Champions Bayern Munich ended their three-match losing streak in the Bundesliga on Saturday with a season-ending 2-0 win over FSV Mainz 05 as Hamburg SV and VfB Stuttgart avoided relegation.
A Robert Lewandowski penalty and a Bastian Schweinsteiger goal saw Bayern bounce back after defeats by Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Augsburg and SC Freiburg since their 25th league title was confirmed at the end of last month.
Poland striker Lewandowski converted a 25th-minute penalty after a handball by Mainz defender Nico Bungert and Germany captain Schweinsteiger scored their second just after the break to secure the win to kickoff celebrations in Munich as Pep Guardiola’s players were presented with the trophy at the Allianz-Arena.
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There were plenty of customary beer showers on the pitch as Bayern players hunted victims over which to pour huge glasses of frothing liquid after the final whistle.
“We’ve done really well to defend our title this season, despite a lot of injuries, and we’ll celebrate tonight,” Germany defender Jerome Boateng said.
At the other end of the table, Freiburg and SC Paderborn 07 went down as the relegation battle went to the wire.
Freiburg’s 2-1 defeat at Hannover 96 saw them drop to 17th and out of the league, while Paderborn also returned to the second division after one season after a 2-1 defeat at home to Stuttgart.
Stuttgart stayed in the Bundesliga thanks to Daniel Ginczek’s winning goal for the visitors which carried them up to 14th.
Hamburg’s 2-0 win at home to Schalke 04 meant they finish 16th thanks to goals by Ivica Olic and Slobodan Rajkovic.
It means for the second year in succession, Hamburg face a two-legged relegation playoff against the side which finishes third in the second division.
Roberto di Matteo’s Schalke finished sixth, despite a poor end to the season which saw die Konigsblauen win just two of their final 10 games to miss out on a UEFA Champions League place next season.
Augsburg’s 2-1 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach saw them finish fifth to join Schalke in the UEFA Europa League next season.
Borussia Dortmund enjoyed a 3-2 win at home to Werder Bremen on Juergen Klopp’s final home game after seven years in charge amid emotional scenes at Signal-Iduna-Park.
Dortmund finish seventh and go into the qualifiers for the Europa League, but can claim a direct place in the group stages if they beat VfL Wolfsburg in the DFB Pokal final on Saturday.
Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa profited from a superb pass by Ilkay Gundogan to score Dortmund’s first on 15 minutes.
Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the hosts second just two minutes later, before Bremen pulled a goal back through midfielder Levin Oztunali on 26 minutes.
However, Dortmund made sure of the win when Henrikh Mkhitaryan controlled Kagawa’s high pass to lob Bremen goalkeeper Koen Casteels just before the break, while Czech defender Theodor Gebre Selassie scored Bremen’s late second to set up a tense finale.
Hertha BSC finished just above the relegation places after their 2-1 defeat at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, while Wolfsburg finished second with a 2-2 draw at Cologne.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen finished fourth despite a 2-1 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt as Karim Bellarabi’s early goal was canceled out by Haris Seferovic and Alexander Madlung.
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