Small-town club Elversberg clinches Bundesliga promotion for the first time
Elversberg finished second on goal difference after a 3-0 home win over Preußen Münster, becoming the 59th club to reach the Bundesliga.
- Small-Town club Elversberg clinched promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time on Sunday, finishing runner-up in Germany's second division behind Schalke with a 3-0 home victory over Preu.
- Three teams entered the second division's final round level on points, with Elversberg securing the promotion spot by holding a superior goal difference over both Hannover and Paderborn.
- Hannover was leading Nuremberg 3-2 until late-goal scorer Luka Lochoshvili equalized, allowing Paderborn to claim the third-place playoff spot following a 2-0 win at Darmstadt.
- Paderborn will face Wolfsburg in a two-leg playoff to determine the final Bundesliga promotion spot, with Wolfsburg hosting the first leg on Thursday.
- Elversberg becomes the 59th club to play in the Bundesliga since its 1963 formation. Elsewhere, Fortuna was relegated following a 3-0 loss to Greuther, while Eintracht Braunschweig secured another second-division season.
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Independent EspañolBERLIN (AP) — The club of the small town of Elversberg secured the rise to the Bundesliga for the first time on Sunday when he finished as runner-up of the second division of Germany, behind the already promoted Schalke.
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