2011–12 Bundesliga

The **2011–12 Bundesliga** was the 49th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's top football league. The season started on August 5, 2011 and ended on May 5, 2012. The defending champions were Borussia Dortmund.

## Teams

- FC Augsburg
- Bayer Leverkusen
- Bayern Munich
- Borussia Dortmund
- Borussia Mönchengladbach
- SC Freiburg
- Hamburger SV
- Hannover 96
- Hertha BSC
- 1899 Hoffenheim
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- 1. FC Köln
- 1. FSV Mainz 05
- 1. FC Nuremberg
- Schalke 04
- VfB Stuttgart
- Werder Bremen
- VfL Wolfsburg

## League table

Below are the top 5, and the lowest 5 teams in the 2011/12 season. As you can see, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Schalke 04, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen all did well in the league and were allowed to play in either the UEFA Champions League, or the UEFA Europa League.

Also, Hertha BSC went to the relegation play-off, and FC Köln and 1. FC Kaiserslautern were relegated.

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|align=left align=center|1|Borussia Dortmund|34|25|6|3|80|25|+55|**81**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|2|Bayern Munich|34|23|4|7|77|22|+55|**73**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|3|Schalke 04|34|20|4|10|74|44|+30|**64**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|4|Borussia Mönchengladbach|34|17|9|8|49|24|+25|**60**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|5|Bayer Leverkusen|34|15|9|10|52|44|+8|**54**||||||||||

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|align=left align=center|14|FC Augsburg|34|8|14|12|36|49|-13|**38**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|15|Hamburger SV|34|8|12|14|35|57|-22|**36**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|16|Hertha BSC|34|7|10|17|38|64|-26|**31**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|17|1. FC Köln|34|8|6|20|39|75|-36|**30**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|18|1. FC Kaiserslautern|34|4|11|19|24|54|-30|**23**||||||||||

## Relegation play-off

Fortuna Düsseldorf won the relegation play-off match against Hertha BSC and moved to the Fußball-Bundesliga for the 2012/13 season. Hertha BSC was sent to the 2. Bundesliga.

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### Top goalscorers

_Source: bundesliga.de _

- 29 goals
- Klaas-Jan Huntelaar _(Schalke 04)_

- 26 goals
- Mario Gómez _(Bayern Munich)_

- 22 goals
- Robert Lewandowski _(Borussia Dortmund)_

- 18 goals
- Claudio Pizarro _(Werder Bremen)_
- Lukas Podolski _(1. FC Köln)_
- Marco Reus _(Borussia Mönchengladbach)_

- 17 goals
- Martin Harnik _(VfB Stuttgart)_

## Related pages

- Fußball Bundesliga

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **country**: Germany
- **champion other**: Borussia Dortmund
- **count**: 5
- **second other**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **third other**: FC Schalke 04
- **fourth other**: Borussia Mönchengladbach
- **matches**: 306
- **goals**: 875
- **top scorer**: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Huntelaar (29)
- **prevseason**: 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga, 2010-11
- **nextseason**: 2012–13 Fußball-Bundesliga, 2012-13