Bundesliga 2026-27
Bundesliga analysis & stories
Arithmetic from the table, plus stories checked against official announcements and major outlets.
Wed, Nov 4
Bundesliga table 2026-27 after matchday 8: Bayern and Dortmund draw 2-2 and stay level on 18, Leverkusen lose their top four number, the top four line holds at 94 and the relegation line falls to 85
As of the November 2 update, with matchday eight complete and all 18 clubs on eight matches with 26 left. Bayern Munich and Dortmund drew 2-2 in Munich and are both unbeaten on 18 points. The top four line stayed at 94, but only three clubs now hold a number: Leverkusen lost 4-2 at home to Stuttgart and theirs is gone, while Freiburg won 2-1 at Augsburg and still need every point left. The line for avoiding automatic relegation fell from 88 to 85, Stuttgart and Union Berlin gained one, and Schalke now have a relegation tragic number alongside Mönchengladbach.
Mon, Oct 26
Bundesliga table 2026-27 after matchday 7: Bayern win 3-1 at Freiburg to stay level with Dortmund on 17, the top four line falls to 94, and Mönchengladbach win for the first time
As of the October 26 update, with matchday seven complete and all 18 clubs on seven matches with 27 left. Bayern Munich won 3-1 at Freiburg and Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0, so both are unbeaten on 17 points before they meet on November 1. The same four clubs hold a top four clinch number and the line fell from 95 to 94, but Freiburg and Leverkusen, beaten 3-0 at Hoffenheim, now need every point left. The line for avoiding automatic relegation fell from 90 to 88: Paderborn gained one and Stuttgart lost theirs to Mönchengladbach, who won 3-2 for their first points.
Wed, Oct 21
Stadiums to see Korean players, Bundesliga edition: Kim Min-jae at the Allianz Arena, Lee Jae-sung at the MEWA ARENA, Hwang Hee-chan at the Veltins-Arena
Three Korean players are in the Bundesliga in 2026-27: Kim Min-jae at Bayern Munich, Lee Jae-sung at Mainz and Hwang Hee-chan at Schalke. This guide covers getting there, tickets and bag rules, using only what the clubs' and stadiums' official pages confirm.
Tue, Oct 20
Bundesliga table 2026-27 after matchday 6: Bayern beat Leipzig 6-1 to go level with Dortmund on 14, the top four line falls from 97 to 95, and Gladbach still have no points
As of the October 19 update, with matchday six complete and all 18 clubs on six matches with 28 left. Bayern Munich beat RB Leipzig 6-1 and went top on goal difference, level with Dortmund on 14 points after Dortmund drew 0-0 at Union Berlin. Leverkusen beat Freiburg 2-1. The same four clubs hold a top four clinch number and the line fell from 97 to 95. At the bottom the line for avoiding automatic relegation fell from 91 to 90, Hoffenheim gained one, and Schalke, Paderborn and Union Berlin lost theirs. Mönchengladbach are on 0 points after six matches.
Mon, Oct 12
Bundesliga after matchday 5: Leverkusen get a top-four clinch line, Dortmund's title line is gone, nothing is clinched
As of the October 12 update, with matchday five complete. Leverkusen's 4-3 win at Mainz, with draws for Augsburg and Bremen and defeats for Mainz and Elversberg, brought the top-four bar down from 98 to 97 and gave Leverkusen a line of 87, every match they have left. Dortmund's 2-2 with Bremen removed the league's only title line. Nothing is clinched or eliminated, and the next round cannot change that.
Sun, Sep 20
Bundesliga table after matchday 4: Dortmund win all four and still need 86 points to clinch a top-four place
As of the September 21 update, with matchday 4 complete. Dortmund are the only club on four wins from four after a 1-0 at Stuttgart, Bayern put seven past Union Berlin, and Mönchengladbach are the only club still on zero. Nothing is clinched. The top-four line sits at 98 points and only three clubs can reach it.
Sun, Sep 20
Bayer Leverkusen Bundesliga top four: fifth place, an empty clinch column, and four clubs with the same row
As of the September 21 update Leverkusen are fifth on 7 points, one place outside the four European spots, and both the clinch column and the tragic column on their row are empty. The two blanks mean opposite things and come from the same rule about level finishes. Four other clubs return the identical six figures. Here is what each figure says and what none of them says yet.
Sun, Sep 20
Bundesliga 2026-27 relegation and European qualification rules explained: the safety line is 92 points
As of the September 21 update. Eighteen clubs, 34 matches each, four European places at the top and two relegation places at the bottom. Mathematical safety stands at 92 points for the 16 clubs that carry a number, and the top-four line at 98. Every club carries six numbers, and a blank means different things in different columns.
Sun, Sep 20
Bundesliga relegation 2026-27: safety is 92 points for 16 clubs, Union Berlin and Gladbach cannot reach it
As of the September 21 update, with matchday four complete. Sixteen of the eighteen clubs are working toward the same final total, 92 points, to be certain of finishing clear of the bottom two. The other two have no such total at all: Union Berlin cannot finish above 91 and Borussia Mönchengladbach above 90, which is exactly why the line sits at 92.
Sun, Sep 20
Bundesliga fixtures October 10-12 - which of the nine can erase a clinch number, and which cannot
Nine fixtures open the next round as of the September 21 update, six on October 10, two on October 11 and one on October 12, Korean time. Six of them can put a posted number out of reach on a single result and three cannot touch one. Hoffenheim against Hamburg is the one that can take two at once: both clubs need 89 points from 30 matches to secure survival on their own results, 89 means winning all 30, and they play each other.