2021–22 Bundesliga

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Bundesliga
Season2021–22
Dates13 August 2021 – 14 May 2022
Matches played90
Goals scored278 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorerRobert Lewandowski
(12 goals)
Biggest home winMunich 7–0 Bochum
Biggest away winAugsburg 0–4 Hoffenheim
Leverkusen 1–5 Munich
Highest scoringUnion Berlin 2–5 Munich
Dortmund 5–2 Frankfurt
Leverkusen 3–4 Dortmund
Munich 7–0 Bochum
Longest winning run5 games
Munich
Longest unbeaten run10 games
Freiburg
Longest winless run10 games
Bielefeld
Fürth
Longest losing run8 games
Fürth
Highest attendance67,028
Dortmund v Köln
Lowest attendance5,890
Fürth v Bielefeld
Attendance1,764,652 (19,607 per match)[A]
2022–23
All statistics correct as of 31 October 2021.

The 2021–22 Bundesliga is the 59th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 13 August 2021 and will conclude on 14 May 2022.[1]

The fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[2]

Bayern Munich are the nine-time defending champions.

Teams[edit]

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

Team changes[edit]

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

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Team Location Stadium Capacity Ref.
FC Augsburg Augsburg WWK Arena 30,660 [3]
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 74,649 [4]
Union Berlin Berlin Stadion An der Alten Försterei 22,012 [5]
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,300 [6]
VfL Bochum Bochum Vonovia Ruhrstadion 27,599 [7]
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 81,365 [8]
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Deutsche Bank Park 51,500 [9]
SC Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Dreisamstadion
Europa-Park Stadion1
24,000
34,700
[10]
[11][12]
Greuther Fürth Fürth Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer 16,626 [13]
1899 Hoffenheim Sinsheim PreZero Arena 30,150 [14]
1. FC Köln Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 49,698 [15]
RB Leipzig Leipzig Red Bull Arena 47,069 [16]
Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 30,210 [17]
Mainz 05 Mainz Mewa Arena 34,000 [18]
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Borussia-Park 54,057 [19]
Bayern Munich Munich Allianz Arena 75,000 [20]
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 60,449 [21]
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 [22]

1 SC Freiburg will play their first three home matches at the Dreisamstadion before permanently moving to the Europa-Park Stadion.[23]

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve
FC Augsburg Germany Markus Weinzierl Netherlands Jeffrey Gouweleeuw Nike WWK Siegmund
Hertha BSC Hungary Pál Dárdai Belgium Dedryck Boyata Nike Autohero[24] Hyundai
Union Berlin Switzerland Urs Fischer Austria Christopher Trimmel Adidas Aroundtown wefox
Arminia Bielefeld Germany Frank Kramer Germany Fabian Klos/Manuel Prietl Macron Schüco JAB Anstoetz Textilien
VfL Bochum Germany Thomas Reis France Anthony Losilla Nike Vonovia Viactiv Betriebskrankenkasse
Borussia Dortmund Germany Marco Rose Germany Marco Reus Puma 1&1 Ionos Opel
Eintracht Frankfurt Austria Oliver Glasner Germany Sebastian Rode Nike Indeed.com dpd
SC Freiburg Germany Christian Streich Germany Christian Günter Nike Schwarzwaldmilch ROSE Bikes
Greuther Fürth Germany Stefan Leitl Sweden Branimir Hrgota Puma Hofmann Personal BVUK
1899 Hoffenheim Germany Sebastian Hoeneß Germany Benjamin Hübner Joma SAP SNP
1. FC Köln Germany Steffen Baumgart Germany Jonas Hector Uhlsport REWE DEVK
RB Leipzig United States Jesse Marsch Hungary Péter Gulácsi Nike Red Bull CG Immobilien
Bayer Leverkusen Switzerland Gerardo Seoane Finland Lukáš Hrádecký Jako Barmenia Versicherungen Kieser Training
Mainz 05 Denmark Bo Svensson France Moussa Niakhaté Kappa Kömmerling fb88.com
Borussia Mönchengladbach Austria Adi Hütter Germany Lars Stindl Puma flatex Sonepar
Bayern Munich Germany Julian Nagelsmann Germany Manuel Neuer Adidas Deutsche Telekom Qatar Airways
VfB Stuttgart United States Pellegrino Matarazzo Japan Wataru Endo Jako Mercedes-Benz Bank Mercedes-Benz EQ
VfL Wolfsburg Germany Florian Kohfeldt Belgium Koen Casteels Nike Volkswagen Linglong Tire

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
Borussia Dortmund Germany Edin Terzić (interim) End of caretaker spell 13 December 2020 30 June 2021 Pre-season Germany Marco Rose 15 February 2021 1 July 2021 [25][26]
Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany Marco Rose Signed for Borussia Dortmund 15 February 2021 Austria Adi Hütter 13 April 2021 [26][27]
Bayer Leverkusen Germany Hannes Wolf (interim) End of caretaker spell 23 March 2021 Switzerland Gerardo Seoane 19 May 2021 [28][29]
1. FC Köln Germany Friedhelm Funkel 8 April 2021 Germany Steffen Baumgart 11 May 2021 [30]
Eintracht Frankfurt Austria Adi Hütter Signed for Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 April 2021 Austria Oliver Glasner 26 May 2021 [31][32]
Bayern Munich Germany Hansi Flick Resigned 27 April 2021 Germany Julian Nagelsmann 27 April 2021 [33]
RB Leipzig Germany Julian Nagelsmann Signed for Bayern Munich United States Jesse Marsch 29 April 2021 [33][34]
VfL Wolfsburg Austria Oliver Glasner Signed for Eintracht Frankfurt 26 May 2021 Netherlands Mark van Bommel 2 June 2021 [32][35]
Netherlands Mark van Bommel Sacked 24 October 2021 8th Germany Florian Kohfeldt 26 October 2021 [36][37]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich 10 8 1 1 38 10 +28 25 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Borussia Dortmund 10 8 0 2 27 15 +12 24
3 SC Freiburg 10 6 4 0 17 7 +10 22
4 Bayer Leverkusen 10 5 2 3 23 16 +7 17
5 Mainz 05 10 5 1 4 14 10 +4 16 Qualification to Europa League group stage
6 Union Berlin 10 4 4 2 15 15 0 16 Qualification to Europa Conference League play-off round
7 VfL Wolfsburg 10 5 1 4 11 12 −1 16
8 RB Leipzig 10 4 3 3 21 10 +11 15
9 1899 Hoffenheim 10 4 2 4 19 15 +4 14
10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 10 4 2 4 12 13 −1 14
11 1. FC Köln 10 3 4 3 15 18 −3 13
12 Hertha BSC 10 4 0 6 11 23 −12 12
13 VfB Stuttgart 10 2 4 4 15 19 −4 10
14 VfL Bochum 10 3 1 6 8 18 −10 10
15 Eintracht Frankfurt 10 1 6 3 10 15 −5 9
16 FC Augsburg 10 2 3 5 9 19 −10 9 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Arminia Bielefeld 10 0 5 5 6 16 −10 5 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Greuther Fürth 10 0 1 9 7 27 −20 1
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2021. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[38]

Results[edit]

Home \ Away AUG BSC UNB BIE BOC DOR FRA FRE FÜR HOF KÖL LEI LEV MAI MÖN MUN STU WOL
FC Augsburg 1–1 0–4 1–4 1–0 4–1
Hertha BSC a 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–2
Union Berlin 0–0 a 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–5 2–0
Arminia Bielefeld 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–4 1–2
VfL Bochum 1–3 2–0 2–0 0–0
Borussia Dortmund 2–1 4–2 5–2 3–2 2–0 3–1 a
Eintracht Frankfurt 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
SC Freiburg 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1
Greuther Fürth 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–2
1899 Hoffenheim 2–0 2–2 5–0 0–2 3–1
1. FC Köln 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2
RB Leipzig 6–0 3–0 4–1 1–4 4–0
Bayer Leverkusen 3–4 1–0 4–0 1–5 0–2
Mainz 05 4–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1
Bayern Munich 5–0 7–0 a 1–2 4–0 3–2
VfB Stuttgart 1–1 2–3 5–1 3–1 1–3
VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2021. 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.

Relegation play-offs[edit]

The relegation play-offs will take place on 19 and 23 May 2022.[1]

Statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

As of 31 October 2021
Rank Player Club Goals[39]
1 Poland Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich 12
2 Norway Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund 9
3 Czech Republic Patrik Schick Bayer Leverkusen 8
4 Nigeria Taiwo Awoniyi Union Berlin 7
5 Germany Serge Gnabry Bayern Munich 6
France Anthony Modeste 1. FC Köln
7 Germany Jonathan Burkardt Mainz 05 5
8 France Moussa Diaby Bayer Leverkusen 4
Sweden Emil Forsberg RB Leipzig
Germany Jonas Hofmann Borussia Mönchengladbach
Germany Thomas Müller Bayern Munich
France Christopher Nkunku RB Leipzig
Germany Florian Wirtz Bayer Leverkusen

Top assists[edit]

As of 31 October 2021
Rank Player Club Assists[40]
1 Germany Thomas Müller Bayern Munich 7
2 Croatia Andrej Kramarić 1899 Hoffenheim 6
Germany Florian Wirtz Bayer Leverkusen
4 Germany Jonas Hector 1. FC Köln 4
Serbia Filip Kostić Eintracht Frankfurt
Austria Karim Onisiwo Mainz 05
France Dayot Upamecano Bayern Munich
8 England Jude Bellingham Borussia Dortmund 3
Czech Republic Vladimír Darida Hertha BSC
Canada Alphonso Davies Bayern Munich
Netherlands Jeremie Frimpong Bayer Leverkusen
Germany Christian Günter SC Freiburg
Norway Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund
Japan Genki Haraguchi Union Berlin
Germany Joshua Kimmich Bayern Munich
Germany Max Kruse Union Berlin
Germany Jamal Musiala Bayern Munich
Germany Marco Reus Borussia Dortmund
Germany Leroy Sané Bayern Munich
Germany Benno Schmitz 1. FC Köln
Croatia Borna Sosa VfB Stuttgart
Hungary Dominik Szoboszlai RB Leipzig

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player Club Against Result Date
Poland Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich Hertha BSC 5–0 (H) 28 August 2021

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 31 October 2021
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[41]
1 Germany Oliver Baumann 1899 Hoffenheim 4
Belgium Koen Casteels VfL Wolfsburg
Netherlands Mark Flekken SC Freiburg
Germany Manuel Riemann VfL Bochum
Germany Robin Zentner Mainz 05
6 Poland Rafał Gikiewicz FC Augsburg 3
Hungary Péter Gulácsi RB Leipzig
Finland Lukáš Hrádecký Bayer Leverkusen
Germany Andreas Luthe Union Berlin
Germany Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich

Awards[edit]

Monthly awards[edit]

Month Player of the Month Rookie of the Month Goal of the Month Ref.
Player Club Player Club Player Club
September Germany Florian Wirtz Bayer Leverkusen Egypt Omar Marmoush VfB Stuttgart Norway Erling Haaland Borussia Dortmund [42][43][44]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allowed a different number of spectators.

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