The 2. Bundesliga is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below the Bundesliga and above the 3. Liga in the German football league system. All of the 2. Bundesliga clubs take part in the DFB-Pokal, the annual German Cup competition. A total of 127 clubs have competed in the 2. Bundesliga since its foundation.
Marcel Heller is a German footballer who plays as a winger for SV Straelen.
The 2005–06 DFB-Pokal was the 63rd season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 19 August 2005 and ended on 29 April 2006. In the final, Bayern Munich defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0, thereby claiming their 13th title and also winning the double. It was the first time in German football that a team won the double two seasons in a row.
Michael Frontzeck is a German professional football coach and former player who was most recently assistant coach of VfL Wolfsburg.
The 2003–04 DFB-Pokal was the 61st season of the annual German football cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 29 August 2003 and ended on 29 May 2004. In the final Werder Bremen defeated second-tier Alemannia Aachen, who knocked out defending champions Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals, 3–2, thereby becoming the fifth team in German football to win the double. It was Bremen's fifth win in the cup.
Dieter-Klaus Hecking is a German football manager and executive and former professional player. He played for Hannover 96 and Eintracht Braunschweig as a midfielder. He returned to manage Hannover despite the long-standing and bitter rivalry between the two clubs.
Jörg Berger was a German football manager and player, who last managed Arminia Bielefeld.
The 2010–11 DFB-Pokal was the 68th season of the annual German football cup competition. The competition began on 13 August 2010 with the first round and concluded on 21 May 2011 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. The competition was won by Schalke 04, who eliminated title holder Bayern Munich in the semi-finals. By clinching the cup, Schalke thus qualified for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
The 2012–13 Alemannia Aachen season is the 113th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13, the club plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. It is the clubs first-ever season in this league, having been relegated from the 2. Bundesliga in 2012.
The 2013–14 Eintracht Braunschweig season marks the club's first season in the Bundesliga in 28 years.
The 2020–21 FC Schalke 04 season was the 117th season in the football club's history and 30th consecutive and 53rd overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991. In addition to the domestic league, Schalke 04 also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 20th season for Schalke in the Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
The 2020–21 Arminia Bielefeld season was the club's 116th season in existence and the first season back in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Arminia Bielefeld participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
The 2020–21 season was Hertha BSC's 128th season in existence and the club's eighth consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Hertha BSC participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. The season covered the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
