Borussia Dortmund vs. Bayern Munich: Der Klassiker in numbers
The likes of Thomas Müller, Jürgen Klopp, Marco Reus, Robert Lewandowski and Harry Kane have all left their mark on meetings between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund 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 11 Bundesliga meetings against the record champions as a head coach (D2, L9). 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 in the Bundesliga (eight defeats and two draws for Augsburg, VfB Stuttgart and Dortmund). His top-flight Klassiker record reads: D2, L5, 19 goals conceded.
1 - The sides have already met once this season - in the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup. Bayern emerged 2-1 winners thanks to goals from Nathaniel Brown and Michael Olise, with Fabio Silva scoring for Dortmund.
2 - Márcio Amoroso, Erdal Keser (BVB), Alexander Zickler, Giovane Élber, 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 114 Bundesliga Klassikers. Bayern's Markus Münch contributed to a 3-0 home defeat to Dortmund on 12 October 1991, while Mats Hummels put through his own net as BVB went down 4-0 in Munich on Matchday 11 of 2019/20. Kobel scored the last own goal in this fixture, swiping into his own net during BVB's 4-2 reverse at the Allianz Arena in April 2023.
4 - The most consecutive Klassiker defeats under one coach: Dortmund, under Lucien Favre, 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 back-to-back titles 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 at Dortmund in October 2022.
9 - Bayern are unbeaten in their last nine competitive trips to Dortmund (W7, D2), dating back to a 2-0 Supercup loss in August 2019.
9 - Raphaël Guerreiro - who joined Bayern from Dortmund in summer 2023 - has appeared in more Bundesliga Klassikers than any other player without tasting victory (D2, L7).
10 - Ottmar Hitzfeld oversaw 10 Klassiker wins - more than any other Bundesliga coach. He also holds the joint-record for most defeats in this fixture (six, level with Klopp).
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11 - Hitzfeld avoided defeat across 11 Klassikers in charge of both Dortmund and Bayern between October 1996 and November 2002 - the longest unbeaten run of any coach. The German tactician also holds the record for the longest winless spell in the fixture, a run which overlaps with that unbeaten sequence (D5, L1 between March 1996 and December 1999).
12 - On 27 November 1971, Bayern beat Dortmund 11-1 in the highest-scoring Klassiker in Bundesliga history (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 Der Klassiker.
13 – Unlucky for some, especially Lars Ricken. Dortmund's current CEO faced Bayern 13 times without winning between March 1996 and November 2002 - an unwanted record.
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 corresponding individual record.
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14 - The record number of Bundesliga Klassikers overseen by a coach of one club: Klopp (Dortmund), Jupp Heynckes and Hitzfeld (both Bayern).
15 - The total number of players sent off in Bundesliga Klassikers (eight Bayern, seven Dortmund). Ex-Bayern defender Rafinha is the only player to be sent off twice in the fixture.
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-Emile Højbjerg is the youngest 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.
18 - Lewandowski holds the Bundesliga record for most wins in Der Klassiker (18 from 24 games across spells with both clubs).
21 - The number of Bundesliga Klassiker draws in Dortmund - the most frequent result. Bayern have won 20 to BVB's 16 at Signal Iduna Park.
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).
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 all-time list.
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34 - Bayern are record 34-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).
38 - Not including four games in Covid-19 times, the last 38 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 the 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.
231 - Dortmund have conceded more goals in Bundesliga meetings with Bayern than any other club (231). However, only Gladbach have scored more (144) against the record champions than BVB (141).
331 - Bayern went a record 331 minutes without conceding in Der Klassiker, before Reus put Dortmund ahead on Matchday 7 of 2020/21. The Borussia kept Bayern at bay for 321 minutes between February 2011 and December 2012.
372 – Reinhold Wosab scored the first two of 372 Bundesliga goals in Der Klassiker as Dortmund ran out 2-0 winners in Munich back in October 1965 - Bayern's first home loss ever in the Bundesliga.
900+ – Bayern (1,254) and Dortmund (918) are the only clubs in Bundesliga history to have recorded more than 900 wins.
6,000,000 - Over six million spectactors have attended previous Klassikers in Dortmund and Munich. Only Bundesliga games between Bayern and VfB Stuttgart have welcomed more fans through the gates over the years.
