| Competition: | 2. Bundesliga |
| Season: | 1995–96 |
| Winners: | VfL Bochum |
| Promoted: | VfL Bochum Arminia Bielefeld MSV Duisburg |
| Relegated: | Chemnitzer FC Hannover 96 1. FC Nürnberg SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| League Topscorer: | Fritz Walter (21 goals) |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Average Attendance: | 7,518 |
| Prevseason: | 1994–95 |
| Nextseason: | 1996–97 |
The 1995–96 2. Bundesliga season was the twenty-second season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
VfL Bochum, Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg were promoted to the Bundesliga while Chemnitzer FC, Hannover 96, 1. FC Nürnberg and SG Wattenscheid 09 were relegated to the Regionalliga.
For the 1995–96 season SpVgg Unterhaching, VfB Lübeck, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Arminia Bielefeld were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while VfL Bochum and MSV Duisburg had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
The league's top scorers:[1]