (15th place with 19 points in the back-round table), which finally resulted in the missed re-emergence one match day before the end; the fight for second place became a long-distance duel between

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn (district), Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pade ...

and

on the last day of the match. In the end,

managed to make it to the Bundesliga on the last day of the season despite a 1-3 defeat in

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

finished third in the standings and competed in the promotion delegation against

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

. After a 2-2 draw in

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and a 0-0 draw at home,

moved up to the Bundesliga for the first time thanks to the

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Relegation battle

After the first

to the 2. Bundesliga,

had a first appearance with the direct relegation, which was fixed on the 33rd match day. In addition to

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was also relegated after only two seasons in the second-class. On the last day of the match,

SV Sandhausen Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a Football in Germany, German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. It is Ger ...

secured direct class position with a 2-2 draw at

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn, is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club plays their home games at Jahnstadion Regen ...

closed the season on the 16th place in the table after a 2-4 defeat in Heidenheim and competed in the relegation delegation against

. After a 2-1 in

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Ingolstadt Ingolstadt (; Austro-Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ) is an Independent city#Germany, independent city on the Danube, in Upper Bavaria, with 142,308 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2023). Around half a million people live in the metropolitan ...

lost in the home game with 2:3 and was relegated to the 3rd league due to the

Teams

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

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Managerial changes

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, align="left", Stefan Ruthenbeck , End of contract , rowspan=4, 30 June 2018 , rowspan=4, Preseason , align="left", Markus Anfang , rowspan=4, 1 July 2018 , - , align="left",

, align="left", Markus Anfang , Signed for

, align="left",

, - , align="left",

, align="left", André Hofschneider , Sacked , align="left", Urs Fischer , - , align="left",

, align="left", Hannes Drews , Resigned , align="left", Daniel Meyer , - , align="left" rowspan=2,

, align="left", Uwe Neuhaus , Sacked , 22 August 2018 , 9th , align="left", Cristian Fiél (interim) , 23 August 2018 , - , align="left", Cristian Fiél (interim) , End of caretaker spell , 11 September 2018 , 14th , align="left", Maik Walpurgis , 11 September 2018 , - , align="left", FC Ingolstadt , align="left", Stefan Leitl , rowspan=6, Sacked , 22 September 2018 , 13th , align="left", Alexander Nouri , 24 September 2018 , - , align="left",

, align="left", Iliya Gruev , 1 October 2018 , 18th , align="left",

, 1 October 2018 , - , align="left",

, align="left", Kenan Kocak , 8 October 2018 , 16th , align="left",

, 15 October 2018 , - , align="left",

, align="left", Christian Titz , 23 October 2018 , 5th , align="left", Hannes Wolf , 23 October 2018 , - , align="left",

, align="left", Jens Härtel , 12 November 2018 , 17th , align="left",

, 14 November 2018 , - , align="left" rowspan=2, FC Ingolstadt , align="left", Alexander Nouri , 26 November 2018 , rowspan=2, 18th , align="left", Roberto Pätzold (interim) , 26 November 2018 , - , align="left", Roberto Pätzold (interim) , End of caretaker spell , 2 December 2018 , align="left", Jens Keller , 2 December 2018 , - , align="left",

, align="left", Jeff Saibene , rowspan=7, Sacked , 10 December 2018 , 14th , align="left", Uwe Neuhaus , 10 December 2018 , - , align="left",

, align="left", Damir Burić (footballer), Damir Burić , 4 February 2019 , 12th , align="left", Stefan Leitl , 5 February 2019 , - , align="left",

, align="left", Dirk Schuster , 18 February 2019 , 14th , align="left", Dimitrios Grammozis , 24 February 2019 , - , align="left", Dynamo Dresden , align="left", Maik Walpurgis , 24 February 2019 , 14th , align="left", Cristian Fiél , 24 February 2019 , - , align="left", FC Ingolstadt , align="left", Jens Keller , 2 April 2019 , 18th , align="left",

, 3 April 2019 , - , align="left",

, align="left", Markus Kauczinski , 10 April 2019 , 6th , align="left",

, 10 April 2019 , - , align="left",

, align="left", Markus Anfang , 27 April 2019 , 1st , align="left", André Pawlak /

(interim) , 27 April 2019

League table

Results

Promotion play-offs

Relegation play-offs

''All times are Central European Summer Time, CEST (UTC+02:00, UTC+2).''

First leg

Second leg

''4–4 on aggregate. Wehen Wiesbaden won on away goals and are promoted to the 2. Bundesliga, while FC Ingolstadt are relegated to the 2019–20 3. Liga, 3. Liga.''

Top scorers

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, 29 , - , 2 , align="left", Jhon Córdoba , align="left",

, 20 , - , 3 , align="left", Lukas Hinterseer , align="left",

, 18 , - , rowspan=2, 4 , align="left", Fabian Klos , align="left",

, rowspan=2, 17 , - , align="left", Andrew Wooten , align="left",

, - , 6 , align="left", Philipp Klement , align="left",

, 16 , - , rowspan=2, 7 , align="left", Sargis Adamyan , align="left", Jahn Regensburg , rowspan=2, 15 , - , align="left", Pascal Testroet , align="left",

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, - , align="left", Andreas Voglsammer , align="left",

Number of teams by state

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and

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, - , , , align=center, 2, , align=center,

and

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and

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, - , , , align=center, 1, , align=center,

Highs of the season

* The highest victory with seven goals difference was the 8:1 of the

against

on the 13th matchday, which with nine goals was also the most goal-rich game. * The most goal-scoring draws were with eight goals: ** the 4:4 of

against

on the 6th matchday ** the 4:4 of

against

on the 13th matchday ** the 4:4 of

against

on the 26th matchday * The most goal-scoring matchday was the 26th matchday from 15 to 18 March and 10 April 2019 with 38 goals. *

remained the only team in German professional football in the 2018–19 season undefeated in 17 consecutive games.

Useful Information

* With the first

s of

from the Bundesliga in the pre-season, two Hamburg city derbies between

and

took place for the first time this season in the 2. Bundesliga and again since the 2010–11 Bundesliga two Hamburg derby, Hamburg city derbies. In the first local derby, the

had the home right, the game ended 0-0. The return match at

on 10 March 2019 was won 4-0 by

. * In June 2018, the 2. Bundesliga relegations Eintracht Braunschweig and 1. FC Kaiserslautern received a commitment of a supporting donation of €600,000. Each club of the 2017–18 2. Bundesliga season had paid €66,666 into a pot independently of the Deutsche Fußball Liga, DFL in order to make it easier for the two former 2. Bundesliga teams to make a fresh start in the

. This was already decided in April, as the majority of the clubs were still involved in the relegation fight until shortly before the end of the season. * On the 11th matchday, two former European Cup winners met for the first time in the 2. Bundesliga with

and

(0:1), for both of them it was also the first season in the 2. Bundesliga. * For the 2018–19 season, "Derbystar" "Brillant APS" replaced

"Torfabrik" as the official match ball of the Bundesliga, 1st and 2. Bundesliga.

Attendances

References

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