User:S.A. Julio/1980–81 2. Bundesliga table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Werder Bremen	42	30	8	4	97	33	+64	68	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Eintracht Braunschweig	42	29	7	6	102	44	+58	65	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Hertha BSC	42	31	2	9	123	42	+81	64
4	Hannover 96	42	20	16	6	88	49	+39	56
5	Alemannia Aachen	42	24	7	11	80	51	+29	55
6	VfL Osnabrück	42	22	8	12	76	50	+26	52
7	Union Solingen	42	20	10	12	76	61	+15	50
8	Rot-Weiss Essen	42	20	7	15	99	74	+25	47
9	Fortuna Köln	42	18	10	14	83	67	+16	46
10	SG Wattenscheid	42	15	12	15	62	68	−6	42
11	Viktoria Köln	42	14	13	15	67	79	−12	41	Relegation to Oberliga^[a]
12	1. FC Bocholt	42	14	10	18	66	70	−4	38
13	Preußen Münster	42	14	8	20	48	72	−24	36
14	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	42	12	11	19	59	84	−25	35
15	VfB Oldenburg	42	12	10	20	64	89	−25	34
16	SC Herford	42	11	10	21	48	65	−17	32
17	Tennis Borussia Berlin	42	9	14	19	47	71	−24	32
18	Göttingen 05	42	9	14	19	67	98	−31	32
19	Holstein Kiel	42	12	7	23	48	81	−33	31
20	Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid	42	8	11	23	43	83	−40	27
21	SpVgg Erkenschwick	42	7	8	27	46	91	−45	22
22	OSV Hannover	42	7	5	30	41	108	−67	19

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Notes:

^ Teams placed 17th and below were automatically relegated, while the remaining teams were relegated based on the placement system.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Darmstadt 98	38	24	7	7	85	42	+43	55	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Kickers Offenbach	38	19	12	7	87	42	+45	50	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Stuttgarter Kickers	38	19	10	9	81	40	+41	48
4	Hessen Kassel	38	16	16	6	59	35	+24	48
5	SSV Ulm	38	18	11	9	59	39	+20	47	Relegation to Oberliga^[a]
6	Waldhof Mannheim	38	19	7	12	65	43	+22	45
7	SC Freiburg	38	16	9	13	57	50	+7	41
8	Eintracht Trier	38	15	11	12	56	52	+4	41	Relegation to Oberliga^[a]
9	SpVgg Bayreuth	38	15	9	14	60	53	+7	39
10	Freiburger FC	38	15	9	14	76	75	+1	39
11	FC Homburg	38	14	10	14	66	69	−3	38	Relegation to Oberliga^[a]
12	Wormatia Worms	38	15	7	16	60	70	−10	37
13	VfR Bürstadt	38	15	7	16	54	66	−12	37	Relegation to Oberliga^[a]
14	SpVgg Fürth	38	15	5	18	54	54	0	35
15	FSV Frankfurt	38	13	6	19	51	76	−25	32	Relegation to Oberliga^[a]
16	ESV Ingolstadt	38	14	3	21	62	92	−30	31
17	1. FC Saarbrücken	38	10	8	20	43	61	−18	28
18	FC Augsburg	38	7	10	21	55	88	−33	24
19	Borussia Neunkirchen	38	5	13	20	44	85	−41	23
20	VfB Eppingen	38	7	8	23	44	86	−42	22

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Teams placed 17th and below were automatically relegated, while the remaining teams were relegated based on the placement system.