Robin Fellhauer rewrote the Bundesliga record books on Saturday, punishing Manuel Neuer’s blunder with the fastest goal the German top flight has ever seen.
The Augsburg midfielder struck in under nine seconds, and his side went on to share the points with Bayern Munich in a 2-2 draw.
Bayern kicked off, and Harry Kane rolled the ball back to Neuer from the centre circle. The veteran goalkeeper took a heavy touch, then tried to lift the ball over the onrushing Fellhauer. The midfielder read the move, intercepted the ball, sprinted forward and slotted it into the net.
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The Bundesliga confirmed the record on its website. Fellhauer’s goal beat the previous mark of nine seconds, which two players held jointly.
Karim Bellarabi set that standard first. He scored for Bayer Leverkusen away at Borussia Dortmund on August 23, 2014, and Leverkusen won 2-0. Kevin Volland then matched him a year later, finding the net for Hoffenheim against Bayern on August 22, 2015.
Bayern still won that game 2-1. Bundesliga officials record times only to the nearest second, so the pair shared the record until Fellhauer broke it.
Before them, three players shared the record at 11 seconds. Giovane Elber set it for Bayern against Hamburg in January 1998. Ulf Kirsten matched it for Leverkusen against Kaiserslautern in March 2002, and Paul Freier later equalled it as well. Bellarabi’s goal cut two seconds off that mark.
Others have come close. Richmond Tachie scored after 8.3 seconds for Eintracht Braunschweig at Preußen Münster in the second tier, but that goal falls outside the Bundesliga’s top flight.
Benjamin Siegert holds the all-time record across the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 combined. He scored after eight seconds for Wehen Wiesbaden against Greuther Fürth in 2007, according to the Bundesliga’s own records.
Bayern also feature in the league’s quick-start history. Jamal Musiala scored early against Holstein Kiel on Matchday 3 of the 2024/25 season, though his goal missed the top 10.
For Neuer, the moment will sting. Volland’s record goal also came against him, and now Fellhauer’s has too, which makes him the goalkeeper on the wrong end of two of the league’s three fastest goals.
Bayern recovered twice after falling behind on Saturday to claim a point. Augsburg, however, leave Munich with something that outlasts any league table: a place in Bundesliga history.
