💸 TV money in the 2. Bundesliga: how much does your club pocket? | OneFootball

The 2. Bundesliga kicks off again at the beginning of August. After two traditional clubs, 1. FC Köln and Hamburger SV, have left the league, Bochum and Kiel are joining. Both clubs, as relegated teams, receive the most TV money, as shown by the ranking published by 'kicker'.

Of the top 10, only one club was able to record a slight increase.

The TV Money Ranking at a Glance

18th Place: Dynamo Dresden

Total revenue: 6.9 million euros (no data for previous season)

17th Place: Preußen Münster

Total revenue: 7.4 million euros (plus 0.1 million euros)

16th Place: Eintracht Braunschweig

Total revenue: 7.6 million euros (minus 1 million euros)

15th Place: Arminia Bielefeld

Total revenue: 7.7 million euros (no data for previous season)

14th Place: SV Elversberg

Total revenue: 8.6 million euros (plus 0.2 million euros)

13th Place: 1. FC Kaiserslautern

Total revenue: 8.8 million euros (minus 1 million euros)

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13th Place: 1. FC Magdeburg

Total revenue: 8.8 million euros (minus 0.5 million euros)

11th Place: Hannover 96

Total revenue: 11.2 million euros (minus 1.1 million euros)

10th Place: 1. FC Nürnberg

Total revenue: 11.5 million euros (minus 1.3 million euros)

9th Place: Greuther Fürth

Total revenue: 12.2 million euros (minus 2.5 million euros)

8th Place: Karlsruher SC

Total revenue: 12.3 million euros (minus 0.1 million euros)

7th Place: SC Paderborn

Total revenue: 13.2 million euros (minus 0.4 million euros)

6th Place: FC Schalke 04

Total revenue: 13.7 million euros (minus 5.5 million euros)

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5th Place: SV Darmstadt 98

Total revenue: 13.9 million euros (minus 4.5 million euros)

4th Place: Hertha BSC

Total revenue: 16 million euros (minus 5.6 million euros)

4th Place: Fortuna Düsseldorf

Total revenue: 16 million euros (plus 0.9 million euros)

2nd Place: Holstein Kiel

Total revenue: 16.8 million euros (minus 13.4 million euros)

1st Place: VfL Bochum

Total revenue: 20 million euros (minus 20.1 million euros)

In addition to the relegated teams, Hertha BSC and Schalke 04 are also losing significantly in TV revenue. The payout to the 18 second division clubs, at 221 million euros, is 22 million euros less than the previous season's figure.

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