2017–18 Bundesliga

The 2017–18 Bundesliga was the 55th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 18 August 2017 and concluded on 12 May 2018.^[2] The fixtures were announced on 29 June 2017.^[3][4]

Bundesliga

Season	2017–18
Dates	18 August 2017 – 12 May 2018
Champions	Bayern Munich 27th Bundesliga title 28th German title
Relegated	Hamburger SV 1. FC Köln
Champions League	Bayern Munich Schalke 04 1899 Hoffenheim Borussia Dortmund
Europa League	Bayer Leverkusen RB Leipzig Eintracht Frankfurt
Matches played	306
Goals scored	855 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Lewandowski (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Munich 6–0 Hamburger SV 1899 Hoffenheim 6–0 1. FC Köln Munich 6–0 Dortmund[1]
Biggest away win	Gladbach 1–5 Bayer Leverkusen SC Freiburg 0–4 Munich Hertha BSC 2–6 RB Leipzig[1]
Highest scoring	Dortmund 4–4 Schalke 04 Hannover 96 4–4 Bayer Leverkusen Hertha BSC 2–6 RB Leipzig[1]
Longest winning run	10 games[1] Bayern Munich
Longest unbeaten run	13 games[1] Bayern Munich
Longest winless run	16 games[1] 1. FC Köln
Longest losing run	5 games[1] 1. FC Köln Hannover 96 SC Freiburg
Highest attendance	81,360[1] Dortmund v Gladbach Dortmund v Munich Dortmund v SC Freiburg Dortmund v Hamburger SV
Lowest attendance	22,827[1] VfL Wolfsburg v RB Leipzig
Attendance	13,661,796 (44,646 per match)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Following an offline test phase in the previous season,^[5] the video assistant referee system was used for the first time in the Bundesliga on a trial basis following approval from IFAB.^[6]

Bayern Munich were the defending champions and won their 27th Bundesliga title on 7 April with five games to spare, winning a sixth consecutive title for the first time in their history.^[7][8] 1. FC Köln and Hamburger SV were relegated at the end of the season, with Hamburg therefore losing their status as the only ever-present team in Bundesliga history.

Summary

One of the managerial changes before the start of the season was at Borussia Dortmund, who had finished third the previous season. After sacking Thomas Tuchel, they hired the Dutchman Peter Bosz in June 2017, after he had led Ajax to the 2017 UEFA Europa League Final.^[9] Dortmund were also the German club involved in the biggest transfer of the summer, selling young French forward Ousmane Dembélé to Barcelona for an initial €105 million.^[10] Meanwhile, reigning champions Bayern Munich prepared for the season by breaking the league's transfer record in their purchase of French midfielder Corentin Tolisso from Lyon for €41.5 million.^[11]

On 28 September 2017, Bayern sacked manager Carlo Ancelotti amidst reports of player unrest, despite the club sitting in third place.^[12] He was replaced by Jupp Heynckes in his fourth spell at the club.^[13] On 28 October, a 2–0 win over RB Leipzig put Bayern on top of the table for the first time in the season.^[14] In December, Dortmund sacked Bosz with the team in seventh, and replaced him with the Austrian Peter Stöger who himself had recently been dismissed by winless bottom team 1. FC Köln.^[15]

In the January 2018 transfer window, Dortmund lost the season's second-top scorer, Gabonese forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who moved to Arsenal for a €63 million fee.^[16] They replaced him by bringing in Chelsea's Michy Batshuayi on loan.^[17] From December to February, Bayern went on a 10-match winning streak that ended with a goalless draw with Hertha BSC at the Allianz Arena,^[18] and managed 13 unbeaten until a 1–2 loss at Leipzig on 18 March.^[19]

Dortmund remained unbeaten for 12 games between December and 31 March, when they lost 0–6 away to Bayern.^[20] Schalke 04, who finished only 10th the previous season, were in the top 3 for most of the season. They were unbeaten for 11 games between September and January, putting together six consecutive victories in February and March before a 2–3 loss at bottom team Hamburg.^[21]

Bayern won their 27th Bundesliga and 28th German title (6th consecutive) on 7 April 2018, with five games left to play after defeating fellow Bavarian club FC Augsburg 4–1.^[8] Three weeks later, Köln were the first team relegated after a 2–3 loss to SC Freiburg.^[22] On 5 May, Schalke secured second place and a return to the Champions League for the first time in four years, with a 2–1 win at Augsburg.^[23] On the last matchday, 1899 Hoffenheim beat Dortmund 3–1 to finish ahead of the latter on goal difference at an all-time high third place and securing a spot in the Champions League group stage for the first time in their history.^[24] Following VfL Wolfsburg's 4–1 win over Köln, Hamburg were relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time in their history.^[25]

Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski was the league's top scorer for the third time, a record for a foreign player. He scored 29 goals, 14 more than second-placed Nils Petersen of Freiburg.^[26]

Teams

FC Augsburg

Hertha BSC

Werder Bremen

Borussia Dortmund

Eintracht Frankfurt

SC Freiburg

Hamburger SV

Hannover 96

1899 Hoffenheim

1. FC Köln

RB Leipzig

Bayer Leverkusen

Mainz 05

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Bayern Munich

Schalke 04

VfB Stuttgart

VfL Wolfsburg

Locations of the 2017–18 Bundesliga teams

A total of 18 teams participated in this edition of the Bundesliga.

Team changes

Promoted from 2016–17 2. Bundesliga	Relegated from 2016–17 Bundesliga
VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96	FC Ingolstadt Darmstadt 98

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref.
FC Augsburg	Augsburg	WWK Arena	30,660	[27]
Hertha BSC	Berlin	Olympiastadion	74,475	[28]
Werder Bremen	Bremen	Weser-Stadion	42,100	[29]
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	81,360	[30]
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Commerzbank-Arena	51,500	[31]
SC Freiburg	Freiburg im Breisgau	Schwarzwald-Stadion	24,000	[32]
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	57,000	[33]
Hannover 96	Hanover	HDI-Arena	49,000	[34]
1899 Hoffenheim	Sinsheim	Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena	30,150	[35]
1. FC Köln	Cologne	RheinEnergieStadion	49,698	[36]
RB Leipzig	Leipzig	Red Bull Arena	42,558	[37]
Bayer Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	30,000	[38]
Mainz 05	Mainz	Opel Arena	34,000	[39]
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Borussia-Park	54,014	[40]
Bayern Munich	Munich	Allianz Arena	75,000	[41]
Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Veltins-Arena	62,271	[42]
VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Mercedes-Benz Arena	60,449	[43]
VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	30,000	[44]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager[45]	Captain	Kit manufacturer[46]	Shirt sponsor[46]
				Front	Sleeve
FC Augsburg	Manuel Baum	Daniel Baier	Nike	WWK	baramundi software
Hertha BSC	Pál Dárdai	Vedad Ibišević	Nike	bet-at-home.com	TEDi
Werder Bremen	Florian Kohfeldt	Zlatko Junuzović	Nike	Wiesenhof	H-Hotels
Borussia Dortmund	Peter Stöger	Marcel Schmelzer	Puma	Evonik	Opel
Eintracht Frankfurt	Niko Kovač	Alexander Meier	Nike	Indeed.com	Deutsche Börse Group
SC Freiburg	Christian Streich	Julian Schuster	Hummel	Schwarzwaldmilch	None
Hamburger SV	Christian Titz	Gōtoku Sakai	Adidas	Fly Emirates	Popp Feinkost
Hannover 96	André Breitenreiter	Edgar Prib	Jako	Heinz von Heiden	HDI
1899 Hoffenheim	Julian Nagelsmann	Eugen Polanski	Lotto	SAP	Prowin
1. FC Köln	Stefan Ruthenbeck	Matthias Lehmann	Erima	REWE	DEVK
RB Leipzig	Ralph Hasenhüttl	Dominik Kaiser	Nike	Red Bull	CG Immobilien
Bayer Leverkusen	Heiko Herrlich	Lars Bender	Jako	Barmenia Versicherungen	Westminster-Gruppe
Mainz 05	Sandro Schwarz	Stefan Bell	Lotto	Kömmerling	MFD Aviation
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Dieter Hecking	Lars Stindl	Kappa	Postbank	H-Hotels
Bayern Munich	Jupp Heynckes	Manuel Neuer	Adidas	Deutsche Telekom	Hamad Airport
Schalke 04	Domenico Tedesco	Ralf Fährmann	Adidas	Gazprom	Allyouneed Fresh
VfB Stuttgart	Tayfun Korkut	Christian Gentner	Puma	Mercedes-Benz Bank	GAZİ
VfL Wolfsburg	Bruno Labbadia	Ignacio Camacho	Nike	Volkswagen	UPS

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
			Announced on	Departed on			Announced on	Arrived on
Mainz 05	Martin Schmidt	Sacked	22 May 2017	30 June 2017	Pre-season	Sandro Schwarz	31 May 2017	1 July 2017	[47]
Borussia Dortmund	Thomas Tuchel		30 May 2017			Peter Bosz	6 June 2017		[48][49]
Bayer Leverkusen	Tayfun Korkut	End of contract	13 May 2017			Heiko Herrlich	9 June 2017		[50][51]
Schalke 04	Markus Weinzierl	Sacked	9 June 2017			Domenico Tedesco			[52]
VfL Wolfsburg	Andries Jonker		18 September 2017		14th	Martin Schmidt	18 September 2017		[53]
Bayern Munich	Carlo Ancelotti		28 September 2017		3rd	Willy Sagnol (interim)	28 September 2017		[54]
	Willy Sagnol (interim)	End of caretaker spell	6 October 2017		2nd	Jupp Heynckes	6 October 2017		[55]
Werder Bremen	Alexander Nouri	Sacked	30 October 2017		17th	Florian Kohfeldt	30 October 2017		[56][57]
1. FC Köln	Peter Stöger		3 December 2017		18th	Stefan Ruthenbeck	3 December 2017		[58]
Borussia Dortmund	Peter Bosz		10 December 2017		7th	Peter Stöger	10 December 2017		[59]
Hamburger SV	Markus Gisdol		21 January 2018		17th	Bernd Hollerbach	22 January 2018		[60][61]
VfB Stuttgart	Hannes Wolf		28 January 2018		15th	Tayfun Korkut	29 January 2018		[62][63]
VfL Wolfsburg	Martin Schmidt	Resigned	19 February 2018		14th	Bruno Labbadia	20 February 2018		[64][65]
Hamburger SV	Bernd Hollerbach	Sacked	12 March 2018		17th	Christian Titz	12 March 2018		[66]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	27	3	4	92	28	+64	84	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Schalke 04	34	18	9	7	53	37	+16	63
3	1899 Hoffenheim	34	15	10	9	66	48	+18	55
4	Borussia Dortmund	34	15	10	9	64	47	+17	55
5	Bayer Leverkusen	34	15	10	9	58	44	+14	55	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	RB Leipzig	34	15	8	11	57	53	+4	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
7	VfB Stuttgart	34	15	6	13	36	36	0	51
8	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	14	7	13	45	45	0	49	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	13	8	13	47	52	−5	47
10	Hertha BSC	34	10	13	11	43	46	−3	43
11	Werder Bremen	34	10	12	12	37	40	−3	42
12	FC Augsburg	34	10	11	13	43	46	−3	41
13	Hannover 96	34	10	9	15	44	54	−10	39
14	Mainz 05	34	9	9	16	38	52	−14	36
15	SC Freiburg	34	8	12	14	32	56	−24	36
16	VfL Wolfsburg (O)	34	6	15	13	36	48	−12	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Hamburger SV (R)	34	8	7	19	29	53	−24	31	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	1. FC Köln (R)	34	5	7	22	35	70	−35	22

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.^[67]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal.

Results

Home \ Away	AUG	BSC	BRE	DOR	FRA	FRE	HAM	HAN	HOF	KÖL	LEI	LEV	MAI	MÖN	MUN	SCH	STU	WOL
FC Augsburg	—	1–1	1–3	1–2	3–0	3–3	1–0	1–2	0–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–4	1–2	0–1	2–1
Hertha BSC	2–2	—	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–6	2–1	0–2	2–4	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–0
Werder Bremen	0–3	0–0	—	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	3–1
Borussia Dortmund	1–1	2–0	1–2	—	3–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	5–0	2–3	4–0	1–2	6–1	1–3	4–4	3–0	0–0
Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	0–3	2–1	2–2	—	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–1
SC Freiburg	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–4	0–1	1–2	0–2
Hamburger SV	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–0	—	1–1	3–0	0–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	0–0
Hannover 96	1–3	3–1	2–1	4–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	—	2–0	0–0	2–3	4–4	3–2	0–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–1
1899 Hoffenheim	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	—	6–0	4–0	1–4	4–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0
1. FC Köln	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–3	0–1	3–4	1–3	1–1	0–3	—	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–2	2–3	1–0
RB Leipzig	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–5	1–2	—	1–4	2–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	4–1
Bayer Leverkusen	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	4–0	3–0	3–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	—	2–0	2–0	1–3	0–2	0–1	2–2
Mainz 05	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	2–3	1–0	3–0	3–1	—	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–2	1–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–3	1–0	0–1	1–5	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–0
Bayern Munich	3–0	0–0	4–2	6–0	4–1	5–0	6–0	3–1	5–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	5–1	—	2–1	1–4	2–2
Schalke 04	3–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	—	3–1	1–1
VfB Stuttgart	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	—	1–0
VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	3–3	1–1	0–3	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

All times are UTC+2.

First leg

VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	Holstein Kiel
Origi 13' Brekalo 40' Mallı 56'	Report	Schindler 34'

17 May 2018

20:30

Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg

Attendance: 28,800

Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Second leg

Holstein Kiel	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Report	Knoche 75'

21 May 2018

20:30

Holstein-Stadion, Kiel

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Daniel Siebert

VfL Wolfsburg won 4–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.

Statistics

Top scorers

Robert Lewandowski was the top scorer for the third time, with 29 goals

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[68]
1	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	29
2	Nils Petersen	SC Freiburg	15
3	Niclas Füllkrug	Hannover 96	14
	Mark Uth	1899 Hoffenheim
	Kevin Volland	Bayer Leverkusen
6	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang[a]	Borussia Dortmund	13
	Michael Gregoritsch	FC Augsburg
	Andrej Kramarić	1899 Hoffenheim
	Timo Werner	RB Leipzig
10	Alfreð Finnbogason	FC Augsburg	12
	Salomon Kalou	Hertha BSC
	Sandro Wagner[b]	1899 Hoffenheim Bayern Munich

1. Aubameyang transferred from Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal during the winter break.
2. Wagner transferred from 1899 Hoffenheim to Bayern Munich during the winter break.

Hat-tricks

See also: List of Bundesliga hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Alfreð Finnbogason	FC Augsburg	1. FC Köln	3–0	9 September 2017
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6–1	23 September 2017
Max Kruse	Werder Bremen	Hannover 96	4–0	19 November 2017
Nils Petersen	SC Freiburg	1. FC Köln	4–3	10 December 2017
Alfreð Finnbogason	FC Augsburg	SC Freiburg	3–3	16 December 2017
Niclas Füllkrug	Hannover 96	Mainz 05	3–2	13 January 2018
Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	Hamburger SV	6–0	10 March 2018
Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	Borussia Dortmund	6–0	31 March 2018
Kevin Volland	Bayer Leverkusen	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	14 April 2018
Andrej Kramarić	1899 Hoffenheim	Hannover 96	3–1	27 April 2018

Clean sheets

Four goalkeepers kept 12 clean sheets, among them Sven Ulreich, who played in the fewest matches (29)

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[69]
1	Roman Bürki	Borussia Dortmund	12
	Ralf Fährmann	Schalke 04
	Sven Ulreich	Bayern Munich
	Ron-Robert Zieler	VfB Stuttgart
5	Oliver Baumann	1899 Hoffenheim	10
	Bernd Leno	Bayer Leverkusen
7	Marwin Hitz	FC Augsburg	9
	Alexander Schwolow	SC Freiburg
9	Koen Casteels	VfL Wolfsburg	8
	Jiří Pavlenka	Werder Bremen

Awards

Goal of the year (2017)

Sébastien Haller won the award for his goal for Eintracht Frankfurt.^[70]

Attendances

Rank	Team	Home games	Average attendance[71]
1	Borussia Dortmund	17	79,496
2	Bayern München	17	75,000
3	Schalke 04	17	61,197
4	VfB Stuttgart	17	56,045
5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	17	50,986
6	Hamburger SV	17	50,656
7	Eintracht Frankfurt	17	49,159
8	1. FC Köln	17	48,776
9	Hertha BSC	17	45,319
10	Hannover 96	17	42,706
11	RB Leipzig	17	39,397
12	Werder Bremen	17	38,726
13	Mainz 05	17	28,766
14	TSG Hoffenheim	17	28,716
15	Bayer Leverkusen	17	28,415
16	FC Augsburg	17	28,238
17	VfL Wolfsburg	17	25,712
18	SC Freiburg	17	23,894

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