| Competition: | 2. Bundesliga |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Dates: | 23 July 2021 – 15 May 2022 |
| Winners: | Schalke 04 |
| Promoted: | Schalke 04 Werder Bremen |
| Relegated: | Dynamo Dresden (via play-off) Erzgebirge Aue FC Ingolstadt |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 892 |
| League Topscorer: | Simon Terodde (30 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Darmstadt 6–0 Aue |
| Biggest Away Win: | Sandhausen 1–6 Darmstadt Aue 0–5 Schalke Nürnberg 0–5 Ingolstadt Darmstadt 0–5 Hamburg |
| Longest Wins: | 7 games Bremen |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 12 games Hamburg |
| Longest Winless: | 17 games Dresden |
| Longest Losses: | 5 games Dresden |
| Attendancecalc: | 4169344 |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
The 2021–22 2. Bundesliga was the 48th season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 23 July 2021 and concluded on 15 May 2022.[1]
The fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[2]
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Sleeve | ||||||||
| data-sort-value="Aue" | Erzgebirge Aue | data-sort-value="Dochev, Pavel" | Pavel Dochev | data-sort-value="Mannel, Martin" | Martin Männel | Nike | WätaS Wärmetauscher Sachsen | Leonhardt Group | |
| data-sort-value="Bremen" | Werder Bremen | data-sort-value="Werner, Ole" | Ole Werner | data-sort-value="Toprak, Omer" |  Ömer Toprak | Umbro | Wiesenhof | Ammerländer | |
| data-sort-value="Darmstadt" | Darmstadt 98 | data-sort-value="Lieberknecht, Torsten" | Torsten Lieberknecht | data-sort-value="Holland, Fabian" | Fabian Holland | Craft | Software AG | Dialog Minds | |
| data-sort-value="Dresden" | Dynamo Dresden | data-sort-value="Capretti, Guerino" | Guerino Capretti | data-sort-value="Mai, Sebastian" | Sebastian Mai | Umbro[3] | ALL-INKL.COM | AOK Plus | |
| data-sort-value="Dusseldorf" | Fortuna Düsseldorf | data-sort-value="Thioune, Daniel" | Daniel Thioune | data-sort-value="Bodzek, Adam" |  Adam Bodzek | Adidas | Henkel | Toyo Tires | |
| data-sort-value="Hamburg" | Hamburger SV | data-sort-value="Walter, Tim" | Tim Walter | data-sort-value="Schonlau, Sebastian" | Sebastian Schonlau | Adidas | Orthomol | Popp Feinkost | |
| data-sort-value="Hannover" | Hannover 96 | data-sort-value="Dabrowski, Christoph" | Christoph Dabrowski | data-sort-value="Franke, Marcel" | Marcel Franke | Macron | BRAINHOUSE247 | HDI | |
| data-sort-value="Heidenheim" | 1. FC Heidenheim | data-sort-value="Schmidt, Frank" | Frank Schmidt | data-sort-value="Mainka, Patrick" | Patrick Mainka | Nike | MHP | Voith | |
| data-sort-value="Ingolstadt" | FC Ingolstadt | data-sort-value="Schubert, Andre" | Rüdiger Rehm | data-sort-value="Kutschke, Stefan" | Stefan Kutschke | Puma | PROSIS | Audi Schanzer Fußballschule | |
| data-sort-value="Karlsruhe" | Karlsruher SC | data-sort-value="Eichner, Christian" | Christian Eichner | data-sort-value="Gondorf, Jerome" | Jérôme Gondorf | Macron | GEM (H), CG Elementum (A) | E.G.O. | |
| data-sort-value="Kiel" | Holstein Kiel | data-sort-value="Rapp, Marcel" | Marcel Rapp | data-sort-value="Wahl, Hauke" | Hauke Wahl | Puma | Famila | Lotto Schleswig-Holstein | |
| data-sort-value="Nurnberg" | 1. FC Nürnberg | data-sort-value="Klauss, Robert" | Robert Klauß | data-sort-value="Valentini, Enrico" | Enrico Valentini | Adidas | Nürnberger Versicherung | Exasol | |
| data-sort-value="Paderborn" | SC Paderborn | data-sort-value="Kwasniok, Lukas" | Lukas Kwasniok | data-sort-value="Schallenberg, Ron" | Ron Schallenberg | Saller | Bremer AG | sky Personal | |
| data-sort-value="Regensburg" | Jahn Regensburg | data-sort-value="Selimbegovic, Mersad" |  Mersad Selimbegović | data-sort-value="Gimber, Benedikt" | Benedikt Gimber | Saller | Netto | Wolf GmbH | |
| data-sort-value="Rostock" | Hansa Rostock | data-sort-value="Hartel, Jens" | Jens Härtel | data-sort-value="Kolke, Markus" | Markus Kolke | Nike | Apex Group | SoftClean | |
| data-sort-value="Sandhausen" | SV Sandhausen | data-sort-value="Kulovits, Stefan" | Alois Schwartz | data-sort-value="Diekmeier, Dennis" | Dennis Diekmeier | Macron | Layenberger | Office Mix | |
| data-sort-value="Schalke" | Schalke 04 | data-sort-value="Buskens, Mike" | Mike Büskens | data-sort-value="Latza, Danny" | Danny Latza | Umbro | Vivawest | Harfid | |
| data-sort-value="St Pauli" | FC St. Pauli | data-sort-value="Schultz, Timo" | Timo Schultz | data-sort-value="Ziereis, Philipp" | Philipp Ziereis | DIIY[4] | Congstar | Astra Brauerei | |
| Team | Outgoing | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced on | Departed on | Announced on | Arrived on | |||||||
| SC Paderborn | Steffen Baumgart | End of contract | 8 April 2021 | 30 June 2021 | Pre-season | Lukas Kwasniok | 17 May 2021 | 1 July 2021 | [5] [6] | |
| Hannover 96 | Kenan Koçak | Mutual consent | 28 April 2021 | Jan Zimmermann | 10 May 2021 | [7] [8] | ||||
| Hamburger SV | Horst Hrubesch (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 3 May 2021 | Tim Walter | 25 May 2021 | [9] [10] | ||||
| Werder Bremen | Thomas Schaaf | 16 May 2021 | Markus Anfang | 1 June 2021 | [11] [12] | |||||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Uwe Rösler | End of contract | 24 May 2021 | Christian Preußer | 27 May 2021 | [13] [14] | ||||
| Erzgebirge Aue | Dirk Schuster | Mutual consent | 28 May 2021 |  Aleksey Shpilevsky | 7 June 2021 | [15] [16] | ||||
| Darmstadt 98 | Markus Anfang | Signed for Werder Bremen | 1 June 2021 | Torsten Lieberknecht | 8 June 2021 | [17] | ||||
| FC Ingolstadt | Tomas Oral | End of contract | 2 June 2021 | Roberto Pätzold | 6 June 2021 | [18] [19] | ||||
| Erzgebirge Aue | Aleksey Shpilevsky | Sacked | 19 September 2021 | 18th | Marc Hensel / Carsten Müller | 21 September 2021 | [20] [21] | |||
| Holstein Kiel | Ole Werner | Resigned | 20 September 2021 | 15th | Dirk Bremser (interim) | 20 September 2021 | [22] | |||
| SV Sandhausen | Gerhard Kleppinger / Stefan Kulovits | Sacked | 21 September 2021 | 16th | Alois Schwartz | 22 September 2021 | [23] | |||
| FC Ingolstadt | Roberto Pätzold | Sacked | 26 September 2021 | 17th | André Schubert | 26 September 2021 | [24] | |||
| Holstein Kiel | Dirk Bremser (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 1 October 2021 | 14th | Marcel Rapp | 1 October 2021 | [25] | |||
| Werder Bremen | Markus Anfang | Resigned | 20 November 2021 | 8th |  Danijel Zenković (interim) | 20 November 2021 | [26] | |||
| Danijel Zenković (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 28 November 2021 | 10th | Ole Werner | 28 November 2021 | [27] | ||||
| Hannover 96 | Jan Zimmermann | Sacked | 29 November 2021 | 16th | Christoph Dabrowski | 1 December 2021 | [28] [29] [30] | |||
| FC Ingolstadt | André Schubert | Sacked | 8 December 2021 | 18th | Rüdiger Rehm | 8 December 2021 | [31] [32] | |||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Christian Preußer | Sacked | 8 February 2022 | 15th | Daniel Thioune | 8 February 2022 | [33] | |||
| Erzgebirge Aue | Marc Hensel / Carsten Müller | Stepping back in coaching team | 23 February 2022 | 18th | Pavel Dochev | 23 February 2022 | [34] | |||
| Dynamo Dresden | Alexander Schmidt | Sacked | 1 March 2022 | 14th | Guerino Capretti | 2 March 2022 | [35] [36] | |||
| Schalke 04 | Dimitrios Grammozis | Sacked | 6 March 2022 | 6th | Mike Büskens | 7 March 2022 | [37] [38] | |||
The relegation play-offs took place on 20 and 24 May 2022.[1] [39]
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All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
1. FC Kaiserslautern won 2–0 on aggregate
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[40] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Terodde | Schalke 04 | 30 | |
| 2 | Robert Glatzel | Hamburger SV | 22 | |
| 3 | Marvin Ducksch | Hannover 96 Werder Bremen | 21 | |
| 4 | Niclas Füllkrug | Werder Bremen | 19 | |
| Philipp Hofmann | Karlsruher SC | |||
| 6 | Guido Burgstaller | FC St. Pauli | 18 | |
| 7 | Luca Pfeiffer | Darmstadt 98 | 17 | |
| John Verhoek | Hansa Rostock | |||
| 9 | Phillip Tietz | Darmstadt 98 | 15 | |
| 10 | Sven Michel | SC Paderborn | 14 |
| Position | State | Number | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan="3" | 1 | 3 | 1. FC Heidenheim, Karlsruher SC and SV Sandhausen | |
| 3 | FC Ingolstadt 04, 1. FC Nürnberg and Jahn Regensburg | |||
| 3 | Schalke 04, Fortuna Düsseldorf and SC Paderborn | |||
| align=center rowspan="2" | 4 | 2 | Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli | |
| 2 | Erzgebirge Aue and Dynamo Dresden | |||
| align=center rowspan="5" | 6 | 1 | Werder Bremen | |
| 1 | Darmstadt 98 | |||
| 1 | Hannover 96 | |||
| 1 | Hansa Rostock | |||
| 1 | Holstein Kiel |