1984–85 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga

Season	1984–85
Champions	1. FC Nürnberg
Promoted	1. FC Nürnberg Hannover 96 1. FC Saarbrücken
Relegated	FC St. Pauli VfR 1910 Bürstadt Kickers Offenbach SSV Ulm 1846
Matches played	380
Top goalscorer	Manfred Burgsmüller (29 goals)
Average attendance	5,499
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 2. Bundesliga season was the eleventh season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.

1. FC Nürnberg, Hannover 96 and 1. FC Saarbrücken were promoted to the Bundesliga while FC St. Pauli, VfR 1910 Bürstadt, Kickers Offenbach and SSV Ulm 1846 were relegated to the Oberliga.

League table

For the 1984–85 season VfR 1910 Bürstadt, FC 08 Homburg, FC St. Pauli and Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while 1. FC Nürnberg and Kickers Offenbach had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.

Aachen

Blau-Weiß

Bürstadt

Cologne

Darmstadt

Duisburg

Freiburg

Hannover

Hertha

Homburg

Kassel

Nürnberg

Oberhausen

Offenbach

Saarbrücken

Solingen

St. Pauli

Stuttgart

Ulm

Wattenscheid

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Locations of the participating teams of the 1984–85 season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Nürnberg (C, P)	38	23	4	11	71	45	26	50	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Hannover 96 (P)	38	18	14	6	79	58	21	50
3	1. FC Saarbrücken (P)	38	21	7	10	70	41	29	49	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	KSV Hessen Kassel	38	20	9	9	72	48	24	49
5	Alemannia Aachen	38	15	13	10	60	46	14	43
6	SG Union Solingen	38	18	5	15	64	70	−6	41
7	Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin	38	15	9	14	66	56	10	39
8	SC Freiburg	38	14	10	14	45	49	−4	38
9	Stuttgarter Kickers	38	14	9	15	51	49	2	37
10	SG Wattenscheid 09	38	14	8	16	61	68	−7	36
11	Fortuna Köln	38	14	8	16	58	67	−9	36
12	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	38	13	9	16	64	70	−6	35
13	MSV Duisburg	38	12	11	15	56	63	−7	35
14	Hertha BSC	38	10	15	13	50	59	−9	35
15	Darmstadt 98	38	13	9	16	52	64	−12	35
16	FC Homburg	38	13	8	17	57	58	−1	34
17	FC St. Pauli (R)	38	11	11	16	48	59	−11	33	Relegation to Oberliga
18	VfR Bürstadt (R)	38	12	7	19	48	56	−8	31
19	Kickers Offenbach (R)	38	10	12	16	43	56	−13	32
20	SSV Ulm 1846 (R)	38	5	12	21	48	81	−33	22

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AAC	BWB	BSC	BUE	D98	DUI	SCF	H96	HOM	KAS	FKO	FCN	RWO	KOF	FCS	SGU	STP	SKI	ULM	SGW
Alemannia Aachen	—	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	2–2	3–0
Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin	1–2	—	0–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	6–4	2–1	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–1
Hertha BSC	0–0	2–0	—	1–1	0–0	4–3	0–0	2–2	3–3	1–1	2–1	0–3	4–1	0–1	4–3	3–2	1–1	1–3	5–1	3–1
VfR Bürstadt	2–0	0–0	2–2	—	0–2	7–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2
Darmstadt 98	3–1	4–1	2–1	1–2	—	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–4	2–1	0–1	1–1	4–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–4
MSV Duisburg	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	—	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	5–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	0–1	5–0	1–1
SC Freiburg	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	—	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–4	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–2
Hannover 96	3–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	—	1–1	1–3	3–2	4–2	5–3	2–3	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–2
FC Homburg	3–4	1–1	3–2	3–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	3–3	—	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	4–3	3–1	3–2	3–1	2–0
Hessen Kassel	0–0	1–4	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	3–2	—	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	6–0	5–4	2–0	3–1	5–1
Fortuna Köln	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	4–2	0–0	0–0	3–5	0–0	3–0	—	2–0	4–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	4–0	3–2	2–1
1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	6–0	—	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–2	2–0
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	3–1	2–5	5–1	0–2	1–3	2–2	1–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	5–1	1–0	0–0	3–4	2–2
Kickers Offenbach	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–3	0–2	0–1	2–4	2–3	2–1	—	1–3	4–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1
1. FC Saarbrücken	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	6–1	3–2	0–1	5–0	—	3–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	2–1
Union Solingen	3–1	5–3	3–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–3	0–2	4–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	—	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–0
FC St. Pauli	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–5	—	2–0	0–0	1–1
Stuttgarter Kickers	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	4–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	—	2–0	4–0
SSV Ulm	3–1	3–3	0–0	4–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	1–4	0–0	0–1	4–4	3–2	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	—	3–3
SG Wattenscheid	2–2	2–1	3–0	3–2	2–2	2–4	2–3	2–0	2–1	3–2	4–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–4	2–1	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:

Goals	Player	Team
29	Manfred Burgsmüller	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
17	Pascal Notthoff	MSV Duisburg
16	Dieter Dannenberg	Stuttgarter Kickers
15	Michael Blättel	1. FC Saarbrücken
	Uwe Höfer	Kickers Offenbach
14	Leo Bunk	SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin
	Jörg Gaedke	SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin
	Gregor Grillemeier	Hertha BSC Berlin
	Michael Gue	Hannover 96
	Horst Knauf	KSV Hessen Kassel
	Uwe Kuhl	SV Darmstadt 98
	Dirk Kurtenbach	Fortuna Köln

External links

• 2. Bundesliga 1984/1985 at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 1984–85 2. Bundesliga at kicker.de (in German)