BERLIN — Former European champion Hamburg SV was relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time Saturday despite a 2-1 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach as Borussia Dortmund scraped into fourth place and a Champions League spot in the season finale.

Hamburg, the only team with an uninterrupted Bundesliga run since the league's creation in 1963, left its distraught fans in tears as their stadium clock showing 54 years and 260 days in the top division now needs to be reset.

The northern club, whose game was interrupted for 15 minutes by fans throwing flares onto the pitch near the end, finished second-bottom on 31 points, two behind VfL Wolfsburg, which beat Cologne 4-1 and face second-tier Holstein Kiel in a relegation playoff.

Dortmund was made to sweat until the last seconds to secure the final Champions League spot after losing 3-1 at Hoffenheim, which grabbed third place ahead of them on goal difference.

Dortmund's marginally better goal difference — three goals — over Bayer Leverkusen, which conceded two goals against Hanover 96 after leading 3-0, meant it finished fourth and grabbed the lucrative European spot which takes it into the group stage.

"It was a very difficult season and at the end I am just happy that we made it and rescued ourselves at the finish line," said Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin.

"It is clear that we are not satisfied and that we need to be very critical. Such a season should not happen again," Sahin said of his team who started out as title contenders but had to endure a roller-coaster season due to their inconsistency.

RB Leipzig's Jean-Kevin Augustin scored twice in their 6-2 demolition of host Hertha Berlin as it joined Leverkusen in the Europa League.

Champion Bayern Munich suffered a surprise 4-1 home loss to VfB Stuttgart as it prepares for the German Cup final against Eintracht Frankfurt Saturday.

But there was still plenty of celebrating in Munich as they lifted the Bundesliga trophy and forward Robert Lewandowski was crowned top scorer for the third time with 29 league goals.

Victory for the Bavarians in the Cup final would mean seventh-placed Stuttgart could compete in the second qualifying round of the Europa League. — Reuters