| Competition: | 2. Bundesliga |
| Season: | 1976–77 |
| Winners: | Nord: FC St. Pauli Süd: VfB Stuttgart |
| Promoted: | Nord: FC St. Pauli Süd: VfB Stuttgart TSV 1860 Munich |
| Relegated: | Nord: Bonner SC Göttingen 05 Wacker 04 Berlin VfL Wolfsburg Süd: Röchling Völklingen Jahn Regensburg BSV Schwenningen |
| League Topscorer: | Nord: Franz Gerber (27 goals) Süd: Lothar Emmerich (24 goals) |
| Matches: | Nord: 380 Süd: 380 |
| Average Attendance: | Nord: 6,048 Süd: 7,618 |
| Prevseason: | 1975–76 |
| Nextseason: | 1977–78 |
The 1976–77 2. Bundesliga season was the third season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd.
FC St. Pauli, VfB Stuttgart and TSV 1860 Munich were promoted to the Bundesliga while Bonner SC, Göttingen 05, Wacker 04 Berlin, VfL Wolfsburg, Röchling Völklingen, Jahn Regensburg and BSV Schwenningen were relegated to the Oberligas and Amateurligas.
For the 1976–77 season saw Arminia Hannover, Bonner SC, SC Herford and VfL Wolfsburg promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga and Amateurligas while Bayer 05 Uerdingen and Hannover 96 had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.
The league's top scorers:[1]
| Goals | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | Franz Gerber | FC St. Pauli |
| 23 | Rainer Budde | Wuppertaler SV |
| Heinz-Josef Kehr | Alemannia Aachen | |
| Gerd-Volker Schock | VfL Osnabrück | |
| 21 | Ewald Hammes | SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| Klaus Wunder | Hannover 96 | |
| 19 | Karl-Heinz Mrosko | Arminia Hannover |
| 18 | Wilfried Klinge | 1. SC Göttingen 05 |
| Klaus Wolf | Preußen Münster | |
| 17 | Friedhelm Funkel | Bayer Uerdingen |
| Jürgen Milewski | Hannover 96 | |
| Frank-Michael Schonert | Bayer Leverkusen | |
| Wolfgang Wallek | VfL Wolfsburg | |
For the 1976–77 season saw BSV Schwenningen, Eintracht Trier, FV Würzburg 04 and KSV Baunatal promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and Kickers Offenbach relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.
The league's top scorers:[2]
| Goals | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Lothar Emmerich | FV Würzburg 04 |
| 23 | Werner Heck | SV Waldhof Mannheim |
| Manfred Lenz | FC 08 Homburg | |
| 22 | Ottmar Hitzfeld | VfB Stuttgart |
| 21 | Werner Hofmann | FSV Frankfurt |
| Hans Walitza | 1. FC Nürnberg | |
| 20 | Harald Diener | FC 08 Homburg |
| 18 | Wolfgang Rausch | Kickers Offenbach |
| 17 | Peter Falter | TSV 1860 Munich |
| Erhard Hofeditz | KSV 1964 Baunatal | |
The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions. TSV 1860 Munich were promoted to the Bundesliga after a third game was made necessary to decide the series.[3]