Bayern terakhir kali memenangi piala itu pada musim 1995/96 ketika mereka ditangani pelatih hebat Ottmar Hitzfeld, yang meninggalkan mereka karena melatih tim nasional Swiss.
Bayern last won this trophy in the 1995/96 season and it is one that has eluded the grasp of their master coach Ottmar Hitzfeld, who would love to round off his time in charge - he is leaving to take over the Swiss national side at the end of this campaign - by landing it.