2018–19 Bundesliga

Bundesliga 2018–19
Season information
Dates	24 August 2018 – 18 May 2019
Winners	Bayern Munich 28th Bundesliga title 29th German title
Relegated	VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96 1. FC Nürnberg
Continental cup qualifiers
UEFA Champions League	Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen
UEFA Europa League	Borussia Mönchengladbach VfL Wolfsburg Eintracht Frankfurt
Season statistics
Matches played	306
Goals scored	973
Average	3.18 (per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Lewandowski (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Dortmund 7–0 Nürnberg
Biggest away win	Stuttgart 0–4 Dortmund Bremen 2–6 Leverkusen Hannover 0–4 Bayern
Highest scoring	Wolfsburg 8–1 Augsburg
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The 2018–19 Bundesliga was the 56th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 24 August 2018 and concluded on 18 May 2019. It also marked the first season without Hamburger SV, previously the only team to have played in the top tier of German football in every season since the end of World War I.

Bayern Munich were the defending champions, and won their 28th Bundesliga title (and 29th German title) on the final matchday.

Teams

A total of 18 teams participate in the 2018–19 edition of the Bundesliga.

Team changes

Promoted from 2017–18 2. Bundesliga	Relegated from 2017–18 Bundesliga
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1. FC Nürnberg	1. FC Köln Hamburger SV

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
FC Augsburg	Augsburg	WWK Arena	30,660
Hertha BSC	Berlin	Olympiastadion	74,475
Werder Bremen	Bremen	Weser-Stadion	42,100
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	81,360
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf	Esprit Arena	54,600
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Commerzbank-Arena	51,500
SC Freiburg	Freiburg im Breisgau	Schwarzwald-Stadion	24,000
Hannover 96	Hanover	HDI-Arena	49,000
1899 Hoffenheim	Sinsheim	Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena	30,150
RB Leipzig	Leipzig	Red Bull Arena	42,558
Bayer Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	30,000
Mainz 05	Mainz	Opel Arena	34,000
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Borussia-Park	54,014
Bayern Munich	Munich	Allianz Arena	75,000
1. FC Nürnberg	Nuremberg	Max-Morlock-Stadion	50,000
Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Veltins-Arena	62,271
VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Mercedes-Benz Arena	60,449
VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	30,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
FC Augsburg	Manuel Baum	Daniel Baier	Nike	WWK, baramundi software
Hertha BSC	Pál Dárdai	Vedad Ibišević	Nike	TEDi, Hyundai Motor Company
Werder Bremen	Florian Kohfeldt	Max Kruse	Umbro	Wiesenhof, H-Hotels
Borussia Dortmund	Lucien Favre	Marco Reus	Puma	Evonik, Opel
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Friedhelm Funkel	Oliver Fink	Uhlsport	Henkel, Toyo Tires Reifen
Eintracht Frankfurt	Adi Hütter	David Abraham	Nike	Indeed.com, Deutsche Börse Group
SC Freiburg	Christian Streich	Mike Frantz	Hummel	Schwarzwaldmilch, Badenova
Hannover 96	André Breitenreiter	Waldemar Anton	Jako	Heinz von Heiden, HDI
1899 Hoffenheim	Julian Nagelsmann	Kevin Vogt	Lotto	SAP, Prowin
RB Leipzig	Ralf Rangnick	Willi Orban	Nike	Red Bull, CG Immobilien
Bayer Leverkusen	Peter Bosz	Lars Bender	Jako	Barmenia Versicherungen, Kieser Training
Mainz 05	Sandro Schwarz	Stefan Bell	Lotto	Kömmerling, MFD Aviation
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Dieter Hecking	Lars Stindl	Puma	Postbank, H-Hotels
Bayern Munich	Niko Kovač	Manuel Neuer	Adidas	Deutsche Telekom, Qatar Airways
1. FC Nürnberg	Michael Köllner	Hanno Behrens	Umbro	Nürnberger Versicherung, Godelmann Betonstein
Schalke 04	Domenico Tedesco	Ralf Fährmann	Umbro	Gazprom, AllyouneedFresh
VfB Stuttgart	Markus Weinzierl	Christian Gentner	Puma	Mercedes-Benz Bank, GAZİ
VfL Wolfsburg	Bruno Labbadia	Josuha Guilavogui	Nike	Volkswagen, UPS

1. ^On the sleeves.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date
			Announced on	Departed on			Announced on	Arrived on
Bayern Munich	Jupp Heynckes	End of contract	13 April 2018	30 June 2018	Pre-season	Niko Kovač	13 April 2018	1 July 2018
Eintracht Frankfurt	Niko Kovač	Signed for Bayern Munich				Adi Hütter	16 May 2018
Borussia Dortmund	Peter Stöger	End of contract	12 May 2018			Lucien Favre	22 May 2018
RB Leipzig	Ralph Hasenhüttl	Resigned	16 May 2018			Ralf Rangnick	9 July 2018
VfB Stuttgart	Tayfun Korkut	Sacked	7 October 2018		18th	Markus Weinzierl	9 October 2018
Bayer Leverkusen	Heiko Herrlich		23 December 2018		9th	Peter Bosz	23 December 2018
Hannover 96	André Breitenreiter		27 January 2019		17th	Thomas Doll	27 January 2019
1. FC Nürnberg	Michael Köllner		12 February 2019		18th	Boris Schommers (interim)	12 February 2019
Schalke 04	Domenico Tedesco		14 March 2019		14th	Huub Stevens (interim)	14 March 2019
FC Augsburg	Manuel Baum		9 April 2019		15th	Martin Schmidt	9 April 2019
VfB Stuttgart	Markus Weinzierl		20 April 2019		16th	Nico Willig (interim)	20 April 2019

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	24	6	4	88	32	+56	78	Champions League group stage
2	Borussia Dortmund	34	23	7	4	81	44	+37	76
3	RB Leipzig	34	19	9	6	63	29	+34	66
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	18	4	12	69	52	+17	58
5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	16	7	11	55	42	+13	55	Europa League group stage
6	VfL Wolfsburg	34	16	7	11	62	50	+12	55
7	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	15	9	10	60	48	+12	54	Europa League Second qualifying round
8	Werder Bremen	34	14	11	9	58	49	+9	53
9	1899 Hoffenheim	34	13	12	9	70	52	+18	51
10	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	13	5	16	49	65	−16	44
11	Hertha BSC	34	12	7	15	49	57	−8	43
12	FSV Mainz 05	34	12	7	15	46	57	−11	43
13	SC Freiburg	34	8	12	14	46	61	−15	36
14	Schalke 04	34	8	9	17	37	55	−18	33
15	FC Augsburg	34	8	8	18	51	71	−20	32
16	VfB Stuttgart  (R)	34	7	7	20	32	70	−38	28	Qualification to the relegation play-offs
17	Hannover 96  (R)	34	5	6	23	31	71	−40	21	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	1. FC Nürnberg  (R)	34	3	10	21	26	68	−42	19

Source: Kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Relegation play-offs

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

First leg

23 May 2019 (2019-05-23) 20:30	VfB Stuttgart	2–2	Union Berlin	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart Attendance: 58,619 Referee: Bastian Dankert
	Gentner  41' Gómez  51'	Report	Abdullahi  43' Friedrich  68'

Second leg

27 May 2019 (2019-05-27) 20:30	Union Berlin	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Stadion An der Alten Försterei, Berlin Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Christian Dingert
		Report

2–2 on aggregate. Union Berlin won on away goals and are promoted to the Bundesliga, while VfB Stuttgart are relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	22
2	Paco Alcácer	Borussia Dortmund	18
3	Kai Havertz	Bayer Leverkusen	17
	Luka Jović	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Andrej Kramarić	1899 Hoffenheim
	Marco Reus	Borussia Dortmund
	Wout Weghorst	VfL Wolfsburg
8	Ishak Belfodil	1899 Hoffenheim	16
	Timo Werner	RB Leipzig
10	Sébastien Haller	Eintracht Frankfurt	15
	Yussuf Poulsen	RB Leipzig

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Jadon Sancho	Borussia Dortmund	18
2	Joshua Kimmich	Bayern Munich	16
3	Julian Brandt	Bayer Leverkusen	15
4	Filip Kostić	Eintracht Frankfurt	12
	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich
	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich
	Marco Reus	Borussia Dortmund
	Kevin Volland	Bayer Leverkusen
9	Thorgan Hazard	Borussia Mönchengladbach	11
	Max Kruse	Werder Bremen

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Alfreð Finnbogason	FC Augsburg	SC Freiburg	4–1	02018-09-30-30 September 2018
Paco Alcácer	Borussia Dortmund	FC Augsburg	4–3	02018-10-06-6 October 2018
Luka Jović5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Fortuna Düsseldorf	7–1	02018-10-19-19 October 2018
Jonas Hofmann	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mainz 05	4–0	02018-10-21-21 October 2018
Alassane Pléa	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Werder Bremen	3–1	02018-11-10-10 November 2018
Dodi Lukebakio	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bayern Munich	3–3	02018-11-24-24 November 2018
Alfreð Finnbogason	FC Augsburg	Mainz 05	3–0	02019-02-03-3 February 2019
Wout Weghorst	VfL Wolfsburg	Fortuna Düsseldorf	5–2	02019-03-16-16 March 2019
James Rodríguez	Bayern Munich	Mainz 05	6–0	02019-03-17-17 March 2019
Yussuf Poulsen	RB Leipzig	Hertha BSC	5–0	02019-03-30-30 March 2019
Jean-Philippe Mateta	Mainz 05	SC Freiburg	5–0	02019-04-05-5 April 2019
Ishak Belfodil	1899 Hoffenheim	FC Augsburg	4–0	02019-04-07-7 April 2019
Lucas Alario	Bayer Leverkusen	Hertha BSC	5–1	02019-05-18-18 May 2019
Wout Weghorst	VfL Wolfsburg	FC Augsburg	8–1	02019-05-18-18 May 2019

⁵ Player scored five goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Péter Gulácsi	RB Leipzig	16
2	Yann Sommer	Borussia Mönchengladbach	13
3	Roman Bürki	Borussia Dortmund	10
	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich
5	Lukáš Hrádecký	Bayer Leverkusen	9
6	Koen Casteels	VfL Wolfsburg	8
	Rune Jarstein	Hertha BSC
	Kevin Trapp	Eintracht Frankfurt
9	Ron-Robert Zieler	VfB Stuttgart	6
10	Oliver Baumann	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	5
	Michael Esser	Hannover 96
	Florian Müller	Mainz 05
	Jiří Pavlenka	Werder Bremen
	Michael Rensing	Fortuna Düsseldorf
	Alexander Schwolow	SC Freiburg

External links

• Official website