How to play the Bayern Munich history timeline

Every card is a milestone in Bayern Munich's history: European Cups, trebles, record-breaking seasons, signings, debuts and a famous defeat or two. You sort them by year, with a short line under each title. One card begins on the timeline with its year in view. Pick a gap for each new card. A correct pick shows the year; a wrong one still puts it where it belongs and costs you one of three lives.

Bayern weren't always the giants they are now: the deck traces a slow start, a burst of European dominance and the long modern stretch of domestic control. Several seasons produced more than one card, so the venues and opponents in the descriptions matter. Debuts deserve careful thought, because a player breaks through well before his best years. Coaching changes and trebles cluster in the modern era.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 26 of the 26 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Club founded in Munich FC Bayern established by football enthusiasts
First German championship won Maiden national title secured
Franz Beckenbauer debuts for the club The future Kaiser breaks into the side
First European Cup won against Atlético Madrid Replay victory in Brussels launches a dynasty
Second straight European Cup over Leeds United Paris final retains the continental crown
Third consecutive European Cup against Saint-Étienne Hat-trick of titles completed at Hampden
Intercontinental Cup won as world club champions Crowned best club side on the planet
Fourth European Cup won at the San Siro Basler goal and late collapse against Manchester United
Manchester United's stoppage-time comeback in the final Two late goals snatch the trophy away in Barcelona
Fifth European title won on penalties over Valencia Kahn's shootout heroics in Milan
Allianz Arena opens Glowing new stadium inaugurated in Munich
Champions League final lost at home to Chelsea Drogba and a shootout deny Bayern in their own arena
Treble sealed against Dortmund at Wembley All-German final crowns a clean sweep
Pep Guardiola appointed head coach Catalan tactician takes charge in Bavaria
Robert Lewandowski's five goals in nine minutes Substitute striker rewrites the record book
Second treble under Hansi Flick Lisbon triumph completes another clean sweep
Champions League won 1-0 over Paris Saint-Germain Coman heads the winner in the Lisbon final
Ninth straight Bundesliga title clinched Record run of domestic dominance extended
Harry Kane signed for a club-record fee England striker joins from Tottenham
Signing of Franz Beckenbauer-era stars Müller and Maier core The trio that anchored the 1970s golden team
Cup Winners' Cup won as first European trophy Continental silverware before the European Cup run
Uli Hoeneß begins his long reign as manager-executive Business architect takes control off the pitch
UEFA Cup won for the first time Two-legged European final triumph
Lewandowski's world-record league goals season overtakes Müller Gerd Müller's single-season record surpassed
Thomas Müller debuts for the first team Raumdeuter begins his one-club career
Jupp Heynckes retires after the treble Veteran coach bows out on the ultimate high