This is a list of clubs in the Bundesliga. It records all 56 clubs who played in the 58 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

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 the 2022–23 season (60 seasons total).[1][2]
Club Sea-
sons 		Cons.
seas. 		First
season 		Last
season 		Best
result 		Titles Seasons won Curr.
level
FC Bayern Munich 58 58 1965–66 Present 1st 31 31 seasons won[a] I
SV Werder Bremen 58 1 1963–64 Present 1st 4 1964–65, 1987–88, 1992–93, 2003–04 I
Borussia Dortmund 55 46 1963–64 Present 1st 5 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2011–12 I
VfB Stuttgart 55 2 1963–64 Present 1st 3 1983–84, 1991–92, 2006–07 I
Hamburger SV 55 – 1963–64 2017–18 1st 3 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83 II
Borussia Mönchengladbach 55 15 1965–66 Present 1st 5 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77 I
Eintracht Frankfurt 54 10 1963–64 Present 3rd — — I
FC Schalke 04 54 1 1963–64 Present 2nd — — I
1. FC Köln 51 4 1963–64 Present 1st 2 1963–64, 1977–78 I
1. FC Kaiserslautern 44 – 1963–64 2011–12 1st 2 1990–91, 1997–98 II
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 44 44 1979–80 Present 2nd — — I
Hertha BSC 40 10 1963–64 Present 2nd — — I
VfL Bochum 36 2 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
MSV Duisburg 28 – 1963–64 2007–08 2nd — — III
VfL Wolfsburg 26 26 1997–98 Present 1st 1 2008–09 I
Fortuna Düsseldorf 25 – 1966–67 2019–20 3rd — — II
Karlsruher SC 24 – 1963–64 2008–09 6th — — II
SC Freiburg 23 7 1993–94 Present 3rd — — I
Eintracht Braunschweig 21 – 1963–64 2013–14 1st 1 1966–67 II
TSV 1860 München 20 – 1963–64 2003–04 1st 1 1965–66 III
Arminia Bielefeld 19 – 1970–71 2021–22 8th — — II
1. FSV Mainz 05 17 14 2004–05 Present 5th — — I
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 15 15 2008–09 Present 3rd — — I
KFC Uerdingen 05 14 – 1975–76 1995–96 3rd — — V
F.C. Hansa Rostock 12 – 1991–92 2007–08 6th — — II
FC Augsburg 12 12 2011–12 Present 5th — — I
FC St. Pauli 8 – 1977–78 2010–11 10th — — II
SV 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
RB Leipzig 7 7 2016–17 Present 2nd — — I
FC Energie Cottbus 6 – 2000–01 2008–09 13th — — IV
1. FC Saarbrücken 5 – 1963–64 1992–93 14th — — III
SV Darmstadt 98 4 – 1978–79 2016–17 14th — — II
Alemannia Aachen 4 – 1967–68 2006–07 2nd — — IV
Dynamo Dresden 4 – 1991–92 1994–95 13th — — III
SG Wattenscheid 09 4 – 1990–91 1993–94 11th — — IV
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 4 – 1969–70 1972–73 14th — — IV
1. FC Union Berlin 4 4 2019–20 Present 7th — — I
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
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2 – 2012–13 2021–22 18th — — II
SC Paderborn 07 2 – 2014–15 2019–20 18th — — II
FC Ingolstadt 04 2 – 2015–16 2016–17 11th — — II
SpVgg Unterhaching 2 – 1999–2000 2000–01 10th — — IV
Stuttgarter Kickers 2 – 1988–89 1991–92 17th — — V
Tennis Borussia Berlin 2 – 1974–75 1976–77 17th — — IV
SSV Ulm 1846 1 – 1999–2000 1999–2000 16th — — IV
VfB Leipzig[b] 1 – 1993–94 1993–94 18th — — IV
Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin[c] 1 – 1986–87 1986–87 18th — — V
SC Fortuna Köln 1 – 1973–74 1973–74 17th — — IV
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin[d] 1 – 1965–66 1965–66 18th — — V
SC Preußen Münster 1 – 1963–64 1963–64 16th — — IV
  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
  2. ^ Club became defunct, but was re-founded as 1. FC 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

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 (2022–23) in German league system

Placings

Placings from 1963 to 1991

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
FC 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
SV 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 04 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 09 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 05 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
SV 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
FC 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
SV 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
TSV 1860 München 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
SC Fortuna Köln 17
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 14 16 15 18
Alemannia Aachen 11 2 18
Borussia Neunkirchen 10 17 17
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin 18
SC Preußen Münster 15

Placings from 1991 to the present season

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
FC 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
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
Bayer 04 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
RB Leipzig 2 6 3 3 2 4
1. FC Union Berlin 11 7 5
SC Freiburg 15 3 11 17 12 12 6 16 13 18 14 9 12 5 14 17 7 15 13 8 10 6
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
1. FSV Mainz 05 11 11 16 9 5 13 13 7 11 6 15 14 12 13 12 8
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 7 11 11 11 16 9 8 15 4 3 9 6 11 9
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
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
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
VfL Bochum 15 16 16 5 12 17 18 9 5 16 8 12 14 17 13
FC Augsburg 14 15 8 5 12 13 12 15 15 13 14
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
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
Arminia Bielefeld 14 18 17 16 13 13 12 15 18 15 17
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 18 18
SV 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
FC 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
Fortuna Düsseldorf 20 13 16 17 10 17
SC Paderborn 07 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 04 11 17
SV Darmstadt 98 14 18
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
FC Energie Cottbus 14 13 18 13 14 16
Karlsruher SC 8 6 6 8 7 6 16 11 17
F.C. 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
TSV 1860 München 14 8 7 13 9 4 11 9 10 17
SpVgg Unterhaching 10 16
SSV Ulm 1846 16
KFC Uerdingen 05 17 15 18
Dynamo Dresden 14 15 13 18
SG Wattenscheid 09 16 13 17
VfB Leipzig 18
1. FC Saarbrücken 18
Stuttgarter Kickers 17


Key for placings

German Champions German Cup winner German Champions and Cup winner

References

  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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