German Second Division: 1996–97

Competition: German Second Division
Season: 1996–97 (stored as end year 1997)
Teams in division: 18
Rows recorded: 18

League table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Kaiserslautern	34	19	11	4	74	28	46	68
2	Wolfsburg	34	14	16	4	52	29	23	58
3	Hertha	34	17	7	10	57	38	19	58
4	Mainz	34	14	12	8	50	34	16	54
5	SV Stuttgarter Kickers	34	14	11	9	38	27	11	53
6	SpVgg Unterhaching	34	11	16	7	35	29	6	49
7	Frankfurt	34	13	9	12	43	46	-3	48
8	VfB Leipzig	34	12	10	12	53	54	-1	46
9	KFC Uerdingen 05	34	13	5	16	46	44	2	44
10	SV Meppen	34	10	14	10	44	48	-4	44
11	SC Fortuna Köln	34	11	9	14	52	47	5	42
12	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	34	9	15	10	44	49	-5	42
13	FC Gütersloh 2000	34	12	9	13	43	51	-8	42
14	FSV Zwickau	34	12	6	16	34	48	-14	42
15	SV Waldhof Mannheim	34	10	10	14	45	56	-11	40
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

Points are shown as the database stores them, including deductions, so they will not always match a total derived from wins and draws — and wins, draws and losses need not add up to games played. A blank cell is a figure the source does not record; it is never a zero.