The 2011–12 season of Bayern Munich began on 27 June with their first training session. In the yearly Forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs, Bayern Munich were ranked the fifth-most valuable team in the world.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Post-season Bayern played against the Netherlands national team in a compensation match for Arjen Robben's injury during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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
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.
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
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Overall record
Competition First match Last matchRecordGWDLGFGAGDWin % Bundesliga 7 August 2011 5 May 2012 DFB-Pokal 1 August 2011 12 May 2012 Champions League 17 August 2011 19 May 2012 Total
Squad information Squad Season 2011–12 No. Player Nat. Birthdate at FCB since previous club BL matches BL goals Cup matches Cup goals CL matches CL goals Goalkeepers1Manuel Neuer2011Schalke 04 33 0 5 0 14 0 22 Hans-Jörg Butt2008Benfica 1 0 1 0 1 024Maximilian Riedmüller2008SV Heimstetten 0 0 0 0 0 032Rouven Sattelmaier2010Jahn Regensburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 Defenders2Breno 2008São Paulo 0 0 0 0 0 05Daniel Van Buyten2006Hamburger SV 12(1) 4 1(1) 0 6(1) 013Rafinha2011Genoa 20(4) 0 3(1) 0 5(2) 117Jérôme Boateng2011Manchester City 26(1) 0 6 0 15 021Philipp Lahm (captain) 1995Junior Team 31 0 5 0 14 026Diego Contento1995Junior Team 5(6) 0 1(1) 0 2 028Holger Badstuber2002Junior Team 32(1) 0 5 0 12 0 Midfielders7Franck Ribéry2007 Marseille 27(5) 12 4 2 14 310Arjen Robben2009Real Madrid 18(6) 12 3 2 8(1) 514Takashi Usami2011Gamba Osaka 2(1) 0 0(1) 1 0(1) 023Danijel Pranjić2009Heerenveen 4(3) 0 1(1) 0 1(4) 027 David Alaba 2008Junior Team 14(16) 2 4(2) 1 8(3) 030Luiz Gustavo20111899 Hoffenheim 18(10) 1 6 0 10(2) 031Bastian Schweinsteiger (vice-captain)1998Junior Team 18(4) 3 3 1 9(2) 139Toni Kroos2006Junior Team 27(4) 4 6 1 14 244Anatoliy Tymoshchuk2009Zenit 17(6) 0 2(2) 0 7(5) 0 Forwards 9Nils Petersen2011Energie Cottbus 2(7) 2 1(1) 2 1(3) 011Ivica Olić2009Hamburger SV 4(16) 2 1(3) 0 2(3) 225Thomas Müller2000Junior Team 33(1) 7 4(1) 2 9(5) 233Mario Gómez2009VfB Stuttgart 30(3) 26 4(1) 2 13(1) 13
Goal scorers
All competitions ScorerGoals Mario Gómez41 Arjen Robben19 Franck Ribéry17 Thomas Müller11 Toni Kroos7 Bastian Schweinsteiger5 Daniel Van Buyten4 Ivica Olić Nils Petersen David Alaba3 Luiz Gustavo1 Rafinha Takashi Usami
Bundesliga ScorerGoals Mario Gómez26 Franck Ribéry12 Arjen Robben Thomas Müller7 Daniel Van Buyten4 Toni Kroos Bastian Schweinsteiger3 David Alaba2 Ivica Olić Nils Petersen Luiz Gustavo1
UEFA Champions League ScorerGoals Mario Gómez12(1)* Arjen Robben4(1)* Franck Ribéry3 Toni Kroos2 Thomas Müller Ivica Olić Rafinha1 Bastian Schweinsteiger(1)*
DFB-Pokal ScorerGoals Mario Gómez2 Thomas Müller Nils Petersen Franck Ribéry Arjen Robben David Alaba1 Toni Kroos Bastian Schweinsteiger Takashi Usami |- |()* = Goals in Play-off |- align=left style="background:#DCDCDC" | colspan="12"|Last updated: 20 May 2012
Penalties
All competitions PlayerPenalties Arjen Robben8(2)* Mario Gómez5(2)* Bastian Schweinsteiger1
Bundesliga PlayerPenalties Arjen Robben5(1)* Mario Gómez4(1)*
UEFA Champions League PlayerPenalties Arjen Robben2(1)* Mario Gómez(1)*
DFB-Pokal PlayerPenalties Mario Gómez1 Arjen Robben Bastian Schweinsteiger |- |()* = Penalties saved |- align=left style="background:#DCDCDC" | colspan="12"|Last updated: 20 May 2012
Bookings
All competitions PlayerYYYR Holger Badstuber91 Luiz Gustavo8 Rafinha Jérôme Boateng71 Toni Kroos Bastian Schweinsteiger Franck Ribéry61 Philipp Lahm5 David Alaba4 Arjen Robben Mario Gómez3 Thomas Müller Anatoliy Tymoshchuk1 Daniel Van Buyten2 Ivica Olić1 Danijel Pranjić
Bundesliga PlayerYYYR Rafinha7 Holger Badstuber5 Luiz Gustavo Toni Kroos4 Franck Ribéry1 Jérôme Boateng31 Philipp Lahm Mario Gómez2 Bastian Schweinsteiger Anatoliy Tymoshchuk1 David Alaba1 Daniel Van Buyten Thomas Müller Danijel Pranjić Arjen Robben
UEFA Champions League PlayerYYYR Bastian Schweinsteiger4 David Alaba3 Holger Badstuber1 Luiz Gustavo Jérôme Boateng2 Toni Kroos Philipp Lahm Thomas Müller Mario Gómez1 Ivica Olić Rafinha Franck Ribéry Arjen Robben Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
DFB-Pokal PlayerYYYR Jérôme Boateng2 Arjen Robben Holger Badstuber1 Daniel Van Buyten Toni Kroos Franck Ribéry Bastian Schweinsteiger |- |Y = Yellow Cards, YY = Sending Offs after Second Yellow Card, R = Sending Offs after Red Card |- align=left style="background:#DCDCDC" | colspan="12"|Last updated: 19 May 2012
Minutes played
Bundesliga PlayerMinutes Manuel Neuer2970 Holger Badstuber2896 Philipp Lahm2751 Thomas Müller2700 Mario Gómez2479 Franck Ribéry2387 Toni Kroos2350
PlayerMinutes Jérôme Boateng2178 Rafinha1778 Bastian Schweinsteiger1725 Arjen Robben1706 Luiz Gustavo1693 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk1559 David Alaba1532
PlayerMinutes Daniel Van Buyten1052 Ivica Olić554 Diego Contento493 Danijel Pranjić274 Nils Petersen213 Takashi Usami167 Hans-Jörg Butt90 |- align=left style="background:#DCDCDC" | colspan="12"|Last updated: 5 May 2012
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
Total spending: €43.8 million
Transfers out
Total income: €5 million
Players
Management and coaching staff
PositionStaffManager Jupp HeynckesAssistant manager Peter HermannAssistant manager Hermann GerlandGoalkeeping coach Toni TapalovićSports psychologist Philipp LauxSports rehab coach Thomas WilhelmiFitness coach Marcelo MartinsFitness coach Andreas Kornmayer
References