The 1996–97 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-third season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
1. FC Kaiserslautern, VfL Wolfsburg and Hertha BSC were promoted to the Bundesliga while SV Waldhof Mannheim, VfB Lübeck, Rot-Weiss Essen and VfB Oldenburg were relegated to the Regionalliga.
League table For the 1996–97 season VfB Oldenburg, Rot-Weiss Essen, FC Gütersloh and Stuttgarter Kickers were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Eintracht Frankfurt and KFC Uerdingen 05 had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
Results
Top scorers The league's top scorers:2. Bundesliga 1996/1997 » Torschützenliste Weltfussball.de – Top scorers, retrieved 17 November 2015 Goals Player Team18 Angelo VierRot-Weiss Essen17 Steffen HeidrichVfB Leipzig15 Axel KruseHertha BSC Berlin14 Pavel Kuka1. FC Kaiserslautern13 Christian ClaaßenSV Meppen12 Abderrahim Ouakili1. FSV Mainz 05 Jürgen Rische1. FC Kaiserslautern11 Rainer KriegFortuna Köln10 Sven Demandt1. FSV Mainz 05 Horst ElberfeldVfB Oldenburg Wolfram KleinRot-Weiss Essen Olaf Marschall1. FC Kaiserslautern Dirk van der VenFC Gütersloh Mark ZimmermannFC Carl Zeiss Jena
References
External links 2. Bundesliga 1996/1997 at Weltfussball.de 1996–97 2. Bundesliga kicker.de