FC Bayern Munich

association football club in Munich, Germany
(Redirected from F.C. Bayern Munich)

48°6′6.64″N 11°34′22.00″E / 48.1018444°N 11.5727778°E / 48.1018444; 11.5727778

Bayern Munich
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Full nameFußball-Club Bayern München e. V.
Nickname(s)
  • Der FCB (The FCB)
  • Die Bayern (The Bavarians)
  • Stern des Südens (Star of the South)
  • Die Roten (The Reds)[1]
  • FC Hollywood[2]
Short name
  • Bayern Munich
  • FC Bayern
  • Bayern
  • FCB
Founded27 February 1900; 124 years ago (1900-02-27)
StadiumAllianz Arena
Capacity75,000[3]
PresidentHerbert Hainer
CEOOliver Kahn
Head coachVincent Kompany
LeagueBundesliga
2023–24Bundesliga, 3rd of 18
WebsiteClub website
Current season
Active departments of
FC Bayern Munich
Football (men's) Football II (men's) Football JT (men's)
Football (women's) Football (seniors) Basketball
Handball Chess Bowling
Table tennis Referees

Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, pronounced [ˈfuːsbalˌklʊp ˈbaɪɐn ˈmʏnçn̩] (audio speaker iconlisten)), also known as FC Bayern (pronounced [ˌɛft͡seː ˈbaɪɐn] (audio speaker iconlisten)), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club was founded in 1900 and has over 200,000 paying members. It has won the most titles in the Bundesliga and in the German Cup.

The football team is playing in the Allianz Arena. The team also has the most supporters in all of Germany.

Bayern Munich won its first national title in 1932. This was the last season before the Nazi Regime took over the power. Bayern Munich was blamed to be a 'Club of Jews', the president, Kurt Landauer, was forced to flee and several players were punished. After the war ended, erroneously the local rival 1860 München was considered to be better and let into the first German league. But in the first season 1963, Bayern Munich won most of its games, ascended into the first league and still plays there without any descend.

Bayern Munich won the UEFA Champions League in 2001, 2013 & 2020 Respectively. 2013 also was the year of the victory of the historic treble - an achievement no other German club ever gained before.

Honours

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The three consecutive European Cup trophies won by FC Bayern Munich from 1974 to 1976. The one on the far right is the real trophy, given to Bayern permanently. The ones on the left are slightly smaller replicas.
Type Competition Titles Seasons
Domestic German Champions/Bundesliga 32 1932, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
DFB-Pokal 20 1956–57, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20
DFB/DFL-Supercup 9 1987, 1990, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
DFL-Ligapokal 6 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007
European UEFA Champions League / European Cup 6 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 2000–01, 2012–13, 2019–20
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup 1 1995–96
UEFA/European Cup Winners' Cup 1 1966–67
UEFA/European Super Cup 2 2013, 2020
Worldwide Intercontinental Cup 2 1976, 2001
FIFA Club World Cup 2 2013, 2020
  •   record
  • S shared record

Trebles

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Bayern Munich has completed all available Trebles (seasonal treble, domestic treble and European treble).[4]

The football competitions, which consist of a single match involving only two teams (for example, the UEFA Super Cup or DFL Supercup) are generally not counted as part of a treble.

Players

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Current squad

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As of 19 July 2022[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Germany Manuel Neuer (captain)[6]
2 DF   France Dayot Upamecano
4 DF   Netherlands Matthijs de Ligt
5 DF   France Benjamin Pavard
6 MF   Germany Joshua Kimmich
7 FW   Germany Serge Gnabry
8 MF   Germany Leon Goretzka
10 FW   Germany Leroy Sané
11 FW   France Kingsley Coman
13 FW   Cameroon Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
14 MF   Germany Paul Wanner
15 DF   United States Chris Richards
17 FW   Senegal Sadio Mané
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   Austria Marcel Sabitzer
19 DF   Canada Alphonso Davies
20 DF   Senegal Bouna Sarr
21 DF   France Lucas Hernandez
23 DF   France Tanguy Nianzou
25 FW   Germany Thomas Müller (vice-captain)[7]
26 GK   Germany Sven Ulreich
28 MF   Croatia Gabriel Vidović
32 FW   Netherlands Joshua Zirkzee
38 MF   Netherlands Ryan Gravenberch
40 DF   Morocco Noussair Mazraoui
42 FW   Germany Jamal Musiala
44 DF   Croatia Josip Stanišić

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   Germany Alexander Nübel (at Monaco until 30 June 2023)
DF   Germany Bright Arrey-Mbi (at 1. FC Köln until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   United States Malik Tillman (at Rangers until 30 June 2023)

Retired numbers

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Notable past players

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The "Greatest Ever" squad chosen by more than 79,901 fans, in 2005. The coach chosen was Ottmar Hitzfeld.[9]

At his farewell game, Oliver Kahn was declared honorary captain of Bayern Munich.[10] The players below are part of the FC Bayern Munich Hall of Fame.[11]

1930s

1970s:

1980s:

1990s:

2000s:

2010s:

Captains

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Years Captain
1965   Adolf Kunstwadl (DF)
1965–1970   Werner Olk (DF)
1970–1977   Franz Beckenbauer (DF)
1977–1979   Sepp Maier (GK)
1979   Gerd Müller (FW)
1979–1980   Georg Schwarzenbeck (DF)
1980–1983   Paul Breitner (MF)
1983–1984   Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FW)
1984–1991   Klaus Augenthaler (DF)
1991–1994   Raimond Aumann (GK)
1994–1997   Lothar Matthäus (MF/DF)
1997–1999   Thomas Helmer (DF)
1999–2002   Stefan Effenberg (MF)
2002–2008   Oliver Kahn (GK)
2008–2011   Mark van Bommel (MF)
2011–2017   Philipp Lahm (DF)
2017–   Manuel Neuer (GK)

Coaches

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Current staff

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As of 26 August 2021[13]
Coaching staff
  Julian Nagelsmann Head coach
  Benjamin Glück Assistant coaches
  Xaver Zembrod
  Dino Toppmöller
  Toni Tapalović Goalkeeping coach
Analysis department
  Michael Niemeyer Head of video analysis
  Vitus Angerer Video analysts
  Michael Cuper
  Maximilian Schwab
Fitness coaches
  Prof. Dr. Holger Broich Scientific director and head of fitness
  Simon Martinello Fitness coaches
  Peter Schlösser
  Thomas Wilhelmi
  Soner Mansuroglu Data analyst
Medical department
  Prof. Dr. Roland Schmidt Internist and cardiologist
  Dr. Jochen Hahne Team doctor
  Prof. Dr. Peter Ueblacker Chief medical officer
  Helmut Erhard Head of physiotherapy
  Gerry Hoffmann Deputy head of physiotherapy
  Gianni Bianchi Physiotherapists
  Florian Brandner
  Knut Stamer
  Christian Huhn
  Stephan Weickert
Sport management and organisation
  Kathleen Krüger Head of team management
  Bastian Wernscheid Team manager

Coaches since 1963

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No. Coach Period Major
Titles
Domestic European Worldwide
from until days BL DP LP SC CL EL SC WC ICC CWC
1   Zlatko Čajkovski 1 July 1963 30 June 1968 1,826 3 2 1
2   Branko Zebec 1 July 1968 13 March 1970 620 2 1 1
3   Udo Lattek 14 March 1970 2 January 1975 1,755 5 3 1 1
4   Dettmar Cramer 16 January 1975 30 November 1977 1,049 3 2 1
5   Gyula Lóránt 2 December 1977 18 December 1978 453
6   Pál Csernai 19 December 1978 16 May 1983 1,537 3 2 1
7   Reinhard Saftig (caretaker) 17 May 1983 30 June 1983 44
8   Udo Lattek 1 July 1983 30 June 1987 1,460 5 3 2
9   Jupp Heynckes 1 July 1987 8 October 1991 1,560 4 2 2
10   Søren Lerby 9 October 1991 10 March 1992 153
11   Erich Ribbeck 11 March 1992 27 December 1993 656
12   Franz Beckenbauer 28 December 1993 30 June 1994 184 1 1
13   Giovanni Trapattoni 1 July 1994 30 June 1995 364
14   Otto Rehhagel 1 July 1995 27 April 1996 301
15   Franz Beckenbauer (caretaker) 29 April 1996 30 June 1996 62 1 1
16   Giovanni Trapattoni 1 July 1996 30 June 1998 729 3 1 1 1
17   Ottmar Hitzfeld 1 July 1998 30 June 2004 2,191 11 4 2 3 1 1
18   Felix Magath 1 July 2004 31 January 2007 944 5 2 2 1
19   Ottmar Hitzfeld 1 February 2007 30 June 2008 515 3 1 1 1
20   Jürgen Klinsmann 1 July 2008 27 April 2009 300
21   Jupp Heynckes (caretaker) 28 April 2009 30 June 2009 63
22   Louis van Gaal 1 July 2009 9 April 2011 647 3 1 1 1
23   Andries Jonker (caretaker) 10 April 2011 30 June 2011 81
24   Jupp Heynckes 1 July 2011 30 June 2013 730 4 1 1 1 1
25   Pep Guardiola[14][15] 1 July 2013 30 June 2016 1,095 7 3 2 1 1
26   Carlo Ancelotti 1 July 2016 28 September 2017 454 3 1 2
27   Willy Sagnol (caretaker) 29 September 2017 8 October 2017 9
28   Jupp Heynckes 9 October 2017 1 July 2018 265 1 1
29   Niko Kovač 1 July 2018 3 November 2019 490 3 1 1 1
30   Hansi Flick 3 November 2019 30 June 2021 605 7 2 1 1 1 1 1
31   Julian Nagelsmann 1 July 2021 present 1,276 2 1 1

Literature

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  • Hüetlin, Thomas: Gute Freunde. Die wahre Geschichte des FC Bayern München. Blessing, München 2006, ISBN 3-89667-254-1.
  • Schulze-Marmeling, Dietrich: Der FC Bayern und seine Juden. Aufstieg und Zerschlagung einer liberalen Fußballkultur. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-89533-781-9.[16]
  • Bausenwein, Christoph, Schulze-Marmeling, Dietrich: FC Bayern München. Unser Verein, unsere Geschichte. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-89533-894-6.

References

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  1. "Never-say-die Reds overcome Ingolstadt at the death". FC Bayern Munich. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. Whitney, Clark (8 April 2010). "CL Comment: Van Gaal's Bayern Give New Meaning to "FC Hollywood"". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  3. "Ab sofort 75.000 Fans bei Bundesliga-Heimspielen" [As of now 75,000 for Bundesliga home matches]. FC Bayern Munich. 13 January 2015. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. "10 most successful teams of all time in Europe". Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  5. "First Team". FC Bayern München AG. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. "Kovac: Neuer bleibt Bayern-Kapitän" [Kovač: Neuer remains Bayern captain]. kicker (in German). 30 July 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  7. "Robert Lewandowski: 'I can imagine a long future with Bayern Munich'". Bundesliga. Frankfurt. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2022. Coach Niko Kovac acknowledged Lewandowski's influence in the dressing room when he made him the club's third captain behind Manuel Neuer and Thomas Müller in early 2019.
  8. The Bundesliga's 12th man: why you hardly ever see Bundesliga players wearing the No.12 shirt Archived 2021-04-29 at the Wayback Machine on Bundesliga website
  9. "Fans name greatest Reds of all time". The official FC Bayern Munich Website. 1 June 2005. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
  10. "Kahn wird Ehrenspielführer des FCB" (in German). The official FC Bayern Munich Website. 15 August 2008. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
  11. "Hall of Fame". FC Bayern Munich. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  12. "Große Ehre für Schweinsteiger". FC Bayern Munich (in German). 26 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  13. "FC Bayern München – Profis" [FC Bayern Munich – Professionals]. fcbayern.com (in German). FC Bayern München AG. 2018. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  14. "Pep Guardiola given Bayern Munich head coach start date". BBC. 8 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  15. "Guardiola's start date with Bayern revealed". Goal.com. 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  16. Vgl. Markwart Herzog: Fußball unterm Hakenkreuz Archived 28 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. In: H-Soz-u-Kult, 15. Juni 2011 (Sammelrezension zu: Backes, Gregor: "Mit Deutschem Sportgruss, Heil Hitler". Der FC St. Pauli im Nationalsozialismus. Hamburg 2010/Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: Der FC Bayern und seine Juden. Aufstieg und Zerschlagung einer liberalen Fußballkultur. Göttingen 2011/Jakob Rosenberg u. a. (Hrsg.): Grün-Weiß unterm Hakenkreuz. Der Sportklub Rapid im Nationalsozialismus (1938–1945). Wien 2011)

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