To obtain a two-layer woven fabric for papermaking good in freeness and excellent in surface smoothness.

This two-layer woven fabric for papermaking is characterized in that the woven fabric has a construction in which a connecting yarn passes over one warp yarn on the side of the papermaking surface, subsequently passes between consecutive two or more warp yarns on the side of the papermaking surface and consecutive two or more warp yarns on the side of the running surface, repasses over one warp yarn on the side of the papermaking surface, descends downwardly, then passes between one warp yarn on the side of the papermaking surface and one warp yarn on the side of the running surface, further passes under one warp yarn on the side of the running surface, passes between consecutive one or more warp yarns on the side of the papermaking surface and consecutive one or more warp yarns on the side of the running surface and is interwoven to connect a woven fabric on the side of the papermaking surface to a woven fabric on the side of the running surface and the warp yarns on the side of the running surface are arranged just under the warp yarns on the side of the papermaking surface in the two-layer woven fabric comprising the woven fabric on the side of the papermaking surface composed of the warp yarns on the side of the papermaking surface and weft yarns on the side of the papermaking surface, the woven fabric on the side of the running surface composed of the warp yarns on the side of the running surface and weft yarns on the side of the running surface and the connecting yarns arranged between the weft yarns.