Holidays in the north: Kiel and St. Pauli celebrate promotion.

The football north is celebrating. One day after Bundesliga newcomers Holstein Kiel, FC St. Pauli also achieved promotion to the first division.

The Hamburg team completed their return to the Bundesliga after 13 years with a 3-1 (1-0) win against VfL Osnabrück. Just like Kiel, they can no longer be pushed out of the two direct promotion places in the 2nd Bundesliga after their 1-1 (1-0) draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf. In both stadiums, thousands of fans stormed onto the pitch after the final whistle.

“I’m extremely happy for the team, for the whole city, we deserve this. I am very, very happy to be the coach of this team,” said Pauli coach Fabian Hürzeler on Sky: “Success is based on hard work.” One of the first to congratulate FC St. Pauli was their once again failed neighbor Hamburger SV. “Despite all the rivalry: congratulations on your promotion,” it said via X.