A new Bundesliga club
Elversberg achieved the seemingly impossible and secured promotion to Germany's top flight. The club becomes the 59th team in Bundesliga history and, at the same time, the smallest, considering that the municipality of Spiesen-Elversberg, where their stadium is located, has a population of only around 13,000.
Joining Elversberg in the Bundesliga, albeit not as newcomers, are Schalke and, thanks to a successful relegation play-off campaign, Paderborn, both of whom return to the top tier.
