Bulgarian national Lucas Petkow has earned well-deserved recognition for his standout season with Elversberg, which finished the campaign with a silver medal. Petkow, who plays on the right wing, was included in the dream team of the Second Bundesliga by the respected German publication Kicker. With 13 goals and 8 assists (11 of which came in the second half of the season), Petkow contributed significantly to his team's historic promotion to the Bundesliga for the first time in its history. Elversberg, a town with a population of around 13,000, will be the 59th unique club to join the German elite, hailing from one of the smallest municipalities.

In the ideal 11 for the 2025/2026 season in the Second Bundesliga, other players include Lucas Karius ("Schalke 04," goalkeeper); defenders - Loran Kurda ("Paderborn"), Boris Tomiak ("Hanover"), Hasan Kuruçay ("Schalke 04"), Berkay Yılmaz ("Nuremberg"); midfielders and attackers - Sofyan El Fauzi ("Schalke 04"), Bamasse Konaté ("Elversberg"), Marvin Vanitschek ("Karlsruhe"), Mateusz Żukowski ("Magdeburg"), and Noel Futekeu ("Groytr Furth").