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Tue | 04/03/25 | 12:40

Bayern's same-nation clashes in Europe

FC Bayern and Bayer 04 Leverkusen meet in an all-German clash in the Champions League last 16. This will be the ninth time the Munich men have come up against another German team in the knockout stages of a European competition. fcbayern.com looks back at these special encounters,

European Cup, 1973/74, round of 16: Munich played two high-scoring matches against Dynamo Dresden. Thanks to a narrow 4-3 home win in the first leg, in which Wilhelm Hoffmann (centre) scored the first goal for FCB, a 3-3 draw in the second leg was enough for the German record champions to progress. | © Imago

European Cup, 1974/5, round of 16: The next East-West clash took place a year later. Against the reigning GDR champions from Magdeburg, the Bavarians led by Franz ‘Bulle’ Roth (here in a duel with Detlef Enge) won both the first leg (2-1) at the Olympic Stadium and the second leg (3-2). | © Imago

UEFA-Cup, Saison 1977/78, Achtelfinale: FC Bayern and Hans Georg Schwarzenbeck (pictured here in a duel with Jürgen Grabowski) came away with nothing in their first encounter with Eintracht Frankfurt on the European stage. The first leg (4-0) was a clear defeat for the Munich side, who also lost 2-1 in front of their home crowd.

UEFA Cup, 1979/80, quarter-finals: Paul Breitner (here in a duel with FCK keeper Ronnie Hellström) and Co went down to an unlucky 1-0 defeat to Kaiserslautern in the first leg at the Betzenberg, but Bayern overturned the deficit with a 4-1 victory at the Olympic Stadium. | © Imago

UEFA Cup, 1979/80, semi-finals: Eintracht Frankfurt were the German record champions' opponents in the round of the last four. Dieter Hoeneß and Co put themselves in a good position with a 2-0 win in the first leg, but the eventual title winners from Frankfurt turned the tide in the second leg and advanced to the final thanks to a 5-1 win after extra time. | © Imago

Champions League, 1997/98 season, quarter-finals: FC Bayern and Borussia Dortmund met for the first time in a European competition. The first leg at the Oly ended goalless and the second leg at the Westfalenstadion was also 0-0 after 90 minutes before Stéphane Chapuisat fired the reigning champions into the semi-finals in the 109th minute. | © Imago

Champions League, 1998/99 season, quarter-finals: The record champions put the reigning champions in their place. Giovane Élber and Co gave Kaiserslautern no chance in either the first leg (2-0) in Munich or the second leg (4-0) at the Betzenberg as two commanding victories paved the way to the semi-finals | © Imago

Champions League, 2012/13, final: After the bitter defeat in the ‘Finale dahoam’, FC Bayern were crowned European champions a year later in the first all-German final in the history of Europe's premier club competition. Arjen Robben's late goal in the clash with Borussia Dortmund (2-1) proved to be the winner - and the ‘Wembley generation’ was born. | © Imago

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