gg2
Bundesliga news
Archived — this story has rotated out of today’s deck. It is kept here in full.
The gist
Bundesliga newcomer Elversberg beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-3 with a stoppage-time winner on Saturday.
The village club of 13,000 has six points and no team has scored more.
Background
Elversberg were playing fourth-tier regional football in 2022 and have now reached the Bundesliga for the first time. Their analysis told them staying up required changing their style of play, and they have kept principles of possession and pressing. Technical director Josef Welzmuller said of the rise: "It sounds like magic or a fairytale."
How it unfolded
- 2022Elversberg were playing regional football in the fourth tier.
- recentlyElversberg achieved an unlikely promotion to the Bundesliga.
- Sep 5, 2026Elversberg beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-3 with a stoppage-time winner, after a win over Bayer Leverkusen the previous week.
- Sep 7, 2026Elversberg sit on six points, with no team in the Bundesliga having scored more.
Who’s saying what
- Official
- Technical director Josef Welzmuller says the club has "a very clear idea of how we want to play, how we want to be on and off the field," and calls the rise "magic or a fairytale."