Top 5 Best football clubs of the 21st century

#3 FC Bayern Munich (Germany)

FC Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 based in the German state of Bavaria. The club has been highly successful in Germany and Europe as it has won a record 28 national league titles and 18 national cups along with 5 UEFA Champions League titles.

The club had its golden era in the middle of 1970s under the captaincy of Franz Beckenbauer as they went on to win three successive European Cup titles from 1974 to 1976. The Bavarian club entered the 21st century as a dominating force as they won the 2000-01 UEFA Champions league and the 2000-01 Bundesliga title.

Bayern Munich have looked formidable in the German Bundesliga as they won it for the sixth consecutive time in the 2017-18 season. The club reached its greatest success of 21st century in 2013 when it won "The Treble" (UEFA Champions League, Bundesliga and DFB- Pokal) after a series of heartbreaks in previous season where they lost the league and cup title to rivals Borussia Dortmund and were defeated at home by Chelsea FC in the UEFA Champions League final.

21st Century Stats

Honors

Bundesliga: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

DFB-Pokal: 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16

DFL Supercup: 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018

DFL Ligapokal (Defunct): 2000, 2004, 2007

UEFA Champions League: 2000-01, 2012-13

UEFA Super Cup: 2013

Intercontinental Cup (Defunct): 2001

FIFA Club World Cup: 2013

Total titles: 35

Best Playing XI: Neuer; Lahm, Boateng, Martinez, Alaba; Schweinsteiger, Thiago Alcantara, Ribery; Robben, Lewandowski, Muller

Best Manager: Jupp Heynckes (1987-91, 2009, 2011-13, 2017-18)