Pre-season started on 1 July.[7] It was confirmed that Bayern, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hamburger SV and FC Augsburg will participate in the 2015 Telekom Cup on 12 July at Borussia-Park in Mönchengladbach.[8] Bayern finished fourth in the tournament after losing to FC Augsburg in the semi-final[9] and losing to Borussia Mönchengladbach in a shootout in the third place match.[10] Then Bayern will have an eight-day tour in China.[11] They will have the "Audi Summer Tour" in China.[12] The tour will be held in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.[11] The first match was held on 18 July in Beijing against Valencia,[13] which Bayern won 4–1.[14] The second match took place on 21 July in Shanghai against Inter Milan,[13] which Bayern won 1–0.[15] The final match took place on 23 July in Guanghzou against Guangzhou Evergrande,[13] which Bayern lost in a shootout.[16] Three days after their first competitive match,[17] Bayern played in the Audi Cup against Real Madrid,[18]Milan,[19] and Tottenham Hotspur. Bayern's semifinal opponent was Milan. Bayern won the match 3–0 on 4 August.[20]Joshua Kimmich came off after 20 minutes after a foul from Nigel de Jong.[21] Guardiola was upset with the foul.[21] Guardiola and De Jong were in a "shouting match in the tunnel."[22] Real Madrid defeated Tottenham prior to Bayern's match to set up the final against Bayern.[23] The following day, Bayern won the final 1–0.[24] Bayern faced Dynamo Dresden in a friendly match on 17 August[12] which Bayern won 3–1.[25] Bayern will face Red Power fan club in the Dream Game in Deggendorf on 30 August.[26]
Bayern opened their Bundesliga season with three wins in August against Hamburger SV, 1899 Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen.[55] On 14 August,[56] which was the opening fixture of the league season,[17] Bayern won 5–0 with two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal each from Medhi Benatia, Robert Lewandowski and Douglas Costa.[57] Bayern were in first place after the matchday was completed.[58] The second match, on 22 August,[59] was a 2–1 win against 1899 Hoffenheim.[60] Thomas Müller and Robert Lewandowski scored for Bayern[60] and Kevin Volland scored for Hoffenheim,[60] which was scored in record time.[61] The goal was scored after nine seconds which equaled Karim Bellarabi.[62]Jérôme Boateng was sent off after receiving a second yellow card.[61]Eugen Polanski miss the subsequent penalty shot.[60] Bayern finished the matchday in second place.[63] The third match, on 29 August, was a 3–0 win against Bayer Leverkusen.[64] Thomas Müller, who played in his 200th Bundesliga match,[65] scored two goals, one from the penalty spot, and another goal from the penalty spot by Arjen Robben.[66] Boateng was suspended for the match.[67] Bayern finished the matchday in second place.[68]
September
Bayern extended their winning streak to seven wins from seven league matches when they defeated FC Augsburg,[69]Darmstadt 98,[70]VfL Wolfsburg[71] and Mainz 05.[72] The fourth win came in a 2–1 win against Augsburg on 12 September.[73]Alexander Esswein gave Augsburg the lead in 43rd minute.[74] Robert Lewandwski equalized in the 77th minute and Thomas Müller gave Bayern all three points when he scored from the penalty spot[74] after Markus Feulner was called for a foul on Douglas Costa.[75] The following day, Knut Kircher, who refereed the match, stated that he relied on his assistant referee and the decision was incorrect.[75]Kingsley Coman made his debut for Bayern.[73] Bayern finished the matchday in second place.[76] In the fifth win, on 19 September, Bayern defeated Darmstadt 98 3–0 with goals from Arturo Vidal, Kingsley Coman and Sebastian Rode.[77] Coman got his first start[78] and first goal[79] for Bayern. Vidal got his first league goal and second in all competitions.[79] Bayern remained in second place.[80] The sixth win came in a 5–1 win against Wolfsburg on 22 September.[81]Daniel Caligiuri gave Wolfsburg the lead in the 26th minute.[81] Lewandowski, however, scored five goals in nine minutes.[81][82][83][84][85] Lewandowski came on in the 46th minute[71][81] and scored in the 51st, 52nd, 55th, 57th, and 60th minutes.[71][81][83][84] He became the fastest player to score five goals.[82] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[86] The seventh win came in a 3–0 win against Mainz 05 on 25 September.[87] Bayern got two goals from Lewandowski and a goal from Coman.[87] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[88]
October
Bayern extended their winning streak to ten wins[89] when they defeated Borussia Dortmund,[90]Werder Bremen,[91] and 1. FC Köln.[92] The winning streak finished against Eintracht Frankfurt.[89] The "European major league record" for the best start to a season was Tottenham Hotspur with 11-straight wins in 1960.[89] In their eighth straight win on 4 October, Bayern defeated Borussia Dortmund 5–1.[93] Bayern got two goals from Thomas Müller,[94] including one from the penalty mark,[94] and two from Robert Lewandowski,[94] which brought his total to 12 goals in his last four matches in all competitions,[93] and a goal from Mario Götze.[94] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[95] In their ninth victory, on 17 October, Bayern defeated Werder Bremen 1–0 with a goal from Thomas Müller.[96]Miloš Pantović made his Bundesliga debut in the match.[97] Bayern remained in first place.[98] Then, on 24 October, Bayern got their 10th win out of 10 league matches,[99] and their 1,000th Bundesliga win,[100] when they defeated Köln 4–0.[100]Arjen Robben, Arturo Vidal, Robert Lewandowski, and Thomas Müller scored for Bayern.[100] Bayern remained in first place.[99] On 30 October,[101] Bayern's ten–match winning streak finished[89] when the match against Eintracht Frankfurt finished in a 0–0 draw.[102] During the match, Bayern received two yellow cards and Eintracht Frankfurt received four.[101] Bayern had won their previous six matches against Eintracht Frankfurt.[89] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[103]
November
In November, Bayern extended their undefeated streak to 14 matches after defeating VfB Stuttgart[104]Schalke 04,[105] and Hertha BSC.[106] On 7 November,[104] Bayern extended their undefeated streak to 12 matches[107] after their defeated VfB Stuttgart 4–0 with goals from Arjen Robben, Douglas Costa, Robert Lewandowski, and Thomas Müller.[108]Holger Badstuber made his comeback[108] after he came in for Müller in the 59th minute.[109] He had been out for 200 days.[110] Bayern remained in first place.[107] Bayern extended their undefeated streak to 13 matches[111] on 21 November after defeating Schalke 04 3–1.[105] Bayern got goals from an own goal from Leon Goretzka and goals from Javi Martínez and Thomas Müller.[112]Max Meyer scored for Schalke.[113] Bayern remained in first place[111] and extended their lead to eight points after Borussia Dortmund lost the previous day.[114] Bayern extended their undefeated streak to 14 matches[115] after a 2–0 win against Hertha BSC.[116] Bayern got goals from Thomas Müller and Kingsley Coman.[117] Bayern remained in first place.[118]
December
On 5 December,[119] Bayern's undefeated streak came to an end[120] after Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated Bayern 3–1.[121] Bayern had 13 wins and a draw coming into the match.[122][123]Franck Ribéry scored for Bayern.[119]Oscar Wendt, Lars Stindl, and Fabian Johnson scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach.[124] All three of their goals came within a 14-minute period.[123] This was Ribéry's first match since March 2015.[120][124] Bayern remained in first place.[125] However, Bayern's lead dropped to five points after Borussia Dortmund defeated Wolfsburg later in the day.[126] Bayern defeated FC Ingolstadt 2–0[127] with goals from Robert Lewandowski and Philipp Lahm[128] on 12 December.[129] Lewandowski scored in the 65th minute from a tight angle and Lahm scored his first goal of the season in the 75th minute.[130] Ingolstadt have several chances to score. Ingolstadt were offside six times and Manuel Neuer had to make several saves during the match.[129] Bayern became "autumn champions"[128] after finishing the matchday in first place.[131] On 19 December,[132] Bayern went on winter break[133] after defeating Hannover 96 1–0[134] with a goal from the penalty mark from Thomas Müller.[132] Bayern Munich finishedthe matchday in first place[135] and the first half of the league season with 15 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.[133][135] Bayern increased their lead to eight points[133] after Köln defeated Borussia Dortmund on the same day.[136]
January
On 22 January,[137] Bayern kicked off the second half of the league season[138] with a 2–1 win over Hamburg.[139] Robert Lewandowski scored two goals and Xabi Alonso scored an own goal.[140] Bayern remained in first place.[141] Then on 31 January,[142] Bayern defeated 1899 Hoffenheim 2–0[143] with two goals from Robert Lewandowski.[144] With the win, Bayern maintained their perfect home record[143][144] and their first place status.[145] The following day, Bayern agreed to a loan deal for Serdar Tasci.[49]
February
Bayern started February with a 0–0 draw[146] on 6 February.[147] The draw ended a four match winning streak[148] and was the third time in 20 league matches Bayern failed to win.[149] Xabi Alonso was sent–off after receiving a second yellow card.[146][149] Bayern remained in first place.[150] Then, on 14 February,[151] Bayern defeated FC Augsburg 3–1.[152] Bayern got two goals from Robert Lewandowski and a goal from Thomas Müller and Raúl Bobadilla scored for Augsburg.[153] Bayern remained in first place.[154] Bayern went on to beat Darmstadt 98 3–1 on 20 February.[155] Bayern got two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal from Robert Lewandowski and Sandro Wagner scored for Darmstadt.[156] Bayern outshot Darmstadt 37 to six.[156] Bayern remained in first place.[157] On 27 February,[158] Bayern finished February by defeating Wolfsburg 2–0[159] with goals from Kingsley Coman and Robert Lewandowski.[158] Lewandowski had scored six goals against Wolfsburg this season.[160] In addition to scoring a goal in this match, he scored five goals[84] on 22 September.[81] However, Lewandowski failed to score against Wolfsburg in the German Cup.[161] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[162]
March
Bayern started March on 2 March[163] by losing their first home match of the season.[164] They had been undefeated in 17 matches in all competitions this season.[164] The final score was 2–1.[165] Arjen Robben scored for Bayern.[163]Jairo and Jhon Córdoba scored for Mainz.[166] Bayern remained in first place.[167] However, Bayern's lead dropped down to five points after Borussia Dortmund defeated Darmstadt 2–0.[166] On 5 March,[168] Bayern and Borussia Dortmund finished in a 0–0 draw.[169] Xabi Alonso and Sven Bender picked up yellow cards.[168] Bayern remained in first place[170] and maintain their five points lead of Borussia Dortmund.[171] On 12 March,[172] Bayern defeated Werder Bremen 5–0[173] with two goals from Thiago, two goals from Thomas Müller, and a goal from Robert Lewandowski.[174] Bayern remained in first place.[175] On 19 March,[176] Bayern defeated 1. FC Köln 1–0[177] with a goal from Robert Lewandowski.[178] Lewandowski scored his 25th league goal.[179] This is the most league goals he has scored in his career.[179][180] Pep Guardiola made five changes to the starting lineup from the midweek encounter against Juventus.[178] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[176]
April
Bayern started April with a 1–0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt[181] on 2 April.[182] Franck Ribéry got the goal, of the month, in the 20th minute.[183] Bayern outshot Eintracht Frankfurt 21–4.[184] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[185] On 9 April,[186] Bayern defeated VfB Stuttgart 3–1.[187] Bayern got goals from an own goal from Georg Niedermeier and goals from David Alaba and Douglas Costa and Stuttgart got their goal from Daniel Didavi.[188] Bayern remained in first place.[186] Bayern took a seven-point lead after Borussia Dortmund and Schalke finished their match in a 2–2 draw.[189] On 16 April,[190] Bayern defeated Schalke 3–0[191] with two goals from Robert Lewandowski and a goal from Arturo Vidal.[192] Bayern remained in first place.[190] Then, on 23 April,[193] Bayern defeat Hertha BSC 2–0[194] with goals from Arturo Vidal and Douglas Costa.[193] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[195] Bayern finished April on 30 April[196] when the match against Borussia Mönchengladbach finished in a 1–1 draw.[197] Thomas Müller scored for Bayern and André Hahn scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach.[198] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[196]
May
Bayern won the Bundesliga[199][200] on 7 May[199][201] after defeating Ingolstadt 2–1.[202] Bayern got two goals from Robert Lewandowski and Ingolstadt got a goal from the penalty spot from Moritz Hartmann.[199] This is Bayern's fourth straight and 26th championship overall, making it a new record in the Bundesliga.[200] Bayern finished the league season[203] on 14 May[204] with a 3–1 win against Hannover 96.[205] Bayern got two goals from Mario Götze and a goal from Robert Lewandowski.[206] Lewandowski became the first player in 39 years to score at least 30 goals in a Bundesliga season.[206]Artur Sobiech scored for Hannover.[206] Bayern finished the season with a record 28 wins, four draws, two losses, and 88 points.[204]
^Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.
On 10 June, Bayern were drawn against Oberliga club FC Nöttingen as their first round opponents in the DFB-Pokal.[208] The match was played on 9 August.[209] Bayern won the match 3–1.[210] Arturo Vidal, Mario Götze, and Robert Lewandowski scored for Bayern.[209] Vidal scored from the penalty mark.[210]Niklas Hecht-Zirpel scored for Nöttingen.[209] On 14 August, Bayern were drawn against Wolfsburg.[211] The match took place on 27 October.[161] Bayern won 3–1.[212] Bayern got two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal from Douglas Costa.[161] On 1 November, Bayern were drawn against Darmstadt 98.[213] The match took place on 15 December[214] where Bayern defeated 1–0[215] with a goal from Xabi Alonso,[216] who scored his first goal of the season[216] in the 40th minute[214] from 30 metres (33 yd) out.[217] Then, on 16 December, Bayern were drawn against VfL Bochum.[218] The match took place on 10 February.[219] Bayern won 3–0, with two goals from Robert Lewandowski and a goal from Thiago.[220]Jan Šimůnek was sent–off in the match.[219] Thomas Müller failed to score on the subsequent penalty shot.[221] Immediately after the match, Bayern were drawn against Werder Bremen.[222] The match took place on 19 April.[223] Bayern got to the final[224] after winning the match 2–0[224] with two goals from Thomas Müller.[223] The final took place on 21 May.[225] Bayern won the DFB-Pokal after winning the shootout 4–3.[226] The match finished in a 0–0 draw.[225] In the shootout, Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Bürki saved Joshua Kimmich's shot.[227]Manuel Neuer saved Sven Bender's shot and Sokratis Papastathopoulos hit the outside of the post during the shootout.[227] This was Pep Guardiola's final match as Bayern's head coach.[226]
The opening match of Bayern's season was on 1 August against VfL Wolfsburg in the DFL–Supercup.[17] Bayern and Wolfsburg finished in a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes[234] with Wolfsburg winning the subsequent shootout.[235] Arjen Robben scored for Bayern and Nicklas Bendtner scored for Wolfsburg.[235] Xabi Alonso was the only player that missed in the shootout.[234] Arturo Vidal[236] and Douglas Costa[237] made their Bayern debuts.
As champions,[1] Bayern entered Champions League in the group stage.[238] On 27 August, in the group stage draw, Bayern were drawn against Arsenal, Olympiacos, and Dinamo Zagreb.[239] The first match took place on 16 September against Olympiacos.[240] This was Bayern's 200th Champions League match[241] and their first match in Greece since 1983.[242] Bayern defeated Olympiacos 3–0 with two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal from Mario Götze.[243] Müller's first goal was "looped" into the net from a cross.[244] His second goal came from the penalty spot in stoppage time after Kingsley Coman was fouled.[243] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[245] Before the match, the police in Athens were in an altercation with Bayern supporters where batons were used.[246] Several Bayern supporters went to the hospital and had left the hospital by the following day.[242] Bayern have lodged an appeal against the incident.[246] Then Bayern faced Dinamo Zagreb on 29 September.[247] Bayern won the match 5–0 with three goals from Robert Lewandowski and a goal each from Douglas Costa and Mario Götze.[248] Lewandowski's three goals brought him up to 10 goals in his last three matches in all competitions.[249] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[250] Bayern faced Arsenal on 20 October.[251] Arsenal won the match 2–0[252] with goals from Olivier Giroud and Mesut Özil.[253] This was Bayern's first loss of the season in all competitions.[254] Bayern remained in first place.[255] On 4 November, Bayern defeated Arsenal 5–1.[256] Bayern got two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal each from Robert Lewandowski, David Alaba, and Arjen Robben.[257] Robben's goal came on his first touch after 37 seconds.[258] Olivier Giroud scored for Arsenal.[257] The goal brought him up to three goals in four matches against Bayern.[258] This was Arsenal's first loss at Allianz Arena.[259] Mesut Özil had a goal called back after the referee ruled it that Özil put it in with his elbow.[258][259] Bayern remained in first place.[260] On 24 November,[261] Bayern won their 100th Champions League home match,[261] and won Group F,[262] after they defeated Olympiacos 4–0[263] with goals from Douglas Costa, Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Müller, and Kingsley Coman.[264] Holger Badstuber, who had started match since April 2015,[262] was sent–off[261] in the 52nd minute.[263] Bayern finished the matchday in first place.[265] On 9 December,[266] Bayern finished the group stage by winning their fifth match in the group stage[266] after defeating Dinamo Zagreb[267] 2–0 with two goals from Robert Lewandowski.[268] Thomas Müller failed to score from the penalty mark after the ball hit the post.[269] Bayern finished the group by winning the group[269] and obtained 15 points[270] from five wins.[266]
Knockout stage review
Bayern finished the group stage as the group winners[269] which made Bayern one of the seeded teams in the Round of 16 draw. Bayern were drawn against Juventus on 14 December.[271] The first leg took place on 23 February.[272] Bayern and Juventus finished in a 2–2 draw.[273] Thomas Müller and Arjen Robben scored for Bayern and Paulo Dybala and Stefano Sturaro scored for Juventus.[274] Bayern went up 2–0[274] after Müller scored in the 43rd minute and Robben scored in the 55th minute.[272] However, Bayern blew the 2–0 lead[274] after two second-half goals from Dybala and Sturaro.[272] The second leg happened on 16 March.[275] Bayern won 4–2 in extra time.[276] Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Müller, Thiago, and Kingsley Coman scored for Bayern.[275]Paul Pogba and Juan Cuadrado scored for Juventus.[275] Juventus took a 2–0 lead in the match[277] with goals in the fifth minute[275] from Pogba,[277] and in the 28th minute,[275] from Cuadrado.[277] However, Bayern equalized in the second–half with a goal in the 73rd minute from Lewandowski[277] and a goal from Müller one minute in to stoppage time.[277] In extra time, Bayern took a 4–2 lead with goals from Thiago and Coman.[277] The aggregate score was 6–4.[277]
On 18 March, Bayern were drawn against Benfica for the quarter–finals.[278] The first leg took place on 5 April.[279] Bayern won 1–0[280] with a goal from Arturo Vidal.[281] The goal was scored after one minute and 24 seconds.[282] This the fastest goal Bayern has scored since David Alaba scored against Juventus in April 2013.[282] The second leg was held on 13 April.[283] The match finished in a 2–2.[284] Arturo Vidal and Thomas Müller scored for Bayern and Raúl Jiménez and Talisca scored for Benfica.[285] Philipp Lahm played in his 103rd UEFA Champions League match.[285] This equaled Oliver Kahn's record for most appearances in Germany.[285] Bayern qualified for the semifinal for the 5th year in a row[283][286] after winning 3–2 on aggregate.[283]
On 15 April, Bayern were drawn against Atlético Madrid.[287] The first leg was played on 27 April.[288] Atlético Madrid won the match 1–0[289] with a goal from Saúl.[288] The second leg took place on 3 May.[290] Bayern won the match 2–1.[291] However, Atlético Madrid won the tie on away goals.[290] Xabi Alonso and Robert Lewandowski scored for Bayern and Antoine Griezmann scored for Atlético Madrid.[290]
Jérôme Boateng received the first suspension of the season[334] after receiving a red card after picking up a second yellow card[334] against 1899 Hoffenheim on 22 August.[61] Holger Badstuber was the second Bayern player to be sent–off during the 2015–16 season. He was sent–off in a Champions League Group Stage match against Olympiacos[262] after being the last outfield player[261] when Brown Ideye was fouled.[262]