The Bundesliga is the top league of German football, consisting of 18 teams. The season runs from August to May and most matches are played on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. The team to earn the highest points over the 34 match season is the champion, with the lowest two clubs relegated to 2. Bundesliga. The third lowest team plays in a two-legged relegation play-off against the third highest team from 2. Bundesliga.
Bundesliga is the number one football league in the world in terms of average attendance, being also the second highest average attendance out of any sports league in the world after the NFL.
Bayern Munich are by far the most successive club in the Bundesliga since the league’s inception in 1963, having won 32 titles, including winning in 11 consecutive seasons between 2013 and 2023. There have been 12 other winners of the Bundesliga including Borussia Dortmund (5 titles), Borussia Mönchengladbach (5), Werder Bremen (4), Hamburger SV (3), VfB Stuttgart (3), 1. FC Köln (2), 1. FC Kaiserslautern (2), Bayer Leverkusen (1), 1860 Munich (1), VfL Wolfsburg (1), Eintracht Braunschweig (1) and 1. FC Nürnberg.
2024 – 2025 Bundesliga Season
The 2024-25 Budesliga season is due to start on the 23rd August 2024, with the final day of the season being the 17th May 2025. Bayer Leverkusen are the defending champions, whilst FC St. Pauli and Holstein Kiel are the two newly promoted teams.
The below 18 teams are competing in the Budesliga in the 2024-2025 season. Click on the link next to the team (where available) for a guide to visiting the stadium and city, or view the map on the bottom of this page to see where each team is located.
FC Augsburg – WWK Arena (Capacity – 30,660)
Union Berlin РStadion An der Alten F̦rsterei (Capacity Р22,012)
VFL Bochum – Ruhrstadion (Capacity – 27,599)
Werder Bremen – Wohninvest Weserstadion (Capacity – 42,100)
Borussia Dortmund – Signal Iduna Park (Capacity – 81,365)
Eintracht Frankfurt – Deutsche Bank Park (Capacity – 58,000)
SC Freiburg – Schwarzwald-Stadion (Capacity – 24,000)
1. FC Heidenheim – Voith-Arena (Capacity – 15,000)
TSG Hoffenheim – PreZero Arena (Capacity – 30,150)
Holstein Kiel – Holstein-Stadion (Capacity – 15,034)
RB Leipzig – Red Bull Arena (Capacity – 47,069)
Bayer Leverkusen – BayArena (Capacity – 30,210)
Mainz 05 – Opel Arena (Capacity – 33,305)
Borussia M̦nchengladbach РBorussia-Park (Capacity Р54,042)
Bayern Munich – Allianz Arena (Capacity – 75,000)
VFB Stuttgart – MHPArena (Capacity – 60,058)
VFL Wolfsburg – Volkswagen Arena (Capacity – 28,917)
How to buy tickets for the Bundesliga
Ticketing information for all clubs competing in the Bundesliga is available on the venue guides above or the individual ‘clubs’ tab on the official website by clicking here.
Further Information
Last Updated on June 19, 2024 by Sports Tourist