10) 2005 Champions League Quarter Final: Chelsea 4-2 Bayern Munich
Goals flew in right, left and centre in this Champions League quarter final tie in 2004/05. In the first leg at Stamford Bridge, Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea took a fifth minute lead through Lucio’s own goal, but Bayern equalised on 53 minutes via substitute Bastian Schweinsteiger. Chelsea then upped their game and two Frank Lampard goals, including an excellent half-volley, and a typical Didier Drogba effort put Chelsea 4-1 up before future Blue Michael Ballack scored a penalty in injury time.
Although Bayern won the second leg 3-2, Chelsea were never under threat as two of the German goals came in injury time. An incredible 6-5 aggregate win sealed a semi final against eventual winners Liverpool.
9) 1971 UEFA Cup Round 2: Bayern Munich 6-1 Coventry City
Coventry City have only once qualified for Europe, and it was to prove a rather rude awakening. Having finished sixth the previous season, Coventry defeated Bulgarians Trakia Plovdiv 6-1 on aggregate before a second round tie against Bayern who were just starting to develop into a formidable European outfit.
The Bavarians had far too much quality for The Sky Blues, whose only real fame on the continent had been earned by the ‘donkey kick’ goal, later banned by the authorities, in which Willie Carr flicked up the ball between his ankles from a free kick for Ernie Hunt to volley home. Bayern had no mercy by thrashing Coventry 6-1, although the English team would at least recover some pride by winning the second leg 2-1 at Highfield Road.
8) 1972 Cup Winners’ Cup Round 2: Bayern Munich 3-1 Liverpool
A year later, Bayern would dispose of another English side gaining their revenge on a Liverpool team which had beaten them in the UEFA Cup quarter final the previous season.
After a pretty uneventful goalless first leg at Anfield, Bayern would do all the damage in the return in Bavaria. They would never look back after Gerd Muller's early goal, and go on to win 3-1. Bayern were eliminated in the semi final by eventual winners Glasgow Rangers, the team they had beaten in the 1967 final.
7) 1983 Cup Winners’ Cup Round 2: Bayern Munich 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs were well known as a cup team at the time, with flair players such as Glenn Hoddle and Ricky Villa. But Bayern proved too much for them in this second round clash. A 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane was followed by a 4-1 thumping in the invisible fog of the Olympiastadion thanks to goals from Dieter Hoeness, Udo Horsmann, Paul Breitner and Karl Heinz Rumenigge (pictured below).
Bayern were later beaten in the quarter final by current Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen, who themselves would go on to win the competition.
6) 1985 Cup Winners’ Cup Semi Final: Everton 3-1 Bayern Munich
This Cup Winners’ Cup semi final second leg has been described as Goodison Park’s greatest ever night. After a 0-0 draw in Munich, everything was to play for in the return on Merseyside. Everton were led by Scots Andy Gray and Graeme Sharp and Welshmen Neville Southall and Kevin Ratcliffe, while Bayern had Lothar Matthaus, Klaus Augenthaler, Dieter Hoeness and great Belgian goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff on their books.
Hulking frontman Hoeness put Bayern ahead in the first half, but Everton launched a ferocious comeback after the break. Two long throws were turned home by Sharp and Gray respectively, before Trevor Steven made things safe in the closing minutes. Everton would go on to win the double of league and Cup Winners’ Cup, but were denied from participating in the European Cup the next year after the Heysel Tragedy.
5) 1994 UEFA Cup Round 2: Bayern Munich 1-2 Norwich City
Arguably the most glorious night in the history of little Norwich City took place in the Olympiastadion in this UEFA Cup second round tie. The Canaries are the only English side to have ever won in the Olympic Stadium, and achieved this feat thanks to a famous volley from Jeremy Goss and a Mark Bowen header.
Bayern, who contained the legendary Lothar Matthaus, Brazilian star Jorginho and ageing Dutchman Jan Wouters, were stunned. A 1-1 draw in the second leg at Carrow Road completed the job. Norwich would lose in the next round to eventual winners Inter, and haven’t qualified for Europe since.
4) 1996 UEFA Cup Quarter Final: Nottingham Forest 1-5 Bayern Munich
After a narrow 2-1 win in the first leg in Germany, everything was to play for at the City Ground in this UEFA Cup quarter final tie. Forest attacked from the start and missed early chances, but had the wind knocked out of their sails by a long range Christian Ziege free kick.
Fellow international Thomas Strunz added a second with a deflected 25-yarder as Bayern were in complete control at the break. The floodgates then opened. German legend Jurgen Klinsmann scored with an acrobatic scissor kick, French goalscoring machine Jean Pierre Papin (pictured below) headed home a right wing cross before Klinsmann completed his brace.
A Steve Stone consolation could not hide the embarrassment for the home side who suffered the worst European defeat in their history. Bayern went on to win the UEFA Cup that year after beating Barcelona and Zinedine Zidane’s Bordeaux in the final. Forest have never qualified for Europe since, and don’t look like doing so again for a while.
3) 1982 European Cup Final: Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
Aston Villa’s triumph in 1982 has to go down as one of the European Cup’s biggest shocks. The Birmingham-based outfit had surprisingly won the English title the year before, but despite some exciting youngsters such as Tony Morley, Gary Shaw and Gordon Cowans, as well as veteran bomber Peter Withe, contained few big names. The Villans finished the season 11th in England, also losing manager Ron Saunders during the campaign with assistant Tony Barton taking temporary charge,
Bayern, on the other hand, were a team to be feared, boasting fantastic players such as Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Paul Breitner and a young Klaus Augenthaler. The Germans were huge favourites for the final in Rotterdam after thrashing CSKA Sofia 7-4 on aggregate in the semis, while Villa had almost been eliminated despite a tight 1-0 success over Anderlecht after UEFA considered banning English sides from Europe following horrific crowd trouble in Brussels.
FC Hollywood dominated the game, missing numerous chances and being thwarted by 23-year-old rookie goalkeeper Nigel Spink, who had come on as an early substitute for the injured Jimmy Rimmer, and had only played one professional game in his career prior to the final. Villa struck on the counter midway through the second half as Withe tapped home a Shaw cross and held on for a famous win.
2) 1975 European Cup Final: Bayern Munich 2-0 Leeds United
One of the most infamous nights in European football history. Bayern were the No.1 club team in Europe, and were gunning for their second straight European Cup crown. Containing many of Germany’s 1972 European champions and 1974 World Cup winners, including the likes of Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Muller, this final in Paris on the twentieth anniversary of the competition, promised to be an intriguing clash.
Leeds United, who like Bayern had been torn apart by internal strife during the season and had changed coaches, were also an ageing yet brilliant side who had won six major titles in the previous decade, also being runners-up 10 times. They had qualified for the final by beating Johan Cruyff’s Barcelona in the semis.
In the final itself, Leeds dominated the match but were denied time and again by poor finishing, the brilliance of goalkeeper Maier, and dubious officiating. French referee Michel Kitabdjian turned away two clear-looking Leeds penalties and also disallowed a perfectly good Peter Lorimer goal. Bayern then scored twice deep in the second half through Franz Roth and Muller to win yet another European Cup for Bayern.
Leeds’ frustrations manifested itself in the stands as their supporters went on a wild rampage, earning the club a four-year ban from Europe. The stadium was vandalised, seats were torn from the ground and used as missiles, and supporters fought with French police. The situation was so severe that Bayern had to cancel their lap of honour. Some see this game as an unheeded warning of things to come, as exactly 10 years later there was the Heysel Tragedy.
1) 1999 Champions League Final: Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich
At No.1 it could only be the dramatic Champions League final of 1999. Both teams’ runs to the final had been entertaining enough. United and Bayern had participated in a Group of Death also involving Barcelona, narrowly qualifying and drawing both head-to-head meetings. United then saw off Inter in the quarter finals, and defeated Juventus in another classic in the semis, having been 3-1 down in the tie at one point in the second leg. Bayern thrashed German rivals Kaiserslautern 6-0 on aggregate before just overcoming arguably the best team of 1999, Andriy Shevchenko’s Dinamo Kiev 4-3 on aggregate.
In the Barcelona showpiece, Bayern took the game by the scruff of the neck and took the lead through Mario Basler’s free kick. FC Hollywood were much the better team, with Peter Schmeichel keeping United in the game, and Mehmet Scholl and Carsten Jancker both hitting the woodwork.
Then, out of nowhere, substitutes Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer both struck from corners in injury time to turn the tie on its head in the most dramatic of finishes. United were the treble winners having also lifted the Premier League and FA Cup, and now champions of Europe for the first time since 1968.
Goals flew in right, left and centre in this Champions League quarter final tie in 2004/05. In the first leg at Stamford Bridge, Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea took a fifth minute lead through Lucio’s own goal, but Bayern equalised on 53 minutes via substitute Bastian Schweinsteiger. Chelsea then upped their game and two Frank Lampard goals, including an excellent half-volley, and a typical Didier Drogba effort put Chelsea 4-1 up before future Blue Michael Ballack scored a penalty in injury time.
Although Bayern won the second leg 3-2, Chelsea were never under threat as two of the German goals came in injury time. An incredible 6-5 aggregate win sealed a semi final against eventual winners Liverpool.
9) 1971 UEFA Cup Round 2: Bayern Munich 6-1 Coventry City
Coventry City have only once qualified for Europe, and it was to prove a rather rude awakening. Having finished sixth the previous season, Coventry defeated Bulgarians Trakia Plovdiv 6-1 on aggregate before a second round tie against Bayern who were just starting to develop into a formidable European outfit.
The Bavarians had far too much quality for The Sky Blues, whose only real fame on the continent had been earned by the ‘donkey kick’ goal, later banned by the authorities, in which Willie Carr flicked up the ball between his ankles from a free kick for Ernie Hunt to volley home. Bayern had no mercy by thrashing Coventry 6-1, although the English team would at least recover some pride by winning the second leg 2-1 at Highfield Road.
8) 1972 Cup Winners’ Cup Round 2: Bayern Munich 3-1 Liverpool
A year later, Bayern would dispose of another English side gaining their revenge on a Liverpool team which had beaten them in the UEFA Cup quarter final the previous season.
After a pretty uneventful goalless first leg at Anfield, Bayern would do all the damage in the return in Bavaria. They would never look back after Gerd Muller's early goal, and go on to win 3-1. Bayern were eliminated in the semi final by eventual winners Glasgow Rangers, the team they had beaten in the 1967 final.
7) 1983 Cup Winners’ Cup Round 2: Bayern Munich 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs were well known as a cup team at the time, with flair players such as Glenn Hoddle and Ricky Villa. But Bayern proved too much for them in this second round clash. A 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane was followed by a 4-1 thumping in the invisible fog of the Olympiastadion thanks to goals from Dieter Hoeness, Udo Horsmann, Paul Breitner and Karl Heinz Rumenigge (pictured below).
Bayern were later beaten in the quarter final by current Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen, who themselves would go on to win the competition.
6) 1985 Cup Winners’ Cup Semi Final: Everton 3-1 Bayern Munich
This Cup Winners’ Cup semi final second leg has been described as Goodison Park’s greatest ever night. After a 0-0 draw in Munich, everything was to play for in the return on Merseyside. Everton were led by Scots Andy Gray and Graeme Sharp and Welshmen Neville Southall and Kevin Ratcliffe, while Bayern had Lothar Matthaus, Klaus Augenthaler, Dieter Hoeness and great Belgian goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff on their books.
Hulking frontman Hoeness put Bayern ahead in the first half, but Everton launched a ferocious comeback after the break. Two long throws were turned home by Sharp and Gray respectively, before Trevor Steven made things safe in the closing minutes. Everton would go on to win the double of league and Cup Winners’ Cup, but were denied from participating in the European Cup the next year after the Heysel Tragedy.
5) 1994 UEFA Cup Round 2: Bayern Munich 1-2 Norwich City
Arguably the most glorious night in the history of little Norwich City took place in the Olympiastadion in this UEFA Cup second round tie. The Canaries are the only English side to have ever won in the Olympic Stadium, and achieved this feat thanks to a famous volley from Jeremy Goss and a Mark Bowen header.
Bayern, who contained the legendary Lothar Matthaus, Brazilian star Jorginho and ageing Dutchman Jan Wouters, were stunned. A 1-1 draw in the second leg at Carrow Road completed the job. Norwich would lose in the next round to eventual winners Inter, and haven’t qualified for Europe since.
4) 1996 UEFA Cup Quarter Final: Nottingham Forest 1-5 Bayern Munich
After a narrow 2-1 win in the first leg in Germany, everything was to play for at the City Ground in this UEFA Cup quarter final tie. Forest attacked from the start and missed early chances, but had the wind knocked out of their sails by a long range Christian Ziege free kick.
Fellow international Thomas Strunz added a second with a deflected 25-yarder as Bayern were in complete control at the break. The floodgates then opened. German legend Jurgen Klinsmann scored with an acrobatic scissor kick, French goalscoring machine Jean Pierre Papin (pictured below) headed home a right wing cross before Klinsmann completed his brace.
A Steve Stone consolation could not hide the embarrassment for the home side who suffered the worst European defeat in their history. Bayern went on to win the UEFA Cup that year after beating Barcelona and Zinedine Zidane’s Bordeaux in the final. Forest have never qualified for Europe since, and don’t look like doing so again for a while.
3) 1982 European Cup Final: Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich
Aston Villa’s triumph in 1982 has to go down as one of the European Cup’s biggest shocks. The Birmingham-based outfit had surprisingly won the English title the year before, but despite some exciting youngsters such as Tony Morley, Gary Shaw and Gordon Cowans, as well as veteran bomber Peter Withe, contained few big names. The Villans finished the season 11th in England, also losing manager Ron Saunders during the campaign with assistant Tony Barton taking temporary charge,
Bayern, on the other hand, were a team to be feared, boasting fantastic players such as Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Paul Breitner and a young Klaus Augenthaler. The Germans were huge favourites for the final in Rotterdam after thrashing CSKA Sofia 7-4 on aggregate in the semis, while Villa had almost been eliminated despite a tight 1-0 success over Anderlecht after UEFA considered banning English sides from Europe following horrific crowd trouble in Brussels.
FC Hollywood dominated the game, missing numerous chances and being thwarted by 23-year-old rookie goalkeeper Nigel Spink, who had come on as an early substitute for the injured Jimmy Rimmer, and had only played one professional game in his career prior to the final. Villa struck on the counter midway through the second half as Withe tapped home a Shaw cross and held on for a famous win.
2) 1975 European Cup Final: Bayern Munich 2-0 Leeds United
One of the most infamous nights in European football history. Bayern were the No.1 club team in Europe, and were gunning for their second straight European Cup crown. Containing many of Germany’s 1972 European champions and 1974 World Cup winners, including the likes of Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Muller, this final in Paris on the twentieth anniversary of the competition, promised to be an intriguing clash.
Leeds United, who like Bayern had been torn apart by internal strife during the season and had changed coaches, were also an ageing yet brilliant side who had won six major titles in the previous decade, also being runners-up 10 times. They had qualified for the final by beating Johan Cruyff’s Barcelona in the semis.
In the final itself, Leeds dominated the match but were denied time and again by poor finishing, the brilliance of goalkeeper Maier, and dubious officiating. French referee Michel Kitabdjian turned away two clear-looking Leeds penalties and also disallowed a perfectly good Peter Lorimer goal. Bayern then scored twice deep in the second half through Franz Roth and Muller to win yet another European Cup for Bayern.
Leeds’ frustrations manifested itself in the stands as their supporters went on a wild rampage, earning the club a four-year ban from Europe. The stadium was vandalised, seats were torn from the ground and used as missiles, and supporters fought with French police. The situation was so severe that Bayern had to cancel their lap of honour. Some see this game as an unheeded warning of things to come, as exactly 10 years later there was the Heysel Tragedy.
1) 1999 Champions League Final: Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich
At No.1 it could only be the dramatic Champions League final of 1999. Both teams’ runs to the final had been entertaining enough. United and Bayern had participated in a Group of Death also involving Barcelona, narrowly qualifying and drawing both head-to-head meetings. United then saw off Inter in the quarter finals, and defeated Juventus in another classic in the semis, having been 3-1 down in the tie at one point in the second leg. Bayern thrashed German rivals Kaiserslautern 6-0 on aggregate before just overcoming arguably the best team of 1999, Andriy Shevchenko’s Dinamo Kiev 4-3 on aggregate.
In the Barcelona showpiece, Bayern took the game by the scruff of the neck and took the lead through Mario Basler’s free kick. FC Hollywood were much the better team, with Peter Schmeichel keeping United in the game, and Mehmet Scholl and Carsten Jancker both hitting the woodwork.
Then, out of nowhere, substitutes Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer both struck from corners in injury time to turn the tie on its head in the most dramatic of finishes. United were the treble winners having also lifted the Premier League and FA Cup, and now champions of Europe for the first time since 1968.