Nfter four years, 1. FC Kaiserslautern will return to the second division next season. In the relegation, the traditional club from Betzenberg prevailed against Dynamo Dresden. As a reward, the Red Devils can open the new season on July 15 at 8.30 p.m. in front of their home crowd. They receive Hannover 96 for the opening game (the highlight video of the game and all duels in the 2nd league directly after the final whistle at WELT). That was the result of the schedule that the DFL published on Friday afternoon.
The duel between FC St. Pauli and 1. FC Nürnberg is also exciting on the first matchday. Both teams just barely missed promotion. The Franconians received Greuther Fürth for the derby just a week later. The big city duel in Hamburg then increases on the 12th matchday. St. Pauli welcomes HSV at the Millerntor. The Rothosen start their fifth season in the second division in Braunschweig.
As has been customary for several years, the season starts around three weeks earlier than in the Bundesliga. Because of the Winter World Cup in Qatar, the 2nd division is pausing for more than two months after matchday 17 (November 11th to 13th). The second half of the season begins on January 27, 2023, and the last day of the game, on which all nine games will kick off at 3:30 p.m., is scheduled for May 28, 2023. The kick-off time for the conference on Saturdays will be changed. The games start again half an hour earlier at 1 p.m.
The first half of the season at a glance
Matchday 1 (July 15-17)
1. FC Kaiserslautern – Hannover 96 (Friday, July 15, 8:30 p.m.)
Greuther Furth – Holstein Kiel
FC St. Pauli – 1. FC Nuremberg
SC Paderborn – Karlsruher SC
Hansa Rostock – 1. FC Heidenheim
SV Sandhausen – Arminia Bielefeld
Jahn Regensburg – SV Darmstadt 98
1. FC Magdeburg – Fortuna Düsseldorf
Eintracht Braunschweig – Hamburger SV
Matchday 2 (July 22-24)
Arminia Bielefeld – Jahn Regensburg
Hamburger SV – Hansa Rostock
SV Darmstadt 98 – SV Sandhausen
1. FC Heidenheim – Eintracht Braunschweig
1. FC Nuremberg – Greuther Furth
Holstein Kiel – 1 FC Kaiserslautern
Fortuna Düsseldorf – SC Paderborn
FC 96 – FC St. Pauli
Karlsruher SC – 1 FC Magdeburg
Matchday 3 (05-07 August)
Greuther Furth – Karlsruher SC
Hamburger SV – 1 FC Heidenheim
SC Paderborn – Hannover 96
Hansa Rostock – Arminia Bielefeld
SV Sandhausen – Fortuna Dusseldorf
Jahn Regensburg – 1 FC Nuremberg
1 FC Magdeburg – Holstein Kiel
Eintracht Braunschweig – SV Darmstadt 98
1 FC Kaiserslautern – FC St Pauli
Matchday 4 (12-14 August)
Arminia Bielefeld – Hamburger SV
SV Darmstadt 98 – Hansa Rostock
FC St. Pauli – 1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Nürnberg – 1. FC Heidenheim
Holstein Kiel – Eintracht Braunschweig
Fortuna Dusseldorf – Greuther Furth
Hannover 96 – Jahn Regensburg
Karlsruher SC – SV Sandhausen
1 FC Kaiserslautern – SC Paderborn
Matchday 5 (19-21 August)
Greuther Furth – 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Hamburger SV – SV Darmstadt 98
1. FC Heidenheim – Arminia Bielefeld
SC Paderborn 07 – Holstein Kiel
FC St. Hansa Rostock Pauli
SV Sandhausen – 1. FC Nuremberg
Jahn Regensburg – Karlsruher SC
1. FC Magdeburg – Hannover 96
Eintracht Braunschweig – Fortuna Dusseldorf
Matchday 6 (26-28 August)
Arminia Bielefeld – Eintracht Braunschweig
SV Darmstadt 98 – 1. FC Heidenheim
FC St. Pauli – SC Paderborn 07
1. FC Nuremberg – Hamburger SV
Holstein Kiel – SV Sandhausen
Fortuna Düsseldorf – Jahn Regensburg
Hanover 96 – Greuther Furth
Karlsruher SC – Hansa Rostock
1 FC Kaiserslautern – 1 FC Magdeburg
Matchday 7 (02-04 September)
Greuther Furth – FC St. Pauli
Hamburger SV vs. Karlsruher SC
SV Darmstadt 98 – Arminia Bielefeld
1. FC Heidenheim – Fortuna Dusseldorf
SC Paderborn 07 – 1. FC Magdeburg
Hansa Rostock – Hannover 96
SV Sandhausen – 1 FC Kaiserslautern
Jahn Regensburg-Holstein Kiel
Eintracht Braunschweig – 1. FC Nuremberg
Matchday 8 (09-11 September)
FC St. Pauli – SV Sandhausen
SC Paderborn 07 – Jahn Regensburg
1. FC Nuremberg – Arminia Bielefeld
Holstein Kiel vs Hamburger SV
Fortuna Düsseldorf – Hansa Rostock
Hanover 96 – Eintracht Braunschweig
Karlsruher SC – 1. FC Heidenheim
1. FC Magdeburg – Greuther Furth
1. FC Kaiserslautern – SV Darmstadt 98
Matchday 9 (September 16-18)
Arminia Bielefeld – Holstein Kiel
Greuther Furth – SC Paderborn 07
Hamburger SV – Fortuna Düsseldorf
SV Darmstadt 98 – 1. FC Nuremberg
1 FC Heidenheim – 1 FC Kaiserslautern
Hansa Rostock – 1 FC Magdeburg
SV Sandhausen – Hanover 96
Jahn Regensburg – FC St. Pauli
Eintracht Braunschweig vs. Karlsruher SC
Matchday 10 (September 30th-October 2nd)
Greuther Furth – SV Sandhausen
FC St. Pauli – 1. FC Heidenheim
SC Paderborn 07 – SV Darmstadt 98
Holstein Kiel-Hansa Rostock
Fortuna Dusseldorf – Arminia Bielefeld
Hannover 96 – Hamburger SV
Karlsruher SC – 1. FC Nuremberg
1. FC Magdeburg – Jahn Regensburg
1. FC Kaiserslautern – Eintracht Braunschweig
Matchday 11 (October 07-09)
Arminia Bielefeld – Karlsruher SC
Hamburger SV – 1 FC Kaiserslautern
SV Darmstadt 98 – Fortuna Düsseldorf
1. FC Heidenheim – Hannover 96
1. FC Nuremberg – Holstein Kiel
Hansa Rostock – SC Paderborn 07
SV Sandhausen – 1 FC Magdeburg
Jahn Regensburg-Greuther Furth
Eintracht Braunschweig vs. FC St. Pauli
Matchday 12 (14-16 October)
Greuther Furth – Hansa Rostock
FC St. Pauli – Hamburger SV
SC Paderborn 07 – SV Sandhausen
Holstein Kiel – 1 FC Heidenheim
Fortuna Dusseldorf – 1. FC Nuremberg
Hanover 96 – Arminia Bielefeld
Karlsruher SC – SV Darmstadt 98
1. FC Magdeburg – Eintracht Braunschweig
1. FC Kaiserslautern – Jahn Regensburg
Matchday 13 (21-23 October)
Arminia Bielefeld – FC St. Pauli
Hamburger SV – 1. FC Magdeburg
SV Darmstadt 98 – Holstein Kiel
1. FC Heidenheim – Greuther Furth
1. FC Nürnberg – Hannover 96
Karlsruher SC – Fortuna Dusseldorf
Hansa Rostock – 1.FC Kaiserslautern
Jahn Regensburg – SV Sandhausen
Eintracht Braunschweig – SC Paderborn 07
Matchday 14 (28-30 October)
Greuther Furth – Arminia Bielefeld
FC St. Pauli – SV Darmstadt 98
SC Paderborn 07 – Hamburger SV
Holstein Kiel vs Fortuna Dusseldorf
Hannover 96 – Karlsruher SC
SV Sandhausen – Eintracht Braunschweig
Jahn Regensburg – Hansa Rostock
1 FC Magdeburg – 1 FC Heidenheim
1. FC Kaiserslautern – 1. FC Nuremberg
Matchday 15 (04-06 November)
Arminia Bielefeld – 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Hamburger SV vs Jahn Regensburg
SV Darmstadt 98 – Hannover 96
1. FC Heidenheim – SC Paderborn 07
1. FC Nuremberg – 1. FC Magdeburg
Fortuna Düsseldorf – FC St. Pauli
Karlsruher SC – Holstein Kiel
Hansa Rostock – SV Sandhausen
Eintracht Braunschweig – Greuther Furth
Matchday 16 (08-10 November)
Greuther Furth – Hamburger SV
FC St. Pauli – Holstein Kiel
SC Paderborn 07 – Arminia Bielefeld
Hannover 96 – Fortuna Düsseldorf
Hansa Rostock – 1. FC Nuremberg
SV Sandhausen – 1 FC Heidenheim
Jahn Regensburg – Eintracht Braunschweig
1. FC Magdeburg – SV Darmstadt 98
1. FC Kaiserslautern – Karlsruher SC
Matchday 17 (November 11-13)
Arminia Bielefeld – 1. FC Magdeburg
Hamburger SV – SV Sandhausen
SV Darmstadt 98 – Greuther Furth
1. FC Heidenheim – Jahn Regensburg
1. FC Nuremberg – SC Paderborn 07
Holstein Kiel – Hanover 96
Fortuna Dusseldorf – 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Karlsruher SC – FC St. Pauli
Eintracht Braunschweig – Hansa Rostock
