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TEAM PROFILES

Arminia Bielefeld, Augsburg, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Bochum, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia MG, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Freiburg, Greuther Fürth, Hertha Berlin, Hoffenheim, Köln, Leipzig, Mainz, Paderborn, Schalke, Stuttgart, Union Berlin, Werder Bremen, Wolfsburg

RESULTS AND HIGHLIGHTS

Frankfurt 1-6 Bayern
Bochum 1-2 Mainz
Augsburg 0-4 Freiburg
Wolfsburg 2-2 Werder
Union 3-1 Hertha
Gladbach 3-1 Hoffenheim
Dortmund 1-0 Leverkusen
Stuttgart 1-1 Leipzig
Köln 3-1 Schalke

Freiburg 1-3 Dortmund
Hoffenheim 3-2 Bochum
Werder 2-2 Stuttgart
Leipzig 2-2 Köln
Leverkusen 1-2 Augsburg
Hertha 1-1 Frankfurt
Schalke 2-2 Gladbach
Mainz 0-0 Union
Bayern 2-0 Wolfsburg

Gladbach 1-0 Hertha
Augsburg 1-2 Mainz
Wolfsburg 0-0 Schalke
Stuttgart 0-1 Freiburg
Dortmund 2-3 Werder
Leverkusen 0-3 Hoffenheim
Union 2-1 Leipzig
Frankfurt 1-1 Köln
Bochum 0-7 Bayern

Freiburg 1-0 Bochum
Mainz 0-3 Leverkusen
Leipzig 2-0 Wolfsburg
Hoffenheim 1-0 Augsburg
Schalke 1-6 Union
Hertha 0-1 Dortmund
Bayern 1-1 Gladbach
Köln 0-0 Stuttgart
Werder 3-4 Frankfurt

Dortmund 1-0 Hoffenheim
Union 1-1 Bayern
Leverkusen 2-3 Freiburg
Wolfsburg 2-4 Köln
Stuttgart 1-1 Schalke
Bochum 0-2 Werder
Frankfurt 4-0 Leipzig
Augsburg 0-2 Hertha
Gladbach 0-1 Mainz

Werder 0-1 Augsburg
Hertha 2-2 Leverkusen
Hoffenheim 4-1 Mainz
Leipzig 3-0 Dortmund
Bayern 2-2 Stuttgart
Frankfurt 0-1 Wolfsburg
Schalke 3-1 Bochum
Köln 0-1 Union
Freiburg 0-0 Gladbach

Mainz 1-1 Hertha
Augsburg 1-0 Bayern
Dortmund 1-0 Schalke
Stuttgart 1-3 Frankfurt
Leverkusen 1-1 Werder
Gladbach 3-0 Leipzig
Union 2-0 Wolfsburg
Bochum 1-1 Köln
Hoffenheim 0-0 Freiburg

Bayern 4-0 Leverkusen
Freiburg 2-1 Mainz
Köln 3-2 Dortmund
Wolfsburg 3-2 Stuttgart
Frankfurt 2-0 Union
Leipzig 4-0 Bochum
Werder 5-1 Gladbach
Hertha 1-1 Hoffenheim
Schalke 2-3 Augsburg

Hoffenheim 1-2 Werder
Bochum 3-0 Frankfurt
Leverkusen 4-0 Schalke
Augsburg 1-1 Wolfsburg
Mainz 1-1 Leipzig
Dortmund 2-2 Bayern
Gladbach 5-2 Köln
Hertha 2-2 Freiburg
Stuttgart 0-1 Union

Schalke 0-3 Hoffenheim
Stuttgart 4-1 Bochum
Frankfurt 5-1 Leverkusen
Wolfsburg 2-2 Gladbach
Werder 0-2 Mainz
Leipzig 3-2 Hertha
Köln 3-2 Augsburg
Union 2-0 Dortmund
Bayern 5-0 Freiburg

Mainz 5-0 Köln
Freiburg 2-0 Werder
Hoffenheim 0-2 Bayern
Leverkusen 2-2 Wolfsburg
Augsburg 3-3 Leipzig
Dortmund 5-0 Stuttgart
Gladbach 1-3 Frankfurt
Bochum 2-1 Union
Hertha 2-1 Schalke

Werder 1-0 Hertha
Leipzig 2-0 Leverkusen
Bayern 6-2 Mainz
Stuttgart 2-1 Augsburg
Wolfsburg 4-0 Bochum
Frankfurt 1-2 Dortmund
Union 2-1 Gladbach
Schalke 0-2 Freiburg
Köln 1-1 Hoffenheim

Gladbach 3-1 Stuttgart
Hertha 2-3 Bayern
Augsburg 1-2 Frankfurt
Dortmund 3-0 Bochum
Hoffenheim 1-3 Leipzig
Mainz 0-3 Wolfsburg
Werder 2-1 Schalke
Leverkusen 5-0 Union
Freiburg 2-0 Köln

Wolfsburg 2-0 Dortmund
Bayern 6-1 Werder
Bochum 2-1 Gladbach
Stuttgart 2-1 Hertha
Köln 1-2 Leverkusen
Frankfurt 4-2 Hoffenheim
Schalke 1-0 Mainz
Union 2-2 Augsburg
Leipzig 3-1 Freiburg

Gladbach 4-2 Dortmund
Augsburg 0-1 Bochum
Hoffenheim 1-2 Wolfsburg
Leverkusen 2-0 Stuttgart
Werder 1-2 Leipzig
Hertha 2-0 Köln
Schalke 0-2 Bayern
Mainz 1-1 Frankfurt
Freiburg 4-1 Union

Leipzig 1-1 Bayern
Frankfurt 3-0 Schalke
Bochum 3-1 Hertha
Union 3-1 Hoffenheim
Wolfsburg 6-0 Freiburg
Stuttgart 1-1 Mainz
Köln 7-1 Werder
Dortmund 4-3 Augsburg
Gladbach 2-3 Leverkusen

Schalke 1-6 Leipzig
Bayern 1-1 Köln
Hoffenheim 2-2 Stuttgart
Hertha 0-5 Wolfsburg
Mainz 1-2 Dortmund
Augsburg 1-0 Gladbach
Leverkusen 2-0 Bochum
Werder 1-2 Union
Freiburg 1-1 Frankfurt

Leipzig 2-1 Stuttgart
Mainz 5-2 Bochum
Werder 2-1 Wolfsburg
Hertha 0-2 Union
Freiburg 3-1 Augsburg
Hoffenheim 1-4 Gladbach
Bayern 1-1 Frankfurt
Schalke 0-0 Köln
Leverkusen 0-2 Dortmund

Augsburg 1-0 Leverkusen
Union 2-1 Mainz
Köln 0-0 Leipzig
Dortmund 5-1 Freiburg
Frankfurt 3-0 Hertha
Bochum 5-2 Hoffenheim
Gladbach 0-0 Schalke
Stuttgart 0-2 Werder
Wolfsburg 2-4 Bayern

Schalke 0-0 Wolfsburg
Werder 0-2 Dortmund
Mainz 3-1 Augsburg
Bayern 3-0 Bochum
Hoffenheim 1-3 Leverkusen
Freiburg 2-1 Stuttgart
Leipzig 1-2 Union
Hertha 4-1 Gladbach
Köln 3-0 Frankfurt

Augsburg 1-0 Hoffenheim
Stuttgart 3-0 Köln
Bochum 0-2 Freiburg
Gladbach 3-2 Bayern
Wolfsburg 0-3 Leipzig
Frankfurt 2-0 Werder
Union 0-0 Schalke
Dortmund 4-1 Hertha
Leverkusen 2-3 Mainz

Mainz 4-0 Gladbach
Hertha 2-0 Augsburg
Hoffenheim 0-1 Dortmund
Köln 0-2 Wolfsburg
Werder 3-0 Bochum
Leipzig 2-1 Frankfurt
Schalke 2-1 Stuttgart
Freiburg 1-1 Leverkusen
Bayern 3-0 Union

Dortmund 2-1 Leipzig
Union 0-0 Köln
Gladbach 0-0 Freiburg
Augsburg 2-1 Werder
Mainz 1-0 Hoffenheim
Bochum 0-2 Schalke
Stuttgart 1-1 Bayern
Leverkusen 4-1 Hertha
Wolfsburg 2-2 Frankfurt

Köln 0-2 Bochum
Leipzig 3-0 Gladbach
Bayern 5-3 Augsburg
Hertha 1-1 Mainz
Frankfurt 1-1 Stuttgart
Schalke 2-2 Dortmund
Freiburg 2-1 Hoffenheim
Werder 2-3 Leverkusen
Wolfsburg 1-1 Union

Matchday 25

Gladbach 2-2 Werder
Augsburg 1-1 Schalke
Hoffenheim 3-1 Hertha
Stuttgart 0-1 Wolfsburg
Bochum 1-0 Leipzig
Dortmund 6-1 Köln
Union 2-0 Frankfurt
Leverkusen 2-1 Bayern
Mainz 1-1 Freiburg

CURRENT TABLE

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Borussia Dortmund 25 17 2 6 55 31 +24 53
2 Bayern Munich 25 15 7 3 72 27 +45 52
3 Union Berlin 25 14 6 5 38 28 +10 48
4 SC Freiburg 25 13 7 5 38 34 +4 46
5 RB Leipzig 25 13 6 6 49 30 +19 45
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 25 11 7 7 46 36 +10 40
7 Wolfsburg 25 10 8 7 44 32 +12 38
8 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 25 11 4 10 45 40 +5 37
9 Mainz 25 10 7 8 40 36 +4 37
10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 25 8 7 10 40 44 -4 31
11 Werder Bremen 25 9 4 12 39 48 -9 31
12 Augsburg 1907 25 8 4 13 32 45 -13 28
13 FC Cologne 25 6 9 10 33 44 -11 27
14 VFL Bochum 25 8 1 16 27 56 -29 25
15 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 25 6 4 15 33 45 -12 22
16 Hertha Berlin 25 5 6 14 30 48 -18 21
17 Schalke 04 25 4 9 12 21 45 -24 21
18 Stuttgart 25 4 8 13 29 42 -13 20

UPCOMING FIXTURES

Matchday 26

Frankfurt vs Bochum
Schalke vs Leverkusen
Union vs Stuttgart
Wolfsburg vs Augsburg
Freiburg vs Hertha
Leipzig vs Mainz
Bayern vs Dortmund
Köln vs Gladbach
Werder vs Hoffenheim

Dortmund vs Union
Freiburg vs Bayern
Mainz vs Werder
Augsburg vs Köln
Leverkusen vs Frankfurt
Hertha vs Leipzig
Gladbach vs Wolfsburg
Bochum vs Stuttgart
Hoffenheim vs Schalke

Schalke vs Hertha
Köln vs Mainz
Stuttgart vs Dortmund
Bayern vs Hoffenheim
Leipzig vs Augsburg
Frankfurt vs Gladbach
Werder vs Freiburg
Union vs Bochum
Wolfsburg vs Leverkusen

Augsburg vs Stuttgart
Hoffenheim vs Köln
Bochum vs Wolfsburg
Hertha vs Werder
Mainz vs Bayern
Dortmund vs Frankfurt
Freiburg vs Schalke
Leverkusen vs Leipzig
Gladbach vs Union

Bochum vs Dortmund
Union vs Leverkusen
Köln vs Freiburg
Frankfurt vs Augsburg
Stuttgart vs Gladbach
Leipzig vs Hoffenheim
Schalke vs Werder
Bayern vs Hertha
Wolfsburg vs Mainz

DFB POKAL

Frankfurt vs Union
Nürnberg vs Stuttgart
Leipzig vs Dortmund
Bayern vs Freiburg

Bochum 1-2 Dortmund
Union 2-1 Wolfsburg
Paderborn 1-2 Stuttgart
Nürnberg 1(5)-(3)1 Düsseldorf
Leipzig 3-1 Hoffenheim
Frankfurt 4-2 Darmstadt
Mainz 0-4 Bayern
Sandhausen 0-2 Freiburg

Elversberg 0-1 Bochum
Augsburg 2-5 Bayern
Stuttgart 6-0 Arminia Bielefeld
Braunschweig 1-2 Wolfsburg
Freiburg 2-1 St. Pauli
Stuttgarter Kickers 0-2 Frankfurt
Darmstadt 2-1 Gladbach
Hannover 0-2 Dortmund
Jahn Regensburg 0-3 Düsseldorf
Paderborn 2(5)-(4)2 Werder Bremen
Union Berlin 2-0 Heidenheim
Sandhausen 2(8)-(7)2 Karlsruhe
Lübeck 0-3 Mainz
Leipzig 4-0 Hamburg
Waldhof 0-1 Nürnberg
Hoffenheim 5-1 Schalke

Kaan-Marienborn 0-2 Nürnberg
Dynamo Dresden 0-1 Stuttgart
Neustrelitz 0-8 Karlsruhe
1860 Munich 0-3 Dortmund
Viktoria Berlin 0-3 Bochum
Straelen 3-4 St Pauli
Wernigerode 0-10 Paderborn
Bayreuth 1-3 Hamburg
Illertissen 0-2 Heidenheim
Elversberg 4-3 Bayer Leverkusen
Lübeck 1-0 Hansa Rostock
Jahn Regensburg 2-2 Köln (4-3)
Carl Zeiss Jena 0-1 Wolfsburg
Offenbach 1-4 Düsseldorf
Stuttgarter Kickers 2-0 Fürth
Bremer SV 0-5 Schalke
Rehden 0-4 Sandhausen
Schott Mainz 0-3 Hannover
Rödinghausen 0-2 Hoffenheim
Kaiserslautern 1-2 Freiburg
Lohne 0-4 Augsburg
Oberachern 1-9 Borussia MG
Engers 1-7 Arminia Bielefeld
Braunschweig 4-4 Hertha Berlin (6-5)
Waldhof 0-0 Holstein Kiel (5-3)
Erzgebirge Aue 0-3 Mainz
Cottbus 1-2 Werder Bremen
Chemnitz 1-2 Union Berlin
Ingolstadt 0-3 Darmstadt
Magdeburg 0-4 Frankfurt
Ottensen 0-8 Leipzig
Viktoria Köln 0-5 Bayern Munich

HISTORY AND FORMAT

Kicking off in 1963, the Bundesliga is the elite football competition in Germany. It is the best-attended football league in the world and is currently ranked the fourth strongest in Europe. Matches are played at a fast pace with plenty of honest endeavour and sportsmanship. The Bundesliga tends to boast the highest goals per game ratio of the major European leagues. As the teams only have to play 34 league matches and participate in one domestic knock-out cup, the DFB Pokal, players are able to remain fresh all the way to the end of the season.

Format-wise, 18 teams take part in the competition each year with the top three entering the Champions League directly; the fourth placed side enters preliminary qualifying. At the other end of the table, the bottom two teams are automatically relegated, whilst the team in 16th place plays a two-legged relegation playoff with the team finishing third in the 2. Bundesliga.

Bayern Munich are the most successful team in the history of the competition with 31 titles to their name. They are the current holders of the Meisterschale after cruising to their tenth consecutive league win by eight points. Munich were thrashed 5-0 by Gladbach in the Pokal, which was eventually won by Leipzig, who claimed their first major piece of silverware with victory on penalties over Freiburg. The Bundesliga all-time top scorer is Gerd Müller, with 365 goals.

ROLL OF HONOUR

31 Bayern Munich 5 Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 Werder Bremen 3 Hamburg, Stuttgart 2 Köln, Kaiserslautern 1 1860 Munich, Braunschweig, Nürnberg, Wolfsburg

20 Bayern Munich 6 Werder Bremen 5 Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund 4 Köln, Schalke 3 Stuttgart, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hamburg 2 Karlsruhe, Nurnberg, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Kaiserslautern 1 Rot-Weiss Essen, Schwarz-Weiss Essen, 1860 Munich, Kickers Offenbach, Bayer Uerdingen, Hannover, Bayer Leverkusen, Wolfsburg, Leipzig

QUIZZES

WHO’S COMING UP?

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Darmstadt 25 15 7 3 40 21 +19 52
2 Heidenheim 25 14 8 3 51 28 +23 50
3 Hamburg 25 15 4 6 46 30 +16 49
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 25 13 3 9 43 32 +11 42
5 FC St. Pauli 25 11 8 6 39 28 +11 41
6 Paderborn 25 12 4 9 47 30 +17 40
7 FC Kaiserslautern 25 10 9 6 39 34 +5 39
8 Karlsruhe 25 10 4 11 41 40 +1 34
9 Holstein Kiel 25 8 10 7 41 40 +1 34
10 Hannover 96 25 8 7 10 33 33 +0 31
11 Greuther Fürth 25 7 9 9 33 37 -4 30
12 Nürnberg 25 8 5 12 22 37 -15 29
13 Magdeburg 25 8 4 13 31 45 -14 28
14 Jahn Regensburg 25 7 5 13 25 40 -15 26
15 Arminia Bielefeld 25 7 4 14 36 41 -5 25
16 Eintracht Braunschweig 25 6 7 12 30 43 -13 25
17 Hansa Rostock 25 7 4 14 21 37 -16 25
18 Sandhausen 25 5 6 14 26 48 -22 21

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