FC Bayern Golden Days
In their first Bundesliga season, Bayern finished third and also won the DFB-Pokal. This qualified
them for the following year's European Cup Winners' Cup, which they won in a dramatic final against
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Scottish club Rangers, when Franz Roth scored the decider in a 1–0 extra time victory. In 1967,
Bayern retained the DFB-Pokal, but slow overall progress saw Branko Zebec take over as coach. He
replaced Bayern's offensive style of play with a more disciplined approach, and in doing so achieved
the first league and cup double in Bundesliga history in 1969. Bayern Munich are one of four
German clubs to win the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal in the same season along with Borussia
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Dortmund, 1. FC Köln and Werder Bremen. Zebec used only 13 players throughout the season.
Udo Lattek took charge in 1970. After winning the DFB-Pokal in his first season, Lattek led Bayern to
their third German championship. The deciding match in the 1971–72 season against Schalke 04
was the first match in the new Olympiastadion, and was also the first live televised match in
Bundesliga history. Bayern beat Schalke 5–1 and thus claimed the title, also setting several records,
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including points gained and goals scored. Bayern also won the next two championships, but the
zenith was their triumph in the 1974 European Cup Final against Atlético Madrid, which Bayern won
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4–0 after a replay. This title – after winning the Cup Winners' trophy 1967 and two semi-finals
(1968 and 1972) in that competition – marked the club's breakthrough as a force on the international
stage.
FC Bayern Munich against 1. FC Magdeburg in 1974
During the following years, the team was unsuccessful domestically but defended their European
title by defeating Leeds United in the 1975 European Cup Final when Roth and Müller secured
victory with late goals. "We came back into the game and scored two lucky goals, so in the end, we
were the winners, but we were very, very lucky", stated Franz Beckenbauer. Billy Bremner believed
the French referee was "very suspicious". Leeds fans then rioted in Paris and were banned from
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European football for three years. A year later in Glasgow, Saint-Étienne were defeated by
another Roth goal and Bayern became the third club to win the trophy in three consecutive years.
The final trophy won by Bayern in this era was the Intercontinental Cup, in which they defeated
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Brazilian club Cruzeiro over two legs. The rest of the decade was a time of change and saw no
further titles for Bayern. In 1977, Franz Beckenbauer left for New York Cosmos and, in 1979, Sepp
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Maier and Uli Hoeneß retired while Gerd Müller joined the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. Bayerndusel
was coined during this period as an expression of either contempt or envy about the sometimes
narrow and last-minute wins against other teams.
From FC Breitnigge to FC Hollywood (1979–1998)[edit]
The 1980s were a period of off-field turmoil for Bayern, with many changes in personnel and
financial problems. On the field, Paul Breitner and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, termed FC Breitnigge,
led the team to Bundesliga titles in 1980 and 1981. Apart from a DFB-Pokal win in 1982, two
relatively unsuccessful seasons followed, after which Breitner retired, and former coach Udo Lattek
returned. Bayern won the DFB-Pokal in 1984 and went on to win five Bundesliga championships in
six seasons, including a double in 1986. European success, however, was elusive during the
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decade; Bayern managed to claim the runners-up spot in the European Cup in 1982 and 1987.
Jupp Heynckes was hired as coach in 1987, but after two consecutive championships in 1988–89
and 1989–90, Bayern's form dipped. After finishing second in 1990–91, the club finished just five
points above the relegation places in 1991–92. In 1993–94, Bayern was eliminated in the UEFA Cup
second round to Premier League side Norwich City, who remain the only English club to beat Bayern
at the Olympiastadion. Success returned when Franz Beckenbauer took over for the second half of
the 1993–94 season, winning the championship again after a four-year gap. Beckenbauer was then
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appointed club president.
His successors as coach, Giovanni Trapattoni and Otto Rehhagel, both finished trophyless after a
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season, not meeting the club's high expectations. During this time, Bayern's players frequently
appeared in the gossip pages of the press rather than the sports pages, resulting in the nickname
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FC Hollywood. Franz Beckenbauer briefly returned at the end of the 1995–96 season as
caretaker coach and led his team to victory in the UEFA Cup, beating Bordeaux in the final. For the
1996–97 season, Trapattoni returned to win the championship. In the following season, Bayern lost
the title to newly promoted 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Trapattoni had to take his leave for the second
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time.
