The 1976–77 2. Bundesliga season was the third season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd.
FC St. Pauli, VfB Stuttgart and TSV 1860 Munich were promoted to the Bundesliga while Bonner SC, Göttingen 05, Wacker 04 Berlin, VfL Wolfsburg, Röchling Völklingen, Jahn Regensburg and BSV Schwenningen were relegated to the Oberligas and Amateurligas.
Nord For the 1976–77 season saw Arminia Hannover, Bonner SC, SC Herford and VfL Wolfsburg promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga and Amateurligas while Bayer 05 Uerdingen and Hannover 96 had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.
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Top scorers The league's top scorers:2. Bundesliga 1976/1977 Nord Torschützenliste Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015 Goals Player Team27 Franz GerberFC St. Pauli23 Rainer BuddeWuppertaler SV Heinz-Josef KehrAlemannia Aachen Gerd-Volker SchockVfL Osnabrück21 Ewald HammesSG Wattenscheid 09 Klaus WunderHannover 9619 Karl-Heinz MroskoArminia Hannover18 Wilfried Klinge1. SC Göttingen 05 Klaus WolfPreußen Münster17 Friedhelm FunkelBayer Uerdingen Jürgen MilewskiHannover 96 Frank-Michael SchonertBayer Leverkusen Wolfgang WallekVfL Wolfsburg
Süd For the 1976–77 season saw BSV Schwenningen, Eintracht Trier, FV Würzburg 04 and KSV Baunatal promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and Kickers Offenbach relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.
League table
Results
Top scorers The league's top scorers:2. Bundesliga 1976/1977 Süd Torschützenliste Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 8 November 2015 Goals Player Team24 Lothar EmmerichFV Würzburg 0423 Werner HeckSV Waldhof Mannheim Manfred LenzFC 08 Homburg22 Ottmar HitzfeldVfB Stuttgart21 Werner HofmannFSV Frankfurt Hans Walitza1. FC Nürnberg20 Harald DienerFC 08 Homburg18 Wolfgang RauschKickers Offenbach17 Peter FalterTSV 1860 Munich Erhard HofeditzKSV 1964 Baunatal
Promotion play-offs The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions. TSV 1860 Munich were promoted to the Bundesliga after a third game was made necessary to decide the series.Relegation Bundesliga 1976/1977 Weltfussball.de – Promotion round, retrieved 8 November 2015
References
External links 2. Bundesliga 1976/1977 Nord at Weltfussball.de 2. Bundesliga 1976/1977 Süd at Weltfussball.de 1976–77 2. Bundesliga at kicker.de