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2018–19 Fußball-Bundesliga
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Final positions
Champions FC Bayern Munich (29th title)
Runners-up Borussia Dortmund
Third place RB Leipzig
Fourth place Bayer Leverkusen
Tournament statistics
Matches played 306
Goals scored 973 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s) Poland Robert Lewandowski
(22 goals)
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2019-20 →

The 2018–19 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 56th season of the Bundesliga. This is Germany's top football league. The season started on August 24, 2018. It finished on May 18, 2019.

Bayern Munich were the champions from the year before. They won the tournament for the seventh time in a row. They finished with a 2-point lead. The winner was not known until the very last game. This was the first time since 2009 that this happened.

Teams in the Bundesliga

Eighteen different teams played in the Bundesliga during the 2018–19 season. You can see where each team is located on the map.

Two new teams joined the league for this season. They were Fortuna Düsseldorf and 1. FC Nuremberg. They had both done very well in the league below, called the 2. Bundesliga, the year before.

Here is a list of all the teams that played:

How the League Table Works

A league table shows how well each team is doing. Teams get points for winning or drawing games. The team with the most points at the end wins the league.

Here is the table for the 2018–19 Bundesliga season.

  • Pos means Position: This is where the team finished in the league.
  • Pld means Played: How many games the team played.
  • W means Won: How many games the team won.
  • D means Drawn: How many games ended in a tie.
  • L means Lost: How many games the team lost.
  • GF means Goals For: How many goals the team scored.
  • GA means Goals Against: How many goals were scored against the team.
  • GD means Goal Difference: This is Goals For minus Goals Against. A higher number is better.
  • Pts means Points: The total points the team earned.

The top teams get to play in bigger European competitions. The teams at the bottom might move down to a lower league.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bayern Munich (C, DFB, UCL) 34 24 6 4 88 32 +56 78
2 Borussia Dortmund (UCL) 34 23 7 4 81 44 +37 76
3 RB Leipzig (UCL) 34 19 9 6 63 29 +34 66
4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (UCL) 34 18 4 12 69 52 +17 58
5 Borussia Mönchengladbach (UEL) 34 16 7 11 55 42 +1 55
6 VfL Wolfsburg (UEL) 34 16 7 11 62 50 +12 55
7 Eintracht Frankfurt (UEL) 34 15 9 10 60 48 +12 54
8 Werder Bremen 34 14 11 9 58 49 +9 53
9 1899 Hoffenheim 34 13 12 9 70 52 +18 51
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 13 5 16 49 65 −16 44
11 Hertha BSC 34 11 10 13 49 57 –8 43
12 1. FSV Mainz 05 34 12 7 15 45 57 –12 43
13 SC Freiburg 34 8 12 14 46 61 –15 36
14 FC Schalke 04 34 8 9 17 37 55 –18 33
15 FC Augsburg 34 8 8 18 51 71 –20 32
16 VfB Stuttgart (R) 34 7 7 20 32 70 –38 28
17 Hannover 96 (R) 34 5 6 23 31 71 –40 21
18 1. FC Nuremberg (R) 34 3 10 21 26 68 –42 19
At the end of the 2017-18 season:
(C) 2018–19 Fußball-Bundesliga Winner: FC Bayern Munich
(DFB) 2018-19 DFB-Pokal Winner: FC Bayern Munich
(UCL) These teams qualified for the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League: FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Bayer 04 Leverkusen
(UEL) These teams qualified for the 2019-20 UEFA Europa League: Borussia Mönchengladbach, VfL Wolfsburg, Eintracht Frankfurt
(R) These teams moved down to the 2. Bundesliga: VfB Stuttgart (after play-offs), Hannover 96, 1. FC Nürnberg
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