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Español2. FUßBALL-BUNDESLIGA
(Redirected from 2nd Bundesliga (football))
The '2nd Bundesliga' is the Second Division of professional football in Germany. It is below the Bundesliga in the German football league system.
:''For more details on this topic, see History of German football''
1974 marked the introduction of the second tier of the Football Bundesliga. 40 clubs, divided into two leagues (North and South), competed for promotion into the Bundesliga. 1981 saw the introduction of a single 2nd Bundesliga of 20 teams. In the 1991-92 season, the former DDR's clubs participated as well. This was managed by returning to a two-tier system (with 12 teams in each league). 1992-93 was a momentous season, with 24 teams competing in a single league. Since 1994-95, there have been 18 teams in the second division. The most successful team was Fortuna Köln (1,376 points from a possible 2,910).
During the 2004-2005 season, it was revealed during the Bundesliga scandal of 2005 that several matches in the 2nd Bundesliga and the Regionalliga were manipulated by referee Robert Hoyzer. The match between LR Ahlen and SV Wacker Burghausen in the 2nd Bundesliga had to be replayed on April 27 2005.
''For more details on the 2. Bundesliga 2007-08 season, see here.''
★ Alemannia Aachen
★ FC Augsburg
★ Borussia Mönchengladbach
★ FC Carl Zeiss Jena
★ FC Erzgebirge Aue
★ SC Freiburg
★ SpVgg Greuther Fürth
★ TSG Hoffenheim
★ FC Kaiserslautern
★ Kickers Offenbach
★ TuS Koblenz
★ 1. FC Köln
★ 1. FSV Mainz 05
★ TSV 1860 München
★ VfL Osnabrück
★ SC Paderborn 07
★ FC St. Pauli
★ SV Wehen Wiesbaden
★ Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981-91 it had 20. The 1991-92 season was played in two groups of 12 teams each; 1992-93 again in one group with 24 teams, 1993-94 with 20 teams.
★ Teams promoted to the higher league: 3; 1981-91 there was a relegation round, in 1991-92 there was 1 promotion per group.
★ Number of relegations into the regional league (until 1994: Upper league): 4; 1991-92: 2-3 per group (inclusive relegation); 1992-93: 7.
★ The top three teams gain promotion into the Bundesliga.
★ The bottom four teams are relegated into the Regional leagues. Starting from the season 2008-9 the bottom teams will be relegated to the new introduced 3rd Bundesliga.
Matchday squads must have no more than five non-EU representatives. Seven substitutes are permitted to be selected, from which three can be used in the duration of the game.
★ 1974-75: Hannover 96
★ 1975-76: Tennis Borussia Berlin
★ 1976-77: FC St. Pauli
★ 1977-78: Arminia Bielefeld
★ 1978-79: Bayer 04 Leverkusen
★ 1979-80: Arminia Bielefeld
★ 1980-81: Werder Bremen
★ 1974-75: Karlsruher SC
★ 1975-76: 1. FC Saarbrücken
★ 1976-77: VfB Stuttgart
★ 1977-78: SV Darmstadt 98
★ 1978-79: TSV 1860 München
★ 1979-80: 1. FC Nürnberg
★ 1980-81: SV Darmstadt 98
★ 1991-92: Bayer 05 Uerdingen
★ 1991-92: 1. FC Saarbrücken
From 1974 to 1994, promotions were decided in relegation rounds. Since 1995 there have been four teams promoted from the regional leagues.
★ 1992: Wuppertaler SV, VfL Wolfsburg, SpVgg Unterhaching
★ 1993: 1860 München, Rot-Weiss Essen, Tennis Borussia Berlin
★ 1994: Fortuna Düsseldorf, FSV Frankfurt, FSV Zwickau
★ 1995: SpVgg Unterhaching, VfB Lübeck, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, Arminia Bielefeld
★ 1996: VfB Oldenburg, Rot-Weiss Essen, FC Gütersloh, Stuttgarter Kickers
★ 1997: SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Energie Cottbus, SG Wattenscheid 09, 1. FC Nürnberg
★ 1998: SSV Ulm 1846, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Hannover 96, Tennis Borussia Berlin
★ 1999: SV Waldhof Mannheim, Kickers Offenbach, Chemnitzer FC, Alemannia Aachen
★ 2000: LR Ahlen, SSV Reutlingen, 1. FC Saarbrücken, VfL Osnabrück
★ 2001: SV Babelsberg 03, 1. FC Union Berlin, Karlsruher SC, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
★ 2002: Wacker Burghausen, Eintracht Trier, VfB Lübeck, Eintracht Braunschweig
★ 2003: Jahn Regensburg,SpVgg Unterhaching, Erzgebirge Aue, VfL Osnabrück
★ 2004: Rot-Weiß Erfurt, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Rot-Weiss Essen, Dynamo Dresden
★ 2005: Eintracht Braunschweig, SC Paderborn 07, Kickers Offenbach, Sportfreunde Siegen
★ 2006: FC Augsburg, TuS Koblenz, Carl Zeiss Jena, Rot-Weiss Essen
★ 2007: SV Wehen, TSG Hoffenheim, FC St. Pauli, VfL Osnabrück
SC Fortuna Köln was the team most consistently in the 2nd Bundesliga. Up to 2000 it spent 26 consecutive years in the 2nd Bundesliga.
== Teams relegated to the Regionalliga - Oberliga since 1990 ==
★ 1990: KSV Hessen Kassel, SpVgg Bayreuth, Alemannia Aachen, SpVgg Unterhaching
★ 1991: Rot-Weiss Essen, Preußen Münster, TSV Havelse, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
★ 1992 Nord: Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin, BSV Stahl Brandenburg
★ 1992 Süd: TSV 1860 München, Hallescher FC, FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
★ 1993: SpVgg Unterhaching, Eintracht Braunschweig, VfL Osnabrück, Fortuna Düsseldorf, VfB Oldenburg, SV Darmstadt 98, FC Remscheid
★ 1994: Stuttgarter Kickers, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, Wuppertaler SV, Rot-Weiss Essen, Tennis Borussia Berlin
★ 1995: 1. FC Saarbrücken, FC Homburg, FSV Frankfurt
★ 1996: Chemnitzer FC, Hannover 96, 1.FC Nürnberg, SG Wattenscheid 09
★ 1997: SV Waldhof Mannheim, VfB Lübeck, Rot-Weiss Essen, VfB Oldenburg
★ 1998: VfB Leipzig, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, FSV Zwickau, SV Meppen
★ 1999: FC Gütersloh, KFC Uerdingen, SG Wattenscheid 09, Fortuna Düsseldorf
★ 2000: Stuttgarter Kickers, Fortuna Köln, Kickers Offenbach, Karlsruher SC
★ 2001: VfL Osnabrück, SSV Ulm 1846, Stuttgarter Kickers, Chemnitzer FC
★ 2002: SpVgg Unterhaching, 1. FC Saarbrücken, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05, SV Babelsberg 03
★ 2003: Eintracht Braunschweig, SSV Reutlingen, FC St. Pauli, SV Waldhof Mannheim
★ 2004: Jahn Regensburg, VfB Lübeck, 1. FC Union Berlin, VfL Osnabrück
★ 2005: Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Eintracht Trier, FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt, Rot-Weiss Essen
★ 2006: Sportfreunde Siegen, LR Ahlen, 1. FC Saarbrucken, 1. FC Dynamo Dresden
★ 2007: Eintracht Braunschweig, Wacker Burghausen, SpVgg Unterhaching, Rot-Weiss Essen
★ German football league system
★ Bundesliga
★ Third Bundesliga, to be launched in 2008-09
★ Regionalliga
★ Oberliga
★ Women's Bundesliga
★ German football league teams
★ Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB)
★ Kicker.de
★ Bundesliga archive
★ Site with lots of information on the Bundesliga
★ Archive material
★ News about the German 2nd League
★ Information on the 1992-93 season
| 2. Fußball-Bundesliga |
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 Logo of Fußball-Bundesliga |
| 'Founded' |
| 1974 |
| 'Nation' |
| 'Promotion To' |
| Fußball-Bundesliga |
| 'Relegation To' |
| Regionalliga |
| 'Number of Teams' |
| 18 |
| 'Level on Pyramid' |
| Level 2 |
| 'European Qualification' |
| UEFA Cup |
| 'Domestic Cups' |
| DFB-Pokal |
| 'Current Champions (2006-07)' |
| Karlsruher SC |
| 'Website' |
| Official |
The '2nd Bundesliga' is the Second Division of professional football in Germany. It is below the Bundesliga in the German football league system.
History
:''For more details on this topic, see History of German football''
1974 marked the introduction of the second tier of the Football Bundesliga. 40 clubs, divided into two leagues (North and South), competed for promotion into the Bundesliga. 1981 saw the introduction of a single 2nd Bundesliga of 20 teams. In the 1991-92 season, the former DDR's clubs participated as well. This was managed by returning to a two-tier system (with 12 teams in each league). 1992-93 was a momentous season, with 24 teams competing in a single league. Since 1994-95, there have been 18 teams in the second division. The most successful team was Fortuna Köln (1,376 points from a possible 2,910).
During the 2004-2005 season, it was revealed during the Bundesliga scandal of 2005 that several matches in the 2nd Bundesliga and the Regionalliga were manipulated by referee Robert Hoyzer. The match between LR Ahlen and SV Wacker Burghausen in the 2nd Bundesliga had to be replayed on April 27 2005.
Members of the current 2. Bundesliga (2007-08 season)
1. Fußball-Bundesliga (Red) and 2. Fußball-Bundesliga (Blue) Seson 2007-08
''For more details on the 2. Bundesliga 2007-08 season, see here.''
★ Alemannia Aachen
★ FC Augsburg
★ Borussia Mönchengladbach
★ FC Carl Zeiss Jena
★ FC Erzgebirge Aue
★ SC Freiburg
★ SpVgg Greuther Fürth
★ TSG Hoffenheim
★ FC Kaiserslautern
★ Kickers Offenbach
★ TuS Koblenz
★ 1. FC Köln
★ 1. FSV Mainz 05
★ TSV 1860 München
★ VfL Osnabrück
★ SC Paderborn 07
★ FC St. Pauli
★ SV Wehen Wiesbaden
Division set-up
Changes in division set-up
★ Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981-91 it had 20. The 1991-92 season was played in two groups of 12 teams each; 1992-93 again in one group with 24 teams, 1993-94 with 20 teams.
★ Teams promoted to the higher league: 3; 1981-91 there was a relegation round, in 1991-92 there was 1 promotion per group.
★ Number of relegations into the regional league (until 1994: Upper league): 4; 1991-92: 2-3 per group (inclusive relegation); 1992-93: 7.
Promotion and relegation
★ The top three teams gain promotion into the Bundesliga.
★ The bottom four teams are relegated into the Regional leagues. Starting from the season 2008-9 the bottom teams will be relegated to the new introduced 3rd Bundesliga.
League rules
Matchday squads must have no more than five non-EU representatives. Seven substitutes are permitted to be selected, from which three can be used in the duration of the game.
Champions since 1975
Second Bundesliga North
★ 1974-75: Hannover 96
★ 1975-76: Tennis Borussia Berlin
★ 1976-77: FC St. Pauli
★ 1977-78: Arminia Bielefeld
★ 1978-79: Bayer 04 Leverkusen
★ 1979-80: Arminia Bielefeld
★ 1980-81: Werder Bremen
Second Bundesliga South
★ 1974-75: Karlsruher SC
★ 1975-76: 1. FC Saarbrücken
★ 1976-77: VfB Stuttgart
★ 1977-78: SV Darmstadt 98
★ 1978-79: TSV 1860 München
★ 1979-80: 1. FC Nürnberg
★ 1980-81: SV Darmstadt 98
Second Bundesliga
Second Bundesliga North
★ 1991-92: Bayer 05 Uerdingen
Second Bundesliga South
★ 1991-92: 1. FC Saarbrücken
Second Bundesliga
From 1974 to 1994, promotions were decided in relegation rounds. Since 1995 there have been four teams promoted from the regional leagues.
Teams promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga since 1992
★ 1992: Wuppertaler SV, VfL Wolfsburg, SpVgg Unterhaching
★ 1993: 1860 München, Rot-Weiss Essen, Tennis Borussia Berlin
★ 1994: Fortuna Düsseldorf, FSV Frankfurt, FSV Zwickau
★ 1995: SpVgg Unterhaching, VfB Lübeck, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, Arminia Bielefeld
★ 1996: VfB Oldenburg, Rot-Weiss Essen, FC Gütersloh, Stuttgarter Kickers
★ 1997: SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Energie Cottbus, SG Wattenscheid 09, 1. FC Nürnberg
★ 1998: SSV Ulm 1846, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Hannover 96, Tennis Borussia Berlin
★ 1999: SV Waldhof Mannheim, Kickers Offenbach, Chemnitzer FC, Alemannia Aachen
★ 2000: LR Ahlen, SSV Reutlingen, 1. FC Saarbrücken, VfL Osnabrück
★ 2001: SV Babelsberg 03, 1. FC Union Berlin, Karlsruher SC, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
★ 2002: Wacker Burghausen, Eintracht Trier, VfB Lübeck, Eintracht Braunschweig
★ 2003: Jahn Regensburg,SpVgg Unterhaching, Erzgebirge Aue, VfL Osnabrück
★ 2004: Rot-Weiß Erfurt, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Rot-Weiss Essen, Dynamo Dresden
★ 2005: Eintracht Braunschweig, SC Paderborn 07, Kickers Offenbach, Sportfreunde Siegen
★ 2006: FC Augsburg, TuS Koblenz, Carl Zeiss Jena, Rot-Weiss Essen
★ 2007: SV Wehen, TSG Hoffenheim, FC St. Pauli, VfL Osnabrück
SC Fortuna Köln was the team most consistently in the 2nd Bundesliga. Up to 2000 it spent 26 consecutive years in the 2nd Bundesliga.
== Teams relegated to the Regionalliga - Oberliga since 1990 ==
★ 1990: KSV Hessen Kassel, SpVgg Bayreuth, Alemannia Aachen, SpVgg Unterhaching
★ 1991: Rot-Weiss Essen, Preußen Münster, TSV Havelse, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
★ 1992 Nord: Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin, BSV Stahl Brandenburg
★ 1992 Süd: TSV 1860 München, Hallescher FC, FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
★ 1993: SpVgg Unterhaching, Eintracht Braunschweig, VfL Osnabrück, Fortuna Düsseldorf, VfB Oldenburg, SV Darmstadt 98, FC Remscheid
★ 1994: Stuttgarter Kickers, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, Wuppertaler SV, Rot-Weiss Essen, Tennis Borussia Berlin
★ 1995: 1. FC Saarbrücken, FC Homburg, FSV Frankfurt
★ 1996: Chemnitzer FC, Hannover 96, 1.FC Nürnberg, SG Wattenscheid 09
★ 1997: SV Waldhof Mannheim, VfB Lübeck, Rot-Weiss Essen, VfB Oldenburg
★ 1998: VfB Leipzig, FC Carl Zeiss Jena, FSV Zwickau, SV Meppen
★ 1999: FC Gütersloh, KFC Uerdingen, SG Wattenscheid 09, Fortuna Düsseldorf
★ 2000: Stuttgarter Kickers, Fortuna Köln, Kickers Offenbach, Karlsruher SC
★ 2001: VfL Osnabrück, SSV Ulm 1846, Stuttgarter Kickers, Chemnitzer FC
★ 2002: SpVgg Unterhaching, 1. FC Saarbrücken, 1. FC Schweinfurt 05, SV Babelsberg 03
★ 2003: Eintracht Braunschweig, SSV Reutlingen, FC St. Pauli, SV Waldhof Mannheim
★ 2004: Jahn Regensburg, VfB Lübeck, 1. FC Union Berlin, VfL Osnabrück
★ 2005: Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Eintracht Trier, FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt, Rot-Weiss Essen
★ 2006: Sportfreunde Siegen, LR Ahlen, 1. FC Saarbrucken, 1. FC Dynamo Dresden
★ 2007: Eintracht Braunschweig, Wacker Burghausen, SpVgg Unterhaching, Rot-Weiss Essen
See also
★ German football league system
★ Bundesliga
★ Third Bundesliga, to be launched in 2008-09
★ Regionalliga
★ Oberliga
★ Women's Bundesliga
★ German football league teams
External links (sites in German)
★ Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB)
★ Kicker.de
★ Bundesliga archive
★ Site with lots of information on the Bundesliga
★ Archive material
★ News about the German 2nd League
★ Information on the 1992-93 season
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