Union Berlin is really struggling. Has a team that is currently playing in the Champion League, ever been relegated the same season?
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I don’t think so. But we once had a club becoming champion in 1968 and then getting relegated the following season - it was the 1. FC Nürnberg.
Leverkusen 01/02: 2nd (famous Vizekusen-season with 2nd in League, Cup and UCL)
Leverkusen 02/03: 15th
They were struggling until the last matchday. If Bielefeld would have won and Bayer would have lost, they would have been relegated.
In season 03/04 they were 3rd again.
Hell Dortmund under Klopp was in relegation places by Christmas in his last season. I’m guessing they were in CL that year.
Well 08/09 Hertha just missed the Champions League with a loss against Karlsruhe on the last match day and actually got relegated the next season.
And to add to that: Hertha missed the Champions league by finishing 4th, back then the Bundesliga only had 3 CL spots. Union also finished 4th last season.
Yes, they are, but who cares, really, everything they have done so far is just pure magic and the joy of being their fan should be overwhelming even if they keep losing every game until the end of the season.
I can’t think of an example in the Bundesliga. But in La Liga, Villareal played in the 2011-12 CL group stages and got relegated in the same season.
Schalke was also really close in Bundesliga - they even reached the round of last 16 in spring 2019, and in the end stayed in the league with only 32 points.
I don’t expect them to get relegated. The team is still stronger than others