Bundesliga 2024-25

We also got to see it – one of the best strikers of the 21st century lifted the first trophy of his career.

Bayern have returned the ‘salad bowl’ to where it logically belongs – in their display cases – and since the celebration started, the focus has been shifted entirely to one man. Sorry, to two – Harry Kane and Thomas Muller!

The legendary German had his big, emotional moment right before the start of the match, against Borussia Mönchengladbach, when the entire stadium gave him a memorable farewell. 

Muller played his 750th match for Bayern and went down in history, and less than two hours later, all the lights of the big stage were focused on Kane, the man who finally got to lift his first trophy after 15 years of professional football! 

Vincent Kompany’s assets have fluctuated this season, except for Olise. 

The guy has confirmed for the umpteenth time that he is Bayern’s best signing in years and will be a great force in the future. 

In his first season at a big club, he just paid attention to a very difficult environment to adapt to, in one of the most complicated locker rooms in the world: 16 goals and 20 assists!

Bayern did not achieve everything they set out to do this season. 

There were whispers in the corridors of Zerbener Strasse that the icing on the championship cake would be a place in the Champions League final, especially since it is played in Munich – but the primary goal is, and that is to regain primacy in Germany. 

Bayer Leverkusen only shook up the long-established Bundesliga nomenclature, not toppled it. 

The foundation remained intact. The Bavarians are only further strengthening it with this crown and have been building a new monstrosity since the summer – a team ready to extend its reign to the Old Continent. 

People have been saying that the German giant is in transition for two or three years now. And it is, in a way, but a new era will begin only in July, when Thomas Müller officially ceases to be a Bayern player after 25 years, and the Munich team will embark on its upcoming conquests led by Jamal Musiala.

Disaster loomed, but was averted – at the last moment. 

Dortmund participated in the Champions League for the eleventh consecutive season after winning over Holstein Kiel in the final, 34th round of the Bundesliga, pushed themselves into the top four championship teams, 3:0 (1:0). 

Unlike two years ago, when they witnessed a football tragedy (dropping the title in the last round), the audience in Westphalia could calmly watch the last 90 minutes of the season, during which their team did not utter a single word and self-destructed. 

Instead, Dortmund is undoubtedly the winner of the day, while the label of the biggest loser goes to Freiburg, from whom Borussia snatched the last ticket to the elite competition. 

Europa Park was ready for a historic celebration, but Eintracht cancelled it. 

The Frankfurt team won away at their direct competitor (3:1) and prevented a more dramatic ending in the fight for the Champions League, in which they will play for the second time in four years next season, helping Dortmund along the way.

The Bundesliga season is over, but not how Leipzig wanted it to be! 

Red Bull’s youngster had something to fight for, even though they entered the 34th round without a chance of qualifying for the Champions League for the sixth time in a row. 

The elite competition has long been a realistic goal, but the Bulls had the opportunity to end the competition in sixth place and secure a place in the Conference League.

But Stuttgart spoiled Leipzig’s plans at the Red Bull Arena (2:3), which will not be part of European competitions for the first time in eight years.

‘The whole village’ came to see history with their own eyes. 

Out of 13,000 inhabitants, 10,000 found themselves in the stadium; hope lasted until the fifth minute of stoppage time, tiny Elversberg had extra time in its pocket, and then – shock. Or rather, a return to reality. 

Leo Sienza into Nikolaus Kristoff’s net – Heidenheim back in the Bundesliga (2:1).

Back, because until the 60th minute or so of the first leg, Frank Schmidt’s team was two goals down in front of their fans. Elversberg played in such a way that it was already seen as a new member of the elite, only for its dreams to start fading with the first goal of the Bavarians. 

This will be the third season in a row for Heidenheim in the Bundesliga. Elversberg? 

All the best for this season, but it is unlikely that such an opportunity will be repeated in the near future.

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