2010–11 FC Bayern Munich 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.[1][2] 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.

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.[3]

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.[4] 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 (DFB) to be excused for the game: "If eight Bayern players said they'd withdraw, the DFB would listen, I believe."[5] 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.[6]

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.[7] Bayern Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge stated, "Of course, Bayern Munich are very angry" with the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), 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."[7] 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.

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.[8] 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.

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 Daniel Van Buyten Martín Demichelis 1 Luiz Gustavo Andreas Ottl

Bundesliga Scorer Goals Mario Gómez 28 Thomas Müller 12 Arjen Robben Franck Ribéry 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger 4 Philipp Lahm 3 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Hamit Altıntop 2 Daniel Van Buyten Martín Demichelis 1 Luiz Gustavo Miroslav Klose Toni Kroos

UEFA Champions League Scorer Goals Mario Gómez 8 Thomas Müller 3 Franck Ribéry 2 Bastian Schweinsteiger Miroslav Klose 1 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk

DFB-Pokal Scorer Goals Mario Gómez 3 Miroslav Klose Thomas Müller Franck Ribéry 2 Bastian Schweinsteiger Toni Kroos 1 Andreas Ottl Arjen Robben

Information current as of end of 14 May 2011

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.[17]

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 (the highest possible for a reserve team). They were coached by Hermann Gerland until the 33rd matchday, and Rainer Ulrich thereafter.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Rouven Sattelmaier 2 DF  SWE Oscar Lewicki 3 MF  GER Nicolas Jüllich 4 DF  GER Julian Leist 5 DF  GHA Christian Saba 6 MF  GER Danny Schwarz 7 FW  FRA Saër Sène 8 MF  ANT Boy Deul 9 FW  GER Thomas Kurz 10 FW  TUR Deniz Yılmaz 11 FW  ITA Nicola Sansone 12 DF  AUT Marcel Holzmann (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg until January) 13 DF  CRO Ivan Ćosić 14 MF  GER Maximilian Haas (joined Middlesbrough in January) 15 DF  GER Mario Erb 16 DF  TUR Cüneyt Köz 17 MF  AUT Christoph Knasmüllner (joined Internazionale in January)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  GER Taygun Kuru 24 DF  GER Stefan Schürf 25 GK  GER Maximilian Riedmüller 26 MF  USA Fabian Hürzeler 27 DF  GER Max Dombrowka 28 MF  AUT Deniz Mujić 29 FW  BIH Nazif Hajdarović 31 MF  AUT David Alaba (loaned to 1899 Hoffenheim from January) 32 DF  GER Florian Pflügler 33 GK  GER Ferdinand Oswald 35 GK  GER Thomas Kraft 37 MF  GER Dejan Janjatović 38 DF  GER Antonio Pangallo (from SSV Ulm 1846 in January) 39 MF  GER Bastian Müller (from SC Verl in January) 40 FW  GER Marcos Alvarez (from Eintracht Frankfurt II in January) 41 FW  GER Steffen Wohlfarth (from FC Ingolstadt in January)