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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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Location
Germany

Gender
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TV Rights
US - ESPN [2020-2026]

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21 Feb Hamburg home team badge - Away Team Badge Kaiserslaute
21 Feb Hertha home team badge - Away Team Badge FC Nürnberg
22 Feb Karlsruhe home team badge - Away Team Badge Magdeburg
22 Feb Hannover home team badge - Away Team Badge Paderborn
22 Feb SSV Ulm home team badge - Away Team Badge Elversberg
22 Feb Preußen Mü home team badge - Away Team Badge Jahn Regensb
23 Feb FC Köln home team badge - Away Team Badge Fortuna Düs
23 Feb Darmstadt home team badge - Away Team Badge Schalke 04
23 Feb Greuther Fü home team badge - Away Team Badge Eintracht Br
28 Feb Fortuna Düs home team badge - Away Team Badge Greuther Fü

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16 Feb Schalke 04 home team badge 2 - 1home team badge Karlsruhe
16 Feb Jahn Regensb home team badge 1 - 1home team badge Hamburg
16 Feb FC Nürnberg home team badge 2 - 0home team badge SSV Ulm
15 Feb Kaiserslaute home team badge 0 - 0home team badge Hannover
15 Feb Fortuna Düs home team badge 2 - 1home team badge Hertha
15 Feb Eintracht Br home team badge 1 - 0home team badge Darmstadt
15 Feb Elversberg home team badge 2 - 0home team badge Greuther Fü
14 Feb Paderborn home team badge 2 - 0home team badge Preußen Mü
14 Feb Magdeburg home team badge 3 - 0home team badge FC Köln
09 Feb Karlsruhe home team badge 0 - 2home team badge Eintracht Br

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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.
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Teams
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Darmstadt
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Eintracht Braun
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Elversberg
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FC Köln
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FC Nürnberg
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Fortuna Düsseldo
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Greuther Fürth
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Hamburg
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Hannover
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Hertha
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Jahn Regensburg
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Kaiserslautern
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Karlsruhe
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Magdeburg
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Paderborn
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Preußen Münst
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Schalke 04
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SSV Ulm
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Last 5 winners
trophy icon St Pauli (2023-2024)
trophy icon FC Heidenheim (2022-2023)
trophy icon Schalke 04 (2021-2022)
trophy icon Bochum (2020-2021)
trophy icon Arminia Bielefeld (2019-2020)

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