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FC Bayern visit SC Freiburg in a top-of-the-table Bundesliga clash on Sunday. Our preview has everything you need to know ahead of the meeting in the Breisgau:

Manuel Neuer will miss FC Bayern’s away match at SC Freiburg on Sunday. More below:

"The good news is he's stable,” said board member for sport Max Eberl in Saturday’s pre-match press conference regarding head coach Vincent Kompany’s condition. The 40-year-old required medical attention after collapsing during a 

Luis Díaz picked up a minor muscle fibre tear in his left hamstring during FC Bayern’s Champions League game against Arsenal on Wednesday night. The injury was confirmed by examinations carried out by the FC Bayern medical unit. As a result, the 29-year-old attacking midfielder will be sidelined for the foreseeable future.

Following the gruelling clash with Arsenal in the Champions League, FC Bayern kicked off their preparations for this weekend’s match at SC Freiburg with a recovery session. Vincent Kompany’s side worked out at the performance centre on Säbener Straße and won't return to the pitch for another session until Friday.

The fact that the upcoming match against the Black Forest side doesn't kick off until Sunday evening (17:30 CEST) gives the Munich men more than just an extra day to recover. Looking at the stats, Harry Kane and his teammates are also likely to be pleased with the date of the fixture – FCB have won all five of their most recent Sunday kick-offs in the Bundesliga and could even set a new club record with another victory against SCF. Get more facts on the match here:

On 22 October 2025, FC Bayern hosted Brugge in a Champions League clash at the Allianz Arena and came away with a commanding 4–0 victory. Lennart Karl also played his part, scoring on his first start in the Champions League – and, at the age of just 17 years and 242 days, becoming the youngest-ever German player to score in the Champions League.

In the 2–2 draw against Arsenal, Harry Kane not only set up Alphonso Davies’ equaliser with a dream pass, but also doubled the Munich men’s lead himself just after the break. This earned the Englishman the well-deserved Man of the Match award from UEFA.

For Kane, it was already the tenth consecutive match in the competition in which he'd scored at least one goal. Only one player in Champions League history has had a longer scoring run – Cristiano Ronaldo once did it in 11 consecutive matches.

FC Bayern drew 2-2 with Arsenal in a high-quality and hard-fought contest on Wednesday night. Trailing 1-0, FCB turned the game around thanks to goals from Davies and Kane, but Rice equalised late for the visitors.

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Ahead of tonight’s match against Arsenal at the Allianz Arena, the Munich men gathered for a light session at Säbener Straße this morning as they warmed up for the Champions League showdown in the obligatory ‘activation’.

Bayern came away from their away match at Werder Bremen on 21 October 2006 without any points, but with a historic achievement. In the 3-1 defeat at the Weserstadion, Roy Makaay scored the goal that made it 2-1 and that brought up 3,000 Bundesliga goals for the Munich club – no other team had reached this mark at that point. The Dutchman’s strike was spectacular as well as historic. The scissor kick would’ve fully deserved the title of ‘Goal of the Month’, but that went to the other side. Bremen’s Diego hammered the ball into the roof of Oliver Kahn’s net 20 minutes before and then came out on top in the ARD Sportschau vote.

Twenty years on from that game in Bremen, Bayern are on 4,758 Bundesliga goals and lead the all-time scoring chart in the German top flight by some distance. In fact, only five other clubs have passed the 3,000 mark in the meantime: Borussia Dortmund (3,679), Bremen (3,412), VfB Stuttgart (3,332), Borussia Mönchengladbach (3,343) and Eintracht Frankfurt (3,068).

The heavyweight clash between Bayern and Arsenal in the Champions League takes place at 21:00 CEST tonight. Stay on the ball with our live text updates.

Without head coach Vincent Kompany, who had been advised to rest due to a viral infection, Bayern completed their final preparations on Tuesday for the Champions League showdown against Arsenal. Assistant coach Aaron Danks stood in for his boss at the press conference and looked ahead to the match against the Gunners: “For us, it’ll be about imposing our style of play on the game. We must have confidence in our strengths. It will be a match of the highest calibre. Against Arsenal, the finer details will make all the difference.” 

You can find the key information on the clash in our preview, and you can also catch up on the day’s events in our live blog.

Bayern kicked off their preparations for Wednesday's Champions League home game against Arsenal with an intensive afternoon training session on Monday. The Munich side will then work on the final details for the clash with the Premier League champions tomorrow – you can follow all the build-up via our live blog.

A clash of champions in Europe's premier club competition and a trip to face their closest rivals in the Bundesliga – FC Bayern face two tough challenges over the next seven days. On Wednesday evening (21:00 CEST), the German record champions host the Premier League champions at the Allianz Arena on Champions League Matchday 3. On Sunday (17:30 CEST), they then travel to third-placed SC Freiburg. To prepare for these matches, Vincent Kompany has scheduled a total of four training sessions on the pitch this week. As always ahead of Champions League fixtures, the first 15 minutes of Tuesday’s final training session will be broadcast live on our channels. The same applies to the press conferences before and after the two competitive matches against Arsenal and Freiburg.

Amidst all the excitement of the result against Leipzig and Luis Díaz’s hat-trick, it was almost easy to forget that Harry Kane also made his 100th Bundesliga appearance and marked the occasion with his 102nd goal. No player had ever scored that many after a century of games in Germany’s top flight. The English striker also provided two assists against Leipzig, meaning he has a league-best nine goal contributions in 2026/27.

“I’m incredibly proud to have played 100 games in the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich. The titles and wins we’ve achieved, I’m really enjoying it here. And hopefully there are many more to come,” Kane said of his milestone.

Bayern produced the perfect response to their recent draws after the international break by hitting RB Leipzig for six at the Allianz Arena. Luis Díaz was the star of an all-round great team performance with his hat-trick.

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Fifteen seriously ill children, teenagers and young adults from the oncology department at the Hauner Children’s Hospital in Munich had already attended the team’s training session at Säbener Straße on Thursday afternoon, accompanied by their families. Afterwards, the guests – aged between five and 20 – were allowed to take selfies with the players and have a brief chat with them. Mascot Berni was, of course, also there and handed out presents to the young fans. “You want to do good and not talk about it. But I think that when you do something good, it can have another, positive effect on us. Perhaps one or two people will then be inspired to do something or offer their support,” Joshua Kimmich once said during a visit to the children’s hospital.

Bayern’s squad trained this afternoon for the final time before tomorrow evening’s game against Leipzig. The players were out on the pitch at Säbener Straße for a good hour and a half as they prepared for the match. Get all the latest ahead of the action in our preview.

Vincent Kompany spoke today at his pre-match press conference before hosting RB Leipzig tomorrow. “We know about Leipzig’s strengths. You can see they’ve made a few changes. That’s helped the team. They’re coming here with confidence,” the Belgian said. He also insisted that it won’t change how his team approach Saturday’s game: “We’re at home. We want to attack. We’re hungry for it.” Read more from the press conference here.

Today marks 64 years since Bayern – then playing in the regional Oberliga prior to the Bundesliga’s introduction the following season – first appeared on the European stage as they faced a Basel City XI in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. Goals from Dieter 'Mucki' Brenninger (pictured above four years later) and Jakob Drescher gave FCB a 3-0 home win. That guaranteed progress to the next round because Basel withdrew from the second leg.

The Fairs Cup wasn’t organised by UEFA at the time. Teams didn’t qualify but were invited as representatives of cities. The competition, which ran from 1955 to 1971, was set up to promote international trade fairs.

Bayern returned home from Stavanger this afternoon. Harry Kane was named Player of the Match on Tuesday night after his brace and clever ball for the third goal.

It saw Kane continue his remarkable scoring record in the Champions League for Bayern. Since he moved to Munich in summer 2023, he’s netted 36 goals in 40 European fixtures for the club. The next best players over the same period are Kylian Mbappé (31 goals) and Erling Haaland (24).

Bayern battled back from 2-0 down to lead 3-2 away at Viking after much improved second-half performance, but the Reds had to settle for a point in the Champions League after conceding a late equaliser with ten men in Stavanger.

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To get their circulation and metabolism going on the morning of the match and to warm up their muscles and joints, Harry Kane, Joshua Kimmich and the rest of the squad completed a light activation session as usual. The aim of the session in Stavanger, Norway, was to ensure that FC Bayern are fully prepared for the intense 90 minutes on artificial turf on Tuesday evening.  

It’s Champions League time again! FC Bayern travel to Viking FK on Matchday 2 of the league phase at 21:00 CEST tonight. Keep up to date with our live text. Pack ma’s!

After arriving in Stavanger in the afternoon, Jonathan Tah and Vincent Kompany faced the media at their press conference to preview Tuesday’s game. The squad then held their training session at the Lyse Arena to get a feeling for the artificial pitch there.

“It’s the Champions League. Every game is a challenge. If we come here and say we want to remain Bayern, then it’s a question of mentality. It’s a really special game for Viking, but I don’t want anyone to feel like it’s not important for us. It doesn’t matter what the game brings tomorrow, we need to go into it thinking that anything can happen and we’re prepared for it all,” said our head coach. Read more ahead of the game in our preview.

While his teammates are up in Norway, Jamal Musiala has been continuing his efforts to return to full fitness. This morning he completed a running session and worked with the ball outside on the pitch at Säbener Straße.

Bayern have two more crucial fixtures coming up this week, starting away at Viking in the Champions League on Tuesday before hosting RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga on Saturday. We’ll hear from Kompany ahead of both matches as usual, plus get to watch the first 15 minutes of training in Norway.

Kompany has scheduled four training sessions ahead of the games this week, plus a day off to recover on Sunday.

Our assistant coach Daniel Fradley turns 36 today. Happy birthday!

Bayern had 29 shots, scored two goals but also had four ruled out for offside as they had to settle for a point away at neighbours Augsburg. “It was an unfortunate draw,” said Joshua Kimmich afterwards. “We’re not happy, because we wanted to win. If you create so many chances, it means you did a lot right,” added coach Vincent Kompany. Harry Kane also spoke about “being punished” for the mistakes that allowed Augsburg to get their two goals.

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Vincent Kompany is expecting the first match of what will be an intense autumn to be a tough one. “What sets FCA apart is that they're very compact and can be very dangerous on the ball. They’ve got a lot of individual quality - more than people sometimes realise. They’ve made a flying start to the season,” explained the head coach during the pre-match press conference ahead of the Bundesligaclash against their Bavarian neighbours. Munich also have a score to settle with FC Augsburg, as the Belgian stressed: “We lost one Bundesliga game last year – that was against Augsburg. It’s still a derby, and it’s an away fixture.” Get more statements from Friday’s press conference in our live blog.

Vincent Kompany welcomed back Bayern’s international players for a 90-minute training session on Thursday afternoon as the squad began their preparations for Augsburg and the busy month ahead.

Jamal Musiala was out on the pitch at Säbener Straße on Thursday as he works towards his comeback from a minor muscle tear. The 23-year-old attacker worked with fitness coach Simon Martinello prior to team training. Musiala had sustained the injury in his right thigh a fortnight ago while warming up for Germany’s UEFA Nations League clash in the Netherlands.

Michael Olise and Harry Kane were already in good form prior to the international break, with the Frenchman bagging his first Bayern hat-trick in the 7-0 win over Union Berlin and the Englishman becoming the fastest player ever to 100 Bundesliga goals, in only 98 appearances.

And the pair aren’t just impressing in the Bundesliga but also when compared to the best in Europe. Olise has been directly involved in 24 league goals in 2026, which is the most in Europe’s top five leagues alongside Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal. Kane is next with 23 and will have the next chance to add to that total when Bayern return to action in Augsburg on Saturday. You can read up on the pre-match stats here.

Bayern attacker Lennart Karl has been shortlisted for the 2026 Golden Boy. The 18-year-old is one of the 25 finalists, putting him among the best under-21 players in Europe. The honour has been awarded since 2003 by Italian sports newspaper Tuttosport. A panel of 50 journalists will decide on the winner in early December. At the same time, the fan vote for the Golden Boy Web is under way.

FC Bayern’s 1–1 draw at Bremen on 7 October 1978 went down in the annals of the German record champions. After Werder’s Franz Hiller had opened the scoring in the first half, Wolfgang Rausch equalised just over an hour into the match – scoring FC Bayern’s 1,000th Bundesliga goal in the process. Some seven months after 1. FC Köln had broken that barrier, the Munich side had now also hit the four-figure mark for goals in the competition. Forty-eight years later, FCB are now on 4,750 goals in the Bundesliga and top the all-time scoring charts, leading second-placed Borussia Dortmund (3,677) by more than 1,000 goals.

Bolstered by a number of youth players, Vincent Kompany’s squad – which is not yet back to full strength following the international break – completed their second training session of the week at FC Bayern’s training ground on Tuesday. In glorious sunshine, Nathaniel Brown, Manuel Neuer and their teammates continued their preparations for Saturday's Bundesliga match at FC Augsburg (15:30 CEST).

FC Bayern held their first team training session on Monday afternoon in preparation for the Bundesliga clash at FC Augsburg with Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Luis Díaz, Jonathan Tah, Alphonso Davies and Nathaniel Brown, amongst others, all taking part. Coach Vincent Kompany put his squad – which was bolstered by a number of youth players – through their paces during a session lasting just over an hour. The FCB internationals are set to return to training in the coming days.

Before things really heat up again for FC Bayern with four straight weeks with both weekend and midweek fixtures, coach Vincent Kompany’s side still has a full week of training ahead of them. The first team training session ahead of Bundesliga Matchday 5 this coming Saturday (15:30 CEST) at FC Augsburg took place on Monday afternoon. The internationals will gradually return to Munich over the coming days and rejoin training.

Dayot Upamecano left the France national team’s training camp in Clairefontaine on Saturday to return to Munich. The defender was sent off towards the end of Friday evening’s 1–1 draw with Italy and is suspended for Les Bleus in their final match of the current round of internationals against Belgium on 5 October.

Serge Gnabry has left the German national team camp and returned to Munich. The 31-year-old is the only player to have featured in all three of the team’s matches in the current UEFA Nations League campaign so far, and captained Germany in their 2-0 win over Serbia in Munich on Thursday. Gnabry will not be part of the 23-man squad that new coach Jürgen Klopp is allowed to name for the upcoming encounter against Greece in Thessaloniki.

A few hours before their Nations League clash against Serbia at Munich’s Allianz Arena, the German national team visited the FC Bayern Campus on Thursday afternoon for a short activation session. The squad of new coach Jürgen Klopp includes five players from the German record champions – Jonas Urbig, Serge Gnabry, Lennart Karl, Tom Bischof and Aleksandar Pavlović – who are all hoping to feature in this evening’s match at their home ground.

Michael Olise has been named Bundesliga Player of the Months after his impressive performances in September. The Frenchman was directly involved in four goals during this period (three goals, one assist) and, amongst other things, scored his first hat-trick in the German top flight during the 7–0 thrashing of Union Berlin. In total, Olise had 12 shots on target in the Bundesliga last month; only Harry Kane and Ibrahim Maza bettered that in the league (13 each).

Although the international break is still in full swing, a packed October fixture list is already looming large. The Bayern players on international duty are away until next Tuesday (6 October). Once they return to Munich, things will come thick and fast for the FCB men. From the local derby at FC Augsburg (10 October) to Der Klassiker against Borussia Dortmund at the end of the month (31 October), Vincent Kompany’s side face seven matches in the space of 22 days. In the middle of the month, Bayern travel to the far north to face Norwegian champions Viking Stavanger (13 October), followed by home games against Leipzig in the Bundesliga (17 October), Arsenal in the Champions League (21 October) and 1. FC Magdeburg in the DFB Cup (28 October), as well as another away fixture at SC Freiburg (25 October).

Both before and after the matches, head coach Vincent Kompany, along with players and club officials, will as usual share their thoughts on current issues during the pre- and post-match press conferences. In addition, you’ll once again be able to watch 15 minutes of the final training sessions live ahead of the two fixtures against Arsenal and Stavanger. A special highlight awaits football fans on 26 October, when the Ballon d’Or for the world’s best footballer is awarded in London – an occasion on which several Bayern players have good reason to be hopeful. There are also two birthday boys in October: assistant coach Daniel Fradley turns 36 on 12 October, whilst Dayot Upamecano celebrates his 28th birthday on 27 October.

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Having started the newly formed Champions League with a 2-0 defeat at Paris Saint-Germain two weeks earlier, Bayern had every reason to celebrate on 28 September 1994. On this day 32 years ago, Giovanni Trapattoni’s men claimed a 1-0 victory over Dynamo Kyiv – Mehmet Scholl was the match-winner with the goal in the ninth minute. It was the German record champions’ first win in the reformed European champions’ competition – and it wouldn’t be the last.

The bulk of the FC Bayern squad are still away for the bumper international break, so head coach Vincent Kompany has again not scheduled any official team training sessions for the week ahead.

Jan-Christian Dreesen is also thrilled that Munich has been selected as the host city for the German Olympic Sports Confederation’s Olympic bid: “FC Bayern is delighted about Munich’s selection as the German candidate for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. We will continue to support our home city in the best way we can, now that it’s about persuading internationally. Over the decades, figures from our club have experienced the unifying power of the Games for themselves, from Uli Hoeneß to Serge Gnabry, Michael Olise and Klara Bühl, or most recently Andreas Obst at Paris 2024. Germany needs the courage for big projects and the enthusiasm that stems from them. Our shared aim is to make Munich a meeting point for everyone, for the whole world. FC Bayern stands ready to contribute as an ambassador,” explained the club’s CEO.

The Bavarian state capital beat off the rival bid from the Cologne-Rhine-Ruhr region in Saturday’s DOSB vote on the candidate for the coming years.

Michael Olise remains in top form during the international break. In France’s 1-0 win over Türkiye in the UEFA Nations League, the Bayern winger laid on the only goal of the game. It was his ninth assist in this calendar year for Les Bleus - something last achieved by Raymond Kopa in 1958. And there are still five matches left in 2026 for Olise and France. The 24-year-old has been in impressive form in recent months: he’s now registered six assists and eight goals in his last nine competitive games for club and country, only failing to provide a goal contribution in the Bundesliga matches against Elversberg and Schalke.  

In the Bundesliga clash with Werder Bremen exactly a year ago, Harry Kane broke a barrier: in his 104th appearance for FC Bayern, the Englishman scored his 99th and 100th competitive goals, thereby setting a new record. No other player had ever reached triple figures for a single club so quickly. The record had previously been held by Cristiano Ronaldo and Erling Haaland, who had both scored their 100th competitive goal in their 105th appearance for Real Madrid and Manchester City respectively.

Jamal Musiala is set to return early from duty with the German national team. As the German Football Association announced on Friday, the FC Bayern midfielder has suffered a torn muscle fibre in his right thigh. The 23-year-old picked up the injury on Thursday evening whilst warming up for the DFB side’s UEFA Nations League opener in the Netherlands; Musiala had actually been named in the starting XI for the match in Amsterdam.

Musiala will now work on his rehab over the coming days, just as Konrad Laimer is currently doing following his injury. The Austrian was back in action at Säbener Straße on Friday and completed an individual training session on the pitch alongside Lennart Karl, who will not join up with the Germany squad until their games in October.

Once one of the best strikers of his generation and later at the helm of FC Bayern for many years – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is celebrating turning 71 today. We wish him all the best!

Konrad Laimer trained with the ball today at Säbener Straße for the first time since picking up an injury. Also training individually were Germany internationals Lennart Karl, Aleksandar Pavlović and goalkeeper Jonas Urbig, who are preparing to join up with new Germany coach Jürgen Klopp’s squad for the second part of the Nations League fixtures. Tickets are still available here for the game against Serbia on 1 October in Munich; the squad will then travel to Thessaloniki to face Greece.

There's also some good news regarding Maycon Cardozo: the 17-year-old took part in his first running session at Säbener Straße following his shoulder operation, taking the first step towards his comeback.

Today marks 49 years since one of Bayern’s more memorable results as the Reds recorded the biggest win in Bundesliga history when a player down. Katsche Schwarzenbeck put the hosts ahead after 24 minutes against Schalke at the Olympiastadion, but Bayern were down to 10 men only five minutes later when Josef Weiß was sent off. Dettmar Cramer’s side weren’t disheartened, though, as Bernd Dürnberger doubled the lead barely 120 seconds later. Even Rüdiger Abramczik’s goal for Schalke before half-time didn’t knock them. Instead, Bayern went on the offensive in real style in the second half with more goals from Uli Hoeneß (59’), Kurt Niedermayer (73’), Gerd Müller (79’), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (85’) and a Hannes Bongartz own goal (89’) to round off a 7-1 victory and a place in Bundesliga history.

There’s good news on Konrad Laimer after the Austria international successfully completed a running session in bright sunshine at Säbener Straße today following the minor groin injury that forced him to miss the Bundesliga win at home to Union Berlin. Jonas Urbig also trained individually. The goalkeeper will link up with Germany for the matches against Serbia in Munich on 1 October (tickets here) and against Greece in Thessaloniki.

On the morning after the home game against Union Berlin, FC Bayern fans, ‘PACK MA’S’ volunteers and a team of ‘Waldkicker’ – an educational project that combines football with age-appropriate learning on climate and nature for children – cleared litter from the esplanade outside the Allianz Arena. Supported by our partner PreZero, the helpers mucked in for three hours for World Cleanup Day. The initiative was implemented as part of the ‘mitnand’ sustainability strategy.

Bayern’s Michael Olise has been voted the ‘Player of the Season 2025/26’ by users of the website transfermarkt.de. The French winger received 42.7% of the votes, beating team-mate Harry Kane (26%). With 15 goals and 21 assists in 32 Bundesliga appearances, Olise became the first player to register at least 15 goals and 20 assists in a single campaign.

International break, what international break? On Tuesday, Aleksandar Pavlović, Jonas Urbig and Lennart Karl took part in individual sessions at Säbener Straße. The trio have been called up for Germany’s two UEFA Nations League fixtures in October and are keeping themselves fit in Munich until then. The first of these matches, against Serbia on 1 October, is being held at the Allianz Arena – tickets are available here.

The first of the two Germany team squads arrived at their training base in Herzogenaurach today, including five Bayern players: Nathaniel Brown, Jonathan Tah, Serge Gnabry, Joshua Kimmich and Jamal Musiala. The DFB side, under new head coach Jürgen Klopp, will travel to the Netherlands on 24 September for their Nations League opener with this squad, before taking on Greece in Augsburg on 27 September. Lennart Karl will join up with the squad later in line with his workload management programme, as will Tom Bischof, Jonas Urbig and Aleksandar Pavlović. They'll then take on Serbia at the Allianz Arena (1 October, 20:45 CEST) before playing a second game against Greece in Thessaloniki.

Our board member for sport turns 53 today. 🎈

First, the bad news: we’ll have to wait nearly three weeks before we see the recently thrilling FC Bayern in action again. As the current, extended international break will last over two weeks, the German champions’ next Bundesliga outing won’t take place until 10 October in Augsburg.

The good news is that Bayern fans can take their minds off things during this period either by heading to the Oktoberfest, watching the matches of our FC Bayern Women and reserves, or following the international games featuring Bayern players. Check out who’s playing where and when in our overview.

Bayern still had time before the international break to make their annual team visit to Oktoberfest, where they got to enjoy time with teammates and family in partner Paulaner’s marquee.

On the eve of the 191st Oktoberfest opening in Munich, Bayern produced their biggest victory of the season so far as they put seven goals past Union Berlin at the Allianz Arena.

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Harry Kane scored his 100th and 101st Bundesliga goals in the 7-0 win over Union Berlin. He reached a century in only 98 games, becoming the fastest player ever to do so in the German top flight.

Bayern’s final game ahead of the international break kicks off at 20:30 CEST tonight against Union Berlin. Follow the match in our live text!

Bayern’s final preparations for their home game against Union Berlin (Friday, 20:30 CEST) began with the final training session on Thursday afternoon. The aim for the match against is crystal clear: a win ahead of the international break! Get all the details on the clash in our preview:

Vincent Kompany expects Union Berlin to alter their system when they visit Bayern on Friday: “We’re used to teams having a game plan for Bayern. As a coach, you always need to have a keen sense of intuition. Union have undergone a major transition. They’ve brought in a very successful coach. The confidence he exudes will also have an impact on the decisions they make. Whatever happens, we’re prepared for any changes opponents might make,” the head coach explained during the pre-match press conference. Get all the key statements in our live blog.

The Bavarian Minister-President, Markus Söder, held a reception to welcome and honour the FC Bayern women’s and men’s teams, along with the club’s executive committee and board, at the State Chancellery in recognition of their outstanding achievements last season. Referring to the club’s social responsibility, Herbert Hainer emphasised: “Diversity is an enrichment, not a threat.” Sport demonstrates how people with different backgrounds, religions and life stories can achieve goals together. At the same time, the president of FC Bayern endorsed Munich's bid to host the Olympic Games and thanked the teams for their commitment as ambassadors for the community and for Bavaria.

As we head towards Oktoberfest weekend, FC Bayern are gearing up for their home clash against Union Berlin on Bundesliga Matchday 4 at the Allianz Arena on Friday (20:30 CEST). With a victory over the capital club, the Reds can equal a record of 10 consecutive Friday night wins in the league. But there were already celebrations before training on Wednesday: Joshua Kimmich received a special cake in honour of his 500th competitive appearance in an FCB shirt, which he made at Elversberg last Sunday. The 31-year-old is only the 12th player to reach this mark for the club. Congratulations, Jo!

Upcoming opponents Union Berlin have never managed to defeat Bayern in a competitive match. In 15 meetings – 14 of them in the Bundesliga – the Reds have not lost a single one. That is a record in the Bundesliga:

After being given the day off on Monday following the 2-1 win at SV Elversberg on Sunday, Bayern were back on the training pitch on Tuesday morning for the start of preparations for their next assignment. Vincent Kompany’s men kick off Bundesliga Matchday 4 against Union Berlin at the Allianz Arena on Friday night, before the international break.

Harry Kane scored the match-winner in Sunday’s 2-1 victory over Elversberg. It was a special goal for the Englishman: Kane now has 150 competitive goals for FC Bayern under his belt – in 153 matches. A tally that highlights our number nine’s unmatched nose for goal. Congratulations, Harry!

After two midweek matches in a row, Vincent Kompany’s men have more time to prepare for Friday evening’s home match against Union Berlin (20:30 CEST). The squad had a day off after Sunday’s 2-1 victory over Elversberg. Munich are in for three intense sessions over the next few days to prepare for the match at the Allianz Arena. Head coach Vincent Kompany will be answering questions at the pre-match press conference.

Their Bundesliga rivals will still be in action when the international break begins for Bayern on Saturday. For the first time, it will last three weeks, well into October.

FC Bayern beat FC Köln 6-3 at the Olympic Stadium on 14 September 1974 to go unbeaten in their 73^rd consecutive Bundesliga home match – a record unmatched to this day. Werder Bremen in second place boast 43 home matches without defeat from August 1984 to February 1987. Bayern’s run began with a 7-2 victory over Düsseldorf in April 1970 – at the stadium at Grünwalder Straße at the time.

Joshua Kimmich came off the bench in Elversberg to make his 500th competitive appearance in Bayern colours, becoming only the 12th player to reach the milestone and going level with Bastian Schweinsteiger’s total.

Bayern had to battle their way to an ultimately deserved 2-1 victory away at Elversberg in their first-ever meeting with the Bundesliga newcomers. It took Harry Kane’s first goal of the league season after an hour to seal the result. “Obviously we had our moments and could’ve scored more goals, but we played against a difficult opponent and are happy in the end with the three points,” said Vincent Kompany in summary. Get more from the game here:

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