The bosses of FC Bayern express satisfaction with the football year 2025. The upcoming million-dollar project triggers considerable confidence in the management team.
Munich – Probably no one knows better than President Herbert Hainer that there is a lot going on at FC Bayern off the pitch. The head of the club is where everything comes together on Säbener Strasse – and not just when it comes to sporting issues: social commitment and a solid economic basis are at least as important to Hainer as titles. It is not for nothing that the people of Munich recently bought the sports park in Unterhaching.
“This is also a signal to all of German football: FC Bayern is making an advance payment here and is clearly showing that we believe in women’s football by investing,” the president announced in an interview on the club’s website and explained: “After the 14 first division clubs have merged to form the Frauenbundesliga eV, it is now a matter of putting words into action. Germany has been awarded the women’s European Championship in 2029 – by then we want to create a location that sets standards across Europe.”
Bayern boss Hainer sends a “signal to all of German football”
And among the men, the 71-year-old is also more than satisfied with the performances shown in the 2025 football year – and is not sparing with special praise: “Our sporting management with Max Eberl and Christoph Freund, together with Jan-Christian Dreesen, have laid a promising basis for the next few months.” Not to forget head coach Vincent Kompany, about whom Hainer says. “I found it very interesting that Vincent Kompany recently said in an interview that he didn’t want to see Kompany football, but FC Bayern football. That says a lot about what makes our coach tick.”
As the long-time CEO of sporting goods manufacturer Adidas, Hainer can look back on enough leadership responsibility and even goes a step further with Kompany and its external image: “He also said that he wanted a team with the force of a hurricane, that works together, supports each other and brings joy – I think that is a first-class leitmotif for a club as a whole.”
Even with one or two injury misfortunes, Kompany made a virtue out of necessity, as Hainer noted: “If we take our 4-0 win in Heidenheim, for example – there was a lot of FC Bayern 2025/26 in it: Our team dominated an unpleasant opponent, we compensated for many failures, Harry Kane was able to break the next record with 100 goal involvements after 78 games – and Cassiano Kiala and David Santos Daiber have two more Homegrown players celebrated their Bundesliga debut.” Presidential heart, what more could you want! (book, hlr)
