1976–77 2. Bundesliga
# 1976–77 2. Bundesliga

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.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC St. Pauli (C, P) | 38 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 54 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Arminia Bielefeld | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 72 | 39 | +33 | 50 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Wuppertaler SV | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 81 | 55 | +26 | 47 | |
| 4 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 78 | 52 | +26 | 43 | |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 73 | 48 | +25 | 43 | |
| 6 | Preußen Münster | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 73 | 52 | +21 | 43 | |
| 7 | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 69 | 56 | +13 | 43 | |
| 8 | Schwarz-Weiss Essen | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 43 | |
| 9 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 84 | 77 | +7 | 43 | |
| 10 | Bayer Leverkusen | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 40 | |
| 11 | Westfalia Herne | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 77 | 73 | +4 | 39 | |
| 12 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 38 | |
| 13 | Arminia Hannover | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 38 | |
| 14 | SC Herford | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 62 | 63 | −1 | 36 | |
| 15 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 65 | 80 | −15 | 33 | |
| 16 | Bonner SC (R) | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 53 | 72 | −19 | 33 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | 1. SC Göttingen 05 (R) | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 57 | 67 | −10 | 31 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 18 | Wacker 04 Berlin (R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 43 | 79 | −36 | 27 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | SG Union Solingen | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 46 | 96 | −50 | 20 | |
| 20 | VfL Wolfsburg (R) | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 46 | 119 | −73 | 16 | Relegation to Oberliga |

* ↑ Bonner SC were not granted a license for the following season by the DFB and were therefore relegated.
* ↑ SC Göttingen 05 waived their league place, which they would have retained after the license revocation of Bonner SC.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAC | W04 | DSC | BON | SWE | G05 | H96 | SVA | HER | SCW | FKO | B04 | PRM | OSN | SGU | STP | B05 | SGW | WOB | WSV |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 5–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Wacker 04 Berlin | 2–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| Bonner SC | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 |
| Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Göttingen 05 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 9–0 | 5–3 |
| Hannover 96 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Arminia Hannover | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–6 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 |
| SC Herford | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Westfalia Herne | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 8–2 | 0–4 |
| Fortuna Köln | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 7–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Preußen Münster | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 3–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 5–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2–4 |
| Union Solingen | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| FC St. Pauli | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 6–0 | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–4 | — | 5–2 | 1–0 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | — | 0–5 |
| Wuppertaler SV | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 6–1 | — |

### Top scorers

The league's top scorers:

| Goals | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 27 | Franz Gerber | FC St. Pauli |
| 23 | Rainer Budde | Wuppertaler SV |
| 23 | Heinz-Josef Kehr | Alemannia Aachen |
| 23 | Gerd-Volker Schock | VfL Osnabrück |
| 21 | Ewald Hammes | SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| 21 | Klaus Wunder | Hannover 96 |
| 19 | Karl-Heinz Mrosko | Arminia Hannover |
| 18 | Wilfried Klinge | 1. SC Göttingen 05 |
| 18 | Klaus Wolf | Preußen Münster |
| 17 | Friedhelm Funkel | Bayer Uerdingen |
| 17 | Jürgen Milewski | Hannover 96 |
| 17 | Frank-Michael Schonert | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 17 | Wolfgang Wallek | VfL 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | VfB Stuttgart (C, P) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 100 | 36 | +64 | 57 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | 1860 Munich (P) | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 78 | 29 | +49 | 56 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Kickers Offenbach | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 86 | 52 | +34 | 53 | |
| 4 | FC Homburg | 38 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 84 | 56 | +28 | 49 | |
| 5 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 49 | |
| 6 | Darmstadt 98 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 46 | |
| 7 | FSV Frankfurt | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 65 | 58 | +7 | 40 | |
| 8 | SpVgg Fürth | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 40 | |
| 9 | FC Augsburg | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 72 | 73 | −1 | 40 | |
| 10 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 39 | |
| 11 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 70 | 57 | +13 | 37 | |
| 12 | Bayern Hof | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 37 | |
| 13 | FV Würzburg | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 81 | −32 | 37 | |
| 14 | SpVgg Bayreuth | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 60 | 64 | −4 | 34 | |
| 15 | KSV Baunatal | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 64 | 82 | −18 | 33 | |
| 16 | Röchling Völklingen (R) | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 71 | −24 | 32 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 17 | Eintracht Trier | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 28 | |
| 18 | FK Pirmasens | 38 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 43 | 85 | −42 | 19 | |
| 19 | Jahn Regensburg (R) | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 42 | 87 | −45 | 19 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | BSV 07 Schwenningen (R) | 38 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 102 | −71 | 15 | Relegation to Oberliga |

* ↑ SV Röchling Völklingen voluntarily returned their license for the following season to the DFB and were therefore relegated.

### Results

| Home \ Away | FCA | BAU | BAY | D98 | FSV | FUE | HOF | HOM | M60 | FCN | KOF | FKP | JRE | SCH | SKI | VFB | TRI | SVR | CWA | FVW |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FC Augsburg | — | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| KSV Baunatal | 1–1 | — | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–5 | 5–4 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 2–4 | 3–4 | — | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Darmstadt 98 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| FSV Frankfurt | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| SpVgg Fürth | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Bayern Hof | 7–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 10–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| FC Homburg | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–0 |
| 1860 Munich | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 4–1 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 6–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| FK Pirmasens | 0–3 | 2–5 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Jahn Regensburg | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 0–4 | — | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 |
| BSV Schwenningen | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 0–5 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 8–1 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 7–2 | 8–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 4–0 |
| Eintracht Trier | 2–6 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Röchling Völklingen | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| SV Chio Waldhof | 5–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–3 |
| FV Würzburg 04 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — |

### Top scorers

The league's top scorers:

| Goals | Player | Team |
| - | - | - |
| 24 | Lothar Emmerich | FV Würzburg 04 |
| 23 | Werner Heck | SV Waldhof Mannheim |
| 23 | Manfred Lenz | FC 08 Homburg |
| 22 | Ottmar Hitzfeld | VfB Stuttgart |
| 21 | Werner Hofmann | FSV Frankfurt |
| 21 | Hans Walitza | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| 20 | Harald Diener | FC 08 Homburg |
| 18 | Wolfgang Rausch | Kickers Offenbach |
| 17 | Peter Falter | TSV 1860 Munich |
| 17 | Erhard Hofeditz | KSV 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.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arminia Bielefeld (N) | 4–6 | TSV 1860 Munich (S) | 4–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 |
