2011–12 Bundesliga
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The 2011–12 Bundesliga was the 49th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on 5 August 2011 with the opening match involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and ended with the last games on 5 May 2012. The traditional winter break was held between the weekends around 17 December 2011 and 20 January 2012.[3]
Season | 2011–12 |
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Dates | 5 August 2011 – 5 May 2012 |
Champions | Borussia Dortmund 5th Bundesliga title 8th German title |
Relegated | Hertha BSC (via play-off) 1. FC Köln 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
Champions League | Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich Schalke 04 Bor. Mönchengladbach |
Europa League | Bayer Leverkusen VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96 |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 875 (2.86 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (29 goals) |
Biggest home win | Bayern Munich 7–0 Freiburg |
Biggest away win | Hertha BSC 0–6 Bayern Munich |
Highest scoring | Werder Bremen 5–3 Freiburg Bayern Munich 7–1 Hoffenheim B. Dortmund 4–4 VfB Stuttgart |
Longest winning run | 8 matches Borussia Dortmund[1] |
Longest unbeaten run | 28 matches by Borussia Dortmund[1] |
Longest winless run | 21 matches by 1. FC Kaiserslautern[1] |
Longest losing run | 6 matches by Hertha BSC 1. FC Kaiserslautern[1] |
Average attendance | 45,116[2] |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → |
The league comprised eighteen teams: The best fifteen teams of the 2010–11 season, the best two teams from the 2010–11 2. Bundesliga, and the winners of the relegation play-off between the 16th-placed Bundesliga team and the third-placed 2. Bundesliga team.
Since Germany climbed from fourth to third place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season,[4][5][6] the league gained an additional group stage berth for the UEFA Champions League.
This was the last time until the 2023-24 season, when Bayer Leverkusen won, that Bayern Munich failed to win the Bundesliga.