DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) - Champions Borussia Dortmund finished their sparkling title-winning season with a 3-1 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday, sending their opponents into the second division.
Frankfurt battled hard, with keeper Ralf Faehrmann saving two penalties, and even took the lead through Sebastian Rode before Lucas Barrios scored twice.
Marco Russ added an own goal to give the hosts a winning finale and kick off a weekend party in front of 80,720 home fans.
Bayer Leverkusen held on to second place with a 1-0 victory at Freiburg to book their automatic Champions League qualification, leaving Bayern Munich in third and with a spot in the Champions League qualifying rounds despite their 2-1 win over VfB Stuttgart.
Hanover 96 and Mainz 05 will compete in the Europa League after finishing fourth and fifth respectively.
At the other end of the table, Felix Magath's VfL Wolfsburg, the 2009 champions, stayed up after going through a rollercoaster of emotions in coming from a goal down to beat hosts Hoffenheim 3-1 thanks to two goals from Mario Mandzukic.
Borussia Moenchengladbach completed their spectacular comeback, drawing at Hamburg SV 1-1 to capture the relegation playoff spot with three wins and a draw in their last four games.
St Pauli will join Frankfurt in the second division.
Frankfurt battled hard, with keeper Ralf Faehrmann saving two penalties, and even took the lead through Sebastian Rode before Lucas Barrios scored twice.
Marco Russ added an own goal to give the hosts a winning finale and kick off a weekend party in front of 80,720 home fans.
Bayer Leverkusen held on to second place with a 1-0 victory at Freiburg to book their automatic Champions League qualification, leaving Bayern Munich in third and with a spot in the Champions League qualifying rounds despite their 2-1 win over VfB Stuttgart.
Hanover 96 and Mainz 05 will compete in the Europa League after finishing fourth and fifth respectively.
At the other end of the table, Felix Magath's VfL Wolfsburg, the 2009 champions, stayed up after going through a rollercoaster of emotions in coming from a goal down to beat hosts Hoffenheim 3-1 thanks to two goals from Mario Mandzukic.
Borussia Moenchengladbach completed their spectacular comeback, drawing at Hamburg SV 1-1 to capture the relegation playoff spot with three wins and a draw in their last four games.
St Pauli will join Frankfurt in the second division.
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