2021–22 FC Bayern Munich season


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The 2021–22 season was the 123rd season in the existence of FC Bayern Munich and the club's 57th consecutive season in the top flight of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Bayern Munich participated in this season's editions of the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League, as well as the DFL-Supercup as winners of the 2020–21 Bundesliga.

Bayern Munich
2021–22 season
PresidentHerbert Hainer
CEOOliver Kahn
Head coachJulian Nagelsmann
StadiumAllianz Arena
Bundesliga1st
DFB-PokalSecond round
DFL-SupercupWinners
UEFA Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Robert Lewandowski (35)
All:
Robert Lewandowski (50)
Highest home attendance75,000 v SC Freiburg
Lowest home attendance0 v Barcelona
Biggest win12–0 vs Bremer SV
Biggest defeat0–5 vs Borussia Mönchengladbach

The season was the first since 2009–10 without David Alaba, who departed to Real Madrid and the first since 2010–11 without Javi Martínez and Jérôme Boateng, who departed to Qatar SC and Lyon respectively in the same summer transfer window.

As of 31 January 2022[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Other players with first-team appearances

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 13 August 2021 14 May 2022 Matchday 1 Winners 34 24 5 5 97 37 +60 070.59
DFB-Pokal 25 August 2021 27 October 2021 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 12 5 +7 050.00
DFL-Supercup 17 August 2021 Final Winners 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
UEFA Champions League 14 September 2021 12 April 2022 Group stage Quarter-finals 10 7 2 1 31 7 +24 070.00
Total 47 33 7 7 143 50 +93 070.21
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 24 5 5 97 37 +60 77 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 3 9 85 52 +33 69
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 7 8 80 47 +33 64
4 RB Leipzig 34 17 7 10 72 37 +35 58
5 Union Berlin 34 16 9 9 50 44 +6 57 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[32]
(C) Champions
Notes:

  1. ^ Since the 2021–22 DFB-Pokal winners, RB Leipzig, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team.
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 24 5 5 97 37  +60 77 13 2 2 48 15  +33 11 3 3 49 22  +27
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWWWWWLWWWWLWWWWWLWWWLWWDDWWWWWLDD
Position7432111111111111111111111111111111

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.[33]

UEFA Champions League

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The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2021.[36]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY BEN BAR DKV
1   Bayern Munich 6 6 0 0 22 3 +19 18 Advance to knockout phase — 5–2 3–0 5–0
2   Benfica 6 2 2 2 7 9 −2 8 0–4 — 3–0 2–0
3   Barcelona 6 2 1 3 2 9 −7 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 0–0 — 1–0
4   Dynamo Kyiv 6 0 1 5 1 11 −10 1 1–2 0–0 0–1 —

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 13 December 2021.[37][note 3]

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 March 2022.[39]

Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal DFL-Supercup Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   GER Manuel Neuer 39 0 28 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
26 GK   GER Sven Ulreich 8 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
36 GK   GER Christian Früchtl 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   FRA Dayot Upamecano 38 1 25+3 1 1 0 1 0 7+1 0
3 DF   ENG Omar Richards 17 0 5+7 0 1 0 0 0 0+4 0
4 DF   GER Niklas Süle 38 1 19+9 1 1+1 0 1 0 6+1 0
5 DF   FRA Benjamin Pavard 36 0 24+1 0 1 0 0 0 9+1 0
19 DF   CAN Alphonso Davies 31 0 20+2 0 1 0 1 0 6+1 0
20 DF   SEN Bouna Sarr 12 1 0+5 0 1 1 0+1 0 0+5 0
21 DF   FRA Lucas Hernandez 34 0 25 0 1 0 0 0 7+1 0
23 DF   FRA Tanguy Nianzou 22 1 6+11 1 1 0 0 0 2+2 0
44 DF   CRO Josip Stanišić 17 1 6+7 1 0+1 0 1 0 0+2 0
Midfielders
6 MF   GER Joshua Kimmich 39 3 28 3 2 0 1 0 8 0
8 MF   GER Leon Goretzka 27 3 19 3 1 0 1 0 5+1 0
14 MF   GER Paul Wanner 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF   AUT Marcel Sabitzer 30 1 8+17 1 0 0 0 0 1+4 0
22 MF   ESP Marc Roca 13 0 4+5 0 0 0 0 0 0+4 0
24 MF   FRA Corentin Tolisso 22 3 8+7 2 1+1 1 0+1 0 3+1 0
37 MF   USA Taylor Booth 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW   GER Serge Gnabry 45 17 25+9 14 1+1 0 1 0 5+3 3
9 FW   POL Robert Lewandowski 46 50 34 35 1 0 1 2 10 13
10 FW   GER Leroy Sané 45 14 22+10 7 2 1 0+1 0 9+1 6
11 FW   FRA Kingsley Coman 32 8 16+5 6 0+1 0 1 0 8+1 2
13 FW   CMR Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting 26 9 1+19 4 1 4 0+1 0 0+4 1
25 FW   GER Thomas Müller 45 13 32 8 2 0 1 1 9+1 4
34 FW   GER Lucas Copado 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 FW   CRO Gabriel Vidović 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 FW   USA Malik Tillman 7 1 1+3 0 0+1 1 0 0 0+2 0
42 FW   GER Jamal Musiala 40 8 12+18 5 1 2 0+1 0 5+3 1
Players transferred out during the season
15 DF   USA Chris Richards 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   FRA Michaël Cuisance 2 1 0+1 0 0+1 1 0 0 0 0

Source: Competitions

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player Bundesliga DFB-Pokal DFL-Supercup Champions League Total
1 9 FW   Robert Lewandowski 35 0 2 13 50
2 7 FW   Serge Gnabry 14 0 0 3 17
3 10 FW   Leroy Sané 7 1 0 6 14
4 25 FW   Thomas Müller 8 0 1 4 13
5 13 FW   Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting 4 4 0 1 9
6 11 FW   Kingsley Coman 6 0 0 2 8
7 42 FW   Jamal Musiala 5 2 0 1 8
8 6 MF   Joshua Kimmich 3 0 0 0 3
8 MF   Leon Goretzka 3 0 0 0 3
24 MF   Corentin Tolisso 2 1 0 0 3
11 2 DF   Dayot Upamecano 1 0 0 0 1
4 DF   Niklas Süle 1 0 0 0 1
17 MF   Michaël Cuisance 0 1 0 0 1
18 MF   Marcel Sabitzer 1 0 0 0 1
20 DF   Bouna Sarr 0 1 0 0 1
23 DF   Tanguy Nianzou 1 0 0 0 1
40 FW   Malik Tillman 0 1 0 0 1
44 DF   Josip Stanišić 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 5 1 0 1 7
Totals 97 12 3 31 143
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  2. ^ The Bremer SV v Bayern Munich match took place at the Wohninvest Weserstadion instead of Bremer SV's home stadium, the Stadion am Panzenberg.
  3. ^ Bayern Munich were initially drawn against Atlético Madrid.[38]
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