May 24, 2021 Share
BERLIN Bochum defeated SV Sandhausen 3-1 on Sunday to earn Bundesliga promotion as second division champion with runner-up Greuther Fürth also clinching promotion on the final day.
Fürth came from behind despite playing the second half with 10 men to beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 3-2 and take advantage of Holstein Kiel’s 3-2 loss at home to Darmstadt.
The top two are automatically promoted to Germany’s top division, with Kiel – the third-place finisher – now facing a two-leg playoff against Cologne, which finished third from bottom in the Bundesliga, to see which plays where next season.
Bochum won the division with 67 points from 34 games, three more than Fürth, with Kiel – which had been second – dropping two points further back.
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Greuther Fürth’s nickname may be the Clover Leaves, but there was nothing lucky about their promotion to the Bundesliga as a side spearheaded by USA international and former Bayern Munich attacker Julian Green dominated the second half of the season in Bundesliga 2.
But what else is there to know about the team, and what does ‘Greuther’ even mean?
bundesliga.com reveals all…
History
You might come across SpVgg Greuther Fürth in some places, an abbreviation of the club’s full name Spielvereinigung (sports association). Founded as SpVgg Fürth in 1903, they adopted the clover leaf as the club logo in a nod to the city’s coat of arms.