Game plan & dates of the 51st season

The 2nd Bundesliga also started in the summer of 2024 with a new season – it wears number 51. When did the 2nd division go 24/25? What does the game plan look like? We provide you with the most important information about the 2nd Bundesliga.

Beginning of the 2nd Bundesliga 2024/2025 – When was the opening game

The start of the 2nd Bundesliga was by the DFL on Friday, August 2, 2024. On this day the opening game of the 2nd Bundesliga took place at 6.30 p.m. between Cologne and the HSV in the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne.

Game plan of the 2nd Football Bundesliga 2024/25: All dates at a glance

Have the framework schedule DFB and DFL released at the end of October 2023. After the start of the 2nd Bundesliga on August 2, 2024, the season lasts with its 34 match days and a winter break until Sunday, May 18, 2025. Here is the relevant dates for the coming season in the overview:

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• 1st – 17th matchday: August 2 to December 22, 2024
• Winter break: December 23, 2024 to January 16, 2025
• 18. – 34th matchday: January 17 to May 18, 2025
• Relegation: May 22/23 and May 26/27, 2025

The complete SPiel plan for the 2nd Bundesliga has been available for some time.

2nd Bundesliga 2024/25: These teams are there

18 teams play in the 2nd league in 2024/25. Which are it?

The two direct relegations from the Bundesliga 2023/24:

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• 1. FC Cologne
• SV Darmstadt 98

The twelve teams in places 4 to 15 of the 2023/24 season:

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• Hamburger SV
• Karlsruher SC
• Hannover 96
• SC Paderborn 07
• SpVgg Greuther Fürth
• Hertha BSC
• FC Schalke 04
• SV Elversberg
• 1. FC Nürnberg
• 1. FC Kaiserslautern
• 1. FC Magdeburg
• Eintracht Braunschweig

The master and vice champion of the 3rd division 2023/24:

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• SSV Ulm 1846
• Prussia Münster

After the relegation, added:

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• Fortuna Düsseldorf (lost the relegation to the 1st Bundesliga against VfL Bochum)
• SSV Jahn Regensburg (won the relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga against Wehen Wiesbaden)

Table of the 2nd Bundesliga 2023/2024: Results and qualifications

Between the different German football leagues, things go up and off as much as in the elevators of a large office building. Here are the transfer options for driving up or in the basement:

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• 1. Table place: Master of the 2nd Bundesliga, direct promotion to the 1st Bundesliga
• 2nd place in the table: Direct promotion to the 1st Bundesliga
• 3. Moving into the relegation for the 1st Bundesliga
• 16. Moving into the relegation for the 3rd league
• 17th and 18th place in the table: Direct descent into the 3rd division

Anyone who will lead the table in the 2nd Bundesliga in the 2024/2025 season remains exciting. Here we have the final score of the 2nd Bundesliga including the score from the 2023/2024 season for you:

Table of the 2nd Bundesliga 2023/2024:

1. FC St. Pauli, 69 points
2. Holstein Kiel, 68 points
3. Fortuna Düsseldorf, 63 points
4. Hamburger SV, 58 points
5. Karlsruhe SV, 55 points
6. Hannover 96, 52 points
7. SC Paderborn 07, 52 points
8. SpVgg Greuther Fürth, 50 points
9. Hertha BSC, 48 points
10. FC Schalke 04, 43 points
11. SV Elversberg, 43 points
12. 1. FC Nürnberg, 40 points
13. 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 39 points
14. 1. FC Magdeburg, 38 points
15. Eintracht Braunschweig, 38 points
16. SV Wehen Wiesbaden, 32 points
17. Hansa Rostock, 31 Punke
18. VfL Osnabrück, 28 points