Vincent Kompany’s Bayern Munich have produced the strongest first half in Bundesliga history, eclipsing a benchmark set by Pep Guardiola’s treble-winning era
Vincent Kompany has written his name into Bundesliga history after guiding Bayern Munich to the most dominant first half of a season ever recorded in Germany’s top flight. At the midway point of the campaign, Bayern sit on 47 points with an extraordinary goal difference of +53, a level of sustained excellence never previously achieved.
The significance of the feat becomes even clearer when placed in historical context. The previous benchmark belonged to Bayern’s 2013/14 side under Pep Guardiola, who also amassed 47 points after 17 matches but with a comparatively lower goal difference of +47. Kompany’s team have not only matched that points tally but surpassed it in terms of attacking and defensive output.
Perhaps even more remarkably, Kompany’s Bayern have been top of the Bundesliga table at the end of every single gameweek this season.
Guardiola’s side, widely regarded as one of the greatest teams in modern German football, spent the opening seven matchdays in second place before climbing to the summit in Gameweek 8 and remaining there until the end of the season.
Kompany’s impact in historic context
Kompany’s start places his Bayern team statistically above every previous Bundesliga side at the halfway stage. The combination of points accumulation, goal difference and uninterrupted time at the top of the table marks a level of control rarely seen in Europe’s major leagues.
Guardiola’s 2013/14 Bayern ultimately went on to add 43 more points in the second half of the season, finishing on 90 points and lifting the Bundesliga title by a commanding 19-point margin over Borussia Dortmund. That campaign has long been considered the gold standard of domestic dominance in Germany.
Kompany’s Bayern are now on course to challenge, and potentially surpass, that legacy if their current trajectory continues. While it remains too early to draw definitive conclusions about silverware, the numbers strongly suggest a side operating at historic efficiency.
For Kompany, the achievement represents a powerful statement in his second season at the Allianz Arena. Tasked with maintaining Bayern’s domestic authority, he has delivered results, blending attacking fluency with defensive solidity. The early doubts fans had over him when he arrived from relegated Burnley in the Premier League look to have now subsided.
Matching Guardiola’s points total was impressive in itself. Surpassing his goal difference and maintaining top spot from start to finish elevates Kompany’s Bayern into a category of their own, setting a new Bundesliga benchmark that future teams will be judged against.