Vincent Kompany has signed a contract that will keep him as head coach at Bayern Munich through 2027, the team announced.
Following a dismal season in which they finished third in the Bundesliga and ended an 11-year league winning streak, Bayern parted ways with former manager Thomas Tuchel, and Kompany—long rumored to be at the top of the team’s wishlist—joins the German team.
A statement on the club’s website read: “FC Bayern has signed Vincent Kompany as its new coach. The 38-year-old Belgian signed with the German record champions until June 30, 2027. He most recently worked for the English Premier League club FC Burnley.”
The 38-year-old joined Burnley for the 2022–2023 season after starting his managerial career at Anderlecht as a player-coach. Kompany secured promotion to the Premier League on his first attempt and introduced a more free-flowing attacking style of football for the Clarets.
However, Burnley only won five of their 38 games this season, placing them 19th in the top flight.
Kompany responded, “I am looking forward to the challenge of FC Bayern,” when questioned about his selection as Bayern’s new head coach. Being able to work for FC Bayern, an institution in international football, is a great honor.
“As a coach, you have to stand for who you are as a person: I love having the ball and being creative, and we also have to be aggressive on the pitch and courageous. I’m now looking forward to the most basic things: working with the players, and building a team. When the foundation is in place, success will follow.”
Bayern CEO, Jan-Christian Dreesen, added: “We all at the club agree that Vincent Kompany is the right coach for FC Bayern and are very much looking forward to working with him.
“Max Eberl and Christoph Freund [Bayern’s sporting directors] never gave up and worked meticulously to find a coach who would lead FC Bayern to success and develop it further with new ideas. Vincent Kompany represents exactly the togetherness and team spirit that we need.”
In the recently concluded English Premier League, Kompany was demoted alongside Burley; however, he went on to secure a position as an elite coach.
