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.
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. The two group winners were promoted to the Frauen-Bundesliga for the 2021–22 season, when a single group was used again.
Clubs Members for the 2025–26 2. Frauen-Bundesliga.
Team Home city Home ground Capacity SG Andernach Andernach Stadion am Bassenheimer Weg 15,220 Viktoria Berlin Berlin Stadion Lichterfelde 4,300 VfL Bochum Bochum Leichtathletikplatz am Ruhrstadion 1,500 Eintracht Frankfurt II Frankfurt Stadion am Brentanobad 5,200 FC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt ESV-Stadion 11,481 Mainz 05 Mainz Bruchwegstadion 18,700 SV Meppen Meppen Hänsch-Arena 16,500 Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Grenzlandstadion 10,000 Bayern Munich II Munich Sportpark Aschheim 3,000 Turbine Potsdam Potsdam Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion 10,787 SC Sand Willstätt Kühnmatt Stadion 2,000 VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Stadion Hafenbahnstraße 2,000 VfR Warbeyen Kleve Bresserbergstadion 6,000 VfL Wolfsburg II Wolfsburg AOK Stadion 5,200
Champions Season Nord Süd 2004–05 FFC Brauweiler Pulheim VfL Sindelfingen 2005–06 VfL Wolfsburg TSV Crailsheim 2006–07 SG Wattenscheid 09 1. FC Saarbrücken 2007–08 HSV Borussia Friedenstal FF USV Jena 2008–09 Tennis Borussia Berlin 1. FC Saarbrücken 2009–10 HSV Borussia Friedenstal Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2010–11 Hamburger SV II1 SC Freiburg 2011–12 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam II2 VfL Sindelfingen 2012–13 BV Cloppenburg TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2013–14 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam II3 SC Sand 2014–15 1. FC Lübars4 1. FC Köln 2015–16 MSV Duisburg TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II5 2016–17 Werder Bremen TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II6 2017–18 Borussia Mönchengladbach TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II7 Season Champions Runners-up 2018–19 Bayern Munich II8 VfL Wolfsburg II8 2019–20 Werder Bremen VfL Wolfsburg II9 Season Nord Süd 2020–21 Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Köln Season Champions Runners-up 2021–22 SV Meppen MSV Duisburg 2022–23 RB Leipzig 1. FC Nürnberg 2023–24 Turbine Potsdam Carl Zeiss Jena 2024–25 Union Berlin 1. FC Nürnberg 2025–26 VfB Stuttgart Mainz 05
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 Backer (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 2024–25: Lisa Heiseler (1. FC Union Berlin) – 22 goals 2025–26: Vital Kats (1. FSV Mainz 05) – 22 goals
References
External links German Football Association (DFB) section on 2nd Women's Bundesliga