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Dynamo, Aue, Rostock, Schalke, Bremen, HSV, St. Pauli: Strongest 2nd league of all time?
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From Stefan Bröhl
Germany – The last decisions will only be made this Sunday (from 3:30 p.m.)! But it is already clear that the 2. Bundesliga purely in terms of the name, the coming season will be even more attractive and probably more sophisticated. It could also be one of the strongest second division years of all time.
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Matthew Hoppe (20, center) and Florian Flick (21) will compete in the second division with FC Schalke 04 in the coming season. © dpa / Guido Kirchner
It is well known that FC Schalke 04 and SV Werder Bremen are relegated from the 1st Bundesliga, and 1. FC Köln may even be added after the relegation.
Dynamo Dresden and FC Hansa Rostock have made the leap from the 3rd division. In addition, Hamburger SV and Fortuna Düsseldorf missed the announced first division promotion and will have to make another attempt in the coming season.
In addition, there are teams like FC St. Pauli, 1. FC Nürnberg and Hannover 96 who always have the potential to be at the top if things go consistently well.
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The same applies to SC Paderborn 07, 1. FC Heidenheim, SV Darmstadt 98 and Karlsruher SC, with slight reservations.
FC Erzgebirge Aue, on the other hand, has to find its way back to its old unity in this ranks of big names in order to keep relegation one more time.
That should be difficult enough in a league full of ambitious traditional clubs. After all, many of these teams want to go up. In the summer there will probably be a race and possibly even a competition for the best players – despite Corona.
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SV Werder Bremen is playing in the 2nd Bundesliga for the first time since the 1980/81 season. © dpa / Carmen Jaspersen
For the FC Erzgebirge Aue with goalgetter Pascal Testroet (30), only the league receipt counts! © picture point / Sven Sonntag
For Dynamo Dresden, Hansa Rostock and Erzgebirge Aue, only relegation should count for now
Dynamo Dresden will definitely meet striker Simon Terodde (33) again in the coming season, who is moving from HSV to FC Schalke 04. © dpa / Uli Deck / Sebastian Gollnow
Who can make the difference? One is Simon Terodde (33). The three-time top scorer in the second division decided early on to switch from HSV to Schalke and could (once again) be the player’s tip on the promotion scales.
But not only the miners are facing a change, also Bremen and possibly even the Rothosen, who have now missed the leap into the Bundesliga for the third time in a row. In addition, there may be castling in Nuremberg, Hanover and Düsseldorf.
Despite all the circumstances, there should be a lot of transfers in the next few weeks and months. Newcomers like Dynamo or Rostock have to be careful to keep up and will supplement their squad with one or the other promising player in order to be competitive one level higher.
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The potential is there with the two clubs, through which the football east is now again represented with three clubs in the lower house.
Ideally, all three manage to stay in the league. But it won’t be an easy task because of the many top teams in this league.
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Table 2. Bundesliga
The table of the 2nd Bundesliga has the following meaning: Whoever is in first place at the end of the season is a second division champion and moves up to the 1st Bundesliga. The latter also applies to rank 2. 3rd place plays with the third from last rank in the Bundesliga for promotion to or remaining in Germany’s top soccer division.
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Cover photo: dpa / Uli Deck / Sebastian Gollnow
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