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German 2. Bundesliga

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Established
1974 (50 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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17 Jan	Jahn Regensb	-	Hannover	5:30pm
18 Jan	Fortuna Düs	-	Darmstadt	12:00am
18 Jan	Hamburg	-	FC Köln	7:30pm
18 Jan	Kaiserslaute	-	SSV Ulm	12:00pm
18 Jan	Eintracht Br	-	Schalke 04	12:00pm
18 Jan	Preußen Mü	-	Greuther Fü	12:00pm
19 Jan	Paderborn	-	Hertha	12:30pm
19 Jan	Elversberg	-	Magdeburg	12:30pm
19 Jan	FC Nürnberg	-	Karlsruhe	12:30pm
24 Jan	Greuther Fü	-	Kaiserslaute	5:30pm
Results
22 Dec	Jahn Regensb	2 - 1	Darmstadt
22 Dec	Kaiserslaute	0 - 1	FC Köln
22 Dec	Hannover	0 - 0	Hertha
21 Dec	Paderborn	1 - 2	Karlsruhe
21 Dec	Hamburg	5 - 0	Greuther Fü
21 Dec	FC Nürnberg	1 - 0	Eintracht Br
21 Dec	Preußen Mü	0 - 0	SSV Ulm
20 Dec	Elversberg	1 - 4	Schalke 04
20 Dec	Fortuna Düs	2 - 5	Magdeburg
15 Dec	Greuther Fü	1 - 0	Hannover

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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

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