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Qatar Tribune
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Qatar Tribune
Cologne make a return to Bundesliga, ‘village club' Elversberg into play-off
dpa Berlin Traditional German club Cologne have returned to the Bundesliga and clinched the second division title, while small town club SV Elversberg will face the relegation/promotion play-offs. Cologne defeated Kaiserslautern 4-0 to clinch promotion and leapfrog SV Hamburg in the standings to also take the title in the final matchday of the second division. Hamburg had already secured promotion last weekend and will return to the Bundesliga after seven years in second tier. Cologne, meanwhile, only spent one season in the second division following their relegation in 2023-24. Jubilant fans stormed the pitch after goals from Eric Martel, Luca Waldschmidt, Florian Kainz and Mark Uth secured the victory. Elversberg defeated Schalke 2-1 and have the chance to complete a meteoric rise through the German football leagues with Bundesliga promotion, just three years after playing in the fourth division. It is the latest success story for the club from the municipality of Spiesen-Elversberg, population of around 13,000 and no train station, in the south-western Saarland state. In the play-offs, they will face Heidenheim, who finished the Bundesliga in 16th. The first leg is on Thursday and the second leg on May 26. Elversberg would be the first club in the Bundesliga from the Saarland in 32 years since Saarbrücken were relegated in 1993. It was just their second season in the second division after spending only one in the third tier into which they were promoted from the fourth division Regionalliga in 2022. Schalke, one of the biggest clubs in Germany, will spend another year in the second tier after their relegation in 2022-23. Jahn Regensburg and SSV Ulm were relegated to the third tier, while Eintracht Braunschweig will face Saarbrücken in the promotion/relegation play-offs.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Cologne return to Bundesliga, 'village club' Elversberg into play-off
Cologne fans celebrate their team's promotion to the Bundesliga after the German 2nd Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Cologne and 1. FC Kaiserslautern at RheinEnergieStadion. Anke Waelischmiller/dpa Traditional German club Cologne have returned to the Bundesliga and clinched the second division title, while small town club SV Elversberg will face the relegation/promotion play-offs. Cologne defeated Kaiserslautern 4-0 to clinch promotion and leapfrog SV Hamburg in the standings to also take the title in the final matchday of the second division. Advertisement Hamburg had already secured promotion last weekend and will return to the Bundesliga after seven years in second tier. Cologne, meanwhile, only spent one season in the second division following their relegation in 2023-24. Jubilant fans stormed the pitch after goals from Eric Martel, Luca Waldschmidt, Florian Kainz and Mark Uth secured the victory. Elversberg defeated Schalke 2-1 and have the chance to complete a meteoric rise through the German football leagues with Bundesliga promotion, just three years after playing in the fourth division. It is the latest success story for the club from the municipality of Spiesen-Elversberg, population of around 13,000 and no train station, in the south-western Saarland state. Advertisement In the play-offs, they will face Heidenheim, who finished the Bundesliga in 16th. The first leg is on Thursday and the second leg on May 26. Elversberg would be the first club in the Bundesliga from the Saarland in 32 years since Saarbrücken were relegated in 1993. It was just their second season in the second division after spending only one in the third tier into which they were promoted from the fourth division Regionalliga in 2022. Schalke, one of the biggest clubs in Germany, will spend another year in the second tier after their relegation in 2022-23. Jahn Regensburg and SSV Ulm were relegated to the third tier, while Eintracht Braunschweig will face Saarbrücken in the promotion/relegation play-offs.
San Francisco Chronicle
18-05-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Cologne returns to the Bundesliga as second division champion
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Cologne clinched its return to the Bundesliga as second division champion on Sunday with a 4-0 rout of Kaiserslautern on the final day of the season. First-half goals from Eric Martel and Luca Waldschmidt, and two more from Florian Kainz and Mark Uth in the second half, lifted Cologne two points above Hamburger SV, which slumped to a 3-2 loss at Greuther Fürth in its first game since clinching promotion the weekend before. The top two are automatically promoted to the top division, while Elversberg, which finished third, will face Heidenheim in a two-leg playoff to determine which side will play in the Bundesliga next season. Heidenheim finished third from bottom in the top division on Saturday. Cologne's promotion after one season in the second division rewards the club's management for bringing back Friedhelm Funkel for his third stint as coach for the final two games after the team failed to win its previous two. Those results allowed Hamburg to go top and clinch its return to the Bundesliga after seven seasons away last weekend. Hamburg squandered first place on the final day with its loss in Fürth, where the visitors had a penalty decision overturned and then a goal ruled out through VAR in stoppage time. Cologne's promotion prompted hundreds of its fans to storm the field. Hannes the goat, the club mascot, was safely evacuated beforehand. It's Cologne's seventh promotion to the top division, and a record seventh also for Funkel. The 71-year-old Funkel is the oldest coach to lead a club to promotion, as he was already in 2018 when led Fortuna Düsseldorf to the Bundesliga. ___
Washington Post
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Cologne returns to the Bundesliga as second division champion
COLOGNE, Germany — Cologne clinched its return to the Bundesliga as second division champion on Sunday with a 4-0 rout of Kaiserslautern on the final day of the season. First-half goals from Eric Martel and Luca Waldschmidt, and two more from Florian Kainz and Mark Uth in the second, lifted Cologne two points above Hamburger SV, which slumped to a 3-2 loss at Greuther Fürth in its first game since clinching promotion the weekend before.
Fox Sports
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Cologne returns to the Bundesliga as second division champion
Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Cologne clinched its return to the Bundesliga as second division champion on Sunday with a 4-0 rout of Kaiserslautern on the final day of the season. First-half goals from Eric Martel and Luca Waldschmidt, and two more from Florian Kainz and Mark Uth in the second, lifted Cologne two points above Hamburger SV, which slumped to a 3-2 loss at Greuther Fürth in its first game since clinching promotion the weekend before. The top two are automatically promoted to the top division, while Elversberg, which finished third, will face Heidenheim in a two-leg playoff to determine which side will play in the Bundesliga next season. Heidenheim finished third from bottom in the top division on Saturday. Cologne's promotion after one season in the second division rewards the club's management for bringing back Friedhelm Funkel as coach for the final two games after the team failed to win its previous two. ___ AP soccer:
