Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system.
FC Köln, MSV Duisburg and Eintracht Frankfurt were promoted to the Bundesliga while Eintracht Trier, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Rot-Weiss Essen and Rot-Weiß Erfurt were relegated to the Regionalliga.
FC Saarbrücken, Rot-Weiss Essen and Dynamo Dresden were newly promoted to the 2.
Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while Eintracht Frankfurt, TSV 1860 Munich and 1.
FC Köln had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.