2011–12 FC Bayern Munich season

Review and events

Nils Petersen of Energie Cottbus became the first official signing of Bayern's 2011–12 season. The next two signings were Schalke 04 goalkeeper Manuel Neuer followed shortly thereafter by former Schalke right-back Rafinha (after having spent one season at Genoa). On 27 June 2011, it was announced that Gamba Osaka's Japanese teenage prodigy Takashi Usami would be joining Bayern on a one-season loan (with an option to make the switch permanent). Usami became the first Japanese player ever to play for Bayern. On 14 July, Bayern confirmed the signing of the defender Jérôme Boateng from Manchester City, following drawn-out negotiations.

In light of the signing of Neuer, goalkeeper Thomas Kraft departed for newly promoted Hertha BSC. Andreas Ottl also joined Hertha. Hamit Altıntop joined Real Madrid, while Miroslav Klose opted to join Lazio after negotiations with Bayern over a new contract failed. All these players left on free transfers. Mehmet Ekici joined Werder Bremen for €5 million.

On 1 August, Bayern played their first competitive match of the season against Eintracht Braunschweig. The match was the competitive debut for Manuel Neuer, Jérôme Boateng and Rafinha. The match saw the beginning of Jupp Heynckes' third stint in charge of the club. Bayern won the match with goals from Mario Gómez, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thomas Müller.

Bayern finished runners-up to Jürgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund side in both the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal. They also reached the final of the 2011–12 Champions League, where they would face Chelsea. The match was played at the Allianz Arena, which meant that Bayern were the first team to have home advantage since Roma in 1984. Neither team would score until Thomas Müller gave Bayern the lead in the 83rd minute. Five minutes later, Didier Drogba equalised for Chelsea, taking the match into extra time, during which Bayern were awarded a penalty, to be taken by Arjen Robben. Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Čech saved his shot. The game then went into a penalty shoot-out, which Bayern would ultimately lose.

Friendlies

Pre-season

LIGA total! Cup 2011

Bayern played in the 2011 LIGA total! Cup. The tournament was held in the Coface Arena and organized by Bayern's prime sponsor Deutsche Telekom. In this tournament matches consisted of two 30 minutes halves each. The Reds faced Hamburger SV in the first game and Mainz 05 in the second game. Borussia Dortmund was the winner of the tournament. Ujah Petersen Slišković Yılmaz
Stieber
Noveski
Ujah Müller Petersen Kroos Tymoshchuk Pranjić

Audi Cup 2011

Bayern played the 2011 Audi Cup at home in the Allianz Arena, with Milan, Barcelona and Internacional from Brazil in a four-team, knockout tournament. Gómez Müller Kroos Schweinsteiger Oddo Silva Paloschi

Other friendlies

Bayern travelled to Trentino, Italy, in early July to play a Trentino regional XI and the Qatar national team in friendlies. After that, Bayern played Carl Zeiss Jena in a benefit match. Between the LIGA total! Cup and the Audi Cup, Bayern played the annual Dream Game against two official fan clubs in Passau. The season officially started on 1 August with the Round 1 of the DFB-Pokal against Eintracht Braunschweig. The first Bundesliga match was against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 7 August 2011. After the Bundesliga started, Bayern played a benefit match against the club from Thomas Müller's home town. Schweinsteiger
Kroos
Tymoshchuk
Robben
Luiz Gustavo
Petersen
Olić
Pranjić
Köz Müller
Petersen
Olić Razak Petersen Müller
Petersen
Kroos
Robben
Schweinsteiger
Van Buyten Petersen
Lahm
Müller
Tymoshchuk
Kroos
Alaba
Ribéry
Schweinsteiger
Contento

Mid-season

Bayern's winter training camp took place in Doha, Qatar, from 2 January until 9 January 2012. There, Bayern played against Al-Sailiya S.C., the "African Club of the Century" Al-Ahly S.C. from Cairo and a local U-19. After that, they played the Audi Football Summit in India against the India National Team and Rot-Weiß Erfurt in a benefit match. Gómez
Müller
Olić
Petersen
Ribéry
Contento Müller Schweinsteiger Robben Müller Schweinsteiger

Post-season

Bayern played against the Netherlands national team in a compensation match for Arjen Robben's injury during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Petersen
Gómez Narsingh

Competitions

Bundesliga

The 2011–12 Bundesliga campaign began on 7 August when Bayern played in the opening game of the season against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

League table

Lahm Rafinha Luiz Gustavo Ribéry Robben Tymoshchuk Gómez Olić Rafinha Westermann Mancienne Jansen Rodnei Fortounis Iličević Alaba Ribéry Petersen Müller Van Buyten
Robben Ribéry Schweinsteiger Schulz Pinto Schmiedebach Pander Zieler Cherundolo Alaba Ribéry Schweinsteiger Ribéry Luiz Gustavo Cohen Reinhardt Rafinha Ribéry
Tymoshchuk Badstuber Kehl Caligiuri
Bungert Robben Molinaro Boka Niedermeier Müller Badstuber Rafinha Alaba Kroos Ribéry Jajalo Peszko McKenna Herrmann Arango Rafinha Robben Hasebe Westermann Rincón Kroos Olić Müller Lahm Wagner Rosenthal Höger Kießling Bellarabi Luiz Gustavo Rafinha Robben Kroos Ribéry Vukčević Hubník Morales Robben Gómez Kroos Boateng Kroos Gómez Ya Konan , Chandler Luiz Gustavo Badstuber Ribéry Müller Rafinha Novaković Geromel Robben Schweinsteiger

DFB-Pokal

Bayern kicked off the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal against Eintracht Braunschweig in Braunschweig, where they advanced to the second round with a 3–0 victory.

Schweinsteiger Müller Alaba Petersen Matip Usami Robben Gómez

• Daems
• Herrmann
• Dante
• Nordtveit
• Alaba
• Ribéry
• Lahm
• Kroos Hummels Lewandowski Ribéry

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

Bayern Munich qualified for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League by finishing third in the Bundesliga in 2010–11.

Play-off round

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round

Robben

Group stage

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group A

Rafinha

Gómez Y. Touré

Knockout phase

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Müller Gómez

Quarter-finals

Robben

Semi-finals

Badstuber Robben Lahm Gómez Alonso Coentrão Di María Ramos Higuaín Marcelo Pepe Arbeloa Granero Robben , Luiz Gustavo Badstuber Kaká Alonso Ramos Gómez Kroos Lahm Schweinsteiger

Final

Main article: 2012 UEFA Champions League Final

Müller Robben 95' David Luiz Drogba
F. Torres

• Lahm
• Gómez
• Neuer
• Olić
• Schweinsteiger
• Mata
• David Luiz
• Lampard
• Cole
• Drogba

Overall record

Squad information

Goal scorers

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Penalties

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;UEFA Champions League

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|- |()* = Penalties saved

Bookings

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Minutes played

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Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Total spending: €43.8 million

Transfers out

Total income: €5 million

Players

Management and coaching staff

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