Can FC Bayern Women finish Bundesliga season unbeaten away at Hamburg?

Fresh from retaining their domestic double by winning the DFB Cup final on Thursday, FC Bayern Women now bring down the curtain on their title-winning Google Pixel Bundesliga campaign as they look to make it an unbeaten season away at Hamburg on Sunday (kick-off: 14:00 CEST). Here’s all you need to know ahead of the Matchday 26 fixture at the Volksparkstadion in our preview.

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Ena Mahmutovic and Bayern have won 23 out of 25 league games this season. | © FC Bayern / Eva Dippold

It’s just a week since Bayern lifted the Meisterschale at the Campus as they were crowned Bundesliga champions once again. The confetti and celebrations were on full display again in Cologne on Thursday as the Munich Frauen retained yet another trophy with the DFB Cup, making it back-to-back domestic doubles.

George Stanway’s penalty just before half-time put them on the road to victory over Wolfsburg. Pernille Harder, Momoko Tanikawa and Arianna Caruso struck again after the break to make it a 4-0 win and write yet more history.

Bayern won 3-0 when they last faced Hamburg in March. | © FC Bayern / Eva Dippold

Opponent: Hamburg

Things have been less joyful for HSV in recent weeks. A late goal in their last league outing saw them beaten 2-1 by Köln and fail to secure top-flight safety going into the final day. Rodolfo Cardoso’s side had earlier gone down 1-0 at home to Union Berlin despite a host of chances. It means Hamburg come into Matchday 26 three points above Essen in the relegation zone but also with a goal difference that is nine goals better off.

This season saw Bayern face HSV for the first time in over 13 years, bringing a 6-0 win at home in the earlier league meeting. They then met again in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup in March, where Edna Imade, Franziska Kett and Natalia Padilla Bidas netted in a 3-0 win to ensure progress. Bayern are also on a club record run of 18 away wins in a row in the Bundesliga since a 2-2 draw at Freiburg in November 2024. The only two teams to register longer such sequences in the division are Turbine Potsdam (22 from 2003 to 2005) and Eintracht Frankfurt (27 from 2004 to 2006).

Kathi Naschenweng and Bayern are ready for their final game of the season in Hamburg. | © FC Bayern / Eva Dippold

Team news

José Barcala is still without long-term absentees Sarah Zadrazil and Lena Oberdorf (both cruciate ligament). Jovana Damnjanović is in individual training and won’t feature. Harder (slight muscular issue), Bernadette Amani (knee) and Giulia Gwinn also aren’t in the travelling squad.

José Barcala is looking to end his first Bundesliga season in charge unbeaten and with only four points dropped. | © FC Bayern / Eva Dippold

Pre-match quotes

José Barcala: "This team has already achieved something very special, but we still have one final objective in front of us: to finish the season unbeaten and close a historic year in the best possible way. To do that, we will need the same mentality that brought us here all season: humility, intensity and discipline to compete. We respect Hamburg a lot, because every game in this league demands focus and consistency. We want to stay true to our identity and finish the season representing FC Bayern in the way this team has done all year. The players have shown incredible commitment throughout the entire season and now we want to take one final step together."

Edna Imade: “We’re really excited about the last game of the season at HSV. We can expect an aggressive opponent at the Volksparkstadion, with HSV ready to invest all they’ve got in front of a big crowd. After winning the cup on Thursday we want to play with all our quality one more time to finish the league unbeaten and crown this special season with a win.”

🏆🏆 Bayern completed the defence of their domestic double on Thursday: