The 12 players who were on the pitch for 17 seconds of the win against Freiburg were not punished.
The fourth official showed the wrong number, which meant that Kingsley Coman didn't know he was supposed to come off in a late change.
The German Football Association ruled that the incident was the fault of the officials.
There are six games left and the leaders are nine points ahead of the second place team.
In the 86th minute, Corentin Tolisso came off, and in the next minute, both of them came on.
There was a long delay while the officials sorted out the mix-up.
German football rules state that any team that fields 12 players is punished with a loss of the game and points, but it has been turned down.
The DFB said in a statement that the sports court decided that the introduction of a non-eligible player was not to blame.
It is more down to the mistaken behavior of the officials that a 12th man was introduced.
Coman, Sabitzer, Leon Goretzka and Serge Gnabry were on target as the Germans extended their lead at the top of the table.
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