2017–18 2. Bundesliga
The 2017–18 2. Bundesliga was the 44th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second highest German football league. It began on 28 July 2017 and concluded on 13 May 2018 with the match between VfL Bochum and FC St. Pauli (0:1) and ended with the 34th match day on 13 May 2018. From 19 December 2017 to 23 January 2018, the season was interrupted by a winter break.
| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 July 2017 – 13 May 2018 |
| Champions | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| Promoted | Fortuna Düsseldorf 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Relegated | Eintracht Braunschweig 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 843 (2.75 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Marvin Ducksch (18 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Union Berlin 5–0 Kaiserslautern Arminia Bielefeld 5–0 FC St. Pauli Holstein Kiel 5–0 MSV Duisburg |
| Biggest away win | MSV Duisburg 1–6 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Highest scoring | 1. FC Heidenheim 3–5 Holstein Kiel Holstein Kiel 6–2 Eintracht Braunschweig |
| Longest winning run | 5 games Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| Longest unbeaten run | 11 games 1. FC Nürnberg Darmstadt 98 |
| Longest winless run | 12 games Darmstadt 98 |
| Longest losing run | 4 games VfL Bochum Darmstadt 98 MSV Duisburg Greuther Fürth 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Heidenheim |
| Highest attendance | 50,000 Fortuna Düsseldorf v Holstein Kiel |
| Lowest attendance | 4,354 SV Sandhausen v Arminia Bielefeld |
| Attendance | 5,383,923 (17,595 per match) |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → | |
The fixtures were announced on 29 June 2017.
Fortuna Düsseldorf secured the direct promotion to the Bundesliga after 32 days of play,1. FC Nürnberg secured promotion one match day later; 1. FC Nürnberg set a new record with its eighth Bundesliga promotion. The championship was decided on the last match day in a direct duel between the two upstarts, which Fortuna Düsseldorf won. Holstein Kiel was able to reach the autumn championship as a starter and placed third one match day before the end, but lost in the relegation games to VfL Wolfsburg. In the relegation battle, after 32 days of play, the first decision was made relatively late with the relegation of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Until the end, six clubs were at risk of relegation, in the end Eintracht Braunschweig, who was still a participant in the promotion delegation last year, had to be relegated to the 3rd division. FC Erzgebirge Aue had to go into the relegation playoff against Karlsruher SC and were able to secure their stay in the 2. Bundesliga.