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Hoffenheim win promotion to the Bundesliga

1899 Hoffenheim have won promotion to the Bundesliga on the final day with an emphatic win over Fürth.

1899 Hoffenheim 5-0 SpVgg Greuther Fürth

Hoffenheim are the smallest ever village in the Bundesliga next season thanks to the emphatic win over Fürth.

Ralf Rangnick's team are only the sixth team to have made it from the third into the top flight in the first season. Rangnick had already done the trick with SSV Ulm.

Demba Ba opened the scoring with his twelfth of the season six minutes before half-time.

It was a close affair for a long time, but second-half braces from Sejad Salihovic (69, pen / 83) and Chinedu Obasi (77 /85, pen) gave Hoffenheim an emphatic victory.

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