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{{Infobox football league
| name       = German football championship {{nowrap|{{nobold|(}}''Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft''{{nobold|)}}}}
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| country    = Germany
| state      = 
| region     =
| confed     =
| founded    = 1903
| folded     = 
| successor  = [[Bundesliga]]<br />(since [[1963–64 Bundesliga|1963–64]])
| teams      = 18
| divisions  =
| promotion  =
| relegation = 
| level      = [[German football league system|Level 1]]
| champions  = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (34th title)
| season     = [[2024–25 Bundesliga|2024–25]]
|most_champs = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (34 titles)
| website    =
}}
The '''German football champions''' are the annual winners of the highest [[Football in Germany|association football competition]] in [[Germany]].

==History==
The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the course of the 20th century.

Brought to the country by English immigrants, the sport took root in the cities of [[Berlin]], [[Hamburg]], [[Stuttgart]], and [[Leipzig]] in the 1890s,<ref name="Tor">{{harvnb|Hesse-Lichtenberger|2003}}{{pn|date=December 2021}}</ref> leading to the growth of city, regional, and academic leagues, each with its own championships. Following the establishment of the [[German Football Association]] (Deutscher Fußball Bund) in 1900,<ref name="DFB1">{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500154|title=Die DFB-Geschichte|publisher=[[German Football Association|DFB]]|language=de|access-date=10 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227014438/http://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=500154|archive-date=27 February 2009}}</ref> the first recognized national championship match was hosted by [[Hamburg]] club [[Altona 93]] in 1903 in which [[Lokomotive Leipzig|VfB Leipzig]] defeated [[DFC Prag]] 7–2,<ref name="100J">Grüne, Hardy (2003) 100 Jahre Deutsche Meisterschaft. Die Geschicte des Fußballs in Deutschland. {{ISBN|3-89533-410-3}}</ref> and was awarded the [[Viktoria (trophy)|Viktoria]], the championship trophy from 1903 to 1944.<ref name="Vic" >{{cite web | url = https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=1000660 | title = Die "Viktoria" | language = de | website = DFB | date = 11 February 2014 | access-date = 28 December 2015 | archive-date = 11 November 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171111041624/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=1000660 | url-status = live }}</ref> Before the [[Introduction of the Bundesliga|formation]] of the [[Bundesliga]] in 1963, the championship format was based on a knockout competition, contested between the winners of each of the country's top regional leagues. Since 1963, the first-place finisher in the Bundesliga has been recognized as the national champion.<ref name="VKB">Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag {{ISBN|3-928562-85-1}}</ref>

Championship play was suspended twice; from 1915 to 1919 due to [[World War I]] and again from 1945 to 1947 due to [[World War II]].<ref name="VKB" /> Following World War II, Germany was [[Allied-occupied Germany|occupied]] by the victorious [[Allied Control Council|Allies]] and two German football competitions emerged when the country was divided as a result. The historical tradition of the DFB was continued in what was known as [[The Federal Republic of Germany]], while a [[List of East German football champions|second national championship]] was contested in the Soviet-controlled [[German Democratic Republic]] under the auspices of the [[Deutscher Fußball-Verband|DFV]] (Deutscher Fußball-Verband or German Football Federation).<ref name="100J" /> Following the [[German reunification|reunification]] of the country in 1990, the two separate football competitions were merged and a single national championship was restored.<ref name="100J" />

[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] hold the record for the most championships with 34, yet all but one of these (1932) come in Bundesliga competition. [[BFC Dynamo]] claimed 10 titles in the former East Germany, winning these championships in consecutive seasons (1979–88).<ref name="VKB" />

==Champions==
===Early German football championships (1903–32)===
The [[Association football|new British game of football]] quickly caught on in late 19th-century Germany, which had previously been a nation of [[Gymnastics|gymnasts]] and [[Fencing|fencers]]. The earliest attempt at organizing some form of national championship came in 1894, when city champions [[Viktoria 89 Berlin]] invited [[FC Hanau 93]] to play a challenge match. The [[Hanau]]ers were unable to afford the cost of the trip and so were unable to take up the invitation.<ref name="Tor" /> In 2007, the 1894 final was replayed and Viktoria were crowned the official 1894 champions.<ref>{{cite news|title=Soccer-Viktoria Berlin win 1894 German final – 113 years late|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-germany-title-idUKL2819748620070728|access-date=2 October 2014|agency=[[Reuters]]|date=28 July 2007|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305203943/http://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-germany-title-idUKL2819748620070728|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After its formation in 1900, the DFB began to establish its authority over the myriad city and regional leagues springing up throughout the country and organized the first officially recognized national championship in 1903.

The prize of German football was the Viktoria, a trophy statue of a seated [[Victoria (mythology)|Roman goddess of victory]], donated by the committee that organized German participation in the [[1900 Olympic Games]] in Paris – and originally intended to be shared with teams playing the [[rugby football|rugby]] version of football.<ref name="DFB1" /> The formation of the DFB helped establish for the first time a clear divide between association football and its close cousin.

To qualify for the German championship finals, a club had to win one of the regional championships, which, in some cases, predate the national one. Those were:
* [[Southern German football championship]] – ''formed in 1898''
* [[Brandenburg football championship]] – ''formed in 1898''
* [[Central German football championship]] – ''formed in 1902''
* [[Western German football championship]] – ''formed in 1903''
* [[Northern German football championship]] – ''formed in 1906''
* [[South Eastern German football championship]] – ''formed in 1906''
* [[Baltic football championship]] – ''formed in 1908''

One other regional championships briefly existed:
* [[March football championship]] – ''existed from 1903 to 1911''

From 1925 onwards, the runners-up of those competitions were also qualified for the German championship finals, which had been expanded to sixteen clubs. The two strongest regions, ''South'' and ''West'' were also allowed to send their third-placed team. This system of regional championships was abolished in 1933 and superseded by the [[Gauliga]] system.

{| class="sortable wikitable" width=100%
! style="width:10%;"|Season
! style="width:30%;"|Champions<ref name="RSSSF">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitchamp.html |title=(West) Germany – List of Champions |date=31 July 2008 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=4 January 2009 |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405023304/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitchamp.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
! style="width:15%;"|Score<ref name="RSSSF" />
! style="width:30%;"|Runners-up<ref name="RSSSF" />
! style="width:15%;"|Venue
|-
|align=center|[[1903 German football championship|1903]]
|[[VfB Leipzig]] (1)
|align=center|7–2
|[[DFC Prag|Deutscher FC Prag]]
|[[Altona, Hamburg|Altona]]
|-
|align=center|[[1904 German football championship|1904]]
|colspan=3 style=background:#efefef|{{center|''No champions (unresolved protest, final not played per [[German Football Association|DFB]])''}}
|style=background:#efefef|''[[Kassel]]''
|-
|align=center|[[1905 German football championship|1905]]
|[[Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin|Union 92 Berlin]] (1)
|align=center|2–0
|[[Karlsruher FV]]
|[[Köln]]
|-
|align=center|[[1906 German football championship|1906]]
|[[VfB Leipzig]] (2)
|align=center|2–1
|[[1. FC Pforzheim]]
|[[Nuremberg]]
|-
|align=center|[[1907 German football championship|1907]]
|[[Freiburger FC]] (1)
|align=center|3–1
|[[Viktoria 89 Berlin|Viktoria Berlin]]
|[[Mannheim]]
|-
|align=center|[[1908 German football championship|1908]]
|[[Viktoria 89 Berlin|Viktoria Berlin]] (1)
|align=center|3–0
|[[Stuttgarter Kickers]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1909 German football championship|1909]]
|[[Karlsruher SC|Phönix Karlsruhe]] (1)
|align=center|4–2
|[[Viktoria 89 Berlin|Viktoria Berlin]]
|[[Breslau]]
|-
|align=center|[[1910 German football championship|1910]]
|[[Karlsruher FV]] (1)
|align=center|1–0 {{aet}}
|[[Holstein Kiel]]
|[[Köln]]
|-
|align=center|[[1911 German football championship|1911]]
|[[Viktoria 89 Berlin|Viktoria Berlin]] (2)
|align=center|3–1
|[[VfB Leipzig]]
|[[Dresden]]
|-
|align=center|[[1912 German football championship|1912]]
|[[Holstein Kiel]] (1)
|align=center|1–0
|[[Karlsruher FV]]
|[[Hamburg]]
|-
|align=center|[[1913 German football championship|1913]]
|[[VfB Leipzig]] (3)
|align=center|3–1
|[[Eintracht Duisburg 1848|Duisburger SpV]]
|[[München]]
|-
|align=center|[[1914 German football championship|1914]]
|[[SpVgg Fürth]] (1)
|align=center|3–2 {{aet}}
|[[VfB Leipzig]]
|[[Magdeburg]]
|-
|align=center|1915–1919
|colspan=4 style=background:#efefef|{{center|''Suspended due to [[World War I]]''}}
|-
|align=center|[[1920 German football championship|1920]]
|[[1. FC Nürnberg]] (1)
|align=center|2–0
|[[SpVgg Fürth]]
|[[Frankfurt]]
|-
|align=center|[[1921 German football championship|1921]]
|[[1. FC Nürnberg]] (2)
|align=center|5–0
|[[SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin|Berliner FC Vorwärts 1890]]
|[[Düsseldorf]]
|-
|align=center|[[1922 German football championship|1922]]
|style=background:#efefef|''No champions (title declined per [[German Football Association|DFB]])''
|align=center style=background:#efefef|{{center|''2–2 {{aet}}<br>1–1 {{aet}}''}}
|style=background:#efefef|''[[Hamburger SV]]<br>[[1. FC Nürnberg]]''
|style=background:#efefef|''[[Berlin]]<br>[[Leipzig]]''
|-
|align=center|[[1923 German football championship|1923]]
|[[Hamburger SV]] (1)
|align=center|3–0
|[[1. FC Union Berlin|Union Oberschöneweide]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1924 German football championship|1924]]
|[[1. FC Nürnberg]] (3)
|align=center|2–0
|[[Hamburger SV]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1925 German football championship|1925]]
|[[1. FC Nürnberg]] (4)
|align=center|1–0 {{aet}}
|[[FSV Frankfurt]]
|[[Frankfurt]]
|-
|align=center|[[1926 German football championship|1926]]
|[[SpVgg Fürth]] (2)
|align=center|4–1
|[[Hertha BSC]]
|[[Frankfurt]]
|-
|align=center|[[1927 German football championship|1927]]
|[[1. FC Nürnberg]] (5)
|align=center|2–0
|[[Hertha BSC]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1928 German football championship|1928]]
|[[Hamburger SV]] (2)
|align=center|5–2
|[[Hertha BSC]]
|[[Hamburg]]
|-
|align=center|[[1929 German football championship|1929]]
|[[SpVgg Fürth]] (3)
|align=center|3–2
|[[Hertha BSC]]
|[[Nuremberg]]
|-
|align=center|[[1930 German football championship|1930]]
|[[Hertha BSC]] (1)
|align=center|5–4
|[[Holstein Kiel]]
|[[Düsseldorf]]
|-
|align=center|[[1931 German football championship|1931]]
|[[Hertha BSC]] (2)
|align=center|3–2
|[[TSV 1860 Munich]]
|[[Köln]]
|-
|align=center|[[1932 German football championship|1932]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (1)
|align=center|2–0
|[[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
|[[Nuremberg]]
|-
|}

===German football championships in Nazi Germany (1933–45)===

With the beginning of the 1933–34 season, top-flight German football was reorganized into 16 regional [[Gauliga|Gauligen]] with each of these leagues sending their champion to the national playoffs.<ref name="VKB" /> New Gauligen were created as the Reich expanded its border through the [[Anschluss]] with Austria. This expanded the national championship competition with the addition of regional champions from the new circuits.<ref name="VKB" /> It also introduced previously foreign clubs into German domestic competition where [[Vienna|Viennese]] Austrian sides made a notable impression. Competition during the war was also characterized by the formation of military-based clubs including the Luftwaffe side LSV Hamburg which appeared in the era's last national championship match at the end of the 1943–44 season.<ref name="VKB" /> Unlike the United Kingdom, where play was suspended early on, national football competition continued on in Germany in some form through the course of the war. Play finally collapsed as the war drew to its conclusion and no champion was declared in 1944–45.

It was also during this period that a national cup competition was introduced; the Tschammerpokal was named for [[Reichssportführer]] (Sports Chief of the Reich) [[Hans von Tschammer und Osten]] and is predecessor to the modern-day [[DFB-Pokal]] (German Cup). The first cup competition was staged in 1935 and won by 1. FC Nürnberg.<ref name="VKB" />

'''Key'''
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
|align="center" style="background-color:#F0E68C"|†
|Champion also won [[DFB-Pokal|Tschammerpokal]]
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" width=100%
! style="width:10%;"|Season
! style="width:30%;"|Champions<ref name="RSSSF" />
! style="width:15%;"|Score<ref name="RSSSF" />
! style="width:30%;"|Runners-up<ref name="RSSSF" />
! style="width:15%;"|Venue
|-
|align=center|[[1933 German football championship|1933]]
|[[Fortuna Düsseldorf]] (1)
|align=center|3–0
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|[[Köln]]
|-
|align=center|[[1934 German football championship|1934]]
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] (1)
|align=center|2–1
|[[1. FC Nürnberg]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1935 German football championship|1935]]
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] (2)
|align=center|6–4
|[[VfB Stuttgart]]
|[[Köln]]
|-
|align=center|[[1936 German football championship|1936]]
|[[1. FC Nürnberg]] (6)
|align=center|2–1 {{aet}}
|[[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1937 German football championship|1937]]
|bgcolor=#F0E68C|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] (3) †
|align=center|2–0
|[[1. FC Nürnberg]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1938 German football championship|1938]]
|[[Hannover 96]] (1)
|align=center|3–3 {{aet}}<br>4–3 {{aet}}
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1939 German football championship|1939]]
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] (4)
|align=center|9–0
|[[FC Admira Wacker Mödling|Admira Wien]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1940 German football championship|1940]]
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] (5)
|align=center|1–0
|[[Dresdner SC]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1941 German football championship|1941]]
|[[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] (1)
|align=center|4–3
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1942 German football championship|1942]]
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] (6)
|align=center|2–0
|[[First Vienna FC|First Vienna]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1943 German football championship|1943]]
|[[Dresdner SC]] (1)
|align=center|3–0
|[[1. FC Saarbrücken|FV Saarbrücken]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1944 German football championship|1944]]
|[[Dresdner SC]] (2)
|align=center|4–0
|[[Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg|LSV Hamburg]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|1945
|colspan=4 style=background:#efefef|{{center|''Suspended due to [[World War II]]''}}
|}

===German football championships from post-war to the Bundesliga (1946–63)===
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, German football was in complete disarray. Occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of most organizations in the country.<ref name="Tor" />

However, many football clubs were soon re-established and new sides formed; play was tentatively resumed. By 1948, a new first division league structure, the Oberligen, was in place in most of the Western zone of occupation. The restored competition maintained the German game's historical practice of play in regional leagues. An exception was in French-occupied Saarland where attempts by France to annex the state were manifested in the formation of a separate, but short-lived, football competition that staged its own championship. Saarland briefly had its own representation under [[FIFA]], forming Olympic and World Cup sides, before re-joining German competition in 1956.<ref name="Tor" />

In the Soviet-occupied East zone, a more enduring separation took place that was not mended until the reunification of Germany in 1990. As a result, Eastern-based clubs did not take part in the German national championship under the DFB, vying instead for a different prize. The country's capital city of Berlin was similarly divided and clubs based in [[West Berlin]] took part in western-based competition.<ref name="Tor" />

The Viktoria disappeared at war's end, although it would eventually reappear and be held in East Germany. A new trophy – the Meisterschale – was introduced in the west in 1949. The first post-war champions were 1. FC Nürnberg (2–1 over 1. FC Kaiserslautern in Köln) who were also, coincidentally, the first champions following World War I.<ref name="VKB" />

Over time, the notion of professionalism – long anathema to German sports – made inroads in the country. A consequence of this was that by 1956, a distinct [[German amateur football championship|national amateur championship]] was established, open to teams playing below the Oberliga level in second- and third tier leagues.

{| class="sortable wikitable" width=100%
! style="width:10%;"|Season
! style="width:30%;"|Champions<ref name="RSSSF" />
! style="width:15%;"|Score<ref name="RSSSF" />
! style="width:30%;"|Runners-up<ref name="RSSSF" />
! style="width:15%;"|Venue
|-
|align=center|1946–1947
|colspan=4 style=background:#efefef|{{center|''Suspended – Post-war regional play only''}}
|-
|align=center|[[1948 German football championship|1948]]
|[[1. FC Nürnberg]] (7)
|align=center|2–1
|[[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
|[[Köln]]
|-
|align=center|[[1949 German football championship|1949]]
|[[VfR Mannheim]] (1)
|align=center|3–2 {{aet}}
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|align=center|[[1950 German football championship|1950]]
|[[VfB Stuttgart]] (1)
|align=center|2–1
|[[Kickers Offenbach]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1951 German football championship|1951]]
|[[1. FC Kaiserslautern]] (1)
|align=center|2–1
|[[SC Preußen Münster|Preußen Münster]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1952 German football championship|1952]]
|[[VfB Stuttgart]] (2)
|align=center|3–2
|[[1. FC Saarbrücken]]
|[[Ludwigshafen]]
|-
|align=center|[[1953 German football championship|1953]]
|[[1. FC Kaiserslautern]] (2)
|align=center|4–1
|[[VfB Stuttgart]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1954 German football championship|1954]]
|[[Hannover 96]] (2)
|align=center|5–1
|[[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
|[[Hamburg]]
|-
|align=center|[[1955 German football championship|1955]]
|[[Rot-Weiss Essen]] (1)
|align=center|4–3
|[[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
|[[Hannover]]
|-
|align=center|[[1956 German football championship|1956]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]] (1)
|align=center|4–2
|[[Karlsruher SC]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1957 German football championship|1957]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]] (2)
|align=center|4–1
|[[Hamburger SV]]
|[[Hannover]]
|-
|align=center|[[1958 German football championship|1958]]
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] (7)
|align=center|3–0
|[[Hamburger SV]]
|[[Hannover]]
|-
|align=center|[[1959 German football championship|1959]]
|[[Eintracht Frankfurt]] (1)
|align=center|5–3 {{aet}}
|[[Kickers Offenbach]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1960 German football championship|1960]]
|[[Hamburger SV]] (3)
|align=center|3–2
|[[1. FC Köln]]
|[[Frankfurt]]
|-
|align=center|[[1961 German football championship|1961]]
|[[1. FC Nürnberg]] (8)
|align=center|3–0
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[Hannover]]
|-
|align=center|[[1962 German football championship|1962]]
|[[1. FC Köln]] (1)
|align=center|4–0
|[[1. FC Nürnberg]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|[[1963 German football championship|1963]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]] (3)
|align=center|3–1
|[[1. FC Köln]]
|[[Stuttgart]]
|}

===East German football championships (1950–90)===
{{main|List of East German football champions}}

The post-war occupation of Germany by the victorious Allies eventually led to the de facto partition of the country and the emergence of two separate German states, each with its own government and institutions.

Early plans to maintain a national championship to be contested by representatives from the eastern and western halves of the country quickly fell by the wayside in the context of the [[Cold War]]. An Ostzone champion was declared in each of the 1946–48 seasons and in 1949 the first division [[DDR-Oberliga]] was established under the DFV ([[Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR]]) as a distinct national sport governing body. From 1950 through to 1990 an East German football champion was declared, until the eastern competition was reintegrated into the German national competition under the DFB.<ref name="Tor" />

In the first recognized East German national championship staged in 1949, [[ZSG Union Halle]] defeated [[SG Fortuna Erfurt]] 4–1. In 1990, the last East German champion was [[SG Dynamo Dresden]]. The following season the DDR-Oberliga (I) was redesignated the Nord-Ostdeutscher Fußball Verband Oberliga and became a third tier regional division within the existing German league structure under the DFB. [[FC Hansa Rostock]] captured the title in the transitional 1990–91 season, and alongside runners-up SG Dynamo Dresden, advanced to play in the Bundesliga, thereby fully integrating former Eastern clubs into a unified German championship.<ref name="100J" />

{{Excerpt|List of East German football champions|Champions}}

===Bundesliga (since 1963)===
The [[Introduction of the Bundesliga|formation]] of the [[Bundesliga]] in 1963 marked a significant change to the German football championship. The historical regional league and national playoff format was abandoned in favour of a single unified national league. Sixteen teams from the five Oberligen in place at the time were invited to be part of the new circuit – which also for the first time formally acknowledged the sport as professional rather than amateur.<ref name="Tor" />

The new league adopted a round-robin format in which each team plays every other club once at home and once away. There is no playoff, with the club having the best record at the end of the season claiming the German championship. [[1. FC Köln]] captured the first-ever Bundesliga title in the league's inaugural 1963–64 season. Since then the competition has been dominated by Bayern Munich which has taken the championship in 32 of the 60 Bundesliga seasons played to 2023.

'''Key'''
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
|width=40px align=center style="background-color:#F0E68C"|†
|[[Double (association football)|Double]]
|-
|width=40px align=center style="background-color:#D8BFD8"|*
|[[Treble (association football)|Treble]]
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" width=100%
!Season
!Champions<ref name="RSSSF" />
!Runners-up<ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/UK_WORLDFOOTBALL/idUKL0367631020080504 |title=Bundesliga champions since 1963 |agency=[[Reuters]] |date=4 May 2008 |access-date=4 January 2009 |archive-date=21 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921013029/https://uk.reuters.com/article/UK_WORLDFOOTBALL/idUKL0367631020080504 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
!Third place<ref>{{harvnb|Hesse-Lichtenberger|2003|p=293}}</ref>
!Top scorer(s)<ref name="scorers">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duittops.html |title=(West) Germany -Top Scorers |date=7 November 2008 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=4 January 2009 |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808010827/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duittops.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
!Goals<ref name="scorers" />
|-
|align=center|[[1963–64 Bundesliga|1963–64]]
|[[1. FC Köln]] (2)
|[[MSV Duisburg|Meidericher SV]]
|[[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
|{{sortname|Uwe|Seeler}} 
|align=center|30
|-
|align=center|[[1964–65 Bundesliga|1964–65]]
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] (1)
|[[1. FC Köln]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|{{sortname|Rudi|Brunnenmeier}} 
|align=center|24
|-
|align=center|[[1965–66 Bundesliga|1965–66]]
|[[TSV 1860 Munich]] (1)
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|{{sortname|Friedhelm|Konietzka}} 
|align=center|26
|-
|align=center|[[1966–67 Bundesliga|1966–67]]
|[[Eintracht Braunschweig]] (1)
|[[TSV 1860 Munich]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|{{sortname|Lothar|Emmerich}}, [[Gerd Müller]] 
|align=center|28
|-
|align=center|[[1967–68 Bundesliga|1967–68]]
|[[1. FC Nürnberg]] (9)
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
|{{sortname|Hannes|Löhr}} 
|align=center|27
|-
|align=center|[[1968–69 Bundesliga|1968–69]]
|bgcolor=F0E68C|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (2) †
|[[Alemannia Aachen]]
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
|{{sortname|Gerd|Müller}} 
|align=center|30
|-
|align=center|[[1969–70 Bundesliga|1969–70]]
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] (1)
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|[[Hertha BSC]]
|{{sortname|Gerd|Müller}}
|align=center|38
|-
|align=center|[[1970–71 Bundesliga|1970–71]]
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] (2)
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|[[Hertha BSC]]
|{{sortname|Lothar|Kobluhn}} 
|align=center|24
|-
|align=center|[[1971–72 Bundesliga|1971–72]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (3)
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
|{{sortname|Gerd|Müller}} 
|align=center|40
|-
|align=center|[[1972–73 Bundesliga|1972–73]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (4)
|[[1. FC Köln]]
|[[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]
|{{sortname|Gerd|Müller}} 
|align=center|36
|-
|align=center|[[1973–74 Bundesliga|1973–74]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (5)
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
|[[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]
|{{sortname|Josef|Heynckes|Jupp Heynckes}}, {{sortname|Gerd|Müller}} 
|align=center|30
|-
|align=center|[[1974–75 Bundesliga|1974–75]]
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] (3)
|[[Hertha BSC]]
|[[Hamburger SV]]
|{{sortname|Josef|Heynckes|Jupp Heynckes}} 
|align=center|27
|-
|align=center|[[1975–76 Bundesliga|1975–76]]
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] (4)
|[[Hamburger SV]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|{{sortname|Klaus|Fischer}} 
|align=center|29
|-
|align=center|[[1976–77 Bundesliga|1976–77]]
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] (5)
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|[[Eintracht Braunschweig]]
|{{sortname|Dieter|Müller}} 
|align=center|34
|-
|align=center|[[1977–78 Bundesliga|1977–78]]
|bgcolor=F0E68C|[[1. FC Köln]] (3) †
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
|[[Hertha BSC]]
|{{sortname|Dieter|Müller}}, [[Gerd Müller]] 
|align=center|24
|-
|align=center|[[1978–79 Bundesliga|1978–79]]
|[[Hamburger SV]] (4)
|[[VfB Stuttgart]]
|[[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
|{{sortname|Klaus|Allofs}} 
|align=center|22
|-
|align=center|[[1979–80 Bundesliga|1979–80]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (6)
|[[Hamburger SV]]
|[[VfB Stuttgart]]
|{{sortname|Karl-Heinz|Rummenigge}} 
|align=center|26
|-
|align=center|[[1980–81 Bundesliga|1980–81]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (7)
|[[Hamburger SV]]
|[[VfB Stuttgart]]
|{{sortname|Karl-Heinz|Rummenigge}} 
|align=center|29
|-
|align=center|[[1981–82 Bundesliga|1981–82]]
|[[Hamburger SV]] (5)
|[[1. FC Köln]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|{{sortname|Horst|Hrubesch}} 
|align=center|27
|-
|align=center|[[1982–83 Bundesliga|1982–83]]
|[[Hamburger SV]] (6)
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|[[VfB Stuttgart]]
|{{sortname|Rudi|Völler}} 
|align=center|23
|-
|align=center|[[1983–84 Bundesliga|1983–84]]
|[[VfB Stuttgart]] (3)
|[[Hamburger SV]]
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
|{{sortname|Karl-Heinz|Rummenigge}} 
|align=center|26
|-
|align=center|[[1984–85 Bundesliga|1984–85]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (8)
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|[[1. FC Köln]]
|{{sortname|Klaus|Allofs}}
|align=center|26
|-
|align=center|[[1985–86 Bundesliga|1985–86]]
|bgcolor=F0E68C|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (9) †
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|[[Bayer Uerdingen]]
|{{sortname|Stefan|Kuntz}} 
|align=center|22
|-
|align=center|[[1986–87 Bundesliga|1986–87]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (10)
|[[Hamburger SV]]
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
|{{sortname|Uwe|Rahn}} 
|align=center|24
|-
|align=center|[[1987–88 Bundesliga|1987–88]]
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] (2)
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|[[1. FC Köln]]
|{{sortname|Jürgen|Klinsmann}} 
|align=center|19
|-
|align=center|[[1988–89 Bundesliga|1988–89]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (11)
|[[1. FC Köln]]
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|{{sortname|Thomas|Allofs}}, [[Roland Wohlfarth]] 
|align=center|17
|-
|align=center|[[1989–90 Bundesliga|1989–90]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (12)
|[[1. FC Köln]]
|[[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
|{{sortname|Jørn|Andersen}} 
|align=center|18
|-
|align=center|[[1990–91 Bundesliga|1990–91]]
|[[1. FC Kaiserslautern]] (3)
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|{{sortname|Roland|Wohlfarth}} 
|align=center|21
|-
|align=center|[[1991–92 Bundesliga|1991–92]]
|[[VfB Stuttgart]] (4)
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
|{{sortname|Fritz|Walter|Fritz Walter (footballer born 1960)}} 
|align=center|22
|-
|align=center|[[1992–93 Bundesliga|1992–93]]
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] (3)
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|[[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
|{{sortname|Ulf|Kirsten}}, [[Tony Yeboah]]
|align=center|20
|-
|align=center|[[1993–94 Bundesliga|1993–94]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (13)
|[[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
|[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
|{{sortname|Stefan|Kuntz}}, [[Tony Yeboah]]
|align=center|18
|-
|align=center|[[1994–95 Bundesliga|1994–95]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]] (4)
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|[[SC Freiburg|Freiburg]]
|{{sortname|Heiko|Herrlich}}, [[Mario Basler]]
|align=center|20
|-
|align=center|[[1995–96 Bundesliga|1995–96]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]] (5)
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|{{sortname|Fredi|Bobic}} 
|align=center|17
|-
|align=center|[[1996–97 Bundesliga|1996–97]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (14)
|[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|{{sortname|Ulf|Kirsten}} 
|align=center|22
|-
|align=center|[[1997–98 Bundesliga|1997–98]]
|[[1. FC Kaiserslautern]] (4)
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
|{{sortname|Ulf|Kirsten}} 
|align=center|22
|-
|align=center|[[1998–99 Bundesliga|1998–99]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (15)
|[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
|[[Hertha BSC]]
|{{sortname|Michael|Preetz}} 
|align=center|23
|-
|align=center|[[1999–2000 Bundesliga|1999–2000]]
|bgcolor=#F0E68C|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (16) †
|[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
|[[Hamburger SV]]
|{{sortname|Martin|Max}} 
|align=center|19
|-
|align=center|[[2000–01 Bundesliga|2000–01]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (17)
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|{{sortname|Sergej|Barbarez}}, [[Ebbe Sand]]
|align=center|22
|-
|align=center|[[2001–02 Bundesliga|2001–02]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]] (6)
|[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|{{sortname|Márcio|Amoroso}}, [[Martin Max]]
|align=center|18
|-
|align=center|[[2002–03 Bundesliga|2002–03]]
|bgcolor=#F0E68C|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (18) †
|[[VfB Stuttgart]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|{{sortname|Giovane|Élber|Giovane Élber|Elber, Giovane}}, [[Thomas Christiansen]] 
|align=center|21
|-
|align=center|[[2003–04 Bundesliga|2003–04]]
|bgcolor=#F0E68C|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] (4) †
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
|{{sortname|Aílton||Aílton Gonçalves da Silva|Ailton}} 
|align=center|28
|-
|align=center|[[2004–05 Bundesliga|2004–05]]
|bgcolor=#F0E68C|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (19) †
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|{{sortname|Marek|Mintál}} 
|align=center|24
|-
|align=center|[[2005–06 Bundesliga|2005–06]]
|bgcolor=#F0E68C|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (20) †
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|[[Hamburger SV]]
|{{sortname|Miroslav|Klose}} 
|align=center|25
|-
|align=center|[[2006–07 Bundesliga|2006–07]]
|[[VfB Stuttgart]] (5)
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|{{sortname|Theofanis|Gekas}} 
|align=center|20
|-
|align=center|[[2007–08 Bundesliga|2007–08]]
|bgcolor=#F0E68C|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (21) †
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|{{sortname|Luca|Toni}} 
|align=center|24
|-
|align=center|[[2008–09 Bundesliga|2008–09]]
|[[VfL Wolfsburg]] (1)
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|[[VfB Stuttgart]]
|{{sortname|Grafite||Grafite}}  
|align=center|28
|-
|align=center|[[2009–10 Bundesliga|2009–10]]
|bgcolor=#F0E68C|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (22) †
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]
|{{sortname|Edin|Džeko}}  
|align=center|22
|-
|align=center|[[2010–11 Bundesliga|2010–11]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]] (7)
|[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|{{sortname|Mario|Gómez}}
|align=center|28
|-
|align=center|[[2011–12 Bundesliga|2011–12]]
|bgcolor=#F0E68C|[[Borussia Dortmund]] (8) †
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|[[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar]] 
|align=center|29
|-
|align=center|[[2012–13 Bundesliga|2012–13]]
|bgcolor=#D8BFD8|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (23) *
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
|[[Stefan Kießling]]
|align=center|25
|-
|align=center|[[2013–14 Bundesliga|2013–14]]
|bgcolor=F0E68C|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (24) †
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|[[Robert Lewandowski]]
|align=center|20
|-
|align=center|[[2014–15 Bundesliga|2014–15]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (25)
|[[VfL Wolfsburg]]
|[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
|[[Alexander Meier]]
|align=center|19
|-
|align=center|[[2015–16 Bundesliga|2015–16]]
|bgcolor=F0E68C|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (26) †
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
|[[Robert Lewandowski]]
|align=center|30
|-
|align=center|[[2016–17 Bundesliga|2016–17]]
||[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (27) 
|[[RB Leipzig]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang]]
|align=center|31
|-
|align=center|[[2017–18 Bundesliga|2017–18]]
||[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (28) 
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|[[TSG 1899 Hoffenheim|1899 Hoffenheim]]
|[[Robert Lewandowski]]
|align=center|29
|-
|align=center|[[2018–19 Bundesliga|2018–19]]
|bgcolor=F0E68C|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (29) †
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[RB Leipzig]]
|[[Robert Lewandowski]]
|align=center|22
|-
|align=center|[[2019–20 Bundesliga|2019–20]]
|bgcolor=#D8BFD8|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (30) *
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[RB Leipzig]]
|[[Robert Lewandowski]]
|align=center|34
|-
|align=center|[[2020–21 Bundesliga|2020–21]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (31) 
|[[RB Leipzig]]
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[Robert Lewandowski]]
|align=center|41
|-
|align=center|[[2021–22 Bundesliga|2021–22]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (32) 
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
|[[Robert Lewandowski]]
|align=center|35
|-
|align=center|[[2022–23 Bundesliga|2022–23]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (33) 
|[[Borussia Dortmund]]
|[[RB Leipzig]]
|[[Niclas Füllkrug]], [[Christopher Nkunku]]
|align=center|16
|-
|align=center|[[2023–24 Bundesliga|2023–24]]
|bgcolor=F0E68C|[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]] (1) †
|[[VfB Stuttgart]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] 
|[[Harry Kane]]
|align=center|36
|-
|align=center|[[2024–25 Bundesliga|2024–25]]
|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] (34) 
|[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
|[[Eintracht Frankfurt]]
|[[Harry Kane]]
|align=center|26
|}

==Performances==
Over the history of the German football championship, 30 different clubs have won the title. The most successful club is FC Bayern Munich, with 34 titles to its credit, 33 of those coming in Bundesliga competition. The most successful pre-Bundesliga club is 1. FC Nürnberg, who won eight titles in the era of knockout play amongst regional champions.

Former German champions are recognized through the [[Bundesliga#Honours|Verdiente Meistervereine]] system which permits the display of a star or stars on a club's jersey. This system allows for the recognition of both German and [[List of East German football champions|East German titles]], although only German titles are listed in the table below.

Clubs in '''bold''' currently play in the top division.

Clubs in ''italics'' with a † are no longer in existence.

Clubs with flags are based outside Germany and are no longer eligible because they play in their own domestic leagues.

===Performance by club===
<onlyinclude>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:20%;"|Club
! style="width:10%;"|Winners
! style="width:10%;"|Runners-up
! style="width:40%;"|Winning seasons
! style="width:60%;"|Runners-up seasons
|-
|'''[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]'''
|align=center|34
|align=center|10
| [[1932 German football championship|1932]], [[1968–69 Bundesliga|1968–69]], [[1971–72 Bundesliga|1971–72]], [[1972–73 Bundesliga|1972–73]], [[1973–74 Bundesliga|1973–74]], [[1979–80 Bundesliga|1979–80]], [[1980–81 Bundesliga|1980–81]], [[1984–85 Bundesliga|1984–85]], [[1985–86 Bundesliga|1985–86]], [[1986–87 Bundesliga|1986–87]], [[1988–89 Bundesliga|1988–89]], [[1989–90 Bundesliga|1989–90]], [[1993–94 Bundesliga|1993–94]], [[1996–97 Bundesliga|1996–97]], [[1998–99 Bundesliga|1998–99]], [[1999–2000 Bundesliga|1999–2000]], [[2000–01 Bundesliga|2000–01]], [[2002–03 Bundesliga|2002–03]], [[2004–05 Bundesliga|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Bundesliga|2005–06]], [[2007–08 Bundesliga|2007–08]], [[2009–10 Bundesliga|2009–10]], [[2012–13 Bundesliga|2012–13]], [[2013–14 Bundesliga|2013–14]], [[2014–15 Bundesliga|2014–15]], [[2015–16 Bundesliga|2015–16]], [[2016–17 Bundesliga|2016–17]], [[2017–18 Bundesliga|2017–18]], [[2018–19 Bundesliga|2018–19]], [[2019–20 Bundesliga|2019–20]], [[2020–21 Bundesliga|2020–21]], [[2021–22 Bundesliga|2021–22]], [[2022–23 Bundesliga|2022–23]], [[2024–25 Bundesliga|2024–25]]
| 1969–70, 1970–71, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2011–12
|-
|[[1. FC Nürnberg]]
|align=center|9
|align=center|3
|[[1920 German football championship|1920]], [[1921 German football championship|1921]], [[1924 German football championship|1924]], [[1925 German football championship|1925]], [[1927 German football championship|1927]], [[1936 German football championship|1936]], [[1948 German football championship|1948]], [[1961 German football championship|1961]], [[1967–68 Bundesliga|1967–68]]
| 1934, 1937, 1962
|-
|'''[[Borussia Dortmund]]'''
|align=center|8
|align=center|11
|[[1956 German football championship|1956]], [[1957 German football championship|1957]], [[1963 German football championship|1963]], [[1994–95 Bundesliga|1994–95]], [[1995–96 Bundesliga|1995–96]], [[2001–02 Bundesliga|2001–02]], [[2010–11 Bundesliga|2010–11]], [[2011–12 Bundesliga|2011–12]]
| 1949, 1961, 1965–66, 1991–92, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
|-
|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
|align=center|7
|align=center|10
|[[1934 German football championship|1934]], [[1935 German football championship|1935]], [[1937 German football championship|1937]], [[1939 German football championship|1939]], [[1940 German football championship|1940]], [[1942 German football championship|1942]], [[1958 German football championship|1958]]
| 1933, 1938, 1941, 1971–72, 1976–77, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2017–18
|-
|'''[[Hamburger SV]]'''
|align=center|6
|align=center|8
|[[1923 German football championship|1923]], [[1928 German football championship|1928]], [[1960 German football championship|1960]], [[1978–79 Bundesliga|1978–79]], [[1981–82 Bundesliga|1981–82]], [[1982–83 Bundesliga|1982–83]]
| 1924, 1957, 1958, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1986–87
|-
|'''[[VfB Stuttgart]]'''
|align=center|5
|align=center|5
|[[1950 German football championship|1950]], [[1952 German football championship|1952]], [[1983–84 Bundesliga|1983–84]], [[1991–92 Bundesliga|1991–92]], [[2006–07 Bundesliga|2006–07]]
| 1935, 1953, 1978–79, 2002–03, 2023–24
|-
|'''[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]'''
|align=center|5
|align=center|2
|[[1969–70 Bundesliga|1969–70]], [[1970–71 Bundesliga|1970–71]], [[1974–75 Bundesliga|1974–75]], [[1975–76 Bundesliga|1975–76]], [[1976–77 Bundesliga|1976–77]]
| 1973–74, 1977–78
|-
|'''[[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]'''
|align=center|4
|align=center|7
|[[1964–65 Bundesliga|1964–65]], [[1987–88 Bundesliga|1987–88]], [[1992–93 Bundesliga|1992–93]], [[2003–04 Bundesliga|2003–04]]
| 1967–68, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1994–95, 2005–06, 2007–08
|-
|[[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
|align=center|4
|align=center|4
|[[1951 German football championship|1951]], [[1953 German football championship|1953]], [[1990–91 Bundesliga|1990–91]], [[1997–98 Bundesliga|1997–98]]
| 1948, 1954, 1955, 1993–94
|-
|'''[[1. FC Köln]]'''
|align=center|3
|align=center|7
|[[1962 German football championship|1962]], [[1963–64 Bundesliga|1963–64]], [[1977–78 Bundesliga|1977–78]]
| 1960, 1963, 1964–65, 1972–73, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1989–90
|-
|[[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig]]
|align=center|3
|align=center|2
|[[1903 German football championship|1903]], [[1906 German football championship|1906]], [[1913 German football championship|1913]]
| 1911, 1914
|-
|[[SpVgg Greuther Fürth|Greuther Fürth]]
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|[[1914 German football championship|1914]], [[1926 German football championship|1926]], [[1929 German football championship|1929]]
| 1920
|-
|[[Hertha BSC]]
|align=center|2
|align=center|5
|[[1930 German football championship|1930]], [[1931 German football championship|1931]]
| 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1974–75
|-
|[[FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin]]
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|[[1908 German football championship|1908]], [[1911 German football championship|1911]]
| 1907, 1909
|-
|[[Dresdner SC]]
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|[[1943 German football championship|1943]], [[1944 German football championship|1944]]
| 1940
|-
|[[Hannover 96]]
|align=center|2
|align=center|—
|[[1938 German football championship|1938]], [[1954 German football championship|1954]]
|
|-
|'''[[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]'''
|align=center|1
|align=center|6
| [[2023–24 Bundesliga|2023–24]]
| 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2024–25
|-
|[[Karlsruher FV]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|[[1910 German football championship|1910]]
| 1905, 1912
|-
|[[Holstein Kiel]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|[[1912 German football championship|1912]]
| 1910, 1930
|-
|[[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|[[1965–66 Bundesliga|1965–66]]
| 1931, 1966–67
|-
|[[SpVg Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[1905 German football championship|1905]]
| 1921
|-
|[[Karlsruher SC]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[1909 German football championship|1909]]
| 1956
|-
|[[Fortuna Düsseldorf]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[1933 German football championship|1933]]
| 1936
|-
|'''[[Eintracht Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[1959 German football championship|1959]]
| 1932
|-
|'''[[VfL Wolfsburg]]'''
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|[[2008–09 Bundesliga|2008–09]]
| 2014–15
|-
|[[Freiburger FC]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1907 German football championship|1907]]
| 
|-
|<small> {{Flagicon|AUT}} [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]</small>
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|''[[1941 German football championship|1941]]''
|
|-
|[[VfR Mannheim]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1949 German football championship|1949]]
|
|-
|[[Rot-Weiss Essen]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1955 German football championship|1955]]
|
|-
|[[Eintracht Braunschweig]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|—
|[[1966–67 Bundesliga|1966–67]]
|
|-
|[[1. FC Saarbrücken]]
|align=center|—
|align=center|2
|
| 1943, 1952
|-
|[[Kickers Offenbach]]
|align=center|—
|align=center|2
|
| 1950, 1959
|-
|'''[[RB Leipzig]]'''
|align=center|—
|align=center|2
|
| 2016–17, 2020–21
|-
|<small> {{Flagicon|CZE}} ''[[DFC Prag|Deutscher FC Prag]]''</small>†
|align=center|—
|align=center|1
|
| ''1903''
|-
|[[1. CfR Pforzheim]]
|align=center|—
|align=center|1
|
| 1906
|-
|[[Stuttgarter Kickers]]
|align=center|—
|align=center|1
|
| 1908
|-
|[[Eintracht Duisburg 1848|Duisburger SpV]]
|align=center|—
|align=center|1
|
| 1913
|-
|'''[[1. FC Union Berlin]]'''
|align=center|—
|align=center|1
|
| 1923
|-
|[[FSV Frankfurt]]
|align=center|—
|align=center|1
|
| 1925
|-
|<small> {{Flagicon|AUT}} [[FC Admira Wacker Mödling]]</small>
|align=center|—
|align=center|1
|
| ''1939''
|-
|<small> {{Flagicon|AUT}} [[First Vienna FC|First Vienna]]</small>
|align=center|—
|align=center|1
|
| ''1942''
|-
|[[Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg|LSV Hamburg]]
|align=center|—
|align=center|1
|
| 1944
|-
|[[SC Preußen Münster|Preußen Münster]]
|align=center|—
|align=center|1
|
| 1951
|-
|[[MSV Duisburg]]
|align=center|—
|align=center|1
|
| 1963–64
|-
|[[Alemannia Aachen]]
|align=center|—
|align=center|1
|
| 1968–69
|}
</onlyinclude>

{{Pie chart
|caption = Titles won by club (%)
|label1 = Bayern Munich – 33
|value1 = 29.5
|color1 = #B31B1B
|label2 = 1. FC Nürnberg – 9
|value2 = 8
|color2 = #800020
|label3 = Borussia Dortmund – 8
|value3 = 7.1
|color3 = #fde100
|label4 = Schalke 04 – 7
|value4 = 6.3
|color4 = #0018A8
|label5 = Hamburger SV – 6
|value5 = 5.4
|color5 = white
|label6 = VfB Stuttgart – 5
|value6 = 4.5
|color6 = #e32219
|label7 = Borussia Mönchengladbach – 5
|value7 = 4.5
|color7 = green
|label8 = Werder Bremen - 4
|value8 = 3.6
|color8 = #009655
|label9 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern - 4
|value9 = 3.6
|color9 = #C32A28
|label10 = 1. FC Köln - 3
|value10 = 2.7
|color10 = #ED1C24
|label11 = 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig - 3
|value11 = 2.7
|color11 = #FFD500
|label12 = Greuther Fürth - 3
|value12 = 2.7
|color12 = #007841
|label13 = Hertha BSC - 2
|value13 = 1.8
|color13 = #004D9E
|label14 = FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin - 2
|value14 = 1.8
|color14 = #37B3F1
|label15 = Dresdner SC - 2
|value15 = 1.8
|color15 = #C80C0F
|label16 = Hannover 96 - 2
|value16 = 1.8
|color16 = #179d33
|label17 = Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1
|value17 = 0.9
|color17 = #E32221
|label18 = Karlsruher FV - 1
|value18 = 0.9
|color18 = black
|label19 = Holstein Kiel - 1
|value19 = 0.9
|color19 = #0f5787
|label20 = 1860 Munich - 1
|value20 = 0.9
|color20 = white
|label21 = Spvgg Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin - 1
|value21 = 0.9
|color21 = #00428c
|label22 = Karlsruher SC - 1
|value22 = 0.9
|color22 = #004c94
|label23 = Fortuna Düsseldorf - 1
|value23 = 0.9
|color23 = #e30511
|label24 = Eintracht Frankfurt - 1
|value24 = 0.9
|color24 = #e1000f
|label25 = VfL Wolfsburg - 1
|value25 = 0.9
|color25 = #65b32e
|label26 = Freiburger FC - 1
|value26 = 0.9
|color26 = #ca0e20
|label27 = Rapid Wein - 1
|value27 = 0.9
|color27 = #00794B
|label28 = VfR Mannheim - 1
|value28 = 0.9
|color28 = #ef2630
|label29 = Rot-Weiss Essen - 1
|value29 = 0.9
|color29 = #e1001e
|label30 = Eintracht Braunschweig - 1
|value30 = 0.9
|color30 = #fbbf0f
}}

'''Notes''':
<div style="font-size: 90%;">
*A. {{note|1904}} [[VfB Leipzig]] would have faced [[Berliner TuFC Britannia 1889|Berliner TuFC]], but no final was held.
*B. {{note label|WWI|B|a}}{{note label|WWI|B|b}}{{note label|WWI|B|c}}{{note label|WWI|B|d}}{{note label|WWI|B|e}} The German football championship was not held from 1915 to 1919 due to the [[World War I|First World War]].
*C. {{note|1922}} The 1922 final between [[Hamburger SV]] and [[1. FC Nürnberg]] ended 2–2. The match was called due to darkness after 189 minutes of play. The replay ended 1–1 when the referee called off the game while in extra time due to Nuremberg having just seven players remaining in the game. Hamburg was awarded the championship but later declined.
*D. {{note label|WWII|D|a}}{{note label|WWII|D|b}}{{note label|WWII|D|c}} The German football championship was not held from 1945 to 1947 due to the [[World War II|Second World War]] and its aftermath.
*E. {{note label|Leipzig|E|}} VfB Leipzig are now known as [[Lokomotive Leipzig]].
*F. {{note label|Vienna|F|}} [[Vienna]] was part of Germany when [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] won the championship in 1941.
</div>

===Performance by state and regional association===
As of 2024, German football champions have come from 11 of the 16 German states. The most successful state is Bavaria with 47 championships. Bavaria is also home to the two individually most successful clubs, Bayern Munich and 1. FC Nürnberg. North Rhine-Westphalia follows with 26 championships. The state is home to the third and fourth most successful clubs, Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04. No club from the Saarland, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has yet won the championship.

In most cases the regional associations of the [[German Football Association|DFB]] align with state borders in Germany. However, the DFB has two regional associations in Rhineland-Palatinate, and three each in North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg. For the champions of these states the regional associations are mentioned as well. From 1938 to 1945 Austria was part of Germany, and Austrian clubs were thus allowed to compete in the German football championship. Rapid Wien won one championship in that period.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
![[States of Germany|State]]
!Winners
!Club(s)
|-
|[[Bavaria]]
|align = center|47
|Bayern Munich (34), 1. FC Nürnberg (9), Greuther Fürth (3), 1860 Munich (1)
|-
|[[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
|align = center|26
|''Westphalia (15):'' Borussia Dortmund (8), Schalke 04 (7)<br/>''Lower Rhine (7):'' Borussia Mönchengladbach (5), Fortuna Düsseldorf (1), Rot-Weiß Essen (1)<br/>''Middle Rhine (4):'' 1. FC Köln (3), Bayer Leverkusen (1)
|-
|[[Baden-Württemberg]]
|align = center|9
|''Württemberg (5):'' VfB Stuttgart (5)<br/>''Baden (3):'' Karlsruher FV (1), Karlsruher SC (1), VfR Mannheim (1)<br/>''South Baden (1):'' Freiburger FC (1)
|-
|[[Hamburg]]
|align = center|6
|Hamburger SV (6)
|-
|[[Saxony]]
|align = center|5
|Lokomotive Leipzig (3), Dresdner SC (2)
|-
|[[Berlin]]
|align = center|5
|Hertha BSC (2), Viktoria 89 Berlin (2), SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin (1)
|-
|[[Bremen (state)|Bremen]]
|align = center|4
|Werder Bremen (4)
|-
|[[Rhineland-Palatinate]]
|align = center|4
|''South-Western Germany (4):'' 1. FC Kaiserslautern (4)
|-
|[[Lower Saxony]]
|align = center|4
|Hannover 96 (2), VfL Wolfsburg (1), Eintracht Braunschweig (1)
|-
|[[Schleswig-Holstein]]
|align = center|1
|Holstein Kiel (1)
|-
|[[Hesse]]
|align = center|1
|Eintracht Frankfurt (1)
|-
|''Other''
|align = center|1
|''Austria (1):'' Rapid Wien (1)
|}

==Undeclared championships==
In over a century of German football competition, champions were not declared in several seasons for various reasons. No champion was declared in 1904 due to the DFB's inability to resolve a protest filed by [[Karlsruher FV]] over their 1–6 semi-final loss to [[Berliner SV|Britannia Berlin]] to determine which of these sides would face defending champion Leipzig in that year's final. Karlsruhe's protest was over the failure to play the match at neutral venue.

The national championship was suspended in October 1915 due to World War I. Limited play continued on a regional basis in many parts of the country, while competition was abandoned in other areas. Several regional leagues continued to declare champions or cup winners. The national championship was reinstated with the 1919–20 season that was concluded with a 2–0 victory by [[1. FC Nürnberg]] over [[SpVgg Fürth]] in [[Frankfurt]].<ref name="100J" />

The 1922 final was contested by 1. FC Nürnberg and [[Hamburger SV]], but never reached a conclusion on the pitch. The match was called on account of darkness after three hours and ten minutes of play, drawn at 2–2. The re-match also went into extra time, and in an era that did not allow for substitutions, the game was called at 1–1 when Nürnberg was reduced to just seven players and the referee ruled they could not continue. Considerable wrangling ensued over the decision. The DFB awarded the win to Hamburg under the condition that they renounce the title in the name of "good sportsmanship" – which they grudgingly did. Ultimately, the championship trophy was not officially presented that year.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.11freunde.de/geschichtsstunde/109198 | title = Geschichtsstunde – Kameraden fürs Leben | author = Andreas Bock | publisher = 11freunde.de | date = 8 March 2008 | access-date = 5 January 2009 | language = de | archive-date = 15 May 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080515140858/http://www.11freunde.de/geschichtsstunde/109198 | url-status = live }}</ref>

Competition for the national title was maintained through most of World War II and was supported by the regime for morale. Play became increasingly difficult as the war drew to its conclusion due to manpower shortages, bombed-out stadiums, and the hardship and expense of travel. In the era's final championship match [[Dresdner SC]] beat the military club [[LSV Hamburg]] 4–0 on 18 June 1944 in Berlin's [[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]]. The 1944–45 season kicked off ahead of schedule in November; however, by March 1945 play had collapsed throughout Germany as Allied armies overran the country.<ref name="Tor" /> Play was tentatively resumed in various parts of the now-occupied country in early 1946 and the postwar [[Oberliga (football)|Oberliga]] structure began to take shape in the 1946–47 season; no national champion was declared from 1945 to 1947. In 1947–48, qualification play took place to determine Westzonen (Western occupation zones) and Ostzone (Eastern occupation zone) representatives to meet in a national final that never took place. 1. FC Nürnberg is recognized as the first postwar German national champion for its 2–1 victory over [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]] in the Westzonen final staged on 8 August 1948 in [[Mannheim]].<ref name="VKB" /> In the Ostzone, [[SG Planitz]] beat [[SG Freiimfelde Halle]] 1–0 on 4 July 1948 in [[Leipzig]] to qualify for the scheduled national final, but were denied a permit to travel to play the match by Soviet authorities.<ref name="Tor" />

==Other national championships==
===Workers' and Faith-based Leagues===
In the aftermath of World War I, several lesser national football competitions emerged as outgrowths of the tumultuous German political situation. These included the left-leaning workers' [[Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund|ATSB]] (Arbeiter-Turn- und Sport-Bund), the Catholic-sponsored [[DJK-Sportverband|DJK]] (Deutschen Jugendkraft), the Protestant-backed DT (Deutsche Turnerschaft), and the Communist KG (Kampfgemeinschaft für Rote Sporteinheit). Through the 1920s and 1930s, each of these leagues staged their own national championships or fielded national sides. Because of the ideologies they represented, they were considered politically unpalatable by the regime and disappeared in the 1933 reorganization of German football under [[Nazi Germany]] that consolidated competition in state-sanctioned leagues.<ref name="100J" /> These clubs were forced into mergers with other mainstream sides or saw their assets seized by the state.

[[Antisemitism]] in Germany led to the creation of Jewish sports associations as Jews were forced out of mainstream clubs. These associations, including [[Schild Sports Association|Sportbund Schild]] and Makkabi, staged their own national championships from 1933–38.

====Arbeiter-Turn-und Sportbund (1920–1933)====
'''Key'''
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
|align="center" style="background-color:#FBCEB1"|*
|Match was replayed after a protest
|}
{| class="sortable wikitable" width=75%
! style="width:10%;"|Year
! style="width:20%;"|Champions
! style="width:10%;"|Score
! style="width:20%;"|Runners-up
! style="width:15%;"|Venue
|-
|align=center|1920
|[[Tuspo Fürth]]
|align=center|3–2
|[[TuS Süden Forst]]
|[[Leipzig]]
|-
|align=center|1921
|[[VfL Leipzig-Stötteritz]]
|align=center|3–0
|[[Nordiska Berlin]]
|[[Dresden]]
|-
|align=center|1922
|[[VfL Leipzig-Stötteritz]]
|align=center|4–1
|[[BV 06 Cassel]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|1923
|[[VfL Leipzig-Stötteritz]]
|bgcolor=FBCEB1 align=center|(1–0) 3–2 *
|[[Alemannia 22 Berlin]]
|[[Dresden]]
|-
|align=center|1924
|[[Dresdner SV 10]]
|align=center|6–1
|[[SV Stern Breslau]]
|[[Dresden]]
|-
|align=center|1925
|[[Dresdner SV 10]]
|align=center|7–0
|[[SV Stralau 10]]
|[[Dresden]]
|-
|align=center|1926
|[[Dresdner SV 10]]
|align=center|5–1
|[[TuS Süden Forst]]
|[[Dresden]]
|-
|align=center|1927
|[[Dresdner SV 10]]
|align=center|4–1
|[[TuS Nürnberg-West]]
|[[Dresden]]
|-
|align=center|1928
|[[SC Adler Pankow|Pankower 08 Adler]]
|align=center|5–4
|[[ASV Westend Frankfurt]]
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=center|1929
|[[Lorbeer 06 Hamburg]]
|align=center|5–4
|[[FT Döbern]]
|[[Hamburg]]
|-
|align=center|1930
|[[TuS 1930 Nürnberg-Ost]]
|align=center|6–1
|[[Bahrenfelder SV 19]]
|[[Nuremberg]]
|-
|align=center|1931
|[[Lorbeer 06 Hamburg]]
|align=center|4–2
|[[SpVgg 12 Pegau]]
|[[Hamburg]]
|-
|align=center|1932
|[[TuS Nürnberg-Ost]]
|align=center|4–1
|[[93 FT Cottbus]]
|[[Nuremberg]]
|-
|align=center|1933
|colspan=4 style=background:#efefef|{{center|''ATSB dissolved by [[Nazism|Nazis]] in May 1933.''}}
|}

====Deutsche Jugendkraft (1921–1932)====
{| class="sortable wikitable" width=75%
! style="width:10%;"|Year
! style="width:20%;"|Champions
! style="width:10%;"|Score
! style="width:20%;"|Runners-up
! style="width:15%;"|Venue
|-
|align=center|1921
|[[DJK Katernberg]]
|align=center|3–2 (a.e.t.)
|[[DJK Ludwigshafen]]
|[[Düsseldorf]]
|-
|align=center|1924
|[[DJK Katernberg]]
|align=center|4–2
|[[DJK Bürgel Sparta]]
|[[Frankfurt am Main]]
|-
|align=center|1927
|[[Sparta DJK Nürnberg]]
|align=center|6–1
|[[DJK TuS 08 Homberg-Hochheide]]
|[[Cologne|Köln]]
|-
|align=center|1932
|[[Sparta DJK Nürnberg]]
|align=center|5–2
|[[DJK Adler Frintrop]]
|[[Dortmund]]
|}

====Deutsche Turnerschaft (1925–1930)====
{| class="sortable wikitable" width=75%
! style="width:10%;"|Year
! style="width:20%;"|Champions
! style="width:10%;"|Score
! style="width:20%;"|Runners-up
! style="width:15%;"|Venue
|-
|align=center|1925
|[[MTV Fürth]]
|align=center|5–0
|[[MTV Kiel]]
|[[Hamburg]]
|-
|align=center|1926
|[[MTV Fürth]]
|align=center|3–2
|[[Rotherburgsorter TV]]
|[[Ulm]]
|-
|align=center|1927
|[[TV 1861 Forst]]
|align=center|6–0
|[[TV 1846 Mannheim]]
|[[Dresden]]
|-
|align=center|1928
|[[Harburger TB]]
|align=center|1–0
|[[ATV Leipzig-Paunsdorf]]
|[[Cologne|Köln]]
|-
|align=center|1929
|[[TV Mannheim 46]]
|align=center|2–0
|[[ATG Gera]]
|[[Gera]]
|-
|align=center|1930
|[[Kruppsche TG Essen]]
|align=center|5–4
|[[MTV Wilhelmsburg]]
|[[Leipzig]]
|}

Following the 1930 season, most DT teams became part of the mainstream DFB.

====Kampfgemeinschaft für Rote Sporteinheit (1931–1933)====
{| class="sortable wikitable" width=75%
! style="width:10%;"|Year
! style="width:20%;"|Champions
! style="width:10%;"|Score
! style="width:20%;"|Runners-up
! style="width:15%;"|Venue
|-
|align=center|1931
|[[Dresdner SV 10]]
|align=center|3–2
|[[Sparta 11 Berlin]]
|—
|-
|align=center|1932
|[[FT Jeßnitz]]
|align=center|8–0
|[[BV Gelsenkirchen 1912]]
|—
|-
|align=center|1933
|colspan=4 style=background:#efefef|{{center|''KG dissolved by [[Nazism|Nazis]] in February 1933.''}}
|}

==Participation of non-German clubs==
German championships have included clubs from countries other than Germany.<ref name="VKB" /> [[DFC Prag]], vice-champions in the first national final and a [[Founding Clubs of the DFB|founding member]] of the DFB, was an ethnically-German club from [[Bohemia]] in the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]] (today part of the [[Czech Republic]]) which did not at the time have its own national football federation.

Following the [[Anschluss|annexation of Austria]], which was incorporated into [[Nazi Germany]] in 1938, Austrian clubs became part of German competition; [[Admira Wien]] made a losing appearance in the German national final in 1939, [[Rapid Wien]] captured the championship in 1941, and [[First Vienna]] also lost in 1942. In each case their opposition was [[Schalke 04]]. Throughout the course of World War II, clubs in German-occupied territories were made part of German competition in the [[Gauliga|Gauligen]] and took part in the regional qualifying rounds of the national championship, but without the same success as Austrian sides.

==Trophies==
 [[File:Victoria Schalke-Museum.jpg|120px|thumb|Replica of the ''Viktoria'' at the [[FC Schalke 04]] museum]]
Two trophies have been used for the official German and, during the era of the divided Germany, West German champions. The pre-[[Second World War]] trophy, the ''[[Viktoria (trophy)|Viktoria]]'', was awarded from 1903 to 1944, making Saxonian clubs [[VfB Leipzig]] the first and [[Dresdner SC]] the last club to receive it. The trophy disappeared during the final stages of the war and would not resurface until after the [[German reunification]]. A new trophy, the ''[[Meisterschale]]'', was commissioned after the war but was not ready for the first post-war champions in 1948. Instead it was first awarded to [[VfR Mannheim]] in 1949. While the original trophy has only the champions from 1903 to 1944 engraved the new one lists all the German champions since 1903 and has had to be enlarged on occasion.<ref name="Vic" /><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dfb.de/historie/trophaeen/meisterschale/ | title = Meisterschale | language = de | website = DFB | date = 29 September 2014 | access-date = 29 December 2015 | archive-date = 19 October 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151019002103/http://www.dfb.de/historie/trophaeen/meisterschale | url-status = live }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of East German football champions]]
* [[Southern German football championship]]
* [[List of German women's football champions]]
* [[List of Bundesliga top scorers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book |first=Wladimir |last=Andreff |author2=Stefan Szymanski  |title=Handbook on the Economics of Sport |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |year=2006 |isbn=1-84376-608-6 }}
*{{cite book|first=Ulrich |last=Hesse-Lichtenberger |title=Tor! The Story of German Football |publisher=WSC Books Limited |year=2003 |isbn=0-9540134-5-X }}

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