For several years, Holstein Kiel has been indirectly accused of not having enough ambition to enter the Bundesliga. The ‘experts’ almost accused the football club from a town known for its handball team that they didn’t want to enter Germany’s best division, but they are now proved wrong: Holstein Kiel is the new member of the Bundesliga, the 58th since the German top competition was branded and given this name in 1963. In the penultimate round of the popular Zweite, Kiel drew 1-1 in the derby against Fortuna Düsseldorf, thus securing direct promotion ahead of the last 90 minutes. And today, the Bundesliga got another participant for next season. Cult Hamburg club St Pauli have won promotion to the Bundesliga after a 13-year absence with a 3-1 home win over Osnabrueck.NUR HOLSTEIN! #KielAhoi pic.twitter.com/tuexozMC25— Holstein Kiel English (@HolsteinKielEN) May 11, 2024 When it comes to Holstein Kiel, let’s also mention how this club needed only seven seasons in the 2. Bundesliga to reach the elite. Additionally, they finished third twice and faced relegation playoffs. During the last two transfer windows, Kiel invested only 1.3 million euros in strengthening their squad! Their biggest purchase in history is precisely today’s goal scorer, Benedikt Pichler, brought in from Austria Vienna for €1 million. That was in August, three years ago…The current squad of Holstein Kiel is valued at around €30 million. St. Pauli won thanks to a brace from Dapo Afolayan and a goal from the club’s top scorer, Marcel Hartel, and returned to the top division for the first time since being relegated in 2011. Duesseldorf is guaranteed to finish third and will play a two-legged playoff against the third-last side in the top division, currently Union Berlin.##NAJAVA_MECA_8094725##
