List of clubs in the Bundesliga

Main article: Bundesliga

This is a list of clubs in the Bundesliga. It records all 57 clubs who played in the 61 seasons of the Bundesliga since its introduction in 1963. The placings section is split in two periods, before and after the German reunification, which took place during the league's 1990–91 season, in October 1990. For the following season, clubs from former East Germany joined the league.

List of clubs

The list of clubs of the Bundesliga from its inception to the present season, sorted by the number of seasons a club played in the league.

As of 2023–24 season (61 seasons total).^[1][2]

Club	Sea- sons	Cons. seas.	First season	Last season	Best result	Titles	Seasons won	Curr. level
FC Bayern Munich	59	59	1965–66	Present	1st	32	32 seasons won^[a]	I
SV Werder Bremen	59	2	1963–64	Present	1st	4	1964–65, 1987–88, 1992–93, 2003–04	I
Borussia Dortmund	57	48	1963–64	Present	1st	5	1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2011–12	I
VfB Stuttgart	57	4	1963–64	Present	1st	3	1983–84, 1991–92, 2006–07	I
Borussia Mönchengladbach	56	16	1965–66	Present	1st	5	1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77	I
Eintracht Frankfurt	55	11	1963–64	Present	3rd	—	—	I
Hamburger SV	55	–	1963–64	2017–18	1st	3	1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83	II
FC Schalke 04	54	–	1963–64	2022–23	2nd	—	—	II
1. FC Köln	52	5	1963–64	Present	1st	2	1963–64, 1977–78	I
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	45	45	1979–80	Present	1st	1	2023–24	I
1. FC Kaiserslautern	44	–	1963–64	2011–12	1st	2	1990–91, 1997–98	II
Hertha BSC	40	–	1963–64	2022–23	2nd	—	—	II
VfL Bochum	37	3	1971–72	Present	5th	—	—	I
1. FC Nürnberg	33	–	1963–64	2018–19	1st	1	1967–68	II
Hannover 96	30	–	1964–65	2018–19	4th	—	—	II
MSV Duisburg	28	–	1963–64	2007–08	2nd	—	—	III
VfL Wolfsburg	27	27	1997–98	Present	1st	1	2008–09	I
Fortuna Düsseldorf	25	–	1966–67	2019–20	3rd	—	—	II
SC Freiburg	24	8	1993–94	Present	3rd	—	—	I
Karlsruher SC	24	–	1963–64	2008–09	6th	—	—	II
Eintracht Braunschweig	21	–	1963–64	2013–14	1st	1	1966–67	II
TSV 1860 München	20	–	1963–64	2003–04	1st	1	1965–66	III
Arminia Bielefeld	19	–	1970–71	2021–22	8th	—	—	III
1. FSV Mainz 05	18	15	2004–05	Present	5th	—	—	I
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	16	16	2008–09	Present	3rd	—	—	I
KFC Uerdingen 05	14	–	1975–76	1995–96	3rd	—	—	V
FC Augsburg	13	13	2011–12	Present	5th	—	—	I
FC Hansa Rostock	12	–	1991–92	2007–08	6th	—	—	II
RB Leipzig	8	8	2016–17	Present	2nd	—	—	I
FC St. Pauli	8	–	1977–78	2010–11	10th	—	—	II
SV Waldhof Mannheim	7	–	1983–84	1989–90	6th	—	—	III
Kickers Offenbach	7	–	1968–69	1983–84	7th	—	—	IV
Rot-Weiss Essen	7	–	1966–67	1976–77	8th	—	—	III
FC Energie Cottbus	6	–	2000–01	2008–09	13th	—	—	IV
1. FC Union Berlin	5	5	2019–20	Present	4th	—	—	I
SV Darmstadt 98	5	1	1978–79	Present	14th	—	—	I
1. FC Saarbrücken	5	–	1963–64	1992–93	14th	—	—	III
Alemannia Aachen	4	–	1967–68	2006–07	2nd	—	—	IV
Dynamo Dresden	4	–	1991–92	1994–95	13th	—	—	III
SG Wattenscheid 09	4	–	1990–91	1993–94	11th	—	—	V
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	4	–	1969–70	1972–73	14th	—	—	IV
FC 08 Homburg	3	–	1986–87	1989–90	16th	—	—	IV
Wuppertaler SV	3	–	1972–73	1974–75	4th	—	—	IV
Borussia Neunkirchen	3	–	1964–65	1967–68	10th	—	—	VI
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2	–	2012–13	2021–22	18th	—	—	II
SC Paderborn 07	2	–	2014–15	2019–20	18th	—	—	II
FC Ingolstadt 04	2	–	2015–16	2016–17	11th	—	—	III
SpVgg Unterhaching	2	–	1999–2000	2000–01	10th	—	—	III
Stuttgarter Kickers	2	–	1988–89	1991–92	17th	—	—	IV
Tennis Borussia Berlin	2	–	1974–75	1976–77	17th	—	—	V
1. FC Heidenheim	1	1	2023–24	Present	—	—	—	I
SSV Ulm 1846	1	–	1999–2000	1999–2000	16th	—	—	III
VfB Leipzig^[b]	1	–	1993–94	1993–94	18th	—	—	IV
Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin^[c]	1	–	1986–87	1986–87	18th	—	—	V
SC Fortuna Köln	1	–	1973–74	1973–74	17th	—	—	IV
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin^[d]	1	–	1965–66	1965–66	18th	—	—	V
SC Preußen Münster	1	–	1963–64	1963–64	16th	—	—	III

1. Seasons Bayern Munich won the title: 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
2. Club became defunct, but was re-founded as 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig.
3. Club became defunct, but was re-founded as SpVg Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin.
4. Club became defunct, but was re-founded as SV Tasmania Berlin.

Key

Club	Name of club
Seasons	Number of seasons in league
Cons. seas.	Number of consecutive seasons in league
First season	First season in league
Last season	Last season in league
Best result	Best result in league
Titles	Number of league titles won
Seasons won	Seasons league titles were won in
Curr. level	Current level (2023–24) in German league system

Placings

Placings from 1963 to 1991

The placings in the Bundesliga from its interception to the last season before the German reunion:^[3][4]

Club	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91
1. FC Kaiserslautern	12	13	15	5	16	15	10	8	7	9	6	13	7	13	8	3	3	4	4	6	12	11	11	7	14	9	12	1
FC Bayern Munich			3	6	5	1	2	2	1	1	1	10	3	7	12	4	1	1	3	4	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
SV Werder Bremen	10	1	4	16	2	9	11	10	11	11	11	15	13	11	15	11	17		5	2	5	2	2	5	1	3	7	3
Eintracht Frankfurt	3	8	7	4	6	8	8	15	5	8	4	3	9	4	7	5	9	5	8	10	16	12	15	15	9	16	3	4
Hamburger SV	6	11	9	14	13	6	6	5	10	14	12	4	2	6	10	1	2	2	1	1	2	5	7	2	6	4	11	5
VfB Stuttgart	5	12	11	12	8	5	7	12	8	6	9	16			4	2	3	3	9	3	1	10	5	12	4	5	6	6
1. FC Köln	1	2	5	7	4	13	4	11	4	2	5	5	4	5	1	6	5	8	2	5	6	3	13	10	3	2	2	7
Bayer 04 Leverkusen																	12	11	16	11	7	13	6	6	8	8	5	8
Borussia Mönchengladbach			13	8	3	3	1	1	3	5	2	1	1	1	2	10	7	6	7	12	3	4	4	3	7	6	15	9
Borussia Dortmund	4	3	2	3	14	16	5	13	17					8	11	12	6	7	6	7	13	14	16	4	13	7	4	10
SG Wattenscheid 09																												11
Fortuna Düsseldorf				17					13	3	3	6	12	12	5	7	11	13	15	9	14	15	14	17			9	12
Karlsruher SC	13	15	16	13	18								15	16				10	14	17		17			15	11	10	13
VfL Bochum									9	12	14	11	14	15	14	8	10	9	10	13	15	9	9	11	12	15	16	14
1. FC Nürnberg	9	6	6	10	1	17										17		14	13	14	18		12	9	5	14	8	15
FC St. Pauli															18											10	13	16
KFC Uerdingen 05													18				15	18			10	7	3	8	11	13	14	17
Hertha BSC	14	14				14	3	3	6	13	8	2	11	10	3	14	16			18								18
SV Waldhof Mannheim																					11	6	8	14	16	12	17
FC 08 Homburg																								16	17		18
Stuttgarter Kickers																										17
Hannover 96		5	12	9	10	11	13	9	16	16	18		16										18		10	18
FC Schalke 04	8	16	14	15	15	7	9	6	2	15	7	7	6	2	9	15	8	17		16		8	10	13	18
Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin																								18
1. FC Saarbrücken	16													14	17								17
Arminia Bielefeld								14	18							16		15	12	8	8	16
Eintracht Braunschweig	11	9	10	1	9	4	16	4	12	17		9	5	3	13	9	18		11	15	9	18
Kickers Offenbach						18		17		7	10	8	17								17
SV Darmstadt 98																18			17
MSV Duisburg	2	7	8	11	7	12	15	7	14	10	15	14	10	9	6	13	14	12	18
TSV 1860 München	7	4	1	2	12	10	17								16		13	16
Tennis Borussia Berlin												17		17
Rot-Weiss Essen				18			12	18			13	12	8	18
Wuppertaler SV										4	16	18
SC Fortuna Köln											17
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen							14	16	15	18
Alemannia Aachen					11	2	18
Borussia Neunkirchen		10	17		17
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin			18
SC Preußen Münster	15

Placings from 1991 to the present season

The placings in the Bundesliga from the German reunion to the present season:^[4]

Club	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
FC Bayern Munich	10	2	1	6	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Borussia Dortmund	2	4	4	1	1	3	10	4	11	3	1	3	6	7	7	9	13	6	5	1	1	2	2	7	2	3	4	2	2	3	2	2
RB Leipzig																										2	6	3	3	2	4	3
1. FC Union Berlin																													11	7	5	4
SC Freiburg			15	3	11	17		12	12	6	16		13	18					14	9	12	5	14	17		7	15	13	8	10	6	5
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	6	5	3	7	14	2	3	2	2	4	2	15	3	6	5	5	7	9	4	2	5	3	4	4	3	12	5	4	5	6	3	6
Eintracht Frankfurt	3	3	5	9	17			15	14	17			16		14	14	9	13	10	17		6	13	9	16	11	8	7	9	5	11	7
VfL Wolfsburg							14	6	7	9	10	8	10	9	15	15	5	1	8	15	8	11	5	2	8	16	16	6	7	4	12	8
1. FSV Mainz 05														11	11	16			9	5	13	13	7	11	6	15	14	12	13	12	8	9
Borussia Mönchengladbach	13	9	10	5	4	11	15	18			12	12	11	15	10	18		15	12	16	4	8	6	3	4	9	9	5	4	8	10	10
1. FC Köln	4	12	11	10	12	10	17			10	17		18		17			12	13	10	17			12	9	5	18		14	16	7	11
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim																		7	11	11	11	16	9	8	15	4	3	9	6	11	9	12
SV Werder Bremen	9	1	8	2	9	8	7	13	9	7	6	6	1	3	2	3	2	10	3	13	9	14	12	10	13	8	11	8	16	17		13
VfL Bochum	15	16		16		5	12	17		18		9	5	16		8	12	14	17												13	14
FC Augsburg																					14	15	8	5	12	13	12	15	15	13	14	15
VfB Stuttgart	1	7	7	12	10	4	4	11	8	15	8	2	4	5	9	1	6	3	6	12	6	12	15	14	17		7	16		9	15	16
FC Schalke 04	11	10	14	11	3	12	5	10	13	2	5	7	7	2	4	2	3	8	2	14	3	4	3	6	5	10	2	14	12	18		17
Hertha BSC							11	3	6	5	4	5	12	4	6	10	10	4	18		16		11	15	7	6	10	11	10	14	16	18
Arminia Bielefeld						14	18		17			16		13	13	12	15	18												15	17
SpVgg Greuther Fürth																						18									18
Fortuna Düsseldorf	20				13	16																17						10	17
SC Paderborn 07																								18					18
Hannover 96												11	14	10	12	11	8	11	15	4	7	9	10	13	18		13	17
1. FC Nürnberg	7	14	16					16			15	17		14	8	6	16		16	6	10	10	17					18
Hamburger SV	12	11	12	13	5	13	9	7	3	13	11	4	8	8	3	7	4	5	7	8	15	7	16	16	10	14	17
FC Ingolstadt 04																									11	17
SV Darmstadt 98																									14	18
Eintracht Braunschweig																							18
1. FC Kaiserslautern	5	8	2	4	16		1	5	5	8	7	14	15	12	16					7	18
FC St. Pauli					15	18					18									18
FC Energie Cottbus										14	13	18				13	14	16
Karlsruher SC	8	6	6	8	7	6	16										11	17
FC Hansa Rostock	18				6	15	6	14	15	12	14	13	9	17			17
MSV Duisburg	19		9	17		9	8	8	18						18		18
Alemannia Aachen																17
TSV 1860 München				14	8	7	13	9	4	11	9	10	17
SpVgg Unterhaching									10	16
SSV Ulm 1846									16
KFC Uerdingen 05		17		15	18
Dynamo Dresden	14	15	13	18
SG Wattenscheid 09	16	13	17
VfB Leipzig			18
1. FC Saarbrücken		18
Stuttgarter Kickers	17

Key for placings

German Champions

German Cup winner

German Champions and Cup winner

Relegated

Relegated and Cup winner

• The two digit year is the year in which the season finishes.

References

1. "Die Ewige Tabelle". Fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 16 August 2012.
2. "Bundesliga – All-time league table". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
3. 30 Jahre Bundesliga (in German) 30th Anniversary special, publisher: kicker Sportmagazin, published: 1993
4. "Bundesliga football seasons". resultsfromfootball.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011.

External links

• Official website  
• DFB – Deutscher Fußball Bund (German Football Association) (in German)