German Bundesliga - 21. 08. 2016

The Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany and the football league with the highest average stadium attendance worldwide.

The Bundesliga is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga. According to UEFA's league coefficient ranking, Bundesliga is ranking second in Europe. First 3 teams in the league table qualify straight to Champions League. Team, which end up fourth, have to play in qualifying round of Champions League, fifth team qualifies straight to Europa League and sixth advance in qualifying round of Europa League. Last 2 teams of the table are relegated and the 16th team plays two-legged match with the third-place team from the 2. Bundesliga.

A total of 54 clubs have competed in the Bundesliga since its founding in 1963. 12 teams have won title. The most successful team is Bayern Munich with 25 wins. Borussia Mönchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund won both 5 times. Top goal-scorer is Gerd Muller. He scored goal 365 times. Klaus Fischer on second place scored 268 goals, Jupp Heynckes 220. The most apps made Karl-Heinz Körbel (602), playing entire career for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund has the highest average attendance of any football club in the world. In 2015-16, the average attendance was 81,178 supporters. Bayern Munich is very successful in Champions League. The club won competition 5 times end 5 times lost in finale. In 2013 finale, Bayern Munich played against another Bundesliga team, Borussia Dortmund.

Bayern Munich won title in last 4 seasons. Last season, Stutgart and Hannover were relegated to 2. Bundesliga Freiburg and Leipzig were promoted.