2019–20 Bundesliga

Bundesliga 2019–20
Season information
Dates	16 August 2019 – 27 June 2020
Winners	Bayern Munich 29th Bundesliga title 30th German title
Relegated	Fortuna Düsseldorf SC Paderborn
Continental cup qualifiers
UEFA Champions League	Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund RB Leipzig Borussia Mönchengladbach
UEFA Europa League	Bayer Leverkusen VfL Wolfsburg 1899 Hoffenheim
Season statistics
Matches played	306
Goals scored	982
Average	3.21 (per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Lewandowski (34 goals)
Biggest home win	Leipzig 8–0 Mainz
Biggest away win	Hoffenheim 0–6 Bayern
Highest scoring	Leipzig 8–0 Mainz Augsburg 3–5 Dortmund
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The 2019–20 Bundesliga was the 57th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 16 August 2019 and concluded on 27 June 2020. Bayern Munich were the defending champions, and won their record-extending 8th consecutive title and 30th title overall (29th in the Bundesliga era) on 16 June with two games to spare.

Union Berlin were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time in their history, following their victory in the relegation/promotion play-offs against VfB Stuttgart.

The number of substitutes allowed on the bench was increased from seven to nine for the 2019–20 season.

On 13 March 2020, the DFL suspended the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga due to the coronavirus pandemic. After consultation with the German government, the league resumed behind closed doors on 16 May 2020.

Effects of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic

See also: Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on football

Due to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Germany, on 8 March 2020 the Federal Minister of Health, Jens Spahn recommended cancelling events with more than 1,000 people. The following day, the DFL announced that the Bundesliga season would be completed to ensure planning for the following season, and that any postponements would be to matchdays en bloc. On 10 March, it was announced that the catch-up match between Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Köln on 11 March would be played behind closed doors, the first such occurrence in league history. All fixtures on matchday 26 (13–16 March) were planned to be played without spectators due to local restrictions on public gatherings, but the round was subsequently postponed on 13 March due to safety issues. On 16 March, the DFL general assembly suspended the league until at least 2 April, and scheduled another meeting for the final week of March to discuss how the competition should proceed.

On 13 March 2020, Luca Kilian of SC Paderborn was the first Bundesliga player to test positive for COVID-19. By 21 March 2020, several clubs, including Eintracht Frankfurt and Hertha BSC, were under quarantine after multiple players and staff had tested positive, and training was made impossible for most others by curfews or the closure of facilities. The DFL are looking into possible scenarios to finish the season regularly. However, several virologists raised doubts, stating that any professional football matches in Germany, including those behind closed doors, were unrealistic for at least the next 12 months. In his report for the 31 March DFL meeting, virologist Alexander Kekulé recommended to write off the current season. On 4 April 2020, he clarified that matches behind closed doors were possible in principle, but would require extensive measures, including a total of about 20,000 tests for COVID-19 for the players and staff (testing every player before the start of each game), and an extended quarantine for everyone involved. Kekulé was doubtful though that those measures could be justified at a time when tests for the general population were in short supply.

On 3 April 2020, the DFL reported that the financial situation of most teams was more serious than thought. Of the 36 professional football clubs in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, 13 would have to declare bankruptcy by May or June unless league operations resumed by then, including four teams from the Bundesliga. Twelve of those clubs had already used the outstanding license fees (which are dependent on the season to be continued) to pay their March debts to creditors. At their 31 March meeting, the DFL had decided that clubs that enter insolvency proceedings this season would not suffer the usual deduction of points, and clubs that enter proceedings next season only lose three instead of the usual nine points.

By 23 April 2020, the DFL had targeted 9 May as a possible resumption date for the Bundesliga. However, this goal suffered a setback when 1. FC Köln announced on 1 May that three people at the club tested positive, without showing any symptoms. This was done as part of a wave of 1,724 tests carried out involving personnel of the 36 Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga clubs, in coordination with the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, which resulted in seven further positive results in addition to those of Köln. After consultation with the German government, chancellor Angela Merkel and the leaders of the states of Germany approved the resumption of the leagues for the second half of May, with matches behind closed doors. The following day, the DFL confirmed that the Bundesliga would resume on 16 May, a Saturday, with matchday 26. The final matchday of the season (round 34), originally scheduled for 16 May, took place on 27 June, making it the second latest date any Bundesliga season has concluded. Only the 1971–72 season finished later (due to UEFA Euro 1972), concluding on 28 June. The relegation play-offs between the 16th-placed team of the Bundesliga and 3rd-placed team of the 2. Bundesliga will take place as planned. Per the competition regulations, clubs in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga were required to compete in all matches following the restart, even if some players test positive, provided the team has enough healthy players available. On 14 May, after a meeting of all clubs, five substitutions were permitted, which has been temporarily allowed by IFAB following a proposal by FIFA to lessen the impact of fixture congestion. The broadcaster Sky Sport announced that for the first two weeks after the restart, the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga simulcast ("conference") would be shown on free-to-air television in Germany, in order to prevent gatherings of people without pay TV subscriptions.

Teams

A total of 18 teams participate in the 2019–20 edition of the Bundesliga.

Team changes

Promoted from 2018–19 2. Bundesliga	Relegated from 2018–19 Bundesliga
1. FC Köln SC Paderborn Union Berlin	VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96 1. FC Nürnberg

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FC Augsburg	Augsburg	WWK Arena	30,660
Hertha BSC	Berlin	Olympiastadion	74,649
Union Berlin	Berlin	Stadion An der Alten Försterei	22,012
Werder Bremen	Bremen	Weser-Stadion	42,100
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	81,365
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf	Merkur Spiel-Arena	54,600
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Commerzbank-Arena	51,500
SC Freiburg	Freiburg im Breisgau	Schwarzwald-Stadion	24,000
1899 Hoffenheim	Sinsheim	PreZero Arena	30,150
1. FC Köln	Cologne	RheinEnergieStadion	49,698
RB Leipzig	Leipzig	Red Bull Arena	42,558
Bayer Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	30,210
Mainz 05	Mainz	Opel Arena	34,000
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Borussia-Park	59,724
Bayern Munich	Munich	Allianz Arena	75,000
SC Paderborn	Paderborn	Benteler-Arena	15,000
Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Veltins-Arena	62,271
VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	30,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
				Front	Sleeve
FC Augsburg	Heiko Herrlich	Daniel Baier	Nike	WWK	Siegmund
Hertha BSC	Bruno Labbadia	Vedad Ibišević	Nike	TEDi	Hyundai Motor Company
Union Berlin	Urs Fischer	Christopher Trimmel	Macron	Aroundtown	ONE Versicherung AG
Werder Bremen	Florian Kohfeldt	Niklas Moisander	Umbro	Wiesenhof	H-Hotels
Borussia Dortmund	Lucien Favre	Marco Reus	Puma	Evonik	Opel
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Uwe Rösler	Oliver Fink	Uhlsport	Henkel	Toyo Tires
Eintracht Frankfurt	Adi Hütter	David Abraham	Nike	Indeed.com	Deutsche Börse Group
SC Freiburg	Christian Streich	Mike Frantz	Hummel	Schwarzwaldmilch	Badenova
1899 Hoffenheim	Matthias Kaltenbach	Benjamin Hübner	Joma	SAP	SNP
1. FC Köln	Markus Gisdol	Jonas Hector	Uhlsport	REWE	DEVK
RB Leipzig	Julian Nagelsmann	Willi Orban	Nike	Red Bull	CG Immobilien
Bayer Leverkusen	Peter Bosz	Lars Bender	Jako	Barmenia Versicherungen	Kieser Training
Mainz 05	Achim Beierlorzer	Danny Latza	Lotto	Kömmerling	QQ288
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Marco Rose	Lars Stindl	Puma	Postbank	H-Hotels
Bayern Munich	Hans-Dieter Flick	Manuel Neuer	Adidas	Deutsche Telekom	Qatar Airways
SC Paderborn	Steffen Baumgart	Christian Strohdiek	Saller	Sunmaker	Effect Energy Drink
Schalke 04	David Wagner	Omar Mascarell	Umbro	Gazprom	DHL
VfL Wolfsburg	Oliver Glasner	Josuha Guilavogui	Nike	Volkswagen	Linglong Tire

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date
			Announced on	Departed on			Announced on	Arrived on
1899 Hoffenheim	Julian Nagelsmann	Signed for RB Leipzig	21 June 2018	30 June 2019	Pre-season	Alfred Schreuder	19 March 2019	1 July 2019
RB Leipzig	Ralf Rangnick	Appointed as sporting director	9 July 2018			Julian Nagelsmann	21 June 2018
VfL Wolfsburg	Bruno Labbadia	End of contract	12 March 2019			Oliver Glasner	23 April 2019
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Dieter Hecking	Sacked	2 April 2019			Marco Rose	10 April 2019
Hertha BSC	Pál Dárdai	Mutual consent	16 April 2019			Ante Čović	12 May 2019
1. FC Köln	André Pawlak / Manfred Schmid (interim)	End of caretaker spell	27 April 2019			Achim Beierlorzer	13 May 2019
Bayern Munich	Niko Kovač	Mutual consent	3 November 2019		4th	Hans-Dieter Flick	3 November 2019
1. FC Köln	Achim Beierlorzer	Sacked	9 November 2019		17th	Markus Gisdol	18 November 2019
Mainz 05	Sandro Schwarz	Mutual consent	10 November 2019		16th	Achim Beierlorzer	18 November 2019
Hertha BSC	Ante Čović	Mutual consent	27 November 2019		15th	Jürgen Klinsmann	27 November 2019
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Friedhelm Funkel	Sacked	29 January 2020		18th	Uwe Rösler	29 January 2020
Hertha BSC	Jürgen Klinsmann	Resigned	11 February 2020		14th	Alexander Nouri (interim)	11 February 2020
FC Augsburg	Martin Schmidt	Sacked	9 March 2020		14th	Heiko Herrlich	10 March 2020
Hertha BSC	Alexander Nouri (interim)	End of caretaker spell	9 April 2020		14th	Bruno Labbadia	9 April 2020	13 April 2020
1899 Hoffenheim	Alfred Schreuder	Mutual consent	9 June 2020		7th	Matthias Kaltenbach (interim)	9 June 2020

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	26	4	4	100	32	+68	82	Champions League group stage
2	Borussia Dortmund	34	21	6	7	84	41	+43	69
3	RB Leipzig	34	18	12	4	81	37	+44	66
4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	20	5	9	66	40	+26	65
5	Bayer Leverkusen	34	19	6	9	61	44	+17	63	Europa League group stage
6	1899 Hoffenheim	34	15	7	12	53	53	0	52
7	VfL Wolfsburg	34	13	10	11	48	46	+2	49	Europa League Second qualifying round
8	SC Freiburg	34	13	9	12	48	47	+1	48
9	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	13	6	15	59	60	−1	45
10	Hertha BSC	34	11	8	15	48	59	−11	41
11	Union Berlin	34	12	5	17	41	58	−17	41
12	Schalke 04	34	9	12	13	38	58	−20	39
13	FSV Mainz 05	34	11	4	19	44	65	−21	37
14	1. FC Köln	34	10	6	18	51	69	−18	36
15	FC Augsburg	34	9	9	16	45	63	−18	36
16	Werder Bremen  (O)	34	8	7	19	42	69	−27	31	Qualification to the relegation play-offs
17	Fortuna Düsseldorf  (R)	34	6	12	16	36	67	−31	30	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	SC Paderborn  (R)	34	4	8	22	37	74	−37	20

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Relegation play-offs

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

First leg

2 July 2020 (2020-07-02) 20:30	Werder Bremen	0–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Weser-Stadion, Bremen Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer
		Report

Second leg

6 July 2020 (2020-07-06) 20:30	1. FC Heidenheim	2–2	Werder Bremen	Voith-Arena, Heidenheim Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych
	Kleindienst  85', 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Theuerkauf  3' (o.g.) Augustinsson  90+4'

2–2 on aggregate. Werder Bremen won on away goals, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	34
2	Timo Werner	RB Leipzig	28
3	Jadon Sancho	Borussia Dortmund	17
4	Wout Weghorst	VfL Wolfsburg	16
5	Rouwen Hennings	Fortuna Düsseldorf	15
6	Jhon Córdoba	1. FC Köln	13
	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund
	Florian Niederlechner	FC Augsburg
	Robin Quaison	Mainz 05
10	Sebastian Andersson	Union Berlin	12
	Serge Gnabry	Bayern Munich
	Kai Havertz	Bayer Leverkusen
	Andrej Kramarić	1899 Hoffenheim
	André Silva	Eintracht Frankfurt

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich	21
2	Jadon Sancho	Borussia Dortmund	16
3	Thorgan Hazard	Borussia Dortmund	13
	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig
5	Filip Kostić	Eintracht Frankfurt	11
6	Serge Gnabry	Bayern Munich	10
	Achraf Hakimi	Borussia Dortmund
	Alassane Pléa	Borussia Mönchengladbach
9	Maximilian Arnold	VfL Wolfsburg	8
	Marcus Thuram	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Christopher Trimmel	Union Berlin
	Timo Werner	RB Leipzig

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	Schalke 04	3–0 (A)	02019-08-24-24 August 2019
Timo Werner	RB Leipzig	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1 (A)	02019-08-30-30 August 2019
Timo Werner	RB Leipzig	Mainz 05	8–0 (H)	02019-11-02-2 November 2019
Rouwen Hennings	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Schalke 04	3–3 (A)	02019-11-09-9 November 2019
Philippe Coutinho	Bayern Munich	Werder Bremen	6–1 (H)	02019-12-14-14 December 2019
Robin Quaison	Mainz 05	Werder Bremen	5–0 (A)	02019-12-17-17 December 2019
Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund	FC Augsburg	5–3 (A)	02020-01-18-18 January 2020
Robin Quaison	Mainz 05	Hertha BSC	3–1 (A)	02020-02-08-8 February 2020
Wout Weghorst	VfL Wolfsburg	1899 Hoffenheim	3–2 (A)	02020-02-15-15 February 2020
Timo Werner	RB Leipzig	Mainz 05	5–0 (A)	02020-05-24-24 May 2020
Jadon Sancho	Borussia Dortmund	SC Paderborn	6–1 (A)	02020-05-31-31 May 2020
Andrej Kramarić4	1899 Hoffenheim	Borussia Dortmund	4–0 (A)	02020-06-27-27 June 2020

• ⁴ Player scored four goals.

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich	15
2	Roman Bürki	Borussia Dortmund	12
3	Péter Gulácsi	RB Leipzig	10
	Lukáš Hrádecký	Bayer Leverkusen
5	Rune Jarstein	Hertha BSC	9
6	Rafał Gikiewicz	Union Berlin	8
7	Oliver Baumann	1899 Hoffenheim	7
	Yann Sommer	Borussia Mönchengladbach
8	Timo Horn	1. FC Köln	6
	Alexander Nübel	Schalke 04

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Rookie of the Month		Goal of the Month
	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	Jonjoe Kenny	Schalke 04	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich
September	Amine Harit	Schalke 04	Marcus Thuram	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Javairô Dilrosun	Hertha BSC
October	Serge Gnabry	Bayern Munich			Robin Quaison	Mainz 05
November	Timo Werner	RB Leipzig			Robert Skov	1899 Hoffenheim
December			Ismail Jakobs	1. FC Köln	Philippe Coutinho	Bayern Munich
January	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund	Florian Neuhaus	Borussia Mönchengladbach
February	Jadon Sancho				Emre Can	Borussia Dortmund
May	Kai Havertz	Bayer Leverkusen	Alphonso Davies	Bayern Munich	Joshua Kimmich	Bayern Munich

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Season	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich
Rookie of the Season	Alphonso Davies

External links

• Official website