# FC Bayern Munich (women)

Active departments of FC Bayern Munich :
| Football (men's) | Football II (men's) | Football JT (men's) |
| Football (women's) | Football (seniors) | Football (AllStars) |
| Handball | Chess | Bowling |
| Table tennis | Referees | Basketball |
Closed departments of FC Bayern Munich :
| Baseball | Ice hockey | Gymnastics |
FC Bayern Munich is a German professional women's football team based in Munich, Bavaria. They currently play in the Frauen-Bundesliga, the top women's league in Germany.

## History

Bayern's women's football team was officially founded in 1970 although women had been playing at the club since 1967. However, because the DFB had outlawed women's football from 1955 to 1970 Bayern could only officially register the team in 1970. They won their first national championship in 1976. In 1990 Bayern were founding members of the Frauen-Bundesliga, but they were relegated after next season.
The club returned to the Bundesliga in 2000. In 2009, Bayern were runners-up in the Bundesliga, trailing champion Turbine Potsdam by a single goal. In the 2011–12 season on 12 May 2012, FC Bayern Munich dethroned the German Cup title holders 1. FFC Frankfurt with a 2–0 in the 2011–12 final in Cologne and celebrated the biggest success of the club's history since winning the championship in 1976. In 2015 they won the Bundesliga for the first time, without any defeat. They won the 2015–16 Bundesliga, for the second time in a row.
In May 2023, Bayern Munich celebrated a double championship when both the women's team and the men's team won the top national football leagues within 2 days. An 11–1 win over Turbine Potsdam on the final day of the season secured the FCB women their fourth Bundesliga championship and their fifth national championship overall, marking the club's biggest win in history.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 4 February 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Maria Luisa Grohs |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Linda Sembrant |
| 4 | DF | ISL | Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir (captain) |
| 5 | DF | SWE | Magdalena Eriksson |
| 6 | DF | NOR | Tuva Hansen |
| 7 | DF | GER | Giulia Gwinn |
| 8 | MF | GER | Lena Oberdorf |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Jovana Damnjanović |
| 10 | MF | GER | Linda Dallmann |
| 11 | FW | GER | Lea Schüller |
| 12 | MF | GER | Sydney Lohmann |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Tainara |
| 14 | MF | GER | Alara Şehitler |
| 16 | MF | SWE | Julia Zigiotti Olme |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | GER | Klara Bühl |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Momoko Tanikawa |
| 19 | DF | AUT | Katharina Naschenweng |
| 20 | FW | GER | Franziska Kett |
| 21 | FW | DEN | Pernille Harder |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Magou Doucouré |
| 24 | FW | POL | Weronika Zawistowska |
| 25 | MF | AUT | Sarah Zadrazil (vice-captain) |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Arianna Caruso (on loan from Juventus) |
| 28 | DF | GER | Michelle Ulbrich (on loan from Werder Bremen) |
| 30 | DF | GER | Carolin Simon |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Georgia Stanway (vice-captain) |
| 32 | GK | GER | Ena Mahmutovic |
| 41 | GK | GER | Anna Wellmann |

#### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | COL | Ana María Guzmán (on loan at Utah Royals until 31 December 2025) |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Sam Kerr (on loan at Liverpool until 30 June 2025) |
| — | GK | ISL | Cecilía Rán Rúnarsdóttir (on loan at Inter Milan for the 2024–25 season) |
| — | MF | NED | Jill Baijings (on loan at Aston Villa for the 2024–25 season) |
| — | FW | POL | Natalia Padilla (on loan at Sevilla for the 2024–25 season) |
| — | FW | ISL | Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir (on loan at Bayer Leverkusen for the 2024–25 season) |

### Reserves

Bayern II, the women's reserves team, have played in the newly formed 2. Frauen-Bundesliga since 2018. They are managed by Nathalie Bischof.
Bayern II won the 2008–09 Regionalliga (Süd) and the 2001–02 Bavarian Cup. The team played in the Second Bundesliga (Süd) from 2009 to 2010 to 2018.

## Honours
### Domestic

* Frauen-Bundesliga:
** Winners: 1976, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24
* DFB-Pokal:
** Winners: 2011-2012
* DFB-Supercup:
** Winners: 2024
* Bundesliga Cup: 2003, 2011

### Regional

* Bavarian women's football championship (21): 1972–1990 (19 consecutive), 2000, 2004
* Bavarian cup: 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990

### Invitational

* Valais Cup: 2015

## Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

Bayern Munich have set a few international records in their campaign to qualify for the 2009–10 UEFA Women's Champions League:
* Most goals scored throughout an UEFA Women's Champions League group stage: 32 (2009–10)
* Best goal difference throughout an UEFA Women's Champions League group stage: +30 (2009–10)
All results (away, home and aggregate) list Bayern Munich's goal tally first.
| Season | Round | Opponents | Away | Home | Aggregate |
| 2009–10 | Qualifying round | Glasgow City | 5–2 | – | – |
| 2009–10 | Qualifying round | Norchi Dinamoeli Tbilisi | 19–0 | – | – |
| 2009–10 | Qualifying round | Gintra Universitetas (Host) | 8–0 | – | – |
| 2009–10 | Round of 32 | Viktória Szombathely | 5–0 $^f$ | 4–2 | 9–2 |
| 2009–10 | Round of 16 | Montpellier | 0–0 $^f$ | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | 0–1 |
| 2015–16 | Round of 32 | Twente | 1–1 $^f$ | 2–2 | 3–3 (a) |
| 2016–17 | Round of 32 | Hibernian | 6–0 $^f$ | 4–1 | 10–1 |
| 2016–17 | Round of 16 | Rossiyanka | 4–0 | 4–0 $^f$ | 8–0 |
| 2016–17 | Quarter-finals | Paris Saint-Germain | 0–4 | 1–0 $^f$ | 1–4 |
| 2017–18 | Round of 32 | Chelsea | 0–1 $^f$ | 2–1 | 2–2 (a) |
| 2018–19 | Round of 32 | Spartak Subotica | 7–0 $^f$ | 4–0 | 11–0 |
| 2018–19 | Round of 16 | FC Zürich | 2–0 $^f$ | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| 2018–19 | Quarter-finals | Slavia Prague | 1–1 $^f$ | 5–1 | 6–2 |
| 2018–19 | Semi-finals | Barcelona | 0–1 | 0–1 $^f$ | 0–2 |
| 2019–20 | Round of 32 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg | 2–1 $^f$ | 0–1 | 2–2 (a) |
| 2019–20 | Round of 16 | BIIK Kazygurt | 5–0 $^f$ | 2–0 | 7–0 |
| 2019–20 | Quarter-finals | Lyon | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| 2020–21 | Round of 32 | Ajax | 3–1 $^f$ | 3–0 | 6–1 |
| 2020–21 | Round of 16 | BIIK Kazygurt | 6–1 $^f$ | 3–0 | 9–1 |
| 2020–21 | Quarter-finals | FC Rosengård | 1–0 | 3–0 $^f$ | 4–0 |
| 2020–21 | Semi-finals | Chelsea | 1–4 | 2–1 $^f$ | 3–5 |
| 2021–22 | Group stage | Benfica | 0–0 $^f$ | 4–0 | 2nd |
| 2021–22 | Group stage | BK Häcken | 4–0 $^f$ | 5–1 | 2nd |
| 2021–22 | Group stage | Lyon | 1–2 $^f$ | 1–0 | 2nd |
| 2021–22 | Quarter-finals | Paris Saint-Germain | 1–2 $^f$ | 2–2 | 3–4 |
| 2022–23 | Qualifying round 2 | Real Sociedad | 1–0 $^f$ | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Barcelona | 0–3 $^f$ | 3–1 | 2nd |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Benfica | 3–2 $^f$ | 2–0 | 2nd |
| 2022–23 | Group stage | Rosengård | 4–0 | 2–1 $^f$ | 2nd |
| 2022–23 | Quarter-finals | Arsenal | 0–2 | 1–0 $^f$ | 1–2 |
| 2023–24 | Group stage | Ajax | 0–1 | 1–1 $^f$ | 3rd |
| 2023–24 | Group stage | Paris Saint-Germain | 1–0 $^f$ | 2–2 | 3rd |
| 2023–24 | Group stage | Roma | 2–2 | 2–2 $^f$ | 3rd |
| 2024–25 | Group stage | Arsenal | 2–3 | 5–2 $^f$ | 2nd |
| 2024–25 | Group stage | Juventus | 2–0 $^f$ | 4–0 | 2nd |
| 2024–25 | Group stage | Vålerenga | 1–1 | 3–0 $^f$ | 2nd |
| 2024–25 | Quarter-finals | Lyon | | $^f$ | |
$^f$ First leg.

## Coaching staff

    As of 30 August 2024
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Alexander Straus |
| Assistant coach | Kjetil Lone Clara Schöne |
| Fitness coach | Hamid Masoum Beygi Moritz Lemmle |
| Goalkeeping coach | Michael Netolitzky |
| General manager | Bianca Rech |
| Technical director | Francisco De Sá Fardilha |
| Team manager | Nicole Rolser |
| Team supervisor | Alexandra Milchgießer |
| Team doctors | Jan-Philipp Müller Vanessa Pfetsch |
| Physiotherapists | Johannes Schöttl Franziska Bachmaier Larissa Hauenstein |