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St Pauli will play in the Bundesliga for the first time in 13 years next season after securing promotion in a 3-1 win against relegated VfL Osnabrück on Sunday. With one game left this season, the second division leaders have a six-point advantage over third-placed Fortuna Düsseldorf and will finish in the top two, therefore, in one of the spots for automatic promotion. Oladapo Afolayan was on target in the seventh minute and again in the 58th before Marcel Hartel completed the special victory in the 68th. Lars Kehl pulled one back for Osnabrück in stoppage time but that didn’t ruin St Pauli’s…

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