Relegation to the 2nd League 2025: appointment, transmission & mode
The season in German professional football has run and the relegation games are imminent. Which teams compete against each other and where can the games be followed live?
In the Bundesliga as well as in the 2nd and 3rd division, the last game days of the season are already in the past – now the decisions about ascents and descents are pending.
Since 2009, the relegation teams have been offering the opportunity to either save themselves from relegation or to create the climb. The club, which at the end of the season, takes 16th place, meets the third place in the lower league. Since the relegation was reintroduced, the Bundesliga team has mostly prevailed in the relegation to the 2nd league. A second division team only managed to secure the promotion three times: Nuremberg (2009 against Energie Cottbus), Fortuna Düsseldorf (2012 against Hertha BSC) and Union Berlin (2019 against VfB Stuttgart).
What about the relegation 2025 in the 2nd Bundesliga? We provide the information about teams, appointments and transmission in this article.
Relegation to the 2nd League 2025: Which team rises, who descends?
SSV Jahn Regensburg was already relegated to Cologne on the 32nd matchday after the 1-1. In the relegation games, the 1. FC Saarbrücken demands As the third in the table of the 3rd division, Eintracht Braunschweig.
The 1. FC Saarbrücken defeated 2-1 on the last matchday of the Dortmund II season and is now hoping for a placement in the 2nd Bundesliga. Eintracht Braunschweig is worried after the 4-1 defeat against 1. FC Nürnberg.
The playoff games between the 1st FC Saarbrücken and Eintracht Braunschweig are scheduled for May 23, 2025 in the first leg and for May 27, 2025.
Relegation to the 2nd League 2025: The dates
The games of the relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga at a glance:
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- First leg: Friday, May 23, 2025, 8.30 p.m.: 1. FC Saarbrücken – Eintracht Braunschweig
- Reverse game: Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 8.30 p.m.: Eintracht Braunschweig – 1. FC Saarbrücken
Transfer of the relegation to the 2nd league 2025 live on free TV and stream
Sat.1 transmits all four games of the relegation (i.e. Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga) live on free TV. The transmitter also shines the games over stream ran.de out of. The Pay TV channel Sky also reports live from the last four highlights of the 2024/25 football season.
Here is the overview:
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- Free TV: Sat.1
- Pay TV: Sky Sport Top Event, Sky Sport Uhd, Sky Sport Bundesliga
- Livestream: ran.de, wow, sky go
The mode for the relegation to the 2nd league 2025
The relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga 2025 follows the well -known mode: The 16th of the 2nd league competes against the third place in the 3rd division to secure the last free place in the 2nd Bundesliga.
The decision is made in two games- a back and second leg. The team with the higher total number of gates rises or remains in the league. If it is drawn according to both games, it goes into an extension and possibly into the penalty shootout.
The club has the home right in the second leg, which, according to the game schedule, has fewer game -free days before the first leg.
