![Opinion: Time to abolish the Bundesliga relegation playoff | Sports | German football and major international sports news | DW | 21.06.2020 Opinion: Time to abolish the Bundesliga relegation playoff | Sports | German football and major international sports news | DW | 21.06.2020](https://static.dw.com/image/53719769_401.jpg)
Opinion: Time to abolish the Bundesliga relegation playoff | Sports | German football and major international sports news | DW | 21.06.2020
![Everything You Need to Know About 1.FC Heidenheim Ahead of the Bundesliga Relegation Playoff - Last Word on Football Everything You Need to Know About 1.FC Heidenheim Ahead of the Bundesliga Relegation Playoff - Last Word on Football](https://lastwordonsports.com/football/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/07/gettyimages-1221762166-594x594-1.jpg)
Everything You Need to Know About 1.FC Heidenheim Ahead of the Bundesliga Relegation Playoff - Last Word on Football
![firo: 29.05.2021, Fuvuball, football: Relegation game back game to 1. Bundesliga Holstein Kiel - 1.FC Kv? ln, Koeln 1: 5 jubilation over relegation Image: from left to right. Image: from left Sports director firo: 29.05.2021, Fuvuball, football: Relegation game back game to 1. Bundesliga Holstein Kiel - 1.FC Kv? ln, Koeln 1: 5 jubilation over relegation Image: from left to right. Image: from left Sports director](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2FYR5CY/firo-29052021-fuvuball-football-relegation-game-back-game-to-1bundesliga-holstein-kiel-1fc-kv-ln-koeln-1-5-jubilation-over-relegation-image-from-left-to-right-image-from-left-sports-director-horst-heldt-cologne-and-managing-director-alexander-wehrle-cologne-2FYR5CY.jpg)
firo: 29.05.2021, Fuvuball, football: Relegation game back game to 1. Bundesliga Holstein Kiel - 1.FC Kv? ln, Koeln 1: 5 jubilation over relegation Image: from left to right. Image: from left Sports director
![Cologne, Germany. 26th May, 2021. Football: Bundesliga - Relegation, first leg, 1. FC Köln - Holstein Kiel at Rhein-Energie-Stadion. Cologne's midfielder Jonas Hector (M) in a duel with Kiel's midfielder Aleksandar Ignjovski. Cologne, Germany. 26th May, 2021. Football: Bundesliga - Relegation, first leg, 1. FC Köln - Holstein Kiel at Rhein-Energie-Stadion. Cologne's midfielder Jonas Hector (M) in a duel with Kiel's midfielder Aleksandar Ignjovski.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2FXB0NC/cologne-germany-26th-may-2021-football-bundesliga-relegation-first-leg-1-fc-kln-holstein-kiel-at-rhein-energie-stadion-colognes-midfielder-jonas-hector-m-in-a-duel-with-kiels-midfielder-aleksandar-ignjovski-important-note-in-accordance-with-the-regulations-of-the-dfl-deutsche-fuball-liga-and-the-dfb-deutscher-fuball-bund-it-is-prohibited-to-use-or-have-used-photographs-taken-in-the-stadium-andor-of-the-match-in-the-form-of-sequence-pictures-andor-video-like-photo-series-credit-ina-fassbenderafp-pooldpaalamy-live-news-2FXB0NC.jpg)
Cologne, Germany. 26th May, 2021. Football: Bundesliga - Relegation, first leg, 1. FC Köln - Holstein Kiel at Rhein-Energie-Stadion. Cologne's midfielder Jonas Hector (M) in a duel with Kiel's midfielder Aleksandar Ignjovski.
![Football news - Koln thrash Holstein Kiel 5-1 in relegation play-off to preserve Bundesliga status - Eurosport Football news - Koln thrash Holstein Kiel 5-1 in relegation play-off to preserve Bundesliga status - Eurosport](https://imgresizer.eurosport.com/unsafe/1200x0/filters:format(jpeg):focal(1173x543:1175x541)/origin-imgresizer.eurosport.com/2021/05/29/3142091-64397548-2560-1440.jpg)
Football news - Koln thrash Holstein Kiel 5-1 in relegation play-off to preserve Bundesliga status - Eurosport
![Augsburg 2-1 Bayern Munich: Bundesliga champions suffer shock defeat to relegation-threatened opponents - Eurosport Augsburg 2-1 Bayern Munich: Bundesliga champions suffer shock defeat to relegation-threatened opponents - Eurosport](https://imgresizer.eurosport.com/unsafe/1200x0/filters:format(jpeg):focal(1256x555:1258x553)/origin-imgresizer.eurosport.com/2021/11/19/3256719-66651648-2560-1440.jpg)
Augsburg 2-1 Bayern Munich: Bundesliga champions suffer shock defeat to relegation-threatened opponents - Eurosport
![Relegation playoff: Werder Bremen facing moment of truth in Heidenheim | Sports | German football and major international sports news | DW | 05.07.2020 Relegation playoff: Werder Bremen facing moment of truth in Heidenheim | Sports | German football and major international sports news | DW | 05.07.2020](https://static.dw.com/image/54033747_303.jpg)
Relegation playoff: Werder Bremen facing moment of truth in Heidenheim | Sports | German football and major international sports news | DW | 05.07.2020
![29 May 2021, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel: Football, Bundesliga, Relegation, Second leg, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. PAH-210529-99-788844-DPAI | agefotostock 29 May 2021, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel: Football, Bundesliga, Relegation, Second leg, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. PAH-210529-99-788844-DPAI | agefotostock](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/f726704342844a38aa3e4cdfb3759aa7/pah-210529-99-788844-dpai.jpg)