2. Bundesliga returns with sold-out Bochum, Wolfsburg favorite, and record ticket sales

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The 2. Bundesliga opens Friday with Hertha BSC visiting Bochum in a sold-out Ruhrstadion, as VfL Wolfsburg enters as clear favorite after relegation from the top flight. Last season the league sold nearly 8.7 million tickets, averaging 28,386 per game—more than France's Ligue 1. Kaiserslautern set a club record with 33,827 season tickets, while Hannover surpassed 20,000. Wolfsburg brings the division's most expensive squad. Also relegated are St. Pauli and Heidenheim; Energie Cottbus returns after 12 years. The league features many long-serving former Bundesliga clubs like Hertha, Hannover, Nuremberg and Kaiserslautern.


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