Clearly, with 1. FC Köln and Hamburger Sportverein, the second league, which starts tomorrow, had to relinquish two clubs to the top league that were largely responsible for the attractiveness of the competition. However, the following ranking of season ticket sales for the new season shows: People are still really excited about the 2nd league (we are too). 🙌
Note: The numbers in the ranking were taken from ‘kicker.de’.
Holstein Kiel: 6,000 season tickets sold
SpVgg Fürth: 7,100
SV Elversberg: 7,400
SC Paderborn: 7,659
SV Darmstadt 98: 12,850
Eintracht Braunschweig: 14,047
Dynamo Dresden: 15,000
FC Magdeburg: 15,650
Arminia Bielefeld: 17,000
VfL Bochum: 17,500
Hannover 96: 19,000
1. FC Nürnberg: 20,100
Fortuna Düsseldorf: 20,500
Hertha BSC: 23,044
1. FC Kaiserslautern: 32,682
FC Schalke 04: 40,000
How big is your anticipation for the 2. Bundesliga? Let us know in the comments.
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