🎥 Cologne thrash rivals to win 2. Bundesliga on final day, see table

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18-05-2025

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The final round of the 2024/25 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second division, was played on Sunday (18), with nine simultaneous matches.
At the top, the only certainty was that Hamburg would be promoted to the Bundesliga next season, after seven years in the second division.
The title itself, as well as who would finish exactly second and third, and the positions in the relegation zone, were still up for grabs.
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Hamburg faced Greuther Fürth away from home and lost 3-2. The defeat ultimately cost them the title.
This was because Cologne, who were in second place before the round began with 58 points, did their job and thrashed Kaiserslautern 4-0.
The Billy Goats moved up to 61 points, compared to Hamburg's 59, and confirmed not only their promotion but also the title.
The third place, which leads to a playoff for promotion to the Bundesliga against Heidenheim, 16th in the Bundesliga, went to Elversberg.
The small team won 2-1 away from home against Schalke 04 and maintained third place, reaching 58 points.
Paderborn, who were also dreaming of third place, said goodbye to their dream after being thrashed 3-0 by Karlsruher away from home, and finished with 55 points.
Fortuna Düsseldorf lost 4-2 to Magdeburg away from home.
The result left Düsseldorf in sixth place with 53 points, while Magdeburg, with a better goal difference, finished fifth with the same 53 points.
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At the bottom of the table, Eintracht Braunschweig were thrashed 4-1 by Nuremberg at home.
The result kept the team in 16th place.
This means they will face Saarbrücken, third-placed in the 2024/25 third division, in a playoff to stay in the second division.
The winner will play in the 2. Bundesliga in the 2025/26 season.
It's worth noting that Ulm and Jahn Regensburg, 17th and 18th respectively, were already relegated to the 3. Liga before the round began.
As well as Dynamo Dresden and Arminia Bielefeld, who played in the Bundesliga in recent years, and are guaranteed to play in the 2025/26 2. Bundesliga.
Cologne 4-0 Kaiserslautern
Karlsruher 3-0 Paderborn
Darmstadt 3-1 Jahn Regensburg
Greuther Fürth 3-2 Hamburg
Hertha Berlin 1-1 Hannover 96
Schalke 04 1-2 Elversberg
Magdeburg 4-2 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Eintracht Braunschweig 1-4 Nuremberg
Ulm 2-2 Preußen Münster
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