# FC Bayern Munich (basketball)

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 München Basketball GmbH, commonly referred to as Bayern Munich, is a professional basketball club, a part of the FC Bayern Munich sports club, based in Munich, Germany. The club competes domestically in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and internationally in the EuroLeague. The club has won six German Championships, and five German Cups in its history.
Founded in 1946, Bayern's basketball section had early success in the 1950s and 1960s, before mostly disappearing from the national first level in the following three decades. The team had a resurgence in 2010s and has since been among Germany's best teams, as well as a EuroLeague regular.
Bayern plays its domestic home games at BMW Park, which was opened in 1972, while international games are played at the SAP Garden, which opened in 2024.
FC Bayern Munich Basketball also has a reserve team that plays in German third-tier level ProB.

## History
### Early history (1946–1989)

Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 when a number of football enthusiasts split from a Munich gymnastics club (MTV 1879). The basketball section was founded in 1946 after one former football player started the team after retiring from his former sport.
Bayern has a long basketball tradition. Besides its most successful years in the 1950s and 1960s (German Championships in 1954, 1955, and German Cup in 1968), the club enjoyed remarkable popularity in 1956, when it even drew 40,000 fans to an open-air test game against Lancia Bolzano, once a top basketball club from Italy. Later, in 1966, the club was a founding member of the Basketball Bundesliga.
Bayern was one of the founding members of the Basketball Bundesliga in 1966.
In the following years, the club slowly, but surely, faded into obscurity, and in 1974, was even relegated to the German 2nd Division. For a long time after that, the club never completely recovered, and only had a few successful years (Bayern moved up to the Basketball Bundesliga in 1987, and stayed there until 1989).

### Resurgence (2008–2014)

In 2008, Bayern Munich, led by then-president Uli Hoeneß and then vice-president Bernd Rauch, announced its plans to return the club to its former glory, and return to the top level Basketball Bundesliga. Two years later, in 2010, Bayern Munich's club members voted in favor of a one-time financial injection in the team, with the aim of bringing it back to the first division. Following its new financial funding, the team announced national team head coach Dirk Bauermann. In 2011, the team became fully professional.
Success in the domestic area followed quickly, as in the 2012–13 season the club reached the BBL semifinals, where it lost 3–2 against the reigning champions Brose Baskets.

### German power house and EuroLeague (2014–present)

Thanks to a wild card, Bayern Munich played in the EuroLeague in the 2013–14 season. This was its first appearance in the top European championship, and it reached the Top 16 stage in its debut.
On 18 June 2014, Bayern won its third national title when it beat Alba Berlin 3–1 in the Finals. It was the first title for the team in 59 years, its last having been in 1955. The star player of the team was Malcolm Delaney, who won both the MVP and Finals MVP awards.
In the 2014–15 season, Bayern failed to win a title. In the BBL Finals they were defeated by Brose Baskets, 3–2. The team had to wait until 2018 for its next championship, as they beat Alba Berlin 3–2 in the Finals that year. By winning the BBL, Bayern also qualified for the following EuroLeague season.
In the following years, Bayern Munich became a power house in the BBL, as well as a regular in the EuroLeague.

## Home arena

The team's home arena is called BMW Park, which seats 6,700 spectators.

### New arena

The team's home arena for EuroLeague games is called SAP Garden, which seats 12,500 spectators.

## Players
### Retired numbers

FC Bayern Munich retired numbers :
| No | Nat. | Player | Position | Tenure |
| 6 | | Steffen Hamann | PG | 2010–2014 |
| 24 | | Demond Greene | SG | 2010–2014 |

### Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
| C | Devin Booker | Danko Branković | | Elias Harris |
| PF | Johannes Voigtmann | Oscar da Silva | | |
| SF | Vladimir Lučić | Niels Giffey | Onuralp Bitim | |
| SG | Carsen Edwards | Andreas Obst | | Ivan Kharchenkov |
| PG | Nick Weiler-Babb | Shabazz Napier | Justus Hollatz | |

## Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
* Criteria
* To appear in this section a player must have either:
* Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
* Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
* Played at least one official NBA match at any time.
* İsmet Akpınar
* Robin Amaize
* Danilo Barthel
* Robin Benzing
* Markus Bernhard
* Isaac Bonga
* Oscar da Silva
* Bastian Doreth
* Robert Garrett
* Anton Gavel
* Jason George
* Niels Giffey
* Demond Greene
* Steffen Hamann
* Elias Harris
* Justus Hollatz
* Yassin Idbihi
* Jan Jagla
* Karim Jallow
* Ivan Kharchenkov
* Alex King
* Maxi Kleber
* Artur Kolodziejski
* David Krämer
* Hans-Jörg Krüger
* Maodo Lô
* Robert Maras
* Joshua Obiesie
* Andreas Obst
* Olaf Radatz
* Bogdan Radosavljević
* Heiko Schaffartzik
* Gavin Schilling
* Dieter Schneider
* Klaus Schulz
* Philipp Schwethelm
* Andreas Seiferth
* Lucca Staiger
* Helmut Uhlig
* Johannes Voigtmann
* Nelson Weidemann
* Nick Weiler-Babb
* Jan Niklas Wimberg
* Paul Zipser
* Maik Zirbes
* Wade Baldwin IV
* Devin Booker
* John Bryant
* Zylan Cheatham
* Jared Cunningham
* Malcolm Delaney
* George Devone
* Carsen Edwards
* Freddie Gillespie
* James Gist
* Ben Hansbrough
* Darrun Hilliard
* Josh Huestis
* Othello Hunter
* JaJuan Johnson
* Nick Johnson
* Greg Monroe
* Lawrence Roberts
* Bryce Taylor
* Malcolm Thomas
* Chevon Troutman
* Derrick Williams
* Cassius Winston
* Ondřej Balvín
* Onuralp Bitim
* Leandro Bolmaro
* Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje
* Danko Branković
* Vitalis Chikoko
* Justin Cobbs
* Nemanja Dangubić
* Nihad Đedović
* Erol Ersek
* Diego Flaccadori
* Sylvain Francisco
* Amar Gegić
* Yotam Halperin
* Jared Homan
* Serge Ibaka
* Ognjen Jaramaz
* Stefan Jović
* Petteri Koponen
* Mathias Lessort
* Vladimir Lučić
* Milan Mačvan
* Yam Madar
* Bo McCalebb
* Vasilije Micić
* Aleksandar Nađfeji
* Shabazz Napier
* DeMarcus Nelson
* Marvin Ogunsipe
* Nedu Onyeuku
* Dino Radončić
* Leon Radošević
* Alex Renfroe
* Tyrese Rice
* Stuart Robbins
* Matej Rudan
* Duško Savanović
* Boris Savović
* Žan Mark Šiško
* Vladimir Štimac
* Deon Thompson
* Mirko Virijević

### Players at the NBA draft

| * | Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team |
| $^#$ | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
| $^~$ | Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year |
| Position | Player | Year | Round | Pick | Drafted by |
| SG/SF | Paul Zipser | 2016 | 2nd round | 48th | Chicago Bulls |

## Head coaches

* Dirk Bauermann
* Yannis Christopoulos
* Aleksandar Đorđević
* Gordon Herbert
* Oliver Kostić
* Franz Kronberger
* Pablo Laso
* Emir Mutapčić (interim)
* Svetislav Pešić
* Dejan Radonjić
* Andrea Trinchieri

## Honours
### Domestic competitions

* German Championship
    Winners (6): 1953–54, 1954–55, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2023–24
    Runners-up (4): 1950–51, 2014–15, 2020–21, 2021–22
* German Cup
    Winners (5): 1968, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024
    Runners-up (2): 2016, 2017
* German Super Cup
    Runners-up (1): 2014
* German 2nd League
    Winners (2): 1986–87, 2010–11
    Runners-up (2): 1982–83, 1983–1984

### European competitions

* EuroLeague:
** Quarterfinals (2): 2020–21, 2021–22
** Top 16 (1): 2013–14
* EuroCup
** Semifinals (1): 2017–18

### Worldwide competitions

* NBA G League International Challenge
    Winners (1): 2019

### Other competitions

* Zadar Basketball Tournament
    Runners-up (1): 2015

## Individual awards

BBL Most Valuable Player
* Malcolm Delaney – 2014
BBL Finals MVP
* Malcolm Delaney – 2014
* Danilo Barthel – 2018
* Nihad Đedović – 2019
* Carsen Edwards – 2024
German Cup MVP
* Vladimir Lučić – 2021
* Nick Weiler-Babb – 2023
* Sylvain Francisco – 2024
BBL Best German Young Player
* Paul Zipser – 2016
All-BBL First Team
* Malcolm Delaney – 2014
* John Bryant – 2015
* Bryce Taylor – 2016
All-BBL Second Team
* Chevon Troutman – 2012, 2013
* Tyrese Rice – 2013
* Bryce Taylor – 2014
* Deon Thompson – 2014
* Nihad Đedović – 2015
* Maxi Kleber – 2017
* Danilo Barthel – 2018, 2019
* Devin Booker – 2018
* Vladimir Lučić – 2019
BBL Most Effective Player
* Maxi Kleber – 2017
ProA Young Player of the Year
* Bastian Doreth – 2011
50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors
Nominated:
* Svetislav Pešić
EuroLeague Basketball 2010–20 All-Decade Team
Nominated:
* James Gist
All-EuroLeague First Team
* Vladimir Lučić – 2020–21
All-EuroLeague Second Team
* Vladimir Lučić – 2021–22
EuroLeague MVP of the Month
* Augustine Rubit – 2022–23, January
EuroLeague MVP of the Round
* Malcolm Delaney – 2013–14, Top 16, Week 10
* Duško Savanović – 2014–15, Regular Season, Week 9
* Derrick Williams – 2018–19, Regular Season, Round 12
* Vladimir Lučić – 2020–21, Regular Season, Round 3–4
* Vladimir Lučić – 2020–21, Regular Season, Round 8
* Wade Baldwin – 2020–21, Regular Season, Round 17
* Nick Weiler-Babb – 2020–21, Regular Season, Round 22–23
* Jalen Reynolds – 2020–21, Regular Season, Round 24
* Serge Ibaka – 2023–24, Regular Season, Round 11
* Shabazz Napier – 2024–25, Regular Season, Round 6
* Carsen Edwards – 2024–25, Regular Season, Round 23
* Carsen Edwards – 2024–25, Regular Season, Round 28
All-EuroCup First Team
* Devin Booker – 2017–18
All-EuroCup Second Team
* Maxi Kleber – 2016–17
EuroCup Basketball MVP of the Week
* Deon Thompson – 2015–16, Quarterfinals, Game 1
* Danilo Barthel – 2017–18, Regular Season, Round 8
* Devin Booker – 2017–18, Top 16, Round 3
* Danilo Barthel – 2017–18, Top 16, Round 5
NBA G League International Challenge Finals MVP
* Greg Monroe – 2019

## Season by season

| Season | Tier | League | Pos. | German Cup | European competitions | European competitions |
| 1966–67 [de] | 1 | BBL Süd | 4th | | | |
| 1967–68 [de] | 1 | BBL Süd | 4th | Champion | | |
| 1968–69 [de] | 1 | BBL Süd | 3rd | | 2 Cup Winners' Cup | 2R |
| 1969–70 [de] | 1 | BBL Süd | 6th | | | |
| 1970–71 [de] | 1 | BBL Süd | 4th | | | |
| 1971–72 [de] | 1 | BBL Süd | 6th | | | |
| 1972–73 [de] | 1 | BBL Süd | 5th | | | |
| 1973–74 [de] | 1 | BBL Süd | 8th | | | |
| 1982–83 [de] | 2 | 2. BBL Süd | 2nd | | | |
| 1983–84 [de] | 2 | 2. BBL Süd | 2nd | | | |
| 1984–85 [de] | 2 | 2. BBL Süd | 4th | | | |
| 1985–86 [de] | 2 | 2. BBL Süd | 3rd | | | |
| 1986–87 [de] | 2 | 2. BBL Süd | 1st | | | |
| 1987–88 [de] | 1 | BBL | 10th | | | |
| 1988–89 [de] | 1 | BBL | 11th | | | |
| 1989–90 [de] | 2 | 2. BBL Süd | 5th | | | |
| 1990–91 [de] | 2 | 2. BBL Süd | 5th | | | |
| 1991–92 [de] | 2 | 2. BBL Süd | 6th | | | |
| 1992–93 [de] | 2 | 2. BBL Süd | 11th | | | |
| 1995–96 [de] | 2 | 2. BBL Süd | 12th | | | |
| 1999–00 [de] | 2 | 2. BBL Süd | 12th | | | |
| 2004–05 [de] | 2 | 2. BBL Süd | 15th | | | |
| 2008–09 [de] | 2 | ProA | 8th | | | |
| 2009–10 [de] | 2 | ProA | 8th | | | |
| 2010–11 [de] | 2 | ProA | 1st | | | |
| 2011–12 | 1 | BBL | 5th | | 2 Eurocup | RS |
| 2012–13 | 1 | BBL | 4th | Third position | | |
| 2013–14 | 1 | BBL | 1st | Fourth position | 1 Euroleague | T16 |
| 2014–15 | 1 | BBL | 2nd | Quarterfinalist | 1 Euroleague | RS |
| 2014–15 | 1 | BBL | 2nd | Quarterfinalist | 2 Eurocup | EF |
| 2015–16 | 1 | BBL | 4th | Runner-up | 1 Euroleague | RS |
| 2015–16 | 1 | BBL | 4th | Runner-up | 2 Eurocup | QF |
| 2016–17 | 1 | BBL | 4th | Runner-up | 2 EuroCup | QF |
| 2017–18 | 1 | BBL | 1st | Champion | 2 EuroCup | SF |
| 2018–19 | 1 | BBL | 1st | Quarterfinalist | 1 EuroLeague | 11th |
| 2019–20 | 1 | BBL | 5th | Round of 16 | 1 EuroLeague | — |
| 2020–21 | 1 | BBL | 2nd | Champion | 1 EuroLeague | QF |
| 2021–22 | 1 | BBL | 2nd | Quarterfinalist | 1 EuroLeague | QF |
| 2022–23 | 1 | BBL | 3rd | Champion | 1 EuroLeague | 15th |
| 2023–24 | 1 | BBL | 1st | Champion | 1 EuroLeague | 15th |
| 2024–25 | 1 | BBL | | Semifinalist | 1 EuroLeague | |

## Sponsorships

| Official Shirt Sponsor | Bernd Siegmund GmbH |
| Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer | Adidas AG |

## Esports

Bayern Munich was featured in the NBA 2K15, 2K16 & 2K17 video games.
The official FC Bayern Basketball NBA 2K19 esports team "Bayern Ballers Gaming" was founded in April 2018. The Ballers quickly became one of the best virtual basketball teams in the world: together with their coach Swen Müller, the team continued to climb the NBA 2K ProAM world ranking, making them one of the Top 5 European teams.