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Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, center, and President Uli Hoeness, right, and players lift the German soccer cup, the Champions League and the German Bundesliga trophies on the balcony of the town hall in Munich, southern Germany, on Sunday, June 2, 2013. Munich won the German Soccer Cup, the Champions League and the German Bundesliga. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Persistent rain fails to spoil Bayern Munich party as players, fans celebrate first treble

MUNICH – Thousands of Bayern Munich fans defied the rain Sunday to welcome their heroes home from securing the club’s first treble.

Players presented the German Cup, Bundesliga and Champions League trophies from a rain-protected open-top bus through Munich amid a sea of umbrellas sheltering jubilant fans.

The slow-moving parade was to make its way to Munich’s town hall.

Police were expecting up to 100,000 fans despite the inclement weather.

Bayern defeated Stuttgart 3-2 to win the German Cup final in Berlin on Saturday, one week after Jupp Heynckes’ side won the Champions League and some eight weeks after securing the Bundesliga title.

Bayern became the first German club to win the treble of domestic league, cup and European Cup, and only the seventh overall.

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