List of clubs in the Bundesliga

Main article: Bundesliga

This is a list of clubs in the Bundesliga. It records all 53 clubs who played in the 52 seasons of the Bundesliga since its introduction in 1963. The placings section is split in two periods, before and after the German reunification, which took place during the leagues 1990–91 season, in October 1990. For the following season, clubs from former East Germany joined the league.

List of clubs

The list of clubs of the Bundesliga from its interception to the present season, sorted by the last season a club played in the league:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Club	No.	First	Last	Best	Titles	Seasons
Hamburger SV	52	1963–64	Present	1st	3	1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83
SV Werder Bremen	51	1963–64	Present	1st	4	1964–65, 1987–88, 1992–93, 2003–04
VfB Stuttgart	50	1963–64	Present	1st	3	1983–84, 1991–92, 2006–07
Borussia Dortmund	48	1963–64	Present	1st	5	1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2011–12
FC Schalke 04	47	1963–64	Present	2nd	—	—
Eintracht Frankfurt	46	1963–64	Present	3rd	—	—
1. FC Köln	44	1963–64	Present	1st	2	1963–64, 1977–78
Hertha BSC	32	1963–64	Present	2nd	—	—
Hannover 96	27	1964–65	Present	4th	—	—
FC Bayern Munich	50	1965–66	Present	1st	23	1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
Borussia Mönchengladbach	47	1965–66	Present	1st	5	1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	36	1979–80	Present	2nd	—	—
SC Freiburg	16	1993–94	Present	3rd	—	—
VfL Wolfsburg	18	1997–98	Present	1st	1	2008–09
1. FSV Mainz 05	9	2004–05	Present	5th	—	—
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	7	2008–09	Present	7th	—	—
FC Augsburg	4	2011–12	Present	8th	—	—
SC Paderborn 07	1	2014–15	Present	—	—	—
1. FC Nürnberg	32	1963–64	2013–14	1st	1	1967–68
Eintracht Braunschweig	21	1963–64	2013–14	1st	1	1966–67
Fortuna Düsseldorf	23	1966–67	2012–13	3rd	—	—
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1	2012–13	2012–13	18th	—	—
1. FC Kaiserslautern	44	1963–64	2011–12	1st	2	1990–91, 1997–98
FC St. Pauli	8	1977–78	2010–11	10th	—	—
VfL Bochum	34	1971–72	2009–10	5th	—	—
Karlsruher SC	24	1963–64	2008–09	6th	—	—
Arminia Bielefeld	16	1970–71	2008–09	8th	—	—
FC Energie Cottbus	6	2000–01	2008–09	13th	—	—
MSV Duisburg	28	1963–64	2007–08	2nd	—	—
F.C. Hansa Rostock	12	1991–92	2007–08	6th	—	—
Alemannia Aachen	4	1967–68	2006–07	2nd	—	—
TSV 1860 München	20	1963–64	2003–04	1st	1	1965–66
SpVgg Unterhaching	2	1999–2000	2000–01	10th	—	—
SSV Ulm 1846	1	1999–2000	1999–2000	16th	—	—
KFC Uerdingen 05	14	1975–76	1995–96	3rd	—	—
Dynamo Dresden	4	1991–92	1994–95	13th	—	—
SG Wattenscheid 09	4	1990–91	1993–94	11th	—	—
VfB Leipzig^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	1993–94	1993–94	18th	—	—
1. FC Saarbrücken	5	1963–64	1992–93	14th	—	—
Stuttgarter Kickers	2	1988–89	1991–92	17th	—	—
SV Waldhof Mannheim	7	1983–84	1989–90	6th	—	—
FC 08 Homburg	3	1986–87	1989–90	16th	—	—
SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin	1	1986–87	1986–87	18th	—	—
Kickers Offenbach	7	1968–69	1983–84	7th	—	—
SV Darmstadt 98	2	1978–79	1981–82	17th	—	—
Rot-Weiss Essen	7	1966–67	1976–77	8th	—	—
Tennis Borussia Berlin	2	1974–75	1976–77	17th	—	—
Wuppertaler SV	3	1972–73	1974–75	4th	—	—
SC Fortuna Köln	1	1973–74	1973–74	17th	—	—
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	4	1969–70	1972–73	14th	—	—
Borussia Neunkirchen	3	1964–65	1967–68	10th	—	—
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1	1965–66	1965–66	18th	—	—
SC Preußen Münster	1	1963–64	1963–64	16th	—	—

Key

Denotes club plays in the Bundesliga in 2014–15.	Denotes club plays in a league below the Bundesliga in 2014–15.

Club	Name of club
No.	Number of seasons in league
First	First season in league
Last	Last season in league
Best	Best result in league
Titles	Number of league titles won
Seasons	Seasons league titles were won in

Placings

Placings from 1963 to 1991

The placings in the Bundesliga from its interception to the last season before the German reunion:^[4]^[3]

Club	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91
1. FC Kaiserslautern	12	13	15	5	16	15	10	8	7	9	6	13	7	13	8	3	3	4	4	6	12	11	11	7	14	9	12	1
FC Bayern Munich			3	6	5	1	2	2	1	1	1	10	3	7	12	4	1	1	3	4	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
SV Werder Bremen	10	1	4	16	2	9	11	10	11	11	11	15	13	11	15	11	17		5	2	5	2	2	5	1	3	7	3
Eintracht Frankfurt	3	8	7	4	6	8	8	15	5	8	4	3	9	4	7	5	9	5	8	10	16	12	15	15	9	16	3	4
Hamburger SV	6	11	9	14	13	6	6	5	10	14	12	4	2	6	10	1	2	2	1	1	2	5	7	2	6	4	11	5
VfB Stuttgart	5	12	11	12	8	5	7	12	8	6	9	16			4	2	3	3	9	3	1	10	5	12	4	5	6	6
1. FC Köln	1	2	5	7	4	13	4	11	4	2	5	5	4	5	1	6	5	8	2	5	6	3	13	10	3	2	2	7
Bayer 04 Leverkusen																	12	11	16	11	7	13	6	6	8	8	5	8
Borussia Mönchengladbach			13	8	3	3	1	1	3	5	2	1	1	1	2	10	7	6	7	12	3	4	4	3	7	6	15	9
Borussia Dortmund	4	3	2	3	14	16	5	13	17					8	11	12	6	7	6	7	13	14	16	4	13	7	4	10
SG Wattenscheid 09																												11
Fortuna Düsseldorf				17					13	3	3	6	12	12	5	7	11	13	15	9	14	15	14	17			9	12
Karlsruher SC	13	15	16	13	18								15	16				10	14	17		17			15	11	10	13
VfL Bochum									9	12	14	11	14	15	14	8	10	9	10	13	15	9	9	11	12	15	16	14
1. FC Nürnberg	9	6	6	10	1	17										17		14	13	14	18		12	9	5	14	8	15
FC St. Pauli															18											10	13	16
KFC Uerdingen 05													18				15	18			10	7	3	8	11	13	14	17
Hertha BSC	14	14				14	3	3	6	13	8	2	11	10	3	14	16			18								18
SV Waldhof Mannheim																					11	6	8	14	16	12	17
FC 08 Homburg																								16	17		18
Stuttgarter Kickers																										17
Hannover 96		5	12	9	10	11	13	9	16	16	18		16										18		10	18
FC Schalke 04	8	16	14	15	15	7	9	6	2	15	7	7	6	2	9	15	8	17		16	8		10	13	18
SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin																								18
1. FC Saarbrücken	16													14	17								17
Arminia Bielefeld								14	18							16		15	12	8	8	16
Eintracht Braunschweig	11	9	10	1	9	4	16	4	12	17		9	5	3	13	9	18		11	15	9	18
Kickers Offenbach						18		17		7	10	8	17								17
SV Darmstadt 98																18			17
MSV Duisburg	2	7	8	11	7	12	15	7	14	10	15	14	10	9	6	13	14	12	18
TSV 1860 München	7	4	1	2	12	10	17								16		13	16
Tennis Borussia Berlin												17		17
Rot-Weiss Essen				18			12	18			13	12	8	18
Wuppertaler SV										4	16	18
SC Fortuna Köln											17
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen							14	16	15	18
Alemannia Aachen					11	2	18
Borussia Neunkirchen		10	17		17
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin^{[lower-alpha 1]}			18
SC Preußen Münster	15

Placings from 1991 to the present season

The placings in the Bundesliga from the German reunion to the present season:^[3]

Club	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15
FC Bayern Munich	10	2	1	6	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	1
Borussia Dortmund	2	4	4	1	1	3	10	4	11	3	1	3	6	7	7	9	13	6	5	1	1	2	2	x
FC Schalke 04	11	10	14	11	3	12	5	10	13	2	5	7	7	2	4	2	3	8	2	14	3	4	3	x
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	6	5	3	7	14	2	3	2	2	4	2	15	3	6	5	5	7	9	4	2	5	3	4	x
VfL Wolfsburg							14	6	7	9	10	8	10	9	15	15	5	1	8	15	8	11	5	x
Borussia Mönchengladbach	13	9	10	5	4	11	15	18			12	12	11	15	10	18		15	12	16	4	8	6	x
1. FSV Mainz 05														11	11	16			9	5	13	13	7	x
FC Augsburg																					14	15	8	x
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim																		7	11	11	11	16	9	x
Hannover 96												11	14	10	12	11	8	11	15	4	7	9	10	x
Hertha BSC							11	3	6	5	4	5	12	4	6	10	10	4	18		16		11	x
SV Werder Bremen	9	1	8	2	9	8	7	13	9	7	6	6	1	3	2	3	2	10	3	13	9	14	12	x
Eintracht Frankfurt	3	3	5	9	17			15	14	17			16		14	14	9	13	10	17		6	13	x
SC Freiburg			15	3	11	17		12	12	6	16		13	18					14	9	12	5	14	x
VfB Stuttgart	1	7	7	12	10	4	4	11	8	15	8	2	4	5	9	1	6	3	6	12	6	12	15	x
Hamburger SV	12	11	12	13	5	13	9	7	3	13	11	4	8	8	3	7	4	5	7	8	15	7	16	x
1. FC Köln	4	12	11	10	12	10	17			10	17		18		17			12	13	10	17			x
SC Paderborn 07																								x
1. FC Nürnberg	7	14	16					16			15	17		14	8	6	16		16	6	10	10	17
Eintracht Braunschweig																							18
Fortuna Düsseldorf	20				13	16																17
SpVgg Greuther Fürth																						18
1. FC Kaiserslautern	5	8	2	4	16		1	5	5	8	7	14	15	12	16					7	18
FC St. Pauli					15	18					18									18
VfL Bochum	15	16		16		5	12	17		18		9	5	16		8	12	14	17
FC Energie Cottbus										14	13	18				13	14	16
Karlsruher SC	8	6	6	8	7	6	16										11	17
Arminia Bielefeld						14	18		17			16		13	13	12	15	18
F.C. Hansa Rostock	18				6	15	6	14	15	12	14	13	9	17			17
MSV Duisburg	19		9	17		9	8	8	18						18		18
Alemannia Aachen																17
TSV 1860 München				14	8	7	13	9	4	11	9	10	17
SpVgg Unterhaching									10	16
SSV Ulm 1846									16
KFC Uerdingen 05		17		15	18
Dynamo Dresden	14	15	13	18
SG Wattenscheid 09	16	13	17
VfB Leipzig^{[lower-alpha 1]}			18
1. FC Saarbrücken		18
Stuttgarter Kickers	17

Key for placings

German Champions	German Cup winner	German Champions & Cup winner

The two digit year is the year in which the season finishes.

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Club is now defunct.

References

↑ Die Ewige Tabelle (German) Fussballdaten.de, accessed: 16 August 2012
↑ Bundesliga .:. Ewige Tabelle (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 16 August 2012
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bundesliga football seasons resultsfromfootball.com, accessed: 6 July 2011
↑ 30 Jahre Bundesliga (German) 30th Anniversary special, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1993

External links

Official website
DFB – Deutscher Fußball Bund (German Football Association) (German)

Bundesliga

2014–15 clubs	FC Augsburg Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Borussia Mönchengladbach Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg Hamburger SV Hannover 96 Hertha BSC 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln Mainz 05 SC Paderborn 07 Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart Werder Bremen VfL Wolfsburg

Former clubs	1860 Munich Alemannia Aachen Arminia Bielefeld Bayer 05 Uerdingen/KFC Uerdingen 05 Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin VfL Bochum Borussia Neunkirchen Darmstadt 98 Dynamo Dresden Eintracht Braunschweig Energie Cottbus Fortuna Düsseldorf Fortuna Köln SpVgg Greuther Fürth Hansa Rostock FC 08 Homburg 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC Kickers Offenbach VfB Leipzig Meidericher SV/MSV Duisburg 1. FC Nürnberg Preußen Münster Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1. FC Saarbrücken FC St. Pauli Stuttgarter Kickers Tasmania Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin SSV Ulm SpVgg Unterhaching Waldhof Mannheim Wattenscheid 09 Wuppertaler SV

History	Reichsliga Introduction in 1963 1965 scandal 1971 scandal 2005 scandal

Statistics	All-time table List of clubs Records

Players	Foreign players Top scorers

Categories	Managers Players Seasons Top scorers

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Football in Germany

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League competitions	Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga 3. Liga Regionalliga Oberliga Verbandsliga Landesliga Bezirksoberliga Gruppenliga Bezirksliga Kreisliga Kreisklasse

Cup competitions	DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal DFL-Supercup

National teams	National team B team Olympic team U21 team Other youth teams Manager All-time record World Cup performance

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