2. Bundesliga
German giants Hamburg and Schalke get the ball rolling in Bundesliga 2 on 28 July. bundesliga.com takes a closer look at the records and milestones up for grabs in 2023/24...
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Going into 2023/24, no team has played in more games or scored more goals in Bundesliga 2 than Greuther Fürth (1160 and 1721 respectively). They've gone up twice, but it's Nuremberg - along with relegated Arminia Bielefeld - who co-hold the record for most promotions from Bundesliga 2 (eight). Success at the end of the new campaign would lift Der Club outright top of the promotion pile.
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The promotion race is set to be as keenly contested as ever, not least following the demotion of Schalke and Hertha Berlin. The Royal Blues bounced back up at the first time of asking in 2021/22, with Hertha doing the same in 2012/13. If the Old Lady are to repeat the feat, they might need to replicate their efforts of 1980/81, when they set single-season records for most wins (31) and goals scored (123).
Horst Hrubesch holds the individual goals record, having hit 42 for Rot-Weiss Essen in 1977/78. Simon Terodde rattled off 30 for Schalke in 2021/22, becoming the division's outright leading scorer along the way. The 35-year-old begins the new season on 172 goals across 283 appearances in the second division.
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Other records to watch out for in 2023/24