List of clubs in the Bundesliga

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This is a list of clubs in the Bundesliga. It records all 57 clubs who played in the 61 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 league's 1990–91 season, in October 1990. For the following season, clubs from former East Germany joined the league.

List of clubs

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The list of clubs of the Bundesliga from its inception to the present season, sorted by the number of seasons a club played in the league.

As of 2024–25 season (62 seasons total).[1][2]
Club Sea-
sons
Cons.
seas.
First
season
Last
season
Best
result
Titles Seasons won Curr.
level
Bayern Munich 60 60 1965–66 Present 1st 32 32 seasons won[a] I
Werder Bremen 60 3 1963–64 Present 1st 4 1964–65, 1987–88, 1992–93, 2003–04 I
Borussia Dortmund 58 49 1963–64 Present 1st 5 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2011–12 I
VfB Stuttgart 58 5 1963–64 Present 1st 3 1983–84, 1991–92, 2006–07 I
Borussia Mönchengladbach 57 17 1965–66 Present 1st 5 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77 I
Eintracht Frankfurt 56 12 1963–64 Present 3rd I
Hamburger SV 55 1963–64 2017–18 1st 3 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83 II
Schalke 04 54 1963–64 2022–23 2nd II
1. FC Köln 52 1963–64 2023–24 1st 2 1963–64, 1977–78 II
Bayer Leverkusen 46 46 1979–80 Present 1st 1 2023–24 I
1. FC Kaiserslautern 44 1963–64 2011–12 1st 2 1990–91, 1997–98 II
Hertha BSC 40 1963–64 2022–23 2nd II
VfL Bochum 38 4 1971–72 Present 5th I
1. FC Nürnberg 33 1963–64 2018–19 1st 1 1967–68 II
Hannover 96 30 1964–65 2018–19 4th II
VfL Wolfsburg 28 28 1997–98 Present 1st 1 2008–09 I
MSV Duisburg 28 1963–64 2007–08 2nd IV
SC Freiburg 25 9 1993–94 Present 3rd I
Fortuna Düsseldorf 25 1966–67 2019–20 3rd II
Karlsruher SC 24 1963–64 2008–09 6th II
Eintracht Braunschweig 21 1963–64 2013–14 1st 1 1966–67 II
1860 Munich 20 1963–64 2003–04 1st 1 1965–66 III
Mainz 05 19 16 2004–05 Present 5th I
Arminia Bielefeld 19 1970–71 2021–22 8th III
TSG Hoffenheim 17 17 2008–09 Present 3rd I
FC Augsburg 14 14 2011–12 Present 5th I
KFC Uerdingen 14 1975–76 1995–96 3rd V
Hansa Rostock 12 1991–92 2007–08 6th III
RB Leipzig 9 9 2016–17 Present 2nd I
FC St. Pauli 9 1 1977–78 Present 10th I
Waldhof Mannheim 7 1983–84 1989–90 6th III
Kickers Offenbach 7 1968–69 1983–84 7th IV
Rot-Weiss Essen 7 1966–67 1976–77 8th III
Union Berlin 6 6 2019–20 Present 4th I
Energie Cottbus 6 2000–01 2008–09 13th III
Darmstadt 98 5 1978–79 2023–24 14th II
1. FC Saarbrücken 5 1963–64 1992–93 14th III
Alemannia Aachen 4 1967–68 2006–07 2nd III
Dynamo Dresden 4 1991–92 1994–95 13th III
SG Wattenscheid 4 1990–91 1993–94 11th V
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 4 1969–70 1972–73 14th IV
FC 08 Homburg 3 1986–87 1989–90 16th IV
Wuppertaler SV 3 1972–73 1974–75 4th IV
Borussia Neunkirchen 3 1964–65 1967–68 10th VI
1. FC Heidenheim 2 2 2023–24 Present 8th I
Greuther Fürth 2 2012–13 2021–22 18th II
SC Paderborn 2 2014–15 2019–20 18th II
FC Ingolstadt 2 2015–16 2016–17 11th III
SpVgg Unterhaching 2 1999–2000 2000–01 10th III
Stuttgarter Kickers 2 1988–89 1991–92 17th IV
Tennis Borussia Berlin 2 1974–75 1976–77 17th V
Holstein Kiel 1 1 2024–25 Present I
SSV Ulm 1 1999–2000 1999–2000 16th II
VfB Leipzig[b] 1 1993–94 1993–94 18th IV
Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin[c] 1 1986–87 1986–87 18th VII
Fortuna Köln 1 1973–74 1973–74 17th IV
Tasmania Berlin[d] 1 1965–66 1965–66 18th V
Preußen Münster 1 1963–64 1963–64 16th II
  1. ^ Seasons Bayern Munich won the title: 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, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
  2. ^ Club became defunct, but was re-founded as Lokomotive Leipzig.
  3. ^ Club became defunct, but was re-founded as SpVg Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin.
  4. ^ Club became defunct, but was re-founded as SV Tasmania Berlin.

Key

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Club Name of club
Seasons Number of seasons in league
Cons. seas. Number of consecutive seasons in league
First season First season in league
Last season Last season in league
Best result Best result in league
Titles Number of league titles won
Seasons won Seasons league titles were won in
Curr. level Current level (2024–25) in German league system

Placings

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Placings from 1963 to 1991

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

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
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
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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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
1860 Munich 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
Fortuna Köln 17
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 14 16 15 18
Alemannia Aachen 11 2 18
Borussia Neunkirchen 10 17 17
Tasmania Berlin 18
Preußen Münster 15

Placings from 1991 to the present season

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The placings in the Bundesliga from the German reunion to the present season:[4]

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 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Bayer Leverkusen 6 5 3 7 14 2 3 2 2 4 2 15 3 6 5 5 7 9 4 2 5 3 4 4 3 12 5 4 5 6 3 6 1
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 14 17 7 16 9 15 16 2
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 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
RB Leipzig 2 6 3 3 2 4 3 4
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 7 2 3 4 2 2 3 2 2 5
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 3 5 9 17 15 14 17 16 14 14 9 13 10 17 6 13 9 16 11 8 7 9 5 11 7 6
TSG Hoffenheim 7 11 11 11 16 9 8 15 4 3 9 6 11 9 12 7
1. FC Heidenheim 8
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 10 13 8 11 8 16 17 13 9
SC Freiburg 15 3 11 17 12 12 6 16 13 18 14 9 12 5 14 17 7 15 13 8 10 6 5 10
FC Augsburg 14 15 8 5 12 13 12 15 15 13 14 15 11
VfL Wolfsburg 14 6 7 9 10 8 10 9 15 15 5 1 8 15 8 11 5 2 8 16 16 6 7 4 12 8 12
Mainz 05 11 11 16 9 5 13 13 7 11 6 15 14 12 13 12 8 9 13
Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 9 10 5 4 11 15 18 12 12 11 15 10 18 15 12 16 4 8 6 3 4 9 9 5 4 8 10 10 14
Union Berlin 11 7 5 4 15
VfL Bochum 15 16 16 5 12 17 18 9 5 16 8 12 14 17 13 14 16
1. FC Köln 4 12 11 10 12 10 17 10 17 18 17 12 13 10 17 12 9 5 18 14 16 7 11 17
Darmstadt 98 14 18 18
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 6 5 10 2 14 12 18 17
Hertha BSC 11 3 6 5 4 5 12 4 6 10 10 4 18 16 11 15 7 6 10 11 10 14 16 18
Arminia Bielefeld 14 18 17 16 13 13 12 15 18 15 17
Greuther Fürth 18 18
Fortuna Düsseldorf 20 13 16 17 10 17
SC Paderborn 18 18
Hannover 96 11 14 10 12 11 8 11 15 4 7 9 10 13 18 13 17
1. FC Nürnberg 7 14 16 16 15 17 14 8 6 16 16 6 10 10 17 18
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 16 10 14 17
FC Ingolstadt 11 17
Eintracht Braunschweig 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
Energie Cottbus 14 13 18 13 14 16
Karlsruher SC 8 6 6 8 7 6 16 11 17
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
1860 Munich 14 8 7 13 9 4 11 9 10 17
SpVgg Unterhaching 10 16
SSV Ulm 16
KFC Uerdingen 17 15 18
Dynamo Dresden 14 15 13 18
SG Wattenscheid 16 13 17
VfB Leipzig 18
1. FC Saarbrücken 18
Stuttgarter Kickers 17

Key for placings

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German Champions German Cup winner German Champions and Cup winner Relegated Relegated and Cup winner
  • The two digit year is the year in which the season finishes.

References

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  1. ^ "Die Ewige Tabelle". Fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Bundesliga – All-time league table". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. ^ 30 Jahre Bundesliga (in German) 30th Anniversary special, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1993
  4. ^ a b "Bundesliga football seasons". resultsfromfootball.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
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