Paderborn, Freiburg relegated, Bayern celebrate 25th Bundesliga title

Paderborn and Freiburg were relegated into the second division while Bayern Munich officially lifted their 25th Bundesliga title in sell-out Allianz Arena to close the 2014-2015 season on Saturday.

Stuttgart's Daniel Ginczek secured his side the top-flight status as he scored the 2-1 winner to send newly promoted Paderborn back into the second division.

Paderborn caught a fairy-tale start on home soil as they opened the scoring with just four minutes into the game. Marc Vucinovic had all time and space to score from the penalty area with a well placed shot into the bottom right.

Stuttgart needed 36 minutes to recover from the early setback when Daniel Didavi capitalized on a failed clearance attempt by Paderborn's defense to level the scores from inside the box.

The visitors controlled the proceedings on the pitch but they had to wait until the 72nd minute before Daniel Ginczek turned the tides securing Stuttgart's top-flight status for next season.

With the crucial victory, Stuttgart climbed from 16th, a relegation play off spot, on the 14th place of the table while last positioned Paderborn slipped into the second division.

Hannover also secured their first division spot as they snatched a 2-1 victory over Freiburg, which were demoted into the second division after slipping on the penultimate spot.

The hosts broke the deadlock early in the game as Hiroshi Kiyotake headed home Miiko Albornoz' cross from the right wing at the third minute. Freiburg lacked in penetration and suffered a two-goal deficit through an own goal by Pavel Krmas in the closing period.

The second goal for Hannover made the game safe despite Nils Petersen's goal, which reduced the arrears in the dying minutes of the game.

With the loss, Freiburg slipped from 14th to the 17th place, dropping into the second division while Hannover completed the season on the 13th place.

Hamburg snatched a relegation play-off match as they reaped a 2-0 victory over Schalke. After a goalless first half Hamburg scored two quick goals to crave out a relegation play off spot.

Schalke were unable to clear a corner, allowing Ivica Olic to slot home the opener from inside the box with 49 minutes into the game. However, the hosts were not done with the scoring as Slobodan Raijkovic headed home the 2-0 lead to keep Hamburg's first division hopes alive.

Hamburg clinched a relegation play-off spot whilst Schalke slipped on the sixth place after suffering their 12th loss of the season.

After three winless games in row newly crowned Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich returned to winning ways as they overcame Mainz 2-0 on home soil.

The German giants needed 25 minutes to break the deadlock with a handball penalty through Robert Lewandowski before Bastian Schweinsteiger killed the game early in the second half when he tapped into the near post corner from 11 meters.

After the final whistle the "Bavarians" celebrated their prize award ceremony before they lifted the "Meisterschale" with their supporters at outsold Allianz Arena.

Elsewhere, Dortmund defeated Bremen 3-2 in a fast-paced encounter at the home soil farewell game of coach Juergen Klopp after seven successful years.

Third placed Monchengladbach lost their last game of the season 3-1 to Augsburg, the stunner team of the season, who jumped on the fifth place to earn a berth in UEFA Europa League's group stage.

Second placed Wolfsburg shared the spoils with newly promoted Cologne following a two all draw.

Fourth placed Leverkusen suffered their seventh loss of the season as they lost 2-1 to Frankfurt and Hoffenheim downed Berlin 2-1 to earn their 12th victory of the season. Endi