The Bundesliga is the top-division league in German football. First played in 1063, the league replaced the German national championship, which was the first tournament in German football history.
The Bundesliga started out as a 16-team tournament but would soon expand to 18 teams from 1965. In a one-off event, the league played the 1991-92 season with 20 teams following the reunification but would return to its 18-side format in the following campaign.
Fifty-eight clubs have competed in the Bundesliga since its founding.
There have been 12 different winners of the Bundesliga since its inception in 1963.
Bayern Munich has won 33 of 62 titles, as well as eleven consecutive seasons between 2013 and 2023,
The Bavarians won their maiden title in the 1968-69 season, with an eight-point cushion and legendary forward Gerd Muller contributing 30 goals.
The German Giants recently claimed the Bundesliga 2024-25 title.
Clubs With Most Bundesliga Titles
| Club | No.of titles | Seasons |
| Bayern Munich | 33 | 1968/69, 1971/72, 1972/73, 1973/74, 1979/80, 1980/81, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1993/94, 1996/97, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2024/25 |
| FC Nurnberg | 1 | 1967/68 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 5 | 1994/95, 1995/96, 2001/02, 2010/11, 2011/12 |
| Schalke 04 | 0 | — |
| Hamburger SV | 3 | 1978/79, 1981/82, 1982/83 |
| Stuttgart | 3 | 1983/84, 1991/92, 2006/07 |
| Gladbach | 5 | 1969/70, 1970/71, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77 |
| Werder Bremen | 4 | 1964/65, 1987/88, 1992/93, 2003/04 |
| FC Kaiserslautern | 2 | 1990/91, 1997/98 |
| FC Koln | 2 | 1963/64, 1977/78 |
| Lokomotiv Leipzig | 0 | — |
| Greuther Furth | 0 | — |
| Hertha BSC | 0 | — |
| Viktoria 1889 Berlin | 0 | — |
| Dresdner SC | 0 | — |
| Hannover 96 | 0 | — |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 1 | 2023/24 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1 | 2008/09 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 1 | 1966/67 |
| 1860 Munich | 1 | 1965/66 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | — |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 0 | — |
| VfR Mannheim | 0 | — |
| Fortuna Dusseldorf | 0 | — |
| Holstein Kiel | 0 | — |
| Karlsruher FV | 0 | — |
| Karlsruher SC | 0 | — |
| Freiburger FC | 0 | — |
| SpVg Blau-Weiss 90 Berlin | 0 | — |
| Rapid Wien* | 0 | — |
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Bundesliga All Times Winners
| Season | Champions | Runners-Up | Third Place |
| 1963/64 | FC Koln | Meidericher SV | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 1964/65 | Werder Bremen | FC Koln | Borussia Dortmund |
| 1965/66 | 1860 Munich | Borussia Dortmund | Bayern Munich |
| 1966/67 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1860 Munich | Borussia Dortmund |
| 1967/68 | Nuremberg | Werder Bremen | Borussia Monchengladbach |
| 1968/69 | Bayern Munich | Alemannia Aachen | Borussia Monchengladbach |
| 1969/70 | Borussia Monchengladbach | Bayern Munich | Hertha BSC |
| 1970/71 | Borussia Monchengladbach | Bayern Munich | Hertha BSC |
| 1971/72 | Bayern Munich | Schalke | Borussia Monchengladbach |
| 1972/73 | Bayern Munich | FC Koln | Fortuna Dusseldorf |
| 1973/74 | Bayern Munich | Borussia Monchengladbach | Fortuna Dusseldorf |
| 1974/75 | Borussia Monchengladbach | Hertha BSC | Hamburg |
| 1975/76 | Borussia Monchengladbach | Hamburg | Bayern Munich |
| 1976/77 | Borussia Monchengladbach | Schalke | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| 1977/78 | FC Koln | Borussia Monchengladbach | Hertha BSC |
| 1978/79 | Hamburg | Stuttgart | Kaiserslautern |
| 1979/80 | Bayern Munich | Hamburg | Stuttgart |
| 1980/81 | Bayern Munich | Hamburg | Stuttgart |
| 1981/82 | Hamburg | FC Koln | Bayern Munich |
| 1982/83 | Hamburg | Werder Bremen | Stuttgart |
| 1983/84 | Stuttgart | Hamburg | Borussia Monchengladbach |
| 1984/85 | Bayern Munich | Werder Bremen | FC Koln |
| 1985/86 | Bayern Munich | Werder Bremen | Bayer Uerdingen |
| 1986/87 | Bayern Munich | Werder Bremen | Hamburg |
| 1987/88 | Werder Bremen | Bayern Munich | FC Koln |
| 1988/89 | Bayern Munich | FC Koln | Werder Bremen |
| 1989/90 | Bayern Munich | FC Koln | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 1990/91 | Kaiserslautern | Bayern Munich | Werder Bremen |
| 1991/92 | Stuttgart | Borussia Dortmund | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 1992/93 | Werder Bremen | Bayern Munich | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 1993/94 | Bayern Munich | Kaiserslautern | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 1994/95 | Borussia Dortmund | Werder Bremen | Freiburg |
| 1995/96 | Borussia Dortmund | Bayern Munich | Schalke |
| 1996/97 | Bayern Munich | Bayer Leverkusen | Borussia Dortmund |
| 1997/98 | Kaiserslautern | Bayern Munich | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 1998/99 | Bayern Munich | Bayer Leverkusen | Hertha BSC |
| 1999/00 | Bayern Munich | Bayer Leverkusen | Hamburg |
| 2000/01 | Bayern Munich | Schalke | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2001/02 | Borussia Dortmund | Bayer Leverkusen | Bayern Munich |
| 2002/03 | Bayern Munich | Stuttgart | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2003/04 | Werder Bremen | Bayern Munich | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 2004/05 | Bayern Munich | Schalke | Werder Bremen |
| 2005/06 | Bayern Munich | Werder Bremen | Hamburg |
| 2006/07 | Stuttgart | Schalke | Werder Bremen |
| 2007/08 | Bayern Munich | Werder Bremen | Schalke |
| 2008/09 | Wolfsburg | Bayern Munich | Stuttgart |
| 2009/10 | Bayern Munich | Schalke | Werder Bremen |
| 2010/11 | Borussia Dortmund | Bayer Leverkusen | Bayern Munich |
| 2011/12 | Borussia Dortmund | Bayern Munich | Schalke |
| 2012/13 | Bayern Munich | Borussia Dortmund | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 2013/14 | Bayern Munich | Borussia Dortmund | Schalke |
| 2014/15 | Bayern Munich | Wolfsburg | Borussia Monchengladbach |
| 2015/16 | Bayern Munich | Borussia Dortmund | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 2016/17 | Bayern Munich | RB Leipzig | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2017/18 | Bayern Munich | Schalke | Hoffenheim |
| 2018/19 | Bayern Munich | Borussia Dortmund | RB Leipzig |
| 2019/20 | Bayern Munich | Borussia Dortmund | RP Leipzig |
| 2020/21 | Bayern Munich | RB Leipzig | Borussia Dortmund |
| 2021/22 | Bayern Munich | Borussia Dortmund | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 2022/23 | Bayern Munich | Borussia Dortmund | RB Leipzig |
| 2023/24 | Bayer Leverkusen | Stuttgart | Bayern Munich |
| 2024/25 | Bayern Munich | Bayer Leverkusen | Eintracht Frankfurt |
