Thomas Muller, Xabi Alonso, Jerome Boateng and Javi Martinez have all extended their contracts with Bayern Munich, bringing an end to speculations over summer moves. Thomas Muller was heavily linked with English giants Manchester United in the previous transfer window, but the 26-year-old has now put those links to rest by committing his future to the Bundesliga giants…
Bayern Munich pair Franck Ribery and Medhi Benatia have both been ruled out until 2016. Ribery only returned from over nine months on the sidelines to score in last weekend’s 3-1 defeat to Borussia Monchengladbach. He lasted just for 45 minutes in Bayern’s 2-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb in midweek, before being replaced due to a muscular…
Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has dismissed speculation linking Xabi Alonso with a return to Liverpool. The Spaniard is in the final year of his contract at the Allianz Arena, and although a renewal has not yet been formalised, Rummenigge is confident the former Liverpool midfielder will extend his stay. “Recently, I had a talk with Xabi. He…
Bundesliga News & Results
The Bundesliga, also referred to as Fußball-Bundesliga, is the primary football competition in Germany. It was founded by the German Football Association in the year 1962, and its first season was played in 1963.
This decorated German competition is the topmost football league in the world when it comes to average stadium attendances. The league recorded an overall average of 45,134 fans per game during the 2011-12 season, which was the second highest of any sports league in the world, following the American National Football League (NFL).
Bundesliga is contested by 18 of the best clubs in Germany. Each team faces the 17 others two times per season, which lasts from August to May.
The competition has undergone various structural changes since its formation. Initially, a Bundesliga win awarded a club 2 points, whereas a draw was worth 1 point, and a loss worth none. But since the 1995-96 season, each teams receives 3 points for a win, with the points for draws and losses still unchanged. The team with the most number of points following the completion of all the 360 matches wins the title.
In case of ties, the factors used to break the ties are Goal difference, followed by goals scored, total points gained in head-to-head results, goals scored in head-to-head games, away goals scored in head-to-head games, and lastly, total number of away goals scored in the entire season.
So far, out of the 54 teams that have taken part in this competition since its establishment, only 12 have managed to win it: FC Bayern Munich (25 titles), Borussia Monchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund (5), Werder Bremen (4), Hamburger SV and VfB Stuttgart (3), 1. FC Koln and FC Kaiserslautern (2), TSV 1860 Munich, Eintracht Braunschweig, 1. FC Nurnberg and VfL Wolfsburg (1).
Here at BlameFootball, we provide a thorough coverage of Bundesliga news. We make available all the in-detail information of not just the Bundesliga results after every game, but also the live scores, team news, interviews, and match analysis, along with the trending Bundesliga transfer news and speculation.
