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This is a list of the seasons played by Bayern Munich from 1905 when the club first entered a league competition to the most recent seasons. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions as well as the top scorers are listed. Top scorers in bold were also top scorers of
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. The list is separated into three parts, coinciding with the three major episodes of German football: *''Before 1945'' the German league structure was changing rapidly. The end of
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marks the end of this episode. *From ''1945–63'' a German league structure without a nationwide league was maintained without greater changes. *''Since 1963'' a nationwide league, the
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, exists. Bayern have won the
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33 times; once before the inception of the Bundesliga and 32 times since. The club also won the
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20 times and the
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6 times, making them the record holder in number of cups and national championships won. Bayern have won ten European titles: the
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in
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, the
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in 1996, the European Cup consecutively three times from 1974 to
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, the Champions League in 2001,
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and
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(the latter two as part of seasonal trebles), and the
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in
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and
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. They additionally won the Intercontinental Cup in
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and 2001, and the
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in
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and
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. Bayern are one of only three clubs to have won the European Cup three times in a row and the first and only German team to win a seasonal treble; they and
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are the only sides to achieve a treble on two occasions. The club have been relegated just once, in 1955, but were promoted back to the first division football the following season. Bayern were not anointed a spot in the Bundesliga at its inception, and thus played two additional seasons in the second division from 1963 to 1965, earning promotion by winning the qualification playoffs.


Key

* Rank = Final position * Pld = Matches played * W = Matches won * D = Matches drawn * L = Matches lost * GF = Goals for * GA = Goals against * GD = Goal difference * Pts = Points * Avg. att. = Average attendance at home * GFC =
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* Cup =
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* OL =
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* OL2 = 2. Oberliga Süd * RL = Regionalliga Süd * BLQ = Bundesliga Qualification round * BL =
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* Europe = European competition entered * Res. = Result in that competition * — = Not attended * NQ = Qualification stage * R1 = Round 1 * R2 = Round 2 * R3 = Round 3 * R4 = Round 4 * Group = Group stage * QF = Quarter-finals * SF = Semi-finals * RU = Runners-up * W = Winners


Until 1933


Gauliga (1933–1945)


1945–1963


Since 1963


Notes


References

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