Bayern secures 8th successive Bundesliga title

German club giant, Bayern Munich, wraps up the season in style as Robert Lewandoski fires them to their 8th successive title in the league.

The German juggernaut strolled to the league title once again after winning 11th straight Bundesliga games and gaining 10 points clear of immediate rivals, Borussia Dortmund.

Robert Lewandowski cooly chested down Jerome Boateng’s chipped pass to net the winner against Werder Bremen, 43 minutes into the game and sealed the league with two games to spare.

Bayern were also left with 10 men as Alphonso Davies got sent off for a second yellow card offence, 11 minutes from time.

Back in November, former Bayern coach Nico Kovac lost his job when the German record title-holders recorded its biggest defeat in a decade,  a 5-1 humbling at Eintracht Frankfurt. A run of one win in four league games left the Bavarians four points behind then-leaders Borussia Monchengladbach.

Hansi Flick, promoted from his position as an assistant coach, has turned Bayern into an indomitable force ever since he got the job to coach the senior team and Lewandowski’s trademark finish made it to 22 wins from 23 games in all competitions.

Bayern, however, were far from their best against a Werder Bremen side fighting for survival at the other end of the table but still managed to edge out their opponent who have won only one home league game all season.

Bremen remain 17th, level on points with Dusseldorf who currently occupy the relegation play-off spot but now with a game in hand over their rivals.

Fun Facts and Stats

• Bayern celebrates its 30th German championship. They have now won 29 out of 57 titles since the foundation of the Bundesliga in 1963 – more than all other clubs combined (28).
• Alphonso Davies’ top speed of 36.51 km/h in Bremen is the fastest of any Bundesliga player since data collection started in 2013/14.
• In Europe’s top five leagues, only Juventus (35 in Serie A) and Real Madrid (33 in La Liga) have won more league titles than Bayern (30, including pre-Bundesliga era).
• David Alaba and Thomas Muller win their ninth Bundesliga championship title, equalling the record set by Franck Ribery last season.
• Hansi Flick is the third person to win the Bundesliga title for Bayern both as a player and a manager, after Franz Beckenbauer and Niko Kovac. Flick won the Bundesliga title as a Bayern player in 1985-86, 1986-87, 1988-89 and 1989-90.
• Kingsley Coman has won a league title in the last 9 seasons, Paris Saint-Germain(2), Juventus(2), Bayern Munich (5), at just 24 years.

What’s next?

Bayern Munich can still record a treble as they have progressed to the final of the German Cup, where they will meet Bayer Leverkusen on 4 July in Berlin.

The five-time champions of Europe are still in the Champions League as well and well-positioned to reach the quarter-finals after establishing a 3-0 lead over Chelsea in the first leg of their last-16 tie.