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.
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The Bundesliga was founded in 1962 in Dortmund
Thomas Müller (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Thomas Müller, Lead paragraphsQuote, Competitors Include: Thomas Müller, Lead paragraphs
With Bayern, he won a record thirteen Bundesliga titles
Michael Ballack (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Michael Ballack, Lead paragraphsQuote, Competitors Include: Michael Ballack, Lead paragraphs
He won the Bundesliga in his first season at the club
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
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Lead paragraphsQuote, Competitors Include: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Lead paragraphs
Bundesliga with 29 league goals
David Alaba (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: David Alaba, Lead, Bayern Munich honoursQuote, 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
Gerd Müller (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Gerd Müller, Lead paragraph, second paragraphQuote, Competitors Include: Gerd Müller, Lead paragraph, second paragraph
427 Bundesliga matches
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
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
Emre Can (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Emre Can, Lead sectionQuote, Competitors Include: Emre Can, Lead section
for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund
Mats Hummels (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Mats Hummels, Lead paragraph 2Quote, Competitors Include: Mats Hummels, Lead paragraph 2
winning the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal twice
Claudio Pizarro (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Claudio Pizarro, Lead paragraph 1Quote, 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
Juan Bernat (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Juan Bernat, Lead paragraphQuote, Competitors Include: Juan Bernat, Lead paragraph
winning the Bundesliga every season
Gonzalo Castro (source article)
Competitors Include: Gonzalo Castro, Lead paragraphQuote, Competitors Include: Gonzalo Castro, Lead paragraph
Castro played in over 400 Bundesliga matches
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
Günter Netzer (source article)
Competitors Include: Günter Netzer, Club career, Borussia MönchengladbachQuote, Competitors Include: Günter Netzer, Club career, Borussia Mönchengladbach
In his 230 Bundesliga games for them, he scored 82 goals
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
Angelos Charisteas (Wikipedia)
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earning Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal medals
Wikipedia, FC Bayern Munich
WikipediaCompetitors Include: FC Bayern Munich, Lead or history sectionQuote, 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.
Wikipedia: Borussia Dortmund
WikipediaCompetitors Include: Borussia Dortmund, Lead or history sectionQuote, 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.
Bernd Nickel (Wikipedia)
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141 goals in 426 Bundesliga games
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Willi Lippens (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Willi Lippens, Lead, third paragraph, Bundesliga recordQuote, Competitors Include: Willi Lippens, Lead, third paragraph, Bundesliga record
played in 242 Bundesliga matches
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