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The Bundesliga is the top professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. Eighteen teams compete in it, linked by promotion and relegation to the 2. Bundesliga, and seasons run from August to May with games on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. It was founded in 1962 in Dortmund, with the first season beginning in 1963 to 1964, and the German Football Association ran it until the Deutsche Fussball Liga took over in 2001. All Bundesliga clubs also take part in the DFB-Pokal cup, and the league winner qualifies for the DFL-Supercup.

Facts

Frequency

Frequency (category)

Annual 1

Classification

Scope

National 1

Founding Year

1962 1

Connections

Ancestor Of

Frauen-Bundesliga

Source Frauen-Bundesliga (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include

Stated in the cited Wikipedia article.

Source Andreas Ottl (source article)

Angelos Charisteas

Source Angelos Charisteas (Wikipedia)

Source Anthony Baffoe (Wikipedia)

Source Bernd Nickel (Wikipedia)

Bixente Lizarazu

Source Bixente Lizarazu (Wikipedia)

Borussia Dortmund

Source Wikipedia: Borussia Dortmund

Breno (footballer, born 1989)

Source Breno (footballer, born 1989) (source article)

Claudio Pizarro

Source Claudio Pizarro (Wikipedia)

Source David Alaba (Wikipedia)

Source David Odonkor (Wikipedia)

Source Emre Can (Wikipedia)

FC Bayern Munich

Source Wikipedia, FC Bayern Munich

Source Franck Ribéry (Wikipedia)

Gelson Fernandes

Source Gelson Fernandes (Wikipedia)

Source Gerd Müller (Wikipedia)

Source Gonzalo Castro (source article)

Source Günter Netzer (source article)

Source Jens Nowotny (Wikipedia)

Source Juan Bernat (Wikipedia)

Jürgen Locadia

Source Jürgen Locadia (Wikipedia)

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Source Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Wikipedia)

Source Klaus Fischer (Wikipedia)

Levan Kobiashvili

Source Levan Kobiashvili (Wikipedia)

Source Manuel Neuer (Wikipedia)

Markus Rosenberg

Source Markus Rosenberg (Wikipedia)

Source Mats Hummels (Wikipedia)

Michael Ballack

Source Michael Ballack (Wikipedia)

Source Mike Hanke (source article)

Milivoje Novaković

Source Milivoje Novaković (source article)

Source Oliver Kirch (Wikipedia)

Ottmar Hitzfeld

Source Ottmar Hitzfeld (source article)

Source Patrick Ebert (Wikipedia)

Reinhard Libuda

Source Reinhard Libuda (Wikipedia)

Source Rudi Kargus (Wikipedia)

Sambou Yatabaré

Source Sambou Yatabaré (source article)

Stéphane Chapuisat

Source Stéphane Chapuisat (Wikipedia)

Thiago Alcântara

Source Thiago Alcântara (Wikipedia)

Source Thomas Müller (Wikipedia)

Source Willi Lippens (Wikipedia)

Wolfgang Overath

Source Wolfgang Overath (Wikipedia)

Features

Association Football

Source Wikipedia: Bundesliga

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Bundesliga

Lead

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The Bundesliga was founded in 1962 in Dortmund

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Thomas Müller (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Thomas Müller, Lead paragraphs

Quote, Competitors Include: Thomas Müller, Lead paragraphs

With Bayern, he won a record thirteen Bundesliga titles

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Michael Ballack (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Michael Ballack, Lead paragraphs

Quote, Competitors Include: Michael Ballack, Lead paragraphs

He won the Bundesliga in his first season at the club

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Bixente Lizarazu (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Bixente Lizarazu, Lead paragraphs [competed-in 2]

Quote, Competitors Include: Bixente Lizarazu, Lead paragraphs [competed-in 2]

He won six Bundesliga championships with the team

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Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Lead paragraphs

Quote, Competitors Include: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Lead paragraphs

Bundesliga with 29 league goals

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David Alaba (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: David Alaba, Lead, Bayern Munich honours

Quote, Competitors Include: David Alaba, Lead, Bayern Munich honours

winning 27 honours including ten Bundesliga titles and two UEFA Champions League titles in 2013 and 2020

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Gerd Müller (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Gerd Müller, Lead paragraph, second paragraph

Quote, Competitors Include: Gerd Müller, Lead paragraph, second paragraph

427 Bundesliga matches

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Thiago Alcântara (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Thiago Alcântara, Lead paragraph [competed-in]

Quote, Competitors Include: Thiago Alcântara, Lead paragraph [competed-in]

the Bundesliga seven times in a row

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Manuel Neuer (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Manuel Neuer, Lead paragraph [competed-in]

Quote, Competitors Include: Manuel Neuer, Lead paragraph [competed-in]

a record thirteen Bundesliga titles

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Emre Can (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Emre Can, Lead section

Quote, Competitors Include: Emre Can, Lead section

for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund

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Mats Hummels (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Mats Hummels, Lead paragraph 2

Quote, Competitors Include: Mats Hummels, Lead paragraph 2

winning the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal twice

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Claudio Pizarro (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Claudio Pizarro, Lead paragraph 1

Quote, Competitors Include: Claudio Pizarro, Lead paragraph 1

the sixth top scorer in the history of the Bundesliga, where he scored 197 goals in 490 appearances

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Juan Bernat (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Juan Bernat, Lead paragraph

Quote, Competitors Include: Juan Bernat, Lead paragraph

winning the Bundesliga every season

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Gonzalo Castro (source article)

Competitors Include: Gonzalo Castro, Lead paragraph

Quote, Competitors Include: Gonzalo Castro, Lead paragraph

Castro played in over 400 Bundesliga matches

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Ottmar Hitzfeld (source article)

Competitors Include: Ottmar Hitzfeld, Lead section [competed-in 2]

Quote, Competitors Include: Ottmar Hitzfeld, Lead section [competed-in 2]

won two Bundesliga titles with Dortmund and five Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich

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Günter Netzer (source article)

Competitors Include: Günter Netzer, Club career, Borussia Mönchengladbach

Quote, Competitors Include: Günter Netzer, Club career, Borussia Mönchengladbach

In his 230 Bundesliga games for them, he scored 82 goals

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Wolfgang Overath (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Wolfgang Overath, Lead section and career [competed-in]

Quote, Competitors Include: Wolfgang Overath, Lead section and career [competed-in]

He won the inaugural Bundesliga with 1. FC Köln in 1964

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Angelos Charisteas (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Angelos Charisteas, Lead, club paragraph, Werder Bremen

Quote, Competitors Include: Angelos Charisteas, Lead, club paragraph, Werder Bremen

earning Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal medals

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Andreas Ottl (source article)

Competitors Include: Andreas Ottl, Career and international career sections

Quote, Competitors Include: Andreas Ottl, Career and international career sections

Ottl played 109 Bundesliga games scoring nine goals

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Breno (footballer, born 1989) (source article)

Competitors Include: Breno (footballer, born 1989), Career section

Quote, Competitors Include: Breno (footballer, born 1989), Career section

von 2008 bis 2012 beim Bundesligisten FC Bayern München unter Vertrag stand

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Sambou Yatabaré (source article)

Competitors Include: Sambou Yatabaré, Career section [competed-in]

Quote, Competitors Include: Sambou Yatabaré, Career section [competed-in]

wechselte Yatabaré in die Bundesliga zu Werder Bremen

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Reinhard Libuda (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Reinhard Libuda, Career section

Quote, Competitors Include: Reinhard Libuda, Career section

In the German Bundesliga he played 264 games

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Klaus Fischer (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Klaus Fischer, Article text, club career

Quote, Competitors Include: Klaus Fischer, Article text, club career

made 535 Bundesliga appearances for 1860 Munich, FC Schalke 04, 1. FC Köln and VfL Bochum

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Mike Hanke (source article)

Competitors Include: Mike Hanke, Career section, league or competition

Quote, Competitors Include: Mike Hanke, Career section, league or competition

He played for the Bundesliga clubs Schalke 04, VfL Wolfsburg, Hannover 96, Borussia Mönchengladbach and SC Freiburg

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Milivoje Novaković (source article)

Competitors Include: Milivoje Novaković, Career section, league or competition

Quote, Competitors Include: Milivoje Novaković, Career section, league or competition

Novaković was Köln's top scorer in three of the club's four Bundesliga seasons

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Markus Rosenberg (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Markus Rosenberg, Article text

Quote, Competitors Include: Markus Rosenberg, Article text

German Bundesliga side Werder Bremen

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Jürgen Locadia (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Jürgen Locadia, Hoffenheim loan

Quote, Competitors Include: Jürgen Locadia, Hoffenheim loan

Bundesliga side Hoffenheim on a season-long loan

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Oliver Kirch (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Oliver Kirch, Club career

Quote, Competitors Include: Oliver Kirch, Club career

he scored his first Bundesliga goal

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Gelson Fernandes (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Gelson Fernandes, Club career, SC Freiburg

Quote, Competitors Include: Gelson Fernandes, Club career, SC Freiburg

It was announced on 27 June 2013 that Fernandes signed with Bundesliga side SC Freiburg on long-term contract, with a fee of €400,000.

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Patrick Ebert (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Patrick Ebert, Playing career, Hertha

Quote, Competitors Include: Patrick Ebert, Playing career, Hertha

He first appeared in the Bundesliga on 13 August

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Rudi Kargus (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Rudi Kargus, Career

Quote, Competitors Include: Rudi Kargus, Career

Kargus played in 408 Bundesliga matches in his career

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Wikipedia, FC Bayern Munich

WikipediaCompetitors Include: FC Bayern Munich, Lead or history section

Quote, Competitors Include: FC Bayern Munich, Lead or history section

They are most known for their men's professional football team, who play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system.

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Wikipedia: Borussia Dortmund

WikipediaCompetitors Include: Borussia Dortmund, Lead or history section

Quote, Competitors Include: Borussia Dortmund, Lead or history section

It is best known for its men's professional football team, which plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system.

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Bernd Nickel (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Bernd Nickel, Lead, career paragraph

Quote, Competitors Include: Bernd Nickel, Lead, career paragraph

141 goals in 426 Bundesliga games

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Franck Ribéry (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Franck Ribéry, Lead paragraph (competition)

Quote, Competitors Include: Franck Ribéry, Lead paragraph (competition)

In his debut season, he helped Bayern win the domestic double, his first of nine and six Bundesliga and DPB-Pokal titles, respectively.

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Stéphane Chapuisat (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Stéphane Chapuisat, Lead paragraph (competition)

Quote, Competitors Include: Stéphane Chapuisat, Lead paragraph (competition)

A prolific goalscorer for both club and country (for which he appeared more than 100 times), he spent most of his career with Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, and is regarded as one of the best strikers the club ever had.

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David Odonkor (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: David Odonkor, Article text (competition)

Quote, Competitors Include: David Odonkor, Article text (competition)

After splitting the following season with the first and second teams he was definitely promoted for 2003-04, helping Borussia to a final sixth place in the Bundesliga.

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Levan Kobiashvili (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Levan Kobiashvili, Article text (competition)

Quote, Competitors Include: Levan Kobiashvili, Article text (competition)

SC Freiburg finished sixth in the 2000-01 Bundesliga season which granted them a qualification for 2001-02 UEFA Cup.

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Jens Nowotny (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Jens Nowotny, Article text (competition)

Quote, Competitors Include: Jens Nowotny, Article text (competition)

He made his first team, and Bundesliga, on 2 May 1992, playing the entire 1-0 away win against Hamburger SV, and finished the season in the starting eleven, as the club collected three wins in four matches (three goals conceded) and finished in eighth position.

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Anthony Baffoe (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Anthony Baffoe, Lead paragraph (competition)

Quote, Competitors Include: Anthony Baffoe, Lead paragraph (competition)

As the son of a Ghanaian diplomat, Baffoe was born and raised near to the former West German capital of Bonn and made a name for himself in the 1980s in the Bundesliga, becoming a real crowd favourite for 1.

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Frauen-Bundesliga (Wikipedia)

Ancestor Of: Frauen-Bundesliga, Lead paragraph of the English Wikipedia article [derived-from]

Quote, Ancestor Of: Frauen-Bundesliga, Lead paragraph of the English Wikipedia article [derived-from]

based on the model of the men's

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Willi Lippens (Wikipedia)

Competitors Include: Willi Lippens, Lead, third paragraph, Bundesliga record

Quote, Competitors Include: Willi Lippens, Lead, third paragraph, Bundesliga record

played in 242 Bundesliga matches

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