A dark day in Köln history. They were relegated for the 5th time in 14 years after losing 4-1 to Bayern on the final matchday.  It was also local favorite Lukas Podolski’s final match for the club.  Supporters frustration showed as several smoke bombs were lit towards the end, forcing the referee to suspend the match before the final whistle.  

Here is Bayern captain Lothar Matthäus before that match, shaking hand with Raul, Madrid captain Fernando Hierro on the right.  That was also Matthäus’s last season at Bayern.  

They again met in the semi final, this time in 2000.  Real Madrid won the first leg in Spain 2-0.  Bayern put up a brave fight in the second leg and won 2-1 (above Scholl, Lizarazu and Effenberg celebrate Jancker’s opening goal) but it wasn’t enough.  Madrid advanced and won lifted the trophy.  

Their next semi final encounter came in 1987.  Above Bayern goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff stops a shot as Norbert Nachtweih, Roland Wohlfahrt and Klaus Augenthaler look on.  The game finished 1-0 to Madrid but Bayern won the first leg in Munich 4-1 and thus moved on to the final, which they lost against Porto. 

Bayern and Real Madrid had their first European encounter in 1976 in the semi final.  After a 1-1 draw in Madrid Bayern won the second leg 2-0 in Munich thanks to two goals from Gerd Müller and advanced to the final.   

Real Madrid’s Zinedine Zidane against Bayern München captain Stefan Effenberg in the 2001/02 Champions League semi final.  

With their 1-0 win against Bayern on Matchday 30 of the 2011/12 season, Borussia Dortmund became only the second side to beat Bayern München four times in a row in the league.  The last was Werder Bremen under Otto Rehhagel between 1991 and 1993.  Lewandowski’s backheel flick was the match winning goal in this top of the table clash. 

Arguably the most contentious meeting between Bayern and Dortmund came on April 7, 2001.  A total of 15 cards were shown by referee Hartmut Strampe including three dismissals, which remains a single match Bundesliga record.  Above Stefan Effenberg receives his marching orders.  The game finished 1-1. 

On August 9, 1986, Dortmund’s Frank Mill had one of the all time great misses in the Bundesliga after he rounded Jean-Marie Pfaff and had only an empty net to score into but instead shot it wide. 

Bayern’s biggest ever win against Dortmund came on November 27, 1971, beating them by an incredible score of 11-1.  Gerd Müller scored four goals that day.