User:S.A. Julio/1996–97 2. Bundesliga table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	19	11	4	74	28	+46	68	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	VfL Wolfsburg	34	14	16	4	52	29	+23	58
3	Hertha BSC	34	17	7	10	57	38	+19	58
4	Mainz 05	34	14	12	8	50	34	+16	54
5	Stuttgarter Kickers	34	14	11	9	38	27	+11	53
6	SpVgg Unterhaching	34	11	16	7	35	29	+6	49
7	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	13	9	12	43	46	−3	48
8	VfB Leipzig	34	12	10	12	53	54	−1	46
9	KFC Uerdingen	34	13	5	16	46	44	+2	44
10	SV Meppen	34	10	14	10	44	48	−4	44
11	Fortuna Köln	34	11	9	14	52	47	+5	42
12	Carl Zeiss Jena	34	9	15	10	44	49	−5	42
13	FC Gütersloh	34	12	9	13	43	51	−8	45
14	FSV Zwickau	34	12	6	16	34	48	−14	42
15	Waldhof Mannheim	34	10	10	14	45	56	−11	40	Relegation to Regionalliga
16	VfB Lübeck	34	8	12	14	32	53	−21	36
17	Rot-Weiss Essen	34	8	5	21	47	74	−27	29
18	VfB Oldenburg	34	6	9	19	33	67	−34	27

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