Buy Bayern Munich vs Union Berlin Tickets for the 2026/27 Season. The Bundesliga match is scheduled for Friday 18 September 2026 at 20:30 local time at the Allianz Arena in Munich. It is Matchday 4 and falls at the start of Munich's Oktoberfest weekend, so football demand is competing with one of the busiest visitor periods in the city's calendar.
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This is Bayern's second home league date of the campaign after the August opener. The timing matters to anyone travelling in. A Friday-night start creates a clean weekend trip but it also concentrates arrivals into the city on the same afternoon. The Bayern Munich tickets page is the broader route for buyers comparing this match with the rest of the club's 2026/27 home programme.
Union bring a different ticket profile from the largest traditional visitors. Their travelling section is tightly defined, while the rest of the 75,024-capacity arena remains overwhelmingly Bayern territory. That makes the purchasing decision straightforward: choose the atmosphere and price band you want first, then make sure the listing matches the section, quantity and app-delivery conditions you can actually use.
The date is doing almost as much work as the opponent. Bayern identified this home fixture as the match that marks the start of Oktoberfest. That brings a larger pool of international visitors into Munich than a routine September weekend. A Friday 20:30 slot also stands alone in the domestic schedule, making it an easy target for supporters who want to build a full weekend around one match.
Bayern's ticket supply is structurally tight before the opponent is even considered. The club's published Bundesliga allocation model puts roughly 39,900 places into season cards, up to 7,500 into the visiting allocation, 10,000 into its fan-club programme and another 2,500 into contractual allocations. That left an indicative 15,100 day-ticket pool in the club's published model. Demand for the Union fixture has already exceeded the request allocation.
The Union side has its own pressure point. Supporters buying through the visiting allocation are dealing with a maximum guest contingent rather than the whole stadium. Bayern's away entrance keeps that group physically separate from home sections. Buyers following Union Berlin should therefore decide early whether the away end is essential or whether a neutral purchase in a permitted home area is acceptable under the listing conditions.
Hospitality is another market entirely. The Allianz Arena has more than two thousand business seats and 106 VIP boxes, yet many premium places are tied to season arrangements or corporate commitments. For a weekend with unusually heavy visitor traffic, the sensible comparison is not standard seat versus hospitality in the abstract. It is the standard seat you can still buy versus the hospitality product that still has a usable location, arrival window and package structure.
Yes, but the club route is competitive. Bayern opened 2026/27 ticket requests in advance of the season and allocated oversubscribed home matches through its request process. For this fixture, the request deadline closed on 27 July 2026 and the club marked the match as oversubscribed, which means a late non-member buyer should not plan a Munich trip around the assumption that a fresh general-sale wave will appear.
Membership and fan-club status improve access to Bayern's own ecosystem but they do not turn a scarce match into a guaranteed purchase. The fan-club programme alone has a 10,000-ticket quota per Bundesliga home match for 2026/27 and Bayern reported that the quota was fully used. That matters because every place committed through a season card, fan club or contract route is a place that never becomes part of a conventional open-sale pool.
The club's own ticket exchange is also member-facing for this match. That can be useful for eligible supporters who already sit inside Bayern's system, but it does not solve the problem for an overseas buyer who wants certainty before booking travel. A verified secondary marketplace serves a different need: compare confirmed listings by section, quantity and delivery terms rather than entering another allocation process.
Do not confuse access with entitlement. A listing can give you a valid route to the stadium without giving you the right to behave as an away supporter in a home section. Read the section notes carefully, follow any colour restrictions attached to the listing and use the guest blocks if travelling specifically as part of Union's away support.
Five factors drive this fixture's resale value: seat location, remaining inventory, the Friday-night slot, Oktoberfest-weekend demand and whether the listing includes hospitality. Bayern's wider 2026/27 market places standard Bundesliga fixtures below the club's marquee dates, but this match carries a weekend premium because the city itself is under unusually heavy demand.
The ranges below are a buyer's guide rather than a promise. They sit within the broader Bayern resale bands currently seen for Bundesliga home fixtures and reflect the fact that central longside seats, lower-tier positions and small blocks of adjacent seats command more than upper-tier or less-central options.
| Ticket Type | Resale Price Range | Best For | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper tier, corners or behind goal | £120 – £210 | Buyers prioritising entry and a full-pitch view | 300-level inventory usually carries the lower seated entry point. Height is the trade-off |
| Longside standard | £170 – £300 | First-time visitors wanting a balanced sightline | Middle and upper longside blocks are the strongest all-round compromise for view and atmosphere |
| Lower tier or central | £240 – £450+ | Buyers who value proximity to the pitch | Central blocks and lower-level longside positions thin quickly when pairs are needed |
| Premium seating | £350 – £700+ | Couples and small groups wanting comfort | Padded or business-area seating can sit closer to hospitality pricing as standard inventory falls |
| Hospitality and VIP | £420 – £1,200+ | Corporate buyers and occasion trips | Package value depends on lounge, grandstand seat, catering and whether the room itself has a pitch view |
Prices reflect typical resale ranges and may change as demand and availability shift closer to the match.
Quantity can be as important as category. One seat in a good 200-level block may remain available long after a pair has disappeared, while four adjacent places can carry a noticeable premium simply because the seller has preserved them as one group. If you are travelling as four adults and do not need to sit in a single row, compare two pairs before paying the group premium.
The Allianz Arena is a steep three-tier bowl with a simple numbering logic: 100-level blocks are lower tier, 200-level blocks are middle tier and 300-level blocks are upper tier. The Allianz Arena seating plan is worth reviewing beside every listing because a similar price can buy two very different experiences depending on height and distance from halfway.
Domestic capacity is 75,024, including 61,682 seats and 13,342 standing places. The ground's wider matchday guidance, entrances and transport notes sit on the Allianz Arena tickets page, while the table below keeps the decision focused on where to watch this Bundesliga match.
| Area | What It Suits | Pricing Bracket | Guidance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Südkurve lower tier | Supporters who want the home-end noise | Lowest at face value, scarce on resale | Part of the 9,336-place southern standing area for domestic matches. Expect to stand throughout |
| Nordkurve lower tier | Fans wanting a behind-goal view with home support | Lower to mid | The northern standing allocation is smaller at 4,006 places and sits below the visiting sectors |
| Lower longside, 100-level | Buyers who want the action close | Upper mid to high | Strong sense of speed and contact, though the low angle gives less tactical perspective |
| Middle longside, 200-level | First visits and balanced viewing | Mid to high | Elevated enough to read the pitch without losing the stadium atmosphere. Business seating also sits on this level |
| Upper tier, 300-level | Groups and better-value seated entry | Lower seated | Steep and high with a clean view of both penalty areas. Larger groups often find more choice here |
| Visiting section, blocks 339 to 347 | Union supporters using the guest allocation | Allocation-led | Upper tier with access through the dedicated visiting-fans entrance in the north-west. Guest-sector turnstiles serve blocks 339 to 347 |
If you are neutral, start with a middle-tier longside block and move outward until the price fits. That keeps the pitch geometry clear while preserving the enclosed sound that makes the stadium work. If you are following Union in colours, use a listing specifically designated for visiting supporters rather than assuming any north-end seat is part of the guest section.
Bayern publish a broad hospitality range for Bundesliga home matches, with products from a midfield-height Foyer seat to the Business Club and event boxes. The important detail is that the lounge location and the match seat are not always the same thing. Some rooms have no direct pitch view, so the package is built around pre-match and post-match hospitality plus a separate grandstand position for the game.
| Hospitality Option | Typical Buyer | Main Appeal |
|---|---|---|
| Foyer, published at €400 per person | Pairs and small groups | Upper-tier grandstand seat around midfield level with catering and a dedicated indoor base |
| Franz Beckenbauer Lounge, published at €500 | Occasion buyers wanting a social lounge | Middle-tier match seat behind the goal with a large indoor hospitality area |
| Eventbox 7 or 8, published at €550 | Groups wanting the room to face the pitch | Middle-tier grandstand seat plus a box with a direct view into the stadium |
| Business Club, published from €500 to €700 | Corporate hosts and premium buyers | Main-stand middle-tier seating with Silver, Gold and Platinum positioning around the halfway line |
Published club prices are useful anchors, not a guarantee that those products remain directly available for this fixture. Bayern note that several hospitality areas are dominated by season arrangements and that home-match demand is extremely high. On the secondary market, the useful comparison is the total package and seat position, not simply the word VIP on a listing.
Hospitality areas open shortly after the stadium. The wider club guidance places their opening at two hours and fifteen minutes before kick-off. For a 20:30 start that makes an early arrival worthwhile, particularly if the package includes food, drinks or a lounge that you would otherwise barely use before taking your seat.
The 2026/27 season brings a major change at this ground. Bayern home tickets are now app-based for stadium entry, using the FC Bayern Munich app or the Allianz Arena app. External Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes are no longer accepted for entry. PDF tickets cannot be used at the turnstiles.
| Delivery Type | What to Verify |
|---|---|
| FC Bayern app ticket | Confirm the email address attached to the transfer, log into the matching account and verify the ticket appears in the app wallet before travelling to the stadium |
| Allianz Arena app ticket | The same app-wallet access principle applies. Keep the app updated and make sure you can sign in on the phone you will carry on matchday |
| Forwarded digital ticket | Transfers run through Bayern's Digital Ticket Center and app wallet. Accept the forwarded ticket promptly and complete any guest-account setup requested |
| Hospitality digital access | Verify the named lead guest, app-ticket instructions, hospitality entrance and opening time because lounge access can use different arrival guidance from standard admission |
Bayern state that tickets for this fixture become available in the app around two weeks before the game, so delivery close to matchday is not automatically a warning sign. The essential point is that the final usable ticket must sit inside the supported app environment rather than as a screenshot, PDF or external wallet pass.
Charge the phone fully and carry valid photo identification. Bags and backpacks larger than A4 are not permitted inside the arena, with storage points available outside for a fee. The stadium's current guidance places opening at roughly two and a half hours before kick-off, giving buyers time to solve any account or entry issue before the rush immediately before 20:30.
1BoxOffice has operated as a verified secondary ticket marketplace since 2006. Completed orders carry a 150% money-back guarantee. Use the steps below to keep the purchase focused on the part that matters: getting the right listing for your group and receiving it in a form the Allianz Arena accepts.
Step1
Set your ceiling and seat priority
Decide the maximum total you will pay and whether atmosphere, a longside view, proximity or seats together matters most. A clear priority stops you paying a premium for a feature you do not need.
Step2
Set up your buyer account
Use create an account before you start comparing fast-moving listings. Keep the email address accurate because digital transfer instructions may depend on it.
Step3
Verify the fixture date again
Make sure the listing is for Friday 18 September 2026 at 20:30 in Munich. Older search results can still surface the March 2026 meeting from the previous season.
Step4
Filter by quantity before section
Set the number of places you need so the results do not fill with single seats that cannot serve your group. If four together are expensive, compare two adjacent pairs before changing tier.
Step5
Match the block to the tier
Use the 100, 200 and 300 numbering logic to confirm height and location. Verify whether the listing is home seating, standing inventory or a designated guest-sector place before paying.
Step6
Read the digital delivery note
Confirm how the seller will transfer the ticket into the Bayern or Allianz Arena app environment. Do not assume a PDF or external wallet file will work at this stadium in 2026/27.
Step7
Review the full order
Review quantity, section, final price, delivery method and any supporter restrictions one last time. Keep the confirmation email because it is the reference point if a transfer needs support.
Step8
Follow delivery to the app
Use track order for status updates, then confirm the ticket has actually reached the supported app wallet before leaving for Fröttmaning.
A Friday 20:30 kick-off makes this an easy weekend fixture on paper but the Oktoberfest timing changes the travel calculation. Book accommodation with the match and the festival weekend in mind rather than treating the football as the only source of demand. The sensible plan is to arrive with enough time to solve an app-account problem before heading north to the stadium, especially if your ticket transfer lands close to travel day.
Public transport is the straightforward matchday route. From central Munich, the U6 runs to Fröttmaning and the arena is reached across the Esplanade. A match ticket does not include free MVV travel, so buy the transport fare separately. The stadium encourages public transport because car-park exit times can stretch well beyond the final whistle.
Overseas buyers should keep the same reachable email address and mobile number throughout the order. If seats together matter, choose a listing that says so rather than assuming quantity means adjacency. Bayern's app change also means every person in a group should know who controls the tickets and how they will be forwarded before the group splits up in Munich.
The reverse league meeting is a different purchase problem because Union's home ground has far less capacity than the Allianz Arena. Buyers planning to follow both legs can compare the Union Berlin vs Bayern Munich return fixture, where the smaller Berlin ground makes supply tighter in absolute terms.
Union only reached the Bundesliga in 2019, so this is a modern series rather than a century-old rivalry. That short history is useful to a buyer because the venue scope is clean: every league meeting with Bayern as host has been played at the Allianz Arena. Six of the seven have ended in Bayern wins, with the only draw coming in April 2021.
The pattern has been one of increasingly controlled home results. The first Munich meeting in October 2019 finished 2-1 and remains the only in-scope game in which Union scored against Bayern and still lost. The following home meeting ended 1-1, after which Bayern recorded five straight home wins across the next five seasons without conceding.
For ticket buyers, that history does not make the fixture disposable. Union's appeal is partly that the club brings a clearly identifiable travelling support into a ground where the guest section is high, separate and visually distinct. Add a Friday night and Oktoberfest weekend and the 2026/27 edition has a stronger event profile than the score history alone suggests.
All figures below cover Bundesliga matches only at the Allianz Arena with Bayern Munich as hosts. Reverse fixtures in Berlin and the 2025/26 cup meeting are excluded, so every total belongs to the exact competition, venue and host combination used on this page.
| Metric | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 7 |
| Bayern Munich wins | 6 |
| Union Berlin wins | 0 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Bayern Munich goals | 18 |
| Union Berlin goals | 2 |
| Biggest Bayern Munich win | 4-0 |
| Biggest Union Berlin win | None in scope |
| First Bundesliga meeting in scope | 26 October 2019 |
| Most recent meeting in scope | 21 March 2026 |
The seven results reconcile to six Bayern wins, one draw and no Union wins, with a combined goal count of 18-2. The sequence was verified against the DFB data centre and independent German football archives before the totals were calculated.
Seven Bundesliga fixtures between the clubs have been staged at the Allianz Arena since Union's promotion to the top flight. Scores are listed with Bayern first and shown newest to oldest. No reverse fixture is included.
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2026 | 4-0 |
| 02 Nov 2024 | 3-0 |
| 24 Jan 2024 | 1-0 |
| 26 Feb 2023 | 3-0 |
| 19 Mar 2022 | 4-0 |
| 10 Apr 2021 | 1-1 |
| 26 Oct 2019 | 2-1 |
The match-by-match sequence was compareed against the DFB data centre, Kicker and WorldFootball records. The one cup tie between the clubs in December 2025 was played in Berlin and is deliberately excluded from this Bundesliga-at-Allianz-Arena scope.
No. Bayern's club allocation is heavily oversubscribed and membership can improve club-route access, but secondary-market listings give non-members a way to secure a seat without entering the club request process.
Oktoberfest weekend adds city-wide demand, so waiting solely for a late price fall is risky. Compare the section you want early and keep watching inventory if you can be flexible on tier.
The main visiting section is in upper-tier blocks 339 to 347, reached through the dedicated guest entrance in the north-west of the arena. Away colours should be kept to the designated supporter area when listing rules require it.
No. Bayern switched home entry to the FC Bayern or Allianz Arena app for 2026/27, with PDF tickets and external Apple or Google Wallet passes no longer supported at the turnstiles.
Yes when a listing states that the seats are together, but groups of four are less common than pairs. Compare two pairs if sitting in one uninterrupted row is not essential.
Sources: FC Bayern Munich official match and ticketing information for the 2026/27 schedule, oversubscribed request status, fan-club allocation, digital app ticketing and hospitality prices; Allianz Arena stadium information for capacity, standing areas, guest blocks, travel, opening times and bag rules; DFB Data Center, Kicker and WorldFootball for the scoped Bundesliga results and head-to-head totals. Resale ranges reflect current 1BoxOffice Bayern market bands and observed marketplace pricing and may change.