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Elversberg Earns Promotion After Beating Leverkusen 3-2

9/8/2026

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SV Elversberg earned promotion, becoming the 59th club to reach Germany’s Bundesliga.
The team beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 on the opening Bundesliga weekend.
Maurice Krattenmacher scored an injury-time winner to defeat Borussia Mönchengladbach after trailing 3-1.
Elversberg, a 7,000-resident town club, plays at Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde (10,000 seats) under a 2027-upgrade exemption.

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SV Elversberg earned promotion, becoming the 59th club to reach Germany’s Bundesliga.
The team beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 on the opening Bundesliga weekend.
Maurice Krattenmacher scored an injury-time winner to defeat Borussia Mönchengladbach after trailing 3-1.
Elversberg, a 7,000-resident town club, plays at Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde (10,000 seats) under a 2027-upgrade exemption.