In the UEFA Champions League final, FC Bayern defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in an all-German duel at London's Wembley Stadium, qualifying for the 2013 UEFA Super Cup and the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup. Arjen Robben scored the decisive goal (89th minute); Mario Mandzukic's opener (60') had been cancelled out by Ilkay Guendogan's penalty (68').
Of particular significance was the double victory over the then-supreme FC Barcelona in the semi-final. Jupp Heynckes' eleven humiliated the Catalans' star ensemble 4-0 and 3-0.
Ten days after Wembley, Bayern claimed the historic and unique Treble, beating VfB Stuttgart 3-2 in the DFB-Pokal final.
Heynckes received a perfect send-off.
In 2013, FCB also won the UEFA Super Cup and became Club World Cup champions: FC Bayern, now under Pep Guardiola, beat Chelsea on penalties and won the European Super Cup for the first time in summer 2013. Against the Londoners, Munich fell behind twice and equalised through Javi Martinez only in the very last second of extra time to make it 2-2. In the penalty shoot-out, the Treble winners did not miss a single kick; Manuel Neuer saved the English side's fifth attempt.
Thirty-seven years after their first World Club Cup triumph, FC Bayern became Club World Champions for the third time in December 2013.
From the 2012/13 season onwards, FC Bayern have shaped the Bundesliga in decisive fashion: from 2012/13 to 2022/23, the club won eleven consecutive championships before Bayer 04 Leverkusen broke the streak in 2023/24; Bayern reclaimed the title in 2024/25 and also led the Bundesliga table in April 2026. Such a run had previously been seen in German football only in the GDR, where state interference helped BFC Dynamo Berlin to ten consecutive titles.
