🎥 Cologne thrash rivals, seal 2. Bundesliga spot on final day | OneFootball

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The final round of the 2024/25 2. Bundesliga, Germany’s second division, was played this Sunday (18th), with nine matches taking place simultaneously. At the top of the table, 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 the exact second and third place finishers, and the relegation battle, were still up for grabs. Check out how the table ended up! 🎥 See the best moments from all nine matches below! 🐐 Cologne are champions! Hamburg played away against Greuther Fürth and lost 3-2. This defeat meant they did not secure the league title. That’s because Cologne, who were in second place before the round started with 58 points, did their job at home and thrashed Kaiserslautern 4-0. The Goats moved up to 61 points, ahead of Hamburg’s 59, and secured not only promotion but also the trophy. Lifting the trophy for the fifth time in their history! 3️⃣ Third place The third spot, which leads to the Bundesliga promotion playoff against Heidenheim, the sixteenth-placed team in the Bundesliga, went to Elversberg. The tiny club, from a town of just 13,000 inhabitants, beat Schalke 04 away from home, 2-1, and held onto third place, reaching 58 points. Paderborn, who were also dreaming of third place, said goodbye to that hope after suffering a heavy 3-0 defeat to Karlsruher away, finishing with 55 points. Fortuna Düsseldorf lost to Magdeburg away, 4-2. This result left Düsseldorf in sixth place with 53 points, while Magdeburg, with a better goal difference, took fifth, also with 53 points. Remember, OneFootball broadcasts the Bundesliga promotion playoff LIVE and FOR FREE! 😬 Relegation zone At the bottom of the table, Eintracht Braunschweig were thrashed at home by Nuremberg, 4-1. The result kept the team in sixteenth place. This means they will play a playoff against Saarbrücken, third place in the 24/25 season of the third division. Whoever wins will play in the 2. Bundesliga in the 2025/26 season. It’s worth noting that Ulm and Jahn Regensburg, seventeenth and eighteenth respectively, were already relegated to the 3. Liga before this round started. Just like Dynamo Dresden and Arminia Bielefeld, who played in the Bundesliga in recent years, are already guaranteed for the 2025/26 2. Bundesliga season. 🎥 See below for the best moments from the matches - Cologne 4 x 0 Kaiserslautern - Karlsruher 3 x 0 Paderborn - Darmstadt 3 x 1 Jahn Regensburg - Greuther Fürth 3 x 2 Hamburg - Hertha Berlin 1 x 1 Hannover 96 - Schalke 04 1 x 2 Elversberg - Magdeburg 4 x 2 Fortuna Düsseldorf - Eintracht Braunschweig 1 x 4 Nuremberg - Ulm 2 x 2 Preußen Münster See the final 2. Bundesliga table below: [Images of the final table]

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