From Alaba to Zirkzee
Fri, 28/08/20, 16:06
Photo gallery: these are the 2020 Champions League winners
From A for Alaba to Z for Zirkzee: these players brought the Champions League title home to Munich in the 2019/20 season.
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The captain gives his support: Manuel Neuer played a major role in the UCL triumph with a clean sheet in six of the eleven games and strong saves in the semi-final and final. - Show full size
Goalkeeping coach Toni Tapalović and his boys: Ron-Thorben Hoffmann, Manuel Neuer and Sven Ulreich. - Show full size
The move to Bayern paid off for Real Madrid loanee Álvaro Odriozola. While Real were eliminated in the quarter-finals, the Spaniard won the title with the Munich side. - Show full size
Niklas Süle was injured for most of the season with a torn cruciate ligament, but recovered fitness in time to play in all four games after the UCL restart. - Show full size
Benjamin Pavard made 47 competitive appearances in his first year at Bayern, but a foot injury prevented the 2018 world champion from playing every game after the UCL restart. - Show full size
The second treble for the 2014 world champion, who played in nine out of eleven Champions League games. - Show full size
Alphonso Davies was perhaps THE standout newcomer of the season at Bayern, the lightning-fast left-back enjoyed a strong season and became the first Canadian to win the UCL title. - Show full size
A first UCL title for the French 2018 world champion in his first year in Munich after moving from Atlético Madrid. - Show full size
He was moved from left wing into central defence after Niklas Süle ruptured his cruciate ligament. David Alaba played an outstanding season and won his second treble after 2013. - Show full size
In central midfield or as a right back - endurance runner Joshua Kimmich was used in all eleven games, scored twice, and provided four assists in the last three games alone. - Show full size
Thiago celebrated Champions League success with Barcelona in 2011, but he won the treble with Bayern in 2020. - Show full size
One of the key players in the treble in 2013 and one of five players who celebrated the triumph again in 2020: defensive specialist Javi Martínez. - Show full size
Along with Manuel Neuer and Joshua Kimmich, Philippe Coutinho appeared in all eleven UCL games over the season. - Show full size
In his first year at Bayern, Michaël Cuisance won the treble of the championship, DFB Cup and Champions League. - Show full size
Eight appearance and one goal in the UCL for Leon Goretzka, the tireless driver and endurance runner in the Bayern midfield. - Show full size
A happy ending to a mixed season for the 2018 world champion, who missed the period after the coronavirus restart due to ankle surgery. Corentin Tolisso was fit again for the UCL final tournament and made four short appearances. - Show full size
Treble winner, treble top scorer (in the Bundesliga, DFB Cup and Champions League), 55 competitive goals in total - Robert Lewandowski, it doesn't get much better than that. - Show full size
With three goals in ten games (each time for a decisive 2-0 lead), Croatian world cup runner-up Ivan Perišić made a big contribution to Bayern's sixth title in Europe's premier club competition. - Show full size
With nine goals in ten games, Serge Gnabry was Bayern's second top scorer in the UCL, and was voted 'Man of the Match' three times. - Show full size
Bayern's new Mr Europe: Thomas Müller holds the German record for Champions League appearance with 115, and celebrated his second treble triumph. - Show full size
With the winning goal against his ex-club Paris Saint-Germain, Kingsley Coman is now in the same category as Arjen Robben (2013) and Franz 'Bulle' Roth (1976). - Show full size
Christian Früchtl became champion of the third division with the FC Bayern Amateurs, but the goalkeeper was not used in the Champions League. - Show full size
Central defender Lukas Mai was in the Champions League squad twice in the group stage, but was not used. He won the Bundesliga 3 title with the FC Bayern amateurs. - Show full size
Thanks to strong performances in the second half of the Bundesliga 3 season, including the winning goal in the derby against 1860 Munich, Malik Tillman made it into the squad for the UCL final tournament. - Show full size
The youth are thriving: young talents Oliver Batista-Meier, Jamal Musiala, Bright Arrey-Mbi, Ron-Thorben Hoffmann. Joshua Zirkzee and Malik Tillman were all part of the 2019/20 Champions League squad. - Show full size
The architect of success: Hansi Flick took over from Niko Kovač in the autumn of 2019 and led FC Bayern to three titles without defeat in 2020 (25 wins, one draw) .
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