Who
will win "Die MeisterSchale"?
| Borussia
Dortmund win the title of German Champion
Borussia
Dortmund and Bayer Lekerkusen qualified for the Champions League
Bayern
Munich qualified for Champions League Preliminary Rounds
Hertha
Berlin, Schalke 04 (DFB Cup winner) and Werder Bremen qualified to Uefa Cup
Kaiserslautern,
Stuttgart and Munich 1860 qualified to InterToto Cup
Freiburg, Cologne
and St. Pauli relegated in Bundesliga 2. |
|
Pos. |
Team |
Played |
Pts. |
|
W |
D |
L |
FG |
AG |
| |
| 1 |
Borussia Dortmund |
34 |
70 |
21 |
7 |
6 |
62 |
33 |
| 2 | Bayer
Leverkusen |
34 |
69 |
21 |
6 |
7 |
77 |
38 |
| 3 | FC
Bayern Munich | 34 |
68 |
20 |
8 |
6 |
65 |
25 |
| 4 | Hertha
Berlin | 34 |
61 |
18 |
7 |
9 |
61 |
38 |
| 5 | Schalke
04 | 34 |
61 |
18 |
7 |
9 |
52 |
36 |
| 6 | Werder
Bremen | 34 |
56 |
17 |
5 |
12 |
54 |
43 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern |
34 |
56 |
17 |
5 |
12 |
62 |
53 |
| 8 | Stuttgart
| 34 |
50 |
13 |
11 |
10 |
47 |
43 |
| 9 | 1860
Munich | 34 |
50 |
15 |
5 |
14 |
59 |
59 |
| 10 | Wolfsburg
| 34 |
46 |
13 |
7 |
14 |
57 |
49 |
| 11 | Hamburger |
34 |
40 |
10 |
10 |
14 |
51 |
57 |
| 12 | Borussia
M'Gladbach | 34 |
39 |
9 |
12 |
13 |
41 |
53 |
| 13 | Energie
Cottbus | 34 |
35 |
9 |
8 |
17 |
36 |
60 |
| 14 | Hansa
Rostock | 34 |
34 |
9 |
7 |
18 |
35 |
54 |
| 15 | 1.
FC Nuremberg | 34 |
34 |
10 |
4 |
20 |
34 |
57 |
| 16 | Freiburg |
34 |
30 |
7 |
9 |
18 |
37 |
64 |
| 17 |
1. FC Cologne | 34 |
29 |
7 |
8 |
19 |
26 |
61 |
| 18 | St.
Pauli | 34 |
22 |
4 |
10 |
20 |
37 |
70 |
18 teams compete season by season in the Bundesliga for
the title of the German champion. Matches are played in a round robin mode in
first and second leg ties (at home and away). The bottom three of the table are
relegated directly and are replaced by the three best teams of the 2nd Bundesliga.
Since 1995/96, the three-point rule is being applied. The winner of each
match gets three points (formerly two), and in case of a tie each team gets one
point, the loser of the match gets none.
The
German champion and the runner-up are qualified automatically for the Champions
League.
Starting with the
season 1999/2000, the Champions League was extended to 32 clubs. Thus, it is also
possible for the third (and fourth-placed in some countries) of the Bundesliga
to qualify for the Champions League. The teams participating in this round can
be sure that in case they drop out they will still have the guarantee to start
in the UEFA Cup. If a team wins in one year the German championship and the Champions
League, the Bundesliga will have no right for an additional place in the Champions
League in the following year.
The
fifth and sixth of the Bundesliga and the winner of the DFB cup - or the finalist,
in case the cup winner should be entitled to start also in the Champions League
- are qualified for the first UEFA cup round. Two or three clubs - the seventh,
the eighth and the ninth of the table, unless the cup winner occupies this place,
and provided the respective club has signed up - may qualify via the UI cup for
the UEFA cup.
Bundesliga Updated
Standings 
