List of German football champions
Performance by state and regional association
As of 2017 German football champions have come from 11 of the 16 German states. The most successful state is Bavaria with 41 championships.

List of German football champions

Section Title: Performance by state and regional association
Table Section Text: As of 2017 German football champions have come from 11 of the 16 German states. The most successful state is Bavaria with 41 championships.

State	Winners	Club(s)

Bavaria	41	Bayern Munich (28), 1. FC Nürnberg (9), Greuther Fürth (3), 1860 Munich (1)

North Rhine-Westphalia	25	Westphalia (15): Borussia Dortmund (8), Schalke 04 (7) Lower Rhine (7): Borussia Mönchengladbach (5), Fortuna Düsseldorf (1), Rot-Weiß Essen (1) Middle Rhine (3): 1.

Baden-Württemberg	9	Württemberg (5): VfB Stuttgart (5) Baden (3): Karlsruher FV (1), Karlsruher SC (1), VfR Mannheim (1) South Baden (1): Freiburger FC (1)

Hamburg	6	Hamburger SV (6)

Saxony	5	Lokomotive Leipzig (3), Dresdner SC (2)

Berlin	5	Hertha BSC (2), Viktoria 89 Berlin (2), SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin (1)

Bremen	4	Werder Bremen (4)

Rhineland-Palatinate	4	South-Western Germany (4): 1. FC Kaiserslautern (4)

Lower Saxony	4	Hannover 96 (2), VfL Wolfsburg (1), Eintracht Braunschweig (1)

Schleswig-Holstein	1	Holstein Kiel (1)

Hesse	1	Eintracht Frankfurt (1)

Other	1	Austria (1): Rapid Wien (1)

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Bayern won the German championship.

final_sentence: Bayern won the German championship.