
Bundesliga 2021–22 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, the reigning champions, successfully defended their title, securing their 10th consecutive championship and 32nd overall (31st in the Bundesliga era) on April 23rd, with three matches remaining. This achievement made Bayern the first club in Europe’s top five leagues to win ten consecutive league titles, surpassing the previous record of nine consecutive titles held by Juventus from 2012 to 2020.
Arminia Bielefeld and Greuther Furth were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.
Champions: Bayern Munich (31st title)
Top Goal Scorer: Robert Lewandowski (
Bayern Munich), 35 goal
Player of the Season: Christopher Nkunku (
RB Leipzig)
Rookie of the Season: Jesper Lindstrøm (
Eintracht Frankfurt)
Goal of the Season: Gerrit Holtmann (
VfL Bochum)
Bundesliga Season 2021–22 Point Table
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Point Qualification | Relegation
1 Bayern Munich
34 24 5 5 97 37 +60 77 Qualify to UCL
2 Borussia Dortmund
34 22 3 9 85 52 +33 69 Qualify to UCL
3 Bayer Leverkusen
34 19 7 8 80 47 +33 64 Qualify to UCL
4 RB Leipzig
34 17 7 10 72 37 +35 58 Qualify to UCL
5 Union Berlin
34 16 9 9 50 44 +6 57 Qualify to Europa League
6 SC Freiburg
34 15 10 9 58 46 +12 55 Qualify to Europa League
7 1. FC Köln
34 14 10 10 52 49 +3 52 Qualify to Conference League
8 Mainz 05
34 13 7 14 50 45 +5 46
9 TSG 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 Qualify to UCL
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
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 Relegated to 2. Bundesliga
18 Greuther Fürth (R)
34 3 9 22 28 82 −54 18 Relegated to 2. Bundesliga
Note A: 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.
Note B: Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the UEFA Europa League.
Team Promoted from 2020–21 2.Bundesliga
VfL Bochum
Greuther Fürth
Team Relegated from 2020–21 Bundesliga
Werder Bremen
Schalke 04
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.
Team 1 | Aggregate | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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0 – 1 | 2 – 0 |
Top Goal Scorer List
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
5 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
10 Max Kruse
Union Berlin
VfL Wolfsburg
12
Most Assist Provider List
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Thomas Müller
Bayern Munich
18
2 Christopher Nkunku
RB Leipzig
13
3 Marco Reus
Borussia Dortmund
12
4 Moussa Diaby
Bayer Leverkusen
12
5 David Raum
TSG Hoffenheim
11
6 Joshua Kimmich
Bayern Munich
11
Most Clean Sheets
Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1 Koen Casteels
VfL Wolfsburg
10
2 Mark Flekken
SC Freiburg
10
3 Manuel Neuer
Bayern Munich
10
4 Robin Zentner
Mainz 05
10
5 Rafał Gikiewicz
FC Augsburg
9
6 Péter Gulácsi
RB Leipzig
9
7 Lukáš Hrádecký
Bayer Leverkusen
8
8 Oliver Baumann
TSG Hoffenheim
8
9 Gregor Kobel
Borussia Dortmund
7
10 Manuel Riemann
VfL Bochum
7
Bundesliga 2021–22 Team of the Season (kicker)
Position Player Club
Goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe
1. FC Köln
Defender Christian Günter
SC Freiburg
Defender Nico Schlotterbeck
SC Freiburg
Defender Niklas Süle
Bayern Munich
Defender Jeremie Frimpong
Bayer Leverkusen
Midfielder Christopher Nkunku
RB Leipzig
Midfielder Salih Özcan
1. FC Köln
Midfielder Jamal Musiala
Bayern Munich
Forward Erling Haaland
Borussia Dortmund
Forward Robert Lewandowski
Bayern Munich
Forward Patrik Schick
Bayer Leverkusen
Bundesliga 2021–22 Team of the Season (EA Sports)
Position Player Club
Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer
Bayern Munich
Defender Alphonso Davies
Bayern Munich
Defender Evan Ndicka
Eintracht Frankfurt
Defender Nico Schlotterbeck
SC Freiburg
Defender David Raum
TSG Hoffenheim
Midfielder Jude Bellingham
Borussia Dortmund
Midfielder Joshua Kimmich
Bayern Munich
Midfielder Florian Wirtz
Bayer Leverkusen
Forward Erling Haaland
Borussia Dortmund
Forward Robert Lewandowski
Bayern Munich
Forward Christopher Nkunku
RB Leipzig
Bundesliga Season 2021–22 Team information and Sponsor
Team Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer
FC Augsburg
Markus Weinzierl
Jeffrey Gouweleeuw
Nike
Hertha BSC
Felix Magath
Dedryck Boyata
Nike
Union Berlin
Urs Fischer
Christopher Trimmel
Adidas
Arminia Bielefeld
Marco Kostmann
Fabian Klos/Manuel Prietl
Macron
VfL Bochum
Thomas Reis
Anthony Losilla
Nike
Borussia Dortmund
Marco Rose
Marco Reus
Puma
Eintracht Frankfurt
Oliver Glasner
Sebastian Rode
Nike
SC Freiburg
Christian Streich
Christian Günter
Nike
Greuther Fürth
Stefan Leitl
Branimir Hrgota
Puma
TSG Hoffenheim
Sebastian Hoeneß
Benjamin Hübner
Joma
1. FC Köln
Steffen Baumgart
Jonas Hector
Uhlsport
RB Leipzig
Domenico Tedesco
Péter Gulácsi
Nike
Bayer Leverkusen
Gerardo Seoane
Lukáš Hrádecký
Jako
Mainz 05
Bo Svensson
Moussa Niakhaté
Kappa
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Adi Hütter
Lars Stindl
Puma
Bayern Munich
Julian Nagelsmann
Manuel Neuer
Adidas
VfB Stuttgart
Pellegrino Matarazzo
Wataru Endo
Jako
VfL Wolfsburg
Florian Kohfeldt
Koen Casteels
Nike
Note:
Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, each local health department allowed a different number of spectators.