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]

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Bundesliga
Season2017–18
Dates18 August 2017 – 12 May 2018
ChampionsBayern Munich
27th Bundesliga title
28th German title
RelegatedHamburger SV
1. FC Köln
Champions LeagueBayern Munich
Schalke 04
1899 Hoffenheim
Borussia Dortmund
Europa LeagueBayer Leverkusen
RB Leipzig
Eintracht Frankfurt
Matches played306
Goals scored855 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerRobert Lewandowski (29 goals)
Biggest home winMunich 6–0 Hamburger SV
1899 Hoffenheim 6–0 1. FC Köln
Munich 6–0 Dortmund
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Biggest away winGladbach 1–5 Bayer Leverkusen
SC Freiburg 0–4 Munich
Hertha BSC 2–6 RB Leipzig
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Highest scoringDortmund 4–4 Schalke 04
Hannover 96 4–4 Bayer Leverkusen
Hertha BSC 2–6 RB Leipzig
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Longest winning run10 games[1]
Bayern Munich
Longest unbeaten run13 games[1]
Bayern Munich
Longest winless run16 games[1]
1. FC Köln
Longest losing run5 games[1]
1. FC Köln
Hannover 96
SC Freiburg
Highest attendance81,360[1]
Dortmund v Gladbach
Dortmund v Munich
Dortmund v SC Freiburg
Dortmund v Hamburger SV
Lowest attendance22,827[1]
VfL Wolfsburg v RB Leipzig
Attendance13,661,796 (44,646 per match)
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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

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

Team changes

More information Promoted from 2016–17 2. Bundesliga, Relegated from 2016–17 Bundesliga ...
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Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

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

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Pos Team 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[lower-alpha 1]
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
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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

More information Home \ Away, AUG ...
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
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Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

All times are UTC+2.

First leg

More information VfL Wolfsburg, 3–1 ...
VfL Wolfsburg3–1Holstein Kiel
Report Schindler 34'
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Attendance: 28,800
Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Second leg

More information Holstein Kiel, 0–1 ...
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Attendance: 12,000

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

Statistics

Top scorers

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

Clean sheets

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

Awards

Goal of the year (2017)

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

References

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