2023–24 Bundesliga

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Bundesliga
Season2023–24
Dates18 August 2023 – 18 May 2024
Matches played180
Goals scored573 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorerHarry Kane
(24 goals)
Biggest home winMunich 8–0 Darmstadt
Biggest away winBremen 0–4 Munich
Highest scoringAugsburg 4–4 Mönchengladbach
Munich 8–0 Darmstadt
Longest winning run8 games
Leverkusen
Longest unbeaten run20 games
Leverkusen
Longest winless run13 games
Darmstadt
Longest losing run9 games
Berlin
Highest attendance81,365
Nine games
Lowest attendance15,000
Nine games
Attendance7,064,491 (39,247 per match)
All statistics correct as of 7 February 2024.

The 2023–24 Bundesliga is the 61st season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 18 August 2023 and will conclude on 18 May 2024.[1][2]

Bayern Munich are the eleven-time consecutive defending champions.

The fixtures were announced on 30 June 2023.[3]

Teams[edit]

A total of 18 teams will participate in the 2023–24 edition of the Bundesliga.

Team changes[edit]

Promoted from
2022–23 2. Bundesliga
Relegated from
2022–23 Bundesliga
1. FC Heidenheim
Darmstadt 98
Schalke 04
Hertha BSC

SV Darmstadt 98 returned to the Bundesliga after a six-year absence[4] while 1. FC Heidenheim will play in the Bundesliga for the first time in the club's history.[5]

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Team Location Stadium Capacity Ref.
FC Augsburg Augsburg WWK Arena 30,660 [6]
Union Berlin Berlin Stadion An der Alten Försterei 22,012 [7]
VfL Bochum Bochum Vonovia Ruhrstadion 27,599 [8]
Werder Bremen Bremen Wohninvest Weserstadion 42,100 [9]
Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor 17,650 [10]
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 81,365 [11]
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Deutsche Bank Park 58,000 [12]
SC Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Europa-Park Stadion 34,700 [13][14]
1. FC Heidenheim Heidenheim Voith-Arena 15,000 [15]
TSG Hoffenheim Sinsheim PreZero Arena 30,150 [16]
1. FC Köln Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 49,698 [17]
RB Leipzig Leipzig Red Bull Arena 47,069 [18]
Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 30,210 [19]
Mainz 05 Mainz Mewa Arena 33,305 [20]
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Borussia-Park 54,057 [21]
Bayern Munich Munich Allianz Arena 75,000 [22]
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart MHPArena 60,449 [23]
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 [24]

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Front Sleeve
FC Augsburg Denmark Jess Thorup Bosnia and Herzegovina Ermedin Demirović Mizuno WWK Versicherung Siegmund
Union Berlin Croatia Nenad Bjelica Austria Christopher Trimmel Adidas Paramount+ JD Sports
VfL Bochum Germany Thomas Letsch France Anthony Losilla Mizuno[25] Vonovia Think about IT/Moritz Fiege (in cup matches)
Werder Bremen Germany Ole Werner Austria Marco Friedl Hummel Matthäi Ammerländer
Darmstadt 98 Germany Torsten Lieberknecht Germany Fabian Holland Craft HAIX 28 Black
Borussia Dortmund Germany Edin Terzić Germany Emre Can Puma 1&1/Evonik (in cup and UEFA matches) GLS Group[26]
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany Dino Toppmöller Germany Sebastian Rode Nike Indeed.com Elotrans reload
SC Freiburg Germany Christian Streich Germany Christian Günter Nike JobRad Lexware
1. FC Heidenheim Germany Frank Schmidt Germany Patrick Mainka Puma MHP Voith
TSG Hoffenheim United States Pellegrino Matarazzo Germany Oliver Baumann Joma SAP hep global[27]
1. FC Köln Germany Timo Schultz Austria Florian Kainz Hummel REWE DEVK
RB Leipzig Germany Marco Rose Hungary Willi Orbán Nike Red Bull AOC Die Stadtentwickler[28]/IHG Hotels & Resorts (in cup and UEFA matches)
Bayer Leverkusen Spain Xabi Alonso Finland Lukas Hradecky Castore[29] Barmenia Versicherungen Trive/Kumho Tyres (in cup matches)
Mainz 05 Germany Jan Siewert Switzerland Silvan Widmer Jako Kömmerling iDM
Borussia Mönchengladbach Switzerland Gerardo Seoane Switzerland Jonas Omlin Puma Flatex Sonepar
Bayern Munich Germany Thomas Tuchel Germany Manuel Neuer Adidas Deutsche Telekom Audi (in cup and UEFA matches)
VfB Stuttgart Germany Sebastian Hoeneß Germany Waldemar Anton Jako Winamax hep global
VfL Wolfsburg Croatia Niko Kovač Germany Maximilian Arnold Nike Volkswagen Linglong Tire

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
Eintracht Frankfurt Austria Oliver Glasner Mutual consent 9 May 2023 30 June 2023 Pre-season Germany Dino Toppmöller 12 June 2023 1 July 2023 [30][31]
Borussia Mönchengladbach Germany Daniel Farke Sacked 2 June 2023 Switzerland Gerardo Seoane 6 June 2023 [32][33]
FC Augsburg Germany Enrico Maaßen 9 October 2023 15th Denmark Jess Thorup 15 October 2023 [34][35]
Mainz 05 Denmark Bo Svensson Mutual consent 2 November 2023 18th Germany Jan Siewert[note 1] 2 November 2023 [36][37]
Union Berlin Switzerland Urs Fischer 15 November 2023 Germany Marco Grote (interim) 15 November 2023 [38]
Germany Marco Grote End of interim spell 26 November 2023 17th Croatia Nenad Bjelica 26 November 2023 [39]
1. FC Köln Germany Steffen Baumgart Mutual consent 21 December 2023 17th Germany Timo Schultz 4 January 2024 [40][41]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayer Leverkusen 20 16 4 0 52 14 +38 52 Qualification for the Champions League league stage
2 Bayern Munich 20 16 2 2 59 19 +40 50
3 VfB Stuttgart 20 13 1 6 46 26 +20 40
4 Borussia Dortmund 20 10 7 3 40 26 +14 37
5 RB Leipzig 20 11 3 6 44 26 +18 36 Qualification for the Europa League league stage
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 20 8 7 5 30 24 +6 31 Qualification for the Conference League play-off round
7 SC Freiburg 20 8 4 8 26 34 −8 28
8 TSG Hoffenheim 20 7 5 8 37 39 −2 26
9 Werder Bremen 20 7 5 8 29 32 −3 26
10 1. FC Heidenheim 20 6 6 8 28 35 −7 24
11 VfL Wolfsburg 20 6 5 9 25 32 −7 23
12 FC Augsburg 20 5 7 8 29 37 −8 22
13 Borussia Mönchengladbach 20 5 6 9 36 41 −5 21
14 VfL Bochum 20 4 9 7 22 38 −16 21
15 Union Berlin 20 5 3 12 19 35 −16 18
16 1. FC Köln 20 3 6 11 14 34 −20 15 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17 Mainz 05 20 1 9 10 15 32 −17 12 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Darmstadt 98 20 2 5 13 22 49 −27 11
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2024. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[42]

Results[edit]

Home \ Away AUG UNB BOC BRE DAR DOR FRA FRE HEI HOF KÖL LEI LEV MAI MÖN MUN STU WOL
FC Augsburg 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–4 2–3 3–2
Union Berlin 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–2 2–0 0–3 4–1 3–1 0–3
VfL Bochum 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 3–1
Werder Bremen 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 0–3 4–0 0–4
Darmstadt 98 1–4 1–2 4–2 0–3 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–0 3–3 0–1
Borussia Dortmund 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 4–2 0–4 1–0
Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 3–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 5–1 1–2
SC Freiburg 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–4 3–2 2–0 3–3 1–3
1. FC Heidenheim 2–5 1–0 0–0 4–2 3–2 0–0 3–2 2–3 2–0 1–1
TSG Hoffenheim 3–1 3–3 1–3 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 3–1
1. FC Köln 1–1 0–4 2–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 1–2
RB Leipzig 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 6–0 2–3 2–2 5–1
Bayer Leverkusen 4–0 4–0 5–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 3–0 3–2 0–0
Mainz 05 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–3 1–3 1–3 1–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–3 2–2 1–2 3–1 4–0
Bayern Munich 3–1 1–0 7–0 0–1 8–0 a 3–0 4–2 3–0 2–2 3–1 3–0
VfB Stuttgart 3–0 5–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 5–0 2–3 5–2 1–1 3–1
VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2024. Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation play-offs[edit]

The relegation play-offs will take place on 22 or 23 and 27 or 29 May 2024.[2]

Statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

As of 4 February 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[43]
1 England Harry Kane Bayern Munich 24
2 Guinea Serhou Guirassy VfB Stuttgart 17
3 Belgium Loïs Openda RB Leipzig 14
4 Germany Deniz Undav VfB Stuttgart 13
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ermedin Demirović FC Augsburg 11
6 Nigeria Victor Boniface Bayer Leverkusen 10
7 Germany Marvin Ducksch Werder Bremen 9
Germany Niclas Füllkrug Borussia Dortmund
Denmark Jonas Wind VfL Wolfsburg
10 Germany Maximilian Beier TSG Hoffenheim 8
Germany Leroy Sané Bayern Munich

Top assists[edit]

As of 4 February 2024
Rank Player Club Assists[44]
1 Germany Leroy Sané Bayern Munich 11
2 Spain Álex Grimaldo Bayer Leverkusen 9
3 Germany Julian Brandt Borussia Dortmund 8
Germany Florian Wirtz Bayer Leverkusen
5 Germany Jan-Niklas Beste 1. FC Heidenheim 7
Nigeria Victor Boniface Bayer Leverkusen
Italy Vincenzo Grifo SC Freiburg
Germany Thomas Müller Bayern Munich
Netherlands Xavi Simons RB Leipzig
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ermedin Demirović FC Augsburg 6
Netherlands Jeremie Frimpong Bayer Leverkusen
Germany Chris Führich VfB Stuttgart
Germany Jonas Hofmann Bayer Leverkusen
France Franck Honorat Borussia Mönchengladbach

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player Club Against Result Date
Germany Kevin Behrens Union Berlin Mainz 05 4–1 (H) 20 August 2023
Guinea Serhou Guirassy VfB Stuttgart Mainz 05 3–1 (A) 16 September 2023
England Harry Kane Bayern Munich VfL Bochum 7–0 (H) 23 September 2023
Guinea Serhou Guirassy VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 (H) 7 October 2023
England Harry Kane Bayern Munich Darmstadt 98 8–0 (H) 28 October 2023
Borussia Dortmund 4–0 (A) 4 November 2023
Czech Republic Patrik Schick Bayer Leverkusen VfL Bochum 4–0 (H) 20 December 2023
Germany Deniz Undav VfB Stuttgart RB Leipzig 5–2 (H) 27 January 2024
Germany Niclas Füllkrug Borussia Dortmund VfL Bochum 3–1 (H) 28 January 2024

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 4 February 2024
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[45]
1 Finland Lukas Hradecky Bayer Leverkusen 9
2 Germany Noah Atubolu SC Freiburg 7
3 Germany Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich 6
Germany Alexander Nübel VfB Stuttgart
Germany Kevin Trapp Eintracht Frankfurt
6 Germany Janis Blaswich RB Leipzig 5
Switzerland Gregor Kobel Borussia Dortmund
Germany Kevin Müller 1. FC Heidenheim
9 Germany Manuel Riemann VfL Bochum 4
Germany Michael Zetterer Werder Bremen

Awards[edit]

Monthly awards[edit]

Month Player of the Month Rookie of the Month Goal of the Month Ref.
Player Club Player Club Player Club
August Nigeria Victor Boniface Bayer Leverkusen Nigeria Victor Boniface Bayer Leverkusen Germany Jan-Niklas Beste 1. FC Heidenheim [46][47][48]
September Guinea Serhou Guirassy VfB Stuttgart Netherlands Xavi Simons RB Leipzig
October Germany Florian Wirtz Bayer Leverkusen England Harry Kane Bayern Munich
November Germany Deniz Undav VfB Stuttgart
December Germany Florian Wirtz Bayer Leverkusen Netherlands Xavi Simons RB Leipzig
January Netherlands Xavi Simons RB Leipzig

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Siewert was initially named as interim head coach, before being appointed on a permanent basis on 22 December 2023.

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