2025–26 Bundesliga

The 2025–26 Bundesliga will be the 63rd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier men's football competition. Bayern Munich are the defending champions. The season is scheduled to begin on 22 August 2025 and conclude on 16 May 2026.^[1]

Bundesliga

Season	2025–26
Dates	22 August 2025 – 16 May 2026
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The fixtures were released on 27 June 2025.^[2][3]

Teams

Augsburg

Berlin

Bremen

Dortmund

Frankfurt

Freiburg

Hamburg

Heidenheim

Hoffenheim

Köln

Leipzig

Leverkusen

Mainz

Gladbach

Munich

St. Pauli

Stuttgart

Wolfsburg

Locations of the 2025–26 Bundesliga teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2024–25 2. Bundesliga	Relegated from 2024–25 Bundesliga
1. FC Köln Hamburger SV	Holstein Kiel VfL Bochum

Hamburger SV and 1. FC Köln returned to the Bundesliga after seven and one year absences, respectively. They replaced Holstein Kiel and VfL Bochum after spending time in the top flight for one and four years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	R.
FC Augsburg	Augsburg	WWK Arena	30,660	[4]
Union Berlin	Berlin	Stadion An der Alten Försterei	22,012	[5]
Werder Bremen	Bremen	Weserstadion	42,100	[6]
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	81,365	[7]
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Deutsche Bank Park	58,000	[8]
SC Freiburg	Freiburg im Breisgau	Europa-Park Stadion	34,700	[9]
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	57,000	[10]
1. FC Heidenheim	Heidenheim	Voith-Arena	15,000	[11]
TSG Hoffenheim	Sinsheim	PreZero Arena	30,150	[12]
1. FC Köln	Cologne	RheinEnergieStadion	49,698
RB Leipzig	Leipzig	Red Bull Arena	47,800	[13]
Bayer Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	30,210	[14]
Mainz 05	Mainz	Mewa Arena	33,305	[15]
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Borussia-Park	54,042	[16]
Bayern Munich	Munich	Allianz Arena	75,000	[17]
FC St. Pauli	Hamburg	Millerntor-Stadion	29,546	[18]
VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	MHPArena	60,058	[19]
VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	28,917	[20]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
				Front	Sleeve
FC Augsburg	Sandro Wagner	Jeffrey Gouweleeuw	Mizuno	WWK Versicherung	Siegmund
Union Berlin	Steffen Baumgart	Christopher Trimmel	Adidas	Raisin Bank	None
Werder Bremen	Horst Steffen	Marco Friedl	Hummel	Matthäi	Ammerländer
Borussia Dortmund	Niko Kovač	Emre Can	Puma	Vodafone[21]	Pluto TV
Eintracht Frankfurt	Dino Toppmöller	Kevin Trapp	Adidas	Indeed.com	Deutsche Vermögensberatung
SC Freiburg	Julian Schuster	Christian Günter	Nike	JobRad	Lexware
Hamburger SV	Merlin Polzin	Sebastian Schonlau	Adidas	HanseMerkur	Plan International
1. FC Heidenheim	Frank Schmidt	Patrick Mainka	Puma	MHP	Voith
TSG Hoffenheim	Christian Ilzer	Oliver Baumann	Joma	SAP	None
1. FC Köln	Lukas Kwasniok	Timo Hübers	Hummel	REWE	DEVK
RB Leipzig	Ole Werner	David Raum	Puma	Red Bull	None
Bayer Leverkusen	Erik ten Hag	Robert Andrich	New Balance[22]	BarmeniaGothaer	Niedax
Mainz 05	Bo Henriksen	Silvan Widmer	Jako	Kömmerling	iDM Wärmepumpen
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gerardo Seoane	Jonas Omlin	Puma	Reuter Gruppe	Sonepar
Bayern Munich	Vincent Kompany	Manuel Neuer	Adidas	Deutsche Telekom	Allianz
FC St. Pauli	Alexander Blessin	Jackson Irvine	Puma	Congstar	None
VfB Stuttgart	Sebastian Hoeneß	Atakan Karazor	Jako	Landesbank Baden-Württemberg	hep solar
VfL Wolfsburg	Paul Simonis	Maximilian Arnold	Nike	Volkswagen	None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
			Announced on	Departed on			Announced on	Arrived on
RB Leipzig	Zsolt Lőw (interim)	End of caretaker spell	30 March 2025	30 June 2025	Pre-season	Ole Werner	24 June 2025	1 July 2025	[23][24]
VfL Wolfsburg	Daniel Bauer (interim)		4 May 2025			Paul Simonis	12 June 2025		[25][26]
1. FC Köln	Friedhelm Funkel (interim)		5 May 2025			Lukas Kwasniok	6 June 2025		[27][28]
Bayer Leverkusen	Xabi Alonso	Mutual consent	9 May 2025			Erik ten Hag	26 May 2025		[29][30]
FC Augsburg	Jess Thorup	Sacked	23 May 2025			Sandro Wagner	28 May 2025		[31][32]
Werder Bremen	Ole Werner		27 May 2025			Horst Steffen	29 May 2025		[33][34]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Augsburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2	Union Berlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Werder Bremen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Borussia Dortmund	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Eintracht Frankfurt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Europa League league phase[a]
6	SC Freiburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7	Hamburger SV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	1. FC Heidenheim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	TSG Hoffenheim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	1. FC Köln	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	RB Leipzig	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Bayer Leverkusen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Mainz 05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Bayern Munich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FC St. Pauli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	VfB Stuttgart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	VfL Wolfsburg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 22 August 2025. Source: Bundesliga
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.^[35]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
Notes:

1. The 2025–26 DFB-Pokal winners also qualify for the Europa League league stage (or the sixth-placed team if the DFB-Pokal winners finish in the top five of the Bundesliga). If the DFB-Pokal winners finish in the top six of the Bundesliga, the Conference League spot will be passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away	AUG	UNB	BRE	DOR	FRA	FRE	HAM	HEI	HOF	KÖL	LEI	LEV	MAI	MÖN	MUN	STP	STU	WOL
FC Augsburg	—
Union Berlin		—
Werder Bremen			—				a
Borussia Dortmund				—											a
Eintracht Frankfurt					—
SC Freiburg						—
Hamburger SV			a				—									a
1. FC Heidenheim								—
TSG Hoffenheim									—
1. FC Köln										—				a
RB Leipzig											—
Bayer Leverkusen												—
Mainz 05													—
Borussia Mönchengladbach										a				—
Bayern Munich				a											—
FC St. Pauli							a									—
VfB Stuttgart																	—
VfL Wolfsburg																		—

First match(es) will be played: 22 August 2025. Source: Bundesliga
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

The relegation play-offs will take place on 21 or 22 and 25 or 26 May 2026.^[1]