Bundesliga Update

cute logo… kinda like the football equivalent of Nike’s
jumping-basketball-player silhouette (sorry, dunno
what that logo is called, I’m not exactly as basketball fan)

I don’t exactly follow any domestic league, I do, however, check in once in a while Serie A (Italy), La Liga (Spain) and the Bundesliga (Germany).  I just want to know who the top clubs are to give me an idea who would most likely be in the next season’s Champions League. 

here’s the latest Bundesliga update for this month:

Rank	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
1	Borussia Dortmund	24	18	4	2	52	14	38	58
2	Bayer Leverkusen	24	13	7	4	50	34	16	46
3	Hannover 96	24	14	2	8	34	31	3	44
4	Bayern München	24	12	6	6	50	30	20	42
5	FSV Mainz 05	24	13	1	10	37	30	7	40
6	Hamburger SV	24	11	4	9	35	32	3	37
7	SC Freiburg	24	11	4	9	31	31	0	37
8	1. FC Nürnberg	24	10	6	8	34	32	2	36
9	Hoffenheim	24	8	9	7	41	35	6	33
10	Schalke 04	24	8	6	10	29	29	0	30
11	1. FC Köln	24	8	5	11	31	42	-11	29
12	FC St.Pauli	24	8	4	12	27	38	-11	28
13	Eintracht Frankfurt	24	8	3	13	24	34	-10	27
14	VfL Wolfsburg	24	6	8	10	29	34	-5	26
15	Werder Bremen	24	6	7	11	30	50	-20	25
16	1. FC Kaiserslautern	24	6	6	12	33	42	-9	24
17	VfB Stuttgart	24	6	4	14	42	47	-5	22
18	Borussia Mönchengladbach	24	5	4	15	35	59	-24	19

I’m surprised to see that Bayern Munich isn’t at the top of the league, not even a close second or third.  There’s, like, a 14-point difference.  And Schalke 04 is just ranked 10^th.  I guess success in the Champions League doesn’t necessarily mean success in the domestic league.  Although, I don’t exactly know what I’m talking about coz this standing could still be far from the final picture when the season ends… and qualifying for Champions League is determined by the previous season’s performance.  So I’ll guess we’ll see... and I’ll keep you posted.