2021–22 2. Bundesliga

In this article, we will explore 2021–22 2. Bundesliga in detail, addressing its main characteristics, impact and relevance in various contexts. 2021–22 2. Bundesliga has been the subject of study and debate in different disciplines, arousing the interest and attention of experts and amateurs alike. Throughout history, 2021–22 2. Bundesliga has played a fundamental role in society, influencing and shaping important aspects of culture, politics, economics, and everyday life. Likewise, its presence has generated questions and reflections on its meaning, its implications and its projection in the future. Through this article, we propose to analyze all these aspects in a critical and enriching way, providing new perspectives and contributing to the knowledge and understanding of 2021–22 2. Bundesliga.

2. Bundesliga
Season2021–22
Dates23 July 2021 – 15 May 2022
ChampionsSchalke 04
PromotedSchalke 04
Werder Bremen
RelegatedDynamo Dresden (via play-off)
Erzgebirge Aue
FC Ingolstadt
Matches played306
Goals scored892 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorerSimon Terodde
(30 goals)
Biggest home winDarmstadt 6–0 Aue
Biggest away winSandhausen 1–6 Darmstadt
Aue 0–5 Schalke
Nürnberg 0–5 Ingolstadt
Darmstadt 0–5 Hamburg
Highest scoringDarmstadt 6–1 Ingolstadt
Sandhausen 1–6 Darmstadt
Schalke 5–2 Sandhausen
Paderborn 3–4 Bremen
Kiel 3–4 Paderborn
Schalke 3–4 Rostock
Longest winning run7 games
Bremen
Longest unbeaten run12 games
Hamburg
Longest winless run17 games
Dresden
Longest losing run5 games
Dresden
Attendance4,169,344 (13,625 per match)[a]

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.[1]

The fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[2]

Teams

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Locations of the 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 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 Dresden
Hansa Rostock
FC Ingolstadt		 Werder Bremen
Schalke 04		 VfL Bochum
Greuther Fürth		 VfL Osnabrück
Eintracht Braunschweig
Würzburger 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 Bulgaria Pavel Dochev Germany Martin Männel Nike WätaS Wärmetauscher Sachsen Leonhardt Group
Werder Bremen Germany Ole Werner Turkey Ömer Toprak Umbro Wiesenhof Ammerländer
Darmstadt 98 Germany Torsten Lieberknecht Germany Fabian Holland Craft Software AG Dialog Minds
Dynamo Dresden Germany Guerino Capretti Germany Sebastian Mai Umbro[3] ALL-INKL.COM AOK Plus
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany Daniel Thioune Poland Adam Bodzek Adidas Henkel Toyo Tires
Hamburger SV Germany Tim Walter Germany Sebastian Schonlau Adidas Orthomol Popp Feinkost
Hannover 96 Germany Christoph Dabrowski Germany Marcel Franke Macron BRAINHOUSE247 HDI
1. FC Heidenheim Germany Frank Schmidt Germany Patrick Mainka Nike MHP Voith
FC Ingolstadt Germany Rüdiger Rehm Germany Stefan Kutschke Puma PROSIS Audi Schanzer Fußballschule
Karlsruher SC Germany Christian Eichner Germany Jérôme Gondorf Macron GEM (H)/CG Elementum (A) E.G.O. - Gruppe
Holstein Kiel Germany Marcel Rapp Germany Hauke Wahl Puma Famila Lotto Schleswig-Holstein
1. FC Nürnberg Germany Robert Klauß Germany Enrico Valentini Adidas Nürnberger Versicherung Exasol
SC Paderborn Poland Lukas Kwasniok Germany Ron Schallenberg Saller Bremer AG sky Personal
Jahn Regensburg Bosnia and Herzegovina Mersad Selimbegović Germany Benedikt Gimber Saller Netto Wolf GmbH
Hansa Rostock Germany Jens Härtel Germany Markus Kolke Nike Apex Group SoftClean
SV Sandhausen Germany Alois Schwartz Germany Dennis Diekmeier Macron Layenberger Office Mix
Schalke 04 Germany Mike Büskens Germany Danny Latza Umbro Vivawest[b] Harfid
FC St. Pauli Germany Timo Schultz Germany Philipp Ziereis DIIY[7] Congstar Astra Brauerei

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
SC Paderborn Germany Steffen Baumgart End of contract 8 April 2021 30 June 2021 Pre-season Poland Lukas Kwasniok 17 May 2021 1 July 2021 [8][9]
Hannover 96 Turkey Kenan Koçak Mutual consent 28 April 2021 Germany Jan Zimmermann 10 May 2021 [10][11]
Hamburger SV Germany Horst Hrubesch (interim) End of caretaker spell 3 May 2021 Germany Tim Walter 25 May 2021 [12][13]
Werder Bremen Germany Thomas Schaaf 16 May 2021 Germany Markus Anfang 1 June 2021 [14][15]
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany Uwe Rösler End of contract 24 May 2021 Germany Christian Preußer 27 May 2021 [16][17]
Erzgebirge Aue Germany Dirk Schuster Mutual consent 28 May 2021 Belarus Aleksey Shpilevsky 7 June 2021 [18][19]
Darmstadt 98 Germany Markus Anfang Signed for Werder Bremen 1 June 2021 Germany Torsten Lieberknecht 8 June 2021 [15][20]
FC Ingolstadt Germany Tomas Oral End of contract 2 June 2021 Germany Roberto Pätzold 6 June 2021 [21][22]
Erzgebirge Aue Belarus Aleksey Shpilevsky Sacked 19 September 2021 18th Germany Marc Hensel / Germany Carsten Müller 21 September 2021 [23][24]
Holstein Kiel Germany Ole Werner Resigned 20 September 2021 15th Germany Dirk Bremser (interim) 20 September 2021 [25]
SV Sandhausen Germany Gerhard Kleppinger / Austria Stefan Kulovits Sacked 21 September 2021 16th Germany Alois Schwartz 22 September 2021 [26]
FC Ingolstadt Germany Roberto Pätzold Sacked 26 September 2021 17th Germany André Schubert 26 September 2021 [27]
Holstein Kiel Germany Dirk Bremser (interim) End of caretaker spell 1 October 2021 14th Germany Marcel Rapp 1 October 2021 [28]
Werder Bremen Germany Markus Anfang Resigned 20 November 2021 8th Austria Danijel Zenković (interim) 20 November 2021 [29]
Austria Danijel Zenković (interim) End of caretaker spell 28 November 2021 10th Germany Ole Werner 28 November 2021 [30]
Hannover 96 Germany Jan Zimmermann Sacked 29 November 2021 16th Germany Christoph Dabrowski[c] 1 December 2021 [31][32][33]
FC Ingolstadt Germany André Schubert Sacked 8 December 2021 18th Germany Rüdiger Rehm 8 December 2021 [34][35]
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany Christian Preußer Sacked 8 February 2022 15th Germany Daniel Thioune 8 February 2022 [36]
Erzgebirge Aue Germany Marc Hensel / Germany Carsten Müller Stepping back in coaching team 23 February 2022 18th Bulgaria Pavel Dochev 23 February 2022 [37]
Dynamo Dresden Germany Alexander Schmidt Sacked 1 March 2022 14th Germany Guerino Capretti 2 March 2022 [38][39]
Schalke 04 Greece Dimitrios Grammozis Sacked 6 March 2022 6th Germany Mike Büskens 7 March 2022 [40][41]

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Schalke 04 (C, P) 34 20 5 9 72 44 +28 65 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Werder Bremen (P) 34 18 9 7 65 43 +22 63
3 Hamburger SV 34 16 12 6 67 35 +32 60 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Darmstadt 98 34 18 6 10 71 46 +25 60
5 FC St. Pauli 34 16 9 9 61 46 +15 57
6 1. FC Heidenheim 34 15 7 12 43 45 −2 52
7 SC Paderborn 34 13 12 9 56 44 +12 51
8 1. FC Nürnberg 34 14 9 11 49 49 0 51
9 Holstein Kiel 34 12 9 13 46 54 −8 45
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 11 11 12 45 42 +3 44
11 Hannover 96 34 11 9 14 35 49 −14 42
12 Karlsruher SC 34 9 14 11 54 55 −1 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 10 11 13 41 52 −11 41
14 SV Sandhausen 34 10 11 13 42 54 −12 41
15 Jahn Regensburg 34 10 10 14 50 51 −1 40
16 Dynamo Dresden (R) 34 7 11 16 33 46 −13 32 Qualification for relegation play-offs
17 Erzgebirge Aue (R) 34 6 8 20 32 72 −40 26 Relegation to 3. Liga
18 FC Ingolstadt (R) 34 4 9 21 30 65 −35 21
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[42]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AUE BRE DAR DRE DÜS HAM HAN HEI ING KAR KIE NÜR PAD REG ROS SAN SCH STP
Erzgebirge Aue — 0–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–3 1–3 1–4 1–0 2–2 1–3 0–5 0–0
Werder Bremen 4–0 — 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–4 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Darmstadt 98 6–0 3–0 — 1–0 1–3 0–5 4–0 3–2 6–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–5 4–0
Dynamo Dresden 0–1 3–0 0–1 — 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–4 0–1 1–2 1–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 — 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 2–3 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1
Hamburger SV 4–0 2–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 — 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 4–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
Hannover 96 1–1 1–4 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 — 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 1–0
1. FC Heidenheim 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 3–1 — 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–4
FC Ingolstadt 3–2 0–3 0–2 3–0 1–2 0–4 1–2 1–2 — 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–3
Karlsruher SC 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 4–0 3–2 2–2 — 2–2 4–1 2–4 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–3
Holstein Kiel 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 — 3–0 3–4 0–3 0–2 2–2 0–3 3–0
1. FC Nürnberg 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 0–5 2–1 2–1 — 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–4 1–2 2–3
SC Paderborn 3–3 3–4 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 — 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1
Jahn Regensburg 3–2 2–3 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–4 3–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 — 2–3 3–0 4–1 2–3
Hansa Rostock 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 3–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 — 1–1 0–2 1–0
SV Sandhausen 2–0 2–2 1–6 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 — 1–2 1–1
Schalke 04 1–1 1–4 2–4 3–0 3–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 3–4 5–2 — 3–2
FC St. Pauli 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 3–2 0–3 1–0 4–1 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 20 and 24 May 2022.[1][43]

Overview

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Dresden 0–2 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–0 0–2

Matches

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Dynamo Dresden0–21. FC Kaiserslautern
Report
Attendance: 30,530

1. FC Kaiserslautern won 2–0 on aggregate

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[44]
1 Germany Simon Terodde Schalke 04 30
2 Germany Robert Glatzel Hamburger SV 22
3 Germany Marvin Ducksch Hannover 96
Werder Bremen 		21
4 Germany Niclas Füllkrug Werder Bremen 19
Germany Philipp Hofmann Karlsruher SC
6 Austria Guido Burgstaller FC St. Pauli 18
7 Germany Luca Pfeiffer Darmstadt 98 17
Netherlands John Verhoek Hansa Rostock
9 Germany Phillip Tietz Darmstadt 98 15
10 Germany Sven Michel SC Paderborn 14

Number of teams by state

Position State Number Teams
1  Baden-Württemberg 3 1. FC Heidenheim, Karlsruher SC and SV Sandhausen
 Bavaria 3 FC Ingolstadt 04, 1. FC Nürnberg and Jahn Regensburg
 North Rhine-Westphalia 3 Schalke 04, Fortuna Düsseldorf and SC Paderborn
4  Hamburg 2 Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli
 Saxony 2 Erzgebirge Aue and Dynamo Dresden
6  Bremen 1 Werder Bremen
 Hesse 1 Darmstadt 98
 Lower Saxony 1 Hannover 96
 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1 Hansa Rostock
 Schleswig-Holstein 1 Holstein Kiel

Notes

  1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allows a different number of spectators.
  2. ^ Gazprom was the main shirt sponsor until 24 February 2022, when their logo was replaced by the words "Schalke 04" on the team's shirts in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine; the sponsorship deal was terminated on 28 February 2022.[4][5] Vivawest was announced as the new main shirt sponsor on 5 March 2022.[6]
  3. ^ Dabrowski was initially appointed as interim coach, but the move was made permanent on 21 December 2021.

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