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Bielefeld (AP) - FC Schalke 04 was relegated from the Bundesliga for the fourth time after 1981, 1983 and 1988.
After the 0: 1 (0: 0) at Arminia Bielefeld on Tuesday evening, the fall into the second division, which had been announced for months, is finally perfect.
On the remaining four match days, the knocked-down bottom of the table can no longer catch up on rank 15.
From 30 games so far, Schalke only scored 13 points with two wins.
At the top, however, FC Bayern is aiming for its 30th championship.
After the 2-0 (2-0) against Bayer Leverkusen, Munich already have ten points ahead of second RB Leipzig, who lost 1: 2 (0-0) at the penultimate 1. FC Köln.
Eintracht Frankfurt defeated FC Augsburg 2-0 (1-0).
The Schalke descent was preceded by an unprecedented crash in the past 15 months.
Already in the preseason, the Royal Blues saved themselves after only one victory in the second half of 2019/2020 only because of the strong streak from relegation.
In January 2020, the runner-up from 2018 thought he was still on course for the European Cup.
Under coach David Wagner there was no victory until last summer.
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The dilemma continued in the current season.
A total of five coaches failed to save Schalke.
The current head coach Dimitrios Grammozis should now rebuild the Royal Blues in the 2nd division and lead them back into the Bundesliga.
The former Champions League permanent guest has a debt burden of 217 million euros.
But the CFO Christina Rühl-Hamers sees no existential problems: "We will definitely be able to set up a competitive second division squad that should be able to play along for promotion."
The new sports director Peter Knäbel should take care of this and, as the successor to the hapless Jochen Schneider, now has to reorganize the club in terms of sport.
© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210420-99-284597 / 2
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