2021–22 Bundesliga

The 2021–22 Bundesliga was the 59th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 13 August 2021 and concluded on 14 May 2022.^[1] The fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.^[2]

Bundesliga

Season	2021–22
Dates	13 August 2021 – 14 May 2022
Champions	Bayern Munich 31st Bundesliga title 32nd German title
Relegated	Arminia Bielefeld SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Champions League	Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen RB Leipzig Eintracht Frankfurt[A]
Europa League	Union Berlin SC Freiburg
Europa Conference League	1. FC Köln
Matches played	306
Goals scored	954 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Lewandowski (35 goals)
Biggest home win	Bayern Munich 7–0 Bochum
Biggest away win	Mönchengladbach 0–6 Freiburg
Highest scoring	Fürth 3–6 Hoffenheim
Longest winning run	5 games Munich
Longest unbeaten run	10 games Freiburg
Longest winless run	14 games Fürth
Longest losing run	12 games Fürth
Highest attendance	81,365 Dortmund v Leipzig
Attendance	6,431,246 (21,017 per match)[B]
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Bayern Munich were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, winning their record-extending 10th consecutive title and 32nd title overall (31st in the Bundesliga era) on 23 April with three matches to spare. Bayern also became the first ever club in Europe's top five leagues to achieve a tenth consecutive league title, the previous record being Juventus' nine consecutive titles from 2012 to 2020.

Arminia Bielefeld and Greuther Furth were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.^[3]

Teams

FC Augsburg

Hertha BSC

Union Berlin

Arminia Bielefeld

VfL Bochum

Borussia Dortmund

Eintracht Frankfurt

SC Freiburg

Greuther Fürth

1899 Hoffenheim

1. FC Köln

RB Leipzig

Bayer Leverkusen

Mainz 05

Gladbach

Bayern Munich

VfB Stuttgart

VfL Wolfsburg

Locations of the 2021–22 Bundesliga teams

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

Team changes

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

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref.
FC Augsburg	Augsburg	WWK Arena	30,660	[4]
Hertha BSC	Berlin	Olympiastadion	74,649	[5]
Union Berlin	Berlin	Stadion An der Alten Försterei	22,012	[6]
Arminia Bielefeld	Bielefeld	Schüco-Arena	27,300	[7]
VfL Bochum	Bochum	Vonovia Ruhrstadion	27,599	[8]
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	81,365	[9]
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Deutsche Bank Park	51,500	[10]
SC Freiburg	Freiburg im Breisgau	Dreisamstadion Europa-Park Stadion1	24,000 34,700	[11] [12][13]
Greuther Fürth	Fürth	Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer	16,626	[14]
1899 Hoffenheim	Sinsheim	PreZero Arena	30,150	[15]
1. FC Köln	Cologne	RheinEnergieStadion	49,698	[16]
RB Leipzig	Leipzig	Red Bull Arena	47,069	[17]
Bayer Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	30,210	[18]
Mainz 05	Mainz	Mewa Arena	34,000	[19]
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Borussia-Park	54,057	[20]
Bayern Munich	Munich	Allianz Arena	75,000	[21]
VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Mercedes-Benz Arena	60,449	[22]
VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	30,000	[23]

¹ SC Freiburg played their first three home matches at the Dreisamstadion before permanently moving to the Europa-Park Stadion.^[24]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
				Front	Sleeve
FC Augsburg	Markus Weinzierl	Jeffrey Gouweleeuw	Nike	WWK	Siegmund
Hertha BSC	Felix Magath	Dedryck Boyata	Nike	Autohero[25]	Hyundai
Union Berlin	Urs Fischer	Christopher Trimmel	Adidas	Aroundtown	wefox/Comedy Central (in cup and UEFA matches)
Arminia Bielefeld	Marco Kostmann	Fabian Klos/Manuel Prietl	Macron	Schüco	JAB Anstoetz Textilien
VfL Bochum	Thomas Reis	Anthony Losilla	Nike	Vonovia	Viactiv Betriebskrankenkasse
Borussia Dortmund	Marco Rose	Marco Reus	Puma	1&1/Evonik (in cup and UEFA matches)	Opel/GLS Group (in cup and UEFA matches)
Eintracht Frankfurt	Oliver Glasner	Sebastian Rode	Nike	Indeed.com	dpd
SC Freiburg	Christian Streich	Christian Günter	Nike	Schwarzwaldmilch	ROSE Bikes
Greuther Fürth	Stefan Leitl	Branimir Hrgota	Puma	Hofmann Personal	BVUK
1899 Hoffenheim	Sebastian Hoeneß	Benjamin Hübner	Joma	SAP	SNP
1. FC Köln	Steffen Baumgart	Jonas Hector	Uhlsport	REWE	DEVK
RB Leipzig	Domenico Tedesco	Péter Gulácsi	Nike	Red Bull	CG Immobilien/Veganz (in cup and UEFA matches)
Bayer Leverkusen	Gerardo Seoane	Lukáš Hrádecký	Jako	Barmenia Versicherungen	Iqoniq/Floki (since Dec 2021)[26]/Kumho Tyres (in cup matches)/The Football Club Social Alliance (in UEFA matches)
Mainz 05	Bo Svensson	Moussa Niakhaté	Kappa	Kömmerling	fb88.com
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Adi Hütter	Lars Stindl	Puma	flatex	Sonepar
Bayern Munich	Julian Nagelsmann	Manuel Neuer	Adidas	Deutsche Telekom	Qatar Airways/Audi (in cup and UEFA matches)
VfB Stuttgart	Pellegrino Matarazzo	Wataru Endo	Jako	Mercedes-Benz Bank	Mercedes-Benz EQ
VfL Wolfsburg	Florian Kohfeldt	Koen Casteels	Nike	Volkswagen	Linglong Tire

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
			Announced on	Departed on			Announced on	Arrived on
Borussia Dortmund	Edin Terzić (interim)	End of caretaker spell	13 December 2020	30 June 2021	Pre-season	Marco Rose	15 February 2021	1 July 2021	[27][28]
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Marco Rose	Signed for Borussia Dortmund	15 February 2021			Adi Hütter	13 April 2021		[28][29]
Bayer Leverkusen	Hannes Wolf (interim)	End of caretaker spell	23 March 2021			Gerardo Seoane	19 May 2021		[30][31]
1. FC Köln	Friedhelm Funkel		8 April 2021			Steffen Baumgart	11 May 2021		[32]
Eintracht Frankfurt	Adi Hütter	Signed for Borussia Mönchengladbach	13 April 2021			Oliver Glasner	26 May 2021		[33][34]
Bayern Munich	Hansi Flick	Signed for Germany	27 April 2021			Julian Nagelsmann	27 April 2021		[35]
RB Leipzig	Julian Nagelsmann	Signed for Bayern Munich				Jesse Marsch	29 April 2021		[35][36]
VfL Wolfsburg	Oliver Glasner	Signed for Eintracht Frankfurt	26 May 2021			Mark van Bommel	2 June 2021		[34][37]
	Mark van Bommel	Sacked	24 October 2021		8th	Florian Kohfeldt	26 October 2021		[38][39]
Hertha BSC	Pál Dárdai		29 November 2021		14th	Tayfun Korkut	29 November 2021		[40]
RB Leipzig	Jesse Marsch		5 December 2021		11th	Achim Beierlorzer (interim)	5 December 2021		[41]
	Achim Beierlorzer (interim)	End of caretaker spell	9 December 2021			Domenico Tedesco	9 December 2021		[42]
Hertha BSC	Tayfun Korkut	Sacked	13 March 2022		17th	Felix Magath (interim)	13 March 2022		[43][44]
Arminia Bielefeld	Frank Kramer	Sacked	20 April 2022			Marco Kostmann (interim)	20 April 2022		[45]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	24	5	5	97	37	+60	77	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Borussia Dortmund	34	22	3	9	85	52	+33	69
3	Bayer Leverkusen	34	19	7	8	80	47	+33	64
4	RB Leipzig	34	17	7	10	72	37	+35	58
5	Union Berlin	34	16	9	9	50	44	+6	57	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6	SC Freiburg	34	15	10	9	58	46	+12	55
7	1. FC Köln	34	14	10	10	52	49	+3	52	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round[a]
8	Mainz 05	34	13	7	14	50	45	+5	46
9	1899 Hoffenheim	34	13	7	14	58	60	−2	46
10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	12	9	13	54	61	−7	45
11	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	10	12	12	45	49	−4	42	Qualification for the Champions League group stage[b]
12	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	6	16	43	54	−11	42
13	VfL Bochum	34	12	6	16	38	52	−14	42
14	FC Augsburg	34	10	8	16	39	56	−17	38
15	VfB Stuttgart	34	7	12	15	41	59	−18	33
16	Hertha BSC (O)	34	9	6	19	37	71	−34	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Arminia Bielefeld (R)	34	5	13	16	27	53	−26	28	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Greuther Fürth (R)	34	3	9	22	28	82	−54	18

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[46]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the 2021–22 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.
2. Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the UEFA Europa League.

Results

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

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach match from 18 March 2022 was suspended after 69 minutes and a score of 0–2 due to an assistant referee being hit by a beverage cup thrown from the stands.^[47] The match was abandoned and later awarded on 24 March 2022 to Borussia Mönchengladbach with a score of 0–2.^[48]

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 19 and 23 May 2022.^[1][49] The away goals rule is no longer used as of the 2021/22 season.^[50]

Overview

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hertha BSC (B)	2–1	Hamburger SV (2B)	0–1	2–0

Matches

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

19 May 2022

20:30

Hertha BSC	0–1	Hamburger SV
	Report	Reis 57'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 75,500

Referee: Harm Osmers

23 May 2022

20:30

Hamburger SV	0–2	Hertha BSC
	Report	Boyata 4' Plattenhardt 63'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 57,000

Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[51]
1	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	35
2	Patrik Schick	Bayer Leverkusen	24
3	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund	22
4	Anthony Modeste	1. FC Köln	20
	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig
6	Taiwo Awoniyi	Union Berlin	15
7	Serge Gnabry	Bayern Munich	14
8	Moussa Diaby	Bayer Leverkusen	13
9	Jonas Hofmann	Borussia Mönchengladbach	12
	Max Kruse	Union Berlin VfL Wolfsburg

Hat-tricks

See also: List of Bundesliga hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	Hertha BSC	5–0 (H)	28 August 2021
Ihlas Bebou	1899 Hoffenheim	Greuther Fürth	6–3 (A)	27 November 2021
Patrik Schick4	Bayer Leverkusen	Greuther Fürth	7–1 (H)	4 December 2021
Serge Gnabry	Bayern Munich	VfB Stuttgart	5–0 (A)	14 December 2021
Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	1. FC Köln	4–0 (A)	15 January 2022
Moussa Diaby	Bayer Leverkusen	FC Augsburg	5–1 (H)	22 January 2022
Max Kruse	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz 05	5–0 (H)	22 April 2022
Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund	VfL Bochum	3–4 (H)	30 April 2022

• ⁴ Player scored four goals.

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[52]
1	Koen Casteels	VfL Wolfsburg	10
	Mark Flekken	SC Freiburg
	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich
	Robin Zentner	Mainz 05
5	Rafał Gikiewicz	FC Augsburg	9
	Péter Gulácsi	RB Leipzig
7	Lukáš Hrádecký	Bayer Leverkusen	8
	Oliver Baumann	1899 Hoffenheim
9	Gregor Kobel	Borussia Dortmund	7
	Manuel Riemann	VfL Bochum

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Rookie of the Month		Goal of the Month		Ref.
	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund	Dominik Szoboszlai	RB Leipzig	Gerrit Holtmann	VfL Bochum	[53][54][55]
September	Florian Wirtz	Bayer Leverkusen	Omar Marmoush	VfB Stuttgart	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund
October	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig	Dominik Szoboszlai	RB Leipzig	Jude Bellingham	Borussia Dortmund
November	Alphonso Davies	Bayern Munich	Hiroki Itō	VfB Stuttgart	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund
December	Patrik Schick	Bayer Leverkusen	Jesper Lindstrøm	Eintracht Frankfurt	Niklas Dorsch	FC Augsburg
January	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich	Patrick Wimmer	Arminia Bielefeld	Corentin Tolisso	Bayern Munich
February	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig	Jonas Wind	VfL Wolfsburg	Jonas Wind	VfL Wolfsburg
March	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig	Omar Marmoush	VfB Stuttgart	Kingsley Coman	Bayern Munich
April	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig	Dominik Szoboszlai	RB Leipzig	—

Annual awards

Main article: Bundesliga Awards

Award	Winner	Club	Ref.
Player of the Season	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig	[56]
Rookie of the Season	Jesper Lindstrøm	Eintracht Frankfurt	[54]
Goal of the Season	Gerrit Holtmann	VfL Bochum	[57]

Team of the season

kicker

Pos.	Player	Club	Ref.
GK	Marvin Schwäbe	1. FC Köln	[58]
DF	Christian Günter	SC Freiburg
	Nico Schlotterbeck
	Niklas Süle	Bayern Munich
	Jeremie Frimpong	Bayer Leverkusen
MF	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig
	Salih Özcan	1. FC Köln
	Jamal Musiala	Bayern Munich
FW	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund
	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich
	Patrik Schick	Bayer Leverkusen

EA Sports

Pos.	Player	Club	Ref.
GK	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich	[59]
DF	Alphonso Davies
	Evan Ndicka	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Nico Schlotterbeck	SC Freiburg
	David Raum	1899 Hoffenheim
MF	Jude Bellingham	Borussia Dortmund
	Joshua Kimmich	Bayern Munich
	Florian Wirtz	Bayer Leverkusen
FW	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund
	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich
	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig

Notes

1. Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League.
2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allowed a different number of spectators.