Fixtures

DateRHjemme vs Borte-
03/30 14:30 27 RB Leipzig vs Mainz View
03/30 14:30 27 Borussia M'gladbach vs SC Freiburg View
03/30 14:30 27 Werder Bremen vs Wolfsburg View
03/30 14:30 27 Bayer Leverkusen vs TSG Hoffenheim View
03/30 14:30 27 Eintracht Frankfurt vs Union Berlin View
03/30 17:30 27 Bayern München vs Borussia Dortmund View
03/31 13:30 27 Augsburg vs FC Köln View
03/31 15:30 27 VfB Stuttgart vs Heidenheim View
03/31 17:30 27 Bochum vs Darmstadt View
04/05 18:30 28 Eintracht Frankfurt vs Werder Bremen View
04/06 13:30 28 SC Freiburg vs RB Leipzig View
04/06 13:30 28 FC Köln vs Bochum View

Results

Date R Hjemme vs Borte -
03/17 16:30 26 [5] Borussia Dortmund vs Eintracht Frankfurt [6] 3-1
03/17 14:30 26 [9] SC Freiburg vs Bayer Leverkusen [1] 2-3
03/16 17:30 26 [8] TSG Hoffenheim vs VfB Stuttgart [3] 0-3
03/16 14:30 26 [18] Darmstadt vs Bayern München [2] 2-5
03/16 14:30 26 [11] Heidenheim vs Borussia M'gladbach [12] 1-1
03/16 14:30 26 [17] Mainz vs Bochum [15] 2-0
03/16 14:30 26 [13] Wolfsburg vs Augsburg [9] 1-3
03/16 14:30 26 [14] Union Berlin vs Werder Bremen [10] 2-1
03/15 19:30 26 [16] FC Köln vs RB Leipzig [5] 1-5
03/10 18:30 25 [1] Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg [13] 2-0
03/10 16:30 25 [6] Eintracht Frankfurt vs TSG Hoffenheim [7] 3-1
03/10 14:30 25 [15] Bochum vs SC Freiburg [10] 1-2

Wikipedia - Bundesliga

The Bundesliga (German: [ˈbʊndəsˌliːɡa] ; lit.'Federal League'), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga ([ˌfuːsbal-]) or 1. Bundesliga ([ˌeːɐ̯stə-]), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary football competition. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga. Seasons run from August to May. Games are played on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. All of the Bundesliga clubs take part in the DFB-Pokal cup competition. The winner of the Bundesliga qualifies for the DFL-Supercup.

Fifty-six clubs have competed in the Bundesliga since its founding. Bayern Munich has won 32 of 60 titles, as well as the last eleven seasons, which is a European record. The Bundesliga has also seen other champions, with Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV, Werder Bremen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and VfB Stuttgart most prominent among them. The Bundesliga is one of the top national leagues, ranked fourth in Europe according to UEFA's league coefficient ranking for the current 2023–24 season, based on performances in European competitions over the past five seasons. The Bundesliga led the UEFA ranking from 1976 to 1984 and in 1990. It has also produced the continent's top-rated club seven times. Bundesliga clubs have won eight UEFA Champions League, seven UEFA Europa League, four European Cup Winners' Cup, two UEFA Super Cup, two FIFA Club World Cup, and three Intercontinental Cup titles. Its players have accumulated nine Ballon d'Or awards, two The Best FIFA Men's Player awards, four European Golden Shoe, and three UEFA Men's Player of the Year awards including UEFA Club Footballer of the Year.

The Bundesliga is the number one association football league in the world in terms of average attendance; out of all sports, its average of 45,134 fans per game during the 2011–12 season was the second-highest of any sports league in the world after the American National Football League. The Bundesliga is broadcast on television in over 200 countries.

The Bundesliga was founded in 1962 in Dortmund and the first season started in 1963–64. The structure and organisation of the Bundesliga, along with Germany's other football leagues, have undergone frequent changes. The Bundesliga was founded by the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (English: German Football Association), but is now operated by the Deutsche Fußball Liga (English: German Football League).

History

Origins

Before the formation of the Bundesliga, German football was played at an amateur level in a large number of sub-regional leagues until, in 1949, part-time (semi-) professionalism was introduced and only five regional Oberligen (Premier Leagues) remained. Regional champions and runners-up played a series of playoff matches for the right to compete in a final game for the national championship. On 28 January 1900, a national association, the Deutscher Fußball Bund (DFB) had been founded in Leipzig with 86 member clubs. The first recognised national championship team was VfB Leipzig, who beat DFC Prague 7–2 in a game played at Altona on 31 May 1903.

Through the 1950s, there were continued calls for the formation of a central professional league, especially as professional leagues in other countries began to draw Germany's best players away from the semi-professional domestic leagues. At the international level, the German game began to falter as German teams often fared poorly against professional teams from other countries. A key supporter of the central league concept was national team head coach Sepp Herberger who said, "If we want to remain competitive internationally, we have to raise our expectations at the national level."[]

Meanwhile, in East Germany, a separate league was established with the formation of the DS-Oberliga (Deutscher Sportausschuss Oberliga) in 1950. The league was renamed the Football Oberliga DFV in 1958 and was generally referred to simply as the DDR-Liga or DDR-Oberliga. The league fielded 14 teams with two relegation spots.

Foundation

The Bundesliga was founded at the annual DFB convention at the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund on 28 July 1962

The defeat of the national team by Yugoslavia (0–1) in a 1962 World Cup quarter-final game in Chile was one impetus (of many) towards the formation of a national league. At the annual DFB convention under new DFB president Hermann Gösmann (elected that very day) the Bundesliga was created in Dortmund at the Westfalenhallen on 28 July 1962 to begin play starting with the 1963–64 season.

At the time, there were five Oberligen (premier leagues) in place representing West Germany's North, South, West, Southwest, and Berlin. East Germany, behind the Iron Curtain, maintained its separate league structure. 46 clubs applied for admission to the new league. 16 teams were selected based on their success on the field, economic criteria and representation of the various Oberligen.

  • From Oberliga Nord: Eintracht Braunschweig, Werder Bremen, Hamburger SV
  • From Oberliga West: Borussia Dortmund, 1. FC Köln, Meidericher SV (now MSV Duisburg), Preußen Münster, Schalke 04
  • From Oberliga Südwest: 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1. FC Saarbrücken
  • From Oberliga Süd: Eintracht Frankfurt, Karlsruher SC, 1. FC Nürnberg, 1860 Munich, VfB Stuttgart
  • From Oberliga Berlin: Hertha BSC

The first Bundesliga games were played on 24 August 1963. Early favourite 1. FC Köln was the first Bundesliga champion (with 45:15 points) over second place clubs Meidericher SV and Eintracht Frankfurt (both 39:21).

Reunification

Following German reunification in 1990, the East German leagues were merged into the West German system. Dynamo Dresden and FC Hansa Rostock were seeded into the top-tier Bundesliga division ahead of the 1991–92 Bundesliga, with other clubs being sorted into lower tiers.[]

21st century

Gazprom became a major sponsor of Bundesliga football in 2006, with Gerhard Schröder's climb to the top of the behemoth.