Bayern Munich 2004/2005 Away Shirt

BAYERN MUNICH - AWAY SHIRT 2004/2005

Bayern Munich, founded on 27 February 1900, are a professional football club from the Bavarian capital and the most decorated team in German football. Known at home as Die Bayern, Die Roten ("The Reds") or Stern des Südens ("Star of the South"), they have also long carried the nickname FC Hollywood for the off-pitch drama that has accompanied their dominance. The 2004/2005 season was their last of 33 played at the historic Olympiastadion before the move across town to the new Allianz Arena that summer.

The 2004/2005 campaign, in which this classy away shirt was worn, marked the dawn of the Felix Magath era. Arriving from VfB Stuttgart to replace Ottmar Hitzfeld, the new head coach completed the domestic double at the first time of asking, reclaiming the Bundesliga from reigning champions Werder Bremen and finishing 14 points clear of runners-up Schalke 04 who finished on 63 points. The DFB Pokal was lifted for good measure on 28 May in Berlin, where Bayern beat Schalke 2-1 in the final through goals from Roy Makaay and substitute Hasan Salihamidžić.

Europe ended on a sour note: after topping a Champions League group containing Ajax and Juventus, Bayern were drawn against José Mourinho's Chelsea in the quarter-finals and went down 6-5 on aggregate, a 3-2 home win not enough to overturn a 4-2 first-leg deficit in London.

Dutch striker Roy Makaay was the headline act, plundering 22 Bundesliga goals in 33 matches - second only to Nuremberg's Marek Mintál - and adding a memorable hat-trick in a 4-0 Champions League win over Ajax. He was ably supported by Michael Ballack, and by a young Bastian Schweinsteiger continuing his rise through the senior ranks.

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