Promotion to the Fussball-Bundesliga
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| Fußball-Bundesliga Fußball-Bundesliga The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga... |
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| 2. Bundesliga 2. Fußball-Bundesliga - Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20... (1981–) |
| 2nd Bundesliga South (1974–81) |
| 2nd Bundesliga North (1974–81) |
| Regionalligas (1963–74) |
| Winners 2010–11 |
| Hertha BSC Berlin Hertha BSC Berlin Hertha Berliner Sport-Club von 1892, commonly known as Hertha BSC or Hertha Berlin, is a German association football club based in Berlin. A founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900, the club has a long history as Berlin's best-supported side... |
| FC Augsburg FC Augsburg FC Augsburg is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. The team was founded as Fußball-Klub Alemania Augsburg in 1907 and played as BC Augsburg from 1921 to 1969.... |
The Promotion to the Fußball-Bundesliga was an end-of-season competition, held annually to determined the clubs that were promoted from the Regionalligas, later the 2nd Bundesligas to the Fußball-Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
. Originally, it was necessary because there were more second division champions then promotion spots available. From 1974 onwards, it involved only two clubs who determined the third possible promotion spot to the Bundesliga.
1963–74
When the Fußball-Bundesliga was formedIntroduction of the Fußball-Bundesliga
The Introduction of the Fußball-Bundesliga was the long-debated step of establishing a top-level association football league in Germany in 1963. The new league, the Fußball-Bundesliga, played its first season in 1963–64 and continues to be the higest league in the country...
in 1963, the German Football Association
German Football Association
The German Football Association is the governing body of football in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Bundesliga, and the men's and women's national teams. The DFB is based in Frankfurt and is...
established five regional second divisions below it, the Regionalligas, these being:
- Regionalliga Süd
- Regionalliga Südwest
- Regionalliga West
- Regionalliga Berlin
- Regionalliga Nord
Because the boundaries of these five leagues went along historical lines, determined by the boundaries of the five German sub-federations, the playing strength of the leagues was not equal. To determine the two teams to be promoted to the Bundesliga each season, a promotion round was held. The number of teams from each Regionalliga qualified for this event was not equal, for the above-mentioned reason.
From 1963, the first two teams in each Regionalliga was qualified for the promotion round, except from Berlin, who would only send the champions. To reduce the number of clubs from nine to eight, a home-and-away decider was played between two of the runners-ups. The origin of the two teams in this altered annually. The eight teams would then play a home-and-away round in two groups of four with the winners qualified for the Bundesliga. Teams from the same Regionalliga would not play in the same group. This system was in place till 1966.
From 1967, the groups were expanded to five clubs and all five Regionalligas send their runners-up to the competition. Otherwise, the modus remained unchanged. This system remained in place until 1974, when the Regionalligas were disbanded.
1974–81
In 1974, the five Regionalligas were replaced by two 2nd Bundesligas, those being:- 2nd Bundesliga South
- 2nd Bundesliga North
The two league champions would now be directly promoted to the Bundesliga while the two runners-up played a home-and-away round to determined the third promoted team. This system remained in place until the single 2nd Bundesliga replaced the two leagues.
1981–91
With the introduction of the single-division 2nd Bundesliga2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
in 1981, a promotion round would have become unnecessary as the top-three teams could have been directly promoted. Instead, only the top-two teams archived direct promotion. The third placed club had to play the 16th placed club from the Bundesliga in a home-and-away round for the last spot in the first division. This series was played until 1991.
With the German reunion in 1991 and the influx of clubs from the former DDR-Oberliga
DDR-Oberliga
The DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World...
, the promotion round between the two clubs was stopped. In the 1990–91 season, five clubs were promoted to the Bundesliga, three from the west and two from the east.
1991–92
As a transition season due to the integration of the East German clubs, only two clubs were promoted from the second to the first division. Also, the 2nd Bundesliga was split into two regional groups for this season.1992–2008
In this era, the top-three teams of the 2. Bundesliga were directly promoted to the Bundesliga.2008–present
From 2009, the promotion series between the 16th placed Bundesliga club and the third placed 2nd Bundesliga team will be reestablished. The Bundesliga follows thereby its own, past example and the one set by the English Premier League and the Italian Serie ASerie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
, where these games are in place, too and quite popular.
1963–74
| Season | First | Second | Third |
| 1963–64 | Hannover 96 Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:... |
Borussia Neunkirchen Borussia Neunkirchen Borussia VfB Neunkirchen is a German association football club based in Neunkirchen, Saarland. The club SC Borussia Neunkirchen was founded out of the 1907 merger of FC 1905 Borussia and SC Neunkirchen.-History:... |
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| 1964–65 | FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups.... |
Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth... |
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin |
| 1965–66 | Fortuna Düsseldorf Fortuna Düsseldorf ' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga... |
Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia.- Early years :The club was formed as SV Vogelheim on 1 February 1907 out of the merger of two smaller clubs: SC Preussen and Deutsche Eiche. In 1910, Vogelheim came to an arrangement with Turnerbund... |
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| 1966–67 | Alemannia Aachen Alemannia Aachen Alemannia Aachen is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three-year turn in the top flight in the late 1960s and, after a successful 2005–06 campaign, returned to first division play... |
Borussia Neunkirchen (2) | N/A |
| 1967–68 | Kickers Offenbach Kickers Offenbach Kickers Offenbach is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs including Melitia, Teutonia, Viktoria, Germania and Neptun... |
Hertha BSC Berlin Hertha BSC Berlin Hertha Berliner Sport-Club von 1892, commonly known as Hertha BSC or Hertha Berlin, is a German association football club based in Berlin. A founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900, the club has a long history as Berlin's best-supported side... |
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| 1968–69 | Rot-Weiss Essen (2) | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as Oberhausener SV in December 1904 out of the merger of Emschertaler SV and the football enthusiasts of Oberhausener TV 1873... |
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| 1969–70 | Arminia Bielefeld Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue... |
Kickers Offenbach (2) | N/A |
| 1970–71 | VfL Bochum VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum, is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Founding to World War II:... |
Fortuna Düsseldorf (2) | N/A |
| 1971–72 | Wuppertaler SV | Kickers Offenbach (3) | N/A |
| 1972–73 | Rot-Weiss Essen (3) | Fortuna Köln | N/A |
| 1973–74 | Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:... |
Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin-Westend.- History :The team was founded in 1902 and takes its name from its origins as a tennis and ping-pong club. "Borussia" is a Latinised version of Prussia. In 1903 the club took up football and quickly developed a rivalry with... |
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- In 1965, SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin was promoted to replace Hertha BSC Berlin in the league, without having qualified for it.
1974–81
| Season | South | North | Third |
| 1974–75 | Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2... |
Hannover 96 (2) | Bayer Uerdingen |
| 1975–76 | 1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903... |
Tennis Borussia Berlin (2) | Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football... |
| 1976–77 | VfB Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons... |
FC St. Pauli FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that... |
TSV 1860 München TSV 1860 München Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860, commonly known as TSV 1860 München or 1860 Munich, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's football team plays in the Second Bundesliga, after relegation from the Bundesliga following the 2003–04 season... |
| 1977–78 | SV Darmstadt 98 SV Darmstadt 98 SV Darmstadt 98 is a German association football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919 the association was briefly known as Rasen-Sportverein Olympia before merging with Darmstädter Sport Club 1905 on 11 November that year to... |
Arminia Bielefeld (2) | 1. FC Nuremberg |
| 1978–79 | TSV 1860 München (2) | Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and early years:On 27 November... |
Bayer Uerdingen (2) |
| 1979–80 | 1. FC Nuremberg (2) | Arminia Bielefeld (3) | Karlsruher SC (2) |
| 1980–81 | SV Darmstadt 98 (2) | Werder Bremen | Eintracht Braunschweig (2) |
1981–90
| Season | First | Second | Third |
| 1981–82 | FC Schalke 04 FC Schalke 04 Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major... |
Hertha BSC Berlin (2) | N/A |
| 1982–83 | Waldhof Mannheim | Kickers Offenbach (4) | Bayer Uerdingen (3) |
| 1983–84 | Karlsruher SC (3) | FC Schalke 04 (2) | N/A |
| 1984–85 | 1. FC Nuremberg (3) | Hannover 96 (3) | 1. FC Saarbrücken (2) |
| 1985–86 | FC Homburg FC Homburg FC 08 Homburg is a German association football club based in Homburg, Saarland. The club was founded on 15 June 1908 as Fussball Club Homburg by a group of seventeen young men at the local Hohenburg pub.- History :... |
SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin | N/A |
| 1986–87 | Hannover 96 (4) | Karlsruher SC (4) | N/A |
| 1987–88 | Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers... |
FC St. Pauli (2) | N/A |
| 1988–89 | Fortuna Düsseldorf (3) | FC Homburg (2) | N/A |
| 1989–90 | Hertha BSC Berlin (2) | SG Wattenscheid 09 SG Wattenscheid 09 SG Wattenscheid 09 is a German association football club, located in Wattenscheid which is part of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club claims an official founding date of 18 September 1909 as Ballspiel-Verein Wattenscheid out of the merger of two earlier sides known as BV Sodalität der... |
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1990–91
| Season | First | Second | Third | East First | East Second |
| 1990–91 | FC Schalke 04 (3) | MSV Duisburg MSV Duisburg MSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:... |
Stuttgarter Kickers (2) | Hansa Rostock | Dynamo Dresden Dynamo Dresden SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles... |
1991–92
| Season | South | North |
| 1991–92 | 1. FC Saarbrücken (3) | Bayer Uerdingen (4) |
1992–2011
| Season | First | Second | Third |
| 1992–93 | SC Freiburg SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg, commonly known as SC Freiburg, is a German association football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. SC Freiburg has played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, since their promotion in 2009... |
MSV Duisburg (2) | VfB Leipzig |
| 1993–94 | VfL Bochum (2) | Bayer Uerdingen (5) | TSV 1860 München (3) |
| 1994–95 | Hansa Rostock (2) | FC St. Pauli (3) | Fortuna Düsseldorf (4) |
| 1995–96 | VfL Bochum (3) | Arminia Bielefeld (4) | MSV Duisburg (3) |
| 1996–97 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900... |
VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix... |
Hertha BSC Berlin (3) |
| 1997–98 | Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :... |
SC Freiburg (2) | 1. FC Nuremberg (4) |
| 1998–99 | Arminia Bielefeld (5) | SpVgg Unterhaching SpVgg Unterhaching Spielvereinigung Unterhaching is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich.... |
SSV Ulm 1846 SSV Ulm 1846 SSV Ulm 1846 is a German association football club from Ulm, Baden-Württemberg and is one of the country's largest and oldest sports clubs with over 12,000 members in more than twenty different departments. The modern-day club was formed out of 5 May 1970 merger of TSG Ulm 1846 and 1... |
| 1999–2000 | 1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln 1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07.... |
VfL Bochum (4) | Energie Cottbus Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus is a German association football club based in Cottbus, Lusatia . It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was, at the time, East Germany... |
| 2000–01 | 1. FC Nuremberg (5) | Borussia Mönchengladbach (2) | FC St. Pauli (4) |
| 2001–02 | Hannover 96 (5) | Arminia Bielefeld (6) | VfL Bochum (5) |
| 2002–03 | SC Freiburg (3) | 1. FC Köln (2) | Eintracht Frankfurt (2) |
| 2003–04 | 1. FC Nuremberg (6) | Arminia Bielefeld (7) | FSV Mainz 05 |
| 2004–05 | 1. FC Köln (3) | MSV Duisburg (4) | Eintracht Frankfurt (3) |
| 2005–06 | VfL Bochum (6) | Alemannia Aachen (2) | Energie Cottbus (2) |
| 2006–07 | Karlsruher SC (5) | Hansa Rostock (3) | MSV Duisburg (5) |
| 2007–08 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (3) | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 1. FC Köln (4) |
| 2008–09 | SC Freiburg (4) | FSV Mainz 05 (2) | 1. FC Nuremberg (7) |
| 2009–10 2009–10 2. Fußball-Bundesliga -Personnel and sponsorship:-Managerial changes:-League table:-Results:... |
1. FC Kaiserslautern (2) | FC St. Pauli (5) | N/A |
| 2010–11 2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga The 2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga was the 37th season of the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 and ended with the last games on 15 May 2011... |
Hertha BSC Berlin (4) | FC Augsburg FC Augsburg FC Augsburg is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. The team was founded as Fußball-Klub Alemania Augsburg in 1907 and played as BC Augsburg from 1921 to 1969.... |
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- Number in brackets behind club denotes the number of promotion when there was more than one.
1963–74
| Season | RL Süd (1st) | RL Süd (2nd) | RL Südwest (1st) | RL Südwest (2nd) |
| 1963–64 | Hessen Kassel KSV Hessen Kassel KSV Hessen Kassel is a German association football club based in Kassel, Hesse. The club was founded as FC Union 93 Kassel in 1893 and just two years later joined FC Hassia 93 Cassel to form Casseler FV 95... |
FC Bayern Munich | Borussia Neunkirchen | FK Pirmasens FK Pirmasens FK Pirmasens is a German association football club in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team was formed as the football section of the gymnastics and sports club TV Pirminia Pirmasens in 1903 and became independent in 1914. They took on their current name in 1925... |
| 1964–65 | FC Bayern Munich | SSV Reutlingen SSV Reutlingen SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg.- History :The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was re-named SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1... |
1. FC Saarbrücken | Wormatia Worms Wormatia Worms VfR Wormatia 08 Worms is a German association football club that plays in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club and its historical predecessors were regular participants in regional first division football competition right up until the formation of the national top-flight Bundesliga in 1963... |
| 1965–66 | FC Schweinfurt 05 | Kickers Offenbach | FK Pirmasens | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| 1966–67 | Kickers Offenbach | FC Bayern Hof | Borussia Neunkirchen | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| 1967–68 | FC Bayern Hof | Kickers Offenbach | SV Alsenborn SV Alsenborn The SV Alsenborn is a German football club from the city of Enkenbach-Alsenborn, Rheinland-Palatinate.The club became famous in Germany in the 1970s as a village club attempting to win promotion to the Fußball-Bundesliga... |
TuS Neuendorf |
| 1968–69 | Karlsruher SC | Freiburger FC Freiburger FC Freiburger FC is a German association football club based in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. Freiburger FC was a founding Clubs of the DFB in 1900.-History:... |
SV Alsenborn | TuS Neuendorf |
| 1969–70 | Kickers Offenbach | Karlsruher SC | SV Alsenborn | FK Pirmasens |
| 1970–71 | 1. FC Nuremberg | Karlsruher SC | Borussia Neunkirchen | FK Pirmasens |
| 1971–72 | Kickers Offenbach | FC Bayern Hof | Borussia Neunkirchen | SV Röchling Völklingen SV Röchling Völklingen SV Röchling Völklingen is a German association football club that plays in Völklingen, part of the greater Saarbrücken, Saarland.-History:The club was founded as FC Völklingen on 26 April 1906 and re-named SV Völklingen in 1912 before folding in 1916 as a consequence of the fighting along the... |
| 1972–73 | SV Darmstadt 98 | Karlsruher SC | FSV Mainz 05 | SV Röchling Völklingen |
| 1973–74 | FC Augsburg | 1. FC Nuremberg | Borussia Neunkirchen | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| Season | RL West (1st) | RL West (2nd) | RL Nord (1st) | RL Nord (2nd) | RL Berlin (1st) | RL Berlin (2nd) |
| 1963–64 | Alemannia Aachen | Wuppertaler SV | FC St. Pauli | Hannover 96 | SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin | N/A |
| 1964–65 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Alemannia Aachen | Holstein Kiel Holstein Kiel Holstein Kiel is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. Through the 1910s and 1920s the club was a dominant side in northern Germany winning six regional titles and finishing as runners-up another six times... |
FC St. Pauli | Tennis Borussia Berlin | N/A |
| 1965–66 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Rot-Weiss Essen | FC St. Pauli | SC Göttingen 05 | Hertha BSC Berlin | N/A |
| 1966–67 | Alemannia Aachen | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | Arminia Hannover Arminia Hannover SV Arminia Hannover is a German association football club based in Hanover, Lower Saxony.- History :The club was founded in 1910 as FC Arminia Hannover and merged with Rugby-Verein Merkur in 1918, becoming SV Arminia-Merkur. Two years later they re-named themselves SV Arminia Hannover and captured... |
SC Göttingen 05 | Hertha BSC Berlin | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| 1967–68 | Bayer Leverkusen | Rot-Weiss Essen | Arminia Hannover | SC Göttingen 05 | Hertha BSC Berlin | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| 1968–69 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Rot-Weiss Essen | VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :... |
VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and table tennis.... |
Hertha Zehlendorf Hertha Zehlendorf The Hertha Zehlendorf is a German association football club from the suburb of Zehlendorf, Berlin.The club, one of the largest football clubs in the country, has a strong youth department which has developed a number of international players, not just for Germany and having won two national youth... |
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin |
| 1969–70 | VfL Bochum | Arminia Bielefeld | VfL Osnabrück | VfL Wolfsburg | Hertha Zehlendorf | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| 1970–71 | VfL Bochum | Fortuna Düsseldorf | VfL Osnabrück | FC St. Pauli | SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin | Wacker 04 Berlin |
| 1971–72 | Wuppertaler SV | Rot-Weiss Essen | FC St. Pauli | VfL Osnabrück | Wacker 04 Berlin | SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin |
| 1972–73 | Rot-Weiss Essen | Fortuna Köln | FC St. Pauli | VfL Osnabrück | SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin | Wacker 04 Berlin |
| 1973–74 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Eintracht Braunschweig | FC St. Pauli | Tennis Borussia Berlin | Wacker 04 Berlin |
- Bold denotes promoted team.
- In 1964, Wuppertaler SV lost to FK Pirmasens 1–2 and 0–2 in the qualifying, missing out on the promotion round.
- In 1965, FC St.Pauli lost to SSV Reutlingen 1–0 and 1–4 aet in the qualifying, missing out on the promotion round.
- In 1966, SC Göttingen 05 lost to 1. FC Saarbrücken 0–3 and 0–4 in the qualifying, missing out on the promotion round.
1974–1981
| Date | South | North | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| 1974–75 | FK Pirmasens | Bayer Uerdingen | 4–4 | 0–6 | N/A |
| 1975–76 | 1.FC Nuremberg | Borussia Dortmund | 0–1 | 2–3 | N/A |
| 1976–77 | TSV 1860 München | Arminia Bielefeld | 4–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 |
| 1977–78 | 1. FC Nuremberg | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1–0 | 2–2 | N/A |
| 1978–79 | SpVgg Bayreuth SpVgg Bayreuth SpVgg Bayreuth is a German football club based in Bayreuth, Bavaria. Apart from coming within two games of earning promotion to the Fußball-Bundesliga in 1979, the club also reached the quarter finals of the DFB-Pokal twice, in 1977 and 1980.- 1921 to 1945 :... |
Bayer Uerdingen | 1–1 | 1–2 | N/A |
| 1978–80 | Karlsruher SC | Rot-Weiss Essen | 5–1 | 1–3 | N/A |
| 1980–81 | Kickers Offenbach | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–0 | 0–2 | N/A |
- Winner in bold.
1981–91
| Date | Bundesliga 16th | 2nd Bundesliga 3rd | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| 1981–82 | Bayer Leverkusen | Kickers Offenbach | 1–0 | 2–0 | N/A |
| 1982–83 | FC Schalke 04 | Bayer Uerdingen | 1–3 | 1–1 | N/A |
| 1983–84 | Eintracht Frankfurt | MSV Duisburg | 5–0 | 1–1 | N/A |
| 1984–85 | Arminia Bielefeld | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 2–0 | 1–1 | N/A |
| 1985–86 | Borussia Dortmund | Fortuna Köln | 0–2 | 3–1 | 8–0 |
| 1986–87 | FC Homburg | FC St. Pauli | 3–1 | 1–2 | N/A |
| 1987–88 | Waldhof Mannheim | SV Darmstadt 98 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 / 5–4 after pen. |
| 1988–89 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 2–0 | 1–2 | N/A |
| 1989–90 | VfL Bochum | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 1–0 | 0–0 | N/A |
| 1990–91 | FC St. Pauli | Stuttgarter Kickers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
2009 onwards
| Date | Bundesliga 16th | 2nd Bundesliga 3rd | Game 1 | Game 2 |
| 2008–09 | FC Energie Cottbus | 1. FC Nuremberg | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| 2009–10 | 1. FC Nuremberg | FC Augsburg | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2010–11 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | VfL Bochum | 1–0 | 1–1 |
- Winner in bold.
Sources
- Deutsche Liga Chronik seit 1945 Historic tables of German football (First, Second and Third Division), publisher: DSFS, published: 2006
- kicker Almanach 1990 Yearbook of German football, publisher: kickerKicker (sports magazine)kicker Sportmagazin is Germany's leading sports magazine and is focused primarily on football. The magazine was founded in 1920 by German football pioneer Walther Bensemann and is published twice a week, usually Monday and Thursday, in Nuremberg...
, published: 1989, ISBN 3-7679-0297-4