With a hat-trick from Kane, Bayern can end the title-winning Bundesliga season in style

Bundesliga top scorer Harry Kane scored a hat-trick on Saturday to guide champions Bayern Munich to a 5-1 win over Cologne in the competition final.

Kane slotted home the opener in the 10th minute and curled a free-kick past the wall three minutes later to double the lead. He completed his treble with a long-range effort in the 69th minute to take his league tally to 36 goals this season.

The England captain, who has now scored 98 goals in 94 Bundesliga games for Bayern, has become the first player in the competition’s history to win the top goalscorer trophy in each of his first three seasons in Germany.

Said El Mala briefly reduced the deficit in the 18th minute, but Tom Bischof restored the hosts’ two-goal lead four minutes later. Nicolas Jackson made it 5-1 for Bayern in the 83rd minute.

Bayern, who can win the double when they face VfB Stuttgart in the German Cup final next week, finished the season with 89 points from 34 games and a record 122 goals, surpassing the previous league score of 101 from 1971-72.

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Borussia Dortmund, 2-0 winners at Werder Bremen, finished second for the eighth time in the past fourteen seasons, with 73 points. Third-placed RB Leipzig, with 65 points, and VfB Stuttgart, fourth with 62, will participate in the Champions League next season.

Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen will compete in the Europa League, while Freiburg, a surprise finalist in this season’s Europa League, secured a place in the Conference League after finishing seventh with a 4-1 win over Leipzig.

Bottom side St Pauli and Heidenheim, both with 26 points, were relegated, while VfL Wolfsburg will enter a relegation play-off against the third-placed team from the second division.

Published on May 16, 2026