Stuttgart enter Champions League, Heidenheim and St Pauli relegated
VfB Stuttgart drew 2-2 at Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday to finish fourth in the Bundesliga and return to the Champions League, but Heidenheim and St Pauli were both relegated on the final day. Wolfsburg won 3-1 at St Pauli in the big drop zone clash to bag a relegation play-off berth. St Pauli keeper Nikola Vasilj punched the ball into his own net for 2-1 but complaints he had been pushed were ignored.
Stuttgart edged out fifth-placed Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen in sixth, who will both have to settle for the Europa League. Ten-man Hoffenheim capitulated 4-0 at Borussia Mönchengladbach and Leverkusen drew 1-1 at home with Hamburg SV. Results meant Frankfurt had no chance of a Conference League play-off spot, which went to seventh-placed Freiburg after a 4-1 win at home to RB Leipzig, who had already secured Champions League football in third.
Freiburg could instead go into the Champions League as a fifth German entrant if they beat Aston Villa in Wednesday's Europa League final. Heidenheim went down after three seasons in the Bundesliga following a 2-0 home defeat by Mainz. Easy goals from Phillip Tietz and Nadiem Amiri ended a recent rally.
Already crowned champions Bayern Munich wrapped up their Bundesliga season with league top scorer Harry Kane's 34th, 35th and 36th goals in a 5-1 home romp over Cologne. They were receiving the trophy afterwards. Second-placed Borussia Dortmund prevailed 2-0 at Werder Bremen and Union Berlin's female coach Marie-Louise Eta signed off her landmark interim spell in charge with a 4-0 triumph over Augsburg in the capital.