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Bundesliga thrills the masses
No other league in Europe boasts attendance figures as high the Bundesliga. Find out the reasons why here...
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August edition 2011: Opening day shock for Bayern >
Schalke win the Supercup on penalties but it's defending champs Dortmund who get off to a flier in the league. Title favourites FC Bayern meanwhile crash at home to Mönchengladbach - a league debut to forget for the new defensive axis of Neuer, Boateng and Rafinha.
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July Edition 2011: Dortmund face HSV in season opener >
An attractive curtain-raiser, negotiable first assignments for the two promoted clubs and an old-time classic in Munich: The 49th season of the Bundesliga promises thrills galore right from the off. Champions Borussia Dortmund face Hamburger SV in the opener.
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June Edition 2011: Neuer moves to FC Bayern >
FC Bayern München have got their man, and got him moreover for the coming season: Manuel Neuer has joined the record champions from Schalke 04. The German national team goalkeeper has been given a five-year contract in Munich, valid through to June 2016.
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May Edition 2011: Dortmund celebrate fourth Bundesliga title >
As the final whistle blew on Borussia Dortmund's 2-0 home victory over 1. FC Nürnberg on Matchday 32, the Signal Iduna Park erupted. The win, coupled with Bayer Leverkusen's simultaneous 2-0 defeat at 1. FC Köln, assure BVB the Bundesliga title.
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April Edition 2011: Third stint at FCB for Heynckes >
As had been widely anticipated, Jupp Heynckes will be the new head coach of FC Bayern München next season. The 65-year-old will take charge of the German record champions for the third time, tasked with helping them back to the very top of the European game.
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March Edition 2011: BVB beat champs and take the honours >
Defending champions FC Bayern München were upstaged when Borussia Dortmund came to town on Matchday 24. The runaway league leaders won 3-1 at the Allianz Arena to end any residual interest the hosts may have had in this season's title race.
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February Edition 2011: Neuer earns Schalke a point >
Franz Beckenbauer called it a world-class performance, national team coach Joachim Löw said his number 1 had been sensational. What occasioned it all was a goalkeeping masterclass from Manuel Neuer to earn Schalke 04 a 0-0 draw at Borussia Dortmund.
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January Edition 2011: Chance for revenge >
Bayern München pulled out a plum in the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League, where they will go head-to-head with Inter Milan - the team who pipped them to the title last May. Schalke 04 also have a tough task in hand against Spain's FC Valencia.