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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
CURRENT TABLE
# | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
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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
Matchday 27
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
Matchday 28
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
Matchday 29
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
Matchday 30
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
Quarter Finals
Frankfurt vs Union
Nürnberg vs Stuttgart
Leipzig vs Dortmund
Bayern vs Freiburg
Third Round
Second Round
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
First Round
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
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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
Bundesliga Winners
31 Bayern Munich 5 Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 Werder Bremen 3 Hamburg, Stuttgart 2 Köln, Kaiserslautern 1 1860 Munich, Braunschweig, Nürnberg, Wolfsburg
DFB Pokal Winners
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 |
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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 |