Bayern Munich and Harry Kane
Bayern Munich is newest signing, England striker Harry Kane, is expected to fill the team’s top scorer slot and lead them to more success in Germany and Europe. That’s a lot of pressure for someone who has just joined the club for a reported record fee.
Rummenigge and Hoeness led Bayern through highly successful periods, but they were not immune to drama.
The history of the club
Bayern Munich has a long history of dominance in Germany and is one of the most celebrated clubs in the world. The club has won 29 Bundesliga titles and 10 European Cups in its rich history. Their most recent successes came in the 2009-10 season where they won both domestic titles and reached the Champions League final despite losing to Internazionale. The club has many rivalries in the country, especially with Borussia Dortmund, whose back-to-back titles in 2010/11 and 2011/12 under Jurgen Klopp saw Bayern provoke hostility from the supporters of the Ruhr-based team.
Following the end of World War II, Bayern struggled in the Oberliga Süd, one of five upper-league conferences established after the reunification of Germany. Nonetheless, in the 1957 German Cup they beat Fortuna Dusseldorf to win their first national trophy. They have since won a total of nine German Cups, the most ever for a single club.
When the axis of Breitner and Rummenigge departed in the late 1970s, the club fell into a slump that lasted for several years. Bayern’s talisman Owen Hargreaves left for Manchester United in 1979, while Roque Santa Cruz and Claudio Pizarro both moved to English sides (though Pizarro would return to the Bundesliga with Blackburn Rovers a few years later).
Bayern Munich is one of the most successful teams in German football history, They have also won twenty domestic cups and six European Cups. Their trophy case is truly staggering. In addition to the domestic trophies, they have won international trophies as well.
The players
cc football history and has won a host of domestic and continental titles. This success has attracted the best players from around the world to the Allianz Arena.
Bayern’s current roster features a number of top-class international players. Their best players are mobile strikers Serge Gnabry and Leroy Sane, wide playmakers Thomas Muller and James Rodriguez, and poacher Harry Kane. Bayern also boasts several young stars, including box to box midfielders Jamal Musiala and Ryan Gravenberch.
The club’s coaches are responsible for devising the team’s tactical approach for each match. They develop strategies for offence, defence, and set pieces and analyze opponents’ strengths and weaknesses. They are also responsible for training the team before and after each match.
The coaches
Bayern Munich has had a fair share of coaches since its formation in 1900. But only one has ever been in charge for more than two years: Pep Guardiola. All other managers have had stints of two or fewer seasons on Sabener Strasse. They are Carlo Ancelotti, Jupp Heynckes, Niko Kovac, Hansi Flick and Julian Nagelsmann.
Of the eight other coaches to have walked up to the Bayern dugout, only four have won at least one trophy and none have stayed for more than three years.
Then came the turn of the 1990s, which saw a number of coaches fail to achieve the desired results. They all tried, though, and it was the end of the decade that brought a real turning point in Bayern’s fortunes. It was when they signed Franck Ribéry and restructured their midfield with the arrival of Javi Martinez. This helped them to regain the title and to win the Champions League for the first time in their history.
In the 2000s, Bayern has continued to dominate on the domestic front and in the Champions League. The club has won 29 titles in the Bundesliga and six in the Champions League, while also winning one UEFA Super Cup, two FIBA World Cups and one UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup.
The current coach is Thomas Tuchel, who joined the club after a stint as manager of Bayern’s local rivals Borussia Dortmund. He had also coached PSG and Chelsea before that.