2018–19 Bundesliga

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

Season	2018–19
Dates	24 August 2018 – 18 May 2019
Champions	Bayern Munich 28th Bundesliga title 29th German title
Relegated	VfB Stuttgart (via play-off) Hannover 96 1. FC Nürnberg
Champions League	Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen
Europa League	Borussia Mönchengladbach VfL Wolfsburg Eintracht Frankfurt
Matches played	306
Goals scored	973 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Lewandowski (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Dortmund 7–0 Nürnberg Wolfsburg 8–1 Augsburg
Biggest away win	Stuttgart 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 scoring	Wolfsburg 8–1 Augsburg
Longest winning run	7 games[1] Bayern Munich
Longest unbeaten run	15 games[1] Borussia Dortmund
Longest winless run	20 games[1] 1. FC Nürnberg
Longest losing run	6 games[1] Fortuna Düsseldorf
Highest attendance	81,365[1] Dortmund v Augsburg Dortmund v Munich Dortmund v Freiburg Dortmund v Bremen Dortmund v Gladbach Dortmund v Hannover
Lowest attendance	19,205[1] Mainz v Wolfsburg
Attendance	13,292,989 (43,441 per match)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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

FC Augsburg

Hertha BSC

Werder Bremen

Borussia Dortmund

Fortuna Düsseldorf

Eintracht Frankfurt

SC Freiburg

Hannover 96

1899 Hoffenheim

RB Leipzig

Bayer Leverkusen

Mainz 05

Borussia
M'gladbach

Bayern Munich

1. FC Nürnberg

Schalke 04

VfB Stuttgart

VfL Wolfsburg

Locations of the 2018–19 Bundesliga teams

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

Team changes

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

Stadiums and locations

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

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

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

Pos	Team v t e	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. 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

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

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

First leg

VfB Stuttgart	2–2	Union Berlin
Gentner 41' Gómez 51'	Report	Abdullahi 43' Friedrich 68'

23 May 2019 (2019-05-23)

20:30

Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart

Attendance: 58,619

Referee: Bastian Dankert

Second leg

Union Berlin	0–0	VfB Stuttgart
	Report

27 May 2019 (2019-05-27)

20:30

Stadion An der Alten Försterei, Berlin

Attendance: 22,012

Referee: Christian Dingert

2–2 on aggregate. Union Berlin won on away goals and were promoted to the Bundesliga, while VfB Stuttgart were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.

Statistics

Top scorers

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

See also: List of Bundesliga hat-tricks

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

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

Awards

Monthly awards

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 Ribéry	Bayern Munich	[44][45][46]

Goal of the year (2018)

Jonas Hector won the award for his goal for 1. FC Köln against VfL Wolfsburg.^[47]

Attendances

Rank	Team	Home games	Average attendance[48]
1	Borussia Dortmund	17	80,841
2	Bayern München	17	75,000
3	Schalke 04	17	60,941
4	VfB Stuttgart	17	54,551
5	Eintracht Frankfurt	17	49,765
6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	17	49,668
7	Hertha BSC	17	49,259
8	Fortuna 95	17	43,857
9	Werder Bremen	17	41,256
10	1. FC Nürnberg	17	40,372
11	RB Leipzig	17	38,380
12	Hannover 96	17	38,365
13	FC Augsburg	17	28,618
14	TSG Hoffenheim	17	28,456
15	Bayer Leverkusen	17	27,990
16	Mainz 05	17	26,246
17	VfL Wolfsburg	17	24,481
18	SC Freiburg	17	23,894