Aytekin Officiates Bayern Vs Köln in Final Bundesliga Match
bayern vs köln lands at 15:30 Uhr on Saturday, 16 May 2026, with Bayern hosting Köln in the Allianz Arena and Deniz Aytekin handling his final Bundesliga match. Bayern are already champions, but this still carries weight: it is their last home game of the season, Leon Goretzka’s final appearance for the club in the arena, and a test against a Köln side fighting to steady a shaky away record.
Allianz Arena and Aytekin
Bayern enter the game on 86 points from 33 matches and 117 goals, a total that has driven the season’s title run. Michael Olise has been central to that output with 34 direct goal involvements, including 15 goals and 19 assists, while Bayern have also scored 32 times from set pieces.
Aytekin’s appointment adds another layer. The referee takes charge of his 254th and final Bundesliga game in a match that sits at the end of Bayern’s home schedule and closes a long league career on one of the season’s biggest stages.
Kompany, Goretzka and Köln
Vincent Kompany leads Bayern in his first season after taking them to the title, and he has Leon Goretzka in the starting lineup for his last match as a Bayern player in the Allianz Arena. Lennart Karl is back in the starting side, while Minjae Kim is out with slight knee problems.
Köln arrive with only two away wins and a 12-match winless away run, the longest such streak in the league. René Wagner’s side have one win in their last 13 Bundesliga matches, with six draws and six defeats, and sit 14th on 32 points.
Sky, DAZN and the numbers
The match is not on free TV. Sky carries it on television and in a live stream, DAZN shows it in the conference, and SPORT1 provides live ticker coverage for readers following along on the move.
The numbers also point to where the danger sits. Köln have conceded 25 set-piece goals, the league high, while both teams have allowed 43 percent of their goals from set pieces. Köln’s 25 set-piece concessions match the negative record from 2011/12, and Bayern have not lost a competitive match against them in 22 games since the 2-3 defeat in February 2011, with 20 wins and two draws in that run.
That gives Bayern a clean path into the last day, while Köln are left trying to survive the same patterns that have hurt them all season. Saïd El Mala’s 12 goals and five assists give them one attacking outlet, but the trip to Munich asks whether that is enough against a team that has already scored 117 times and rarely leaves Köln with anything to show for it.
