Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
Hannover 96 and Karlsruher SC were promoted to the Bundesliga while Eintracht Braunschweig, Viktoria Aschaffenburg, KSV Hessen Kassel and FSV Salmrohr were relegated to the Oberliga.
For the 1986–87 season SSV Ulm 1846, FSV Salmrohr, FC St. Pauli and Rot-Weiss Essen were newly promoted to the 2.
FC Saarbrücken and Hannover 96 had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.
The league's top scorers:[1]