7 key moments in 7th title win: FC Bayern Women's Bundesliga season in review

Mission accomplished! For the third year in a row, the name of FC Bayern Women will be going on the German championship shield. The Munich Frauen clinched the club’s seventh league title with the 3-1 win at home to SC Freiburg. On the way to their third consecutive championship, the defending champions have again had to overcome a few hurdles. fcbayern.com looks back at seven key moments in the 2024/25 campaign.

Sembrant brace to kick off in Potsdam

The new season began as the old one ended for Bayern – with three points. Head coach Alexander Straus’ side saw off promoted team Turbine Potsdam 2-0, with defender Linda Sembrandt scoring both the goals in the opening fixture. Five days earlier, FCB Women had already claimed the first trophy of the season thanks to a narrow 1-0 victory over VfL Wolfsburg in the Google Pixel Women’s Supercup. The foundation for a successful season was laid.

Linda Sembrant & colleagues celebrate at Potsdam. — Special moment for Linda Sembrant: A brace in the opening Women's Bundesliga match. | © FC Bayern

Home win sets club & league record

Matchday 2 in the Google Pixel Women’s Bundesliga was marked by several notable stories. Thanks to a storming second-half performance, the Munich girls enjoyed a successful start at home with a 6-2 thrashing of RB Leipzig. Linda Dallmann and Georgia Stanway gave FCB a two-goal lead at half-time before braces from Klara Bühl and Lea Schüller completed the scoring from a Munich point of view. The emphatic win saw Bayern extend their unbeaten run in the league to a whopping 41 games, a new club and league record.

Stanway and Damnjanović celebrate FC Bayern Women's second goal at the FC Bayern Campus. — Georgia Stanway scored the opening goal for FC Bayern Women in first-half stoppage time. | © FC Bayern

Top spot reclaimed with comeback win

FC Bayern Women sent out an early statement on Matchday 7 as they battled to a 3-2 victory at Bayer 04 Leverkusen to return to the top of the standings. “It was very emotional when we scored the winner,” said head coach Straus after the dramatic ending to the game. Sarah Zadrazil, Stanway and substitute Alara Şehitler were on the scoresheet for the defending champions, who emerged victorious despite twice faling behind. The victory moved them two points clear of Eintracht Frankfurt and Wolfsburg at the top going into the international break.

Alara Şehitler of FC Bayern Women celebrates her winning goal at Leverkusen. — Won it for Bayern in stoppage time at Leverkusen: Alara Şehitler. | © Imago

Lead seized again

Following a difficult period in November, when Bayern drew two games in a row (1-1 against Frankfurt and 2-2 at Freiburg) and then went into the winter break behind Eintracht in second place, Straus’ side moved back to the top of the table in late February. The 1-0 win at home to Werder Bremen was FCB’s sixth victory on the bounce. Harder scored the only goal in the 16th minute of the north-south battle, while Momoko Tanikawa made her full debut following her move to the Bavarian state capital.

Pernille Harder of FC Bayern Women celebrates her goal against Werder Bremen. — Pernille Harder scored the only goal of the day against Werder Bremen. | © FC Bayern

Victory in top-of-the-table clash at home

A six-point lead after 17 matchdays! In a fast-paced and intensive top-of-the-table clash between the leaders from Munich and challengers Wolfsburg on Friday afternoon, it was Bayern who triumphed 3-1 at home and extended their lead at the top to six points. “It was a high-quality match, I’m very happy,” summarised Straus after the clash with the cup holders. After a brace from Harder and a third strike from Schüller, the visitors reduced the deficit in the 75th minute but it didn’t change the outcome as Bayern earned three vital points in their title defence bid.

FC Bayern Women celebrate at their home of the FC Bayern Campus. — FC Bayern Women celebrated their eighth league win in a row in their 125th anniversary jerseys. | © FC Bayern / Eva Dippold

Big win in front of big crowd

The next big step towards another title came in the crunch clash against Frankfurt. The 50th encounter between the two clubs in the German top flight ended in a 3-0 win, watched by a crowd of 30,500 at Deutsche Bank Park. Schüller and Bühl gave the Bavarians a commanding lead inside the first half an hour, before Harder made it 3-0 from close range just three minutes into the second half. The victory increased FCB’s cushion to nine points.

FC Bayern Women players and staff celebrate in front of the away fans at Deutsche Bank Park. — Significant win on the way to title: The whole FCB team celebrate the 3-0 victory. | © FC Bayern / Eva Dippold

Crowned champions against Freiburg

Mission complete! Bayern were crowned Google Pixel Women’s Bundesliga champions once again with a 3-1 home win over Freiburg on Matchday 20. Schüller gave FCB the lead with her ninth goal of the season before Harder and Viggósdóttir settled things in the second half after the visitors had equalised. With a brilliant run of 11 straight league wins, an impressive tally of 53 points and a goals record of 52 scored and 13 conceded after 20 matchdays, Straus’ side could no longer be caught at the top of the table. With that, the club secured the coveted Meisterschale for the seventh time in total and third time in a row.

The match report of the deciding win over Freiburg: