2019–20 2. Bundesliga
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The 2019–20 2. Bundesliga was the 46th season of the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 26 July 2019 and was initially due to conclude on 17 May 2020.[1]
Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 26 July 2019 – 28 June 2020 |
Champions | Arminia Bielefeld |
Promoted | Arminia Bielefeld VfB Stuttgart |
Relegated | Wehen Wiesbaden Dynamo Dresden |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 881 (2.88 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Fabian Klos (21 goals) |
Biggest home win | Bielefeld 6–0 Regensburg |
Biggest away win | Wiesbaden 0–6 Nürnberg Nürnberg 0–6 Stuttgart |
Highest scoring | Wiesbaden 3–6 Kiel |
Longest winning run | 4 games Hamburg Darmstadt Bielefeld Stuttgart |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 games Bielefeld |
Longest winless run | 10 games Osnabrück |
Longest losing run | 5 games Karlsruhe Dresden |
Highest attendance | 53,315 Stuttgart v St. Pauli |
Lowest attendance | 5,025[upper-alpha 1] Sandhausen v Osnabrück |
Attendance | 4,582,378 (14,975 per match)[upper-alpha 2] |
← 2018–19 2020–21 → |
Arminia Bielefeld secured their promotion on 16 June 2020,[2] while VfB Stuttgart were promoted on the last matchday.[3]
Following an offline test phase in the previous season,[4] the video assistant referee system will be used for the first time in the 2. Bundesliga.[5][6] Also, the number of substitutes allowed on the bench was increased from seven to nine for the 2019–20 season.[7]
On 13 March 2020, the DFL suspended the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.[8] After consultation with the German government, the league resumed behind closed doors on 16 May 2020.[9] The season then concluded on 28 June.[10]