Borussia Dortmund vs. Bayern Munich: Der Klassiker in numbers
The likes of Thomas Müller, Jürgen Klopp, Robert Lewandowski and Harry Kane have all left their mark on meetings between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich down the years. We round up the standout facts and figures, ahead of the latest edition of Der Klassiker...
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0 - Dortmund's Niko Kovač - who represented Bayern as a player and coach - is so far winless in his 10 Bundesliga meetings with the record champions as a head coach (D2, L8). However, he did overcome his then future employers as Eintracht Frankfurt boss in the 2017/18 DFB Cup final.
0 - Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel has never been on the winning side against Bayern (seven defeats and two draws for Augsburg, VfB Stuttgart and Dortmund). His Klassiker record reads: D4, L4, with 16 goals conceded.
1 - Dortmund's 2-1 defeat in Munich on Matchday 7 remains their only loss of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season so far (W16, D6).
2 - Marcio Amoroso, Erdal Keser (BVB), Alexander Zickler, Giovane Elber, Thomas Müller, Dieter Hoeneß and Claudio Pizarro (Bayern) have all scored twice as substitutes in Der Klassiker. Nobody has produced more than two goals from the bench.
3 - The number of own goals across the previous 109 Bundesliga Klassikers, with two coming in the last five years. Bayern's Markus Münch contributed to a 3-0 home defeat to Dortmund on 12 October 1991, while Mats Hummels put the ball through his own net as BVB went down 4-0 in Munich on Matchday 11 of 2019/20. Kobel scored the last o.g. in this high-profile fixture when swiping into his own net during BVB's 4-2 reverse at the Allianz Arena in April 2023.
4 - The most successive Klassiker defeats under one coach: Lucien Favre - Dortmund, between April 2019 and November 2020.
4 - Hansi Flick won all four of his Bundesliga meetings with Dortmund (November 2019 to March 2021) as Bayern head coach.
4 - Klopp also oversaw four straight Bundesliga wins over Bayern when Dortmund won the title in 2010/11 and 2011/12.
6 - To date, Lewandowski is the only player to have scored at least once in six Klassikers in a row (12 goals between April 2017 and November 2019).
7 - Bayern were on a seven-match winning streak - a Klassiker record - before being held to a 2-2 draw in Dortmund in October 2022. BVB won four in a row between 2010 and 2012.
7 - Bayern are unbeaten on their last seven competitive trips to Dortmund (W5, D2), dating back to a 2-0 Supercup loss in August 2019.
9 - Raphaël Guerreiro - who joined Bayern from Dortmund in summer 2023 - has played in more Klassikers than any other player without winning (D2, L7).
10 - Hitzfeld has overseen 10 Klassiker wins - more than any other Bundesliga coach in the fixture. He, as well as Klopp, also presided over the most defeats (six).
11 - Hitzfeld avoided defeat across 11 Klassikers in charge of Dortmund and Bayern between October 1996 and November 2002. It's the longest unbeaten run of any coach in the fixture. The German tactician also holds the record for the longest winless spell in the fixture, which actually overlaps with that unbeaten run (six matches, including five draws, between March 1996 and December 1999).
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12 - On 27 November 1971, Bayern beat Dortmund 11-1 in the highest-scoring Klassiker in Bundesliga history. Indeed, there have never been more than 12 goals in a single Bundesliga fixture. Gerd Müller scored four times, and remains the only player to do so in a Klassiker. Lothar Emmerich scored the only Dortmund hat-trick in the contest in a 6-3 win in September 1967 while Harry Kane netted a hat-trick for Bayern at the Signal Iduna Park in November 2023.
12 - Julian Brandt has played in more Klassikers than any active Dortmund player, albeit winning only one of his 12 appearances in the fixture (D2, L9).
13 – Unlucky for some, especially Lars Ricken. Dortmund's current youth team coordinator faced Bayern 13 times without winning between March 1996 and November 2002 - an unwanted record.
13 - Bayern have been awarded 13 penalties in Der Klassiker, converting 10. Dortmund have put away nine of 13. Paul Breitner and Lewandowski have scored the most, with three apiece in Bayern colours. Lewandowski also missed a penalty when playing for Dortmund against Bayern.
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14 - Bayern enjoyed a Klassiker record 14-match unbeaten run between March 1996 and November 2002 (W7, D7). Oliver Kahn kept goal in every one, landing him the equivalent player record.
14 - The record number of Bundesliga Klassikers overseen by a coach of one club: Jürgen Klopp (Dortmund), Jupp Heynckes and Ottmar Hitzfeld (both Bayern).
15 - The total number of players sent off in Der Klassiker (eight Bayern, seven Dortmund). Ex-Bayern defender Rafinha is the only player to be sent off twice in the fixture.
16 - Thomas Müller holds the record for most Klassiker wins in Bayern colours in the Bundesliga. Manuel Neuer, Kahn and Lewandowski are all on 13.
18 - Lewandowski holds the Bundesliga record for most wins in Der Klassiker (18 from 24 games across spells with both clubs).
17 - Former Dortmund forward Ibrahim Tanko is the youngest player in Klassiker history, aged 17 years and 88 days. Nuri Şahin - also ex-BVB - is the youngest starter (17 years and 103 days), while Pierre-Emil Höjberg is the greenest Bayern player to feature in the fixture (17 years and 244 days).
17 - Youssoufa Moukoko is the only player under the age of 18 to have scored in a Klassiker. The ex-Dortmund teenager was 17 years, 10 months and 18 days when he struck in the first meeting of 2022/23.
21 - The number of Klassiker draws in Dortmund (Bundesliga only). Bayern have won 19 to BVB's 16 at Signal Iduna Park.
21 - Dortmund have lost more home games to Bayern than any other team in the Bundesliga.
21 - Bayern and Dortmund are facing off as the Bundesliga's top two for the 21st time. Bayern have won 12 of the previous 20 in that scenario, drawing three and losing five.
24 - Lewandowski leads the way for most Bundesliga goals in Der Klassiker (23 for Bayern, one for Dortmund). No Bayern player has scored more in meetings with BVB. Gerd Müller is the next best with 14.
26 - Hitzfeld has overseen a record 26 Bundesliga Klassikers (14 in the Bayern dugout, 12 in charge of BVB). Heynckes and Klopp also presided over 14 in charge of Bayern and Dortmund respectively.
29 – Thomas Müller's 29 Bundesliga appearances in Der Klassiker is the most for one club.
29 – Hummels is joint top on the most-played Bundesliga Klassikers list with 29 (23 for Dortmund, six for Bayern). Michael Zorc (28) and Oliver Kahn (27) are next on the the all-time list.
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33 - Bayern are record 33-time Bundesliga winners. Dortmund and Borussia Mönchengladbach are next on the all-time list with five titles each.
38 - Kahn became the oldest player in Klassiker history with his final outing against Dortmund, at the age of 38 years and 303 days. Lothar Matthäus is Der Klassiker's oldest outfield player (37 years and 197 days), while Stefan Reuter is Dortmund's most senior cast member to play in the fixture (37 years and 24 days).
41 - Not including Covid-19 times, the last 41 Bundesliga Klassikers have been sold out. The last top-flight Klassiker not to be played out in front of a full house was on Matchday 22 of the 2004/05 season when then leaders Bayern hosted 11th-placed Dortmund at their old Olympic Stadium, with 53,000 in attendance.
84 - Kahn's 84 saves is another Klassiker high in the age of data collection, followed by Roman Weidenfeller's 67.
113 - Bayern and Dortmund have met 113 times in the Bundesliga. The record champions have won 55 to BVB's 26. Thirty-two have ended all square. Only Bayern vs. Werder Bremen (118) and Bayern vs. Gladbach has been contested more often.
228 - Dortmund have conceded more goals in Bundesliga meetings with Bayern than any other club (228). However, only Gladbach have scored more (143) against the record champions than BVB (139).
331 - Bayern went a record 331 minutes without conceding in Der Klassiker, before Marco Reus put Dortmund ahead on Matchday 7 of 2020/21. The Black-Yellows kept Bayern at bay for 321 minutes between February 2011 and December 2012.
367 – Reinhold Wosab scored the first two of 367 Bundesliga goals in Der Klassiker as Dortmund ran out 2-0 winners in Munich back in October 1965. However, Bayern lead the overall scoring charts 228 to 139.
900+ - Bayern (1,254) and Dortmund (918) are the only clubs in Bundesliga history to have recorded more than 900 wins.
6,000000 - Over six million spectactors have attended previous Klassikers in Dortmund and Munich. Only Bundesliga games between Bayern and Stuttgart have welcomed more fans through the gates over the years.
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