At the other end, St. Pauli and Heidenheim were relegated automatically, while Wolfsburg survived long enough to reach the relegation play-offs.

League champions Bayern qualified for next season's UEFA Champions League alongside Dortmund, RB Leipzig and VfB Stuttgart.

Bayer Leverkusen finished their campaign with a 1-1 draw against Hamburg after coming from behind late in the second half.

Patrik Schick missed a first-half penalty for Leverkusen before Fabio Vieira curled Hamburg ahead just after the hour mark. The home side rescued a point when Nicolai Remberg accidentally headed into his own net from a free-kick.

The draw secured a UEFA Europa League place for Leverkusen, while Hamburg ended their impressive return season in 13th place.

Borussia Dortmund ended the season on a high with a 2-0 away victory over Werder Bremen.

Serhou Guirassy finally broke the deadlock in the 59th minute with a close-range header after several earlier chances. Bremen pushed for an equaliser, but Gregor Kobel made an important save before Yan Couto added a late second from Karim Adeyemi's assist.

Dortmund finished with 73 points, their best Bundesliga return since the 2018/19 campaign.

Union Berlin gave interim coach Marie-Louise Eta a memorable send-off with a dominant 4-0 win over Augsburg.

Andrej Ilic scored twice in the first half as Augsburg struggled badly defensively. Andras Schafer added a superb long-range strike before substitute Jeong Woo-yeung completed the scoring late on.

The heavy defeat ended Augsburg's hopes of sneaking into Europe.

Bayern Munich finished their title-winning season in historic style by thrashing Cologne 5-1 and setting a new scoring record.

Harry Kane starred with a hat-trick as Bayern reached 122 league goals for the season, the highest total ever recorded in one of Europe's top five leagues. Tom Bischof and Nicolas Jackson also scored, while Said El Mala replied for Cologne.

Vincent Kompany's side had already wrapped up the title, but they closed the campaign in dominant fashion.

Borussia Monchengladbach crushed Hoffenheim 4-0 to end the visitors' UEFA Champions League hopes.

Goals from Tomas Brolin, Haris Tabakovic, Kevin Diks and Robin Hack secured an emphatic victory for Gladbach. Hoffenheim's problems worsened when Tim Lemperle was sent off early in the second half.

Despite the defeat, Hoffenheim still secured a UEFA Europa League place after finishing fifth.

Wolfsburg kept their Bundesliga survival hopes alive with a tense 3-1 victory over St. Pauli.

Konstantinos Koulierakis opened the scoring before Abdoulie Ceesay equalised for St. Pauli early in the second half. Wolfsburg regained the lead through an own goal by Nikola Vasilj before Dzenan Pejcinovic sealed the result late on.

The defeat confirmed St. Pauli's relegation alongside Heidenheim, while Wolfsburg moved into the relegation play-off spot.

Heidenheim were relegated after suffering a 2-0 home defeat to Mainz.

Phillip Tietz gave Mainz an early lead before Nadiem Amiri finished a sharp counterattack shortly before half-time. Heidenheim improved after the break but failed to find a goal despite hitting the woodwork.

The loss left Heidenheim in 17th place and sent them back to Bundesliga 2.

SC Freiburg secured European football with an impressive 4-1 victory over RB Leipzig.

Jan-Niklas Beste opened the scoring before Igor Matanovic doubled Freiburg's advantage. Assan Ouedraogo briefly gave Leipzig hope, but Matthias Ginter and Derry Scherhant sealed a convincing win for the hosts.

Freiburg guaranteed at least a UEFA Conference League place and now turn their focus towards their upcoming UEFA Europa League final against Aston Villa.

VfB Stuttgart secured a place in next season's UEFA Champions League after holding Eintracht Frankfurt to a dramatic 2-2 draw on the final day of the Bundesliga season.

Sebastian Hoeness' side made the stronger start and moved ahead after 10 minutes when Chema Andrés powered home a header from Chris Fuhrich's corner.

Stuttgart looked in control when Nikolas Nartey doubled the advantage late in the second half after a sharp passing move involving Fuhrich and Deniz Undav.

Frankfurt responded through Jonathan Burkardt, who converted a penalty in the 72nd minute after being fouled by Alexander Nubel. Deep into stoppage time, Frankfurt were awarded another spot-kick after Chema Andrés handled inside the area, and Burkardt calmly scored again to rescue a point.

Despite letting a two-goal lead slip, the draw was enough for Stuttgart to finish fourth and qualify for the Champions League after Hoffenheim suffered a heavy defeat to Borussia Monchengladbach elsewhere.

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