Relegated, second, top scorer – overview of the Bundesliga final

Bayer Leverkusen first champion without defeat

Now it is finally a historic season: with the final 2-1 (2-0) against FC Augsburg, Bayer Leverkusen has completed its incredible run and is 61 years old Football Bundesliga the first German champion without defeat. Even he has that FC Bayern never made it. With 90 points, Bayer missed Munich’s historic points record from the 2012/13 season by one point.

At 5:37 p.m., Leverkusen’s captain Lukas Hradecky received the championship trophy from DFL director Marc Lenz. Lenz’s colleague Steffen Merkel had previously hung up the championship medals. Master creator Xabi Alonso got the loudest special cheers as he walked onto the stage and held up the bowl.

The final Bundesliga table:

Cologne and Darmstadt are relegated – Bochum plays relegation against Düsseldorf

1. FC Köln is relegated from the Bundesliga for the seventh time. After the 1:4 at promoted 1. FC Heidenheim Cologne finished the season in 17th place, accompanying Darmstadt 98 to the 2nd division. After the 3-2 defeat against Union Berlin last week, Cologne still had one hope of relegation before the season finale, but nothing came of it. The Rhinelanders lost their last chance at the end of the season on Saturday with a 1:4 (0:3) defeat at 1. FC Heidenheim.

VfL Bochum, which dropped to third to last place after losing 1:4 (0:1) at Werder Bremen, was relegated against third-placed Fortuna Düsseldorf from the second division. Union Berlin managed to save the match with a 2-1 (0-0) win against SC Freiburg, as did FSV Mainz 05 with a 3-1 (1-1) win at VfL Wolfsburg.

Bayern is third when Tuchel says goodbye – Stuttgart celebrates second place

Thomas Tuchel did not even say goodbye to FC Bayern Munich as second and with a defeat. The 50-year-old lost the Bundesliga season finale with the dethroned defending champions at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2:4 (2:1) on Saturday – after leading 2:0. The Munich team therefore had to give up second place in the rankings to VfB Stuttgart. Fooled the excellent Andrej Kramaric with three goals (68th, 85th and 87th minute).

Thanks to the once again excellent goalscorer Serhou Guirassy, ​​VfB Stuttgart celebrated a brilliant end to its fantastic season and even celebrated second place. The Swabians won 4-0 (2-0) against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday, once again achieving a club record. After two near relegations in a row, Stuttgart scored no less than 73 points this season – more than ever before in a season in the Bundesliga.

Frankfurt dreams of the Champions League – Heidenheim could play internationally

After the emotional farewell to the careers of captain Sebastian Rode and veteran Makoto Hasebe, Eintracht Frankfurt defended sixth place in the Bundesliga and can continue to dream of the Champions League. On Saturday, the Hessians came from a two-goal deficit against RB Leipzig to 2-2 (0-1) and thus took part in the Europe League for sure. If Borussia Dortmund wins the Champions League on June 1, Frankfurt will even be in the premier class next season.

TSG Hoffenheim finished seventh. First of all, that means qualifying for the Conference League play-offs. Leverkusen wins on May 25 DFB Cup final against second division 1. FC Kaiserslautern comes in seventh place in the Europa League. In this case, the eighth place in the table plays in the play-offs for the Conference League – and that is Heidenheim after the victory over Cologne.

Bayern’s Harry Kane takes the top scorer

In his debut year in the Bundesliga, Harry Kane immediately did what he does best: score goals. The 30-year-old became captain with 36 goals English Top scorer of the national team. However, the 100 million euro man had to prematurely stop the reliable goal service for the German record champions and the hunt for the league record due to back problems.

Kane’s failure on the last two matchdays prevented the Bayern striker from making a final assault on Robert Lewandowski’s record of 41 goals in the 2020/21 season. Kane scored three times in three league games and twice in a further five games. The top scorer only scored more than 36 goals in three seasons. Behind Kane, Stuttgart striker Serhou Guirassy (28 goals) and RB Leipzig’s Lois Openda (24) were the most successful competition scorers.

Reus, Streich and Tuchel say goodbye

The last day of the race can always be emotional. Three examples: Christian Streich had his last match as coach of Freiburg in Berlin, Marco Reus even said goodbye to the BVB fans with a fantastic free kick. Streich already had tears in his eyes before the match.

For Thomas Tuchel, his time as Bayern coach ended with a defeat at Hoffenheim.