2021–22 Bundesliga
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The 2021–22 Bundesliga was the 59th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 13 August 2021 and concluded on 14 May 2022.[1] The fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[2]
Season | 2021–22 |
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Dates | 13 August 2021 – 14 May 2022 |
Champions | Bayern Munich 31st Bundesliga title 32nd German title |
Relegated | Arminia Bielefeld SpVgg Greuther Fürth |
Champions League | Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen RB Leipzig Eintracht Frankfurt[upper-alpha 1] |
Europa League | Union Berlin SC Freiburg |
Europa Conference League | 1. FC Köln |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 954 (3.12 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Robert Lewandowski (35 goals) |
Biggest home win | Bayern Munich 7–0 Bochum |
Biggest away win | Mönchengladbach 0–6 Freiburg |
Highest scoring | Fürth 3–6 Hoffenheim |
Longest winning run | 5 games Munich |
Longest unbeaten run | 10 games Freiburg |
Longest winless run | 14 games Fürth |
Longest losing run | 12 games Fürth |
Highest attendance | 81,365 Dortmund v Leipzig |
Attendance | 6,431,246 (21,017 per match)[upper-alpha 2] |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → |
Bayern Munich were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, winning their record-extending 10th consecutive title and 32nd title overall (31st in the Bundesliga era) on 23 April with three matches to spare. Bayern also became the first ever club in Europe's top five leagues to achieve a tenth consecutive league title, the previous record being Juventus' nine consecutive titles from 2012 to 2020.
Arminia Bielefeld and Greuther Furth were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.[3]