Season | 1988–89 |
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Champions | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
Promoted |
Fortuna Düsseldorf FC Homburg |
Relegated |
Kickers Offenbach Viktoria Aschaffenburg 1. FSV Mainz 05 Union Solingen |
Matches played | 380 |
Top goalscorer |
Sven Demandt (35 goals) |
Average attendance | 6,065 |
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The 1988–89 2. Bundesliga season was the fifteenth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
Fortuna Düsseldorf and FC Homburg were promoted to the Bundesliga while Kickers Offenbach, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, 1. FSV Mainz 05 and Union Solingen were relegated to the Oberliga.
For the 1988–89 season Eintracht Braunschweig, Hertha BSC, Viktoria Aschaffenburg and 1. FSV Mainz 05 were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga while FC Schalke 04 and FC Homburg had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
*Kickers Offenbach had their license revoked and were therefore relegated.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the third placed team in the 2. Bundesliga (1. FC Saarbrücken) and the third-last team in the Bundesliga (Eintracht Frankfurt). Eintracht Frankfurt win on aggregate and retain their Bundesliga status.