The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga [ˈtsvaɪtə ˈbʊndəsˌliːɡa] is the 2nd division of professional football in Germany. It was applied 11 years after the starting of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new 2nd division for specialist football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below the Bundesliga as well as over the 3. Liga in the German football league system. Every one of the 2. Bundesliga clubs get approved for the DFB-Pokal, the annual German Mug competition. A total amount of 127 clubs have competed in the 2. Bundesliga given that its structure. The choice to establish the league as the 2nd degree of football in West Germany was made in May 1973. The organization began operating in August 1974, then with 2 departments of 20 clubs. It was decreased to a solitary department in 1981. From the 1991-- 92 season onwards clubs from former East Germany began taking part in the league, briefly expanding it to 2 divisions again. It returned to a single division style once more at the end of that season...