An emotional reunion after ten years

The game is, of course, our 2-0 home win over Karlsruher SC. The goal came shortly before the final whistle, and elicited rapturous celebrations on the pitch and in the stands. "In that moment, we just knew that we'd done it. We were going up to the top flight. It was a very special day for us all and for the club as a whole - the players, the backroom staff and the fans."

It's been ten years since that joyous day. On Saturday, when we face FC St. Pauli at home, we'll all be able to enjoy a proper reunion with our promotion heroes. Many of those who played that day will join us in Leipzig. As well as Halstenberg, we'll see Dominik Kaiser, Fabio Coltorti and Stefan Ilsanker back at the Red Bull Arena.

The current roster of Red Bulls will be hoping to wrap up their pursuit of Champions League football next season, and the team can secure their seat at Europe's top table with three points against the Kiezkicker. Peter Gulacsi, Willi Orban and Lukas Klostermann are three more promotion heroes from 2016, all of whom are still a part of RBL's squad exactly ten years later.

Emil Forsberg, who scored the opener in the decisive 2-0 victory in May 2016, is currently in the middle of his season with the New York Red Bulls, and so is unfortunately unable to join us on Saturday. Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund), Yussuf Poulsen (Hamburger SV) and Rani Khedira (Union Berlin) are also all busy with their current clubs this weekend.