Bayern Munich are the ten-time consecutive defending champions.
As the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be held between 21 November and 18 December 2022 due to the climatic conditions of the host country Qatar, the league will feature an extended pause during the season. As national team players must be released by their clubs on 14 November 2022, the last Bundesliga matchday before the break is scheduled from 11–13 November (matchday 15). The league will resume ten weeks later on 20 January 2023.
The following teams will do battle and contest for the right to be named Bundesliga Champions in May 2023.
- FC Augsburg
- Hertha BSC
- Union Berlin
- VFL Bochum
- Werder Bremen
- Borussia Dortmund
- Eintracht Frankfurt
- SC Freiburg
- 1899 Hoffenheim
- FC Koln
- RB Leipzig
- Bayern Leverkusen
- Bayern Munich
(Reigning Champions). - Mainz 05
- Borussia Mochengladbach
- Schalke 04
- VFB Stuttgart
- VFL Wolfsburg
