The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga [ˈtsvaɪtə ˈbʊndəsˌliːɡa] is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was carried out 11 years after the starting of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new 2nd department for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is rated below the Bundesliga and also above the 3. Liga in the German football organization system. Every one of the 2. Bundesliga clubs get approved for the DFB-Pokal, the annual German Cup competition. A total of 127 clubs have actually competed in the 2. Bundesliga because its structure. The choice to establish the organization as the 2nd level of football in West Germany was made in May 1973. The organization started operating in August 1974, then with two divisions of 20 clubs. It was minimized to a solitary division in 1981. From the 1991-- 92 period onwards clubs from former East Germany began joining the organization, briefly increasing it to two divisions again. It went back to a solitary department style once more...