Already 22 years: Bayern's incredible Champions League record 🤯 | OneFootball

They are unbeatable.

Bayern Munich claimed a 3-1 victory over the world club champion Chelsea in their opening match of the new Champions League season. The Bavarians not only bagged their first three points but also extended an impressive streak.

Indeed, this is already the 22nd consecutive season in which FCB has started the premier competition with a win. You can't show much more consistency than that.

The last defeat in a Champions League opening match dates back to the 2002/03 season when Bayern lost 2-3 at the Munich Olympic Stadium against Deportivo La Coruna, before being eliminated in the group stage. That day, a certain Roy Makaay scored a hat-trick for Deportivo — a player that Bayern would recruit the following year.

For comparison, Bayern then lined up players like Oliver Kahn, Jens Jeremies, Michael Ballack, Zé Roberto, and Willy Sagnol in their starting eleven. Hasan Salihamidžić and Giovane Élber, despite their goals, could not prevent this defeat. It's incredible to see how far back that was!

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