2010–11 FC Bayern Munich season
The 2010–11 season of FC Bayern Munich began on 21 June with their first training session.
Off-season
Bayern already made a few squad changes. They released the previously loaned out Luca Toni from his contract and sold Christian Lell to Hertha BSC. The contracts of multiple players expired and were not extended: Michael Rensing eventually ended up at 1. FC Köln, while Andreas Görlitz joined FC Ingolstadt. Meanwhile, José Sosa was sold to Napoli.Breno and Andreas Ottl both returned from 1. FC Nürnberg, where they had been on loan since the winter break; Toni Kroos came back from an 18-month loan to Leverkusen; and Edson Braafheid returned from a six-month spell at Celtic. Save for Rouven Sattelmaier, Bayern opted in the end to make no new signings in the summer transfer window ending at 31 August.
Pre-season
Head coach Louis van Gaal divided the pre-season into two phases, as many of his players participated in the World Cup and were only later available for the club. The initial phase began with the first training on 21 June. In this phase, which lasted until 4 July, the first squad trained with the second team and a friendly at the fanclub "Lohner Bayern Union" was held. On 30 June, the club announced that 18-year-old David Alaba had signed his first professional contract at Bayern.The second phase began on 15 July. As 13 players participated in the 2010 World Cup, Van Gaal had only 11 first teamers at his disposal. His training squad was thus complemented with the second team. Franck Ribéry and Martín Demichelis were the first players from World Cup squads that resumed training, but only after the training camp in Riva del Garda from 19–24 July. The remaining nine players from the German and Dutch squads returned on 2 August. While Van Gaal was proud to have the most players of any club in the final games of the World Cup, he lamented that "this is not a good pre-season." But he was even more displeased with the FIFA scheduling an international matchday on 11 August, in between the Super Cup and the first round of the DFB-Pokal. The coach actually advised his players to ask the German Football Association to be excused for the game: "If eight Bayern players said they'd withdraw, the DFB would listen, I believe." The warning ended in a healthy compromise, where most of the players with substantial playing time at the World Cup were not picked by German coach Joachim Löw. For Bayern, this meant losing only Toni Kroos and Mario Gómez to the international date. The pre-season ended on 16 August with the first round of the DFB-Pokal, where Bayern played Germania Windeck and advanced to the second round.
There was unfortunate news at the return of the last internationals for Bayern, after medical tests confirmed that Arjen Robben's sustained injury in a pre-World cup friendly had not properly healed and that he would be out for a further two months. Bayern Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge stated, "Of course, Bayern Munich are very angry" with the Royal Dutch Football Association, and would be seeking compensation from them, continuing, "Once again we must pay the bill as a club after a player is seriously injured playing for a national team." At the end of August, new tests showed slower than anticipated healing in Robben's muscle, leading to fears that Robben might not play again before 2011.
Season
Bayern were involved during the winter transfer, with Bayern adding Luiz Gustavo from 1899 Hoffenheim and David Alaba moving the other way in a loan deal. Martín Demichelis was sold to Málaga and one week before the end of the winter transfer period, captain Mark van Bommel requested to be released from his contract and moved to Milan. Edson Braafheid also signed for 1899 Hoffenheim on a permanent basis, while Maximilian Haas also left the club, signing for English team Middlesbrough on the last day of the winter transfer window.Competitions
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga campaign began on 20 August when Bayern played in the opening game of the season against VfL Wolfsburg.League table
DFB-Pokal
UEFA Champions League
Bayern Munich qualified for the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League by winning the Bundesliga in 2009–10. There they were drawn into Group E with Italian runners-up Roma, Swiss double champions Basel and Romanian champions CFR Cluj. Bayern finished the group in first place with a club record of 15 points. In the Round of 16 they were drawn against their opponent from the previous Champions League final, Internazionale.Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 16
DFL-Supercup
Bayern faced Schalke 04 in the first official DFL-Supercup in 14 years. Normally, the league champions would play the cup winners, but as Bayern won both titles, they faced the league's runners-up, Schalke 04.Friendlies
LIGA total! Cup 2010
Bayern played in the 2010 LIGA total! Cup. The tournament was held in the Veltins-Arena and organized by Bayern's prime sponsor, Deutsche Telekom. In this tournament matches consisted of two 30 minutes halves each. The Reds faced Köln in the first game and Schalke 04 in the second game.Other friendlies
The fanclub "Fanclub Lohner Bayern Union" won the right to host the annual Dream Game, a game Bayern contests against one of its fanclubs with the earnings going to charity.----
On the final day of their training camp in Riva del Garda Bayern faced a selection of players from Trentino in a friendly.
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Bayern hosted a team selected by their sponsor, the Fitness First company, on 8 August. The Fitness First Winterstars team consisted of several Winter Olympic Games gold medal winners and four fans. The money raised in the match will be used to support Munich's candidacy for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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In the final friendly of the 2010 pre-season, Bayern hosted Real Madrid. The game has been called the Beckenbauer testimonial match as Franz Beckenbauer did not receive a proper farewell game when he left the club in 1977 for New York Cosmos. Incidentally, José Mourinho, the coach who bested Bayern in the previous Champions League final with Internazionale, led Madrid.
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On 17 November, Bayern arranged a friendly against Unterhaching on short notice with several of the players were away with their national sides. The primary aim was to give previously injured players Franck Ribéry, Breno and Diego Contento some match practice.
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Bayern attends three post-season friendlies before the summer break.
Players
Squad information
Goalscorers
;All competitions| Scorer | Goals |
 Mario Gómez | 39 |
| Thomas Müller | 19 |
 Arjen Robben | 13 |
 Franck Ribéry | 11 |
| Bastian Schweinsteiger | 8 |
| Miroslav Klose | 6 |
 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | 4 |
| Philipp Lahm | 3 |
 Hamit Altıntop | 2 |
| Toni Kroos | 2 |
 Daniel Van Buyten | 2 |
 Martín Demichelis | 1 |
 Luiz Gustavo | 1 |
| Andreas Ottl | 1 |
;Bundesliga
| Scorer | Goals |
| Mario Gómez | 28 |
| Thomas Müller | 12 |
| Arjen Robben | 12 |
| Franck Ribéry | 7 |
| Bastian Schweinsteiger | 4 |
| Philipp Lahm | 3 |
| Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | 3 |
| Hamit Altıntop | 2 |
| Daniel Van Buyten | 2 |
| Martín Demichelis | 1 |
| Luiz Gustavo | 1 |
| Miroslav Klose | 1 |
| Toni Kroos | 1 |
;UEFA Champions League
| Scorer | Goals |
| Mario Gómez | 8 |
| Thomas Müller | 3 |
| Franck Ribéry | 2 |
| Bastian Schweinsteiger | 2 |
| Miroslav Klose | 1 |
| Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | 1 |
;DFB-Pokal
| Scorer | Goals |
| Mario Gómez | 3 |
| Miroslav Klose | 3 |
| Thomas Müller | 3 |
| Franck Ribéry | 2 |
| Bastian Schweinsteiger | 2 |
| Toni Kroos | 1 |
| Andreas Ottl | 1 |
| Arjen Robben | 1 |
Information current as of end of 14 May 2011
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
Total spending: €15,000,000Transfers out
Total income: €8,000,000–9,000,000Management and coaching staff
Since the beginning of the 2009–10 season, Louis van Gaal is the manager of Bayern Munich. He brought some personnel of his own to the club.| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Louis van Gaal |
| Assistant manager | Andries Jonker |
| Assistant manager | Hermann Gerland |
| Goalkeeping coach | Frans Hoek |
| Sports psychologist | Philipp Laux |
| Fitness and rehab coach | Thomas Wilhelmi |
| Fitness coach | Marcelo Martins |
| Fitness coach | Andreas Kornmayer |
| Leading physician | Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt |
| Physician | Lutz Hänsel |
| Physician | Peter Ueblacker |
| Physiotherapist | Fredi Binder |
| Physiotherapist | Gerry Hoffmann |
| Physiotherapist | Stephan Weickert |
| Physiotherapist | Gianni Bianchi |
| Match analyst | Marcel Bout |
| Video analyst | Max Reckers |
| Training physiologist | Jos van Dijk |
Team kit
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Info |
| Home | Red / White stripes | Red | Black | |
| Home alt. | Red / White stripes | Red | Red | 2010 DFL-Supercup |
| Away | White / Light grey hoops | Navy | White | |
| Away alt. | White / Light grey hoops | White | White | LIGA total! Cup, 1 August against Schalke 04 |
| Away alt. 2 | White / Light grey hoops | White | Navy | Bundesliga, 5 March against Hannover 96 |
| Third | Navy | Navy | Navy | → European kit |
Reserve team
Bayern's reserve team finished in last place in the 3rd Liga, resulting in relegation to the Regionalliga Süd, and ending a run of 38 years in the third tier of German football. They were coached by Hermann Gerland until the 33rd matchday, and Rainer Ulrich thereafter.;Squad