German Bundesliga 2023/24 - Betting Odds, History, Format and Past Winners

Date: 2023.08.18 - 2024.05.18

Bundesliga is the top-level football league in Germany, with its second tier named 2. Bundesliga. The league involves a promotion and relegation system between the two tiers. In total, there are 18 teams in the Bundesliga’s top tier. It is the third biggest football league in Europe, judged on the basis of UEFA’s league coefficient.


Bundesliga 2023/24:

The 2023/24 season of the Bundesliga is the 61st season of the league. Will Bayern extend their winning streat to 12 straight titles? Maybe we will see a new competitor rise? Borussia Dortmund finished even on points with Bayern and saw their title slip away in the last game of the last season. RB Leipzig were 5 points behind. Xavi Alonso just extended his contract as the coach of Bayern Leverkusen. Last season they finished 6th. It will be interesting to see if they improve. The odds seem to think they will.


Betting Odds:

Here are the betting odds for winning the 2023/24 edition of the German Bundesliga:

Source: Bet365
Time Stamp: August 8th, 2023 11:08 pm EST
Odds Subject to Change

Bayern Munich -350
Borussia Dortmund +500
RB Leipzig +1200
Bayer Leverkusen +4000
Union Berlin +10000
Eintracht Frankfurt +10000
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Bundesliga Trophy:



The Bundesliga trophy is awarded to the football club that finishes at the top of the German Bundesliga.

The trophy has been awarded since the establishment of the Bundesliga in 1963. However, its design dates back to 1949, when the original trophy was created for the German national championship.

The trophy, which in Germany is called the Meisterschale is a large silver plate that has the names of all the German football champions since 1903 engraved on its surface. Over time, as space for the names of champions became scarce, additional rings were added around the plate to accommodate the new winners.

The original Meisterschale remains at the German Football Museum in Dortmund, while the winning club is given a replica to keep and display.


History:

Multiple subregional football leagues took place in Germany during the 1940s and 1950s. All these leagues operated at an amateur level of football. By the 1950s, the football clubs called for a central body for the administration of football in Germany. Eventually, 1963 was the year when Bundesliga was founded. So far, 59 editions of the league have taken place, with Bayern Munich being the most successful team in the history of the Bundesliga.


Format:

The league operates on a double round-robin format, with each team playing every other team in a home-and-away system. Each win gives three points to winners, while 1 point is awarded to a team in the case of a draw. At the end of the season, the club with the most points in the season wins the Bundesliga Title. Moreover, the bottom-ranked two teams on the points table are relegated to the lower Tier of the Bundesliga. Moreover, the third-last team on the league table plays a two-legged play-off against the third-ranked team in the second tier. The winner progresses to the top tier while the loser of the play-off moves to the second tier, 2.Bundesliga.


UEFA Champions League and Europa League:

The top-4 teams in the Bundesliga directly qualify for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League, while the 5th and 6th ranked teams play in the UEFA Europa League. The 6th-placed team competes in the third qualifying round of the Europa League.


Past Winners:

FC Bayern Munich:

Over the years, Bayern Munich has been the most successful team in the history of the Bundesliga. Bayern Munich Football club has been indomitable in the German league. Bayern has won 31 editions of the Bundesliga while finishing as the runners-up in 10 editions. Thus, Bayern Munich has been among the top 2 German teams in 41 out of 59 seasons of German Football. The club won the league in 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021-22 and 2022–23 seasons. The current winning streak extends to 11 seasons, and Bayern would love to extend it further in the coming season.

Borussia Dortmund:

Borussia Dortmund has been the second most successful team in the history of the Bundesliga, with 5 titles to its name. Borussia won Bundesliga in the 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2010–11, and 2011–12 seasons.

Borussia Monchengladbach:

Borussia Monchengladbach has also won the German league 5 times with titles in the 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, and 1976–77 seasons.