Hostel Kiel relegated in debut top flight season

Hostel Kiel, promoted to the top flight for the first time this season, needed to win to keep their Bundesliga hopes alive and scored first but conceded twice to go down 2-1 against Freiburg. 

Lasse Rosenboom opened the scoring on Saturday afternoon, but Johan Manzambi's equaliser just before half-time and Lucas Hoeler's second-half goal sealed the defeat at the Holstein-Stadion.

The Storks could've had another shot to fight for survival, but Heidenheim's 3-0 win at Union Berlin gave the 16th-placed side a relegation play-off spot, thus confirming relegation for 17th-placed Kiel.

Having registered 6 wins, 7 draws, and 20 defeats from 33 matches in Germany's top tier this season, Kiel are the second team to face demotion to the 2. Bundesliga, alongside bottom-of-the-table Bochum.