BERLIN: Promoted Heidenheim beat visitors Werder Bremen 4-2 on Sunday to notch their first ever Bundesliga victory on the day that coach Frank Schmidt set a record for the longest stint at a German professional club.

Heidenheim struck at the start and end of the first half through a fifth-minute Tim Kleindienst penalty and Eren Dinkei in the 44th to go 2-0 up.

Werder came back with goals from Marvin Duksch and Mitchell Weiser but Heindenheim scored again with a well-placed Dinkei shot in the 68th before another former Werder player, Jan-Niklas Beste, made sure of their first Bundesliga win on Schmidt`s 16th anniversary as Heidenheim head coach.

Schmidt became the longest-serving coach of a German professional club with 5,844 days in charge, having taken over the team in 2007 when Heidenheim was in the fifth tier.

Volker Finke had held the record with 5,843 days as coach of Freiburg between 1991 and 2007.

In Sunday`s late game, another promoted side Darmstadt threw away a three-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Gladbach staged a miraculous comeback, in part thanks to a controversial red card.

Darmstadt started the game bottom of the table, but exploded into the first half with two goals in the first ten minutes through Marvin Mehlem and Matej Maglica before Tim Skarke blasted in a third on the half-volley just after the half-hour.

The game turned early in the second half when Maglica was sent off after appearing to brush the ball with his hand in the box.

Tomas Cvancara missed the penalty, but US international Jordan Siebatcheu Pefok pulled a goal back for Gladbach a few minutes later.

Florian Neuhaus added a second from close range on 73 minutes, before Cvancara atoned with a brilliant long-range equaliser.-Agencies