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On Saturday, the 44th season of the Bundesliga ended, with "Stuttgart" team becoming champions for the fifth time in club history by defeating "Cottbus" 2-1 at home and securing the title.
The match didn't start as expected: "Cottbus" took the lead after about twenty minutes with a goal by S.Radu. However, "Stuttgart" needed only a few minutes to equalize the score, so the teams went into halftime tied.
A draw didn't guarantee the title for the "Stuttgart" team, so shortly after the break the hosts scored a winning goal and secured the champions' title.
Before the final round, the "Schalke" team still had hopes, starting their match against "Arminia" very successfully and taking a two-goal lead within fifteen minutes. However, during the remaining time of the match, "Schalke" not only failed to gain the required four-goal advantage, but also allowed the opponents to soften the result. Finishing the match with a result of 2-1, the Gelsenkirchen club finished in second place in the championship.
The "Hamburg" team managed to "sneak" into the Intertoto tournament, crushing "Aachen" 4-0 in the last season match and rising to seventh place. It is worth noting that for a large part of the season, the "Hamburg" team was at the bottom of the tournament table.
Results of the 34th round:
0 - 2
24' [0 - 1] Christoph Dabrowski
83' [0 - 2] Dariusz Wosz
0 - 3
54' [0 - 1] Marek Mintal
62' [0 - 2] Marco Engelhardt
90' [0 - 3] Ivica Banovic
4 - 0
15' [1 - 0] Ivica Olic
27' [2 - 0] Ivica Olic
54' [3 - 0] Juan Pablo Sorin
87' [4 - 0] Juan Pablo Sorin
2 - 1
11' [1 - 0] Lincoln
16' [2 - 0] Halil Altintop
90' [2 - 1] Radim Kucera
1 - 2
48' [0 - 1] Jerome Boateng
61' [1 - 1] Albert Streit
87' [1 - 2] Marko Pantelic
2 - 1
19' [0 - 1] Sergiu Radu
27' [1 - 1] Thomas Hitzlsperger
63' [2 - 1] Sami Khedira
0 - 2
54' [0 - 1] Markus Rosenberg
87' [0 - 2] Markus Rosenberg
5 - 2
30' [1 - 0] Roque Santa Cruz
33' [2 - 0] Mehmet Scholl
38' [3 - 0] Mark van Bommel
55' [3 - 1] Chadli Amri
63' [4 - 1] Ali Karimi
74' [5 - 1] Claudio Pizarro
76' [5 - 2] Markus Feulner
2 - 1
45' [1 - 0] Stefan Kiesling
54' [2 - 0] Simon Rolfes
79' [2 - 1] Ebi Smolarek
Top scorers:
1. Theofanis Gekas ("Bochum") - 20
2. Roy Makaay ("Bayern") - 16
–. Alexander Frei ("Borussia") - 16
3. Kevin Kuranyi ("Schalke") - 15
Final league table:
