Germany’s premier football league is called the Bundesliga. The literal translation of the word Bundesliga is federal league. The league consists of 18 teams and they play in the home and away match format. The league operates on a system of promotion and relegation.
Since the league began in 1963, 56 clubs have participated in it. Bayern Munich has won the Bundesliga title 29 times, which is the most among German clubs. Other prominent clubs to have won the title are Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV, Werder Bremen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and VfB Stuttgart.The England captain has nine Bundesliga goals this season, making him the league's joint-top scorer with Eintracht Frankfurt's Omar Marmoush.
Kane, who hadn't scored in four games three for Bayern and one for England missed good chances before finally ending his barren spell with a shot from distance in the 57th minute
Dortmund slumped at Union Berlin to a 2-1 defeat without injured forward Karim Adeyemi, who starred in the team's 7-1 rout of Celtic in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Dortmund slumped at Union Berlin to a 2-1 defeat without injured forward Karim Adeyemi, who starred in the team's 7-1 rout of Celtic in the Champions League on Tuesday
The England captain clutched the ankle and appeared to be in pain after a tussle for the ball against Leverkusen's Amine Adli on Saturday
Dortmund had been demolished 5-1 by Stuttgart last week and the pressure on new coach Nuri Sahin seemed to be mounting when his team conceded two early goals against Bochum.
Bayern's Harry Kane has continued where he left off last season, already netting 5 goals and providing 4 assists in the league. Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz is following him with 4 goals.
Bayern has 20 goals in only its last three games after beating Holstein Kiel 6-1 last week and demolishing Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Teams from the top five European leagues will return to action later this week after a short seven-day international break.
Manchester City and PSG have both started their campaign with straight wins
Real Madrid was able to finally secure Kylian Mbappe's signature earlier this season after three years of push and pull with PSG
Coached by Xabi Alonso, Bayer Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title for the first time Sunday to end Bayern Munich's 11-year reign as champion
Tuchel said in the statement that I will of course continue to do everything I can with my coaching staff to achieve maximum success until he leaves the club. Bayern's next game is at home to Leipzig
Sancho fell out of favour with United coach Erik ten Haag and has made only three league appearances as a substitute this season. He hasn't played since August
German soccer clubs voted Monday to approve a plan to sell a share of its broadcast revenues to an outside investor, a plan which is bitterly opposed by many fans
In the Premier League, Arsenal would be up against Manchester United while Leonardo Bonucci will be available for Union Berlin in the Bundesliga
A look at what's happening in European soccer on Monday
Harry Kane has had an "immediate effect" on Bayern Munich's locker-room atmosphere and is expected to make his first start for the German champion against Werder Bremen on Friday
Bayern is next in action in the opening game of the Bundesliga season against Werder Bremen on Friday.
A look at what's happening in European soccer on Saturday as Arsenal play in EPL, Real Madrid starts its season in La Liga and Bayern Munich plays in Bundesliga after signing Harry Kane