The pirate flag flies in the Bundesliga.
St. Pauli returned to the German top flight after a 13-year absence on Sunday with a 3-1 win over relegated Osnabrück in the second division.
Oladapo Afolayan scored twice and set up Marcel Hartel for St. John’s third goal. John. Pauli, as the home team, became the most sensible in the league with an unassailable six-point lead over third-placed Fortuna Düsseldorf with one lap to go.
As the final whistle blew, St. Pauli fans stormed the pitch at the club’s Millerntor Stadium, just steps from Hamburg’s notorious red-light district, ushering in a transparent blue sky.
“I’m very satisfied for the team and for the whole city. We deserved it,” said St. Pauli coach Fabian Hürzeler. I’m very, very pleased to be able to coach this team. Success comes from hard work.
The Skull Pirate is synonymous with San Juan Pauli, popularized by enthusiasts known as punks. It was first used by squatters who lived nearby and became a hit when fans opened a standalone fan shop in 1989. After all, the club bought the licensing rights in 2000 and adopted it as its official emblem.
Fans remain left-wing, known for sympathizing with the most deficient and less fortunate in society, even though divisions have emerged among amateur teams this season due to the ongoing war in Gaza.
This is the sixth elegance at St. John’s. Pauli in the German Bundesliga after 1977, 1988, 1995, 2001 and 2010. The club lasted just one season in its last appearance before being relegated in 2011. Next season will be the ninth in Germany and will be the first time the cult club from Hamburg will play in a league above their city rivals Hamburg. SV.
Hamburg, the oldest founding member of the Bundesliga (founded in 1963), was nevertheless relegated in 2018 after several failures. On Friday, they lost 1-0 at Paderborn, which guarantees that they will spend one more season in the second division. They can no longer finish in the top three.
The two most sensible in the department are promoted, while the third (now surely Düsseldorf) faces the team that finishes third from the back of the Bundesliga (lately Union Berlin) to see who will play. . the first department next season.
The playoffs are scheduled for May 23 and 27.
Holstein Kiel, one point behind St. Pauli, clinched their first promotion to the Bundesliga on Saturday.
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