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FC Bayern Munich (German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
: FC Bayern München) is a German sports club
Sports club

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 based in Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
, Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful club in German football, having won 21 German titles
German football champions

The German football champions are the annual winners of the highest Football in Germany in Germany. The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the course of the 20th century....
 and 14 cups.

The club was founded in 1900 by eleven football
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 players led by Franz John
Franz John

Franz Adolf Louis John was a German photographer. He was one of the initiators of the founding of FC Bayern Munich and its first president from 1900 to 1903.....
. Although Bayern won its first national championship
German football champions

The German football champions are the annual winners of the highest Football in Germany in Germany. The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the course of the 20th century....
 in 1932
German football championship 1932

The 25th German football championship brought the first title win of the FC Bayern Munich. The title was won with a 2:0 against Eintracht Frankfurt....
, the club was not selected for the Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga

The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany's German football league system. The term Bundesliga also applies to Austrian Football Bundesliga and is used to refer to the highest level league competitions in several other sports in those two countries....
 at its inception in 1963. In the middle of the 1970s, the club had its period of greatest success, when the famous team led by Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer is a Germany Football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed der Kaiser because of his elegant style, his leadership qualities, his first name "Franz" , and his dominance on the football pitch....
 won the European Cup
UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is a seasonal club Association football competition organised by UEFA since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in Europe....
 three times in row (1974–76).






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FC Bayern Munich (German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
: FC Bayern München) is a German sports club
Sports club

A sports club, athletics club or sports association is an eclectic institution oriented to multiple sports, which fields many teams and in several sports, working under the same umbrella organization....
 based in Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
, Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful club in German football, having won 21 German titles
German football champions

The German football champions are the annual winners of the highest Football in Germany in Germany. The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the course of the 20th century....
 and 14 cups.

The club was founded in 1900 by eleven football
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 players led by Franz John
Franz John

Franz Adolf Louis John was a German photographer. He was one of the initiators of the founding of FC Bayern Munich and its first president from 1900 to 1903.....
. Although Bayern won its first national championship
German football champions

The German football champions are the annual winners of the highest Football in Germany in Germany. The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the course of the 20th century....
 in 1932
German football championship 1932

The 25th German football championship brought the first title win of the FC Bayern Munich. The title was won with a 2:0 against Eintracht Frankfurt....
, the club was not selected for the Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga

The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany's German football league system. The term Bundesliga also applies to Austrian Football Bundesliga and is used to refer to the highest level league competitions in several other sports in those two countries....
 at its inception in 1963. In the middle of the 1970s, the club had its period of greatest success, when the famous team led by Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer is a Germany Football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed der Kaiser because of his elegant style, his leadership qualities, his first name "Franz" , and his dominance on the football pitch....
 won the European Cup
UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is a seasonal club Association football competition organised by UEFA since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in Europe....
 three times in row (1974–76). In recent years they have been by far the most successful team in German football, winning seven of the last ten championships. The club's last international title was the Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup

Intercontinental Cup may refer to:*Intercontinental Cup , a world football competition run by UEFA and CONMEBOL*ICC Intercontinental Cup, a first-class cricket competition run by the International Cricket Council for 12 of its associate members...
 in 2001.

Since the beginning of the 2005–06 season, Munich plays its home games in the Allianz Arena
Allianz Arena

The Allianz Arena is a football stadium in the north of Munich, Germany.The two professional Munich football clubs FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 M?nchen have played their home games at Allianz Arena since the start of the 2005/06 season....
. Previously the team had played for 33 years in the Olympic Stadium. The team colours are red and white, and the team crest shows the colours of Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
.

Bayern is a membership-based club and with more than 147,000 members. There are also more than 2,400 officially-registered fan clubs with about 177,000 members. The club has other departments for chess
Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
, handball
Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass and bounce a ball to throw it into the goal of the opposing team. The team with the most goals after two periods of 30 minutes wins....
, basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
, gymnastics
Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility and coordination. Artistic Gymnastics is the best known and most popular of the gymnastics sports governed by the F?d?ration Internationale de Gymnastique ....
, bowling
Skittles (sport)

Skittles is an old European :Category:Precision sports, a variety of bowling, from which Ten-pin bowling, Duckpin bowling, and Candlepin bowling in the United States, and Five-pin bowling in Canada are descended....
, table tennis
Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth with rackets ....
, referee
Referee

A referee is a person who has authority to make decisions about play in many sports. Officials in various sports are known by a variety of titles, including: referee, umpire, judge, linesman, commissaire, timekeeper or touch judge....
s, and senior football with more than 1,100 active members.

History


Early years (1900–65)


FC Bayern Munich was founded by members of a Munich gymnastics club (MTV 1879). When a congregation of members of MTV 1879 decided on February 27, 1900 that the footballers of the club would not be allowed to join the German Football Association
German Football Association

The German Football Federation is the governing body of football in Germany. The founding member of both FIFA and UEFA organises the German football leagues, including the national league, the Fu?ball-Bundesliga and the Germany national football team and Germany women's national football team national teams....
 (DFB), eleven members of the football division left the congregation and on the same evening founded FC Bayern Munich. Within a few months FC Bayern Munich achieved high-scoring victories against all local rivals and reached the semifinals of the 1900–01 South German championship
Southern German football championship

The Southern German football championship was the highest association football competition in the South of Germany, established in 1898. The competition was disbanded in 1933 with the rise of the Nazis to power....
. In the following years the club won some local trophies and in 1910–11 FC Bayern Munich joined the newly founded "Kreisliga", the first regional Bavarian league. They won this league in its first year, but did not win it again until the beginning of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 in 1914, which halted all football activities in Germany.

In the years after the war, FC Bayern Munich won several regional competitions, before winning their first South German championship in 1926, an achievement repeated two years later. Their first national title was gained in 1932
German football championship 1932

The 25th German football championship brought the first title win of the FC Bayern Munich. The title was won with a 2:0 against Eintracht Frankfurt....
, when coach Richard "Little Dombi" Kohn
Richard Kohn

Richard Kohn was an Austrian association football player and later coach of FC Bayern Munich and Feyenoord Rotterdam. He was a jew, born in Vienna....
 led the team to the German championship by defeating Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt is a Germany sports club, based in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse that is best known for its football List of football clubs in Germany....
 2–0 in the final.

The advent of the Hitler regime put an abrupt end to Bayern's development. The president and the coach, both of whom were Jewish
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
, left the country. Many others in the club were also purged. Bayern was taunted as the "Jew's club" and as a semi-professional club Bayern was also affected by the ruling that football players had to be full amateurs again. In the following years Bayern could not sustain its role of contender for the national title, achieving mid-table results in its regional league instead.

After the war Bayern became a member of the Oberliga Süd
Oberliga Süd (1945-63)

The Oberliga S?d was the highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1945 until the formation of the Bundesliga in 1963....
, the southern conference of the German first division, which was split five ways at that time. Bayern struggled, hiring and firing 13 coaches between 1945 and 1963. In 1955 they were relegated, but returned to the Oberliga in the following season and won the German Cup for the first time, beating Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf

Fortuna D?sseldorf is a Germany football List of football clubs in Germany based in D?sseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia....
 1–0 in the final. The club struggled financially though, verging on bankruptcy at the end of the 1950s. Manufacturer Roland Endler provided the necessary funds and was rewarded with four years at the helm of the club. In 1963 the Oberligas in Germany were consolidated into one national league, the Bundesliga. Five teams from the Oberliga South were admitted. Bayern finished third in that year's southern division, but another Munich team, 1860 Munich, had won the championship. As the DFB preferred not to include two teams from one city, Bayern was not chosen for the Bundesliga. They gained promotion two years later, fielding a team with young talents like Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer is a Germany Football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed der Kaiser because of his elegant style, his leadership qualities, his first name "Franz" , and his dominance on the football pitch....
, Gerd Müller
Gerd Müller

Gerhard "Gerd" M?ller is a former Germany football player and one of the world's most prolific goalscorers of all time.With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances, 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games, he was by far the most successful striker of his d...
 and Sepp Maier
Sepp Maier

Josef Dieter "Sepp" Maier is a Germany former professional football goalkeeper.Born in Metten, Bavaria, he spent the entirety of his professional playing career at Bayern Munich, winning the Bundesliga Championship four times and the UEFA Champions League three times in succession....
 — who would later be collectively referred to as the axis.

Golden years (1965–79)


In their first Bundesliga season Bayern finished third and also won the German Cup. This qualified them for the following year's European Cup Winners Cup, which they won in a dramatic final against Scottish club Rangers
Rangers F.C.

Rangers Football Club are an association football team based in Glasgow, Scotland who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. They have won 51 domestic league titles, more than any other team....
, when Franz "the Bull" Roth
Franz Roth

Franz Roth is a former Germany football who played for Bayern Munich for List of one-club men. He earned 4 caps for the Germany national football team and was nicknamed "the Bull" due to his physical playing style....
 scored the decider in a 1–0 extra time victory. In 1967 Bayern retained the German Cup, but slow overall progress saw a new coach, Branko Zebec
Branko Zebec

Branko Zebec was a Croatians football player and coach.He was born in Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia and died in West Germany.In his heyday the player from Partizan Belgrade and Red Star Belgrade fascinated the world with his performances at the World Cups in 1954 and 1958....
 take over. He replaced Bayern's offensive style of play with a more disciplined approach, and in doing so achieved the first league and cup Double
The Double

The Double is a term in football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season. It can also mean beating a team both home and away in the same league season, a feat often noted as doing the double over a particular side....
 in Bundesliga history, using only 13 players throughout the season.

Udo Lattek
Udo Lattek

Udo Lattek is a former Germany football player and Head coach, and is now a television sportscaster.With 14 major titles, Lattek is one of the most successful coaches in the history of the game, and the most successful coach with German teams, especially Bayern Munich....
 took charge in 1970. After winning the cup in his first season he led Bayern to their third German championship. The deciding match in the 1971–72 season against Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04

FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly FC Schalke 04, is a Germany association football List of football clubs in Germany originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia....
 was the first match in the new Olympic Stadium, and was also the first live televised match in Bundesliga history. Bayern beat Schalke 5–1 and thus claimed the title, also setting several records, including points gained and goals scored. Bayern also won the next two championships, but the zenith was their triumph in the European Cup final
1974 European Cup Final

The 1974 European Cup Final was contested between FC Bayern Munich of Germany and Atl?tico Madrid of Spain. Two goals in extra time meant the two sides could not be separated, so a replay was played two days later....
 against Atlético Madrid, which Bayern won 4–0 after a replay. During the following years the team was unsuccessful domestically, but defended their European title by defeating Leeds United in the final
1975 European Cup Final

The 1975 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Parc des Princes, Paris, on 28 May 1975, that saw FC Bayern Munich of Germany defeat Leeds United A.F.C....
 when Roth and Müller secured victory with late goals. A year later in Glasgow
Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
, AS Saint-Étienne
AS Saint-Étienne

Association Sportive de Saint-?tienne Loire, are a France football team founded in 1920. They play their home games at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the city of Saint ?tienne....
 were defeated by another Roth goal and Bayern became the third club to win the trophy in three consecutive years. The final trophy won by Bayern in this era was the Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup (football)

The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores de Am?rica....
, in which they defeated Brazilian club Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a List of football clubs in Brazil, from the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, founded on January 2, 1921.Even though the club's main focus is football , Cruzeiro also supports a professional volleyball team and semi-professional teams as well, these include track and field, bocha, and bowling....
 over two legs. The rest of the decade was a time of change and saw no further titles for Bayern. In 1977 Franz Beckenbauer left for New York Cosmos
New York Cosmos

The New York Cosmos , known simply as the Cosmos for the 1977 and 1978 seasons, was a football franchise based in New York City and its suburbs that operated in the North American Soccer League from 1971 to 1984....
 and in 1979 Sepp Maier and Uli Hoeneß
Uli Hoeneß

Ulrich ?Uli? Hoene?, is a former German football player and is now general manager of the football club FC Bayern Munich....
 retired while Gerd Müller joined the Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Fort Lauderdale Strikers

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers was an American Association football team, a descendant of the Washington Darts, Miami Gatos, and Miami Toros, that played in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Florida....
.

From FC Breitnigge to FC Hollywood (1979–98)


The 1980s were a period of off-field turmoil for Bayern, with many changes in personnel and financial problems. On the field, Paul Breitner
Paul Breitner

Paul Breitner is a former Germany Football player. One of Germany national football team's most controversial players, he was capped 48 times for his country....
 and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge is a Germany former soccer player.He had his greatest career success with German club FC Bayern Munich, where he won the Intercontinental Cup , the UEFA Champions League, as well as two league titles and two domestic cups....
, termed FC Breitnigge, led the team to Bundesliga titles in 1980 and 1981. Apart from a German Cup win in 1982, two relatively unsuccessful seasons followed, after which Breitner retired and former coach Udo Lattek returned. Bayern won the 1984 cup, then went on to win five championships in six seasons, including a double in 1986. However, European success was elusive during the decade; Bayern only managed to claim the runners-up spot in the European Cup in 1982 and 1987.

Jupp Heynckes
Jupp Heynckes

Josef "Jupp" Heynckes is a former German football player and coach.As a player he was a prolific striker. He mainly played for Borussia M?nchengladbach, where he won 4 national championships, one cup and one UEFA Cup....
 was hired as coach in 1987, but after two consecutive championships in 1988–89 and 1989–90 Bayern's form dipped. After a second place in 1990–91 the club finished just five points above the relegation places in 1991–92. Success returned when Franz Beckenbauer took over for the second half of the 1993–94 season, winning the Championship again after a four year gap. Beckenbauer was then appointed club president.

His successors as coach, Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni

Giovanni Trapattoni is an Italy association football coach, considered the most successful club coach in the history of Italy,and former player....
 and Otto Rehhagel
Otto Rehhagel

Otto Rehhagel is a Germany football coach and former football player. With Helmut Sch?n, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Udo Lattek and Hennes Weisweiler, he is one of the most successful German managers ever....
 both finished trophyless after a season, not meeting the club's high expectations. During this time Bayern's players frequently appeared in the gossip pages of the press rather than the sports pages, resulting in the nickname FC Hollywood. Franz Beckenbauer briefly returned at the end of the 1995–96 season as caretaker coach and led his team to victory in the UEFA Cup 1995–96, beating Bordeaux
FC Girondins de Bordeaux

FC Girondins de Bordeaux is a France football team, playing in the city of Bordeaux. Outside of France it is more commonly referred to as just Bordeaux....
 in the final
1996 UEFA Cup Final

The 1996 UEFA Cup Final was played on May 1, 1996 and May 15, 1996 between Bayern Munich of Germany and FC Girondins de Bordeaux of France. Bayern Munich won the two matches 5–1 on aggregate....
. For the 1996–97 season Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni

Giovanni Trapattoni is an Italy association football coach, considered the most successful club coach in the history of Italy,and former player....
 returned to win the championship. But in the following season Bayern lost the title to the just promoted 1.FC Kaiserslautern and Trapattoni had to take his leave for the second time.

Renewed international success (1998–present)


Allianz Arena Pahu
From 1998–2004 Bayern were coached by Ottmar Hitzfeld
Ottmar Hitzfeld

Ottmar Hitzfeld is a German former football player and manager, nicknamed der General .With a total of 18 major titles, mostly accumulated in his tenures with Grasshopper Club Z?rich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, the trained mathematics teacher is not only the most successful German coach, but also one of the most outsta...
. In Hitzfeld's first season, Bayern won the Bundesliga and came close to winning the Champions League
UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is a seasonal club Association football competition organised by UEFA since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in Europe....
, losing 2–1 to Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide ? almost 5% of the world's population....
 in injury time after leading for most of the match
1999 UEFA Champions League Final

The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was a association football match that took place on Wednesday, 26 May 1999. The match was played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, to determine the winner of the UEFA Champions League 1998?99....
. The 1999–2000 season resulted in Bayern winning their third league and cup double. A third consecutive Bundesliga title followed in 2001, won in a finish on the final day of the league season. Days later, Bayern won the Champions League
UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is a seasonal club Association football competition organised by UEFA since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in Europe....
 for the fourth time after a 25 year gap, defeating Valencia
Valencia CF

Valencia Club de F?tbol is a Spain professional Association football football team based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Football in Spain....
 on penalties. The 2001–02 season began with a win in the International Cup, but ended trophyless otherwise. A season later Bayern won their fourth double, leading the league by a record margin. Hitzfeld's reign ended in 2004, with Bayern underperforming, including a cup defeat by second division Alemannia Aachen
Alemannia Aachen

Alemannia Aachen is a Germany football List of football clubs in Germany from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A longtime fixture of the country's 2nd Bundesliga , Alemannia enjoyed a three-year turn in the Bundesliga in the late 1960s and, after a successful 2005-06 campaign, returned to first division play for Fussb...
.

Felix Magath
Felix Magath

Wolfgang-Felix Magath is a Germany football manager.Magath was born the son of a Puerto Rican soldier in the United States Army and a German mother....
 took over and led Bayern to two consecutive Doubles
The Double

The Double is a term in football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season. It can also mean beating a team both home and away in the same league season, a feat often noted as doing the double over a particular side....
. Prior to the start of the 2005–06 season, Bayern moved from the Olympic Stadium to the new Allianz Arena
Allianz Arena

The Allianz Arena is a football stadium in the north of Munich, Germany.The two professional Munich football clubs FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 M?nchen have played their home games at Allianz Arena since the start of the 2005/06 season....
, which the club shares with TSV 1860
TSV 1860 München

TSV 1860 M?nchen, commonly known as 1860 Munich is a Germany sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's association football List of football clubs in Germany plays in the 2....
. On the field their performance in 2006–07 was erratic. Trailing in the league and having lost to Alemannia Aachen in the cup yet again, coach Magath was sacked shortly after the winter break.

Former Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld
Ottmar Hitzfeld

Ottmar Hitzfeld is a German former football player and manager, nicknamed der General .With a total of 18 major titles, mostly accumulated in his tenures with Grasshopper Club Z?rich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, the trained mathematics teacher is not only the most successful German coach, but also one of the most outsta...
 returned to Munich in January 2007, but Bayern finished the 2006–07 season fourth, thus failing to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in more than a decade. Additional losses in the DFB Cup and the League Cup
DFB-Ligapokal

The DFB-Ligapokal, or German League Cup, is a German association football competition that takes place before the start of the Bundesliga season, featuring the top four teams of the previous Fu?ball-Bundesliga season, the winner of the 2....
 left the club with no honours for the season. For the 2007–08 season, Bayern Munich made drastic squad changes to help retool and rebuild. They signed a total of eight new players and sold, released or loaned out nine of their existing players. Luca Toni
Luca Toni

Luca Toni Varchetta Delle Cave, Italian orders of merit is an Italians FIFA World Cup-winning Association football who plays for German Fu?ball-Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich....
 from Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italy Association football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A seasons....
, Miroslav Klose
Miroslav Klose

Miroslav Klose is a Germany association football who plays as a striker. He plays for FC Bayern Munich in the Fu?ball-Bundesliga in Germany, and for the Germany national football team....
 from Werder Bremen and record signing Franck Ribéry
Franck Ribéry

Franck Bilal Rib?ry is a French association football midfielder who plays for Fu?ball-Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich....
 from Marseille headlined the signings. The new additions paid off, as the Reds went on to win the 2008 DFB-Pokal
DFB Cup 2007-08

The DFB-Pokal is the second-most important national title in German football. The DFB-Pokal 2007?08 was the 65th season of the competition....
 and the Bundesliga, being on top of the standings on every single week of play.

On January 11, 2008 it was announced that Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann

J?rgen Klinsmann is a Germany football manager and former football player, who played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the Germany national football team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the 1996 UEFA European Championship....
 would succeed Ottmar Hitzfeld as Manager on July 1, 2008. He signed a two year contract. During the first half of the 2008–09 Bundesliga season, Bayern got off to a rocky start, winning just two games until day six. Eventually Bayern finished the first round second to 1899 Hoffenheim. In the DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal

The DFB-Pokal is an elimination football tournament held annually. It is the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga championship....
 Bayern is amongst the last 8, playing their next game at Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a Germany football List of football clubs in Germany based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics , gymnastics, basketball and other sports....
. In the Champions League
Champions League

Champions League may refer to various sports competitions. It most commonly refers to association football:...
 Bayern is also amongst the last 16, after winning Group F in front of Lyon
Olympique Lyonnais

Olympique Lyonnais is a France football club based in Lyon. They play in Ligue 1 and are the reigning champions of France. They have won the Ligue 1 title seven years straight, a record that no other club in France has matched....
, Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italy Association football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A seasons....
 and Steaua Bucuresti
Steaua Bucuresti

FC Steaua Bucuresti, is a Romanian professional football football team from Ghencea,south-west Bucharest. They are the most successful Romanian football team in European competitions as well in the Liga I .They became the first Eastern Europe team to win the UEFA Champions League being victorious in the European Cup 1985-86....
. They have faced Sporting
Sporting Clube de Portugal

Sporting Clube de Portugal...
 in the Round of 16, beating them 0–5 away from home and now seemed destined for the quater-finals of the Champions League.

Colours


In the original club constitution, Bayern's colours were named as white and blue, but the club played in white shirts with black shorts until 1905, when Bayern joined MSC. MSC decreed that the footballers would have to play in red shorts. Also the younger players were called red-shorts, which was meant as an insult. Bayern has played in red and white for most of its existence, but blue has been included on occasion. In the 1969–70 season the shirts were striped in blue and white, and the shorts and socks were also blue. A similar style appeared in 1995, when blue was for the first time the dominant colour. From 1998 on Bayern returned to its original colours.

The club's away kit has had a wide range of colours over the years, including white, black, blue, and gold-green. Bayern also features a distinct international kit. As of 2008, the home kit is red with white sripes across the shirt, the away kit is dark blue, and the international kit is white.

Crest


Bayern's crest has changed several times. Originally it consisted of the stylized letters F, C, B, M, which were woven into one symbol. The original crest was blue. The colours of Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
 were included for the first time in 1954.

The modern version of the crest has evolved from the 1954 version in several steps. While the crest consisted of a single colour only for most of the time, namely blue or red, the current (2008) crest is blue, red, and white. It has the colours of Bavaria in its centre and FC Bayern München is written in white on a red ring enclosing the Bavarian colours.

Stadium


Bayern played its first training games at the Schyrenplatz in the center of Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
. The first official games were held on the Theresienwiese
Theresienwiese

Theresienwiese is an open space in the Boroughs of Munich Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt. It serves as the official ground of the Munich Oktoberfest....
. In 1901 Bayern moved to its first own field, which was located in Schwabing
Schwabing

Schwabing is a borough in the northern part of Munich, the Capital of the Germany state of Bavaria. It is divided into the city borough 4 and the city borough 12 ....
 at the Clemensstraße. After joining the Münchner Sport-Club (MSC) in 1906, Bayern moved in May 1907 to MSC's ground at the Leopoldstraße. As the crowds gathering for Bayern's home games increased at the beginning of the 1920s, Bayern had to switch to various premises in Munich.

From 1925 Bayern shared the Grünwalder Stadion
Grünwalder Stadion

Gr?nwalder Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Munich, Germany. It was the home ground for FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 M?nchen until the clubs moved to the new Olympic Stadium, Munich after the 1972 season....
 with 1860 Munich. Until World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 the stadium was owned by 1860 Munich, and is still colloquially known as Sechz'ger ("Sixties") Stadium nowadays. It was destroyed during the war, and efforts to rebuild it resulted in a patchwork. Bayern's record crowd at the Grünwalder Stadion is reported as more than 50,000 in the home game against 1. FC Nuremberg in the 1961–62 season. In the Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga

The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany's German football league system. The term Bundesliga also applies to Austrian Football Bundesliga and is used to refer to the highest level league competitions in several other sports in those two countries....
 era the stadium had a maximum capacity of 44,000 which was reached on several occasions, but the capacity has since been reduced to 21,272. As was the case at most of this period's stadia, the vast majority of the stadium was given over to terracing. Today the second teams of both clubs play in the stadium.

For the Olympic Games of 1972
1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was then West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
 the city of Munich built the Olympic Stadium. The stadium, renowned for its architecture, was inaugurated in the last Bundesliga match of the 1971–72 season. The match drew a capacity crowd of 79,000, a total which was reached again on numerous occasions. The stadium was, in its early days, considered to be one of the foremost stadia in the world and played host to numerous major finals, such as that of 1974 FIFA World Cup
1974 FIFA World Cup

The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. West Germany had been chosen in July 1966 as FIFA World Cup hosts#1974, 1978, 1982 FIFA World Cups by FIFA....
. In the following years the stadium underwent several modifications, such as an increase in seating space from approximately 50% to ca. 66%. Eventually the stadium had a capacity of 63,000 for national matches, and 59,000 for international occasions such as European Cup competitions. Many people, however, began to feel that the stadium was too cold in winter, with half the audience exposed to the weather due to lack of cover. A further complaint was the distance between the spectators and the pitch, the stadium betraying its track and field
Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
 heritage. Modification of the stadium proved impossible as the architect Günther Behnisch vetoed major modifications of the stadium.

After much discussion the city, the state of Bavaria
Bavaria

Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
, FC Bayern, and TSV 1860 jointly decided at the end of 2000 to build a new stadium. While Bayern had wanted to build a purpose-built football stadium for several years, the awarding of the FIFA World Cup 2006
2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names international football world championship tournament....
 to Germany stimulated the discussion as the Olympic Stadium no longer met the FIFA
FIFA

The F?d?ration Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by its acronym, FIFA , is the international sport governing body of association football....
 criteria to host a World Cup game. Located on the northern outskirts of Munich the Allianz Arena
Allianz Arena

The Allianz Arena is a football stadium in the north of Munich, Germany.The two professional Munich football clubs FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 M?nchen have played their home games at Allianz Arena since the start of the 2005/06 season....
 has been in use since the beginning of the 2005–06 season. Its initial capacity of 66,000 fully covered seats has since been increased for matches on national level to 69,901 by transforming 3,000 seats to terracing in a 2:1 ratio. The most prominent feature of the stadium is the translucent outer layer, which can be illuminated in different colours for impressive effects. Usually red lighting is used for Bayern home games, blue for 1860 home games and white for German National-Team
Germany national football team

The German national football team is the association football team representing the country of Germany in international competition since 1908....
 home games.

Supporters


Bayern considers itself a national club. The club has more than 147,000 members and 2,437 fanclubs, making it the club with the largest number of organized supporters in Germany. Owing partly to the club having supporters all over the country, all of Bayern's away games have been sold out in recent years. Their following is mainly recruited from the aspiring middle class and regional Bavaria. Despite a large proportion of their supporters having to travel more than 200 km (ca. 120 miles) regularly, the club's home matches in the Allianz Arena
Allianz Arena

The Allianz Arena is a football stadium in the north of Munich, Germany.The two professional Munich football clubs FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 M?nchen have played their home games at Allianz Arena since the start of the 2005/06 season....
 have almost without exception been sold out.

Bayern Munich is also renowned for its well-organized ultra
Ultras

Ultras are a form of sports team supporters renowned for their fanatical support and elaborate displays. They are predominantly European and South American followers of football teams....
 scene. The most prominent groups are the , the Red Munichs '89, the Südkurve '73, the Munichmaniacs 1996, the Service Crew Munich, the Red Angels, the Tavernen Crew München, and the Red Sharks. Stern des Südens
Stern des Südens

Stern des S?dens is a song created by FC Bayern Munich fans, and it is sung during games at FC Bayern Munich's home stadium, the Allianz Arena....
 is the song which fans sing at FCB home games. In the 1990s they also used to sing FC Bayern, Forever Number One.

Rivalries


Bayern is one of three professional football clubs in Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
. Bayern's main local rival is TSV 1860 Munich, who were the more successful club in the 1960s, winning a cup and a championship. In the 1970s and 1980s, TSV 1860 moved between the first and the third division, but lately have settled in the second division
2. Fußball-Bundesliga

The 2nd Bundesliga is the Second Division of professional Association football in Germany. It is below the Fu?ball-Bundesliga in the German football league system....
. The rivalry has therefore, at least from a Bayern point of view, lost importance, reflecting the lopsided state of the achievements of the two clubs and the absence of players for whom local grudges would still matter. On the other hand the Münchner Stadtderby is still a much anticipated event, getting a lot of extra attention from supporters of both clubs. 1860 is considered more working-class, and therefore suffers from a diminishing fan base in a city where the manufacturing sector is declining. Bayern is considered the establishment club, which is reflected by many board members being business leaders and including the former Bavarian minister president
Edmund Stoiber

Edmund R?diger Stoiber is a Germany politics, former minister-president of the States of Germany of Bavaria and former chairman of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria....
. Despite the rivalry, Bayern has repeatedly supported 1860 in times of financial disarray.

SpVgg Unterhaching
SpVgg Unterhaching

Spielvereinigung Unterhaching is a Germany sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich....
 from the semi-rural southern outskirts of Munich, is the city's third team. They celebrated their biggest success in 1999 when they gained promotion to the Bundesliga and stayed in the top flight for a second season. Since then they have been playing in the second Bundesliga and the third division
Regionalliga (football)

The Fu?ball-Regionalliga is the fourth tier of football in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier of the league system before being disbanded....
. In the 2008–09 season they will be playing in the newly founded 3rd Liga
3rd Liga

The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008-09 season, when it replaced the Fu?ball-Regionalliga as the third-highest football league in Germany....
. There is no rivalry between Bayern and Unterhaching, the most notable event in the relation of the two clubs being the finish of the 1999–2000 Bundesliga season. Unterhaching defeated Bayer Leverkusen on the last day of the season, giving Bayern the chance to surpass Leverkusen in the standings and claim the title.

Since the 1920s, 1. FC Nuremberg has been Bayern's main rival in Bavaria. Both clubs played in the same league in the mid-1920s, but in the 1920s and 1930s, Nuremberg was far more successful, winning five championships
German football champions

The German football champions are the annual winners of the highest Football in Germany in Germany. The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the course of the 20th century....
 in the 1920s, making the club Germany's record champion. Bayern took over the title more than sixty years later, when they won their tenth championship in 1987, thereby surpassing the number of championships won by Nuremberg. The duel between Bayern and Nuremberg is often referred to as the Bavarian Derby.

Since the 1970s, Bayern's main rivals have been the clubs who put up the strongest fight against its national dominance. In the 1970s this was Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia M?nchengladbach, is a Germany football List of football clubs in Germany based in M?nchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the first division Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, best-supported, and successful teams....
, in the 1980s the category expanded to include Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV

Hamburger SV is a Germany multi sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch is the List of football clubs in Germany. The football team is one of the country's oldest, most well known and best performing clubs, with the unique distinction of having played continuously in top-flight German football since the end of World War I....
. In the 1990s Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen

Werder Bremen is a Germany sports club best known for its association football List of football clubs in Germany playing in Bremen , in the northwest German federal state of the Bremen ....
, Bayer Leverkusen, and Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund

File:Suedtribuene.jpgBV Borussia Dortmund is a Germany association football List of football clubs in Germany based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia and one of the most successful clubs in German football....
, emerged as the most ardent opponents. Recently Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04

FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly FC Schalke 04, is a Germany association football List of football clubs in Germany originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia....
, Bremen and Hamburg have been the main challengers in the Bundesliga. Amongst Bayern's chief European rivals are Real Madrid , A.C. Milan
A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as AC Milan and as simply Milan in Italy, are an Italian professional Association football sports club based in Milan, Lombardy....
, and Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide ? almost 5% of the world's population....
 due to many classic wins, draws and losses.

Organization and finance


Professional football at Bayern is run by the spin-off organization FC Bayern München AG. AG is short for Aktiengesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft

Aktiengesellschaft is a German language term that refers to a corporation that is limited by share s, i.e. owned by shareholders, and may be traded on a stock market....
, and Bayern is run like a joint stock company
Joint stock company

A joint stock company is a type of business entity: it is a type of corporation or partnership between two. Certificates of ownership are issued by the company in return for each contribution, and the shareholders are free to transfer their ownership interest at any time by selling their stockholding to others....
, a company whose stock are not listed on the public stock exchange, but is privately owned. 90% of FC Bayern München AG is owned by the club, the FC Bayern München e. V. (e. V. is short for Eingetragener Verein
Eingetragener Verein

Eingetragener Verein or e.V. is a legal status for a registered voluntary association in Germany and Austria. While any group may be called a Verein, registration as eingetragener Verein holds many legal benefits because a registered association may legally function as a corporate body rather than just a group of ind...
, which translates into "Registered Club") and 10% by sports goods manufacturer Adidas
Adidas

Adidas Aktiengesellschaft is a Germany sports apparel manufacturer and part of the Adidas Group, which consists of Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-adidas golf company, and Rockport ....
, which is also a major sponsor of the club. Adidas acquired its shares in 2002 for €77m. The money was designated to help finance the Allianz Arena
Allianz Arena

The Allianz Arena is a football stadium in the north of Munich, Germany.The two professional Munich football clubs FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 M?nchen have played their home games at Allianz Arena since the start of the 2005/06 season....
.

Bayern's main advertising partner and current holder of the jersey rights is Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom Aktiengesellschaft is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the European Union....
. The main supplier of the club is Adidas
Adidas

Adidas Aktiengesellschaft is a Germany sports apparel manufacturer and part of the Adidas Group, which consists of Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-adidas golf company, and Rockport ....
. Other premium partners include Audi
Audi

AUDI AG, is a Germany car manufacturer which produces cars under the Audi brand, . The name Audi is based on a latin translation of the last name of the founder August "Horch", itself the German word for ?hear." Another explanation for the origin of the name is as an acronym for ?Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt."...
, Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola is a carbonation soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines worldwide . It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke or as Cola or Pop....
, Lufthansa
Lufthansa

Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft is one of the List of largest airlines in Europe airlines in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried, and the flag carrier of Germany....
, Nikon
Nikon

, also known as Nikon or Nikon Corp., is a multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan specializing in optics and imaging....
, Siemens
Siemens AG

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft is Europe's largest engineering Conglomerate . Siemens' international headquarters are located in Berlin and Munich, Germany....
, and Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established on October 3, 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones....
. In previous years the jersey rights were held by Adidas (1974–78), Magirus Deutz
Magirus

Magirus Feuerwehrwerke Ulm was a Germany manufacturer founded by Conrad Dietrich Magirus . The company began manufacturing fire-fighting vehicles in 1864....
 and Iveco
Iveco

Iveco is an Italy truck, bus, and diesel engine manufacturer, based in Turin, Italy. It is a subsidiary of the Fiat Group, and produces around 200,000 commercial vehicles and 460,000 diesel engines annually, and for the year ended 2007 the company had Euro11,196 million in sales ....
 (trucks / 1978–84), Commodore
Commodore International

Commodore, the commonly used name for Commodore International, was a United States electronics company based in West Chester, Pennsylvania which was a vital player in the home computer/personal computer field in the 1980s....
 (computers / 1984–89) and Opel
Opel

Adam Opel Gesellschaft mit beschr?nkter Haftung is a Germany automaker, part of General Motors.The company was founded on 21 January, 1863, and began making automobiles in 1899....
 (cars / 1989–2002).

Bayern is led mostly by former club players. The club President is Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer is a Germany Football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed der Kaiser because of his elegant style, his leadership qualities, his first name "Franz" , and his dominance on the football pitch....
, who is also Chairman of the supervisory board of the AG. The Chairman of the executive board of the AG is Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge is a Germany former soccer player.He had his greatest career success with German club FC Bayern Munich, where he won the Intercontinental Cup , the UEFA Champions League, as well as two league titles and two domestic cups....
 and Uli Hoeneß
Uli Hoeneß

Ulrich ?Uli? Hoene?, is a former German football player and is now general manager of the football club FC Bayern Munich....
 is the deputy chairman of the executive board of the AG. Hoeneß has been in office, formerly as general manager of the club, since 1979.

In 2007–08 the club reported record revenues of €286.8 Million with an after tax profit of €2.1 Million. According to Deloitte's annual Football Money League
Deloitte Football Money League

The Deloitte Football Money League is a ranking of Football clubs by income. It is produced annually by the accountancy firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu....
, Bayern was the seventh richest club in the world in 2007, generating revenues of €227.2 Million.

Other departments


FC Bayern II


The reserve team serves mainly as the final stepping stone for promising young players before being promoted to the main team. Bayern II is coached by Hermann Gerland
Hermann Gerland

Hermann Gerland is a German former football player and manager. He currently coaches Bayern Munich II who play in the Regionalliga .Gerland spent his entire professional career from 1972 to 1984 playing at VfL Bochum....
 and Gerd Müller
Gerd Müller

Gerhard "Gerd" M?ller is a former Germany football player and one of the world's most prolific goalscorers of all time.With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances, 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games, he was by far the most successful striker of his d...
. Since the inception of the Regionalligas
Regionalliga (football)

The Fu?ball-Regionalliga is the fourth tier of football in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier of the league system before being disbanded....
 in 1994 the team has played in the Regionalliga Süd
Regionalliga Süd

The Regionalliga S?d is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier....
, after playing in the Oberliga
Oberliga (football)

The Oberliga is currently the name of the fifth tier of the German football league system leagues. Before the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier....
 since 1978. In the 2007–08 season they qualified for the newly found 3rd Liga
3rd Liga

The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008-09 season, when it replaced the Fu?ball-Regionalliga as the third-highest football league in Germany....
. The team has since 1978 played in the highest league that the DFB permits the second division of a professional football team to play.

Junior Football


Bayern Munich's junior division has produced some of Europe's top football players, including Owen Hargreaves
Owen Hargreaves

Owen Lee Hargreaves is a Canadian-born England, two-time UEFA Champions League winning association football midfielder. He plays for Manchester United F.C....
, Thomas Hitzlsperger
Thomas Hitzlsperger

Thomas Hitzlsperger is a Germany Association footballer who plays for VfB Stuttgart as a midfielder and is their current captain. He spent the early part of his career playing for Aston Villa F.C....
, Philipp Lahm
Philipp Lahm

Philipp Lahm is a German association football who plays as a defender for FC Bayern Munich and Germany national football team....
, and Bastian Schweinsteiger
Bastian Schweinsteiger

is a Germany Association football who plays as a midfielder for FC Bayern Munich and Germany national football team. Bastian's older brother, Tobias Schweinsteiger, plays for the German third division club SpVgg Unterhaching....
. The division was founded in 1902 and is run by Werner Kern
Werner Kern

Werner Kern is a German association football coach , who is head of the Bayern Munich Junior Team at FC Bayern Munich.After a career playing amateur football, Kern was appointed assistant manager of Bayern Munich in 1970, where he remained until 1977, serving during the club's golden era....
 and Björn Andersson
Björn Andersson

Bj?rn Andersson is a former Sweden football from Markaryd, who played for Bayern Munich and was part of their UEFA Champions League victory in European Cup 1974-75....
. It consists of eleven teams with more than 170 players, the youngest being under ten.

Women's Football


The women's football team which is led by headcoach Günther Wöhrle features several members of the German national youth team. In the 2007–08
Fußball-Bundesliga (women) 2007-08

The Fu?ball-Bundesliga 2007-08 was the 18th season of the Fu?ball-Bundesliga , Germany's premier football league. It began on August 19 2007 and ended on June 15 2008....
 season the team finished fourth in the women's Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga (women)

The Women's Football Bundesliga is the main league competition for women's football in Germany. The German Women's Bundesliga was created, based on the model of the men's Fu?ball-Bundesliga, in 1991 by the German Football Association....
. The division was founded in 1970 and consists of three teams with 90 players. Their greatest success was winning the championship in 1976.

Other sports


Bayern has other departments for
  • basketball
    Basketball

    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
     since 1946 with 280 players in 19 teams
  • bowling
    Skittles (sport)

    Skittles is an old European :Category:Precision sports, a variety of bowling, from which Ten-pin bowling, Duckpin bowling, and Candlepin bowling in the United States, and Five-pin bowling in Canada are descended....
     since 1984 with 46 players in 4 teams
  • chess
    Chess

    Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two Player . Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to distinguish it from History of chess and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older...
     since 1908 with 97 players in 8 teams
  • gymnastics
    Gymnastics

    Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility and coordination. Artistic Gymnastics is the best known and most popular of the gymnastics sports governed by the F?d?ration Internationale de Gymnastique ....
     since 1974 with 35 gymnasts in 1 team
  • handball
    Team handball

    Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass and bounce a ball to throw it into the goal of the opposing team. The team with the most goals after two periods of 30 minutes wins....
     since 1945 with 300 players in 10 teams
  • table tennis
    Table tennis

    Table tennis, also known as ping pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth with rackets ....
     since 1946 with 160 players in 12 teams
  • referee
    Referee

    A referee is a person who has authority to make decisions about play in many sports. Officials in various sports are known by a variety of titles, including: referee, umpire, judge, linesman, commissaire, timekeeper or touch judge....
    s since 1919 with 115 referees
  • and senior football since 2002 with 135 players in 5 teams


Training facility


FC Bayern Munich training facilities, for both the professional and the Junior Team
Bayern Munich Junior Team

Bayern Munich Junior Team is the Youth system for Bayern Munich....
, are located at the Bayern Munich Headquarters. There are four grass pitches, one of which has undersoil heating, one artificial grass field and a multi-functional sports hall.

The players' quarters opened in 1990 and were reconstructed after the 2007–08 season on suggestions by the new coach, Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann

J?rgen Klinsmann is a Germany football manager and former football player, who played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the Germany national football team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the 1996 UEFA European Championship....
, who took inspiration from various major sports clubs. The quarters are now called the performance centre and feature a weights and fitness area, a massage unit, dressing rooms, the coaches' office, and a conference room with screening facilities for video analysis. A café, a library, an e-Learning
E-learning

Electronic learning is a type of Technology supported education/learning where the medium of instruction is through computer technology, particularly involving digital technologies....
 room, and a family room are also included.

Located at the headquarters is also the Youth academy, which houses up top 13 young talents from outside the city. While being part of Bayern's Junior Team they can work there on their development as footballers. Former residents of the Youth House include Owen Hargreaves
Owen Hargreaves

Owen Lee Hargreaves is a Canadian-born England, two-time UEFA Champions League winning association football midfielder. He plays for Manchester United F.C....
, Michael Rensing
Michael Rensing

Michael Rensing is a Germany football who plays as a Goalkeeper for FC Bayern Munich....
, and Bastian Schweinsteiger
Bastian Schweinsteiger

is a Germany Association football who plays as a midfielder for FC Bayern Munich and Germany national football team. Bastian's older brother, Tobias Schweinsteiger, plays for the German third division club SpVgg Unterhaching....
.

Honours

Bayern has won 52 major trophies.

  • German Champions
    German football champions

    The German football champions are the annual winners of the highest Football in Germany in Germany. The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the course of the 20th century....
    : 21 (record)
    • 1931–32
      German football championship 1932

      The 25th German football championship brought the first title win of the FC Bayern Munich. The title was won with a 2:0 against Eintracht Frankfurt....
      , 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
  • German Cup: 14 (record)
    • 1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1998
      DFB Cup 1997-98

      The DFB-Pokal is the second-most important national title in German football. The DFB-Pokal 1997?98 was the 55th season of the competition....
      , 2000
      DFB Cup 1999-00

      The DFB-Pokal 1999-2000 was the 57th season of the competition. It began on July 31 1999 and ended on May 6 2000. In the final FC Bayern Munich defeated SV Werder Bremen 3 – 0 to take their tenth title....
      ,
      2003
      DFB Cup 2002-03

      The DFB-Pokal is the second-most important national title in German football. The DFB-Pokal 2002?03 was the 60th season of the competition....
      , 2005
      DFB Cup 2004-05

      The DFB-Pokal is the second-most important national title in German football. The DFB-Pokal 2004?05 was the 62nd season of the competition....
      , 2006
      DFB Cup 2005-06

      The DFB-Pokal is the second-most important national title in German football. The DFB-Pokal 2005?06 was the 63rd season of the competition....
      , 2008
      DFB Cup 2007-08

      The DFB-Pokal is the second-most important national title in German football. The DFB-Pokal 2007?08 was the 65th season of the competition....


  • League Cup: 6 (record)
    • 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007


  • German Supercup: 3
    • 1982 (Unofficial), 1987, 1990


  • Intercontinental Cup
    Intercontinental Cup (football)

    The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores de Am?rica....
    : 2
    • 1976, 2001
      2001 Intercontinental Cup

      The 2001 Intercontinental Cup was a Association football match played on 27 November 2001 between FC Bayern Munich, winners of the UEFA Champions League 2000?01 UEFA Champions League, and Club Atl?tico Boca Juniors, winners of the Copa Libertadores 2001 Copa Libertadores....


  • UEFA Champions League/European Cup
    UEFA Champions League

    The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is a seasonal club Association football competition organised by UEFA since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in Europe....
    : 4
    • 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001


  • European Cup Winners Cup
    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

    The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a Football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions....
    : 1
    • 1967


  • UEFA Cup
    UEFA Cup

    The UEFA Cup is a association football competition for European club teams, organised by the UEFA. It is the second most important international competition for European football clubs, after the UEFA Champions League....
    : 1
    • 1996


Other trophies



Youth

  • German Under 19 championship
    • Champions: 2001, 2002, 2004
    • Runners-up: 1998, 2006, 2007
  • German Under 17 championship
    • Champions: 1989, 1997, 2001, 2007
    • Runners-up: 2000
  • Under 15 championship: 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991
  • Under 19 Bundesliga South/Southwest
    Under 19 Bundesliga (football)

    The Under 19 Bundesliga is the highest level in German Under 19 football . It was created in 2003 and is divided in three divisions with 14 teams each....
    • Champions: 2004, 2007


Regional competitions

  • Southern German champions
    Southern German football championship

    The Southern German football championship was the highest association football competition in the South of Germany, established in 1898. The competition was disbanded in 1933 with the rise of the Nazis to power....
    : 1925–26, 1927–28


  • Ostkreis-Liga (I) champions: 1910, 1911


  • Kreisliga Südbayern (I) champions: 1920, 1923


  • Bezirksliga Bayern
    Bezirksliga Bayern

    The Bezirksliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the Germany state of Bavaria from 1923 to 1933. The league was disbanded with the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933....
     (I) champions: 1925–26


  • Bezirksliga Südbayern (I) champions: 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33


  • Gauliga Südbayern (I) champions: 1943–44


  • Regionalliga Süd
    Regionalliga Süd (1963-74)

    The Regionalliga S?d was the second-highest level of the German football league system in the south of Germany from 1963 until the formation of the 2nd Bundesliga in 1974....
     (II) champions: 1964–65


Players


Current squad

As of 8 March 2009.

Retired number(s)

  • 12 = Bayern is one of the teams that has retired the number 12 shirt. This number is given to the fans as an act to show that they are part of the team.


Players out on loan


For recent transfers, see List of German football transfers summer 2008
List of German football transfers summer 2008

This is a list of Germany association football transfer in the summer transfer window 2008 by club. Only transfers of the Fu?ball-Bundesliga, 2. Fu?ball-Bundesliga and 3rd Liga are included....
 and List of German football transfers winter 2008–09
List of German football transfers winter 2008–09

This is a list of Germany association football transfer in the winter transfer window 2008?09 by club. Only transfers of the Fu?ball-Bundesliga, 2....
.

See also: Bayern Munich II
FC Bayern Munich II

Bayern Munich II are the second team of Germany Football List of football clubs in Germany Bayern Munich. They have played in the Regionalliga since 1994 when the league was formed and have generally earned mid-table results....
, Bayern Munich Junior Team
Bayern Munich Junior Team

Bayern Munich Junior Team is the Youth system for Bayern Munich....


Notable past players

 
The "Greatest Ever" squad chosen by more than 66,000 fans, in 2005. The coach chosen was Ottmar Hitzfeld
Ottmar Hitzfeld

Ottmar Hitzfeld is a German former football player and manager, nicknamed der General .With a total of 18 major titles, mostly accumulated in his tenures with Grasshopper Club Z?rich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, the trained mathematics teacher is not only the most successful German coach, but also one of the most outsta...
.


At his farewell game, Oliver Kahn
Oliver Kahn

Oliver Rolf Kahn is a former Germany football goalkeeper. He started his career at Karlsruher SC and in 1994 was transferred to FC Bayern Munich, his last professional club....
 was declared honorary captain
Captain (football)

The team captain of a football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team: it is often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game....
 of Bayern Munich. The players below are part of the FC Bayern Munich Hall of Fame.

1970s: Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer is a Germany Football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed der Kaiser because of his elegant style, his leadership qualities, his first name "Franz" , and his dominance on the football pitch....
 (DF
Defender (football)

In association football , a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from scoring.There are four types of defender - centre back, sweeper, full back, and wing back....
) Paul Breitner
Paul Breitner

Paul Breitner is a former Germany Football player. One of Germany national football team's most controversial players, he was capped 48 times for his country....
 (MF
Midfielder

In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defender s . Their main functions are to dispossess the opposing team, to retain possession of the ball, and to feed it to the strikers, and perhaps, to score as well....
) Dieter Hoeneß
Dieter Hoeneß

Dieter Hoene? was a German football player and is now general manager of the football club Hertha BSC Berlin.Dieter Hoene? played on amateur level for VfB Ulm and SSV Ulm 1846 before he started a professional career in the German Bundesliga with VfB Stuttgart....
 (FW
Striker

Forwards, also known as attackers and strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals....
) Uli Hoeneß
Uli Hoeneß

Ulrich ?Uli? Hoene?, is a former German football player and is now general manager of the football club FC Bayern Munich....
 (FW
Striker

Forwards, also known as attackers and strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals....
) Sepp Maier
Sepp Maier

Josef Dieter "Sepp" Maier is a Germany former professional football goalkeeper.Born in Metten, Bavaria, he spent the entirety of his professional playing career at Bayern Munich, winning the Bundesliga Championship four times and the UEFA Champions League three times in succession....
 (GK
Goalkeeper

In many team sports, a goalkeeper is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal ....
) Gerd Müller
Gerd Müller

Gerhard "Gerd" M?ller is a former Germany football player and one of the world's most prolific goalscorers of all time.With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances, 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games, he was by far the most successful striker of his d...
 (FW
Striker

Forwards, also known as attackers and strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals....
) Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (DF
Defender (football)

In association football , a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from scoring.There are four types of defender - centre back, sweeper, full back, and wing back....
)

1980s: Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus Augenthaler

Klaus Augenthaler is a former football player and now manager....
 (DF
Defender (football)

In association football , a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from scoring.There are four types of defender - centre back, sweeper, full back, and wing back....
) Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge is a Germany former soccer player.He had his greatest career success with German club FC Bayern Munich, where he won the Intercontinental Cup , the UEFA Champions League, as well as two league titles and two domestic cups....
 (FW
Striker

Forwards, also known as attackers and strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals....
) Roland Wohlfarth
Roland Wohlfarth

Roland Wohlfarth is a former footballer.He was active in the Fu?ball-Bundesliga from 1981 until 1998, spanning 287 games and 120 goals. At first Wohlfarth played for Borussia Bocholt in his youth, then for MSV Duisburg, FC Bayern Munich, Lokomotive Leipzig and VfL Bochum....
 (FW
Striker

Forwards, also known as attackers and strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals....
)

1990s: Stefan Effenberg
Stefan Effenberg

Stefan Effenberg is a former Germany football player. He was an all-round player and leader, possessing great passing and a hard shot....
 (MF
Midfielder

In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defender s . Their main functions are to dispossess the opposing team, to retain possession of the ball, and to feed it to the strikers, and perhaps, to score as well....
) Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus

Lothar Herbert Matth?us , is a Germany former association football player and now manager, currently managing Israeli club Maccabi Netanya F.C.....
 (DF
Defender (football)

In association football , a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from scoring.There are four types of defender - centre back, sweeper, full back, and wing back....
/MF
Midfielder

In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defender s . Their main functions are to dispossess the opposing team, to retain possession of the ball, and to feed it to the strikers, and perhaps, to score as well....
)

2000s: Giovane Elber
Giovane Elber

?lber Giovane de Souza known as ?lber Giovane or just ?lber is a retired Brazilian association football striker. Elber is mostly referred to as Giov?ne Elber , which is a German variation of his Italian nickname il gi?vane Elber ....
 (FW
Striker

Forwards, also known as attackers and strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals....
) Bixente Lizarazu
Bixente Lizarazu

Bixente Lizarazu is a former football defender for Bayern Munich and three other professional teams, as well as the France national football team....
 (DF
Defender (football)

In association football , a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from scoring.There are four types of defender - centre back, sweeper, full back, and wing back....
) Mehmet Scholl
Mehmet Scholl

Mehmet Scholl is a former Germany football player born to a German mother and a Turkish father. He finished his career after the Fu?ball-Bundesliga 2006?07 Bundesliga season....
 (MF
Midfielder

In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defender s . Their main functions are to dispossess the opposing team, to retain possession of the ball, and to feed it to the strikers, and perhaps, to score as well....
)

Captains

The captain for the 2008–09 season is Mark van Bommel
Mark van Bommel

Mark Peter Gertuda Andreas van Bommel is a Netherlands association football who plays for and Captain FC Bayern Munich. He is also the son in law of the coach of the Dutch national team Bert van Marwijk....
, who is also the first non-German captain of Bayern Munich. Former captain Oliver Kahn
Oliver Kahn

Oliver Rolf Kahn is a former Germany football goalkeeper. He started his career at Karlsruher SC and in 1994 was transferred to FC Bayern Munich, his last professional club....
 retired after the 2007–08 season.

EraCaptain
2008–presentMark van Bommel
Mark van Bommel

Mark Peter Gertuda Andreas van Bommel is a Netherlands association football who plays for and Captain FC Bayern Munich. He is also the son in law of the coach of the Dutch national team Bert van Marwijk....
 (MF
Midfielder

In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defender s . Their main functions are to dispossess the opposing team, to retain possession of the ball, and to feed it to the strikers, and perhaps, to score as well....
)
2002–2008Oliver Kahn
Oliver Kahn

Oliver Rolf Kahn is a former Germany football goalkeeper. He started his career at Karlsruher SC and in 1994 was transferred to FC Bayern Munich, his last professional club....
 (GK
Goalkeeper

In many team sports, a goalkeeper is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal ....
)
1999–2002Stefan Effenberg
Stefan Effenberg

Stefan Effenberg is a former Germany football player. He was an all-round player and leader, possessing great passing and a hard shot....
 (MF
Midfielder

In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defender s . Their main functions are to dispossess the opposing team, to retain possession of the ball, and to feed it to the strikers, and perhaps, to score as well....
) / Oliver Kahn
Oliver Kahn

Oliver Rolf Kahn is a former Germany football goalkeeper. He started his career at Karlsruher SC and in 1994 was transferred to FC Bayern Munich, his last professional club....
 (GK
Goalkeeper

In many team sports, a goalkeeper is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal ....
)
1997–1999Thomas Helmer
Thomas Helmer

Thomas Helmer is a former Germany Germany national football team soccer. His preferred playing position was Libero #Sweeper/libero, but he was primarily deployed as a centre-back....
 (DF
Defender (football)

In association football , a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from scoring.There are four types of defender - centre back, sweeper, full back, and wing back....
)
1994–1996Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus

Lothar Herbert Matth?us , is a Germany former association football player and now manager, currently managing Israeli club Maccabi Netanya F.C.....
 (DF
Defender (football)

In association football , a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from scoring.There are four types of defender - centre back, sweeper, full back, and wing back....
)
1991–1994Raimond Aumann
Raimond Aumann

Raimond Aumann was a Germany association football. His nickname is Balu .He was a goalkeeper in the Fu?ball-Bundesliga between 1982 and 1994....
 (GK
Goalkeeper

In many team sports, a goalkeeper is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal ....
)
1984–1991Klaus Augenthaler
Klaus Augenthaler

Klaus Augenthaler is a former football player and now manager....
 (DF
Defender (football)

In association football , a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from scoring.There are four types of defender - centre back, sweeper, full back, and wing back....
)
1983–1984Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge is a Germany former soccer player.He had his greatest career success with German club FC Bayern Munich, where he won the Intercontinental Cup , the UEFA Champions League, as well as two league titles and two domestic cups....
 (FW
Striker

Forwards, also known as attackers and strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals....
)
1980–1983Paul Breitner
Paul Breitner

Paul Breitner is a former Germany Football player. One of Germany national football team's most controversial players, he was capped 48 times for his country....
 (MF
Midfielder

In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defender s . Their main functions are to dispossess the opposing team, to retain possession of the ball, and to feed it to the strikers, and perhaps, to score as well....
)
1979–1980Georg Schwarzenbeck
Georg Schwarzenbeck

Hans-Georg "Katsche" Schwarzenbeck is a retired German football player. He played in the Bundesliga from 1966 to 1979, appearing in 416 matches as a defender for Bayern Munich....
 (DF
Defender (football)

In association football , a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from scoring.There are four types of defender - centre back, sweeper, full back, and wing back....
)
1979–1979Gerd Müller
Gerd Müller

Gerhard "Gerd" M?ller is a former Germany football player and one of the world's most prolific goalscorers of all time.With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances, 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games, he was by far the most successful striker of his d...
 (FW
Striker

Forwards, also known as attackers and strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals....
)
1977–1979Sepp Maier
Sepp Maier

Josef Dieter "Sepp" Maier is a Germany former professional football goalkeeper.Born in Metten, Bavaria, he spent the entirety of his professional playing career at Bayern Munich, winning the Bundesliga Championship four times and the UEFA Champions League three times in succession....
 (GK
Goalkeeper

In many team sports, a goalkeeper is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal ....
)
1970–1977Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer is a Germany Football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed der Kaiser because of his elegant style, his leadership qualities, his first name "Franz" , and his dominance on the football pitch....
 (DF
Defender (football)

In association football , a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from scoring.There are four types of defender - centre back, sweeper, full back, and wing back....
)
1965–1970Werner Olk
Werner Olk

Werner Olk is a former German footballer and coach.He spent his career in the 1960s through the early 1970s with German powerhouse Bayern Munich in the Fu?ball-Bundesliga....
 (DF
Defender (football)

In association football , a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from scoring.There are four types of defender - centre back, sweeper, full back, and wing back....
)


Coaches


See also: and FC Bayern Munich Statistics#Coaches

Bayerns coaching staff is led by head coach Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann

J?rgen Klinsmann is a Germany football manager and former football player, who played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the Germany national football team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the 1996 UEFA European Championship....
 who signed up in early 2008 and has a two year contract, beginning with July 1, 2008. His assistants are Martin Vasquez
Martin Vasquez

Martin Vasquez is a former soccer midfielder from Mexico. He played for the national teams of the United States men's national soccer team and Mexico national football team, the only player to do so....
 and Nick Theslof
Nick Theslof

Nick Theslof is an United States football coach and coach, who is currently midfield coach and international scout to J?rgen Klinsmann at FC Bayern Munich....
. Walter Junghans
Walter Junghans

Walter Junghans was a Germany football player who played goalkeeper.Junghans started his professional career with Bayern Munich in 1977, where he was the backup for legendary Sepp Maier....
 is the goalkeeping coach and Oliver Schmidtlein, Thomas Wilhelmi, Marcelo Martins, and Darcy Norman are responsible for the players' fitness. Philipp Laux
Philipp Laux

Philipp Laux is a Germany former association footballer, now Sports psychologist of FC Bayern Munich....
 was appointed as a sports psychologist.

Coaches since 1963


Bayern had 16 coaches since its promotion to the Bundesliga in 1965. Udo Lattek
Udo Lattek

Udo Lattek is a former Germany football player and Head coach, and is now a television sportscaster.With 14 major titles, Lattek is one of the most successful coaches in the history of the game, and the most successful coach with German teams, especially Bayern Munich....
, Franz Beckenbauer
Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer is a Germany Football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed der Kaiser because of his elegant style, his leadership qualities, his first name "Franz" , and his dominance on the football pitch....
, Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni

Giovanni Trapattoni is an Italy association football coach, considered the most successful club coach in the history of Italy,and former player....
, and Ottmar Hitzfeld
Ottmar Hitzfeld

Ottmar Hitzfeld is a German former football player and manager, nicknamed der General .With a total of 18 major titles, mostly accumulated in his tenures with Grasshopper Club Z?rich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, the trained mathematics teacher is not only the most successful German coach, but also one of the most outsta...
 served two terms as headcoach.

No.CoachfromuntildaysMajor Titles
20 01/07/08Present 0 
19 01/02/0730/06/08 516 2one Championship, one Cup
18 01/07/0431/01/07 945 4two Championships, two Cups
17 01/07/9830/06/04 2192 8four Championships, two Cups, one Champions League,
one Intercontinental Cup
16 01/07/9630/06/98 730 2one Championship, one Cup
15 29/04/9630/05/96 63 1one UEFA Cup
14 01/07/9527/04/96 302 0 
13 01/07/9430/06/95 365 0 
12 07/01/9330/06/94 175 1one Championship
11 12/03/9227/12/93 656 0 
10 09/10/9111/03/92 155 0 
9 01/07/8708/10/91 1561 2two Championships
8 01/07/8330/06/87 1461 5three Championships, two Cups
7 17/05/8330/06/83 45 0 
6 01/03/7916/05/83 1538 3two Championships, one Cup
5 02/12/7728/02/79 454 0 
4 16/01/7501/12/77 1051 3two European Cups, one Intercontinental Cup
3 14/03/7002/01/75 1756 5three Championships, one Cup, one European Cup
2 01/07/6813/03/70 621 2one Championship, one Cup
1 01/07/6330/06/68 1096 3two Cups, one European Cup Winners Cup


Statistics


Recent seasons


See also: FC Bayern Munich 2007–08
FC Bayern Munich 2007-08

Before the season FC Bayern Munichs did a major restructuring of their team, releasing or retiring nine players, while adding ten others to their squad....
 and FC Bayern Munich 2008–09
FC Bayern Munich 2008-09

FC Bayern Munich made few squad changes for the Fu?ball-Bundesliga 2008?09 season. With captain Oliver Kahn retiring and coach Ottmar Hitzfeld leaving to coach the Switzerland national football team, the team leaders had to be replaced, though....


SeasonRank P W D L F A GD Pts Cup UEFA CL
2008–09 2 23 12 6 5 49 31 18 42 n/a in
2007–08 1 34 22 10 2 68 21 47 76 SF n/a
2006–07 4 34 18 6 10 55 40 15 60 n/a QF
2005–06 1 34 22 9 3 67 32 35 75 n/a 1/8
2004–05 1 34 24 5 5 75 33 42 77 n/a QF
2003–04 2 34 20 8 6 70 39 31 68 n/a 1/8
2002–03 1 34 23 6 5 70 25 45 75 n/a 1R
2001–02 3 34 20 8 6 62 25 40 68 n/a QF
2000–01 1 34 19 6 9 62 37 25 63 n/a won
1999–00 1 34 22 7 5 73 28 45 73 n/a SF



Rank = Rank in the Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga

The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany's German football league system. The term Bundesliga also applies to Austrian Football Bundesliga and is used to refer to the highest level league competitions in several other sports in those two countries....
; P = Played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; Cup = German Cup; UEFA = UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup

The UEFA Cup is a association football competition for European club teams, organised by the UEFA. It is the second most important international competition for European football clubs, after the UEFA Champions League....
; CL = UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is a seasonal club Association football competition organised by UEFA since 1992 for the most successful football clubs in Europe....
.
in = Still in competition; n/a = Not attended; 1R = 1st round; 2R = 2nd round; 3R = 3rd round; 1/8 = Round of last eight; QF = Quarterfinals; SF = Semifinals.


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