St. Pauli returns to the first division

After 13 years of absence, the tunnel of St. Pauli's famous Millerntor Stadium returns to the Bundesliga, which is decorated with pirate skulls.

St. Pauli qualified for the German Football League first division after a 3-1 victory over Osnabrück.

The Hamburg-based team, which finished the season in a higher position for the first time in its history than its city rival Hamburg, promoted to the German League for the sixth time.

St. Pauli leads the second division standings with 66 points with one match remaining at the end of the season, one point ahead of Holstein Kiel, second in the standings, and six points ahead of Fortuna Dusseldorf in third, while Hamburg once again missed the opportunity to advance, as it occupies fourth place.

The top two teams in the German second division qualify directly to the first division, while the third ranked team will play in a promotion-and-relegation play-off with the 16th-placed team in the top flight.