2011–12 Bundesliga

The 2011–12 Bundesliga was the 49th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's top football league. The season started on August 5, 2011 and ended on May 5, 2012. The defending champions were Borussia Dortmund.

2011–12 Bundesliga

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Final positions
Champions	Borussia Dortmund (5th title)
Runners-up	Bayern Munich
Third place	FC Schalke 04
Fourth place	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Tournament statistics
Matches played	306
Goals scored	875 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Huntelaar (29)
← 2010-11 2012-13 →

Teams

Augsburg

Bayern Munich

Bremen

Dortmund

Freiburg

Hamburg

Hannover

Hertha BSC

Hoffenheim

Kaiserslautern

Köln

Mainz

Mönchengladbach

Nuremberg

Schalke

Stuttgart

Wolfsburg

Leverkusen

Locations of the 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga teams.

• FC Augsburg
• Bayer Leverkusen
• Bayern Munich
• Borussia Dortmund
• Borussia Mönchengladbach
• SC Freiburg
• Hamburger SV
• Hannover 96
• Hertha BSC
• 1899 Hoffenheim
• 1. FC Kaiserslautern
• 1. FC Köln
• 1. FSV Mainz 05
• 1. FC Nuremberg
• Schalke 04
• VfB Stuttgart
• Werder Bremen
• VfL Wolfsburg

League table

Below are the top 5, and the lowest 5 teams in the 2011/12 season. As you can see, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Schalke 04, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen all did well in the league and were allowed to play in either the UEFA Champions League, or the UEFA Europa League.

Also, Hertha BSC went to the relegation play-off, and FC Köln and 1. FC Kaiserslautern were relegated.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Borussia Dortmund (C)	34	25	6	3	80	25	+55	81
2	Bayern Munich	34	23	4	7	77	22	+55	73
3	Schalke 04	34	20	4	10	74	44	+30	64
4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	17	9	8	49	24	+25	60
5	Bayer Leverkusen	34	15	9	10	52	44	+8	54

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	FC Augsburg	34	8	14	12	36	49	-13	38
15	Hamburger SV	34	8	12	14	35	57	-22	36
16	Hertha BSC	34	7	10	17	38	64	-26	31
17	1. FC Köln (R)	34	8	6	20	39	75	-36	30
18	1. FC Kaiserslautern (R)	34	4	11	19	24	54	-30	23

Relegation play-off

Fortuna Düsseldorf won the relegation play-off match against Hertha BSC and moved to the Fußball-Bundesliga for the 2012/13 season. Hertha BSC was sent to the 2. Bundesliga.

10 May 2012 (2012-05-10)

20:30 CEST

Hertha BSC	1–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Hubník  19'	Report	Bröker  64' Ramos  71' (o.g.)

Olympic Stadium, Berlin

Attendance: 68,041

Referee: Marco Fritz

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15 May 2012 (2012-05-15)

20:30 CEST

Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	Hertha BSC
Beister  1' Jovanović  59'	Report	Ben-Hatira  22' Raffael  85'

Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 51,000

Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: bundesliga.de Archived 2011-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

29 goals

• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04)

26 goals

• Mario Gómez (Bayern Munich)

22 goals

• Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund)

18 goals

• Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen)
• Lukas Podolski (1. FC Köln)
• Marco Reus (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

17 goals

• Martin Harnik (VfB Stuttgart)

Related pages

• Fußball Bundesliga