Safekipedia2025–26 2. Bundesliga
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The 2025–26 season was the 52nd time for the 2. Bundesliga. This is a special group where soccer teams in Germany play against each other. The season started on August 1, 2025, and ended on May 17, 2026. The schedule of all the games was announced on June 27, 2025. This league is important because it gives teams a chance to work hard and try to move up to the biggest soccer league in Germany.
Teams
Here are the teams that will play in the 2025–26 2. Bundesliga:
- Hertha BSC
- Bielefeld
- Bochum
- Braunschweig
- Darmstadt
- Dresden
- Düsseldorf
- Elversberg
- Fürth
- Hannover
- Kaiserslautern
- Karlsruhe
- Kiel
- Magdeburg
- Münster
- Nürnberg
- Paderborn
- Schalke
The table below shows where each team is located:
The next table shows the stadiums and locations of these teams:
Here is information about the team staff and uniforms:
The final table lists changes in team managers:
| Promoted from 2024–25 3. Liga | Relegated from 2024–25 Bundesliga | Promoted to 2025–26 Bundesliga | Relegated to 2025–26 3. Liga |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arminia Bielefeld Dynamo Dresden | Holstein Kiel VfL Bochum | 1. FC Köln Hamburger SV | SSV Ulm Jahn Regensburg |
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced on | Departed on | Announced on | Arrived on | |||||
| SC Paderborn |  Lukas Kwasniok | Mutual consent | 15 April 2025 | 30 June 2025 | Pre-season |  Ralf Kettemann | 20 May 2025 | 1 July 2025 |
| Hannover 96 | Lars Barlemann / Dirk Lottner / Christian Schulz (caretakers) | End of caretaker | 23 April 2025 | Christian Titz | 15 June 2025 | |||
| Preußen Münster | Kieran Schulze-Marmeling (caretaker) | 28 April 2025 | Alexander Ende | 21 May 2025 | ||||
| Schalke 04 | Jakob Fimpel (caretaker) | 3 May 2025 |  Miron Muslić | 31 May 2025 | ||||
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Marc Pfitzner (caretaker) | 19 May 2025 | Heiner Backhaus | 17 June 2025 | ||||
| Greuther Fürth | Thomas Kleine / Milorad Peković (caretakers) | 26 May 2025 | Thomas Kleine | 26 May 2025 | ||||
| SV Elversberg | Horst Steffen | Signed by Werder Bremen | 29 May 2025 | Vincent Wagner | 6 June 2025 | |||
| 1. FC Magdeburg | Christian Titz | Signed by Hannover 96 | 15 June 2025 | Markus Fiedler | 15 June 2025 | |||
| VfL Bochum | Dieter Hecking | Sacked | 15 September 2025 | 16th | David Siebers (caretaker) | 15 September 2025 | ||
| David Siebers (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 6 October 2025 | 17th | Uwe Rösler | 6 October 2025 | |||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Daniel Thioune | Sacked | 13th | Markus Anfang | ||||
| 1. FC Magdeburg | Markus Fiedler | 12 October 2025 | 18th | Petrik Sander / Pascal Ibold | 12 October 2025 | |||
| SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Thomas Kleine | 1 December 2025 | 17th | Heiko Vogel | 1 December 2025 | |||
| Holstein Kiel | Marcel Rapp | 24 February 2026 | 14th | Tim Walter | 24 February 2026 | |||
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Heiner Backhaus | 10 March 2026 | 15th | Lars Kornetka | 10 March 2026 | |||
| Preußen Münster | Alexander Ende | 16 March 2026 | 16th | Kieran Schulze-Marmeling (caretaker) | 16 March 2026 | |||
| Kieran Schulze-Marmeling (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 24 March 2026 | 18th | Alois Schwartz | 24 March 2026 | |||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Markus Anfang | Sacked | 12 April 2026 | 14th | Alexander Ende | 12 April 2026 | ||
League table
Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schalke 04 (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 70 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | SV Elversberg (P) | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 62 | |
| 3 | SC Paderborn (Q) | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 62 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 60 | |
| 5 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 52 | |
| 6 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 52 | |
| 7 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 51 | |
| 8 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 46 | |
| 9 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 44 | |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 53 | 64 | −11 | 44 | |
| 11 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 41 | |
| 12 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 48 | −4 | 41 | |
| 13 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 39 | |
| 14 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 39 | |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 37 | |
| 16 | Greuther Fürth (Q) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 49 | 68 | −19 | 37 | Qualification for relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Fortuna Düsseldorf (R) | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 37 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 18 | Preußen Münster (R) | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 61 | −23 | 30 |
Results
The 2025–26 season of the 2. Bundesliga was its 52nd season. This league is an important part of German football, with many exciting matches and teams playing against each other.
Relegation play-offs
The relegation play-offs will happen on May 22 and May 26, 2026.
Overview
Matches
On May 22, 2026, at 20:30, the match will be at Stadion an der Hafenstraße in Essen. Daniel Schlager will be the referee.
On May 26, 2026, at 20:30, the match will be at Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer in Fürth.
| Team 1 | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rot-Weiss Essen (3L) | Greuther Fürth (2B) | 22 May | 26 May |
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Hat-tricks
4 Player scored four goals.
Clean sheets
| Date | Player | Club | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2025 |  Isac Lidberg | Darmstadt 98 | VfL Bochum | 4–1 (H) |
| 19 September 2025 |  Ivan Prtajin | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Preußen Münster | 4–1 (H) |
| 19 October 2025 | Younes Ebnoutalib | SV Elversberg | Greuther Fürth | 6–0 (H) |
| 23 November 2025 |  Naatan Skyttä | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Holstein Kiel | 4–1 (H) |
| 6 February 2026 | Mateusz Żukowski | 1. FC Magdeburg | Greuther Fürth | 5–4 (A) |
| 13 February 2026 |  Mohamed Ali Zoma | 1. FC Nürnberg | Karlsruher SC | 5–1 (H) |
| 12 April 20264 | Filip Bilbija | SC Paderborn | 1. FC Magdeburg | 4–3 (H) |
| 19 April 2026 | Noel Futkeu | Greuther Fürth | Darmstadt 98 | 3–2 (H) |
Related articles
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