What's at stake in the top leagues: Titles, European places, relegation battles
The European soccer season is coming to a close, but who is in the race for the titles, European qualification -- and who's fighting relegation?
Xabi Alonso, Ruben Amorim, Thiago Motta: The next wave of managers ready for the spotlight
We take a look at 11 names who have been flourishing all across Europe as some of the best managers and what makes them so great.
European Team of the Week: Who were the standout stars?
ESPN and WhoScored bring you the best players from Europe's top five leagues from the latest round of action.
Weekend review: Leverkusen on brink of history, Man United's woes worsen
Who can stop Bayer Leverkusen? Meanwhile, Man United hit a new low after defeat vs. Arsenal. Here's a review of what happened in Europe this weekend.
Leverkusen 5-0: Bundesliga run hits fifty in rout
Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen crushed hosts VfL Bochum 5-0 on Sunday to stretch their remarkable unbeaten run across all competitions this season to 50 consecutive matches.
Leverkusen coasts past Bochum to remain undefeated (2:11)
Patrik Schick gets on the scoresheet for Bayer Leverkusen (1:00)
Bayern win as Neuer hits 500th Bundesliga game
Second-placed Bayern Munich beat VfL Wolfsburg 2-0 with teenager Lovro Zvonarek scoring on his first start in their final Bundesliga home game of the season on Sunday as they eased towards the end of a trophy-less campaign.
Bayern Munich back to winning ways after easing past Wolfsburg (2:02)
Hoffenheim thrash Darmstadt 6-0 in the Bundesliga (1:52)
St. Pauli earn Bundesliga promotion after 13 years
St. Pauli returned to the Bundesliga on Sunday with a 3-1 win over relegated Osnabrück in Germany's second division.
Dortmund keeper's 'horrible mistake' leads to Mainz's second goal (0:56)
Frankfurt rescue a draw with Monchengladbach (1:36)
Cologne stun Union Berlin to gain crucial points in relegation battle (1:56)
RB Leipzig vs. Werder Bremen - Game Highlights (1:46)
RB Leipzig extend unbeaten run thanks to Sesko strike
RB Leipzig played out a 1-1 home draw with Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga on Saturday after Benjamin Sesko cancelled out Nicolas Seiwald's own goal to extend their unbeaten run to 10 games.
Kevin Sessa levels the score for Heidenheim (0:40)
Transfer Talk: Real Madrid eye Wirtz to replace Kroos
Real Madrid will look to Bayer Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz to replace Toni Kroos next year if he decides to leave. Transfer Talk has the latest.
Stuttgart set club record with win over Augsburg
VfB Stuttgart scored a 1-0 victory at Augsburg on Friday courtesy of Serhou Guirassy's second half goal to provisionally move into second place ahead of Bayern Munich with a club record 22nd league win of the season.
Sehrou Guirassy slots in the goal for VfB Stuttgart (0:52)
Ink-redible: Leverkusen offer fans free tattoos
Bayer Leverkusen are offering fans free club tattoos to commemorate their record-breaking, title-winning season, the club said Friday.
The best player/manager combos that never were
Certain players and managers just feel made for each other but sometimes it doesn't come off. Which pairings do we regret never happened?
Bayer Leverkusen's absurd late-game heroics this season (1:21)
How is Bayer Leverkusen's 49-game unbeaten streak even possible? Crunching the numbers
No one has been able to stop Bayer Leverkusen -- no one in Germany and no one in Europe. How is a 49-game unbeaten streak even possible, and can other teams replicate it?
From Aston Villa to Bologna, how this season's overachievers broke into the Champions League
This season has seen some surprising teams book Champions League places for next season, from Aston Villa in the Premier League to Stuttgart in the Bundesliga and Brest in France's Ligue 1. How did they do it?
Bundesliga Ladder
| TEAM | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayer Leverkusen | 33 | 27 | 6 | 0 | +64 | 87 |
| Bayern Munich | 33 | 23 | 3 | 7 | +51 | 72 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 33 | 22 | 4 | 7 | +35 | 70 |
| RB Leipzig | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | +38 | 64 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | +21 | 60 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 33 | 11 | 13 | 9 | +1 | 46 |
| TSG Hoffenheim | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | -2 | 43 |
| SC Freiburg | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | -12 | 42 |
| 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | -8 | 39 |
| FC Augsburg | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 39 |
| Werder Bremen | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 39 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 37 |
| Borussia Monchengladbach | 33 | 7 | 13 | 13 | -7 | 34 |
| VfL Bochum | 33 | 7 | 12 | 14 | -29 | 33 |
| Mainz | 33 | 6 | 14 | 13 | -14 | 32 |
| 1. FC Union Berlin | 33 | 8 | 6 | 19 | -26 | 30 |
| FC Cologne | 33 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -29 | 27 |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 22 | -52 | 17 |