2. Frauen-Bundesliga

The 2. Frauen-Bundesliga is the second league competition for women's association football in Germany. For its first 14 seasons the league was divided into two groups: Nord and Süd. The winner and the runner-up are promoted to the Bundesliga (unless they are reserve teams of Bundesliga sides); the last three places are relegated to the Regionalliga. Until the 2017–18 season, in each group, the winner was promoted and the bottom two were relegated.

The league has been played as one group of 14 teams since the 2018–19 season, with second teams of clubs being ineligible for promotion and allowed to have only three players older than 20 years.^[1]^[2]

For the 2020–21 season only, the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga was divided into two groups of 10 and nine teams each due to the relegation being suspended for the 2019–20 season as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] The two group winners were promoted to the Frauen-Bundesliga for the 2021–22 season. From the 2021–22 season, a single group was used again.

Clubs

Members for the 2024–25 2. Frauen-Bundesliga.

Köln

Sand

Weinberg

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Locations of teams in the 2024–25 2. Frauen-Bundesliga

Champions

¹ Hamburg II was the first reserve team that won the league. As reserve teams are ineligible for promotion, runners-up 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig were promoted.
² Runners-up FSV Gütersloh 2009 were promoted.
³ Runners-up Herford were promoted.
⁴ Lübars did not apply for a Bundesliga licence for financial reasons. Runners-up Werder Bremen were promoted.
⁵ Runners-up Borussia Mönchengladbach were promoted.
⁶ Runners-up 1. FC Köln were promoted.
⁷ As the top two were reserve teams (runners-up were Bayern Munich II), third-placed Bayer 04 Leverkusen were promoted.
⁸ As the top two were reserve teams, third-placed 1. FC Köln and fourth-placed USV Jena were promoted.
⁹ As the second- and third-placed teams were reserve teams, fourth-placed SV Meppen were promoted.

Top scorers

Nord

2004–05: Anja Koser (FFC Brauweiler Pulheim) – 27 goals
2005–06: Martina Müller (VfL Wolfsburg) – 36 goals
2006–07: Jennifer Ninaus (SG Wattenscheid 09) – 19 goals
2007–08: Marie Pollmann (Herforder SV – 21 goals
2008–09: Kerstin Straka (Tennis Borussia Berlin) & Martina Fennen (SV Victoria Gersten) – 12 goals
2009–10: Kathrin Patzke (Hamburger SV) – 25 goals
2010–11: Kathrin Patzke (Hamburger SV) – 21 goals
2011–12: Agnieszka Winczo (BV Cloppenburg) – 24 goals
2012–13: Anna Laue (Herforder SV) – 22 goals
2013–14: Cindy König (Werder Bremen) – 17 goals
2014–15: Cindy König (Werder Bremen) – 19 goals
2015–16: Giustina Ronzetti (Herforder SV) – 23 goals
2016–17: Agnieszka Winczo (BV Cloppenburg) – 25 goals
2017–18: Sarah Grünheid (Arminia Bielefeld) – 16 goals
2020–21: Sarah Abu-Sabbah (Borussia Mönchengladbach) – 11 goals

Süd

2004–05: Christina Arend (1. FC Saarbrücken) – 25 goals
2005–06: Nadine Keßler (1. FC Saarbrücken) – 24 goals
2006–07: Nadine Keßler (1. FC Saarbrücken) – 27 goals
2007–08: Sabrina Schmutzler (FF USV Jena) – 27 goals
2008–09: Jennifer Ninaus (SG Wattenscheid 09) – 20 goals
2009–10: Bilgin Defterli (1. FC Köln) – 22 goals
2010–11: Susanne Hartel (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) – 16 goals
2011–12: Natalia Mann (VfL Sindelfingen) & Claudia Nußelt (TSV Crailsheim) – 16 goals
2012–13: Julia Manger (ETSV Würzburg) – 24 goals
2013–14: Ilaria Mauro (SC Sand) & Sarah Schatton (1. FC Saarbrücken) – 24 goals
2014–15: Lise Munk (1. FC Köln) – 27 goals
2015–16: Nadja Pfeiffer (Borussia Mönchengladbach) – 16 goals
2016–17: Annika Eberhard (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II) – 18 goals
2017–18: Jana Beuschlein (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) & Jacqueline de Becker (1. FC Saarbrücken) – 18 goals
2020–21: Vanessa Leimenstoll (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II) – 14 goals

One group

2018–19: Julia Matuschewski (1. FC Saarbrücken) – 20 goals
2019–20: Laura Lindner (Turbine Potsdam II) – 16 goals
2021–22: Nastassja Lein (1. FC Nürnberg) / Ramona Maier (FC Ingolstadt) – 25 goals
2022–23: Vanessa Fudalla (RB Leipzig) – 20 goals
2023–24: Larissa Mühlhaus (Hamburger SV) – 20 goals

References

^ Walter Dollendorf (29 January 2016). "Frauenfußball: Infotagung beim Deutschen Fußball-Bund". Neue Westfälische (in German).
^ "2. Frauen-Bundesliga ab 2018 eingleisig". dfb.de (in German). DFB. 16 November 2016.
^ "2. Frauen-Bundesliga: Zweigleisiges Spielformat bestätigt" (in German). DFB. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

External links

German Football Association (DFB) section on 2nd Women's Bundesliga