The 2006–07 Bundesliga season resulted in a 13th-place finish and a club record in Bundesliga season points earned, with 41. Energie Cottbus was the only club from the former East Germany playing in the Bundesliga until 1. FC Nürnberg relegated the team on 1 June 2009. Cottbus remained in the 2. Bundesliga for another five seasons until 2014, when an 18th-place finish meant relegation to the 3. Liga, ending a 17-season stint in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. After a 19th-place finish in the 3. Liga in 2015–16, the club suffered another relegation, to the Regionalliga Nordost.