Hold their own? Lol they $#@! all over that list. I really can't believe some people think that historically Bayern are a bigger club than us. Absolute bollocks.
That anyone would suggest Bayern is a bigger club historically, is absolutely farcical. We basically ignored European competition until the late 70s and early 80s, most histories of the club, and interviews with club members and players of the time make this plainly obvious that we didn't give two shits about the European Cup in the 60s and 70s and only cared about Serie A. Even into the 80s the clubs main focus was Serie A which was by far the best league in the world through the 80s and 90s. We had some shit luck and under performed in CL finals, but we've still played in 8 of them. Pre calciopoli only Real Madrid and Milan had more UEFA trophies than us. We were the first club to win all major UEFA trophies, and the only club to win every UEFA trophy ever offered.
Our history easily equals Bayern's still, to this day. The fact that people think the number of CL trophies is the only thing that determines how prestigious the history of a club is, well, that's absolutely retarded. We've won more UEFA trophies, and we crush them in terms of League Titles in what has 95% of history been a much much tougher league. We have a better collection of players having played for us, our all-time XI shits all over theirs.
There is not a single argument for Bayern being a bigger club historically speaking aside from CL trophies. That's it. And the other differences more than make up for that.
