R Team P W D L Pts
1 St. Pauli 17 11 5 1 38
2 Hamburger SV 17 12 0 5 36
3 Greuther Furth 17 10 4 3 34
4 Fortuna Dusseldorf 17 10 3 4 33
5 Karlsruher SC 17 9 5 3 32
6 Schalke 04 17 9 4 4 31
7 Hertha Berlin 17 8 6 3 30
8 Hannover 96 17 8 6 3 30
9 Holstein Kiel 17 9 2 6 29
10 Kaiserslautern 17 8 2 7 26
11 SC Paderborn 07 17 7 4 6 25
12 Eintracht Braunschweig 17 7 4 6 25
13 Magdeburg 17 6 6 5 24
14 SV Elversberg 17 6 4 7 22
15 Nurnberg 17 6 4 7 22
16 Hansa Rostock 17 6 2 9 20
17 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 17 4 5 8 17
18 VfL Osnabruck 17 4 5 8 17
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2.Bundesliga, contested by 18 clubs, follows the usual double round-robin format. Each club plays the others twice, once at home and once away. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points at the end of the season. If teams are tied, then count the goal difference and total goals scored. Since the 2018-19 season, the two top teams in the league are directly promoted to Bundesliga. The third place and the sixteenth place of Bundesliga compete for the last place in Bundesliga through a double-legged promotion playoffs. The last two clubs of 2. Bundesliga are automatically relegated to 3. Liga. The third-to-last and the third place in 3. Liga compete for the qualification to the 2. Bundesliga through a double-legged relegation playoffs.