Bundesliga Record Holder
Bayern Munich's record-breaking 2025–26 season: 16 straight wins to start, record goals tally.
Bayern Munich set a new record for the best start to a season in Europe's top five leagues during the 2025–26 season, winning their first 16 matches.
- Total League Titles
- 32 (as of the end of the 2023-24 season)
Lore & Background
On 29 October 2025, Bayern broke AC Milan's 1992–93 record of winning the first 11 matches of the season, surpassing their own 2012–13 record of 12 matches by beating 1. FC Köln 1–4. They extended the record to 16 consecutive victories by 4 November with a 1–2 win over Paris Saint-Germain in a non-Bundesliga match.
In Their Own Story
The floodlights over the Allianz Arena hummed with a low, electric tension as the final whistle approached. The scoreboard read 3-0, but for the sea of red in the Südkurve, the number was merely a formality; the real victory was the silence of the opposition and the familiar roar of 'Mia San Mia' swelling from the stands. An old supporter, his face painted in crimson and white, wiped a tear as he gazed at the giant screen displaying the tally of 33 stars above the crest. In that moment, the timeline collapsed: he saw Beckenbauer's imperious sweep, felt the ghost of Müller's thunderous volleys, and realized another chapter had been added to a library that seemed endless. When the referee finally blew the final whistle, the stadium didn't just erupt in celebration of three points; it roared with the reaffirmation of a century-long promise: Bayern would always be the standard.
Reader's Guide
The 2025–26 season was Bayern's 61st consecutive season in the top flight of German football. The club participated in the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, Franz Beckenbauer Supercup, and UEFA Champions League.
Did You Know?
- Bayern finished the 2025–26 Bundesliga campaign with a record goal tally, the second-highest in a top-five European league season behind Torino's 125 goals in 1947–48, though Torino played a 40-match season.
- On 11 April 2026, Bayern recorded a 5–0 away victory against FC St. Pauli, bringing their season tally to 105 goals and surpassing their previous record of 101 goals set in 1971–72.
- The season was the first since 2007–08 without Thomas Müller, who had won 34 major trophies, making him the most decorated German footballer of all time.
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