Name
German 2. Bundesliga

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Established
1974 (49 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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Upcoming Events

03 Dec		Hertha		5 - 1		Elversberg		12:30pm
03 Dec		Paderborn		1 - 0		Hannover		12:30pm
03 Dec		Karlsruhe		2 - 2		Hansa Rostock		12:30pm
08 Dec		Hannover		-		Karlsruhe		5:30pm
08 Dec		Wehen Wiesbaden		-		Braunschweig		5:30pm
09 Dec		Hamburg		-		Paderborn		12:00pm
09 Dec		Kaiserslautern		-		Hertha		12:00pm
09 Dec		SPVGG Greuther		-		Magdeburg		12:00pm
09 Dec		Osnabrueck		-		St Pauli		7:30pm
10 Dec		Fortuna Düssel		-		Holstein Kiel		12:30pm
Latest Results
02 Dec		Braunschweig		0 - 1		SPVGG Greuther
02 Dec		Nurnberg		0 - 5		Fortuna Düssel
02 Dec		Magdeburg		4 - 1		Kaiserslautern
02 Dec		Holstein Kiel		3 - 2		Wehen Wiesbaden
01 Dec		St Pauli		2 - 2		Hamburg
01 Dec		Schalke 04		4 - 0		Osnabrueck
26 Nov		SPVGG Greuther		2 - 0		Wehen Wiesbaden
26 Nov		Kaiserslautern		0 - 3		Holstein Kiel
26 Nov		Karlsruhe		4 - 1		Nurnberg
25 Nov		Osnabrueck		0 - 2		Magdeburg

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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

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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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