Bayern's Quadruple Achievement (2/4), Kompany: The Celebration Ceremony Can Wait

Written by Han Bing On April 19, Munich's Allianz Arena became a sea of joy. Despite coach Kompani rotating most of the starting players, with Neuer, Upamecano, and Kane all on the bench, "Bayern's second team" still defeated Stuttgart 4-2, securing Bayern's 34th Bundesliga championship (35th top-tier league title) four rounds early. Although Stuttgart scored first, Guerreiro, Jakson, and Alphonso Davies scored three consecutive goals before halftime. Kane, who came on as a substitute in the second half, scored his 51st goal of the season, and Bayern secured the victory in just 52 minutes.

Although the traditional awarding of the championship trophy and beer shower ceremony will have to wait until the final home game of the season, Kompany is not anxious: "It feels fantastic. The way we won the championship this season is exceptionally outstanding, which is why it's so special. We hope to win all the trophies this season, including the DFB-Pokal and the Champions League, so the celebration ceremony can wait." If Bayern successfully wins the DFB-Pokal and the Champions League, it will be their third treble and their second quadruple since the 2012/13 season.

For Bayern, this championship season is even more memorable due to a series of new records set by the team. Since their first Bundesliga title in the 1968/69 season, Bayern has won 34 Bundesliga championships, ranking second in Europe's top five leagues only to Real Madrid (36 times) and tied with Juventus (34 times). However, Juventus was stripped of two Serie A titles due to the Calciopoli scandal, so their actual number of titles is also 36. But the Bundesliga was founded only in the 1963/64 season, 34 years later than La Liga and Serie A. In the 63 seasons of the Bundesliga so far, Bayern has won 34 times, averaging a title every 1.85 seasons, a trophy-winning frequency far exceeding that of Real Madrid and Juventus. Including German top-tier leagues before the Bundesliga's establishment, Bayern has won 35 German top-tier league titles overall, ranking behind only Real Madrid and Juventus (36 times) in Europe's top five leagues.

After defeating Stuttgart 4-2 to secure the title early, Kompany's team has scored 161 goals in all competitions this season, breaking the club and German team seasonal goal record (159 goals) set by Flick in the 2019/20 season. Bayern has scored 109 goals in 30 Bundesliga rounds, breaking their own Bundesliga single-season goal record (101 goals) set 54 years ago in the 1971/72 season. The average goals per game reached 3.63, second only to Athletic Bilbao (4.08 goals per game) when they won La Liga in the 1930/31 season, making Bayern one of only two teams in Europe's top five leagues to average over 3.5 goals per game in a single season. The highest single-season league goal tally in Europe's top five leagues belongs to Torino (125 goals, 1947/48 season). To break this record, Bayern would need to score at least 17 goals in the remaining 4 rounds. However, Torino played 40 matches that season, while Bayern now only plays 34.

Bayern has occupied the top spot from the first round and led until securing the title early, setting a record for the largest points advantage at the halfway point of the Bundesliga (18 points). This is Bayern's sixth time in club history to rank first in every round of a single season. If Bayern wins all remaining 4 rounds, their points will match the 91 points achieved by Heynckes' team in the 2012/13 season, tying for the top spot in Bundesliga history. In the last 14 seasons, Bayern has won the title 13 times, only interrupted by Bayer Leverkusen in the 2023/24 season.

Kane scored his 51st goal of the season, becoming the first player in Europe's top five leagues to reach 50 goals in a single season since Haaland (52 goals) in the 2022/23 season. Simultaneously, he is also the English player with the highest single-season goal tally in Europe's top five leagues since Dixie Dean (67 goals) of Everton in the 1927/28 season. Kane is also striving to challenge Lewandowski's Bundesliga Golden Boot record from the 2020/21 season (41 goals), meaning he needs to score at least 10 goals in the remaining 4 league rounds.

This season's Bayern championship T-shirt is different from previous ones, featuring a cockatoo wearing the home jersey on the front. Goretzka also placed a ceramic cockatoo figurine on his shoulder to celebrate with teammates. It turns out that after winning the Bundesliga last year, the entire Bayern team celebrated at Munich's high-end restaurant, Käfer. The players were very interested in a cockatoo porcelain figurine inside the restaurant, and the owner, Michael Käfer, generously gifted the figurine worth approximately 1000 euros.

This cockatoo has become Bayern's new mascot, accompanying the team throughout this season. Bayern特意将带给球队好运的凤头鹦鹉作为官方冠军T恤主角,官方商店这件冠军T恤售价30欧元,希望这只凤头鹦鹉,能够为拜仁带来更多的冠军好运.