Vincent Kompany opened his tenure as FC Bayern manager with a 2-1 pre-season defeat against 3. Liga club Wehen Wiesbaden at the Brita-Arena on Friday, July 25, 2026. The match formed part of the host club’s centenary celebrations and featured a heavily youth-based visiting squad.
Bayern arrived in Wiesbaden with a severely depleted first-team squad, carrying only six senior players during their opening week of pre-season preparation due to World Cup commitments.
Vincent Kompany Deploys Experimental Youth Lineup at Brita-Arena
The opening forty-five minutes served as a low-risk observational exercise for the coaching staff. Confirmed starting sheets displayed a defensive and midfield structure featuring Podar-Stiube in goal behind Schaff, El Chaar, Wilson, Nuraj, Mijatovic, Ajayi, Matosevic, Della Rovere, Assomo, and Pavlic. Tom Bischof watched the initial stages from the bench according to live reporting by Yahoo Sports, while Wiesbaden countered with an experienced home roster including Brdar, Ati Allah, Brandt, Flotho, Gillekens, Gözüsirin, Greilinger, Hercher, Janitzek, Karweina, and Lewald.
The match tempo sparked almost immediately. F. Greilinger tested the visitors in the seventh minute according to ESPN’s live match feed, before Ibrahim Ati Allah converted in the 10th minute to put the 3. Liga side ahead in front of a full-capacity crowd. The early strike rewarded a sharp start from the hosts, who treated the fixture as the centerpiece of their 100th-anniversary celebrations.
Friction accompanied the youth-heavy trial. Richard Ajayi Oluwaseyi picked up a yellow card in the 19th minute, underlining the physical competitive edge that caught out the visiting teenagers during the opening exchanges.
Second-Half Adjustments and Late Winner Seal Wiesbaden Victory
The second half brought a recognizable shift in personnel.
Tom Bischof carved out the equalizer around the hour mark. After winning a penalty kick through his own driving run, Bischof converted successfully from the spot to level the scoreline at 1-1.
The parity held until the closing moments. The decisive blow secured a historic 2-1 anniversary triumph for the Hesse club.
Historical Edge and Upcoming Pre-Season Fixtures
Friday’s contest carried an underlying competitive tension stemming from previous encounters. Yahoo Sports noted that Wiesbaden nearly pulled off a major upset when the two clubs met in the first round of last season’s DFB-Pokal, where Wiesbaden clawed back a two-goal deficit before Harry Kane rescued the eventual champions with a 94th-minute penalty.
With their opening pre-season test concluded, both clubs turn immediately to their respective schedules.
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