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Bundesliga Table
| TEAM | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| FC Augsburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Pauli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1. FC Union Berlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VfL Bochum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SC Freiburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mainz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Werder Bremen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RB Leipzig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Holstein Kiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TSG Hoffenheim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Borussia Monchengladbach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |