Bayern Munich News

Bayern Munich are lagging behind the European football giants because they don't have a football philosophy, their Germany defender Philipp Lahm has said.

Mark van Bommel returned to the Netherlands squad Friday for the first time this season for friendlies against Italy and Paraguay.

Thomas Mueller of Bayern Munich and Aaron Hunt of Werder Bremen were called up Friday for Germany's friendlies next week against Chile and Ivory Coast.

Lying third in Group A after suffering a 2-1 defeat at FC Girondins de Bordeaux last time out, FC Bayern MA1 4nchen are in desperate need of a home victory over the same opponents to lift themselves back into the qualification mix.

Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer has criticised his club's players for their poor showing against Bordeaux which is likely to cost the Bavarians their place in the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Manchester United and Chelsea scored late goals Tuesday to reach the next round of the Champions League with Bordeaux and FC Porto.

Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh's late goal sealed a 2-0 win at Bayern Munich to put the French side into the Champions League's knock-out stages and effectively knock the Germans out.

Compared to the domestic and European woes of five-times European kings Liverpool, life is bliss for Manchester United and Chelsea as Premier League glory and the knockout phase of the Champions League beckon.

Markus Babbel's men are bounced out of Germany's cup competition at the hands of Greuther Fuerth.

It's an all-Premiership affair in the Carling Cup as eight top-flight sides go into Saturday's quarter-final draw.

Hamburger SV lost its first game of the Bundesliga season Saturday, going down 3-2 at home to lowly Borussia Moenchengladbach after twice being a goal in front.

Bayern Munich midfielder Jose Ernesto Sosa has left the German giants to join Argentinian side Estudiantes de La Plata on loan.

Having not started a game the past five weeks after moving to Bayern Munich for 35 million euros , Mario Gomez returns to Stuttgart this weekend in the Bundesliga as no longer the star of his team.

Bayern Munich have confirmed that midfielder Jose Ernesto Sosa will spend the rest of the season on loan at Estudiantes.

Bayern Munich crushed hosts Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 with a superb display of attacking football on Wednesday to advance to the DFB Pokal quarter-finals. GettyImages Bayern's Luca Toni heads the fourth goal Frankfurt, beaten 2-1 by Bayern in the Bundesliga on Saturday, provided no resistance as the Bavarians stampeded through their defence, netting ...

Schalke coach Felix Magath says goalkeeper Manuel Neuer won't be moving to Bayern Munich.

Frank Lampard scored twice Saturday to lead Chelsea to a record 5-0 win over Blackburn and first place in the Premier League.

Bayern will face Frankfurt in the cup. Bayern Munich will face a familiar foe in the last 16 of the DFB-Pokal on Wednesday as they look to complete the "double" over Eintracht Frankfurt.

Leverkusen tops in Germany Leverkusen's striker Stefan Kiessling congratulates teammate Manuel Friedrich on scoring during the German first division Bundesliga football match Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Borussia Dortmund in the northern German city of Leverkusen on October 23, 2009.

PARIS: French champions Bordeaux took advantage of a shock 4-1 defeat for Lyon at Nice to return to the top of the table with a 3-0 home victory over Le Mans on Saturday.