Now, with a quite striking defeat to Hamburg in the playoffs, it is certain that Stuttgart will still be in the bundesliga next season and will still be competing in the highest competition.
Heidenheim and Darmstadt also joined to replace Schalke and Hertha who had to be relegated.
Will these promoted clubs eventually make something interesting or is it the same as Schalke which keeps repeating itself in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. It is quite interesting to wait about this.
Stuttgart made it through the relegation play-off round well and got two wins in the two legs of the match. I'm quite happy with Stuttgart's success in being able to return to the bundesliga, but I don't expect too much from this team because for sure they will still be in the bottom place in the bundesliga next season.
I'm really looking forward to Heidenheim and Darmstadt who will get their turn to have the opportunity to play in the bundesliga and both of them are also doing a good job to be able to compete in the bundesliga next season, maybe it's really quite a shame that Schalke, who was previously one of the strongest teams in the bundesliga, now has to accept the fate of going down to the second division bundesliga.
For next season, even though they are quite brilliant in the playoffs this time, that is not a guarantee either. At the moment Stuttgart will only be a club that is at the bottom of the table but they are aware of that but of course with them continuing to be in the bundesliga it is already very good for them.
I actually saw Darmstadt condition from the previous season but indeed towards the end of the season they always stumbled and this season they were finally able to penetrate the highest caste after waiting for a long time to return to this caste.