Hitzfeld returned as a trainer in January 2007 .
Bayern finished the 2006 -- 07 season in fourth position , thus failing to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in more than a decade .
Hitzfeld returned as a trainer in January 2007 , but Bayern finished the 2006 -- 07 season in fourth position , thus failing to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in more than a decade .