The 2017–18 2. Bundesliga was the 44th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second highest German football league. It began on 28 July 2017 and concluded on 13 May 2018 with the match between VfL Bochum and FC St. Pauli (0:1) and ended with the 34th match day on 13 May 2018. From 19 December 2017 to 23 January 2018, the season was interrupted by a winter break.

The fixtures were announced on 29 June 2017.

Fortuna Düsseldorf secured the direct promotion to the Bundesliga after 32 days of play,1. FC Nürnberg secured promotion one match day later; 1. FC Nürnberg set a new record with its eighth Bundesliga promotion. The championship was decided on the last match day in a direct duel between the two upstarts, which Fortuna Düsseldorf won. Holstein Kiel was able to reach the autumn championship as a starter and placed third one match day before the end, but lost in the relegation games to VfL Wolfsburg. In the relegation battle, after 32 days of play, the first decision was made relatively late with the relegation of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Until the end, six clubs were at risk of relegation, in the end Eintracht Braunschweig, who was still a participant in the promotion delegation last year, had to be relegated to the 3rd division. FC Erzgebirge Aue had to go into the relegation playoff against Karlsruher SC and were able to secure their stay in the 2. Bundesliga.

Teams

Team changes Promoted from 2016–17 3. Liga Relegated from 2016–17 Bundesliga Promoted to 2017–18 Bundesliga Relegated to 2017–18 3. Liga Relegated to Regionalliga BayernMSV DuisburgHolstein KielJahn Regensburg FC IngolstadtDarmstadt 98 VfB StuttgartHannover 96 Würzburger KickersKarlsruher SC 1860 Munich

Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Erzgebirge Aue Aue Erzgebirgsstadion 15,711 Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,300 VfL Bochum Bochum Vonovia-Ruhrstadion 29,299 Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325 Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor 17,000 Dynamo Dresden Dresden DDV-Stadion 32,066 MSV Duisburg Duisburg MSV-Arena 31,500 Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Esprit Arena 54,600 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Fürth Sportpark Ronhof 18,500 1. FC Heidenheim Heidenheim Voith-Arena 15,000 Ingolstadt Audi Sportpark 15,000 1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,780 Holstein Kiel Kiel Holstein-Stadion 11,386 1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Max-Morlock-Stadion 50,000 Jahn Regensburg Regensburg Continental Arena 15,224 SV Sandhausen Sandhausen BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald 12,100 FC St. Pauli Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 29,546 Union Berlin Berlin Alte Försterei 22,012

Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorsMainSleeve Erzgebirge Aue Nike WätaS Wärmetauscher SachsenLeonhardt Group Arminia Bielefeld Joma SchücoJAB Anstoetz Textilien VfL Bochum Nike TrivagoViactiv Betriebskrankenkasse Eintracht Braunschweig Erima SEATFlex Gang Darmstadt 98 Jako Software AGROWE Mineralölwerk Dynamo Dresden Erima FeldschlößchenAOK Plus MSV Duisburg Capelli XTiPRhein Power Fortuna Düsseldorf Uhlsport Orthomol Toyo Tires SpVgg Greuther Fürth Hummel Hofmann PersonalBVUK 1. FC Heidenheim Nike Hartmann GruppeVoith FC Ingolstadt Adidas MediaMarktAudi Schanzer Fußballschule 1. FC Kaiserslautern Uhlsport Top12.deKSC Reifen Stephan Holstein Kiel Puma FamilaLotto Schleswig-Holstein 1. FC Nürnberg Umbro Nürnberger VersicherungGodelmann Betonstein Jahn Regensburg Saller NettoDallmeier Electronic SV Sandhausen Puma VerivoxBWT FC St. Pauli Under Armour CongstarAstra Brauerei 1. FC Union Berlin Macron LayenbergerKoch Automobile 1. On the sleeves.

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointmentFC St. Pauli Ewald LienenMoved to technical director30 June 2017Preseason Olaf Janßen1 July 2017Jahn Regensburg Heiko HerrlichSigned by Bayer Leverkusen Achim BeierlorzerErzgebirge Aue Domenico TedescoSigned by Schalke 04 Thomas LetschVfL Bochum Gertjan VerbeekSacked11 July 2017 Ismail Atalan11 July 2017Erzgebirge Aue Thomas Letsch14 August 201718th Robin Lenk (interim)14 August 2017FC Ingolstadt Maik Walpurgis22 August 2017 Stefan Leitl22 August 2017SpVgg Greuther Fürth János Radoki28 August 2017 Mirko Dickhaut (interim)28 August 2017 Mirko DickhautEnd of caretaker9 September 2017 Damir Burić9 September 2017Erzgebirge Aue Robin Lenk8 September 201710th Hannes Drews8 September 20171. FC Kaiserslautern Norbert MeierSacked20 September 201718th Manfred Paula (interim)20 September 2017 Manfred PaulaEnd of caretaker27 September 2017 Jeff Strasser27 September 2017VfL Bochum Ismail AtalanSacked9 October 201713th Jens Rasiejewski9 October 2017Union Berlin Jens Keller4 December 20174th André Hofschneider4 December 2017FC St. Pauli Olaf Janßen7 December 201714th Markus Kauczinski7 December 2017Darmstadt 98 Torsten Frings9 December 201716th Dirk Schuster11 December 20171. FC Kaiserslautern Jeff StrasserResigned1 February 201818th Michael Frontzeck1 February 2018VfL Bochum Jens RasiejewskiSacked7 February 201814th Heiko Butscher (interim)7 February 2018 Heiko ButscherEnd of caretaker11 February 2018 Robin Dutt11 February 2018

League table

Results

Promotion play-offs

Relegation play-offs All times are UTC+2.

First leg

Second leg

Erzgebirge Aue won 3–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

Statistics Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Marvin DuckschHolstein Kiel182 Hanno Behrens1. FC Nürnberg14 Lukas HinterseerVfL Bochum Steven SkrzybskiUnion Berlin5 Marco GrüttnerJahn Regensburg13 Rouwen HenningsFortuna Düsseldorf Andreas VoglsammerArminia Bielefeld8 Sebastian Andersson1. FC Kaiserslautern12 Dominick DrexlerHolstein Kiel Mikael Ishak1. FC Nürnberg Sebastian PolterUnion Berlin Kingsley SchindlerHolstein Kiel

Clean sheets Rank Player Club Clean sheets1 Marcel SchuhenSV Sandhausen122 Stefan OrtegaArminia Bielefeld113 Robin HimmelmannFC St. Pauli10 Ørjan NylandFC Ingolstadt5 Jasmin FejzićEintracht Braunschweig9 Mark FlekkenMSV Duisburg7 Daniel Heuer FernandesDarmstadt 988 Kenneth KronholmHolstein Kiel9Seven players7

Number of teams by state PositionStateNumber of teamsTeams14FC Ingolstadt, Greuther Fürth, 1. FC Nürnberg and Jahn Regensburg4Arminia Bielefeld, VfL Bochum, Fortuna Düsseldorf and MSV Duisburg321. FC Heidenheim and SV Sandhausen2Dynamo Dresden and Erzgebirge Aue51Union Berlin1FC St. Pauli1Darmstadt 981Eintracht Braunschweig11. FC Kaiserslautern1Holstein Kiel Highs of the season The highest wins were all with 5 goals difference: The 6:1 between 1. FC Nürnberg at MSV Duisburg on the 6th matchday The 5:0 between 1. FC Union Berlin against 1. FC Kaiserslautern on the 8th matchday The 5:0 of Arminia Bielefeld against FC St. Pauli on the 16th matchday The 5:0 of Holstein Kiel against MSV Duisburg on the 25th matchday The games with the most goals scored was with 8 goals: The 3:5 of 1. FC Heidenheim against Holstein Kiel on the 10th matchday The 6:2 between Holstein Kiel against Eintracht Braunschweig on the 34th matchday The highest goal undecided games were: The 3:3 between SV Darmstadt 98 against Dynamo Dresden on the 8th matchday The 3:3 of 1. FC Union Berlin against the SV Darmstadt 98 on the 15th matchday The 3:3 of MSV Duisburg against 1. FC Heidenheim on the 20th marchday The highest goal scoring match day was 36 goals on the 27th matchday from 16. To 19. March 2018.

Attendances

Source:

No. Team Attendance Change Highest 1 1. FC Nürnberg 30,558 6.0% 50,000 2 FC St. Pauli 29,352 -0.2% 29,546 3 Fortuna 95 28,690 10.4% 50,000 4 Dynamo Dresden 28,017 -1.7% 30,953 5 1. FC Kaiserslautern 22,504 -14.7% 32,243 6 1. FC Union Berlin 21,267 2.0% 22,012 7 BTSV Eintracht 20,545 -4.1% 22,700 8 Arminia Bielefeld 18,002 2.8% 23,070 9 VfL Bochum 16,738 -1.2% 27,599 10 MSV Duisburg 16,633 17.3% 28,000 11 Darmstadt 98 15,964 -4.7% 17,400 12 1. FC Heidenheim 11,444 -8.6% 14,850 13 SSV Jahn Regensburg 11,067 75.1% 15,210 14 Holstein Kiel 10,524 84.3% 11,935 15 FC Ingolstadt 04 10,239 -29.9% 15,200 16 Greuther Fürth 9,476 -0.5% 13,550 17 Erzgebirge Aue 8,968 4.4% 15,000 18 SV Sandhausen 6,488 -3.6% 12,537

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