List of clubs in the Bundesliga


This is a list of clubs in the Bundesliga. It records all 56 clubs who played in the 57 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.
ClubSea-
sons		First
season		Last
season		Best
result		TitlesSeasons won
SV Werder Bremen57401963–64Present1st41964–65, 1987–88, 1992–93, 2003–04I
FC Bayern Munich56561965–66Present1st2929 seasons wonI
Hamburger SV55–1963–642017–181st31979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83II
Borussia Dortmund54451963–64Present1st51994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2011–12I
VfB Stuttgart5411963–64Present1st31983–84, 1991–92, 2006–07I
FC Schalke 0453301963–64Present2nd——I
Borussia Mönchengladbach53131965–66Present1st51969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77I
Eintracht Frankfurt5281963–64Present3rd——I
1. FC Köln4921963–64Present1st21963–64, 1977–78I
1. FC Kaiserslautern44–1963–642011–121st21990–91, 1997–98III
Bayer 04 Leverkusen42421979–80Present2nd——I
Hertha BSC3881963–64Present2nd——I
VfL Bochum34–1971–722009–105th——II
1. FC Nürnberg33–1963–642018–191st11967–68II
Hannover 9630–1964–652018–194th——II
MSV Duisburg28–1963–642007–082nd——III
Fortuna Düsseldorf25–1966–672019–203rd——II
Karlsruher SC24–1963–642008–096th——II
VfL Wolfsburg24241997–98Present1st12008–09I
SC Freiburg2151993–94Present3rd——I
Eintracht Braunschweig21–1963–642013–141st11966–67II
TSV 1860 München20–1963–642003–041st11965–66III
Arminia Bielefeld1811970–71Present8th——I
1. FSV Mainz 0515122004–05Present5th——I
KFC Uerdingen 0514–1975–761995–963rd——III
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim13132008–09Present3rd——I
F.C. Hansa Rostock12–1991–922007–086th——III
FC Augsburg10102011–12Present5th——I
FC St. Pauli8–1977–782010–1110th——II
SV Waldhof Mannheim7–1983–841989–906th——III
Kickers Offenbach7–1968–691983–847th——IV
Rot-Weiss Essen7–1966–671976–778th——IV
FC Energie Cottbus6–2000–012008–0913th——IV
RB Leipzig552016–17Present2nd——I
1. FC Saarbrücken5–1963–641992–9314th——III
SV Darmstadt 984–1978–792016–1714th——II
Alemannia Aachen4–1967–682006–072nd——IV
Dynamo Dresden4–1991–921994–9513th——III
SG Wattenscheid 094–1990–911993–9411th——V
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen4–1969–701972–7314th——IV
FC 08 Homburg3–1986–871989–9016th——IV
Wuppertaler SV3–1972–731974–754th——IV
Borussia Neunkirchen3–1964–651967–6810th——VI
1. FC Union Berlin222019–20Present11th——I
SC Paderborn 072–2014–152019–2018th——II
FC Ingolstadt 042–2015–162016–1711th——III
SpVgg Unterhaching2–1999–20002000–0110th——III
Stuttgarter Kickers2–1988–891991–9217th——V
Tennis Borussia Berlin2–1974–751976–7717th——IV
SpVgg Greuther Fürth1–2012–132012–1318th——II
SSV Ulm 18461–1999–20001999–200016th——IV
VfB Leipzig1–1993–941993–9418th——
Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin1–1986–871986–8718th——
SC Fortuna Köln1–1973–741973–7417th——IV
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin1–1965–661965–6618th——
SC Preußen Münster1–1963–641963–6416th——IV

Key

Placings

Placings from 1963 to 1991

The placings in the Bundesliga from its interception to the last season before the German reunion:
Club64656667686970717273747576777879808182838485868788899091
1. FC Kaiserslautern12131551615108796137138334461211117149121
FC Bayern Munich3651221111037124113441112112
SV Werder Bremen1014162911101111111513111511175252251373
Eintracht Frankfurt38746881558439475958101612151591634
Hamburger SV611914136651014124261012211257264115
VfB Stuttgart512111285712869164233931105124566
1. FC Köln12574134114255451658256313103227
Bayer 04 Leverkusen12111611713668858
Borussia Mönchengladbach138331135211121076712344376159
Borussia Dortmund43231416513178111267671314164137410
SG Wattenscheid 0911
Fortuna Düsseldorf1713336121257111315914151417912
Karlsruher SC131516131815161014171715111013
VfL Bochum91214111415148109101315991112151614
1. FC Nürnberg966101171714131418129514815
FC St. Pauli18101316
KFC Uerdingen 051815181073811131417
Hertha BSC14141433613821110314161818
SV Waldhof Mannheim116814161217
FC 08 Homburg161718
Stuttgarter Kickers17
Hannover 965129101113916161816181018
FC Schalke 048161415157962157762915817168101318
Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin18
1. FC Saarbrücken16141717
Arminia Bielefeld14181615128816
Eintracht Braunschweig119101941641217953139181115918
Kickers Offenbach181771081717
SV Darmstadt 981817
MSV Duisburg2781171215714101514109613141218
TSV 1860 München7412121017161316
Tennis Borussia Berlin1717
Rot-Weiss Essen1812181312818
Wuppertaler SV41618
SC Fortuna Köln17
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen14161518
Alemannia Aachen11218
Borussia Neunkirchen101717
SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin18
SC Preußen Münster15

Placings from 1991 to the present season

The placings in the Bundesliga from the German reunion to the present season:
Club929394959697989900010203040506070809101112131415161718192021
FC Bayern Munich102162121113121141213211111111X
Borussia Dortmund24411310411313677913651122723422X
RB Leipzig2633X
Borussia Mönchengladbach1391054111518121211151018151216486349954X
Bayer 04 Leverkusen65371423224215365579425344312545X
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim71111111698154396X
VfL Wolfsburg14679108109151551815811528161667X
SC Freiburg1531117121261613181491251417715138X
Eintracht Frankfurt335917151417161414913101761391611879X
Hertha BSC11365451246101041816111576101110X
1. FC Union Berlin11X
FC Schalke 041110141131251013257724238214343651021412X
1. FSV Mainz 05111116951313711615141213X
1. FC Köln4121110121017101718171213101712951814X
FC Augsburg1415851213121515X
SV Werder Bremen91829871397661323210313914121013811816X
Fortuna Düsseldorf201316171017
SC Paderborn 071818
VfB Stuttgart1771210441181582459163612612151417716X
Hannover 961114101211811154791013181317
1. FC Nürnberg7141616151714861616610101718
Hamburger SV1211121351397313114883745781571616101417
FC Ingolstadt 041117
SV Darmstadt 981418
Eintracht Braunschweig18
SpVgg Greuther Fürth18
1. FC Kaiserslautern5824161558714151216718
FC St. Pauli15181818
VfL Bochum151616512171895168121417
FC Energie Cottbus141318131416
Karlsruher SC866876161117
Arminia Bielefeld141817161313121518X
F.C. Hansa Rostock186156141512141391717
MSV Duisburg19917988181818
Alemannia Aachen17
TSV 1860 München148713941191017
SpVgg Unterhaching1016
SSV Ulm 184616
KFC Uerdingen 05171518
Dynamo Dresden14151318
SG Wattenscheid 09161317
VfB Leipzig18
1. FC Saarbrücken18
Stuttgarter Kickers17

Key for placings