2nd Bundesliga 2019/20

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2nd Bundesliga 2019/20
master Arminia Bielefeld
Climbers Arminia Bielefeld
VfB Stuttgart
Relegation ↑ 1.FC Heidenheim (0-0 and 2-2 against Werder Bremen )
Relegation ↓ 1. FC Nürnberg (2: 0 and 1: 3 against FC Ingolstadt 04 )
Relegated SV Wehen Wiesbaden
Dynamo Dresden
Teams 18th
Games 306 + 4 relegation games
 (of which 306 played)
Gates 846  (ø 2.76 per game)
spectator 4,582,378  (ø 14,975 per game)
Top scorer Fabian Klos (Arminia Bielefeld), 21 goals
← 2nd Bundesliga 2018/19
↑ Bundesliga 2019/20
Participating clubs in the 2nd Bundesliga 2019/20

The 2nd Bundesliga 2019/20 was the 46th season of the second highest German division in men's football . It was opened on July 26, 2019 with the game of the Bundesliga relegated VfB Stuttgart and Hannover 96 . A total of 306 league and four relegation games are played. From December 23, 2019 to January 27, 2020, the season was interrupted by a winter break.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a further interruption in game operations after the 25th match day (March 6th to 9th). It was resumed on May 16 and 17 with the 26th matchday in front of empty ranks and ended with the 34th matchday on June 28th.

Season course

Promotion fight

Arminia Bielefeld was on the way to the top of the table from the 6th matchday on. Shortly before the end of the first half of the season, this was reached and subsequently not left. Just a few game days before the end, the direct promotion and then the second division championship were certain. Last year's relegated Stuttgart and Hamburger SV competed for second and third place, but both of them were never able to start longer winning streaks and so fell further and further behind Bielefeld. One match day before the end of the season, no decision had been made as to which team would also be promoted. With a 2-1 win against Hamburger SV, last year's fifth Heidenheim finally moved to the relegation place, while Stuttgart was able to consolidate 2nd place with a 6-0 in Nuremberg and Hamburg only had a chance of 3rd place. In addition, only VfB had dismissed its head coach from the top 4 during the season. On the final day of the match, Heidenheim lost to champions Bielefeld, but Hamburg did not take advantage of this opportunity and had to admit defeat 1: 5 against SV Sandhausen . Heidenheim held 3rd place and competed against Werder Bremen in the relegation. After a 0-0 win in Bremen and a 2-2 home game, Heidenheim missed promotion due to the away goal rule .

Relegation battle

The newly promoted Wehen Wiesbaden was already in the relegation battle from the 2nd match day and, with the exception of the 20th match day, could never get beyond the relegation place. Nevertheless, the rescue was still possible until shortly before the end of the season, as was the case with the climber Karlsruhe . Mathematically, in addition to the two, St. Pauli , Osnabrück and 1. FC Nürnberg were also relegated to the 3rd division until the end ; St. Pauli and Osnabrück finally saved themselves. On the final day of the match, this meant a four-way battle between Nuremberg, Karlsruhe and Wehen as well as Dynamo Dresden , which had occupied last place for the longest time and after 33 games had only been able to move up to relegation rank. Dresden only played a draw against Osnabrück and was relegated as the bottom of the table. Wehen played 5: 3 against St. Pauli, but had to be relegated as well, as Karlsruhe won and was able to save itself in 15th place. Nürnberg also only won one point and would have had to rely on a home win of their Franconian rival Greuther Fürth against KSC in order not to have to play for relegation. Thus, at the end of the season, the "Club" was in 16th place and had to contest the relegation against last year's relegation FC Ingolstadt 04 . After a 2-0 win in the first leg, Nuremberg lost 3-1 in the second leg, but remained in the 2nd Bundesliga due to the away goals rule.

statistics

League leader
Bottom of the table

table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Arminia Bielefeld  34  18th  14th  2 065:300 +35 68
 2. VfB Stuttgart (A)  34  17th  7th  10 062:410 +21 58
 3. 1. FC Heidenheim  34  15th  10  9 045:360  +9 55
 4th Hamburger SV  34  14th  12  8th 062:460 +16 54
 5. SV Darmstadt 98  34  13  13  8th 048:430  +5 52
 6th Hanover 96 (A)  34  13  9  12 054:490  +5 48
 7th FC Erzgebirge Aue  34  13  8th  13 046:480  −2 47
 8th. VfL Bochum  34  11  13  10 053:510  +2 46
 9. SpVgg Greuther Fürth  34  11  11  12 046:450  +1 44
10. SV Sandhausen  34  10  13  11 043:450  −2 43
11. Holstein Kiel  34  11  10  13 053:560  −3 43
12. SSV Jahn Regensburg  34  11  10  13 050:560  −6 43
13. VfL Osnabrück (N)  34  9  13  12 046:480  −2 40
14th FC St. Pauli  34  9  12  13 041:500  −9 39
15th Karlsruher SC (N)  34  8th  13  13 045:560 −11 37
16. 1. FC Nuremberg (A)  34  8th  13  13 045:580 −13 37
17th SV Wehen Wiesbaden (N)  34  9  7th  18th 045:650 −20 34
18th Dynamo Dresden  34  8th  8th  18th 032:580 −26 32
As of June 28, 2020
At the end of the 2019/20 season:
  • Promoted to the Bundesliga
  • Participant in the relegation games to the Bundesliga
  • Participant in the relegation games against the third placed in the 3rd division
  • Relegated to the 3rd division
    • At the end of the 2018/19 season:
    (A) A bsteiger from the league : VfB Stuttgart (loser of the league relegation), Hannover 96, 1. FC Nürnberg
    (N) N Euling, newly promoted from the third division VfL Osnabrueck, Karlsruher SC and SV Wehen Wiesbaden (winner of the second division relegation)

    Crosstab

    The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

    2019/20 VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96 1. FC Nuremberg Hamburger SV 1. FC Heidenheim Holstein Kiel Arminia Bielefeld SSV Jahn Regensburg FC St. Pauli SV Darmstadt 98 VfL Bochum Dynamo Dresden SpVgg Greuther Fürth FC Erzgebirge Aue SV Sandhausen VfL Osnabrück Karlsruher SC SV Wehen Wiesbaden
    VfB Stuttgart 2: 1 3: 1 3: 2 1 3-0 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 1: 3 1 2: 1 3: 1 2-0 3-0 5: 1 1 0: 0 1 3-0 1: 2
    Hannover 96 2: 2 0: 4 1: 1 2: 1 1 3: 1 0: 2 1: 1 4: 0 1 1: 2 2: 0 1 3: 0 1 1: 1 3: 2 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 1 2: 2
    1. FC Nuremberg 0: 6 1 0: 3 0: 4 2: 2 2: 2 1: 5 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 0: 0 1 2-0 0: 1 1 1: 1 1 2-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 2
    Hamburger SV 6: 2 3-0 4: 1 0: 1 3: 3 1 0: 0 1 2: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 2-0 4-0 1: 5 1 1: 1 1 2-0 3: 2 1
    1. FC Heidenheim 2: 2 4-0 2: 2 2: 1 1 3-0 0-0 4: 1 1 1-0 1-0 2: 3 0-0 1-0 3: 0 1 0: 2 3: 1 3: 1 1: 0 1
    Holstein Kiel 3: 2 1 1: 2 1: 1 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 0 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 4 2: 1 1: 2 1
    Arminia Bielefeld 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 1 1: 1 3: 0 1 2: 1 6-0 1: 1 1: 0 1 2-0 4: 0 1 2: 2 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1 2: 2 1-0
    SSV Jahn Regensburg 2: 3 1-0 2: 2 1 2: 2 3: 1 2: 2 1 1: 3 1-0 3: 0 1 3: 1 1: 2 0: 2 1: 2 1 1-0 3: 3 2: 1 1 1-0
    FC St. Pauli 1: 1 0: 1 1: 0 1 2-0 0: 0 1 2: 1 3-0 1: 1 1 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 3 2: 1 1 2-0 3: 1 2: 2 3: 1
    SV Darmstadt 98 1: 1 3: 2 1 3: 3 2: 2 2-0 2-0 1: 3 2: 2 4: 0 1 0-0 0-0 1: 1 1 1-0 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 3: 1 1
    VfL Bochum 0: 1 2: 1 3: 1 1: 3 3: 0 1 2: 1 1 3: 3 2: 3 2: 0 1 2: 2 2: 2 2: 2 1 2-0 4: 4 1: 1 3: 3 3: 3
    Dynamo Dresden 0: 2 1 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1 2: 1 1: 2 0: 1 2: 1 3: 3 2: 3 1: 2 1: 1 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1 1-0 1-0
    SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2-0 1: 3 0-0 2: 2 1 0: 0 1 0: 3 2: 4 1-0 3-0 3: 1 3: 1 2-0 0: 2 1: 2 1 0: 2 1 1: 2 1 2: 1
    FC Erzgebirge Aue 0-0 2: 1 1 4: 3 3-0 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 1-0 3: 1 1: 3 1 1: 2 1 4: 1 3: 1 3: 1 1 1-0 1: 0 1 3: 2
    SV Sandhausen 2: 1 3: 1 1 3: 2 1: 1 0: 1 2: 2 0: 0 1 0: 0 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 1 3: 2 2: 2 0: 1 0: 2 0-0
    VfL Osnabrück 1-0 2: 4 1 0: 1 2: 1 1: 3 4: 1 1 0: 1 2: 2 1 1: 1 4-0 0: 2 1 3-0 0-0 0-0 1: 3 3-0 2: 6
    Karlsruher SC 2: 1 1 3: 3 0: 1 2: 4 1: 1 0: 2 3: 3 1 4: 1 1: 1 1 2: 0 1 0: 0 1 4: 2 1: 5 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 1
    SV Wehen Wiesbaden 2: 1 1 0: 3 0: 6 1 1: 1 0-0 3: 6 2: 5 0: 5 5: 3 1 0-0 0: 1 2: 3 1 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 1 2-0 1: 2
    Final score
    1Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , game days 26 to 34 were postponed by the DFL and played as ghost games in front of empty spectator stands from May 16, 2020 .

    Relegation

    Both relegations ended in a draw after goals and were decided by the away goals rule . 1. FC Heidenheim and 1. FC Nürnberg remained in the 2. Bundesliga.

    Ascent

    The two relegation games between the 16th of the Bundesliga and the 3rd of the 2nd Bundesliga were played on July 2nd and 6th, 2020.

    date Result Gates
    2nd July 2020 Werder Bremen 0-0 1. FC Heidenheim  
    July 6, 2020 1. FC Heidenheim 2: 2 (0: 1) Werder Bremen 0: 1 Theuerkauf (3rd, own goal), 1: 1 Kleindienst (85th), 1: 2 Augustinsson (90th + 4 '), 2: 2 Kleindienst (90th + 8', penalty kick)
    Total: Werder Bremen ( a ) 2: 2(a) 1. FC Heidenheim  
    Due to the away goals rule , 1. FC Heidenheim stayed in the 2. Bundesliga.
    descent

    The two relegation games between the 16th of the 2nd Bundesliga and the third-best team in the 3rd League that were eligible for promotion were played on July 7th and 11th, 2020.

    date Result Gates
    7th July 2020 1. FC Nuremberg 2: 0 (2: 0) FC Ingolstadt 04 1: 0, 2: 0 Nuremberg (22nd, 45th)
    July 11, 2020 FC Ingolstadt 04 3: 1 (0: 0) 1. FC Nuremberg 1: 0 Kutschke (53.), 2: 0 Schröck (62.), 3: 0 Krauße (66.), 3: 1 Schleusener (90. + 6 ')
    Total: 1. FC Nuremberg ( a ) 3: 3(a) FC Ingolstadt 04  
    Due to the away goals rule , 1. FC Nürnberg stayed in the 2. Bundesliga.

    Table history

    Postponed games are displayed according to the original scheduling so that the same number of games is taken into account for each team on all match days.

    1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 25th 26th 27 28 29 30th 31 32 33 34
    VfB Stuttgart 4th 7th 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2
    Hannover 96 13 12 8th 10 12 15th 13 15th 11 12 14th 13 15th 16 14th 12 14th 13 13 14th 12 12 14th 12 9 9 7th 6th 7th 6th 8th 6th 7th 6th
    1. FC Nuremberg 6th 10 15th 9 9 11 12 7th 6th 9 8th 11 14th 14th 16 16 16 16 17th 13 13 13 15th 13 14th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 16 15th 15th 16
    Hamburger SV 7th 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 4th 4th
    1. FC Heidenheim 1 4th 9 12 11 9 4th 5 7th 7th 5 6th 4th 6th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 5 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 3 3
    Holstein Kiel 7th 16 12 15th 15th 16 16 14th 16 14th 10 12 12 8th 6th 10 10 10 10 9 6th 5 5 8th 7th 8th 9 8th 8th 10 11 9 11 11
    Arminia Bielefeld 7th 11 7th 2 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
    SSV Jahn Regensburg 1 5 10 13 8th 12 14th 13 10 5 6th 7th 7th 5 8th 6th 8th 7th 5 7th 8th 6th 8th 9 10 11 10 11 12 12 12 10 10 12
    FC St. Pauli 7th 15th 17th 14th 13 10 10 6th 5 8th 12 9 11 13 15th 15th 15th 11 12 12 15th 14th 12 10 11 10 11 12 13 14th 13 13 14th 14th
    SV Darmstadt 98 7th 6th 13 11 16 14th 15th 16 17th 15th 11 14th 13 10 12 13 12 12 11 11 11 9 7th 6th 6th 7th 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
    VfL Bochum 16 14th 16 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th 15th 16 16 16 16 15th 13 14th 11 14th 14th 16 14th 15th 13 15th 15th 12 12 10 10 8th 6th 6th 6th 8th
    Dynamo Dresden 15th 18th 14th 15th 14th 13 11 12 14th 17th 17th 18th 17th 17th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th
    SpVgg Greuther Fürth 18th 8th 6th 6th 6th 4th 6th 10 12 6th 7th 5 6th 7th 11 9 7th 8th 7th 4th 5 7th 6th 5 5 5 6th 7th 6th 9 7th 8th 8th 9
    FC Erzgebirge Aue 3 2 5 5 6th 5 7th 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 5 4th 5 7th 6th 5 6th 6th 7th 8th 9 7th 8th 6th 8th 9 9 7th 9 11 9 7th
    SV Sandhausen 7th 13 11 4th 3 6th 5 8th 8th 11 13 10 8th 9 7th 8th 9 9 8th 10 10 11 11 14th 13 14th 14th 14th 11 11 10 12 12 10
    VfL Osnabrück 16 9 3 7th 4th 7th 8th 11 13 13 15th 15th 9 11 9 5 5 6th 9 8th 9 10 10 11 12 13 13 13 14th 13 14th 14th 13 13
    Karlsruher SC 4th 1 4th 8th 10 8th 9 9 9 10 9 8th 10 12 10 11 13 15th 15th 17th 17th 16 16 16 17th 17th 16 16 16 15th 15th 16 16 15th
    SV Wehen Wiesbaden 13 17th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 17th 18th 18th 17th 17th 17th 17th 16 15th 16 17th 17th 17th 16 16 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th

    List of goalscorers

    If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

    Pl. player team Gates
    01. GermanyGermany Fabian Klos Arminia Bielefeld 21st
    02. GermanyGermany Manuel Schäffler SV Wehen Wiesbaden 19th
    03. GermanyGermany Philipp Hofmann Karlsruher SC 17th
    04th GermanyGermany Serdar Dursun SV Darmstadt 98 16
    05. GermanyGermany Marvin Ducksch Hannover 96 15th
    06th GermanyGermany Kevin Behrens SV Sandhausen 14th
    ArgentinaArgentina Nicolás González VfB Stuttgart
    GermanyGermany Tim Kleindienst 1. FC Heidenheim
    09. GermanyGermany Marcos Álvarez VfL Osnabrück 13
    Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Silvère Ganvoula VfL Bochum
    Status: end of season

    Stadiums, spectators, sponsorships and outfitters

    society Stadium
    (sponsor name)     		capacity spectator per game workload sold out Shirt sponsor Sleeve sponsor Outfitter Season tickets
    01. VfB Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 60,449 671,546 39.503 65.30% 1/17 * Mercedes-Benz Bank Mercedes-Benz EQ Jako 30,000
    02. Hamburger SV Volksparkstadion 57,000 567,804 33,400 58.60% 2/17 ** Emirates Popp delicatessen Adidas 23,800
    03. 1. FC Nuremberg Max Morlock Stadium 50,000 385.033 22,649 45.30% 0/17 * Nuremberg Insurance Godelmann Umbro 21,000
    04th FC St. Pauli Millerntor Stadium 2 29,546 382.743 22,514 76.20% 10/17 * Congstar Astra Under Armor 15,000
    05. Hannover 96 HDI arena 49,000 359,600 21,153 43.20% 1/17 ** Heinz von Heiden HDI Macron 19,000
    06th Dynamo Dresden Rudolf Harbig Stadium 3 32,066 354.016 20,824 64.90% 1/17 * ALL-INKL.COM AOK Plus Craft 18,000
    07th Arminia Bielefeld SchücoArena 26,515 254.285 14,958 56.40% 1/17 ** Schüco JAB Anstoetz Joma 08,500
    08th. VfL Bochum Ruhrstadion
    (Vonovia Ruhrstadion)     		27,599 225,147 13,244 48.00% 0/17 * Tricorp Viactiv Nike 06,900
    09. VfL Osnabrück Bremen Bridge 4 16,100 191,246 11,250 69.90% 4/17 * sunmaker Sievert puma 07,550
    10. SV Darmstadt 98 Stadion am Böllenfalltor 5
    (Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor)     		17,968 185.724 10,925 61.00% 3/17 * Software AG Jeez Craft 11,000
    11. Karlsruher SC Wildlife Park Stadium 15,330 156,801 09.224 60.20% 1/17 ** KLAIBER awnings CG group Macron 06,500
    12. 1. FC Heidenheim Voith Arena 15,000 153,850 09,050 60.30% 1/17 * Kneipp Voith Nike 06,500
    13. FC Erzgebirge Aue Erzgebirgsstadion 16,485 139,700 08,218 49.80% 2/17 ** WätaS Leonhardt Group Nike 02,300
    14th SSV Jahn Regensburg Arena Regensburg
    (Continental Arena) 6     		15.210 137.055 08,062 53.00% 2/17 ** net Dallmeier Saller 04,700
    15th Holstein Kiel Holstein Stadium 15,034 136,888 08,052 53.60% 2/17 ** famila Lotto Schleswig-Holstein puma 07,000
    16. SpVgg Greuther Fürth Sportpark Ronhof 7
    (Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer)     		16,626 120,645 07.097 42.70% 1/17 ** Hofmann staff BVUK. bumblebee 04,850
    17th SV Sandhausen Hardtwaldstadion
    (BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald)     		15,414 096,935 05,702 37.00% 0/17 * sunmaker BWT puma 02,750
    18th SV Wehen Wiesbaden Brita Arena 8 09,100 063,360 03,727 41.00% 1/17 ** Brita SVA Nike 01,700
    total 484.0140 4,528,0760 14,798 54.99% 33/306 197,0500
    Stand: Final stand
    2 For safety reasons, only 29,226 spectators were in the Millerntor Stadium when the home game against Hamburger SV was sold out.
    3 At the sold out home game against FC Erzgebirge Aue, only 30,753 spectators were in the Rudolf Harbig Stadium for safety reasons.
    4th At the sold out home games against Arminia Bielefeld and Hamburger SV, there were only 15,800 spectators in the Bremer Brücke stadium for safety reasons, and only 15,801 at the sold out home game against VfB Stuttgart.
    5The stadium at the Böllenfalltor will be rebuilt while the match is in progress. At the first home game, the venue offered 16,768 spectators, from the second 17,968, which, however, cannot be fully used for security reasons. This is included in the average attendance .; At the sold-out home game against Hamburger SV, there were only 14,875 spectators in the stadium for safety reasons.
    6thThe sponsorship contract with the automotive supplier Continental expired on January 1, 2020.
    7th For safety reasons, only 15,000 spectators were in the Ronhof sports park for the sold-out home game against 1. FC Nürnberg.
    8th At the sold out home game against Hamburger SV, there were only 8,200 spectators in the Brita-Arena for safety reasons.
    * 4 ghost games each.
    ** 5 ghost games each.

    Peak values ​​of the season

    useful information

    • With the start of the season, video evidence was introduced as additional support for referees during the game. The video evidence was tested “offline” in the preseason, from this season a direct connection will be established between the main referee on the field and a video assistant. Not all controversial scenes are evaluated by the video assistant, but only those that involve possible goals, red cards (but not yellow-red cards ), penalties or mistaken players. After two years of use in the Bundesliga, video evidence was also introduced in the 2nd Bundesliga.
    • Arminia Bielefeld drew level with the previous record holder 1. FC Nürnberg with her 8th promotion to the Bundesliga and became record champions of the 2. Bundesliga (together with Freiburg, Cologne and Nürnberg) through the fourth championship.
    • Arminia Bielefeld suffered only two defeats in the season; this is the lowest number of all teams in the history of the 2nd Bundesliga (together with their own performance in the 1979/80 season in the 2nd Bundesliga North and that of Hertha BSC in the 2012/13 season ).

    Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) recommended on March 8, 2020 that events with at least 1,000 visitors be canceled. The last second division game for the time being took place on Monday, March 9th in Stuttgart, when VfB Stuttgart met Arminia Bielefeld in front of 54,302 spectators . The DFL announced that the season had to be played to the end in good time to guarantee the clubs planning security. In the following days before the 26th matchday (March 13-15 ), the local health authorities followed Spahn's recommendation and banned such events in accordance with the Infection Protection Act , which affected the home games of all second division clubs.

    Hannover 96 is infected Timo Hübers and Jannes Horn with the SARS-CoV-2 - coronavirus . On March 12, the Hanover Health Department quarantined the entire professional team and the physiotherapists for 14 days . The 26th matchday should take place in front of empty stands, with the game of Hannover 96 being canceled. After Fabian Nürnberger from 1. FC Nürnberg also tested positive for the virus and the entire 1.FC Nürnberg team had been quarantined for 14 days by the Nuremberg Health Department on March 13, the match day of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga decided.

    At an extraordinary DFL general meeting on March 16, it was decided to suspend the game until April 2. However, the DFL did not assume that matches would be possible again on the first weekend in April. On March 31, the DFL general meeting decided that the league would be paused until April 30, including the 31st matchday. In addition, the DFL set up a Sports Medicine / Special Game Operations Task Force, headed by sports medicine specialist Tim Meyer , which developed a binding concept for resuming gaming operations and presented it on April 23. The concept provides for a maximum of 300 people to be inside the stadium, on the stands and on the grounds during the ghost games. The players and supervisors will be tested closely for the corona virus , which at the time, according to DFL managing director Christian Seifert, made up "not even 0.4 percent" of Germany-wide test capacities. In doing so, the DFL countered critics who argued that professional football would deny other professional groups access to tests. The improved safety of the people involved from infection justifies classification of the contact persons of infected people in Category II (lower risk of infection) by the Robert Koch Institute , which means that group quarantine could be dispensed with after a positive case. The decision on this is up to the local health department. The DFL did not set an exact resumption date.

    There was controversial debate in politics and society as to whether the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 should be allowed to resume playing. Opponents accused football, among other things, of a special position. On April 29, the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs accepted the DFL concept. According to the Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD), a continuation of the season “is no longer problematic from an occupational health and safety point of view”. At the beginning of May, 1,724 tests were carried out in the first wave of tests before the start of team training at the 36 clubs, 10 of which were positive. On May 6, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the respective country representatives decided that the season continuation for the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga would be possible from the second half of May.

    Game operations were resumed on May 16 and 17 with the 26th matchday (the 34th matchday would originally have taken place on 17 May) and should end on June 28th with the 34th matchday. Thus, the 2nd Bundesliga was the first European professional league to continue its season together with the Bundesliga after the interruption.

    On May 9, after two positive series of tests, the local health department ordered a 14-day home quarantine for the Dynamo Dresden team. Further decisions were made at a DFL general meeting on May 14th. If the season could not end by June 30th, it would be extended beyond that. In addition, the substitution quota for the rest of the season has been increased from three to five players. It should also be possible to play games in another stadium at short notice for “compelling legal, organizational and / or security reasons”.

    Head coach

    Interim coaches are taken into account if they have completed a game. The head coaches marked with an N took over their team at the beginning of the season. The clubs are sorted according to the final table.

    society Head coach I until match day (place) Head coach II until match day (place) Head Coach III until match day (place) Head coach IV
    Arminia Bielefeld Uwe Neuhaus
    VfB Stuttgart Tim Walter N 18 (3.) United StatesUnited States Pellegrino Matarazzo
    1. FC Heidenheim Frank Schmidt
    Hamburger SV Dieter Hecking N.
    SV Darmstadt 98 GreeceGreece Dimitrios Grammozis
    Hannover 96 Mirko Slomka N. 12 (13.) Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Asif Šarić (interim) 13 (15.) Kenan Kocak
    FC Erzgebirge Aue Daniel Meyer 3 (5.) Marc Hensel (interim) 4 (5.) Dirk Schuster
    VfL Bochum Robin Dutt 4 (17.) Heiko Butscher (interim) 5 (17.) Thomas Reis
    SpVgg Greuther Fürth Stefan Leitl
    SV Sandhausen Uwe Koschinat
    Holstein Kiel André Schubert N. 6 (16.) Ole Werner
    SSV Jahn Regensburg Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Mersad Selimbegović N
    VfL Osnabrück Daniel Thioune
    FC St. Pauli NetherlandsNetherlands Jos Luhukay
    Karlsruher SC Alois Schwartz 20 (17.) Christian Eichner
    1. FC Nuremberg AustriaAustria Damir Canadi N 12 (11.) SlovakiaSlovakia Marek Mintál (interim) 13 (14.) Jens Keller 34 (16.) Michael Wiesinger (interim for relegation)
    SV Wehen Wiesbaden Rüdiger Rehm
    Dynamo Dresden Cristian Fiél 15 (18.) Heiko Scholz (interim) 16 (18.) Markus Kauczinski

    Squad

    Individual evidence

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    2. ^ Table , bundesliga.com, accessed June 28, 2020
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