The clubs of the German Bundesliga
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Email: info@bayer04.de
Telephone: +49(0) 214 5000 1904
Nearest airport: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf Dortmund
Ground: BayArena
Capacity: 30,210
Average attendance 16/17: 28,428
Address: Bismarkstraße 122, 51373 Leverkusen
Colours: Red black
Nickname: die Werkself (works eleven – because of links to local pharmaceutical firm Bayer)
Borussia Dortmund
Ground: Signal Iduna Park
Capacity: 81,359
Average attendance 16/17: 79,653
Address: Sportweg, 44139 Dortmund
Colours: Black yellow
Nickname: BVB
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Email: info@borussia.de
Telephone: +49(0) 1805 181900
Nearest airport: Düsseldorf, Cologn/Bonn, Dortmund
Ground: Borussia-Park
Capacity: 54,067
Average attendance 16/17: 51,494
Address: Hennes-Weisweiler-Allee 1, 41179 Mönchengladbach
Colours: Green white black
Nickname: die Fohlen (the foals)
Eintracht Frankfurt
Email: info@eintrachtfrankfurt.de
Telephone: +49(0) 800 743 1899
Nearest airport: Frankfurt
Ground: Commerzbank-Arena
Capacity: 51,500
Average attendance 16/17: 49,088
Address: Mörfelder Landstraße 362, 60528 Frankfurt am Main
Colours: Red black white
Nickname: die Adler (the eagles)
FC Augsburg
Email: info@fcaugsburg.de
Telephone: +49 (0) 821 455 477 0
Nearest airport: Memmingen, Munich, Stuttgart
Ground: WWK Arena
Capacity: 30,660
Average attendance 16/17: 28,172
Address: Bürgermeister-Ulrich-Straße 90, 86199 Augsburg
Colours: Red green white
Nickname: die Fuggerstädter (after a famous local family)
FC Bayern München
Email: tickets.fcb.de
Telephone: +49 (0) 89 699 31 333
Nearest airport: Munich
Ground: Allianz Arena
Capacity: 75,000
Average attendance 16/17: 75,000
Address: Werner-Heisenberg-Allee 25, 80939 München
Colours: Red white
Nickname: der FCB, die Bayern (Bavarians)
FC Schalke 04
Email: kundenservice@schalke04.de
Telephone: +49 (0) 180 622 1904
Nearest airport: Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Cologne/Bonn
Ground: Veltins-Arena
Capacity: 62,271
Average attendance 16/17: 60,703
Address: Arenaring 1, 45891 Gelsenkirchen
Colours: Blue white
Nickname: die Königsblauen (the royal blues), die Knappen (the miners)
Hamburger SV
Email info@hsv.de
Telephone: +49(0) 40 4155 1887 (1 or 3)
Nearest airport: Hamburg
Ground: Volksparkstadion
Capacity: 57,000
Average attendance 16/17: 52,341
Address: Sylvesterallee 7, 20525 Hamburg
Colours: Blue white black
Nickname: die Rothosen (the red shorts)
Hannover 96
Email info@hannover96.de
Telephone: +49(0) 511 96900 96
Nearest airport: Hannover
Ground: HDI Arena
Capacity: 49,000
Average attendance 16/17: 36,647
Address: Robert-Enke-Straße 3, 30169 Hannover
Colours: Black white green
Nickname: die Roten (the reds)
Hertha Berlin
Ground: Olympiastadion
Capacity: 74,400
Average attendance 16/17: 50,267
Address: Olympischer Platz 3, 14053 Berlin
Colours: Blue white
Nickname: die alte Dame (the old lady)
RB Leipzig
Email: ticketing.rbleipzig@redbulls.com
Telephone: +49(0) 341 124797 444
Nearest airport: Leipzig
Ground: Red Bull Arena
Capacity: 44,279
Average attendance 16/17: 41,454
Address: Am Sportforum 1, 04105 Leipzig
Colours: Red white
Nickname: die roten Bullen (the red bulls)
SC Freiburg
Email: karten@scfreiburg.com
Telephone: +49(0) 7613851777
Nearest airport: Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg, Stuttgart
Ground: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Capacity: 24,000
Average attendance 16/17: 23,959
Address: Schwarzwaldstraße 193, 79117 Freiburg
Colours: Red white
Nickname: Breisgau-Brasilianer (Brazilians of Breisgau)
SV Werder Bremen
Email: tickets@werder.de
Telephone: +49(0) 421 434590
Nearest airport: Bremen, Hamburg
Ground: Weser-Stadion
Capacity: 42,100
Average attendance 16/17: 40,881
Address: Franz-Böhmert-Straße 7, 28205 Bremen
Colours: Green white
Nickname: die Grün-Weißen (the green-whites)
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Ground: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Capacity: 30,150
Average attendance 16/17: 28,155
Address: Dietmar-Hopp-Straße 1, 74889 Sinnsheim
Colours: Blue white
VfB Stuttgart
Ground: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Capacity: 60,449
Average attendance 16/17: 50,515
Address: Mercedesstraße 87, 70372 Stuttgart
Colours: White red
VfL Wolfsburg
Email: service@vfl-wolfsburg.de
Telephone: +49(0) 53 61 8 903 903
Nearest airport: Hannover
Ground: Volkswagen Arena
Capacity: 30,000
Average attendance 16/17: 26,962
Address: In den Allerwiesen 1, 38446 Wolfsburg
Colours: Green white
Nickname: Die Wölfe (the Wolves)
1. FC Köln
Ground: Rhein-Energie Stadion
Capacity: 50,997
Average attendance 16/17: 49,571
Address: Aachener Straße 99, 50933 Köln
Colours: Red white
Nickname: Die Geißböcke (the billy goats)
1. FSV Mainz 05
Ground: Opel Arena
Capacity: 34,000
Average attendance 16/17: 29,096
Address: Egen-Salomon-Straße 1, 55128 Mainz
Colours: Red white
Nickname: Die Nullfünfer (the O-Fives)
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