Will Erling Haaland provide the spark for another epic Supercup Klassiker when Borussia Dortmund play Bayern Munich on Tuesday?
Will Erling Haaland provide the spark for another epic Supercup Klassiker when Borussia Dortmund play Bayern Munich on Tuesday? - © Matthias Hangst/Bundesliga/Bundesliga Collection via Getty Images
Will Erling Haaland provide the spark for another epic Supercup Klassiker when Borussia Dortmund play Bayern Munich on Tuesday? - © Matthias Hangst/Bundesliga/Bundesliga Collection via Getty Images
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Borussia Dortmund vs. Bayern Munich: The top 5 Supercup Klassikers

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Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich have now met nine times in the Supercup, with the defending Bundesliga champions winning the latest installment on Tuesday.

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We take a look back at the five best Supercup Klassikers of yesteryear…

1989: Bayern 3-4 Dortmund

The first Supercup encounter between the teams in this competition was an instant classic. Bayern took the lead through Alan McInally at the Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern, and although Günter Breitzke equalised in the 40th minute, the Reds – managed by Jupp Heynckes and with Hansi Flick playing in midfield – were still ahead at the interval through Roland Grahammer’s strike moments afterwards.

Breitzke levelled the score again in the second half and Jürgen Wegmann put Dortmund in front for the first time in the 64th minute, only for Radmilo Mihalovic to restore parity for Bayern two minutes later. The game appeared to be heading for a draw until Andreas Möller popped up to score the winner for BVB two minutes from time, earning Dortmund their maiden Supercup triumph.

Hansi Flick (r.) in action for Bayern in the 1989 Supercup against Andreas Möller and Dortmund. - via www.imago-images.de/imago images/Kicker/Eissner, Liedel

2012: Bayern 2-1 Dortmund

The next Supercup Klassiker didn’t arrive until 23 years later – in part due to the competition’s hiatus between 1996 and 2010 – but also because Bayern had not yet evolved into the all-conquering titan of recent years. In fact, the Bavarians were only participating by virtue of finishing as runners-up in 2011/12, with Jürgen Klopp’s BVB side having won the title by eight clear points, and having also thrashed Bayern 5-2 in the DFB Cup final. Not only that, but Bayern had lost their ‘Finale Dahoam’, losing the Champions League final to Chelsea on home turf just three months earlier.

That background is important because it all rankled at Säbener Straße, and this game was the first step towards regaining their perch. Heynckes was on the Bayern bench once again, this time in his third spell in charge, and his side began aggressively and were 2-0 up inside 11 minutes thanks to strikes from Mario Mandzukic and Thomas Müller.

Robert Lewandowski pulled one back for BVB in the closing stages, his first in the Supercup, but Bayern’s win never truly looked in doubt. Morale somewhat restored after a series of crushing disappointments in the previous campaign, Heynckes’ charges used the victory as a springboard towards their previously unprecedented treble triumph in 2012/13.

Watch: 2012 Supercup highlights

2013: Dortmund 4-2 Bayern

The second of three successive Supercup Klassikers, Dortmund exacted a measure of revenge for that loss the previous year and spoiled Pep Guardiola’s debut in the Bayern hotseat. Marco Reus capitalised on a goalkeeping error from Tom Starke to head Dortmund in front in the sixth minute, but the match really came to life in the second half.

Arjen Robben’s headed equaliser from a pinpoint Philipp Lahm delivery was the first of four goals in a madcap 10-minute spell, with Daniel van Buyten’s spectacular diving header into the wrong net restoring Dortmund’s advantage just seconds later.

The wind very much in their sails, the home side pulled 3-1 clear with a superb Ilkay Gündogan strike from the edge of the box, but when Robben pulled a goal back shortly afterwards, the stage was set for a dramatic finale. Dortmund had the final word in the 86th minute though, Reus slotting home from a pass from summer signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Watch: 2013 Supercup highlights

2019: Dortmund 2-0 Bayern

Jadon Sancho was already well on his way to becoming a superstar at this stage, but if there were any lingering doubts as to whether he could produce the goods against the top teams, the young Englishman gave his answer in some style here.

Reus and Raphael Guerreiro had the best of the early chances only to be denied by Manuel Neuer, and the match was goalless and finely poised at the interval. That all changed early in the second half when Sancho charged forward, dribbling past Thiago, Jerome Boateng and David Alaba on the right before laying the ball off to Paco Alcacer to stroke in from the edge of the area.

Marwin Hitz then somehow saved what seemed to be a certain goal from point-blank range when he kept out Kingsley Coman’s header, sparking a goalmouth scramble, but Sancho put the seal on the win, and his reputation as one of the finest attackers in the game, when he ran half the length of the pitch on the counter before lashing the ball past Neuer and into the net.

Watch: 2019 Supercup highlights

2020: Bayern 3-2 Dortmund

Bayern won another treble in 2019/20 and such was their unsatiable appetite under Flick that they duly trained their sights on an unprecedented sextuple, including the Supercup, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.

This match, then, was an opportunity to earn their fourth piece of silverware in 2020 in what was a historic fixture for another reason: Bibiana Steinhaus became the first female referee ever to officiate the competition in her last game before retiring.

Everything appeared to be going to plan for Bayern following first-half goals from Corentin Tolisso and Müller, but Julian Brandt reduced the deficit for Dortmund before the interval to give Lucien Favre’s side hope.

Watch: 2020 Supercup highlights

Erling Haaland equalised 10 minutes into the second half as Dortmund threatened to ruin Bayern’s tilt at penning a new chapter in the history books, but an improvised late goal from Joshua Kimmich – somehow chipping it over Roman Bürki while lying on the ground – gave Flick’s side the win. Incidentally, titles five and six inevitably followed later.