2. Frauen-Bundesliga

Founded	2004
Country	Germany
Divisions	2
Number of teams	15
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Bundesliga
Relegation to	Regionalliga
Domestic cup(s)	Frauen DFB-Pokal
Current champions	RB Leipzig (1st title)
Most championships	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II (3 titles)
Website	Official website
Current: 2023–24 2. Frauen-Bundesliga

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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3] The two group winners were promoted to the Frauen-Bundesliga for the 2021–22 season. From the 2021–22 season, a single group was used again.

Clubs

Members for the 2022–23 2. Frauen-Bundesliga.

Locations of teams in the 2022–23 2. Frauen-Bundesliga

Team	Home city	Home ground	Capacity
SG Andernach	Andernach	Stadion am Bassenheimer Weg	15,220
Eintracht Frankfurt II	Frankfurt	Stadion am Brentanobad	5,200
SC Freiburg II	Freiburg	Schönbergstadion	3,000
FSV Gütersloh	Gütersloh	Tönnies-Arena	4,252
1899 Hoffenheim II	Sinsheim	Ensinger-Stadion	4,000
FC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	ESV-Stadion	11,481
1. FC Köln II	Cologne	Neue Sandkaul	2,500
RB Leipzig	Leipzig	Sportanlage Gontardweg	1,300
Carl Zeiss Jena	Jena	Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld	10,445
Bayern Munich II	Munich	FC Bayern Campus	2,500
1. FC Nürnberg	Nuremberg	Sportpark Valznerweiher	7,000
Turbine Potsdam II	Potsdam	Sportforum Waldstadt	5,000
SC Sand	Willstätt	Kühnmatt Stadion	2,000
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
2021–23	RB Leipzig	1. FC Nürnberg

¹ Hamburg II was the first reserve team that won the league. As reserve teams are ineligible for promotion, runners-up 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig were promoted.
² Runners-up FSV Gütersloh 2009 were promoted.
³ Runners-up Herford were promoted.
⁴ Lübars did not apply for a Bundesliga licence for financial reasons. Runners-up Werder Bremen were promoted.
⁵ Runners-up Borussia Mönchengladbach were promoted.
⁶ Runners-up 1. FC Köln were promoted.
⁷ As the top two were reserve teams (runners-up were Bayern Munich II), third-placed Bayer 04 Leverkusen were promoted.
⁸ As the top two were reserve teams, third-placed 1. FC Köln and fourth-placed USV Jena were promoted.
⁹ As the second- and third-placed teams were reserve teams, fourth-placed SV Meppen were promoted.

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 Becker (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

References

External links

2. Frauen-Bundesliga

2023–24 clubs

Former clubs

2. Frauen-Bundesliga (2018–20, 2021–present)	Borussia Bocholt Werder Bremen BV Cloppenburg MSV Duisburg SV Elversberg SGS Essen II 1. FFC Frankfurt II SC Freiburg II SV Henstedt-Ulzburg 1. FC Köln II RB Leipzig 1. FC Nürnberg Turbine Potsdam II FSV Hessen Wetzlar
2. Frauen-Bundesliga Nord (2004–18, 2020–21)	SpVg Berghofen Arminia Bielefeld Jahn Delmenhorst Herforder SV Blau-Weiß Hohen Neuendorf FF USV Jena II
2. Frauen-Bundesliga Süd (2004–18, 2020–21)	1. FC Köln Schott Mainz 1. FFC Niederkirchen VfL Sindelfingen 1. FC Saarbrücken Würzburger Kickers

Seasons

Women's football in Germany

Women's football in Germany
German Football Association
League competitions	Frauen-Bundesliga 2. Frauen-Bundesliga Frauen-Regionalliga German football league system
Cup competitions	DFB-Pokal DFB-Supercup
National teams	National team U23 team U21 team U20 team U19 team U17 team Other youth teams
Lists	Champions Clubs Players Venues Clubs in international competitions
East Germany	Women's football in East Germany National team