Bayern Munich’s 11-season title run ended last season, but Harry Kane and Co. made sure it was a short absence away from the Bundesliga pedestal.
The Bavarians have reclaimed the top spot on the Bundesliga table in 2024-25, sealing the title from the sidelines when Bayer Leverkusen drew Freiburg on Sunday, May 4.
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And Kane again collected the Bundesliga’s top individual honor as the England forward filled up the nets for Bayern and to claim his second-consecutive Torjägerkanonen.
The race for Champions League places was also intense, and you can scroll down to learn more about who reached Europe, who missed out, and who is headed for 2.Bundesliga.
Who won the Bundesliga in 2024-25?
Bayern Munich have reclaimed their title after Bayer Leverkusen’s amazing 2023-24 run. Manager Vincent Kompany, striker Harry Kane and the Bavarians cannot be caught by Xabi Alonso’s team.
Who qualified for Europe?
It ended up looking pretty familiar despite dicey early- and midseasons for Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt, leading to a frantic final day in Germany.
Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, and Borussia Dortmund will go to the Champions League.
Freiburg is headed for the Europa League, and will be joined by the winner of the German Cup Final between Stuttgart and 2.Bundesliga side Arminia Bielefeld.
Mainz qualified for the Conference League.
RB Leipzig was remarkably shut out of Europe for the first time since 2017.
Who will be relegated from the Bundesliga?
Bochum and Holstein Kiel were relegated as the 17th- and 18th-place teams on the table, while 16th-place Heidenheim will be forced to contest the promotion/relegation playoff with the third-place team in 2.Bundesliga. That will be either Koln, Elversberg, Paderborn, Fortuna Dusseldorf, or Kaiserslautern as all five teams could finish third. Hamburger SV was promoted as 2.Bundesliga champions.
Are there any American players in Bundesliga?
Quite a few!
Joe Scally (above) is an every-game starter for Borussia Monchengladbach, while James Sands was having a great early start to his FC St Pauli career before suffering an ankle injury. Giovanni Reyna continues his stop-start recent history with Borussia Dortmund.
Lennard Maloney (Mainz by way of Heidenheim) and Jordan Pefok (Union Berlin) have featured plenty for their clubs while Noahkai Banks (Augsburg), Timmy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt), John Tolkin (Holstein Kiel), and young Cole Campbell (Dortmund) have all made appearances in the league this season.
Bundesliga goals leaders — Who won the Torjägerkanonen?
Here’s the state of play as the entire Bundesliga looks to chase down Harry Kane, who won last season’s Torjägerkanonen with 36 goals.
- Harry Kane, Bayern Munich — 26
- Patrik Schick, Bayer Leverkusen — 21
- Serhou Guirassy, Borussia Dortmund — 21
- Jonathan Burkardt, Mainz — 18
- Tim Kleindienst, Borussia Monchengladbach — 16
- Omar Marmoush, Eintracht Frankfurt* — 15
- Hugo Ekitike, Eintracht Frankfurt — 15
- Ermedin Demirovic, Stuttgart — 15
- Benjamin Sesko, RB Leipzig — 13
- Jamal Musiala, Bayern Munich — 12
- Michael Olise, Bayern Munich — 12
- Nick Woltemade, Stuttgart — 12
- Andrej Kramaric, Hoffenheum — 11
- Alassane Plea, Borussia Monchengladbach — 11
- Leroy Sane, Bayern Munich — 11
- Shuto Machino, Holstein Kiel — 11
- Mohamed Amoura, Wolfsburg — 10
- Florian Wirtz, Bayer Leverkusen — 10
- Jens Stage, Werder Bremen — 10
- Paul Nebel, Mainz — 10
- Xavi Simons, RB Leipzig — 10
- Ritsu Doan, Freiburg — 10
*Marmoush transfered to Manchester City in January.
Bundesliga table - Latest standings from 2024-25 season
*Qualified for Champions League
**Qualified for Europa League
***Qualified for Conference League
- Bayern Munich* — 82 points, +67 GD — CHAMPIONS — May 4
- Bayer Leverkusen* — 69 points, +29 GD
- Eintracht Frankfurt* — 60 points, +22 GD
- Borussia Dortmund* — 57 points, +20 GD
- Freiburg** — 55 points, -4 GD
- Mainz*** — 52 points, +12 GD
- RB Leipzig — 51 points, +5 GD
- Werder Bremen — 51 points, -3 GD
- Stuttgart — 50 points, +11 GD
- Borussia Monchengladbach — 45 points, -2 GD
- Wolfsburg — 43 points, +2 GD
- Augsburg — 43 points, -16 GD
- Union Berlin — 40 points, -16 GD
- St Pauli — 32 points, -13 GD
- Hoffenheim — 32 points, -22 GD
- Heidenheim — 29 points, -27 GD — PRO/REL PLAYOFF
- Holstein Kiel — 25 points, - 31 GD — RELEGATED
- Bochum — 25 points, -34 GD — RELEGATED
