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Bayern players celebrate after their team clinched the German league title after a Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern and Stuttgart in Munich, Germany, Sunday, April 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
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Bayern’s Harry Kane reacts during a Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern and Stuttgart in Munich, Germany, Sunday, April 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
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Bayern’s head coach Vincent Kompany reacts during a Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern and Stuttgart in Munich, Germany, Sunday, April 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
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Bayern’s Michael Olise, left, and Stuttgart’s Ramon Hendriks fight for the ball during a Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern and Stuttgart in Munich, Germany, Sunday, April 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
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Bayern’s Leon Goretzka, holds a cockatoo trophy as he celebrates after winning the German championship at the end of the Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern and Stuttgart in Munich, Germany, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Tom Weller\/dpa via AP)<\/p>\n
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Bayern Munich clinched another Bundesliga title on Sunday by easing to a 4-2 win over Stuttgart.<\/p>\n
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Harry Kane scored his league-leading 32nd goal of the season after going on as a second-half substitute, and Bayern should have scored more against the overwhelmed Stuttgart defense.<\/p>\n
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The win moved Bayern an unassailable 15 points clear of second-placed Borussia Dortmund with four rounds of the German league remaining. Bayern only needed a point to be sure of the title after Dortmund\u2019s defeat to Hoffenheim the day before.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s Bayern\u2019s record-extending 35th German championship including the first for the club in 1932. Every other title came after the Bundesliga\u2019s formation in 1963.<\/p>\n
Stuttgart\u2019s Chris F\u00fchrich had riled the home team with the opener in the 21st minute, but Bayern\u2019s Rapha\u00ebl Guerreiro, Nicolas Jackson and Alphonso Davies replied by scoring in a six-minute spell in the first half.<\/p>\n
Spanish player Chema scored a spectacular second goal for Stuttgart in the 88th.<\/p>\n
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Cockatoo celebrations<\/p>\n
Bayern’s players lined up wearing cockatoo T-shirts in front of the fans, but there were none of the traditional beer showers that usually accompany league wins.<\/p>\n
The Bundesliga is just the first in a potential treble of trophies for Bayern this season. The Bavarian powerhouse faces Bayer Leverkusen away for their German Cup semifinal on Wednesday, and then it has a two-legged Champions League semifinal tie against defending champion Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not \u2013 hopefully not \u2013 the last title,\u201d Bayern president Herbert Hainer said. \u201cBecause we\u2019ll definitely win our fourth consecutive German championship with the women\u2019s team, and we\u2019re in the cup final with the women. And I hope that we can wrap everything up on Wednesday so that we can then travel to Berlin (for the cup final) with the men.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Muted atmosphere<\/p>\n
The atmosphere was muted at the start of the game. There were reports of a clash between Bayern and Stuttgart fans before the match.<\/p>\n
Bayern coach Vincent Kompany rotated his squad with eight changes to the team that started against Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday, with Manuel Neuer, Kane, Michael Olise, Dayot Upamecano and Aleksandar Pavlovi\u0107 on the bench.<\/p>\n
Serge Gnabry was out with a thigh injury sustained in training the day before.<\/p>\n
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The 23-year-old Jamal Musiala became the second youngest Bayern player to reach 150 Bundesliga appearances after Uli Hoene\u00df, who was 11 days younger, according to stats provider Opta.<\/p>\n
Musiala beat two defenders on the left before crossing for Guerreiro\u2019s tap in in the 31st, then Luis D\u00edaz unselfishly set up Jackson for Bayern\u2019s second after a mistake from Finn Jeltsch left three attackers facing one Stuttgart defender. Davies scored with a deflected shot four minutes later.<\/p>\n
Kompany took Musiala and D\u00edaz off at the break for Olise and Kane. The 18-year-old Bara Ndiaye later went on for his second league appearance.<\/p>\n
Kane\u2019s goal \u2013 his 51st of the season across all competitions for Bayern \u2013 stretched the team\u2019s Bundesliga record for goals in a season to 109. The previous record, set by Bayern\u2019s 1971-72 team featuring Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd M\u00fcller, was 101 goals.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s very special,\u201d midfielder Joshua Kimmich said. \u201cI mean, especially this season, it\u2019s a very, very good Bundesliga season, including today\u2019s game. It\u2019s not a given that you come here after the games against Madrid and then play a game like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other results<\/p>\n
Nadiem Amiri scored a penalty with the last kick of the game to earn Mainz a 1-1 draw at Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach that left the home team just five points above the relegation zone.<\/p>\n
Two deflected shots gave Europa League semifinalist Freiburg a 2-1 win over last-placed Heidenheim earlier.<\/p>\n
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Johan Manzambi scored with a deflected shot in the first half and Maximilian Eggestein netted the late winner with another deflection after Budu Zivzivadze had given the visitors hope with a brilliant strike into the top left corner in the 59th minute.<\/p>\n
Defeat ended Heidenheim\u2019s three-game unbeaten run and left it seven points behind St. Pauli and the relegation playoff place with four rounds of the league remaining. Heidenheim hosts St. Pauli next weekend.<\/p>\n
Freiburg reached the Europa League semifinals with a 3-1 win at Celta Vigo on Thursday. It faces Sporting Braga away in the first leg on April 30.<\/p>\n
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