Kane scores as Bayern claim 35th Bundesliga title
Harry Kane scored his 32nd goal of the campaign as Bayern Munich cruised to a 4-2 home win over Stuttgart to claim a record-extending 35th Bundesliga title. Raphael Guerreiro, Nicolas Jackson
Harry Kane scored his 32nd goal of the campaign as Bayern Munich cruised to a 4-2 home win over Stuttgart to claim a record-extending 35th Bundesliga title.
Raphael Guerreiro, Nicolas Jackson and Alphonso Davies joined Kane on the scoresheet, while Chris Fuehrich and Chema Andres scored for the visitors.
Borussia Dortmund’s limp 2-1 defeat at Hoffenheim on Saturday, their second in two matches, left the door open for Bayern, who only needed a point at home to secure the title with four games to spare.
Coach Vincent Kompany left regular starters Kane, Michael Olise, Manuel Neuer, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Dayot Upamecano and Jonathan Tah on the bench with Wednesday’s German Cup semi-final at Bayer Leverkusen in mind.
Bayern fell behind when Chris Fuehrich scored with 21 minutes gone but roared back, scoring three goals in seven minutes.
Jamal Musiala created Guerreiro’s opener before Luis Diaz laid on two goals in four minutes for Jackson and Davies to grab control of the match by the break.
Kane grabbed another early in the second-half to ensure another Bundesliga crown was quickly added to his burgeoning team trophy collection.
With victory secure, Bayern took their foot off the pedal as an assistant brought bags full with ‘2026 Champions’ t-shirts to the sideline.
Andres added a late goal for Stuttgart with two minutes remaining but Bayern were on cruise control with title celebrations in mind.
The title victory once again illustrated Bayern’s modern and historical dominance of German football.
The Bavarian giants have now won 13 of the past 14 Bundesliga titles. Bayern have 35 league titles, with no other team reaching double figures.
Bayern’s wealth and influence outshines all of their domestic rivals and this season has been truly remarkable.
Bayern have scored 109 goals, the most in Bundesliga history and eight more than the previous record set back in 1971-72, with four games remaining.
Free-scoring Bayern have 79 points and a goal difference of 80. If the season ended today, Bayern would become the first team to have a greater goal difference than points tally in Bundesliga history.
With four wins in their remaining four games, Bayern could bring up 91 points, equalling the best mark set by their treble-bound side in 2012-13.
Then there are the individual records.
Kane, who became the first Englishman since 1930-31 to reach a half-century of goals in a season in all competitions on Wednesday, can still reach Robert Lewandowski’s single-season goals record of 41.
The England captain has 32 goals from his 27 games this campaign and is in with an outside chance of catching Lewandowski.
Michael Olise has 18 assists, three shy of the all-time mark set by Thomas Mueller in 2019-20.
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Earlier yesterday, Freiburg pushed last-placed Heidenheim closer to the drop with a 2-1 home win.
Johan Manzambi put the Europa League semi-finalists ahead after 24 minutes but Heidenheim’s Budu Zivzivadze levelled things up just before the hour mark.
Freiburg’s Maximilian Eggestein scored the winner with seven minutes remaining to help his side leapfrog Eintracht Frankfurt into seventh spot.
The defeat leaves Heidenheim, who hosted Chelsea in the Europa Conference League last season, seven points behind the relegation play-off spot and 11 from safety with four games to play.
Past Bundesliga champions:
2026 Bayern Munich
2025 Bayern Munich
2024 Bayer Leverkusen
2023 Bayern Munich
2022 Bayern Munich
2021 Bayern Munich
2020 Bayern Munich
2019 Bayern Munich
2018 Bayern Munich
2017 Bayern Munich
2016 Bayern Munich
2015 Bayern Munich
2014 Bayern Munich
2013 Bayern Munich
2012 Borussia Dortmund
2011 Borussia Dortmund
2010 Bayern Munich
2009 VfL Wolfsburg
2008 Bayern Munich
2007 VfB Stuttgart
2006 Bayern Munich
2005 Bayern Munich
2004 Werder Bremen
2003 Bayern Munich
2002 Borussia Dortmund
2001 Bayern Munich
2000 Bayern Munich
1999 Bayern Munich
1998 Kaiserslautern
1997 Bayern Munich
1996 Borussia Dortmund
1995 Borussia Dortmund
1994 Bayern Munich
1993 Werder Bremen
1992 VfB Stuttgart
1991 Kaiserslautern
1990 Bayern Munich
1989 Bayern Munich
1988 Werder Bremen
1987 Bayern Munich
1986 Bayern Munich
1985 Bayern Munich
1984 VfB Stuttgart
1983 Hamburg SV
1982 Hamburg SV
1981 Bayern Munich
1980 Bayern Munich
1979 Hamburg SV
1978 Cologne
1977 Borussia Moenchengladbach
1976 Borussia Moenchengladbach
1975 Borussia Moenchengladbach
1974 Bayern Munich
1973 Bayern Munich
1972 Bayern Munich
1971 Borussia Moenchengladbach
1970 Borussia Moenchengladbach
1969 Bayern Munich
1968 Nuremberg
1967 Eintracht Braunschweig
1966 1860 Munich
1965 Werder Bremen
1964 Cologne
