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German football : German Bundesliga 2011/2012 season preview

Dortmund clinch German league title

Dominant in the Bundesliga for the majority of last season, Borussia Dortmund have been crowned champions for the first time since 2002. Dortmund, with a young team largely untried and untested before last campaign, claimed their seventh Bundesliga crown with two games to spare. They finished with a 3-1 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt which consigned their guests to relegation on the final day of the Bundesliga campaign. Bayer Leverkusen clinched second place to book their automatic UEFA Champions League qualification, leaving Bayern Munich in third and with a spot in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds.

Fourth-placed Hannover, fifth-placed Mainz and Cup winners Schalke have earned places in the UEFA Europa League, at various stages of qualifying. Eintracht Frankfurt and St. Pauli were relegated to the second division, while Hertha Berlin and Augsburg gained promotion to the Bundesliga. Borussia Monchengladbach preserved their Bundesliga status after completing a 3-2 aggregate victory against Bochum in the promotion/relegation play-off.

teamtitles2006/072007/082008/092009/102010/11
Bayern Munich2241213
Nurnberg9616-166
B. Dortmund7913651
Schalke7238214
Hamburger674578
Stuttgart5163612
Borussia M.518-151216
Werder Bremen43210313
Kaiserslauten4----7
Koln3--121310
Hannover211811154
Hertha Berlin21010418-
Wolfsburg11551815
B. Leverkusen-57942
Mainz-16--95
Hoffenheim---71111
Freiburg----149
Augsburg------

The overall number of titles since 1903 for each club in German 1. Bundesliga and their league standings in the last five seasons.

Heynckes set for his third stint managing Bayern

Bayern Munich announced in March that Jupp Heynckes will be in charge of the German giants from this season. The 65-year-old returns for his third spell at the Bundesliga club after signing a two-year contract. Heynckes replaces Dutchman Louis van Gaall, who was sacked last term. Heynckes won two Bundesliga titles in his first spell as Bayern coach, between 1987 and 1991, and then led Real Madrid to 1997/98 UEFA Champions League glory. He briefly managed Bayern again, as caretaker boss, in 2009 before taking charge at Leverkusen that summer. Bayern are hoping the former Leverkusen boss can restore their winning form after a season that brought no titles. They have strengthened significantly over the summer, bringing in goalkeeper Manuel Neuer from Schalke, Jerome Boateng from Manchester City and Rafinha from Genoa among others.

Bayer Leverkusen hire Robin Dutt

Robin Dutt has been appointed as the new man in charge at Bayer Leverkusen starting this summer. The 46-year-old, who coached Freiburg last term, receives a two-year contract, with a one-year extension option, while junior coach Marcus Sorg would succeed him at Freiburg utt started his coaching career with Ditzingen and also was in charge of Stuttgarter Kickers before taking over at Freiburg in the summer of 2007. Despite finished second last season, Leverkusen never really troubled Dortmund, and they are still looking for their first league title, having been runners up five times. Their main signing has been Andre Schurlle from Mainz.

This page is introduction to the 2011/2012 German Bundesliga season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euro Football > Germany page.

Stanislawski agrees Hoffenheim deal

Former St. Pauli coach Holger Stanislawski takes over at Hoffenheim from this season after signing a three-year deal. The 41-year-old takes over from Marco Pezzaiuoli who will return to his former position of assistant coach. Stanislawski steered St. Pauli into the top division from the regional league after taking over in 2006. He has been with St. Pauli for 18 years, first as a player, then manager and then taking over as coach. However, St. Pauli were relegated after finishing bottom of the Bundesliga. Holger had accepted new position before the relegation.

Koln confirm Stale Solbakken as new coach

Stale Solbakken has been named as the new coach of Koln after last season guiding Kobenhavn to a fifth Danish title under his leadership. The 43-year-old had agreed to take over as coach of Norway in 2012 but Koln reportedly paid an undisclosed fee to have him released. Solbakken also guided Kobenhavn to the last 16 of this season's UEFA Champions League, where they lost 2-0 on aggregate to Chelsea. Koln narrowly avoided relegation after a fine run since the winter break under the leadership of caretaker coach Frank Schaefer, who had taken over in October last year. But he turned down an offer to extend his contract for personal reasons and stepped down in late April.

#teampoints g.dif. win-draw-loss
1Dortmund754523-6-5 (34)
2B. Leverkusen682020-8-6 (34)
3Bayern654119-8-7 (34)
4Hannover60419-3-12 (34)
5Mainz581318-4-12 (34)
6Nurnberg47213-8-13 (34)
7Kaiserslautern46-313-7-14 (34)
8Hamburg45-612-9-13 (34)
9Freiburg44-913-5-16 (34)
10Koln44-1513-5-16 (34)
11Hoffenheim43011-10-13 (34)
12Stuttgart42112-6-16 (34)
13Werder41-1410-11-13 (34)
14Schalke40-611-7-16 (34)
15Wolfsburg38-59-11-14 (34)
16Borussia M.36-1710-6-18 (34)
17Frankfurt34-189-7-18 (34)
18St. Pauli29-338-5-21 (34)

The German 1. Bundesliga standings for season 2009/2010.

Bayern tipped for Bundesliga title

According to online bookmakers, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen are Bayern's top challengers for the Bundesliga title this season.

teamoddsteamodds
Bayern Munich1.55Borussia Dortmund5.5
Bayer Leverkusen12Schalke16
Wolfsburg23Hamburger29
Stuttgart36Werder Bremen36
Hoffenheim51Hertha75
Hannover75Koln100
Borussia Monchengladbach100Freiburg150
Kaiserslautern150Mainz150
Nurnberg150Augsburg500

The preseason odds for the outright winner of the 2011/12 German football league.

German Cup (DFB-Pokal) finals in last five years

2007   Nurnberg - Stuttgart   3:2
2008   Bayern Munich - Borussia Dortmund   3:1   (after extra time)
2009   Werder Bremen - Bayer Leverkusen   1:0
2010   Bayern Munich - Werder Bremen   4:0
2011   Schalke - Duisburg   5:0

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key players
(with transfer market value in m€)

Augsburg

Goalkeeper Simon Jentzsch (1); Defense: Gibril Sankoh (2.3), Paul Verhaegh (1.8), Marcel de Jong (1.5); Midfield: Hajime Hosogai (1.5), Axel Bellinghausen (1.5), Lorenzo Davids (1.3), Marcel Ndjeng (1.3); Forward: Nando Rafael (2), Sascha Molders (1.5), Stephan Hain (1.3).

Bayer Leverkusen

Goalkeeper Rene Adler (12); Defense: Gonzalo Castro (9), Stefan Reinartz (7.5), Michal Kadlec (6); Midfield: Renato Augusto (15), Tranquillo Barnetta (8), Simon Rolfes (7.5), Sidney Sam (6.5); Forward: Andre Schurrle (12.5), Stefan Kiessling (12), Eren Derdiyok (10).

Bayern Munich

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (28); Defense: Philipp Lahm (28), Jerome Boateng (13.5), Holger Badstuber (8.5); Midfield: Arjen Robben (40), Franck Ribery (38), Bastian Schweinsteiger (35), Luiz Gustavo (15), Toni Kroos (12); Forward: Mario Gomez (35), Thomas Muller (28).

Borussia Dortmund

Goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller (5); Defense: Neven Subotic (18), Mats Hummels (18), Marcel Schmelzer (7.5); Midfield: Mario Gotze (18), Sven Bender (9), Shinji Kagawa (8), Kevin Grosskreutz (7), Jakub Blaszczykowski (7); Forward: Lucas Barrios (17), Robert Lewandowski (7).

Borussia Monchengladbach

Goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen (2.5); Defense: Dante (7), Martin Stranzl (3), Oscar Wendt (3), Roel Brouwers (2); Midfield: Marco Reus (14), Michael Bradley (5), Juan Arango (3.5), Patrick Herrmann (2.3); Forward: Igor de Camargo (4.5), Raul Bobadilla (2.5).

Freiburg

Goalkeeper Oliver Baumann (4); Defense: Felix Bastians (4.5), Heiko Butscher (2), Mensur Mujdza (2); Midfield: Julian Schuster (3.5), Cedric Makiadi (3), Jan Rosenthal (3), Anton Putsila (2), Johannes Flum (2); Forward: Papiss Demba Cisse (13.5), Garra Dembele (3).

Hamburger

Goalkeeper Jaroslav Drobny (3); Defense: Dennis Aogo (8), Heiko Westermann (7.5), Michael Mancienne (3.5); Midfield: Eljero Elia (15), Marcell Jansen (9), Gojko Kacar (7.5), David Jarolim (3.5); Forward: Mladen Petric (8.5), Paolo Guerrero (6), Marcus Berg (4).

Hannover

Goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler (3.5); Defense: Emanuel Pogatetz (5), Karim Haggui (4.5), Christian Schulz (4.5); Midfield: Manuel Schmiedebach (5), Konstantin Rausch (4), Sergio Pinto (3.5), Lars Stindl (3); Forward: Didier Ya Konan (9), Mohammed Abdellaoue (4.5), Jan Schlaudraff (2.5).

Hertha Berlin

Goalkeeper Thomas Kraft (2.5); Defense: Maik Franz (3), Roman Hubnik (2.5), Christian Lell (1.8); Midfield: Raffael (5), Patrick Ebert (3), Andreas Ottl (2.5), Fabian Lustenberger (2.5), Peter Niemeyer (2.3); Forward: Adrian Ramos (5), Pierre-Michel Lasogga (2.5).

Hoffenheim

Goalkeeper Tom Starke (3); Defense: Isaac Vorsah (6.5), Andreas Beck (6.5), Marvin Compper (3); Midfield: Gylfi Sigurdsson (7.5), Sejad Salihovic (7), Sebastian Rudy (6.5), Roberto Firmino (4); Forward: Ryan Babel (7), Chinedu Obasi (6), Vedad Ibisevic (6).

Kaiserslautern

Goalkeeper Kevin Trapp (3); Defense: Rodnei (3), Martin Amedick (2.5), Florian Dick (2), Leon Jessen (1.8), Jan Simunek (1.5); Midfield: Ivo Ilicevic (5), Christian Tiffert (3.5), Gil Vermouth (1.8); Forward: Itay Shechter (3), Dorge Kouemaha (2).

Koln

Goalkeeper Michael Rensing (3); Defense: Pedro Geromel (8), Youssef Mohamad (2.8), Christian Eichner (2.5); Midfield: Sascha Riether (4), Slawomir Peszko (3.5), Adam Matuschyk (3), Mato Jajalo (2.5); Forward: Lukas Podolski (15), Milivoje Novakovic (3.5), Christian Clemens (2.5).

Mainz

Goalkeeper Heinz Muller (1.8); Defense: Niko Bungert (2.5), Malik Fathi (2.5), Nikolce Noveski (2.3), Zdenek Pospech (2); Midfield: Eugen Polanski (4), Andreas Ivanschitz (3), Zoltan Stieber (2.5); Forward: Sami Allagui (4), Adam Szalai (3), Anthony Ujah (2.5).

Nurnberg

Goalkeeper Raphael Schafer (3); Defense: Philipp Wollscheid (3.5), Javier Pinola (3), Per Nilsson (2), Timothy Chandler (2); Midfield: Almog Cohen (3), Jens Hegeler (2.5), Mike Frantz (2.5), Timmy Simons (2.3); Forward: Albert Bunjaku (3.5), Tomas Pekhart (2).

Schalke

Goalkeeper Ralf Fahrmann (1.5); Defense: Benedikt Howedes (14), Kyriakos Papadopoulos (5.5), Atsuto Uchida (5.5), Christian Fuchs (5); Midfield: Jose Manuel Jurado (9.5), Lewis Holtby (6), Jermaine Jones (5); Forward: Jefferson Farfan (18), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (13), Raul (7.5).

Stuttgart

Goalkeeper Sven Ulreich (3.5); Defense: Serdar Tasci (10), Cristian Molinaro (5); Midfield: Zdravko Kuzmanovic (8.5), William Kvist (5), Christian Gentner (5), Timo Gebhart (5); Forward: Julian Schieber (6.5), Cacau (6), Martin Harnik (5.5), Pavel Pogrebnyak (5.5).

Werder Bremen

Goalkeeper Tim Wiese (10); Defense: Per Mertesacker (10), Naldo (7), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (4), Clemens Fritz (4); Midfield: Marko Marin (14), Wesley (8), Mehmet Ekici (6.5), Aaron Hunt (4.5); Forward: Claudio Pizarro (7), Marko Arnautovic (6.5).

Wolfsburg

Goalkeeper Diego Benaglio (7.5); Defense: Simon Kjaer (10), Marcel Schafer (5), Arne Friedrich (4), Marco Russ (4); Midfield: Christian Trasch (12), Diego (12), Patrick Ochs (5); Forward: Mario Mandzukic (7.5), Srdjan Lakic (6), Patrick Helmes (6).

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