2011–12 Bundesliga
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.
| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Longest unbeaten run | 28 matches by Borussia Dortmund |
| Longest winless run | 21 matches by 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches by Hertha BSC 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| Average attendance | 45,116 |
← 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, 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.