1976–77 2. Bundesliga


The 1976–77 2. Bundesliga season was the third season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd.
FC St. Pauli, VfB Stuttgart and TSV 1860 Munich were promoted to the Bundesliga while Bonner SC, Göttingen 05, Wacker 04 Berlin, VfL Wolfsburg, Röchling Völklingen, Jahn Regensburg and BSV Schwenningen were relegated to the Oberligas and Amateurligas.

Nord

For the 1976–77 season saw Arminia Hannover, Bonner SC, SC Herford and VfL Wolfsburg promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga and Amateurligas while Bayer 05 Uerdingen and Hannover 96 had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.

League table

Results

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
GoalsPlayerTeam
27 Franz GerberFC St. Pauli
23 Rainer BuddeWuppertaler SV
23 Heinz-Josef KehrAlemannia Aachen
23 Gerd-Volker SchockVfL Osnabrück
21 Ewald HammesSG Wattenscheid 09
21 Klaus WunderHannover 96
19 Karl-Heinz MroskoArminia Hannover
18 Wilfried KlingeRSV Göttingen 05
18 Klaus WolfPreußen Münster
17 Friedhelm FunkelBayer Uerdingen
17 Jürgen MilewskiHannover 96
17 Frank-Michael SchonertBayer Leverkusen
17 Wolfgang WallekVfL Wolfsburg

Süd

For the 1976–77 season saw BSV Schwenningen, Eintracht Trier, FV Würzburg 04 and KSV Baunatal promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and Kickers Offenbach relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.

League table

Results

Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
GoalsPlayerTeam
24 Lothar EmmerichFV Würzburg 04
23 Werner HeckSV Waldhof Mannheim
23 Manfred LenzFC 08 Homburg
22 Ottmar HitzfeldVfB Stuttgart
21 Werner HofmannFSV Frankfurt
21 Hans Walitza1. FC Nürnberg
20 Harald DienerFC 08 Homburg
18 Wolfgang RauschKickers Offenbach
17 Peter FalterTSV 1860 Munich
17 Erhard HofeditzKSV 1964 Baunatal

Promotion play-offs

The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions. TSV 1860 Munich were promoted to the Bundesliga after a third game was made necessary to decide the series.