BAYERN LIFE February 2025
PAUL BREITNER
PAUL BREITNER
PAUL BREITNER
ULI HOENESS
8 TITLES
XX TITEL XX SPIELE 5 . SEPTEMBER . 1951
XX TITEL
XX TITEL
XX SPIELE
336 APPEARANCES
XX SPIELE
DATE OF BIRTH
DATE OF BIRTH
05 / 01 / 1952
26.09.1957
DATE OF BIRTH
21.03.1961
” The growing phalanx of opponents has always made us strong .”
Uli Hoeneß alised this when he landed his first major trophy with Bayern , the DFB Cup , in 1998 . The Brazilian recalls : “ I wanted to party – and was shocked when we didn ‘ t celebrate properly .“ Missing out on the championship – promoted side Kaiserslautern had snatched the title away from Bayern – put a dampener on the mood in Munich . “ Mehmet Scholl said to me : ’ Giovane , of course it ‘ s nice to win the DFB Cup , but we ‘ re already thinking about the championship next year .’“ It was an important lesson for Elber at the time . “ At Bayern , you can never rest on your laurels or take it easy for a year or two . No ! You can always win more .“ As he knows today , “ there is no maximum at Bayern .“ FC Bayern ‘ s hunger , which Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller once brought to the club , has never been sated . This legacy has been passed down from generation to generation . And so the winner ’ s gene became part of the club . Over the years , it evolved to become the core of “ Mia san mia ”. Consequently , the targets for the season are the same every year . Paul Breitner lists them : “ First of all , the Bundesliga , secondly the Champions League , and if that doesn ‘ t work out , at least the DFB Cup . Always the same – now , in five , and in ten years ‘ time too .“
Uli Hoeneß celebrated many great victories with Bayern on the pitch , and even more later as part of the club management .
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