Club comparison
Bayern Munich or Borussia Dortmund: which is better?
Bayern are the greater German club. Dortmund 2012/13 is the version that still makes the Klassiker of primes feel like a final.
The call
Bayern as a club; Dortmund in 2012/13
Bayern 2012/13 is one of the most complete treble sides ever assembled. Width, press and a demolition of Barcelona still define the Heynckes peak.
Dortmund’s Klopp side of the same season is the honest rival: a Champions League finalist with Lewandowski, Reus and a counter-press that invented a generation. The club case is Bayern; the matchup is the 2013 final replayed with full squads.
Argument by category
Where each club has the edge
Bayern MunichHistoryBorussia Dortmund
Treble 2013Club peakKlopp’s finalists
Squad depthXIGegenpress
Ribéry and RobbenWidthReus and Götze
More Bundesliga titlesHistoryYellow Wall identity
Prime matchup
Bayern Munich 2012/13 vs Borussia Dortmund 2012/13
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