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Bundesliga
2021–22
Bundesliga
Season information
Dates 13 August 2021–14 May 2022
Winners Bayern Munich
31st Bundesliga title
32nd German title
Relegated Arminia Bielefeld
Greuther Fürth
Continental cup qualifiers
UEFA Champions League Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund
Bayer Leverkusen
RB Leipzig
Eintracht Frankfurt
UEFA Europa League Union Berlin
SC Freiburg
Europa Conference League 1. FC Köln
Season statistics
Matches played 306
Goals scored 954
Average 3.12 (per match)
Top goalscorer Robert Lewandowski
(35 goals)
Biggest home win Munich 7–0 Bochum
Biggest away win Mönchengladbach 0–6 Freiburg
Highest scoring Fürth 3–6 Hoffenheim
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The 2021–22 Bundesliga was the 59th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 13 August 2021 and concluded on 14 May 2022. The fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

Bayern Munich were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, winning their record-extending 10th consecutive title and 32nd title overall (31st in the Bundesliga era) on 23 April with three matches to spare.

Teams[]

A total of 18 teams will participate in the 2021–22 edition of the Bundesliga.

Team changes[]

Promoted from
2020–21 2. Bundesliga
Relegated from
2020–21 Bundesliga
VfL Bochum
Greuther Fürth
Werder Bremen
Schalke 04

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
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,300
VfL Bochum Bochum Vonovia Ruhrstadion 27,599
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 81,365
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Deutsche Bank Park 51,500
SC Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Schwarzwald-Stadion 24,000
Greuther Fürth Fürth Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer 16,626
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 54,057
Bayern Munich Munich Allianz Arena 75,000
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 60,449
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000

Personnel and kits[]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve
FC Augsburg Flag of Germany Markus Weinzierl Flag of Netherlands Jeffrey Gouweleeuw Nike WWK Siegmund
Hertha BSC Flag of Hungary Pál Dárdai Flag of Belgium Dedryck Boyata Nike Homeday Hyundai
Union Berlin Flag of Switzerland Urs Fischer Flag of Austria Christopher Trimmel Adidas Aroundtown wefox
Arminia Bielefeld Flag of Germany Frank Kramer Flag of Germany Fabian Klos Macron Schüco JAB Anstoetz Textilien
VfL Bochum Germany Thomas Reis France Anthony Losilla Nike Tricorp Workwear Viactiv Betriebskrankenkasse
Borussia Dortmund Flag of Germany Marco Rose Flag of Germany Marco Reus Puma 1&1 Ionos Opel
Eintracht Frankfurt Flag of Austria Oliver Glasner Flag of Japan Makoto Hasebe Nike Indeed.com dpd
SC Freiburg Flag of Germany Christian Streich Flag of Germany Christian Günter Nike Schwarzwaldmilch Badenova
Greuther Fürth Germany Stefan Leitl Sweden Branimir Hrgota Puma Hofmann Personal BVUK
1899 Hoffenheim Flag of Germany Sebastian Hoeneß Flag of Germany Benjamin Hübner Joma SAP SNP
1. FC Köln Flag of Germany Steffen Baumgart Flag of Germany Jonas Hector Uhlsport REWE DEVK
RB Leipzig Flag of United States Jesse Marsch Flag of Austria Marcel Sabitzer Nike Red Bull CG Immobilien
Bayer Leverkusen Flag of Switzerland Gerardo Seoane Flag of Chile Charles Aránguiz Jako Barmenia Versicherungen Kieser Training
Mainz 05 Flag of Denmark Bo Svensson Flag of ? TBD Kappa Kömmerling fb88.com
Borussia Mönchengladbach Flag of Austria Adi Hütter Flag of Germany Lars Stindl Puma flatex Sonepar
Bayern Munich Flag of Germany Julian Nagelsmann Flag of Germany Manuel Neuer Adidas Deutsche Telekom Qatar Airways
VfB Stuttgart Flag of United States Pellegrino Matarazzo Flag of Japan Wataru Endo Jako Mercedes-Benz Bank Mercedes-Benz EQ
VfL Wolfsburg Flag of Netherlands Mark van Bommel Flag of France 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
Borussia Dortmund Flag of Germany Edin Terzić (interim) End of caretaker spell 13 December 2020 30 June 2021 Pre-season Flag of Germany Marco Rose 15 February 2021 1 July 2021
Borussia Mönchengladbach Flag of Germany Marco Rose Signed for Borussia Dortmund 15 February 2021 Flag of Austria Adi Hütter 13 April 2021
Bayer Leverkusen Flag of Germany Hannes Wolf (interim) End of caretaker spell 23 March 2021 Flag of Switzerland Gerardo Seoane 19 May 2021
1. FC Köln Flag of Germany Friedhelm Funkel 8 April 2021 Flag of Germany Steffen Baumgart 11 May 2021
Eintracht Frankfurt Flag of Austria Adi Hütter Signed for Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 April 2021 Flag of Austria Oliver Glasner 26 May 2021
Bayern Munich Flag of Germany Hans-Dieter Flick Resigned 27 April 2021 Flag of Germany Julian Nagelsmann 27 April 2021
RB Leipzig Flag of Germany Julian Nagelsmann Signed for Bayern Munich Flag of United States Jesse Marsch 29 April 2021
VfL Wolfsburg Flag of Austria Oliver Glasner Signed for Eintracht Frankfurt 26 May 2021 Flag of Netherlands Mark van Bommel 2 June 2021
Flag of Netherlands Mark van Bommel Sacked 24 October 2021 8th Flag of Germany Florian Kohfeldt 26 October 2021
Hertha BSC Flag of Hungary Pál Dárdai 29 November 2021 14th Flag of Turkey Tayfun Korkut 29 November 2021
RB Leipzig Flag of United States Jesse Marsch Mutual consent 5 December 2021 11th Flag of Germany Achim Beierlorzer (interim) 5 December 2021
Flag of Germany Achim Beierlorzer (interim) End of caretaker spell 9 December 2021 Flag of Germany Domenico Tedesco 9 December 2021
Hertha BSC Flag of Turkey Tayfun Korkut Sacked 13 March 2022 17th Flag of Germany Felix Magath 13 March 2022
Arminia Bielefeld Flag of Germany Frank Kramer Sacked 20 April 2022 Flag of Germany Marco Kostmann (interim) 20 April 2022

League table[]

Pos
Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 24 5 5 97 37 +60 77 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 3 9 85 52 +33 69
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 7 8 80 47 +33 64
4 RB Leipzig 34 17 7 10 72 37 +35 58
5 Union Berlin 34 16 9 9 50 44 +6 57 Qualification to Europa League group stage
6 SC Freiburg 34 15 10 9 58 46 +12 55
7 1. FC Köln 34 14 10 10 52 49 +3 52 Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round
8 Mainz 05 34 13 7 14 50 45 +5 46
9 1899 Hoffenheim 34 13 7 14 58 60 −2 46
10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 12 9 13 54 61 −7 45
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 10 12 12 45 49 −4 42 Qualification to Champions League group stage
12 VfL Wolfsburg 34 12 6 16 43 54 −11 42
13 VfL Bochum 34 12 6 16 38 52 −14 42
14 FC Augsburg 34 10 8 16 39 56 −17 38
15 VfB Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 41 59 −18 33
16 Hertha BSC (O) 34 9 6 19 37 71 −34 33 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
17 Arminia Bielefeld  (R) 34 5 13 16 27 53 −26 28 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Greuther Fürth  (R) 34 3 9 22 28 82 −54 18

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

Results[]

Home \ Away AUG BSC UNB BIE BOC DOR FRA FRE FÜR HOF KÖL LEI LEV MAI MÖN MUN STU WOL
FC Augsburg 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–4 1–4 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–0
Hertha BSC 1–1 1–4 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–4 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–3 1–6 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–4 2–0 1–2
Union Berlin 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–5 1–1 2–0
Arminia Bielefeld 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–2
VfL Bochum 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 4–2 0–0 1–0
Borussia Dortmund 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 3–4 5–2 5–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–4 2–5 3–1 6–0 2–3 2–1 6–1
Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–3 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 5–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2
SC Freiburg 3–0 3–0 1–4 2–2 3–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–3 1–4 2–0 3–2
Greuther Fürth 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 3–6 1–1 1–6 1–4 2–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 0–2
1899 Hoffenheim 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–3 3–2 3–4 0–0 5–0 2–0 2–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1
1. FC Köln 0–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 4–1 0–4 1–0 0–1
RB Leipzig 4–0 6–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 3–1 1–3 4–1 4–1 1–4 4–0 2–0
Bayer Leverkusen 5–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 3–4 2–0 2–1 7–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–5 4–2 0–2
Mainz 05 4–1 4–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–2 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–3 0–6 4–0 5–1 1–3 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2
Bayern Munich 1–0 5–0 4–0 1–0 7–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 4–1 4–0 3–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 4–0
VfB Stuttgart 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–3 5–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 3–2 0–5 1–1
VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–2 4–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–2 5–0 1–3 2–2 0–2
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs[]

The relegation play-offs took place on 19 and 23 May 2022.

Overview[]

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Hertha BSC 2–1 Hamburger SV 0–1 2–0

Matches[]

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

19 May 2022
20:30
Hertha BSC 0–1 Hamburger SV Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 75,500
Referee: Harm Osmers
Report Reis Goal 57'
23 May 2022
20:30
Hamburger SV 0–2 Hertha BSC Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
Report Boyata Goal 4'
Plattenhardt Goal 63'

Statistics[]

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Flag of Poland Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich 35
2 Flag of Czech Republic Patrik Schick Bayer Leverkusen 24
3 Flag of Norway Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund 22
4 Flag of France Anthony Modeste 1. FC Köln 20
Flag of France Christopher Nkunku RB Leipzig
6 Flag of Nigeria Taiwo Awoniyi Union Berlin 15
7 Flag of Germany Serge Gnabry Bayern Munich 14
8 Flag of France Moussa Diaby Bayer Leverkusen 13
9 Flag of Germany Jonas Hofmann Borussia Mönchengladbach 12
Flag of Germany Max Kruse Union Berlin
VfL Wolfsburg

Top assists[]

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Flag of Germany Thomas Müller Bayern Munich 18
2 Flag of France Christopher Nkunku RB Leipzig 13
3 Flag of France Moussa Diaby Bayer Leverkusen 12
Flag of Germany Marco Reus Borussia Dortmund
5 Flag of Germany Joshua Kimmich Bayern Munich 11
Flag of Germany David Raum 1899 Hoffenheim
7 Flag of Germany Florian Wirtz Bayer Leverkusen 10
8 Flag of Germany Christian Günter SC Freiburg 9
Flag of Serbia Filip Kostić Eintracht Frankfurt
Flag of Croatia Andrej Kramarić 1899 Hoffenheim

Hat-tricks[]

Player Club Against Result Date
Flag of Poland Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich Hertha BSC 5–0 (H) 28 August 2021
Flag of Togo Ihlas Bebou 1899 Hoffenheim Greuther Fürth 6–3 (A) 27 November 2021
Flag of Czech Republic Patrik Schick4 Bayer Leverkusen Greuther Fürth 7–1 (H) 4 December 2021
Flag of Germany Serge Gnabry Bayern Munich VfB Stuttgart 5–0 (A) 14 December 2021
Flag of Poland Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich 1. FC Köln 4–0 (A) 15 January 2022
Flag of France Moussa Diaby Bayer Leverkusen FC Augsburg 5–1 (H) 22 January 2022
Flag of Germany Max Kruse VfL Wolfsburg Mainz 05 5–0 (H) 22 April 2022
Flag of Norway Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund VfL Bochum 3–4 (H) 30 April 2022
  • 4 Player scored four goals.

Clean sheets[]

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Flag of Belgium Koen Casteels VfL Wolfsburg 10
Flag of Netherlands Mark Flekken SC Freiburg
Flag of Germany Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich
Flag of Germany Robin Zentner Mainz 05
5 Flag of Poland Rafał Gikiewicz FC Augsburg 9
Flag of Hungary Péter Gulácsi RB Leipzig
7 Flag of Finland Lukáš Hrádecký Bayer Leverkusen 8
Flag of Germany Oliver Baumann 1899 Hoffenheim
9 Flag of Switzerland Gregor Kobel Borussia Dortmund 7
Flag of Germany Manuel Riemann VfL Bochum

Awards[]

Monthly awards[]

Month Player of the Month Rookie of the Month Goal of the Month
Player Club Player Club Player Club
August Flag of Norway Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund Flag of Hungary Dominik Szoboszlai RB Leipzig Flag of Philippines Gerrit Holtmann VfL Bochum
September Flag of Germany Florian Wirtz Bayer Leverkusen Flag of Egypt Omar Marmoush VfB Stuttgart Flag of Norway Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund
October Flag of France Christopher Nkunku RB Leipzig Flag of Hungary Dominik Szoboszlai RB Leipzig Flag of England Jude Bellingham Borussia Dortmund
November Flag of Canada Alphonso Davies Bayern Munich Flag of Japan Hiroki Ito VfB Stuttgart Flag of Norway Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund
December Flag of Czech Republic Patrik Schick Bayer Leverkusen Flag of Denmark Jesper Lindstrøm Eintracht Frankfurt Flag of Germany Niklas Dorsch FC Augsburg
January Flag of Germany Thomas Müller Bayern Munich Flag of Austria Patrick Wimmer Arminia Bielefeld Flag of France Corentin Tolisso Bayern Munich
February Flag of France Christopher Nkunku RB Leipzig Flag of Denmark Jonas Wind VfL Wolfsburg Flag of Denmark Jonas Wind VfL Wolfsburg
March Flag of France Christopher Nkunku RB Leipzig Flag of Egypt Omar Marmoush VfB Stuttgart Flag of France Kingsley Coman Bayern Munich
April Flag of France Christopher Nkunku RB Leipzig Flag of Hungary Dominik Szoboszlai RB Leipzig

Annual awards[]

Award Winner Club
Player of the Season Flag of France Christopher Nkunku RB Leipzig
Rookie of the Season Flag of Denmark Jesper Lindstrøm Eintracht Frankfurt

External links[]

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