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In general European soccer leagues tend to be dominated be a few "super clubs" and these teams trade the title back-and-forth each year. This, however, isn't the case in the German Bundesliga, where Saturday one of the league's minnows -- VfL Wolfsburg -- won the league for the first time in its 64-year history, edging out powerhouse Bayern Munich by two points. Wolfsburg -- which is owned by car manufacturer Volkswagon -- had never won a major honor until Saturday, when it clinched the league by defeating Werder Bremen 5-1. The club's win gives the Bundesliga five different champions in this decade.
Wolfsburg were designed by former Bayern coach Felix Magath, who molded the club into a high-scoring machine. 30-year old Brazilian journeyman Grafite led the Bundesliga with 28 goals. Young Bosnian Edin Džeko was right behind him with 26, helping Wolfsburg score 80 goals -- nine more than Bayern.
The fairy tale for Wolfsburg is probably going to be a brief one. Magath has already agreed to coach Schalke 04 next season. Plus the club does qualify for the Champions League, but will be able to reinforce the current club or will the bigger fish around Europe come to poach away the better Wolfsburg players?
Whatever happens next year is irrelevant for today, at least. It's still good to see that a team can win a major European league without spending the GDP of a small country to field its players, instead focusing on tactics to win.
And who knows, maybe if you buy a 2009 Volkswagen it'll be extra special since the workers that assembled it are so pumped up by Wolfsburg's amazing season.
In other Bundesliga news from Saturday, U.S. midfielder Michael Bradley's club -- Borussia Mönchengladbach -- narrowly avoided relegation by one point.
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