The Saarland celebrates its first Bundesliga promotion in 33 years
On May 17, 2026, SV 07 Elversberg wrote football history. With a 3-0 home win against Preußen Münster on the 34th matchday of the 2. Bundesliga, the club from the Neunkirchen district secured the first Bundesliga promotion in its club history. Bambasé Conté (10th minute) and David Mokwa (14th, 66th) scored for the Saarlanders, ending a 33-year drought for the Saarland in the top German division.
With 12,800 inhabitants, Spiesen-Elversberg will be the smallest municipality to ever have a Bundesliga club. Coach Vincent Wagner, one of the league's youngest head coaches at 40, only took over the club for the 2025/26 season from Horst Steffen and led them straight to the top flight.
On Whit Monday, May 18, 2026, the municipality of Spiesen-Elversberg invites you to a public promotion celebration at the Rathausvorplatz starting at 6 PM. Several thousand fans from the entire region are expected to celebrate the Bundesliga promotion with the team, coaching staff, and club management.
The main street between Butterberg and Rohrbacher Straße will be completely closed from 4 PM to 11:30 PM. Food and drinks will be available on-site, and a stage program with players, awards, and music will accompany the evening.
The promotion celebration is more than just a sporting event for the Saarland. It represents a small state holding its own against larger locations and a region that has waited for this moment since 1. FC Saarbrücken's relegation from the Bundesliga in 1993. Politicians, sponsors, business representatives, and thousands of Saarlanders will gather at the Rathausvorplatz to celebrate what many thought was unlikely for a long time.
In the 2000s, SVE still played in the Oberliga. Via the Regionalliga, they moved up to the 3. Liga in 2022, became champions of the 2. Bundesliga in 2023, and now – after only three years in the second division – they are in the Bundesliga. Their home stadium is the URSAPHARM-Arena at Kaiserlinde, which is being modernized for Bundesliga operations.
The official promotion celebration of SV 07 Elversberg will take place on Whit Monday, May 18, 2026, starting at 6 PM on the Rathausvorplatz. Fans, residents, and guests from all over the Saarland are invited. Free admission.
The team, the coaching staff led by Vincent Wagner, and the club management are expected. The event will be covered by Saarländischer Rundfunk.
Program subject to change. Latest information via the channels of the municipality of Spiesen-Elversberg and SV 07 Elversberg.
Free admission. Food and drinks available on-site for purchase (mostly cash).
By car via the A8 (exit Saarbrücken-Friedrichsthal) or the A6, then continue on the B41 to Spiesen-Elversberg. Important: The main street between Butterberg and Rohrbacher Straße will be completely closed on May 18, 2026, from 4 PM to 11:30 PM.
Free shuttle service from 4:30 PM from URSAPHARM-Arena (Elversberg Stadium) and from the Park-and-Ride lot Heinitz to the Hohlstraße stop in Spiesen. Return trips will run continuously until the end of the event. Arrival at the stadium or P+R Heinitz is strongly recommended.
Parking is prohibited in the entire area around the town hall, particularly affecting Gänsberg and Butterberg. Please use the shuttle service.
Food stalls directly at the Rathausvorplatz, stage program with the team, guests of honor, and music. Club merchandise can be purchased on-site.
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Rathausvorplatz Spiesen-Elversberg
Hauptstraße 116, 66583 Spiesen-Elversberg