2011–12 Bundesliga

The 2011–12 Bundesliga was the 49th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's top football league. The season started on August 5, 2011 and ended on May 5, 2012. The defending champions were Borussia Dortmund.

2011–12 Bundesliga
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Final positions
ChampionsBorussia Dortmund (5th title)
Runner-upBayern Munich
Third placeFC Schalke 04
Fourth placeBorussia Mönchengladbach
Tournament statistics
Matches played306
Goals scored875 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Huntelaar (29)
2010-11
2012-13

Teams

Locations of the 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga teams.

League table

Below are the top 5, and the lowest 5 teams in the 2011/12 season. As you can see, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Schalke 04, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen all did well in the league and were allowed to play in either the UEFA Champions League, or the UEFA Europa League.

Also, Hertha BSC went to the relegation play-off, and FC Köln and 1. FC Kaiserslautern were relegated.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Borussia Dortmund(C) 34 25 6 3 80 25 +55 81
2 Bayern Munich 34 23 4 7 77 22 +55 73
3 Schalke 04 34 20 4 10 74 44 +30 64
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 17 9 8 49 24 +25 60
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 9 10 52 44 +8 54
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 FC Augsburg 34 8 14 12 36 49 -13 38
15 Hamburger SV 34 8 12 14 35 57 -22 36
16 Hertha BSC 34 7 10 17 38 64 -26 31
17 1. FC Köln (R) 34 8 6 20 39 75 -36 30
18 1. FC Kaiserslautern (R) 34 4 11 19 24 54 -30 23

Relegation play-off

Fortuna Düsseldorf won the relegation play-off match against Hertha BSC and moved to the Fußball-Bundesliga for the 2012/13 season. Hertha BSC was sent to the 2. Bundesliga.

10 May 2012 (2012-05-10)
20:30 CEST
Hertha BSC 1–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Olympic Stadium, Berlin
Attendance: 68,041
Referee: Marco Fritz
Hubník   19' Report Bröker   64'
Ramos   71' (o.g.)

15 May 2012 (2012-05-15)
20:30 CEST
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–2 Hertha BSC Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
Beister   1'
Jovanović   59'
Report Ben-Hatira   22'
Raffael   85'

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: bundesliga.de Archived 2011-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

29 goals
26 goals
22 goals
18 goals
17 goals

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