Hamburg have earned promotion again to the Bundesliga to finish a seven-year absence from the German prime flight.
Needing a win to verify their return, the six-time German champions thrashed Ulm 6-1 at house on Saturday and followers engulfed the pitch on the Volksparkstadion on the closing whistle to have fun.
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Hamburg, who’re one among solely three German golf equipment to win the European Cup, had been relegated from the Bundesliga for the primary time in 2018.
“It is indescribable,” mentioned 34-year-old coach Merlin Polzin, whose aspect are a degree away from second-placed Cologne on the prime of Bundesliga 2 with one recreation left.
“One thing had been constructing within the background. We’re again. Ultimately, it is the results of extremely arduous work. A really particular second.”
after they beat Sandhausen 1-0 to maneuver into the highest two of Bundesliga 2 on the ultimate day of the season.
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Nonetheless, Heidenham scored a 99th-minute winner of their recreation to leapfrog Hamburg, who completed third and went on to lose a promotion-relegation play-off to Stuttgart.