Second Bundesliga. 20 teams, the top 2 directly promoted, the third going to promotion/relegation play-off against the 16th in the Bundesliga, the last 4 – relegated.
FSV Salmrohr – one of the outsiders this season. Last and relegated with 21 points.
KSV Hessan (Kassel) – 19th with 22 points and relegated.
Viktoria (Aschaffenburg) – 18th with 24 points. The best of the outsiders, but relegated as well.
Eintracht (Braunschweig) – 17th with 32 points. Much stronger than those bellow, even finishing with positive goal-difference (+5), but… another bites the dust. Relegated. One more former top league member going down to third level.
Rot-Weiss (Oberhausen) – lucky 16th. Escaped relegation by a point, finishing with 33.
1. FC Saarbrucken – 15th with 34 points.
Fortuna (Koln) – 14th with 35 points.
SSV Ulm 1846 – 13th with 35 points.
SG Union (Solingen) – 12th with 35 points.
SG Wattenscheid 09 – 11th with 38 points.
Rot-Weiss (Essen) – 10th with 38 points. Note Horst Hrubesch here – now a coach and rapidly gaining wait.
Arminia (Bielefeld) – 9th with 38 points.
SC Freiburg – 8th with 39 points.
Stuttgarter Kickers – 7th with 42 points.
VfL Osnabruck – 6th with 44 points.
Alemannia (Aachen) – 5th with 46 points.
Darmstadt 98 – 4th with 47 points.
FC St. Pauli (Hamburg) – 3rd with 49 points. Unfortunately, they lost the promotion/relegation play-off against FC Homburg and remained in second division.
Karlsruher SC – 2nd with 52 points. Promoted and happily returned to top flight.
Hannover 96 – champions of II Bundesliga with 56 points from 23 wins, 10 ties, 5 losses and 86-48 goal-difference. Climbing up to Bundesliga again. Would they stay there or slump back again? Well, let’s wait for the next season.