The 2nd Bundesliga is the Second Division of professional football in Germany. It is below the Bundesliga in the German football league system.
1974 marked the introduction of the second tier of the 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 wa...
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The 2nd Bundesliga is the Second Division of professional football in Germany. It is below the Bundesliga in the German football league system.
1974 marked the introduction of the second tier of the 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...
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