Season Review 2015/16: FC Bayern München
Right from the start, FC Bayern München exhibited a burning desire to rewrite Bundesliga history. As Pep Guardiola noted before the season started, no club had ever won the league four years in a row. In pursuit of that record, Bayern got off to the perfect start.
Season in a nutshell
In winning their opening ten games, Bayern set their first record of the season and sent a clear signal of their intent. Following the 5-1 dismantling of the previous season’s runners-up VfL Wolfsburg on Matchday 6, Bayern knocked Borussia Dortmund off top spot and never relinquished their grip all season.
Top three games
MD6: FC Bayern München 5-1 Borussia Dortmund
Bayern continued their perfect start to the season with a convincing victory over their closest challengers. Two first-half goals from Thomas Müller set Bayern on the road to victory. Although Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang pulled one back, another brace from Robert Lewandowski put the result beyond doubt before Mario Götze put the icing on the cake.
MD8: FC Bayern München 5-1 VfL Wolfsburg
With Wolfsburg a goal up, Josuha Guilavogui hit the post of an empty goal to miss the chance to put the visitors two-nil up. What followed went down in Bundesliga history. Robert Lewandowski scored an incredible five goals in nine minutes to turn the game on its head and make headlines around the world.
MD10: FC Bayern München 4-0 1. FC Köln
Not only did Bayern complete the perfect ten in their record-breaking start to the season, they also chalked up their 1000th Bundesliga victory as they crushed Köln.
MVP
With such a glittering array of talent, it is almost an impossible task to pick one particular player. Manuel Neuer kept a record 21 clean sheets, Thomas Müller weighed in with 20 goals, Douglas Costa thrilled spectators in his debut season. In the end though, we just cannot look past the goalscoring exploits of Robert Lewandowski. In the end, he became the first player since 1977 to break the 30-goal barrier in the Bundesliga and only the second one in a Bayern shirt after club legend Gerd Müller.