Northern Ireland v Germany

DOMESTIC » » The Bundesliga is considered one of the top five leagues in Europe and has been dominated in recent years by Bayern Munich (or Bayern Munchen to give them their proper name) who won their seventh title in a row last season. » » In fact Bayern have ended up top of the table in 28 of the 56 seasons since the Bundesliga's formation in 1963, though they were not one of the five teams to win the first five championships. » » Bayern are also one of three German sides to have won the European Cup, with Hamburg and Borussia Dortmund the other two. Five-time European champions Bayern's most recent triumph in the competition came six years ago at Wembley when they defeated Dortmund in the first all-German final. » » German football is famed for its atmosphere and earlier this year it was revealed the Bundesliga has the highest average attendance of any league in the world, with 43,302 fans turning up on average for top-flight games between 2013 and 2018. » » Dortmund have world football's highest average attendance, with 80,000 watching each of their league games. » » The Bundesliga has also been home to many of Europe's top coaches, including Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp. Current RB Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann, now 32, took charge of his first top flight game at just 28. » » The competition's all-time leading scorer is Gerd Muller, who notched 365 goals in 427 games for Bayern. Muller finished as the league's top scorer in seven different seasons and was the club's top scorer in 13 campaigns. Current Bayern star Robert Lewandowski is fifth on the all-time list.

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