Did you Know?
The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match between Manchester United of England and Bayern Munich of Germany, played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, on 26 May 1999, to determine the winner of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League. It is remembered for injury time goals from Manchester United’s Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær, which cancelled out Mario Basler’s early goal to give Manchester United a 2–1 win. United’s victory completed a treble-winning season, after they had won the Premier League and FA Cup. Bayern were also playing for a treble, having won the Bundesliga and reached the DFB-Pokal final, although they went on to lose that match. Referee Pierluigi Collina has cited this match as one of the most memorable of his career, and described the noise from the crowd at the end of the game as being like a “lion’s roar”.
BAYERN MUNCHEN F.C.
1998-1999
Champions League Final
Bayern Munich vs Manchester United
Match Worn Shirt
Basler Mario
Watch the Champions League Final 1999 highlights
BAYERN MUNCHEN F.C.
2000-2001
Champions League
Match Worn Shirt
Tarnat Michael
Did you Know?
FC Bayern Munich won a historic double, clinching its first European Cup victory for more than 25 years, as well as clinching its third consecutive league title. The Champions League title was a sweet revenge for the shocking late defeat to Manchester United in the final two years before.
Did you Know?
The 2001 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place at San Siro in Milan, Italy, on 23 May 2001, to decide the winner of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League. The match pitted Bayern Munich against Valencia. The match finished in a 1–1 draw, but Bayern clinched their fourth title by winning 5–4 on penalties. This was also their first European Cup title in a quarter-century, also representing Valencia’s second consecutive final defeat (2000 and 2001). Due to all the goals scored by penalties and the penalty shootout needed to decide the winner, this UEFA Champions League match became an “all-penalty” final and the only one ever to happen to this day. The 2001 final saw the two previous seasons’ losing finalists clash, Bayern Munich lost to Manchester United in the 1999 final and Valencia lost to Real Madrid in the 2000 final. This was the sixth European Cup final to be decided on penalties, and the second under the Champions League format. This was Héctor Cúper’s third consecutive European final defeat (after his Mallorca side lost the 1999 Cup Winners’ Cup Final and Valencia lost to Real Madrid in the 2000 Champions League final) while Ottmar Hitzfeld claimed his second Champions League title after he won it with Borussia Dortmund in 1997. He became the second coach in European Cup history, after Ernst Happel, to win the competition with two clubs.
BAYERN MUNCHEN F.C.
2000-2001
Champions League Final
Bayern Munich vs Valencia
Match Worn Shirt
Fink Thorsten
Watch the Champions League Final 2001 highlights
BAYERN MUNCHEN F.C.
2001-2002
Toyota Cup Final
Bayern Munich vs Boca Juniors
Match Worn Shirt
Elber Giovane
Did you Know?
This shirt was worn by Giovane Elber during the Intercontinental Cup Final 2001 between Bayern Munchen and Boca Juniors which took place in Tokyo, “National Stadium”, on November 27th 2001. Bayern Munchen defeated Boca Juniors 1-0. This style of shirt with Opel logo only, without Opel writing, was used by the team in this match only. The 2001 Intercontinental Cup was a football match played on 27 November 2001 between Bayern Munich, winners of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League, and defending champions Boca Juniors, winners of the 2001 Copa Libertadores. The match was played at the neutral venue of the National Stadium in Tokyo in front of 51,360 fans. Bayern Munich won 1-0 and Samuel Kuffour who score the winning goal, was named as man of the match.
Did you Know?
During the season 2001-2002 the team used the Adidas Terrestra Silverstream ball. The ball was originally the official match ball of the European Championship in 2000 which was held in The Netherlands and Belgium. Following their tradition of naming footballs based on the host nations, the name “Terrestra” was given to this football to represent the waterways and transport routes of Belgium and Holland.
As far as the term “Silverstream” is concerned, the waterways mentioned above glisten brightly in the sun. Due to this quality, the locals call them as Silver streams. Thus, the whole name Terrestra Silverstream was derived from the local passageways and the terminology which was adopted by the local citizens to describe them. Taking the cue from the Euro 1996 official match ball, Adidas made the Terrestra Silverstream softer and lighter. This was done to improve the midair movement of the ball, which had resulted in more goals in the preceding European tournament. In order to give this ball a softer outlook, such synthetic foam panels were used in its outer layers which were ergonomically manufactured. Therefore, in addition to satisfying the demands of their users, Adidas revealed their nature as a worker-friendly company by making Terrestra Silverstream. Inside, the ball was made of a layer of micro balloons which were compressed. This was done to distribute the impact of strike evenly on all parts of the ball. Consequently, Adidas eliminated the unpredictability in the midair movement of this ball by giving it a faster flight path. However, as exemplified by the goal of Luis Figo against England in the Championships – in which the ball moved wickedly after getting a deflection, this ball had some side effects which were addressed by Adidas in the coming years.
2001-2002
Match Used & Signed Ball
Did you Know?
FC Bayern Munich failed to defend either the league or Champions League titles won in the previous season, finishing third in Bundesliga and losing out to eventual champions Real Madrid in the quarter final. Its reaction to the losses was signing Michael Ballack and Zé Roberto from Champions League finalists Bayer Leverkusen, as well as Sebastian Deisler form Hertha Berlin, with the midfield being singled out as the key area in which the side needed to improve upon. Bayern won the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo (Japan) on November 26th defeating Boca Juniors 1-0. The team was instead defeated by Liverpool 3-2 in the Uefa Super Cup Final which took place in Montecarlo on Aug.24th.
BAYERN MUNCHEN F.C.
2019-2020
DFB Pokal
Match Worn Shirt
Davies Alphonso
Things to Know:
In the 2019/2020 season Bayern successfully defended their title, winning their 20th DFB-Pokal title after beating Bayer Leverkusen 4–2 in the final. With the win, Bayern completed their second consecutive and 13th domestic double overall, and therefore will play home (in a change of format; under old rules they would have played away as was the case the previous year) to 2019–20 Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund in the 2020 DFL-Supercup. Because Bayern qualified for the Champions League through the Bundesliga, the sixth-place team in the Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, earned qualification for the group stage of the 2020–21 edition of the UEFA Europa League, and the league’s second round spot went to the team in seventh, VfL Wolfsburg.
Did you Know?
On July 25, 2018, Vancouver announced that it had agreed to a multi-million-dollar transfer of Davies to Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, with Davies seeing out the 2018 MLS season with Vancouver, before joining Bayern in January 2019.The base fee for the transfer was US$13.5 million, with performance-related bonuses that total $22 million, a then-record for MLS, later eclipsed by the transfer of Miguel Almirón to Newcastle United. Davies had his first training session with Bayern on November 21, 2018, and debuted on January 12, 2019 against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Telekom Cup championship finale, which Bayern won on penalties following a scoreless draw. Davies made his Bundesliga debut on January 27 against VfB Stuttgart, appearing as a late substitute for Kingsley Coman in a 3–1 victory. He scored his first goal for Bayern on March 17, netting the final goal in a 6–0 rout of Mainz 05. In doing so, and at the age of 18 years, 4 months and 15 days, he became the youngest player since Roque Santa Cruz, twenty years prior, to score for the club. He is the first Canadian international to score for Bayern.[50] On May 18, 2019, Davies won his first Bundesliga title as Bayern finished two points above Dortmund with 78 points. A week later, Davies won his first DFB-Pokal as Bayern defeated RB Leipzig 3–0 in the 2019 DFB-Pokal Final. Davies was not selected for the match day squad. Davies made his first Bundesliga start with Bayern on matchday nine of the 2019–20 Bundesliga season, going the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 home victory over Union Berlin.[52] He made his first UEFA Champions League start on November 6, 2019, in a 2–0 victory against Olympiacos. Throughout the 2019–20 season, Davies played as a left back to allow David Alaba to play at centre back. Davies earned high praise during his time in that role, gaining an early reputation as one of the best left backs in the world. On February 25, 2020, Davies set-up Robert Lewandowski’s goal in a 3–0 away win over Chelsea in the first leg of the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League; his performance during the match was widely praised in the media, with pundit Gary Lineker commenting that Davies played “beautifully,” while former U.S. international Stuart Holden described him as a “world class left back.” In April 2020, Bayern Munich and Davies agreed to a contract extension to 2025, adding two years onto his existing contract. Following the restart of the Bundesliga which had halted all matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Davies started against both Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund. He scored and assisted in the Frankfurt match and ended up running down Dortmund’s Erling Haaland at a speed of 35.3 kilometres per hour (21.9 mph). On June 16, 2020, Davies featured for Bayern against Werder Bremen in a game they won 1–0, securing Bayern Munich their eighth consecutive league title. Davies was sent off in the 79th minute for a second yellow card, but not before breaking the record for the fastest speed clocked in the Bundesliga at 36.51 kilometres per hour (22.69 mph). Davies was named the Bundesliga Rookie of the Year for the 2019–20 season. On August 14, 2020, Davies, who was playing the left-back position, was applauded for assisting Joshua Kimmich’s goal against Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals which Bayern Munich won with an impressive final score of 8–2. On August 23, he started in the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain, which Bayern won 1–0 to complete a continental treble; consequently, Davies became the first Canadian male international to win the Champions League.
Did you Know?
Manuel Neuer joined Bayern on June 1st 2011. He made his move to Bayern Munich and signed a five-year contract that lasted until June 2016. After hostilities of Bayern fans against Neuer, as some fans were unhappy about Bayern buying a Schalke keeper, a round-table discussion between Bayern and group of supporters’ representatives took place on 2 July 2011. Among other things, it was decided that Neuer would be regarded as a full member of Bayern Munich, who should be treated with due respect. Furthermore, hostility towards him should cease. Right in the first weeks at Bayern, after a 0–0 draw with 1899 Hoffenheim, Neuer broke the Bayern Munich record for most competitive clean sheets in a row, having gone over 1,000 minutes without conceding. He improved the record formerly held by Oliver Kahn. On 21 May 2020, Neuer signed a new contract with Bayern, keeping him at the club until 2023. The 2019/2020 season was his 9th season with the team. On 23 August, 2020, Neuer won the Champions League for the second time, his first as Bayern captain, keeping a clean sheet as his team won 1–0 over PSG. He was widely praised for his performance.
