The Bundesliga is one of Europe's top five leagues, with many of the world's best players playing their football in the German top-flight.
Bayern Munich retained their crown in the 2025/26 season, with their front three of Kane, Olise and Luis Diaz breaking all kinds of records.
It was a strong season for Vincent Kompany's men, as they also reached the UEFA Champions League semi-finals before bowing out against Paris Saint-Germain in one of the all-time great ties.
Bundesliga dates
The 2026/27 Bundesliga season begins on Friday 28th August 2026 and will come to an end on Sunday 22nd May 2027.
Bundesliga teams
Bundesliga is the men's top professional football division in Germany, and it is contested by 18 teams.
St Pauli and Heidenheim were relegated last season and were replaced by Schalke and SV Elversberg.
Here are the list of teams that will compete in the 2026/27 Bundesliga campaign.
- Augsburg
- Union Berlin
- FC Köln
- Werder Bremen
- Borussia Dortmund
- Eintracht Frankfurt
- SC Freiburg
- Schalke
- TSG Hoffenheim
- Hamburger SV
- RB Leipzig
- Bayer Leverkusen
- Mainz
- Borussia Monchengladbach
- Bayern Munich
- SV Elversberg
- VfB Stuttgart
- Wolfsburg
Bundesliga venues/stadiums
The Bundesliga has 18 teams who play each other twice across the season to determine their final placings.
Here is the list of stadiums that will be used in Bundesliga for the 2026/27 season.
Augsburg | WWK Arena |
Union Berlin | Stadion An der Alten Forsterei |
FC Köln | RheinEnergieStadion |
Werder Bremen | Weserstadion |
Borussia Dortmund | Signal Iduna Park |
Eintracht Frankfurt | Deutsche Bank Park |
SC Freiburg | Europa-Park Stadion |
Schalke | Veltins-Arena |
TSG Hoffenheim | PreZero Arena |
Hamburger SV | Volksparkstadion |
RB Leipzig | Red Bull Arena |
Bayer Leverkusen | BayArena |
Mainz | Mewa Arena |
Borussia Monchengladbach | Borussia-Park |
Bayern Munich | Allianz Arena |
SV Elversberg | Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde |
VfB Stuttgart | MHPArena |
Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena |
Bundesliga history
Before the creation of the Bundesliga, German football was played at an amateur level in several sub-regional leagues.
In 1949, a part-time setup was introduced, before the Bundesliga was founded in August 1963. After German reunification in 1990, the East German leagues merged into the West German system, and the league has remained that way ever since.
Bayern Munich have won the most Bundesliga titles with 33 successes.
The top four teams qualify for the Champions League while the fifth-placed team will qualify for the Europa League group stage and the sixth team will reach the Europa Conference League play-off round, barring results in the DFB Pokal.
The bottom two teams are automatically relegated, while the 16th-placed side face a relegation play-off against the third-placed Bundesliga 2 team.
