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Mayor would build town hall balcony if Elversberg get promoted
Elversberg fans stand in their block during the German 2nd Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Braunschweig and SV Elversberg, at Eintracht Stadium. The mayor of Spiesen-Elversberg said that the city would build a balcony in the town hall for celebrations in the event SV Elversberg gets promoted to the Bundesliga. Swen Pförtner/dpa
The mayor of Spiesen-Elversberg said that the city would build a balcony in the town hall for celebrations in the event SV Elversberg gets promoted to the Bundesliga.
"There's no town hall balcony. We don't have one, but we would build one. If we have to, believe me, we can do it," mayor Bernd Huf said.
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In Germany, football clubs traditionally celebrate their titles and other major achievements from the town hall balcony while surrounded by fans.
Elversberg will face Heidenheim, who finished the Bundesliga in 16th, in the away first leg on Thursday ahead of the second leg next Monday for a chance to play in the Bundesliga.
They would be the first club in the Bundesliga from Saarland in 32 years after the much larger Saarbrücken were relegated in 1993.
It is just their second season in the second division after spending only one in the third tier, after promotion from the fourth division in 2022.
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The club are from the municipality of Spiesen-Elversberg, which has a population of around 13,000 and no train station, in the south-western Saarland state. Their average attendance is 9,000 fans per game.
Huf admitted that a lot of work would have to be done if the club gets promoted to the top tier, "but that was clear to everyone. We would have to do that even if we stayed in the second division."
For him, the "biggest step the club has taken was promotion to the second division" to play alongside German giants such as Cologne, Nuremberg, Hamburg SV and Dusseldorf.
