Because BVB won against PSG, the Bundesliga receives an additional Champions League place. And a sixth club could be added. People in Stuttgart should be particularly happy.
Participating in the Champions League in 2024/25: VfB Stuttgart, RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund. imago images (3)
With the 1-0 win against Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund not only put themselves in a good position for the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, but also secured a windfall worth millions: BVB will definitely play in the Champions League again in 2024/25 Premier class.
It has been clear since Wednesday evening that the Bundesliga will receive an additional Champions League ticket for the new season. With this, UEFA rewards the two associations with the best record in the current European Cup season. Regardless of the further performance of the semi-finalists Bayern, Dortmund and Leverkusen, England and France can no longer displace Germany from one of these so-called “European Performance Spots”. Italy had already secured the first extra ticket.
VfB comeback after 15 years of absence
This also means: After champions Leverkusen and FC Bayern, VfB Stuttgart, RB Leipzig and BVB now also have certainty that they will be in the Champions League in 2024/25. The trio can no longer be pushed out of one of the top five Bundesliga places.
However, sixth place in the table, currently Eintracht Frankfurt, can still hope for a Champions League ticket. To do this, Dortmund would have to win the pot and come fifth. If they make up the five points gap to Leipzig and finish fourth, even if the black and yellow triumph at Wembley, there would still be five German Champions League starters. Spicy: Eintracht welcomes Leipzig on matchday 34 and could possibly benefit from their own defeat.
While BVB is in the premier class for the ninth time in a row and Leipzig for the sixth time in a row, which will be even more financially lucrative in the new season than it already is, VfB is celebrating its comeback in 2024/25 after 15 years of absence. In the Premier League, however, record champions Manchester United’s last hope of qualifying has been dashed.
Stuttgart “on the biggest stage”
Shot VfB Stuttgart into the Champions League: Deniz Undav (left) and Serhou Guirassy. IMAGO/Press photo Baumann
Alexander Wehrle underlined how special the Champions League qualification is for VfB Stuttgart, which, along with the undefeated champions from Leverkusen, is the biggest surprise of this Bundesliga season. In a club announcement published on Wednesday evening, the Swabians’ chairman announced: “Stuttgart international – our VfB will play next season on the biggest stage that European football offers: in the UEFA Champions League! Qualification for this competition, the magical one European Cup nights for all VfB fans is the result of the excellent work of everyone involved. Together we have achieved great things.”
But 2023/24 shouldn’t be over yet, after all it will be for the team of successful coach Sebastian Hoeneß and the two goal scorers Serhou Guirassy (25 goals, three assists in 25 league games) and Deniz Undav (18 goals, nine assists in 27 games). ) There are still points to be awarded on the final three match days. Wehrle said: “Even though we are already looking forward to the coming season together, we want to end the current season in the best possible way and tackle the last games until the summer break with the same dedication and passion – the crowning conclusion to this already extremely successful season.”
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