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Tiny Elversberg seal promotion to Bundesliga for very first time

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Published 1 month ago

Elversberg will play in the Bundesliga ⁠for the first time ever next season after earning promotion with a 3-0 ‌home win over Preussen Muenster on Sunday, sparking wild ‌celebrations at the Waldstadion an der ‌Kaiserlinde, which can hold most of the ‌town's inhabitants.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/elversberg-6in2Eknb/preussen-munster-zedZaSL7/?mid=d4sEpqgm"]The win[/a], thanks to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/conte-bambase/tCukSZJp/"]Bambase Conte[/a]'s ‌early goal and a double from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mokwa-ntusu-david/p4xCB27i/"]David Mokwa[/a], secured second place in the standings ‌ahead of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paderborn/G2Op923t/"]Paderborn[/a] on goal ⁠difference, with fans ‌streaming onto the pitch to celebrate.[/p][p]Paderborn will face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/wolfsburg/nwkTahLL/"]​VfL Wolfsburg[/a] in a two-legged relegation/promotion playoff.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/elversberg/6in2Eknb/"]Elversberg[/a] suffered heartbreak last season ​in only their second-ever campaign in the second tier, losing out on promotion ⁠in a playoff ​with Bundesliga side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/heidenheim/KWixEVWi/"]Heidenheim[/a], but now become the smallest town to have a team in the German top flight.[/p][embed guid="a405a87c-3918-49c7-b823-ba62ca3c7066" url="https://x.com/i/status/2056034455832105184" social-type="twitter" /][p]Spiesen-Elversberg has ‌a population of around 13,000 while the club's ground has a capacity of 10,000, and Elversberg have achieved three promotions in the last five seasons in a remarkable rise from the lower leagues.[/p][p]The club, founded in 1907, were the butt of a German train company's joke ‌last season.[/p][p]Deutsche Bahn posted an image of ​a train with only one carriage, ‌saying that was the only special service needed for their playoff with Heidenheim, but Elversberg have had the last laugh.[/p][p]Heidenheim, meanwhile, will swap places with ⁠Elversberg next season ⁠following relegation from ‌the Bundesliga.[/p]

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