ABU DHABI, 3rd August / WAM / In an exciting confrontation against the European champions, Bayern Munich will cut the ribbon in the journey to defend its local title in a distinguished version of the German Football League (Bundesliga) when it arrives on Friday, Friday, as a guest of Eintracht Frankfurt, crowned with the European League title in Last season, the match was the kick-off in the 60th edition of the competition, which began with its current system in 1963.
Bayern holds many records in the history of the championship, including the number of times to win the title with 32 titles, including 31 titles in the championship with its current system (Bundesliga).
Bayern monopolized the championship title in the past ten seasons (a record), and the team is running the championship this season with strong nominations as well to continue its dominance of the title despite some changes that occurred in the competition and the team itself from past seasons.
Over the past years, Bayern was the strongest candidate for the title, and the team did not disappoint its fans, as it deservedly imposed its dominance over the competition, being the most ready and complete of the star-studded ranks in various positions.
Bayern is going to defend its title in the new season with a fundamental change in its ranks with the departure of its Polish striker Robert Lewandowski to Barcelona, after he achieved many titles and records with the team over the years.
Bayern may have strengthened its attack with Senegalese Sadio Mane to fill the gap left by Lewandowski, but the tournament will certainly miss an important element, as Lewandowski was also the strongest candidate for the top scorer title over the past years.
Despite the departure of Lewandowski, as well as the Norwegian Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City, it is expected that the German League championship will not lose its luster in the new season, after the summer transfer period witnessed the strengthening of the competition teams with a number of stars also led by Mane from Liverpool and the Dutchman Matthias de Ligt, who moved to Bayern Also from Juventus.
This highly anticipated version of the tournament also has another element of excitement, which is the first in a quarter of a century to include a team other than Bayern Munich who holds a European title.
The interesting thing is that this team is Eintracht Frankfurt, who will participate in Bayern the day after tomorrow in cutting the ribbon for the new season.
Last season, Eintracht Frankfurt won the European League title, to be the first German team, other than Bayern, to win a European title since Borussia Dortmund crowned the Champions League in 1997 and Schalke 04 European Cup title (currently the European League) in the same year.
With a champion team like Eintracht and players like Mane and de Ligt joining, the Bundesliga will maintain a great deal of its appeal despite the departure of prominent stars such as Lewandowski and Haaland to other leagues.
The Dortmund team also included prominent players such as Ivorian Sebastian Heller from Ajax and Karim Adeymi from Red Bull Salzburg of Austria.
The rest of the Bundesliga teams did not hesitate to strengthen their ranks with players during the summer Mercato, but the most likely teams with Dortmund to enter the competition for the first places and perhaps compete with Bayern for the top are Eintracht Frankfurt, Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen.
Dortmund, Leverkusen and Leipzig were ranked second to fourth in the Bundesliga last season.
Wolfsburg, led by its Croatian coach, Niko Kovac, may return to compete for the first places, after he finished last season in 12th place, directly behind Eintracht Frankfurt.
Wolfsburg can benefit from the previous experience of its coach Kovac in the German league, especially since the Croatian coach previously took charge of Bayern Munich.