2018–19 Bundesliga

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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.[2] 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.[3]

Bundesliga
Season2018–19
Dates24 August 2018 – 18 May 2019
ChampionsBayern Munich
28th Bundesliga title
29th German title
RelegatedVfB Stuttgart (via play-off)
Hannover 96
1. FC Nürnberg
Champions LeagueBayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund
RB Leipzig
Bayer Leverkusen
Europa LeagueBorussia Mönchengladbach
VfL Wolfsburg
Eintracht Frankfurt
Matches played306
Goals scored973 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorerRobert Lewandowski
(22 goals)
Biggest home winDortmund 7–0 Nürnberg
Wolfsburg 8–1 Augsburg
Biggest away winStuttgart 0–4 Dortmund
Bremen 2–6 Leverkusen
Hannover 0–4 Munich
Düsseldorf 0–4 Leipzig
Mainz 1–5 Leverkusen
Gladbach 1–5 Munich
Augsburg 0–4 Hoffenheim
Freiburg 0–4 Dortmund
Nürnberg 0–4 Gladbach
Highest scoringWolfsburg 8–1 Augsburg
Longest winning run7 games[1]
Bayern Munich
Longest unbeaten run15 games[1]
Borussia Dortmund
Longest winless run20 games[1]
1. FC Nürnberg
Longest losing run6 games[1]
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Highest attendance81,365[1]
Dortmund v Augsburg
Dortmund v Munich
Dortmund v Freiburg
Dortmund v Bremen
Dortmund v Gladbach
Dortmund v Hannover
Lowest attendance19,205[1]
Mainz v Wolfsburg
Attendance13,292,989 (43,441 per match)

Following a trial phase in the previous season, the video assistant referee system was officially approved for use in the Bundesliga after being added to the Laws of the Game by IFAB.[4]

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

Teams edit

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

Team changes edit

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

Stadiums and locations edit

Team Location Stadium Capacity Ref.
FC Augsburg Augsburg WWK Arena 30,660 [5]
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 74,649 [6]
Werder Bremen Bremen Weser-Stadion 42,100 [7]
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 81,365 [8]
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena 54,600 [9]
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena 51,500 [10]
SC Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Schwarzwald-Stadion 24,000 [11]
Hannover 96 Hanover HDI-Arena 49,000 [12]
1899 Hoffenheim Sinsheim PreZero Arena 30,150 [13]
RB Leipzig Leipzig Red Bull Arena 42,558 [14]
Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 30,210 [15]
Mainz 05 Mainz Opel Arena 34,000 [16]
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Borussia-Park 54,022 [17]
Bayern Munich Munich Allianz Arena 75,024 [18]
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Max-Morlock-Stadion 49,923 [19]
Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 62,271 [20]
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 60,449 [21]
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 [22]

Personnel and kits edit

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer[23] Shirt sponsor[23]
Front Sleeve
FC Augsburg   Martin Schmidt   Daniel Baier Nike WWK Siegmund
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[24] Henkel Toyo Tires
Eintracht Frankfurt   Adi Hütter   David Abraham Nike Indeed.com Deutsche Börse Group
SC Freiburg   Christian Streich   Mike Frantz Hummel Schwarzwaldmilch Badenova
Hannover 96   Thomas Doll   Marvin Bakalorz 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 None
Borussia Mönchengladbach   Dieter Hecking   Lars Stindl Puma Postbank H-Hotels
Bayern Munich   Niko Kovač   Manuel Neuer Adidas Deutsche Telekom Qatar Airways
1. FC Nürnberg   Boris Schommers   Hanno Behrens Umbro Nürnberger Versicherung Godelmann Betonstein
Schalke 04   Huub Stevens   Ralf Fährmann Umbro Gazprom DHL Express
VfB Stuttgart   Nico Willig   Christian Gentner Puma Mercedes-Benz Bank GAZİ
VfL Wolfsburg   Bruno Labbadia   Josuha Guilavogui Nike Volkswagen UPS

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
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 [25]
Eintracht Frankfurt   Niko Kovač Signed for Bayern Munich   Adi Hütter 16 May 2018 [25][26]
Borussia Dortmund   Peter Stöger End of contract 12 May 2018   Lucien Favre 22 May 2018 [27][28]
RB Leipzig   Ralph Hasenhüttl Resigned 16 May 2018   Ralf Rangnick 9 July 2018 [29][30]
VfB Stuttgart   Tayfun Korkut Sacked 7 October 2018 18th   Markus Weinzierl 9 October 2018 [31][32]
Bayer Leverkusen   Heiko Herrlich 23 December 2018 9th   Peter Bosz 23 December 2018 [33]
Hannover 96   André Breitenreiter 27 January 2019 17th   Thomas Doll 27 January 2019 [34][35]
1. FC Nürnberg   Michael Köllner 12 February 2019 18th   Boris Schommers (interim) 12 February 2019 [36]
Schalke 04   Domenico Tedesco 14 March 2019 14th   Huub Stevens (interim) 14 March 2019 [37]
FC Augsburg   Manuel Baum 9 April 2019 15th   Martin Schmidt 9 April 2019 [38][39]
VfB Stuttgart   Markus Weinzierl 20 April 2019 16th   Nico Willig (interim) 20 April 2019 [40]

League table edit

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 Qualification for the 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 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 VfL Wolfsburg 34 16 7 11 62 50 +12 55
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 15 9 10 60 48 +12 54 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
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 11 10 13 49 57 −8 43
12 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 for 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: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off[41]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa League second qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results edit

Home \ Away AUG BSC BRE DOR DÜS FRA FRE HAN HOF LEI LEV MAI MÖN MUN NÜR SCH STU WOL
FC Augsburg 3–4 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–3 4–1 3–1 0–4 0–0 1–4 3–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 6–0 2–3
Hertha BSC 2–2 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–3 0–3 1–5 2–1 4–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–1
Werder Bremen 4–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–6 3–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–0
Borussia Dortmund 4–3 2–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 5–1 3–3 4–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 7–0 2–4 3–1 2–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–2 4–1 4–1 2–1 0–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–4 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–3
Eintracht Frankfurt 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–1 7–1 3–1 4–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–2
SC Freiburg 5–1 2–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–4 3–0 0–0 1–3 3–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 3–3 3–3
Hannover 96 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 3–0 1–3 0–3 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–4 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–1
1899 Hoffenheim 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–2 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–4
RB Leipzig 0–0 5–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 6–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 3–1 1–3 2–4 2–0 6–1 2–0 2–2 1–4 2–4 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–3
Mainz 05 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 5–0 1–1 4–2 3–3 1–5 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 4–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 4–0 1–5 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–3
Bayern Munich 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–0 3–3 5–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 6–0 0–3 3–0 3–1 4–1 6–0
1. FC Nürnberg 3–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2
Schalke 04 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–4 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–5 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 5–2 0–0 2–1
VfB Stuttgart 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–4 0–0 0–3 2–2 5–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–3 3–0
VfL Wolfsburg 8–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 5–2 1–1 1–3 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–3 3–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–0
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs edit

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

First leg edit

VfB Stuttgart2–2Union Berlin
Report
Attendance: 58,619

Second leg edit

Union Berlin0–0VfB Stuttgart
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 edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[42]
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

Hat-tricks edit

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

5 Player scored five goals

Clean sheets edit

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[43]
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

Monthly awards edit

Month Player of the Month Rookie of the Month Goal of the Month Ref.
Player Club Player Club Player Club
August   Axel Witsel Borussia Dortmund [44][45][46]
September   Marco Reus Borussia Dortmund   Achraf Hakimi Borussia Dortmund   Jacob Bruun Larsen Borussia Dortmund [44][45][46]
October   Jadon Sancho Borussia Dortmund   Reiss Nelson 1899 Hoffenheim   Paco Alcácer Borussia Dortmund [44][45][46]
November   Marco Reus Borussia Dortmund   Achraf Hakimi Borussia Dortmund   Marco Reus Borussia Dortmund [44][45][46]
December   Dodi Lukebakio Fortuna Düsseldorf   Jean Zimmer Fortuna Düsseldorf [44][45][46]
January   Leon Goretzka Bayern Munich   Nicolás González VfB Stuttgart   Maximilian Eggestein Werder Bremen [44][45][46]
February   Julian Brandt Bayer Leverkusen   Evan Ndicka Eintracht Frankfurt   Jadon Sancho Borussia Dortmund [44][45][46]
March   Max Kruse Werder Bremen   Ozan Kabak VfB Stuttgart   Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich [44][45][46]
April   Kai Havertz Bayer Leverkusen   Matheus Pereira 1. FC Nürnberg   Matheus Cunha RB Leipzig [44][45][46]
May   Franck Ribery Bayern Munich [44][45][46]

Goal of the year (2018) edit

Jonas Hector won that award for his goal against Wolfsburg. He scored it for FC Köln.[47]

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