The 2023/24 football season has been over for quite some time now. Fans are now looking forward to the next round. The 2nd Bundesliga also started a new season in the summer of 2024 – it has the number 51. When did the 2nd League 24/25 start? What does the schedule look like? We provide you with the most important information about the 2nd Bundesliga.
Start of the 2. Bundesliga 2024/2025 – the opening game
The start of the 2nd Bundesliga was set by the DFL for Friday, August 2, 2024. On this day, the opening game of the 2nd Bundesliga took place at 6:30 p.m. between Cologne and HSV in the Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne.
Schedule of the 2nd Bundesliga 2024/25: All dates at a glance
The DFB and DFL published the general schedule at the end of October 2023. After the start of the 2nd Bundesliga on August 2, 2024, the season with its 34 match days and a winter break will last until Sunday, May 18, 2025. Here is an overview of the relevant dates for the coming season:
- Matchday 1 – 17: August 2 to December 22, 2024
- Winter break: 23 December 2024 to 16 January 2025
- Matchday 18 – 34: 17 January to 18 May 2025
- Relegation: 22/ 23 May and 26/ 27 May 2025
The complete schedule for the 2nd Bundesliga is now available. Here he is.
2. Bundesliga 2024/25: These teams are taking part
18 teams will play in the 2nd division in 2024/25. Which ones are they?
The two direct relegations from the Bundesliga 2023/24:
- 1. FC Cologne
- SV Darmstadt 98
The twelve teams ranked 4th to 15th in the 2023/24 season:
- Hamburger SV
- Karlsruhe SC
- Hannover 96
- SC Paderborn 07
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth
- Hertha BSC
- FC Schalke 04
- SV Elversberg
- 1. FC Nuremberg
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- 1. FC Magdeburg
- Eintracht Braunschweig
The champion and runner-up of the 3rd League 2023/24:
- SSV Ulm 1846
- Prussia Münster
After the relegation the following players joined:
- Fortuna Düsseldorf (lost the relegation to the 1. Bundesliga against VfL Bochum)
- SSV Jahn Regensburg (won the relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga against Wehen Wiesbaden)
Table of the 2. Bundesliga 2023/2024: Results and qualifications
The ups and downs between the various German football leagues are similar to the elevators in a large office building. Here are the transfer options for going upstairs or down to the basement:
- 1st place: Champions of the 2nd Bundesliga, direct promotion to the 1st Bundesliga
- 2nd place: Direct promotion to the 1st Bundesliga
- 3rd place in the table: Entry into the relegation for the 1st Bundesliga
- 16th place in the table: Entry into the relegation for the 3rd league
- 17th and 18th place in the table: Direct relegation to the 3rd division
It remains exciting to see who will top the 2nd Bundesliga table in the 2024/2025 season. Here we have the final standings of the 2nd Bundesliga including the points from the 2023/2024 season for you:
Table of the 2. Bundesliga 2023/2024:
- FC St. Pauli, 69 points
- Holstein Kiel, 68 points
- Fortuna Düsseldorf, 63 points
- Hamburger SV, 58 points
- Karlsruher SV, 55 points
- Hannover 96, 52 points
- SC Paderborn 07, 52 points
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth, 50 points
- Hertha BSC, 48 points
- FC Schalke 04, 43 points
- SV Elversberg, 43 points
- 1. FC Nuremberg, 40 points
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 39 points
- 1. FC Magdeburg, 38 points
- Eintracht Braunschweig, 38 points
- SV Wehen Wiesbaden, 32 points
- Hansa Rostock, 31 points
- VfL Osnabrück, 28 points
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