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Start of Season

August 8, 2007

Can Stuttgart repeat as league champions? Will Bayern recover their former dominance? Will any of the newly promoted clubs pull off a big surprise? DW-WORLD examined all the squads in the first division this season.

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Munich's Miroslav Klose, lefts, celebrates
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The 18 teams in the Bundesliga invested more than 170 million euros ($220 million) bringing in new players in the off-season -- that's an all-time record for Germany premier soocer league.

Bayern, Wolfsburg and Hertha Berlin have gone for complete make-overs, while teams like Stuttgart and Schalke have opten for some fine-tuning.

So who is likely to be successful and who is likely to be in for a long, hard relegation battle? Find out by clicking on the links to the different team profiles below.

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