Darmstadt 98 back in Bundesliga, Karlsruhe face playoff

ByReuters

Updated 24/05/2015 at 16:32 GMT

Darmstadt 98 will return to the Bundesliga after a 33-year absence after a 1-0 win over St Pauli secured a second-place finish in the second division following the final round of matches on Sunday.

Darmstadt 98 celebrate

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The lilies were only promoted to the second tier last year and were widely considered candidates for relegation at the start of the campaign.

Yet, thanks to Tobias Kempe's 71st-minute winner, they ended a dream run by finishing runners-up, five points behind Ingolstadt, who had already secured their return to the Bundesliga.

Darmstadt last played in the top flight in 1982.

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Third-placed Karlsruhe, a point behind on 58, will go into a promotion/relegation playoff with Hamburg SV, who finished 16th in the Bundesliga.

Freiburg and Paderborn were relegated to the second division on Saturday.

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