R Team P W D L Pts
1 Holstein Kiel 17 12 3 2 39
2 St. Pauli 17 9 4 4 31
3 Fortuna Dusseldorf 17 8 6 3 30
4 SC Paderborn 07 17 8 3 6 27
5 Karlsruher SC 17 6 5 6 23
6 Hamburger SV 17 5 7 5 22
7 Hannover 96 17 5 7 5 22
8 SV Elversberg 17 6 3 8 21
9 Hertha Berlin 17 5 3 9 18
10 Nurnberg 17 5 3 9 18
11 Greuther Furth 17 4 4 9 16
12 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 17 4 3 10 15
13 Magdeburg 17 3 5 9 14
14 Kaiserslautern 17 3 4 10 13
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 17 4 1 12 13
16 Schalke 04 17 3 3 11 12
17 Hansa Rostock 17 3 2 12 11
18 VfL Osnabruck 17 2 5 10 11
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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.