"The goal before the start of the season was to avoid relegation. In their first league match, FCB conceded a goal to TSV 1860 after just 30 seconds. At the end of the campaign, the young Bayern team finished third as a newly promoted side - and showed their potential in the DFB Cup with a 4-2 win in the final against Meidericher SV."
"Looking back, you wonder whether the players were aware that they were making history; that they were laying the foundation for a dynasty; that they were about to become legends. In their first Bundesliga season, the golden trio of goalkeeper Sepp Maier, libero Franz Beckenbauer and centre-forward Gerd Müller took the league by storm."
"If you want to conquer the highest peaks, you mustn't let yourself be waylaid by the foothills. After FCB's commanding 5-1 win over Benfica in the quarter-finals, FCB coach Dettmar Cramer was "so taciturn," noted the Süddeutsche Zeitung, as if the game had "gone completely wrong for his team.""
1966 marked a dramatic breakthrough for Bayern Munich as young talents Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller propelled the club in their first Bundesliga season. Coach Zlatko 'Tschik' Čajkovski imposed strict discipline while shaping the squad, which entered the season aiming only to avoid relegation. The team conceded an early goal in their first match but finished third and won the DFB Cup 4-2 over Meidericher SV, then claimed the Cup Winners' Cup against Glasgow Rangers the following year. In 1976 Bayern recorded commanding European performances, including a 5-1 quarter-final win over Benfica under coach Dettmar Cramer.
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