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German 2. Bundesliga

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Established
1974 (50 years old)

First Recorded Event
2017-07-28

Current Season
2023-2024

API Football ID
5347

Sport
Soccer

Location
Germany

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - ESPN [2020-2026]

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07/05	Osnabrueck	-	Schalke 04		4:30pm
10/05	Paderborn	-	Hamburg		4:30pm
10/05	Magdeburg	-	SPVGG Greuth		4:30pm
11/05	Schalke 04	-	Hansa Rostoc		11:00am
11/05	Hertha	-	Kaiserslaute		11:00am
11/05	Holstein Kie	-	Fortuna Düs		6:30pm
11/05	Nurnberg	-	Elversberg		11:00am
12/05	St Pauli	-	Osnabrueck		11:30am
12/05	Karlsruhe	-	Hannover		11:30am
12/05	Braunschweig	-	Wehen Wiesba		11:30am
Results
05/05	Wehen Wiesba	0 - 1	Holstein Kie
05/05	Elversberg	4 - 2	Hertha
05/05	Hannover	3 - 2	Paderborn
04/05	Hansa Rostoc	1 - 2	Karlsruhe
04/05	SPVGG Greuth	3 - 3	Braunschweig
04/05	Kaiserslaute	4 - 1	Magdeburg
03/05	Fortuna Düs	3 - 1	Nurnberg
03/05	Hamburg	1 - 0	St Pauli
28/04	Wehen Wiesba	3 - 5	SPVGG Greuth
28/04	Nurnberg	0 - 1	Karlsruhe

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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.


Seasons

2023-2024		2022-2023		2021-2022		2020-2021
2019-2020		2018-2019		2017-2018

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Teams

Braunschweig		Elversberg		Fortuna Düsseldo		Hamburg
Hannover		Hansa Rostock		Hertha		Holstein Kiel
Kaiserslautern		Karlsruhe		Magdeburg		Nurnberg
Osnabrueck		Paderborn		Schalke 04		SPVGG Greuther
St Pauli		Wehen Wiesbaden

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