Champions League Matchday 1: Bayern vs Bodø/Glimt facts

Bayern München's latest UEFA Champions League campaign kicks off at the Fußball Arena München against Bodø/Glimt, who are looking to build on an eye-catching debut campaign in 2025/26.

Previous meetings

This is the teams' first fixture.

Bayern are unbeaten in their eight matches against Norwegian teams (W6 D2), winning all four at home. This is their first fixture since beating Rosenborg 3-1 at home before a 1-1 away draw in the 2000/01 first group stage.

Bayern have scored 17 goals – conceding only three – in winning those four matches against Norwegian visitors in Munich.

Bodø/Glimt have never beaten German opponents (D2 L1) though they have drawn both away games, most recently 2-2 at Borussia Dortmund on Matchday 6 last season.

Form guide

Bayern

Bayern have featured in the Champions League proper in every season since 2008/09, reaching the knockout rounds every time.

Overall, this is Bayern's 30th campaign in the Champions League proper, fewer only than Barcelona and Real Madrid (both 31).

Second in last season's league phase (W7 L1), the German club beat Atalanta 10-2 on aggregate in the round of 16 and Real Madrid 6-4 in the last eight before losing to Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals (4-5 a, 1-1 h).

Bayern have won their opening match in each of their last 22 Champions League campaigns, keeping 18 clean sheets, since a 2-3 home defeat by Deportivo La Coruña in September 2002. They beat Chelsea 3-1 in Munich in 2025/26.

Bodø/Glimt

This is Bodø/Glimt's fifth Champions League campaign – all since 2021.

Bodø/Glimt made their debut in the Champions League proper last season, eventually losing to Sporting CP in the round of 16 (3-0 h, 0-5 a aet) after beating Inter in the knockout phase play-offs. They were the third Norwegian side to feature in the competition proper, after Rosenborg (11 times) and Molde (once), and the first since Rosenborg in 2007/08.

Links and trivia

Bayern are unbeaten in 38 home matches in the group stage/league phase (W36 D2), since a 2-3 loss to Manchester City in December 2013.

Vincent Kompany's side have won 11 of their last 13 league phase matches (L2).

Bayern need one goal to become only the second club to reach 900 in European Cup history, after Real Madrid who had scored 1,137 before 2026/27.

Only one of Bayern's last 83 European games finished goalless.

Bodø/Glimt have won eight of their last ten European matches (D1 L1). They beat Manchester City 3-1 in Norway and Atlético de Madrid 2-1 in Spain in their last two league phase matches in 2025/26.

Kjetil Knutsen's side have scored two or more goals in 11 of their last 12 European games, defeating Union Saint-Gilloise 6-5 on aggregate in this season's third qualifying round (3-3 a, 3-2 h aet) and N.E.C. Nijmegen 6-1 in the play-offs (3-1 a, 3-0 h).

Only five of Bodø/Glimt's 115 European matches finished goalless.

Viking have also qualified for this season's league phase – the first time Norway will have two representatives in the Champions League proper.