Vincent Kompany joins Bundesliga coaching greats as his Bayern Munich golden era scales new heights

Regarded as a bold appointment as Bayern Munich head coach in summer 2024, Vincent Kompany has taken the club to incredible heights in a record-breaking 2025/26 season, while becoming just the fourth coach after Pep Guardiola, Hansi Flick and Ernst Happel to win the title twice in their first two Bundesliga seasons.

Joining current Manchester City coach Guardiola and Barcelona boss Flick as a debut double Bundesliga winner is one thing, but the manner of the Belgian’s success has been quite another.

It is easy to forget that when Kompany arrived, Bayern were a club in need of rejuvenation, having seen their run of 11 successive league titles brought to a screeching halt by Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen Invincibles of 2023/24.

A points average of 2.5 per game, which matches that of Guardiola at Bayern between 2013 and 2016 and Flick (2019-2021), illustrates what is abundantly clear: Bayern are back to their very best under Kompany.

Or, in some ways, better than ever…

With his side losing just three of 66 Bundesliga matches in his reign, Kompany has the lowest loss ratio of any coach in league history (among those in charge for more than three games), while he has also set a new record for his side topping the table at the end of 64 of those 66 matchdays.

Even the most casual football followers are also well aware by now that Kompany’s team score goals by the absolute bucketload.

While Harry Kane is a walking goal guarentee, in his first season at Bayern under Tuchel, the club’s goal output increased only marginally to 94. Kompany raised that to 99 in his first season in charge (2024/25), and shattered the all-time record for goals in a season in the current campaign to reach 116 with two matches remaining.

With the likes of Michael Olise and Luis Díaz joining the dazzling attacking cast, Kompany can proudly claim to have the best goals per match ratio of any coach in Bundesliga history (3.3 currently).

Bayern have been blessed with great players in the past though, without hitting the same scoring heights. It is clear that Kompany has turned them into such a goalscoring juggernaut with two key tactical focuses.

He has exploited his side’s skill on the ball to give them the highest average possession (62 percent) and best pass completion rate (90 percent) in the league.

If Bayern somehow don’t outpass you under Kompany, they will outpace you. The champions are averaging 122.7 kilometres covered per match this season (the second most behind Hoffenheim). That is a full seven kilometres more than in Bayern’s last season before his arrival, when they covered the second-least ground in the league.

That powerful combination gives Kompany hope to etch his name further into club history by the end of the season, with the distinct possibility he could follow Jupp Heynckes (in 2012/13) and Flick (in 2019/20) by becoming just the third Bayern boss to secure a treble, should DFB Cup and UEFA Champions League glory follow their title win.

With the 40-year-old also earning plaudits for using his press conferences to welcome Marie-Louise Eta’s interim appointment as Union Berlin coach and defending Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior when he was the subject of alleged racism, it is no surprise he is cherished in Munich.

Bayern board member for sport Max Eberl said last month: “The way Vinny blends humanity with coaching is remarkable. He is approachable, kind and open with everyone. Yet on the pitch he knows exactly what he wants and how to get it.”

It is safe to say that after enjoying the remarkable first two years of his spell in charge, Bayern fans are happy to let the good times keep on rolling under Kompany. And who can say just how high they can soar?