Why Bayern Munich dominate the Bundesliga
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One team dominates in Germany and has dominated for a long time.
Bayern Munich are on course for their 15th league title since 2000.
But how do they do it?
Written by Seb Stafford-Bloor
Illustrated by Joe Lally
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There is NO WAY bayern has 32 million American supporters. There aren’t even 32 million soccer supporters in America
German football is dead
Bayern is like Ferrari in F1, they get paid being the oldest team in the sport
Its really the fault of the other clubs. Dortmund always sells their best players without fighting for them at all
Now its 10.
Only one final since 1984 without Germany France or Brazil ?? Fotball heritage
The Bundesliga. The most boring, predictable, pointless League in the world.
Add being constantly favored by the refs and the 40 million mark bribe 2003 in the "Kirch-Affäre" to that list and it's almost complete.
The lucrative Quatar deal also fits very nicely into the picture.
50+1
Lucky you Dinamo have 12 leagues in a row, and then 5.
The Rich get richer and poor try hard to get it
It’s incredibly boring. I don’t know how any German football fan of another club can enjoy watching Bayern win the league with their eyes closed every season
And for Bayern fans, winning the league is no longer even special or remarkable. Which is a joke. Winning a league title should ALWAYS be special
Change needs to be made, and more parity needs to come to the Bundesliga (and to other European domestic leagues), even if it has to be injected in
A playoff system and a revenue-sharing scheme that’s more fair for the smaller clubs in the Bundesliga would be a great start
I've never understood the logic of Bayern weakening their competitors. You don't collapse just because you've lost 1-2 players. Götze wasn't even irreplaceable. Secondly, those players would have gone to other clubs abroad anyway. Where are Havertz and Werner? At Chelsea. Haaland, Gundogan and De Bruyne? At Man City. Sancho? At Man Utd etc etc
They now have the 10th in the Row ???
B on Bundesliga is stands for Bayern
They just need to atrack the oligarchs from the World, as the EPL does it, successful.
Russian and oil oligarchs, blood diamonds oligarchs and many other like that.
To buy historical failure clubs and with money, make them European powers in less than 2 years.
That's it. That's the recipe. Simple.
It could be Bundesliga's own undoing… I watched the latest Der Klassiker a few weeks back, and it was far from entertaining – it's like watching Man City vs Burnley.
Compare that to watching Man City vs Liverpool, for PL, even watching Man City vs West Ham was nerve-wracking
And that is why Haaland left the German League to play in the English League.
I really enjoyed bundesliga football 10 years ago, now its more boring and pointless than the scottish premier league
This reminds me of Formula 1, over 2010-2020, where one team utterly dominated, and rivals could only come close. Especially 2014 onwards, where that team was Mercedes. Over this period, over different years, RedBull or Ferrari would build up momentum, get close, and ultimately fail to dethrone the king. Maybe BVB can fit into that analogy. In the F1 case, it's also due to financial feedback loops coupled with Mercedes being an exceptionally well run team with an exemplary work culture. Though there is the difference in that Mercedes has usually been the second best funded, Ferrari being well ahead. Another similarity to the Bundesliga is the shear competitiveness of the the rest of the teams.
Last year RedBull broke through and won the Driver's Championship, thanks to shifted regulations nerfing Mercedes. The sport has introduced financial regulations as well to even the playing field. Maybe the Bundesliga should do the same.
They have a rule not allowing bayern 2 to be promoted because everyone knows they would be in the top tier which is just embarrassing for German football
Farmer's league
6:51 this graphic of germany is just wrong. from the coast line to the location of Bayer Leverkusen, Dortmund and Schalke.
08:00 what about Wolfsburg in 2009??
I'm watching this video 1 year after and it's still as relevant as last year.
Long story short , Bayern can buy it’s competition players because they have the finances
Update: They've won their 10th league title.
Update: 10 in a row
This sucks. I don't hate Bayern. But I am tired of them not having any competition. I want Dortmund to get up there and stay awhile. And I want Shalke to comeback to the Bundesliga and get good again. That would be an exciting 3 way race and at least better than what they have over there currently.
They now have 10?
10 years in a row, they are in the same club as the croatian team.
10 titles now
Here after Bayern just won the league again.
Union Berlin are dominated this league it's a real shame
Knowing Germany, I wouldn’t be surprised if their days of domination are numbered.
The end song?
And the 50+1 rule is a good thing? I suppose it is for Bayern as no one will ever top their dominance, maybe the super league isn’t such a bad idea…
Such a boring league
What's the point of the Bundesliga then?
Why Bundesliga is one team league
Answer is because they have robert lewangoalski.
Dortmund won twice with robert , he took them to ucl finals.
And we think Scotland is dull with Celtic and Rangers always winning.
The last time I watch the bundisliga Juergen was there and let me tell you dorthmund and Bayern games was sooooo exciting to watch now it’s more one sided than ever
Bayernliga
The problem is, especially outside Germany: Why care about anything in the Bundesliga if Bayern are just going to buy all the best players, win all the titles, and be the best known. Sooner or later, the Bundesliga will have to do something to break up the Bayern Monopoly or lose standing as one of the Big 5 European leagues.
Bayern most definitely have the money to spend historically and now.
In addition, they don't spend gobs of money. If not for an €80 million Lucas Hernandez, a €45 million Leroy Sane would be their club record signing. They are also adroit in avoiding flops and the ones they do sign, are either cheap or Bayern is able to recoup the money.
German Bundesliga has to be The most boring leauge in The world ???