2024–25 Bundesliga

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Bundesliga 2024–25
Season information
Dates	23 August 2024–17 May 2025
Season statistics
← 2023–24	2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Bundesliga is the 62nd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 23 August 2024 and will conclude on 17 May 2025.

Bayer Leverkusen are the defending champions.

Season overview

The season is scheduled to begin on 23 August 2024 and go into the winter break after the 15th matchday on 22 December. With the 16th matchday, the season will continue on 10 January 2025. The final 34th matchday is scheduled for 17 May 2025.

The regular season is played as a round-robin tournament. Each team will play a total of 34 matches, half at home and half away.

Teams

A total of 18 teams will participate in the 2024–25 edition of the Bundesliga, 16 of which competed in the league campaign during the previous season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 2. Bundesliga.

Team changes

Promoted from 2023–24 2. Bundesliga	Relegated from 2023–24 Bundesliga
St Pauli Holstein Kiel	Darmstadt 98 1. FC Köln

Holstein Kiel will make its debut, making it the 58th Bundesliga club and the first club from Schleswig-Holstein. The club will also replace Hansa Rostock as the northernmost club in league history.

FC St. Pauli returned to the Bundesliga after a thirteen-year absence. For the first time ever, FC St. Pauli is playing in a season at a higher level than local rivals Hamburger SV.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FC Augsburg	Augsburg	WWK Arena	30,660
Union Berlin	Berlin	Stadion An der Alten Försterei	22,012
VfL Bochum	Bochum	Vonovia Ruhrstadion	26,000
Werder Bremen	Bremen	Wohninvest Weserstadion	42,100
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	81,365
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Deutsche Bank Park	58,000
SC Freiburg	Freiburg im Breisgau	Europa-Park Stadion	34,700
1. FC Heidenheim	Heidenheim	Voith-Arena	15,000
TSG Hoffenheim	Sinsheim	PreZero Arena	30,150
Holstein Kiel	Kiel	Holstein-Stadion	15,034
RB Leipzig	Leipzig	Red Bull Arena	47,069
Bayer Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	30,210
Mainz 05	Mainz	Mewa Arena	33,305
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Borussia-Park	54,042
Bayern Munich	Munich	Allianz Arena	75,000
FC St. Pauli	Hamburg	Millerntor-Stadion	29,546
VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	MHPArena	60,058
VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	28,917

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
				Front	Sleeve
FC Augsburg	Jess Thorup	Ermedin Demirović	Mizuno	WWK Versicherung	Siegmund
Union Berlin	Bo Svensson	Christopher Trimmel	Adidas	Paramount+	JD Sports
VfL Bochum	Peter Zeidler	Anthony Losilla	Mizuno	Vonovia	Think about IT Moritz Fiege (in cup matches)
Werder Bremen	Ole Werner	Marco Friedl	Hummel	Matthäi	Ammerländer
Borussia Dortmund	Edin Terzić	Emre Can	Puma	1&1/Evonik	GLS Group
Eintracht Frankfurt	Dino Toppmöller	TBD	Nike	Indeed.com	Elotrans reload
SC Freiburg	Julian Schuster	Christian Günter	Nike	JobRad	Lexware
1. FC Heidenheim	Frank Schmidt	Patrick Mainka	Puma	MHP	Voith
TSG Hoffenheim	Pellegrino Matarazzo	Oliver Baumann	Joma	SAP	hep global
Holstein Kiel	Marcel Rapp	Philipp Sander	Puma	Famila	Lotto Schleswig-Holstein
RB Leipzig	Marco Rose	Willi Orbán	Puma	Red Bull	AOC Die Stadtentwickler/IHG Hotels & Resorts (in cup and UEFA matches)
Bayer Leverkusen	Xabi Alonso	Lukas Hradecky	Castore	Barmenia Versicherungen	Trive/Kumho Tyres (in cup matches)
Mainz 05	Bo Henriksen	Silvan Widmer	Jako	Kömmerling	iDM
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gerardo Seoane	Jonas Omlin	Puma	Flatex	Sonepar
Bayern Munich	Vincent Kompany	Manuel Neuer	Adidas	Deutsche Telekom	Audi (in cup and UEFA matches)
FC St. Pauli	Fabian Hürzeler	Jackson Irvine	Puma	Congstar	Astra Brauerei
VfB Stuttgart	Sebastian Hoeneß	Waldemar Anton	Jako	Winamax	hep global
VfL Wolfsburg	Ralph Hasenhüttl	Maximilian Arnold	Nike	Volkswagen	Linglong Tire

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date
			Announced on	Departs on			Announced on	Arrived on
Bayern Munich	Thomas Tuchel	Mutual consent	21 February 2024	30 June 2024	Pre-season	Vincent Kompany	29 May 2024	1 July 2024
SC Freiburg	Christian Streich	18 March 2024	Julian Schuster			22 March 2024
VfL Bochum	Heiko Butscher (interim)	End of caretaker	9 April 2024			Peter Zeidler	3 June 2024
Union Berlin	Marco Grote (interim)		6 May 2024			Bo Svensson	23 May 2024
FC St.Pauli	🇩🇪 Fabian Hürzeler	Signed by Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.	15 June 2024	30 June 2024	Pre-season	Alexander Blessin	27 June 2024

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Augsburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2	Union Berlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	VfL Bochum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Werder Bremen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Borussia Dortmund	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Europa League league phase
6	Eintracht Frankfurt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	SC Freiburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	1. FC Heidenheim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	TSG Hoffenheim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Holstein Kiel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	RB Leipzig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Bayer Leverkusen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Mainz 05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Bayern Munich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FC St. Pauli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	VfB Stuttgart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	VfL Wolfsburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 23 August 2024. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs will take place on 22 and 26 May 2025.

Results

Home \ Away	AUG	UNB	BOC	BRE	DOR	FRA	FRE	HEI	HOF	KIE	LEI	LEV	MAI	MÖN	MUN	STP	STU	WOL
FC Augsburg	—
Union Berlin		—
VfL Bochum			—
Werder Bremen				—
Borussia Dortmund					—										a
Eintracht Frankfurt						—
SC Freiburg							—
1. FC Heidenheim								—
TSG Hoffenheim									—
Holstein Kiel										—
RB Leipzig											—
Bayer Leverkusen												—
Mainz 05													—
Borussia Mönchengladbach														—
Bayern Munich					a										—
FC St. Pauli																—
VfB Stuttgart																	—
VfL Wolfsburg																		—

First match(es) will be played on 23 August 2024. Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

External links

• Official website