2011–12 Bundesliga
| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
Borussia Dortmund 5th Bundesliga title 8th German title |
| Relegated |
Hertha BSC (via play-off) 1. FC Köln 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| Champions League |
Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich Schalke 04 Bor. Mönchengladbach |
| Europa League |
Bayer Leverkusen VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96 |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 875 (2.86 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (29 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Bayern Munich 7–0 Freiburg |
| Biggest away win | Hertha BSC 0–6 Bayern Munich |
| Highest scoring |
Werder Bremen 5–3 Freiburg Bayern Munich 7–1 Hoffenheim B. Dortmund 4–4 VfB Stuttgart |
| Longest winning run | 8 matches Borussia Dortmund |
| Longest unbeaten run | 28 matches by Borussia Dortmund |
| Longest winless run | 21 matches by 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches by Hertha BSC 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| Average attendance | 45,116 |
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The 2011–12 Bundesliga was the 49th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on 5 August 2011 with the opening match involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and ended with the last games on 5 May 2012. The traditional winter break was held between the weekends around 17 December 2011 and 20 January 2012.
The league comprised eighteen teams: The best fifteen teams of the 2010–11 season, the best two teams from the 2010–11 2nd Bundesliga and the winners of the relegation play-off between the 16th-placed Bundesliga team and the third-placed 2nd Bundesliga team.
Since Germany climbed from fourth to third place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season, the league gained an additional group stage berth for the UEFA Champions League.
The league comprised eighteen teams: Eintracht Frankfurt and FC St. Pauli were directly relegated after finishing the 2010–11 season in the bottom two places. Frankfurt ended a six-year tenure in the Bundesliga, while St. Pauli only made a cameo one-year appearance in the top flight and directly returned to the second level.
The relegated teams were replaced by Hertha BSC, champions of the 2010–11 2. Bundesliga, and runners-up FC Augsburg. The Bavarian side made their debut at the highest level of football in Germany, while Hertha directly returned to the Bundesliga after just one year at the second tier.
A further place in the league was decided through a two-legged play-off between Borussia Mönchengladbach, the 16th-placed team of the 2010–11 Bundesliga, and VfL Bochum, the 3rd-placed 2nd Bundesliga team. Mönchengladbach won the series 2–1 on aggregate and therefore retained its Bundesliga spot.
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