- Janni Serra - 70'
- Willi Orbán - 90'+3'
RB Leipzig secure Champions League spot with dramatic late goal
Willi Orban heads in the equalizer in the 93rd minute
Willi Orban heads in the equalizer in the 93rd minute
RB Leipzig scored in added time through Willi Orban to snatch a 1-1 draw at Arminia Bielefeld on Saturday and secure their Champions League berth with a fourth-place finish in the Bundesliga as their opponents were relegated.
Leipzig needed at least a point to make sure of a top-four place, but their job was made easier after Freiburg lost 2-1 at Bayer Leverkusen to fall short on the last matchday.
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Janni Serra scored for Arminia in the 70th minute, but Orban headed in from a free kick to earn his side a point.
Leipzig will join champions Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and third-placed Leverkusen in the Champions League.
Union Berlin completed their sensational season with a 3-2 over VfL Bochum to finish fifth on 57 points, one behind Leipzig, and secure a spot in the Europa League.
Cologne conceded a stoppage-time goal at VfB Stuttgart to go 2-1 down but still end up in the Europa Conference League. Stuttgart's last-gasp goal kept them up for another season, sending Hertha Berlin into a relegation playoff.
Arminia remained in 17th and will join Greuther Fuerth in the second division.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Daniel Siebert
German Bundesliga Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bayern Munich | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | +26 | 26 |
RB Leipzig | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | +10 | 21 |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | +9 | 17 |
Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | +5 | 17 |
SC Freiburg | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 17 |
1. FC Union Berlin | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | +1 | 16 |
Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
Werder Bremen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
Borussia Monchengladbach | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 14 |
VfB Stuttgart | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | +1 | 13 |
Mainz | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 13 |
FC Augsburg | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 11 |
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
VfL Wolfsburg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
St. Pauli | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
TSG Hoffenheim | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
Holstein Kiel | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -13 | 5 |
VfL Bochum | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -20 | 2 |