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The season itself was quite successful. Bayern won the German Bundesliga for the third time in a row. 91 pts and 110-23 goals meant that they ended with 17 points in front of HSV. Places 3-6: Stuttgart, Dortmund, Leverkusen and Mainz.
Burghausen, Bielefeld and Hannover were relegated and in exchange Rostock, Aachen and Karlsruhe were promoted.
Claudio Pizarro was the most successful striker, scoring 16 times.

In the German Cup, Bayern succeeded aswell. After defeating Sachsen Leipzig II, Oberhausen, Duisburg, Leverkusen and Bochum, they won against Offenach (Second division) with an impressive 5:0.

Very unlucky ended the season in the Champions League for Bayern. The group stage proved not to be a problem. Bayern won their group against PSV, Valencia and Partizan. During the knock out rounds, they defeated RSC Anderlecht, Arsenal and AS Roma.
The final against Chelsea was a very close thing. Chelseas impressed with their midfield consisting of Ballack, Lampard, Rosicky, Makelele and Ronaldinho.
At half time Chelsea led by goas from Ballack and Lampard with 0:2. The dutch connection van Bommel and Makaay evened the score. And the extra time began. Kezman was the man of the match, by scoring in minute 95 for the victory. A great match from both teams.

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After this season a lot of players changes happened to the Bayern München team.

Leaving the club are:
Marcin Barski to Borussia Dortmund € 5 Mio
Borut Semler to SC Freiburg € 8 Mio
Diego Klimowicz to Schalke € 500.000

7 new players replacing them:
Emilson Cribari from Udinese € 0
Dede from Dortmund € 0
Gilardino from Parma € 0
Freddy Adu € 0
Barry Ferguson from Blackburn € 0
Yildiray Bastürk from Hertha BSC € 0
Alessandro Nesta from Milan € 22.5 Mio

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And what about Germany?

6 of 10 qualifying games occured during this season.
5 victories and 1 draw at the end of these games.
Northerin Ireland were beaten 2:0 and 3:0.
Scotland was beaten 2:0
In Russia Germany came to a 0:0
Liechtenstein was no match 3:0 and Slovenia was beaten 4:0.

In the friendly games the results were very mixed. Losing against Argentina 0:1 and a draw against Portugal (1:1) showed that it is a long way to the top. Even the victory against Poland (3:0) could not hide this fact.

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In this season the following players played for Bayern München:
(Games in total/goals in total)

Tim Wiese 52/-
Michael Rensing 7/-

Philipp Lahm 31/3
Christian Pander 26/2
Andreas Ottl 10/-

Hasan Salihamidzic 29/2
Andreas Görlitz 36/1

Lucio 35/3
Robert Kovac 37/1
Traianos Dellas 22/-
Christian Chivu 16/1

Leon Andreasen 24/1
Torsten Frings 29/-
Owen Hargreaves 29/-
Jose Jurado 9/1
Levan Kobiashvili 27/4

Juan Veron 28/4
Mark van Bommel 38/9
Francesc Fabregas 14/2
Paul Daly 11/-

Francesco Totti 30/10
Wesley Sneijder 26/7
Ze Roberto 29/4
Bastian Schweinsteiger 15/4

Paolo Guerrero 3/-
Marcin Barski 9/11
Borut Semler 5/3
Diego Klimowicz 11/11
Lukas Podolski 35/24
Claudio Pizarro 39/29
Roy Makaay 28/19
Antonio Cassano 30/21
Santa Cruz 13/10

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Season 2007/08

Some minor changes in the team occured this season aswell:
Dellas left the club. He moved to Werder Bremen for € 1.1 Mio.
Jose Jurado left Bayern. He joined Wolfsburg for € 2 Mio.
Therefore Bayern bought Johann Berger from Mönchengladbach for € 750.000.
Finally another players exchange took place. Totti left Bayern after one season again. He moved to Milan together with € 7.5 Mio. Bayern bought Fusco from Milan who impressed the scouts of the german champion.

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Different season, same results.

Bayern finished the fourth season in a row as number one. Furthermore they won the German Cup after defeating Meuselwitz, Aachen, Bochum, Oberhausen, Mönchengladbach and finally HSV.

In the Champions League Bayern won the group stage against Lok Plovdiv, Partizan and Deportivo.
Afterwards they defeated Ajax and Inter until Juventus proved to be to much for Bayern. After a very unlucky 0:2 in Turin (a goal from Pizarro has been disallowed) the revenge in Munich failed. At least Bayern won the match with 1:0 and was the much better team. But Juventus`defense was a very high mountain to climb.

At the end of the season only a few player changes occured.
Leaving the club was only Mark van Bommel, wo joined PSV for € 6.25 Mio. Furthermore Ze Roberto ended his career.
Joining Bayern München were Kevin Hofland from Wolfsburg (€ 0) and goalie Nestor Peralta (€ 0).

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And Germany?

The qualifying was easy. Victories against Scotland (1:0), Russia (3:1), Slovenia (2:0) and Liechtenstein (6:0) meant the successful qualification for the European Championship.

The friendly games went horrible.
After losing against Tunesia (0:1) Ireland destroyed Germany with 0:3. Only Hungary was beaten (4:0). Much work to do before the European Championship starts.

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European Championship

The following players has been called up to the European Chamionship:

GK: Wiese, Butt
DF: Fahrenhorst, Friedrich, Görlitz, Hinkel, Huth, Lahm, Metzelder, Pander
MF: Ballack, Borowski, Broich, Deisler, Frings, Hitzlsperger, Kehl, Schweinsteiger
ST: Asamoah, Klose, Kuranyi, Lauth, Podolski


First match:
Germany was beaten by Belgium. Belgium finished one of their few chances in style. Sonck scored against Wiese and Belgium started with a big surprising victory in this tournament. Germany is with the back to the wall after one game already. Spain beat Finland 3:1.

Second Match:
A close match between Germany and Finland ended with a lucky victory for Germany. Ballack saved Germany. He scored the only goal about 10 minutes before the end. Spain beat Belgium 1:0.

Third Match:
Very much pressure for Germany. With Belgium (3 points) and Spain (6 points) ahead, Germany has to beat Spain with at least 2 goals to be into the next round for sure. Since Belgium seems to have the easier game against Finland.
Germany did it. Belgium defeated Finland 3:2 and Germany destroyed Spain in an impressive manner with 4:1! With this victory, Germany even won the group in front of Belgium. Spain already sitting on their baggage on their way home.

The Quarterfinals:
France - Belgium 2:0
Switzerland -Turkey 0:2
Italy - Norway 0:2

Germany against Netherlands. What a match. So close, a match that did not deserve to have a loser. In the end, Germany celebrated. An even game, that was decided in the extra time. Van Nistelrooy scored twice for the Netherlands while Deisler and Kuranyi scored for Germany. It was Miroslav Klose who finished the dreams of the dutch in minute 117. Germany moed to the Semi Final to meet Turkey.

The Semi Final
France - Norway 2:1 eT
Turkey was the better team in half one. They missed the chance to score more often to take the lead into the second half. At half point Kloses 1:0 was evened by Nihat. After the change Schweinsteiger and Deisler scored for Germany. Germany moved to the great final against France.

The Final
The dream is over. France proved to be too good for Germany. France won with 2:1 (Giuly, Trezeguet - Lauth). In the end, Germany should have been beaten by more than 1 goal, but France did not manage to score again.

Pity aswell: The contract from Patrick Schulz was not renewed. His successor as a Manager for Germany is Klaus Augenthaler.

Deisler scored 4 times during the tournament and won the scorer award together with Nihat and Van Nistelrooy.

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The following players played for Bayern in this season:
(games in total/goals in total):

Wiese 49/-
Rensing 7/-

Dede 25/5
Lahm 24/-
Pander 17/-

Görlitz 28/1
Salihamidzic 27/2

Lucio 25/1
Nesta 22/3
Cribari 36/1
Kovac 33/2

Hargreaves 25/2
Frings 25/1
Andreasen 16/1
Kobiashvili 23/-

Veron 14/2
van Bommel 19/3
Daly 17/2
Fabregas 25/9
Ferguson 22/2
Fusco 18/4

Ze Roberto 10/-
Sneijder 21/1
Bastürk 28/3
Berger 23/3

Gilardino 34/27
Pizarro 32/21
Adu 25/12
Podolski 20/2
Makaay 29/17
Cassano 31/18

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Season 2008/09

From now on I will write more detailed about the work as a Manager in Munich.

12.07.2008 - The first round ot the DFB Cup has been drawn. SV Wehen (third divison) will meet Bayern München. Comment from Patrick Schulz: Should be an easy win. But I already know my players. They like to prove me wrong.

21.07.2008 - Germanys League Cup (Bayern won it 3 times in a row) - Semi Final
Even with a "B-Squad" Bayern had no problems with Leverkusen. Daly, Podolski and Lucio scored for Bayern.

28.07.2008 - German League Cup Final
The match against Hertha BSC was very strange. After 3 minutes Bayern led by 2 goals from Cassano. Hertha proved a great morale by returning into the match. Already at half point they scored three times (Ludwig, Wielaert, Ludvigsen) and led with 2:3. 12 yellow cards and yellow/red later, Cassano scored in minute 91 to even the score. The match moved to penalties. Bayern had the better nerves. They won the match in the end with 6:5 after penalties and reclaimed the title.

30.07.2008 - Spectacular transfers in Munich. After Liverpool asked for the price of central defender Cribari, Bayerns Manager asked for € 25 Mio thinking, that Liverpool would never offer that much money for the 29 year old italian. WHat a surprise when 1 day later, the offer over € 25 Mio reached Munich. Bayerns Manager thought of the offer and accepted it. Cribari signed a contract in Liverpool and left Munich after just one season.
But Patrick Schulz already had an alternative at hand. € 15.25 Mio of the money was re-invested into Christoph Metzelder from Real Sociedad. The German national hat this sum as a fix transfer sum in his contract and Bayern offered him a good contract. The former Dortmund player was very glad to be back in the Bundesliga.