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05/16 10:52 CDT St. Pauli and Heidenheim relegated on Bundesliga's last day,
Wolfsburg gets another chance
St. Pauli and Heidenheim relegated on Bundesliga's last day, Wolfsburg gets
another chance
By CIARAN FAHEY
AP Sports Writer
BERLIN (AP) --- St. Pauli and Heidenheim were relegated from the Bundesliga
while Wolfsburg grabbed the last chance for survival on a dramatic last day of
the season on Saturday.
Wolfsburg won a relegation decider 3-1 at St. Pauli to send the home team down
and qualify for a playoff where it will be favored against the third-place
finisher from the second division to decide which plays in the top division
next season.
Heidenheim, which had been level with both Wolfsburg and St. Pauli going into
the final round, needed a win at home against Mainz to keep alive its hopes but
it slumped to a 2-0 loss.
The last two are automatically relegated to the second division.
Champions League Stuttgart held on for the last Champions League qualification spot despite conceding two late goals in a 2-2 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt, denying Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen their chance to reach Europe's premier club competition. Both rivals had been hoping for a favor from Frankfurt but they failed to win in any case. Hoffenheim lost 4-0 at Borussia Mnchengladbach and Leverkusen could only draw 1-1 with Hamburger SV. Jonathan Burkardt scored two late penalties for Frankfurt.
Kane hat trick Harry Kane scored a hat trick to take his season tally to 36 Bundesliga goals in league champion Bayern Munich 's 5-1 win at home over Cologne. Leon Goretzka started for his last Bundesliga game with Bayern.
Eta signs off with another win Marie-Louise Eta oversaw her second win in charge of Union Berlin as her team ended the season with a 4-0 rout of visiting Augsburg. Eta, the first female coach in the Bundesliga, is next slated to take over Union's women's team, though she may face calls to stay in charge of the men's after finishing with a draw and two wins from her five games at the helm. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
Champions League Stuttgart held on for the last Champions League qualification spot despite conceding two late goals in a 2-2 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt, denying Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen their chance to reach Europe's premier club competition. Both rivals had been hoping for a favor from Frankfurt but they failed to win in any case. Hoffenheim lost 4-0 at Borussia Mnchengladbach and Leverkusen could only draw 1-1 with Hamburger SV. Jonathan Burkardt scored two late penalties for Frankfurt.
Kane hat trick Harry Kane scored a hat trick to take his season tally to 36 Bundesliga goals in league champion Bayern Munich 's 5-1 win at home over Cologne. Leon Goretzka started for his last Bundesliga game with Bayern.
Eta signs off with another win Marie-Louise Eta oversaw her second win in charge of Union Berlin as her team ended the season with a 4-0 rout of visiting Augsburg. Eta, the first female coach in the Bundesliga, is next slated to take over Union's women's team, though she may face calls to stay in charge of the men's after finishing with a draw and two wins from her five games at the helm. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
