Freiburg’s Jordy Makengo, front, and Frankfurt’s Ansgar Knauff fight for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between SC Freiburg and Eintracht Frankfurt at the Europa-Park Stadium in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa via AP)
Dortmund’s Felix Nmecha, center obscured, celebrates scoring during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Holstein Kiel at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Bernd Thissen/dpa via AP)
Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy, center, and Kiel goalkeeper Thomas Dahne in action during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Holstein Kiel at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Bernd Thissen/dpa via AP)
Dortmund’s Marcel Sabitzer celebrates after scoring during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Holstein Kiel at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Bernd Thissen/dpa via AP)
Dortmund, Frankfurt clinch Champions League qualification on final day of Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Champions League on the last day of the Bundesliga on Saturday, leaving Freiburg to be content reaching the Europa League.
Freiburg’s Jordy Makengo, front, and Frankfurt’s Ansgar Knauff fight for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between SC Freiburg and Eintracht Frankfurt at the Europa-Park Stadium in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa via AP)
Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt qualified for the Champions League on the last day of the Bundesliga on Saturday, leaving Freiburg to be content reaching the Europa League.
Dortmund clinched fourth place and the last for Champions League qualification after a 3-0 home win over already-relegated Holstein Kiel, which played with 10 men after less than 10 minutes.
It鈥檚 a remarkable turnaround under coach Niko Kova膷, who took over in February when in 11th place. Dortmund won its last five Bundesliga games.
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Frankfurt stayed third with a 3-1 win in Freiburg, which dropped to fifth as a result, two points behind Dortmund. Freiburg needed to win to qualify for the Champions League in place of Frankfurt.
Mainz overcame three disallowed goals and drew with Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 to qualify for the Conference League in sixth place, a point ahead of Leipzig, which missed out on European qualification after losing at home to Stuttgart 3-2.
Stuttgart next faces Arminia Bielefeld in the German Cup final next weekend.
Kane scores again
Bayern Munich, which with two rounds to spare, finished the season a 4-0 winner at Hoffenheim in Thomas M眉ller’s last Bundesliga game for the club. It was his 503rd.
Harry Kane replaced M眉ller for the last half hour and set up Serge Gnabry for Bayern’s third goal before he completed the scoring with his league-leading 26th.
It’s the second consecutive year Kane has finished as the Bundesliga top-scorer.
Leverkusen record
While Mainz was playing for European qualification, Leverkusen was thinking of the future in the last game for the club for coach Xabi Alonso and some players.
Mainz had two early goals ruled out for offside then another ruled out through VAR before Anthony Caci finally gave the home team a deserved lead.
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But Leverkusen emerged a different side after the break. Patrik Schick scored twice to jeopardize Mainz’s European spot.
A Jonathan Burkardt penalty kept Mainz ahead of Leipzig, which twice squandered a lead against Stuttgart.
It was Leverkusen’s 34th away game without defeat, a new Bundesliga record.
Other results
Heidenheim stayed in the relegation playoff place after losing at home to Werder Bremen 4-1. Frank Schmidt’s team next faces a two-leg playoff against the side that finishes third in the second division to determine which plays in the Bundesliga next season.
Bottom club Bochum, relegated last weekend, signed off with a 2-0 win at St. Pauli for its first victory since beating Bayern 3-2 away in early March.
Wolfsburg won at Borussia M枚nchenglabach 1-0 and Union Berlin won in Augsburg 2-1.
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