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The 2nd level in Germany (then West Germany) was not fully organized until the 1963/64-season when the Bundesliga was installed. From that season up to and including the 1973/74-season the West German 2nd level consisted of 5 regional groups ("Regionalliga"); namely Nord, Berlin, West, Südwest & Süd. The 2. Bundesliga was installed as the 1974/75-season started and the number of groups at 2nd level was cut down to two (Nord & Süd). From the 1974/75-season up to and including the 1980/81-season this was the state of affairs. After that there has been only one 2. Bundesliga group, with the exception of the 1991/92-season when a temporary switch back to two groups (Nord & Süd) was made to make room for teams from former East Germany. Thanks to Nikolai Scheuring for pointing out obvious mistakes and to German Wikipedia and Fussballarchiv for providing the tables. You are free to copy this document in a non-commercial capacity but please state the source, i.e. Clas Glenning. The table was completely overhauled and corrected in March 2020.

Crest of  FC St. Pauli, leader of the German 2nd level alltimetable.

Notes: 1963/64: Hertha Zehlendorf had two (three) points deducted. 1984/85: Kickers Offenbach had two (three with three points for a win) deducted for non-compliance of federation ruling. 1993/94: Rot-Weiss Essen lost their license during the season and had their official record set to 0-0 in goaldifference and 0 points. Their actual record was  38 9 11 18 44-60. The games they played are counted for the other teams though. The season is not counted on Essen's totals as they, officially, didn't play any games. 1995/96: 1. FC Nürnberg had six and Hertha BSC three points deducted for breaches against the licensing procedure the previous season. 1996/97: FC Gütersloh had three points deducted for breaches against the licensing procedure. 2002/03: SSV Reutlingen had six points deducted for breaches against the licensing procedure. 2007/08: TuS Koblenz had six points deducted for breaches against the licensing procedure. 2008/09: TuS Koblenz had three points deducted for breaches against the licensing procedure. 2009/10: DSC Arminia Bielefeld had four points deducted for breach of rule. 2010/11: TSV 1860 München had two points deducted and DSC Arminia Bielefeld had three points deducted for breach of rule. 2014/15: SV Sandhausen and VfR Aalen had three and two points deducted, respectively. 2015/16: SV Sandhausen had three points deducted for breach of licensing rules.    Namechanges and mergers: FC Augsburg = merger of Alemannia and BC Augsburg. Eintracht Duisburg = merger of Duisburger SpV and TuS Duisburg 48/99. Eintrach Gelsenkirchen-Horst = merger of Eintracht Gelsenkirchen and STV Horst-Emscher. FC Gütersloh = merger of DJK and Arminia Gütersloh. FC Ingolstadt 04 = merger of MTV and ESV Ingolstadt. SpVgg Greuther Fürth = merger of SpVgg Fürth and TSV Vestenberggreuth.  FC Hessen Kassel - KSV Hessen Kassel. BVL 1908 Remscheid - FC Remscheid. KFC Uerdingen 1905 -  FC Bayer 1905 Uerdingen.  SV Chio Waldhof - SV Waldhof 1907 Mannheim. VfR OLI Bürstadt - VfR Bürstadt.   SpVgg Weisenau - SpVgg Weisenau Mainz. LR Ahlen - Rot-Weiss Ahlen. TuS Neuendorf - TuS Koblenz.    

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