German 2. Bundesliga

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Established
1974 (51 years old)

First Recorded Event
2017-07-28

Current Season
2024-2025

Level Below
Germany Liga 3

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Soccer

Location
Germany

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - ESPN [2020-2026]

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28 Mar	Hamburg	-	Elversberg	5:30pm
28 Mar	SSV Ulm	-	Darmstadt	5:30pm
29 Mar	Hannover	-	Magdeburg	12:00pm
29 Mar	Paderborn	-	FC Köln	12:00pm
29 Mar	Hertha	-	Karlsruhe	12:00pm
29 Mar	Kaiserslaute	-	Fortuna Düs	7:30pm
30 Mar	Greuther Fü	-	Schalke 04	11:30am
30 Mar	Preußen Mü	-	Eintracht Br	11:30am
30 Mar	Jahn Regensb	-	FC Nürnberg	11:30am
04 Apr	Karlsruhe	-	Hannover	4:30pm
Results
16 Mar	Eintracht Br	1 - 5	Hertha
16 Mar	Karlsruhe	0 - 0	SSV Ulm
16 Mar	FC Nürnberg	3 - 0	Greuther Fü
15 Mar	Elversberg	0 - 1	Preußen Mü
15 Mar	Paderborn	5 - 3	Kaiserslaute
15 Mar	FC Köln	2 - 1	Darmstadt
15 Mar	Fortuna Düs	1 - 0	Jahn Regensb
14 Mar	Magdeburg	0 - 3	Hamburg
14 Mar	Schalke 04	1 - 2	Hannover
09 Mar	Preußen Mü	0 - 1	FC Nürnberg

Description

The 2. Bundesliga , is the Second Division of professional football in Germany. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below the Bundesliga and above the 3. Liga in the German football league system. All of the 2. Bundesliga clubs qualify for the DFB-Pokal, the annual German Cup competition. A total of 123 clubs have competed in the 2. Bundesliga since its foundation.

The decision to establish the league as the second level of football in West Germany was taken in May 1973. The league started operating in August 1974, then with two divisions of 20 clubs. It was reduced to a single division in 1981. From the 1991–92 season onwards clubs from former East Germany started participating in the league, briefly expanding it to two divisions again. It returned to a single division format again at the end of that season and has been playing with 18 clubs as its strength since 1994. Two clubs from the 2. Bundesliga are directly promoted to the Bundesliga, while a third promoted club has been determined through play-offs from 1974 to 1991 and again since 2008. Between 1991 and 2008 the third-placed club in the league was directly promoted. The bottom clubs in the league are relegated to the third division which has been, from 1974 to 1994 the Oberliga, from 1994 to 2008 the Regionalliga and since 2008 the 3. Liga. The number of relegated clubs has fluctuated over the years. Since 2008 two clubs are directly relegated while the third-last team has the opportunity to defend its league place in play-offs against the third placed team of the 3. Liga.

1. FC Nürnberg holds the record number of championships in the league with four. The club also holds the record for number of promotions from the 2. Bundesliga to the Bundesliga, seven.

Seasons

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Teams

Darmstadt	Eintracht Braun	Elversberg	FC Köln
FC Nürnberg	Fortuna Düsseldo	Greuther Fürth	Hamburg
Hannover	Hertha	Jahn Regensburg	Kaiserslautern
Karlsruhe	Magdeburg	Paderborn	Preußen Münst
Schalke 04	SSV Ulm