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FM21 21.4.0

Domestic Top Division · Germany · Tier 1

Bundesliga

18 Sep 2019 – 22 May 2021 · 34 games

Holders

FC Bayern München

Football Manager 2021 · database 21.4.0

Reputation
1694 of 5 stars calc
Teams calc
18
Players calc
1,005
League strength calc
135.75
Foreign players calc
32.84%
Homegrown calc
64.68%
Continental rank calc
3

Format and rules

Short name
Bundesliga
Abbreviation
BL
Nation
Germany
Parent competition
—
Governing body
—
Season
18 Sep – 22 May
League games
34
Playable
Yes
View only
No
Common contract end month (calc)
6
Common contract end day (calc)
30
Reputation vs top division
100%
Continental rank (calc)
3
Required coaching badge
Continental Pro License
Wage budget % of turnover
—

Stages

StageTeamsPromotionRelegation
12 rounds · 1 play-off places (Bundesliga)182 Bundesliga 2
22

Competition format is stored game data. Common contract end day and month are calculated by fm-reader from contracted squad players.

Teams

18
TeamEntryLast positionPrediction (calc)Players (calc)Reputation
FC Bayern MünchenMember11549,100
Borussia DortmundMember22548,800
Bayer 04 LeverkusenMember53527,650
Borussia MönchengladbachMember45627,550
VfL WolfsburgMember76637,500
RB LeipzigMember34517,500
TSG 1899 HoffenheimMember67557,350
FC Schalke 04Member1210647,300
Eintracht FrankfurtMember98547,250
Hertha BerlinMember109637,250
VfB StuttgartMember215547,150
1. FC KölnMember1411597,100
1. FSV Mainz 05Member1314547,100
SV Werder BremenMember1612537,000
FC AugsburgMember1513547,000
Sport-Club FreiburgMember816546,800
Union BerlinMember1117556,600
DSC Arminia BielefeldMember118506,250

Final tables

202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000199919981997199619951994199319921991199019891988198719861985198419831982198119801979197819771976197519741973197219711970196919681967196619651964

League profile (calc)

MeasureAverageMedianLowest teamHighest team
Current ability135.75133.94123.56161.69
Expected potential145.07143.28132.13170.75
Value£9,229,779£5,845,916£2,254,238£41,047,029
Sale value£11,959,343£7,372,561£3,213,353£47,597,162
Weekly wage£46,513£36,908£7,766£190,375
Age26.5126.7224.4427.98
Highest team CA average
FC Bayern München
Lowest team CA average
DSC Arminia Bielefeld

Calculated by fm-reader over 18 member teams with best-sixteen summaries. Every measure summarises the teams' averages, not all players directly. Teams without a summary are absent.

League strength (calc)

TeamPlayers usedCA16PA16Average ageAverage valueAverage weekly wage
FC Bayern München16161.69170.7526.87£41,047,029£190,375
Borussia Dortmund16147.75160.6926.83£25,260,515£113,796
RB Leipzig16143.06153.6324.87£13,835,511£57,033
Bayer 04 Leverkusen16142.63152.6326.85£12,494,136£62,948
Borussia Mönchengladbach16138.69146.5626.21£8,362,084£50,772
VfL Wolfsburg16136.69146.3126.35£6,457,168£51,769
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim16136.63142.9427.16£7,511,613£37,353
Eintracht Frankfurt16135.50143.6327.03£8,867,351£42,338
Hertha Berlin16135.38148.5625.19£7,590,552£36,464
FC Schalke 0416132.50144.8827.98£5,234,665£55,218
SV Werder Bremen16131.63140.7526.62£4,194,809£31,083
1. FC Köln16131.31141.1926.34£4,847,688£24,909
FC Augsburg16131.13138.3127.35£4,542,482£19,726
Sport-Club Freiburg16129.50137.0026.36£3,785,767£10,570
Union Berlin16128.81135.3827.76£3,053,216£12,297
1. FSV Mainz 0516128.69135.7527.04£3,379,704£15,847
VfB Stuttgart16128.38140.1324.44£3,417,496£16,968
DSC Arminia Bielefeld16123.56132.1326.00£2,254,238£7,766

Calculated by fm-reader from the same sixteen highest-CA players per team, or fewer if the squad is smaller. Squad includes loans in, excludes loans out and matches the team's gender. PA uses expected potential for range codes; value is the average player value within those sixteen.

Most titles (calc)

FC Bayern München302020
1. FC Nürnberg91968
Borussia Dortmund82012
FC Schalke 0471958
Hamburger SV61983
VfB Stuttgart52007
Borussia Mönchengladbach51977
SV Werder Bremen42004
1. FC Kaiserslautern41998
1. FC Köln31978
SpVgg Fürth31929
VfB Leipzig31913
Hannover 9621954
Dresdner SC21944
Hertha Berlin21931

Counted by the site from the past winners below.

Derbies in this competition

Best in the competition

PlayerClubPositionsCA
Robert LewandowskiFC Bayern MünchenST (C)184
Manuel NeuerFC Bayern MünchenGK178
David AlabaFC Bayern MünchenD (LC), WB (L), M (C)171
Joshua KimmichFC Bayern MünchenD/WB (R), DM, M (C)171
Leroy SanéFC Bayern MünchenAM (RL)169
Erling HaalandBorussia DortmundST (C)166
Serge GnabryFC Bayern MünchenM/AM (RL), ST (C)165
Thomas MüllerFC Bayern MünchenM (R), AM (RC), ST (C)164
Leon GoretzkaFC Bayern MünchenDM, M/AM (C)161
Jérôme BoatengFC Bayern MünchenD (C)157
Mats HummelsBorussia DortmundD (C)156
Jadon SanchoBorussia DortmundM/AM (RL)155
Raphaël GuerreiroBorussia DortmundD/WB (L), M (LC), AM (L)154
Alphonso DaviesFC Bayern MünchenD/WB/M/AM (L)153
Axel WitselBorussia DortmundDM, M (C)152
Corentin TolissoFC Bayern MünchenDM, M/AM (C)152
Niklas SüleFC Bayern MünchenD (C)152
Dani OlmoRB LeipzigM/AM (LC)152
Leon BaileyBayer 04 LeverkusenM/AM (RL)151
Marco ReusBorussia DortmundM (RL), AM (RLC)151

Highest current ability among contracted players of the member clubs, matched to the competition’s gender. Loans retain their contracted club in this comparison.

Best young players

PlayerClubAgeCAPA
Erling HaalandBorussia Dortmund19166185
Jadon SanchoBorussia Dortmund20155175
Mickaël CuisanceFC Bayern München20128168
Moussa DiabyBayer 04 Leverkusen20145158
Evan N'DickaEintracht Frankfurt20130156
Ozan KabakFC Schalke 0420127155
Mateu MoreyBorussia Dortmund20119148
TutaEintracht Frankfurt20118148
Jeremie FrimpongBayer 04 Leverkusen19130145
Christoph BaumgartnerTSG 1899 Hoffenheim20122145
Louis BeyerBorussia Mönchengladbach20126143
Jonathan Burkardt1. FSV Mainz 0519117141
Rodrigo ZalazarEintracht Frankfurt20116140
Ismail Jakobs1. FC Köln20124140
Felix AguSV Werder Bremen20123140

Under 21 at the game start, by stored fixed potential (range codes cannot be ranked).

Past winners

117
SeasonWinnerRunner-upThirdFinal venue
2019–20 FC Bayern München Borussia DortmundRB Leipzig —
2018–19 FC Bayern München Borussia DortmundRB Leipzig —
2017–18 FC Bayern München FC Schalke 04TSG 1899 Hoffenheim —
2016–17 FC Bayern München RB LeipzigBorussia Dortmund —
2015–16 FC Bayern München Borussia DortmundBayer 04 Leverkusen —
2014–15 FC Bayern München VfL WolfsburgBorussia Mönchengladbach —
2013–14 FC Bayern München Borussia DortmundFC Schalke 04 —
2012–13 FC Bayern München Borussia DortmundBayer 04 Leverkusen —
2011–12 Borussia Dortmund FC Bayern MünchenFC Schalke 04 —
2010–11 Borussia Dortmund Bayer 04 LeverkusenFC Bayern München —
2009–10 FC Bayern München FC Schalke 04SV Werder Bremen —
2008–09 VfL Wolfsburg FC Bayern MünchenVfB Stuttgart —
2007–08 FC Bayern München SV Werder BremenFC Schalke 04 —
2006–07 VfB Stuttgart FC Schalke 04SV Werder Bremen —
2005–06 FC Bayern München SV Werder BremenHamburger SV —
2004–05 FC Bayern München FC Schalke 04SV Werder Bremen —
2003–04 SV Werder Bremen FC Bayern MünchenBayer 04 Leverkusen —
2002–03 FC Bayern München VfB StuttgartBorussia Dortmund —
2001–02 Borussia Dortmund Bayer 04 LeverkusenFC Bayern München —
2000–01 FC Bayern München FC Schalke 04Borussia Dortmund —
1999–00 FC Bayern München Bayer 04 LeverkusenHamburger SV —
1998–99 FC Bayern München Bayer 04 LeverkusenHertha Berlin —
1997–98 1. FC Kaiserslautern FC Bayern MünchenBayer 04 Leverkusen —
1996–97 FC Bayern München Bayer 04 LeverkusenBorussia Dortmund —
1995–96 Borussia Dortmund FC Bayern MünchenFC Schalke 04 —
1994–95 Borussia Dortmund SV Werder BremenSport-Club Freiburg —
1993–94 FC Bayern München 1. FC KaiserslauternBayer 04 Leverkusen —
1992–93 SV Werder Bremen FC Bayern MünchenEintracht Frankfurt —
1991–92 VfB Stuttgart Borussia DortmundEintracht Frankfurt —
1990–91 1. FC Kaiserslautern FC Bayern MünchenSV Werder Bremen —
1989–90 FC Bayern München 1. FC KölnEintracht Frankfurt —
1988–89 FC Bayern München 1. FC KölnSV Werder Bremen —
1987–88 SV Werder Bremen FC Bayern München1. FC Köln —
1986–87 FC Bayern München Hamburger SVBorussia Mönchengladbach —
1985–86 FC Bayern München SV Werder BremenSC Bayer 05 Uerdingen —
1984–85 FC Bayern München SV Werder Bremen1. FC Köln —
1983–84 VfB Stuttgart Hamburger SVBorussia Mönchengladbach —
1982–83 Hamburger SV SV Werder BremenVfB Stuttgart —
1981–82 Hamburger SV 1. FC KölnFC Bayern München —
1980–81 FC Bayern München Hamburger SVVfB Stuttgart —
1979–80 FC Bayern München Hamburger SV1. FC Kaiserslautern —
1978–79 Hamburger SV VfB Stuttgart1. FC Kaiserslautern —
1977–78 1. FC Köln Borussia MönchengladbachHertha Berlin —
1976–77 Borussia Mönchengladbach FC Schalke 04Eintracht Braunschweig —
1975–76 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hamburger SVFC Bayern München —
1974–75 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hertha BerlinEintracht Frankfurt —
1973–74 FC Bayern München Borussia MönchengladbachFortuna Düsseldorf —
1972–73 FC Bayern München 1. FC KölnFortuna Düsseldorf —
1971–72 FC Bayern München FC Schalke 04Borussia Mönchengladbach —
1970–71 Borussia Mönchengladbach FC Bayern MünchenHertha Berlin —
1969–70 Borussia Mönchengladbach FC Bayern MünchenHertha Berlin —
1968–69 FC Bayern München TSV Alemannia AachenBorussia Mönchengladbach —
1967–68 1. FC Nürnberg SV Werder BremenBorussia Mönchengladbach —
1966–67 Eintracht Braunschweig TSV 1860 MünchenBorussia Dortmund —
1965–66 TSV 1860 München Borussia DortmundFC Bayern München —
1964–65 SV Werder Bremen 1. FC KölnBorussia Dortmund —
1963–64 1. FC Köln MSV DuisburgEintracht Frankfurt —
1962–63 Borussia Dortmund 1. FC Köln— —
1961–62 1. FC Köln 1. FC Nürnberg— —
1960–61 1. FC Nürnberg Borussia Dortmund— —
1959–60 Hamburger SV 1. FC Köln— —
1958–59 Eintracht Frankfurt Kickers Offenbach— —
1957–58 FC Schalke 04 Hamburger SV— —
1956–57 Borussia Dortmund Hamburger SV— —
1955–56 Borussia Dortmund Karlsruher SC— —
1954–55 Rot-Weiss Essen 1. FC Kaiserslautern— —
1953–54 Hannover 96 1. FC Kaiserslautern— —
1952–53 1. FC Kaiserslautern VfB Stuttgart— —
1951–52 VfB Stuttgart 1. FC Saarbrücken— —
1950–51 1. FC Kaiserslautern SC Preußen Münster— —
1949–50 VfB Stuttgart Kickers Offenbach— —
1948–49 VfR Mannheim Borussia Dortmund— —
1947–48 1. FC Nürnberg 1. FC Kaiserslautern— —
1946–47 Did not take place
1945–46 Did not take place
1944–45 Did not take place
1943–44 Dresdner SC LSV Hamburg— —
1942–43 Dresdner SC 1. FC Saarbrücken— —
1941–42 FC Schalke 04 First Vienna Football Club 1894— —
1940–41 Sportklub Rapid Vienna FC Schalke 04— —
1939–40 FC Schalke 04 Dresdner SC— —
1938–39 FC Schalke 04 Fussballclub Admira Wacker Mödling— —
1937–38 Hannover 96 FC Schalke 04— —
1936–37 FC Schalke 04 1. FC Nürnberg— —
1935–36 1. FC Nürnberg Fortuna Düsseldorf— —
1934–35 FC Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart— —
1933–34 FC Schalke 04 1. FC Nürnberg— —
1932–33 Fortuna Düsseldorf FC Schalke 04— —
1931–32 FC Bayern München Eintracht Frankfurt— —
1930–31 Hertha Berlin TSV 1860 München— —
1929–30 Hertha Berlin Holstein Kiel— —
1928–29 SpVgg Fürth Hertha Berlin— —
1927–28 Hamburger SV Hertha Berlin— —
1926–27 1. FC Nürnberg Hertha Berlin— —
1925–26 SpVgg Fürth Hertha Berlin— —
1924–25 1. FC Nürnberg FSV Frankfurt— —
1923–24 1. FC Nürnberg Hamburger SV— —
1922–23 Hamburger SV SC Union Oberschöneweide (1906-1945) (EXT)— —
1920–21 1. FC Nürnberg Vorwärts 90 Berlin— —
1919–20 1. FC Nürnberg SpVgg Fürth— —
1918–19 Did not take place
1917–18 Did not take place
1916–17 Did not take place
1915–16 Did not take place
1914–15 Did not take place
1913–14 SpVgg Fürth VfB Leipzig— —
1912–13 VfB Leipzig Duisburger SpV— —
1911–12 Holstein Kiel Karlsruher FV— —
1910–11 Viktoria 1889 Berlin Lichterfelde-Tempelhof VfB Leipzig— —
1909–10 Karlsruher FV Holstein Kiel— —
1908–09 Karlsruher SC Viktoria 1889 Berlin Lichterfelde-Tempelhof— —
1907–08 Viktoria 1889 Berlin Lichterfelde-Tempelhof SV Stuttgarter Kickers— —
1906–07 Freiburger FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin Lichterfelde-Tempelhof— —
1905–06 VfB Leipzig 1. CfR Pforzheim— —
1904–05 BTFC Union 92 Berlin Karlsruher FV— —
1903–04 Did not take place
1902–03 VfB Leipzig DFC Prag— —

Awards

Records

Most league appearances Karl-Heinz Körbel 602 games
Most league goals Gerd Müller 365 goals
Highest attendance Hertha Berlin v 1. FC Köln 88,075 attendance 1969
Lowest attendance SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin v Borussia Mönchengladbach 827 attendance 1966
Record win Borussia Mönchengladbach v Borussia Dortmund 12–0 1978
Youngest player Nuri Şahin, Borussia Dortmund v VfL Wolfsburg 6,179 days (about 16 years) 2005
Oldest player Klaus Fichtel, FC Schalke 04 v SV Werder Bremen 15,889 days (about 43 years) 1988
Most league goals in a season Gerd Müller, FC Bayern München 40 goals 1971
Most goals in a match Dieter Müller, 1. FC Köln v SV Werder Bremen 6 goals 1977
Fastest goal Kevin Volland, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim v FC Bayern München 9 seconds 2015

Officials

26
Felix BrychGermany180
Deniz AytekinGermany165
Manuel GräfeGermany165
Felix ZwayerGermany160
Daniel SiebertGermany160
Tobias WelzGermany160
Marco FritzGermany155
Tobias StielerGermany150
Christian DingertGermany150
Frank WillenborgGermany145
Robert HartmannGermany145
Bastian DankertGermany145
Sascha StegemannGermany145
Markus SchmidtGermany145
Guido WinkmannGermany145
Bibiana SteinhausGermany135
Robert KampkaGermany135
Benjamin CortusGermany135
Harm OsmersGermany135
Benjamin BrandGermany135
Sven JablonskiGermany135
Sören StorksGermany135
Martin PetersenGermany130
Daniel SchlagerGermany130
Patrick IttrichGermany130
Robert SchröderGermany130

Across versions

VersionReputationLevelTeamsHolders
FM27 27.0.0178118FC Bayern München
FM26 26.2.0174118FC Bayern München
FM26 26.0.0174118FC Bayern München
FM24 24.3.0173118FC Bayern München
FM23 23.4.0169118FC Bayern München
FM23 23.3.0169118FC Bayern München
FM23 23.0.0169118FC Bayern München
FM22 22.4.0168118FC Bayern München
FM22 22.3.0168118FC Bayern München
FM22 22.1.0168118FC Bayern München
FM22 22.0.1168118FC Bayern München
FM22 22.0.0168118FC Bayern München
FM21 21.4.0169118FC Bayern München
FM21 21.3.0169118FC Bayern München
FM21 21.1.1169118FC Bayern München
FM21 21.0.1169118FC Bayern München
FM21 21.0.0169118FC Bayern München
FM20 20.4.0167118FC Bayern München
FM20 20.3.0167118FC Bayern München
FM20 20.1.0167118FC Bayern München
FM20 20.0.1167118FC Bayern München
FM20 20.0.0167118FC Bayern München
FM19 19.3.0167118FC Bayern München
FM19 19.1.0167118FC Bayern München
FM19 19.0.1167118FC Bayern München
FM19 19.0.0167118FC Bayern München
FM18 18.3.0175118Bayern
FM18 18.1.0175118Bayern
FM18 18.0.0175118Bayern
FM17 17.3.0176118Bayern
FM17 17.0.0175118Bayern
FM16 16.3.0175118Bayern
FM16 16.0.1175118Bayern
FM16 16.0.0175118Bayern
FM15 15.3.0175118Bayern
FM15 15.0.0175118Bayern
FM14 14.3.0175118FC Bayern München
FM14 14.0.0175118FC Bayern München
FM13 13.3.0175118Borussia Dortmund
FM13 13.0.0172118Borussia Dortmund
FM12 12.2.0—118Borussia Dortmund
FM12 12.0.0—118Borussia Dortmund
FM11 11.0.0——18FC Bayern München
FM10 10.0.0——18VfL Wolfsburg