( CNN ) -- It was a day of records for Bayern Munich , but the German football club 's mission is only one-third complete . Saturday 's 1-0 victory at Eintracht Frankfurt gave the Bavarian side a record-extending 22nd title since the elite division was formed in 1963 , and 23rd national championship overall . With six games still to play , it marked the earliest clinching of the title -- and made Bayern the first team of any of the major European leagues to be crowned this season . The club had previously twice triumphed with four games left , in 1973 and 2003 . Jupp Heynckes , who is 68 next month , became the oldest coach to win the league in what will be his second and final season in charge in his third spell at the club . Former Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola will take over at the end of this campaign , but before then Heynckes is hoping to complete an unprecedented treble of the German Cup and European Champions League -- and make amends for the disappointment of losing last year 's final in Munich . `` The fact that we have won the title after 28 games is extraordinary , it 's simply fantastic , '' Heynckes told reporters . `` One of the things FC Bayern have demonstrated this season is that we 're a top side , but we have done it with harmony in the team . `` We can be confident we will achieve something in the Champions League . '' Bayern already have one foot in the semifinals of Europe 's top club competition , taking a 2-0 lead to Italy for Wednesday 's second leg against Juventus . Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger scored the only goal in Frankfurt to earn Bayern 's 24th win in 28 league games this season , leaving the team 20 points clear of second-placed two-time defending champions Borussia Dortmund . Bayern 's David Alaba missed a 26th-minute penalty , hitting a post after midweek scorer Thomas Muller was fouled , but Schweinsteiger scored seven minutes after halftime with a backheel from Philipp Lahm 's cross to dent the home side 's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League . It was Bayern 's 11th successive league victory since the winter break -- the first time a Bundesliga team has won so many in a row in one season . It also means Bayern will have led the Bundesliga from start to finish for the fifth time -- no other club has done it even once . Dortmund came from behind to win 4-2 at home to third-bottom Augsburg , with striker Julian Schieber scoring twice in a rare start as coach Jurgen Klopp rested key players ahead of Tuesday 's Champions League home clash with Spanish club Malaga with the quarterfinal tie poised at 0-0 . Third-placed Bayer Leverkusen dropped six points behind Dortmund after being held 1-1 at home by Wolfsburg , while Schalke went three points above Frankfurt with a 2-0 win at Werder Bremen . Borussia Monchengladbach went seventh with a 1-0 win over Greuther Furth that left the visiting team rock bottom and nine points adrift in the battle to avoid automatic relegation . Hamburg 's European hopes were hit by a 1-0 home defeat by Freiburg , which followed last weekend 's 9-2 thrashing by Bayern . It moved Freiburg above Frankfurt into fifth place on goal difference .
Bayern Munich clinch German league title for a record - extending 23rd time . Saturday 's 1 - 0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt seals crown with a record 24 matches left . It keeps Bayern two points clear of two - time defending champions Dortmund . Jupp Heynckes , 34 , becomes the oldest coach to win the Bundesliga title .