Which Bundesliga team should you support?

The dominant force in German football. Bayern crush their opponents through spectacular, attacking football, a huge cash advantage due to their commercial might and a ruthlessness that has seen them strip rivals of their best players in order to stay strong. You're supporting the biggest club in the Bundesliga, even if they're not always popular with the neutrals.

Fast, attacking football, bright yellow shirts and exciting players with one of the loudest, most supportive crowds in European football. Under Jurgen Klopp and now Thomas Tuchel, Dortmund have become a real force in the Bundesliga once again, and a thrilling team to watch and enjoy.

Backed by a pharmaceutical company, Leverkusen may not have the most romantic of back stories, but they play intense and exciting football and always have some interesting players on their books. Poor old "Neverkusen" have a habit of failing to win finals and titles - a bit of tragedy that gives a bit of life to their corporate origins.

Controversial for many, RB Leipzig are the new kids on the blocks, bank-rolled by Austrian drinks giant Red Bull, and filled with up-and-coming and exciting talents such as Naby Keita and Timo Werner. The football is vivid even if their reputation is poor, and with results going in their favour, it's hard not to see Leipzig as one of the teams of the future.

The proving ground club of the Bundesliga, where Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel may their names before moving to Borussia Dortmund, along with countless other talents, Mainz are one of the most resourceful sides around. Innovative tactics and player scouting ensures that the club almost always have an eye on the next big thing in German football.

A past great who has fallen on hard times and down the table, you still have a proud history to look back upon and a transfer policy that sees plenty of glamour players come and go. There's never a dull moment with Hamburg - despite their recent failings, they have never been relegated!

A club with a glorious past who still look to their origins as a team of the miners who toiled under the ground around the local area of Gelsenkirchen, Schalke are another fiercely well-supported German club with a regular flow of top talents coming through. They are the great rivals to Borussia Dortmund who always meet in well-contested derby games.

The old romantics of the Bundesliga, Gladbach - also known as the Foals - were one of Bayern Munich's original rivals, who enjoyed their greatest success in the 1970s. The club's nickname draws from their style of play and youthful line-ups as the likes of Jupp Heynckes and Gunter Netzer galloped forward on the attack. Today they are still home to young talents and attacking football, even if glory no longer comes so easily.