The top German football league is the Bundesliga which has been dominated by Bayern Munich. Here is a look at the league and Bundesliga betting at the BetPhoenix sportsbook.
German Soccer League
The top German soccer league is the Bundesliga which has 18 teams competing for the title. The season begins in August each year and runs through May of the next calendar year. Most of the games during the season are played on the weekend. The league was founded in 1962 and since that time a total of 51 teams have competed. Bayern Munich has won the title a total of 21 times to far outdistance all of the other clubs. The Bundesliga has two divisions but when you talk about the league you normally only consider the top league. Since the 2008-2009 season the bottom two finishers each year are relegated to the second division while the top two teams in the lower division get promoted. The 16th place team has to go into a playoff against the third place team from the second division to determine which team will get a spot in the first division the next season.
Bundesliga Season
The Bundesliga season has each of the 18 teams playing each other home and away. The team with the most points at the end of the season wins the title and the top three finishers get a spot in the Champions League while the fourth place team goes into a playoff qualifying for the Champions League. The 2012-2013 season had the following teams, FC Augsburg, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Monchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fortuna Dusseldorf, SC Freiburg, SPVgg Greuther Furth, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, 1899 Hoffenheim, FSV Mainz 05, FC Nuremberg, FC Schalke 04, VfB Stuttgart, Werder Bremen and VfL Wolfsburg.
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