2018–19 Bundesliga

The **2018–19 Bundesliga** was the 56th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's top football league. The season started on 24 August 2018 and ended on 18 May 2019. The defending champions were Bayern Munich. The champion was not decided until the last matchday, making this the first time since 2009 when this happened. FC Bayern Munich won the tournament the 7th time in a row, with a 2-point lead.

## League table

Below is the table for the 2018–19 Fußball-Bundesliga season. Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig and Bayer 04 Leverkusen directly qualified for the UEFA Champions League, while Hannover 96 and 1. FC Nuremberg were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.

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|align=left align=center|1|Bayern Munich (C, DFB, UCL)|34|24|6|4|88|32|+56|**78**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|2|Borussia Dortmund (UCL)|34|23|7|4|81|44|+37|**76**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|3|RB Leipzig (UCL)|34|19|9|6|63|29|+34|**66**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|4|Bayer 04 Leverkusen (UCL)|34|18|4|12|69|52|+17|**58**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|5|Borussia Mönchengladbach (UEL)|34|16|7|11|55|42|+1|**55**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|6|VfL Wolfsburg (UEL)|34|16|7|11|62|50|+12|**55**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|7|Eintracht Frankfurt (UEL)|34|15|9|10|60|48|+12|**54**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|8|Werder Bremen|34|14|11|9|58|49|+9|**53**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|9|1899 Hoffenheim|34|13|12|9|70|52|+18|**51**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|10|Fortuna Düsseldorf|34|13|5|16|49|65|−16|**44**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|11|Hertha BSC|34|11|10|13|49|57|–8|**43**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|12|1. FSV Mainz 05|34|12|7|15|45|57|–12|**43**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|13|SC Freiburg|34|8|12|14|46|61|–15|**36**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|14|FC Schalke 04|34|8|9|17|37|55|–18|**33**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|15|FC Augsburg|34|8|8|18|51|71|–20|**32**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|16|VfB Stuttgart (R)|34|7|7|20|32|70|–38|**28**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|17|Hannover 96 (R)|34|5|6|23|31|71|–40|**21**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|18|1. FC Nuremberg (R)|34|3|10|21|26|68|–42|**19**||||||||||

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|colspan="2"|_At the end of 2017-18 season:_|
|(C)|**2018–19 Fußball-Bundesliga** Winner: FC Bayern Munich|
|(DFB)|2018-19 DFB-Pokal Winner: FC Bayern Munich|
|(UCL)|Teams Qualified For The 2019-20 UEFA Champions League: FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Bayer 04 Leverkusun|
|(UEL)|Teams Qualified For The 2019-20 UEFA Europa League: Borussia Mönchengladbach, VfL Wolfsburg, Eintracht Frankfurt|
|(R)|Relegated To 2019-20 2. Bundesliga: VfB Stuttgart (via Play-Offs), Hannover 96, 1. FC Nürnberg|

## Infobox (international football competition)

- **country**: Germany
- **champion other**: FC Bayern Munich
- **count**: 29
- **second other**: Borussia Dortmund
- **third other**: RB Leipzig
- **fourth other**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen
- **matches**: 306
- **goals**: 973
- **top scorer**: Robert Lewandowski
(22 goals)
- **prevseason**: 2017–18 Fußball-Bundesliga, 2017-18
- **nextseason**: 2019–20 Fußball-Bundesliga, 2019-20