FC Bayern Munich

Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V., commonly kent as FC Bayern München (German pronunciation: [ʔɛf tseː ˈbaɪɐn ˈmʏnçn̩]), FCB, Bayern Munich, or FC Bayern, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavarie (Bayern), Germany. It is best kent for its professional fitbaw team, which plays in the Bundesliga, the tap tier o the German fitbaw league seestem, an is the maist successfu club in German fitbaw history, haein wan a record 27 naitional titles an 18 naitional cups. FC Bayern wis foondit in 1900 bi 11 football players, led bi Franz John. Awtho Bayern wan its first naitional championship in 1932, the club wis nae selectit for the Bundesliga at its inception in 1963. The club haed its period o greatest success in the middle o the 1970s when, unner the caiptaincy o Franz Beckenbauer, it wan the European Cup three times in a row (1974–1976). Oweraw, Bayern haes reached ten European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals, maist recently winnin thair fift teetle in 2013 as pairt o a continental treble. Bayern haes an aa wan ane UEFA Cup, ane European Cup Winners' Cup, ane UEFA Super Cup, ane FIFA Club Warld Cup an twa Intercontinental Cups, makin it ane o the maist successfu European clubs internationally. Syne the formation o the Bundesliga, Bayern haes been the dominant club in German fitbaw wi 27 titles an haes wan 9 o the last 13 teetles. Thay hae tradeetional local rivalries wi 1860 Munich an 1. FC Nürnberg, as well as wi Borussia Dortmund syne the mid-1990s. Syne the beginnin o the 2005–06 saison, Bayern haes played its hame gemmes at the Allianz Arena. Previously the team haed played at Munich's Olympiastadion for 33 years. The team colours are reid an white, an the team crest shaws the white an blue banner o Bavarie. In terms o revenue, Bayern Munich is the biggest sports club in Germany an the third biggest football club in the world, generating €488 million for the 2013–14 season. As o November 2016, Bayern haes ower 284,000 members. Thare are mair nor 4,000 offeecially-registered fan clubs wi ower 314,000 members. The club haes ither depairtments for chess, haundbaw, basketbaw, gymnastics, boulin, table tennis an senior fitbaw wi mair nor 1,100 active members. FC Bayern is ranked seicont in the current UEFA club coefficient rankings. Honours Domestic German Champions Winner (32): 1931–32, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 DFB-Pokal Winner (17): 1956-57, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1968-69, 1970-71, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2012-13, 2013-14 DFB-Ligapokal Winner (6): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007 DFL-Supercup Winner (5): 1982, 1987, 1990, 2010, 2012 European UEFA Champions League / European Cup Winner (5) : 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 2000-01, 2012-13 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Winner (1) : 1966-67 UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup Winner (1): 1995-96 UEFA Super Cup Winner (1) : 2013 Warldwide FIFA Club Warld Cup Winner (1): 2013 Intercontinental Cup Winner (2): 1976, 2001 Regional Soothren German fitbaw championship Champions (2): 1925–26, 1927–28 Runners-up (4): 1909–10, 1910–11, 1928–29, 1931–32 Soothren German Cup Champions (1): 1957 Runners-up (1): 1923 Ostkreis-Liga (I) champions: 1910, 1911; runners-up: 1912, 1913, 1917, 1918 (record) Kreisliga Südbayern (I) champions: 1920, 1923 (shared record); runners-up: 1922 Bezirksliga Bayern (I) champions: 1925–26 Bezirksliga Südbayern (I) champions: 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33 (record) Gauliga Südbayern (I) champions: 1943–44 Regionalliga Süd (II) Champions (1): 1964–65 Runners-up (1): 1963–64 Players Current squad As o 25 Julie 2023 Note: Banners indicate naitional team as defined unner FIFA eligibility rules. Players mey haud mair nor ane non-FIFA naitionality. References Freemit airtins