Dortmund won a spectacular Champions League ticket

On the night of May 17, Dortmund beat Holstein Kiel 3-0, thereby squeezing through a narrow gap to rise to the top 4 of the Bundesliga.

Before round 34, Dortmund was in 5th place with 54 points, 1 point behind the team above them, Freiburg. Emre Can and his teammates no longer have the right to decide, but still need a victory against the relegated opponent to keep their hopes of winning a ticket to the Champions League alive.

At home, Dortmund completed the task excellently, winning 3-0 thanks to goals from Serhou Guirassy, ​​Marcel Sabitzer and Felix Nmecha.

In the stands, fans of the Ruhr team anxiously used their phones to check the results of the match at the same time, then burst into emotion when they learned that Freiburg had taken the lead but lost 1-3 when facing Eintracht Frankfurt.

Dortmund won a spectacular ticket to the Champions League.

This result helped Dortmund take the 4th place from Freiburg, and have the 10th consecutive season participating in the most prestigious cup tournament of the old continent. Meanwhile, Freiburg missed out on the first Champions League ticket in history but still qualified for the Europa League qualifying round 2025/26 thanks to finishing 5th.

Along with Dortmund, Bayern, Leverkusen and Frankfurt are the four Bundesliga representatives in the Champions League next season. Freiburg will participate in the Europa League while Mainz 05 have a ticket to the Conference League. This is the first time in 8 years that the MEWA Arena team has appeared in the continental arena.

On the other hand, Holstein and Bochum were relegated, while Heidenheim will have to play the play-offs to maintain their hopes of remaining in the Bundesliga next season.

Bundesliga standings.

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