1996–97 2. Bundesliga

In the 2nd Bundesliga 1996/97 1.FC Kaiserslautern, VfL Wolfsburg and Hertha BSC achieved promotion to the Bundesliga.

Final Table

Cross Table

Rise

The 1st FC Kaiserslautern, who had won in the descent 1996 the DFB Cup, made ​​the direct promotion back to the Bundesliga. The team remained unbeaten at home, scoring the most goals in the league. With Hertha BSC another history, the club returned, VfL Wolfsburg managed, however, for the first time the jump in the Bundesliga.

Noteworthy was the game of Kaiserslautern Hertha BSC. In this game, on 7 April 1997 was set up with 75,000 spectators in the sold-out Olympic Stadium in Berlin, a new attendance record for the single-track 2 league. The absolute second league attendance record was on April 2, 1977 in the 2nd League South at TSV 1860 München - VfB Stuttgart recorded with 77 573 spectators.

An exciting final ascent there was on the last matchday of the season: In the battle for the last remaining promotion place Mainz and VfL Wolfsburg in Wolfsburg met each other. In an exciting game of VfL won with 5:4 and thus rose to the Bundesliga.

Descent

With Rot-Weiss Essen and VfB Oldenburg two newbies got the same again. They were accompanied by ex- national league team Waldhof Mannheim and from VfB Lübeck.

Top scorers

Top Scorer of the season was Angelo Vier from relegated Rot-Weiss Essen with 18 goals. In the squares landed Steffen Heidrich from VfB Leipzig with 17 goals and Axel Kruse Hertha BSC with 15 goals.

Remarkable

The 7:6 of the 1st FC Kaiserslautern against SV Meppen on the last day is still the highest-scoring game in German professional football.

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