Overview
- Elversberg, which beat Preußen Münster 3-0 on Sunday, sealed promotion as 2. Bundesliga runner-up on goal difference over Paderborn.
- Bambasé Conté opened the scoring before David Mokwa struck twice to deliver the decisive victory in Spiesen-Elversberg.
- Paderborn finished third and now faces Wolfsburg in a two-leg playoff for the final 2026–27 Bundesliga spot, with Wolfsburg hosting the first leg Thursday.
- The club comes from a town of about 13,000 and plays at a 10,000-seat stadium, making it one of the smallest communities ever represented in the top tier.
- Elversberg has earned three promotions in five seasons and becomes the first Saarland team in the Bundesliga since Saarbrücken’s 1993 relegation, with stadium expansion to 15,000 due by 2027 under a temporary exemption.