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Thank you Hansi! The Flick era in pictures

fcbayern.com has selected 18 of the best photos to illustrate the 18-month Hansi Flick era at FC Bayern.

  • Having played for Bayern between 1985 and 1990, Flick returned to the club as assistant to head coach Niko Kovac in July 2019.
  • Flick took over as interim coach in November 2019, bringing Hermann Gerland back into his coaching staff as assistant.
  • Flick’s first game in charge was a 2-0 win over Olympiacos in the Champions League, before making his Bundesliga bow with an impressive 4-0 win over Dortmund.
  • Flick won eight of his 10 competitive matches up to the end of the year. The day after a 2-0 win over Wolfsburg he was handed a contract until the end of the season.
  • Flick found the right words for his team into the start of 2020 as well, soon guiding Bayern back to the top of the Bundesliga table.
  • Flick was unable to stand on a touchline for several months after the 2-0 win against Augsburg in March as the coronavirus pandemic brought football to a halt.
  • And during the break, Bayern took the chance to extend Flick’s contract beyond the end of the season.
  • FCB were on an incredible winning run which culminated in the club’s 30th German championship thanks to a 1-0 win in Bremen.
  • Only two weeks later and it was two trophies under Flick thanks to a 4-2 DFB Cup final win against Bayer Leverkusen.
  • Perhaps the most memorable game of the Flick era was the amazing 8-2 quarter-final win over Barcelona in the Champions League.
  • Flick guided Bayern back to the European summit with a 1-0 final win over Paris Saint-Germain, becoming only the fourth German coach to win the Champions League after Ottmar Hitzfeld, Jupp Heynckes and Jürgen Klopp.
  • As the architect of Bayern’s second treble, Flick has secured his place in the club’s history.
  • One of numerous accolades, Flick was named Coach of the Year in Germany after the 2019/20 season. The day he picked up the award was crowned by the 8-0 thrashing of Schalke in the opening game of the new campaign.
  • The 2-1 extra-time win over Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup didn’t just see Flick’s Bayern pick up a fourth title but set a new record with 23 straight victories in all competitions.
  • The next honour came only six days later with a 3-2 win against Dortmund in the German Supercup.
  • Bayern then won the FIFA Club World Cup in February 2021 to become only the second team after Barcelona in 2009 to claim six titles in a year.
  • Flick leaves with one final title, winning the Bundesliga with on Matchday 32 – as he did last year – to make is seven trophies in the space of 18 months.
  • Danke, Hansi for this amazing time. All the best for the future.

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