- Clubs listed first finished 16th in the Bundesliga.
- Results in brackets represent the two legs, with an asterisk (*) denoting which team played at home first.
- The club in bold won the tie and either retained their Bundesliga status or were promoted.

2008/09: Energie Cottbus* 0-5 Nuremberg (0-3, 0-2)
2009/10: Nuremberg* 3-0 Augsburg (1-0, 0-2)
2010/11: Borussia Mönchengladbach* 2-1 Bochum (1-0, 1-1)
2011/12: Hertha Berlin* 3-4 Fortuna Düsseldorf (1-2, 2-2)
2012/13: Hoffenheim* 5-2 Kaiserslautern (3-1, 1-2)
2013/14: Hamburg* 1-1 Greuther Fürth (0-0, 1-1 – HSV won on away goals)
2014/15: Hamburg* 3-2 Karlsruhe (1-1, 1-2 a.e.t.)
2015/16: Eintracht Frankfurt* 2-1 Nuremberg (1-1, 0-1)
2016/17: Wolfsburg* 2-0 Eintracht Braunschweig (1-0, 0-1)
2017/18: Wolfsburg* 4-1 Holstein Kiel (3-1, 0-1)
2018/19: VfB Stuttgart* 2-2 Union Berlin (2-2, 0-0 – Union won on away goals)
2019/20: Werder Bremen* 2-2 Heidenheim (0-0, 2-2 – Bremen won on away goals)
2020/21: Cologne* 5-2 Holstein Kiel (0-1, 1-5)
2021/22: Hertha Berlin* 2-1 Hamburg (0-1, 0-2)
2022/23: VfB Stuttgart* 6-1 Hamburg (3-0, 1-3)

Watch: Stuttgart retained their top-flight status against Hamburg in 2023

Highlights

Wiesbaden promoted to Bundesliga 2!

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