# 2021–22 Bundesliga

The 2021–22 Bundesliga was the 59th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 13 August 2021 and concluded on 14 May 2022. The fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.
Bayern Munich were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, winning their record-extending 10th consecutive title and 32nd title overall (31st in the Bundesliga era) on 23 April with three matches to spare. Bayern also became the first ever club in Europe's top five leagues to achieve a tenth consecutive league title, the previous record being Juventus' nine consecutive titles from 2012 to 2020.
Arminia Bielefeld and Greuther Furth were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.

## Teams

A total of eighteen teams participated in the 2021–22 edition of the Bundesliga.

### Team changes

| Promoted from 2020–21 2. Bundesliga | Relegated from 2020–21 Bundesliga |
| VfL Bochum Greuther Fürth | Werder Bremen Schalke 04 |

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Ref. |
| FC Augsburg | Augsburg | WWK Arena | 30,660 | |
| Hertha BSC | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 74,649 | |
| Union Berlin | Berlin | Stadion An der Alten Försterei | 22,012 | |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Bielefeld | Schüco-Arena | 27,300 | |
| VfL Bochum | Bochum | Vonovia Ruhrstadion | 27,599 | |
| Borussia Dortmund | Dortmund | Signal Iduna Park | 81,365 | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Deutsche Bank Park | 51,500 | |
| SC Freiburg | Freiburg im Breisgau | Dreisamstadion Europa-Park Stadion$^1$ | 24,000 34,700 | [11] [12][13] |
| Greuther Fürth | Fürth | Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer | 16,626 | |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | Sinsheim | PreZero Arena | 30,150 | |
| 1. FC Köln | Cologne | RheinEnergieStadion | 49,698 | |
| RB Leipzig | Leipzig | Red Bull Arena | 47,069 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Leverkusen | BayArena | 30,210 | |
| Mainz 05 | Mainz | Mewa Arena | 34,000 | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mönchengladbach | Borussia-Park | 54,057 | |
| Bayern Munich | Munich | Allianz Arena | 75,000 | |
| VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Mercedes-Benz Arena | 60,449 | |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,000 | |
$^1$ SC Freiburg played their first three home matches at the Dreisamstadion before permanently moving to the Europa-Park Stadion.

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | Shirt sponsor |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Front | Sleeve |
| FC Augsburg | Markus Weinzierl | Jeffrey Gouweleeuw | Nike | WWK | Siegmund |
| Hertha BSC | Felix Magath | Dedryck Boyata | Nike | Autohero | Hyundai |
| Union Berlin | Urs Fischer | Christopher Trimmel | Adidas | Aroundtown | wefox/Comedy Central (in cup and UEFA matches) |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Marco Kostmann | Fabian Klos/Manuel Prietl | Macron | Schüco | JAB Anstoetz Textilien |
| VfL Bochum | Thomas Reis | Anthony Losilla | Nike | Vonovia | Viactiv Betriebskrankenkasse |
| Borussia Dortmund | Marco Rose | Marco Reus | Puma | 1&1/Evonik (in cup and UEFA matches) | Opel/GLS Group (in cup and UEFA matches) |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Oliver Glasner | Sebastian Rode | Nike | Indeed.com | dpd |
| SC Freiburg | Christian Streich | Christian Günter | Nike | Schwarzwaldmilch | ROSE Bikes |
| Greuther Fürth | Stefan Leitl | Branimir Hrgota | Puma | Hofmann Personal | BVUK |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | Sebastian Hoeneß | Benjamin Hübner | Joma | SAP | SNP |
| 1. FC Köln | Steffen Baumgart | Jonas Hector | Uhlsport | REWE | DEVK |
| RB Leipzig | Domenico Tedesco | Péter Gulácsi | Nike | Red Bull | CG Immobilien/Veganz (in cup and UEFA matches) |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Gerardo Seoane | Lukáš Hrádecký | Jako | Barmenia Versicherungen | Iqoniq/Floki (since Dec 2021)/Kumho Tyres (in cup matches)/The Football Club Social Alliance (in UEFA matches) |
| Mainz 05 | Bo Svensson | Moussa Niakhaté | Kappa | Kömmerling | fb88.com |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Adi Hütter | Lars Stindl | Puma | flatex | Sonepar |
| Bayern Munich | Julian Nagelsmann | Manuel Neuer | Adidas | Deutsche Telekom | Qatar Airways/Audi (in cup and UEFA matches) |
| VfB Stuttgart | Pellegrino Matarazzo | Wataru Endo | Jako | Mercedes-Benz Bank | Mercedes-Benz EQ |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Florian Kohfeldt | Koen Casteels | Nike | Volkswagen | Linglong Tire |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Incoming date | Ref. |
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Announced on | Departed on | Position in table | Incoming | Announced on | Arrived on | Ref. |
| Borussia Dortmund | Edin Terzić (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 13 December 2020 | 30 June 2021 | Pre-season | Marco Rose | 15 February 2021 | 1 July 2021 | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Marco Rose | Signed for Borussia Dortmund | 15 February 2021 | 30 June 2021 | Pre-season | Adi Hütter | 13 April 2021 | 1 July 2021 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Hannes Wolf (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 23 March 2021 | 30 June 2021 | Pre-season | Gerardo Seoane | 19 May 2021 | 1 July 2021 | |
| 1. FC Köln | Friedhelm Funkel | End of caretaker spell | 8 April 2021 | 30 June 2021 | Pre-season | Steffen Baumgart | 11 May 2021 | 1 July 2021 | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Adi Hütter | Signed for Borussia Mönchengladbach | 13 April 2021 | 30 June 2021 | Pre-season | Oliver Glasner | 26 May 2021 | 1 July 2021 | |
| Bayern Munich | Hansi Flick | Signed for Germany | 27 April 2021 | 30 June 2021 | Pre-season | Julian Nagelsmann | 27 April 2021 | 1 July 2021 | |
| RB Leipzig | Julian Nagelsmann | Signed for Bayern Munich | 27 April 2021 | 30 June 2021 | Pre-season | Jesse Marsch | 29 April 2021 | 1 July 2021 | |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Oliver Glasner | Signed for Eintracht Frankfurt | 26 May 2021 | 30 June 2021 | Pre-season | Mark van Bommel | 2 June 2021 | 1 July 2021 | |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Mark van Bommel | Sacked | 24 October 2021 | 24 October 2021 | 8th | Florian Kohfeldt | 26 October 2021 | 26 October 2021 | |
| Hertha BSC | Pál Dárdai | Sacked | 29 November 2021 | 29 November 2021 | 14th | Tayfun Korkut | 29 November 2021 | 29 November 2021 | |
| RB Leipzig | Jesse Marsch | Sacked | 5 December 2021 | 5 December 2021 | 11th | Achim Beierlorzer (interim) | 5 December 2021 | 5 December 2021 | |
| RB Leipzig | Achim Beierlorzer (interim) | End of caretaker spell | 9 December 2021 | 9 December 2021 | 11th | Domenico Tedesco | 9 December 2021 | 9 December 2021 | |
| Hertha BSC | Tayfun Korkut | Sacked | 13 March 2022 | 13 March 2022 | 17th | Felix Magath (interim) | 13 March 2022 | 13 March 2022 | |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Frank Kramer | Sacked | 20 April 2022 | 20 April 2022 | 17th | Marco Kostmann (interim) | 20 April 2022 | 20 April 2022 | |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 97 | 37 | +60 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 85 | 52 | +33 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 46 | |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 46 | |
| 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 45 | |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 42 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 42 | |
| 13 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 42 | |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 38 | |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 33 | |
| 16 | Hertha BSC (O) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld (R) | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 28 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Greuther Fürth (R) | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 82 | −54 | 18 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* 1 2 Since the 2021–22 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, 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 Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.
* ↑ Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the UEFA Europa League.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AUG | BSC | UNB | BIE | BOC | DOR | FRA | FRE | FÜR | HOF | KÖL | LEI | LEV | MAI | MÖN | MUN | STU | WOL |
| FC Augsburg | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Hertha BSC | 1–1 | — | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–6 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Union Berlin | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| VfL Bochum | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–4 | — | 5–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 6–1 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| SC Freiburg | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Greuther Fürth | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–6 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 0–0 | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 1. FC Köln | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| RB Leipzig | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 0–2 |
| Mainz 05 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–6 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Bayern Munich | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 4–0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | — | 1–1 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — |
* ↑ The VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach match from 18 March 2022 was suspended after 69 minutes and a score of 0–2 due to an assistant referee being hit by a beverage cup thrown from the stands. The match was abandoned and later awarded on 24 March 2022 to Borussia Mönchengladbach with a score of 0–2.

## Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 19 and 23 May 2022. The away goals rule is no longer used as of the 2021/22 season.

### Overview

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Hertha BSC (B) | 2–1 | Hamburger SV (2B) | 0–1 | 2–0 |

### Matches

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Hertha BSC won 2–1 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 35 |
| 2 | Patrik Schick | Bayer Leverkusen | 24 |
| 3 | Erling Haaland | Borussia Dortmund | 22 |
| 4 | Anthony Modeste | 1. FC Köln | 20 |
| 4 | Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig | 20 |
| 6 | Taiwo Awoniyi | Union Berlin | 15 |
| 7 | Serge Gnabry | Bayern Munich | 14 |
| 8 | Moussa Diaby | Bayer Leverkusen | 13 |
| 9 | Jonas Hofmann | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 12 |
| 9 | Max Kruse | Union Berlin VfL Wolfsburg | 12 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | Hertha BSC | 5–0 (H) | 28 August 2021 |
| Ihlas Bebou | 1899 Hoffenheim | Greuther Fürth | 6–3 (A) | 27 November 2021 |
| Patrik Schick$^4$ | Bayer Leverkusen | Greuther Fürth | 7–1 (H) | 4 December 2021 |
| Serge Gnabry | Bayern Munich | VfB Stuttgart | 5–0 (A) | 14 December 2021 |
| Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 1. FC Köln | 4–0 (A) | 15 January 2022 |
| Moussa Diaby | Bayer Leverkusen | FC Augsburg | 5–1 (H) | 22 January 2022 |
| Max Kruse | VfL Wolfsburg | Mainz 05 | 5–0 (H) | 22 April 2022 |
| Erling Haaland | Borussia Dortmund | VfL Bochum | 3–4 (H) | 30 April 2022 |
* $^4$ Player scored four goals.

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Koen Casteels | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 |
| 1 | Mark Flekken | SC Freiburg | 10 |
| 1 | Manuel Neuer | Bayern Munich | 10 |
| 1 | Robin Zentner | Mainz 05 | 10 |
| 5 | Rafał Gikiewicz | FC Augsburg | 9 |
| 5 | Péter Gulácsi | RB Leipzig | 9 |
| 7 | Lukáš Hrádecký | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 |
| 7 | Oliver Baumann | 1899 Hoffenheim | 8 |
| 9 | Gregor Kobel | Borussia Dortmund | 7 |
| 9 | Manuel Riemann | VfL Bochum | 7 |

## Awards
### Monthly awards

| Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | Rookie of the Month | Rookie of the Month | Goal of the Month | Goal of the Month | Ref. |
| Month | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Ref. |
| August | Erling Haaland | Borussia Dortmund | Dominik Szoboszlai | RB Leipzig | Gerrit Holtmann | VfL Bochum | |
| September | Florian Wirtz | Bayer Leverkusen | Omar Marmoush | VfB Stuttgart | Erling Haaland | Borussia Dortmund | |
| October | Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig | Dominik Szoboszlai | RB Leipzig | Jude Bellingham | Borussia Dortmund | |
| November | Alphonso Davies | Bayern Munich | Hiroki Itō | VfB Stuttgart | Erling Haaland | Borussia Dortmund | |
| December | Patrik Schick | Bayer Leverkusen | Jesper Lindstrøm | Eintracht Frankfurt | Niklas Dorsch | FC Augsburg | |
| January | Thomas Müller | Bayern Munich | Patrick Wimmer | Arminia Bielefeld | Corentin Tolisso | Bayern Munich | |
| February | Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig | Jonas Wind | VfL Wolfsburg | Jonas Wind | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| March | Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig | Omar Marmoush | VfB Stuttgart | Kingsley Coman | Bayern Munich | |
| April | Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig | Dominik Szoboszlai | RB Leipzig | — | — | |

### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Player of the Season | Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig |
| Rookie of the Season | Jesper Lindstrøm | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Goal of the Season | Gerrit Holtmann | VfL Bochum |

### Team of the season
#### kicker

| Pos. | Player | Club |
| GK | Marvin Schwäbe | 1. FC Köln |
| DF | Christian Günter | SC Freiburg |
| DF | Nico Schlotterbeck | SC Freiburg |
| DF | Niklas Süle | Bayern Munich |
| DF | Jeremie Frimpong | Bayer Leverkusen |
| MF | Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig |
| MF | Salih Özcan | 1. FC Köln |
| MF | Jamal Musiala | Bayern Munich |
| FW | Erling Haaland | Borussia Dortmund |
| FW | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich |
| FW | Patrik Schick | Bayer Leverkusen |

#### EA Sports

| Pos. | Player | Club |
| GK | Manuel Neuer | Bayern Munich |
| DF | Alphonso Davies | Bayern Munich |
| DF | Evan Ndicka | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| DF | Nico Schlotterbeck | SC Freiburg |
| DF | David Raum | 1899 Hoffenheim |
| MF | Jude Bellingham | Borussia Dortmund |
| MF | Joshua Kimmich | Bayern Munich |
| MF | Florian Wirtz | Bayer Leverkusen |
| FW | Erling Haaland | Borussia Dortmund |
| FW | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich |
| FW | Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig |