The 2021–22 2. Bundesliga was the 48th season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 23 July 2021 and concluded on 15 May 2022.
The fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.
Teams
Team changes Promoted from 2020–21 3. Liga Relegated from 2020–21 Bundesliga Promoted to 2021–22 Bundesliga Relegated to 2021–22 3. Liga Dynamo DresdenHansa RostockFC Ingolstadt Werder BremenSchalke 04 VfL BochumGreuther Fürth VfL OsnabrückEintracht BraunschweigWürzburger Kickers
Stadiums and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Erzgebirge Aue Aue-Bad Schlema Erzgebirgsstadion 15,711 Werder Bremen Bremen Wohninvest Weserstadion 42,100 Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor 17,000 Dynamo Dresden Dresden Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion 32,066 Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena 54,600 Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 57,000 Hannover 96 Hanover HDI-Arena 49,000 1. FC Heidenheim Heidenheim Voith-Arena 15,000 FC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Audi Sportpark 15,000 Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe BBBank Wildpark 29,699 Holstein Kiel Kiel Holstein-Stadion 15,034 1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Max-Morlock-Stadion 49,923 SC Paderborn Paderborn Benteler-Arena 15,000 Jahn Regensburg Regensburg Jahnstadion Regensburg 15,210 Hansa Rostock Rostock Ostseestadion 29,000 SV Sandhausen Sandhausen BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald 15,414 Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 62,271 FC St. Pauli Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 29,546
Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Front Sleeve Erzgebirge Aue Pavel Dochev Martin Männel Nike WätaS Wärmetauscher Sachsen Leonhardt Group Werder Bremen Ole Werner Ömer Toprak Umbro Wiesenhof Ammerländer Darmstadt 98 Torsten Lieberknecht Fabian Holland Craft Software AG Dialog Minds Dynamo Dresden Guerino Capretti Sebastian Mai Umbro ALL-INKL.COM AOK Plus Fortuna Düsseldorf Daniel Thioune Adam Bodzek Adidas Henkel Toyo Tires Hamburger SV Tim Walter Sebastian Schonlau Adidas Orthomol Popp Feinkost Hannover 96 Christoph Dabrowski Marcel Franke Macron BRAINHOUSE247 HDI 1. FC Heidenheim Frank Schmidt Patrick Mainka Nike MHP Voith FC Ingolstadt Rüdiger Rehm Stefan Kutschke Puma PROSIS Audi Schanzer Fußballschule Karlsruher SC Christian Eichner Jérôme Gondorf Macron GEM (H)/CG Elementum (A) E.G.O. - Gruppe Holstein Kiel Marcel Rapp Hauke Wahl Puma Famila Lotto Schleswig-Holstein 1. FC Nürnberg Robert Klauß Enrico Valentini Adidas Nürnberger Versicherung Exasol SC Paderborn Lukas Kwasniok Ron Schallenberg Saller Bremer AG sky Personal Jahn Regensburg Mersad Selimbegović Benedikt Gimber Saller Netto Wolf GmbH Hansa Rostock Jens Härtel Markus Kolke Nike Apex Group SoftClean SV Sandhausen Alois Schwartz Dennis Diekmeier Macron Layenberger Office Mix Schalke 04 Mike Büskens Danny Latza Umbro Vivawest Harfid FC St. Pauli Timo Schultz Philipp Ziereis DIIY Congstar Astra Brauerei
Managerial changes Team Outgoing Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on SC Paderborn Steffen Baumgart End of contract 8 April 202130 June 2021Pre-season Lukas Kwasniok 17 May 20211 July 2021 Hannover 96 Kenan Koçak Mutual consent 28 April 2021 Jan Zimmermann 10 May 2021 Hamburger SV Horst Hrubesch (interim)End of caretaker spell 3 May 2021 Tim Walter 25 May 2021 Werder Bremen Thomas Schaaf 16 May 2021 Markus Anfang 1 June 2021 Fortuna Düsseldorf Uwe Rösler End of contract 24 May 2021 Christian Preußer 27 May 2021 Erzgebirge Aue Dirk Schuster Mutual consent 28 May 2021 Aleksey Shpilevsky 7 June 2021 Darmstadt 98 Markus Anfang Signed for Werder Bremen 1 June 2021 Torsten Lieberknecht 8 June 2021 FC Ingolstadt Tomas Oral End of contract 2 June 2021 Roberto Pätzold 6 June 2021 Erzgebirge Aue Aleksey Shpilevsky Sacked19 September 2021 18th Marc Hensel / Carsten Müller21 September 2021 Holstein Kiel Ole Werner Resigned20 September 2021 15th Dirk Bremser (interim)20 September 2021 SV Sandhausen Gerhard Kleppinger / Stefan Kulovits Sacked21 September 2021 16th Alois Schwartz22 September 2021 FC Ingolstadt Roberto Pätzold Sacked26 September 2021 17th André Schubert26 September 2021 Holstein Kiel Dirk Bremser (interim) End of caretaker spell1 October 2021 14th Marcel Rapp1 October 2021 Werder Bremen Markus Anfang Resigned20 November 2021 8th Danijel Zenković (interim)20 November 2021 Danijel Zenković (interim) End of caretaker spell28 November 2021 10th Ole Werner28 November 2021 Hannover 96 Jan Zimmermann Sacked29 November 2021 16th Christoph Dabrowski1 December 2021 FC Ingolstadt André Schubert Sacked8 December 2021 18th Rüdiger Rehm8 December 2021 Fortuna Düsseldorf Christian Preußer Sacked8 February 2022 15th Daniel Thioune8 February 2022 Erzgebirge Aue Marc Hensel / Carsten Müller Stepping back in coaching team23 February 2022 18th Pavel Dochev23 February 2022 Dynamo Dresden Alexander Schmidt Sacked1 March 2022 14th Guerino Capretti2 March 2022 Schalke 04 Dimitrios Grammozis Sacked6 March 2022 6th Mike Büskens7 March 2022
League table
Results
Promotion/relegation play-offs The promotion/relegation play-offs took place on 20 and 24 May 2022.
Overview
Matches All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
1. FC Kaiserslautern won 2–0 on aggregate
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Simon TeroddeSchalke 04 30 2 Robert GlatzelHamburger SV 22 3 Marvin DuckschHannover 96Werder Bremen 214 Niclas FüllkrugWerder Bremen19 Philipp HofmannKarlsruher SC 6 Guido BurgstallerFC St. Pauli 187 Luca PfeifferDarmstadt 9817 John VerhoekHansa Rostock 9 Phillip TietzDarmstadt 98 15 10 Sven MichelSC Paderborn 14
Number of teams by state PositionStateNumberTeams131. FC Heidenheim, Karlsruher SC and SV Sandhausen3FC Ingolstadt 04, 1. FC Nürnberg and Jahn Regensburg3Schalke 04, Fortuna Düsseldorf and SC Paderborn42Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli2Erzgebirge Aue and Dynamo Dresden61Werder Bremen1Darmstadt 981Hannover 961Hansa Rostock1Holstein Kiel
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