Franz Beckenbauer

**Franz Anton Beckenbauer** (, ; 11 September 1945 – 7 January 2024) was a German professional  footballer and manager. Franz was often called _Der Kaiser_ ("The Emperor"). He was regarded to be one of the greatest players in the history of football. Franz was often credited for inventing the role of the modern sweeper (_libero_).

## Death

Beckenbauer died on 7 January 2024 in Munich at the age of 78.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bayern Munich|1963–64|Regionalliga Süd|0|0|—|—|6|2|6|2||||
|1964–65|Regionalliga Süd|31|16|—|—|8|2|39|18|||||
|1965–66|Bundesliga|33|4|6|1|—|—|39|5|||||
|1966–67|Bundesliga|33|0|5|0|9|0|—|47|0||||
|1967–68|Bundesliga|28|4|4|0|7|1|—|39|5||||
|1968–69|Bundesliga|33|2|6|0|—|—|39|2|||||
|1969–70|Bundesliga|34|6|1|0|2|0|—|37|6||||
|1970–71|Bundesliga|33|3|9|1|8|1|—|50|5||||
|1971–72|Bundesliga|34|6|6|1|7|0|—|47|7||||
|1972–73|Bundesliga|34|6|6|0|6|1|5|0|51|7|||
|1973–74|Bundesliga|34|4|4|0|10|1|—|48|5||||
|1974–75|Bundesliga|33|1|3|0|7|1|—|43|2||||
|1975–76|Bundesliga|34|5|7|2|9|0|2|0|52|7|||
|1976–77|Bundesliga|33|3|4|0|6|1|4|0|47|4|||
|New York Cosmos|1977|NASL|15|4|—|—|6|1|21|5||||
|1978|NASL|27|8|—|—|6|2|33|10|||||
|1979|NASL|12|1|—|—|6|0|18|1|||||
|1980|NASL|26|4|—|—|7|1|33|5|||||
|Hamburger SV|1980–81|Bundesliga|18|0|2|0|0|0|—|20|0|||
|1981–82|Bundesliga|10|0|3|0|5|0|—|18|0||||
|New York Cosmos|1983|NASL|25|2|—|—|2|0|27|2||||

#### National team statistics

|colspan=3|Germany national team||
| --- | --- | --- |
|1965|3|0|
|1966|12|7|
|1967|5|0|
|1968|9|1|
|1969|6|0|
|1970|12|2|
|1971|9|2|
|1972|7|0|
|1973|10|1|
|1974|15|0|
|1975|7|0|
|1976|7|1|
|1977|1|0|

#### International goals

- _Scores and results table. Germany's goal tally first:_

|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|23 March 1966|Rotterdam, Netherlands||3–1|4–2|Friendly|
|2.|4–2||||||
|3.|4 May 1966|Dublin, Republic of Ireland||2–0|4–0|Friendly|
|4.|12 July 1966|Sheffield, England||3–0|5–0|FIFA World Cup 1966|
|5.|4–0||||||
|6.|23 July 1966|Sheffield, England||2–0|4–0|FIFA World Cup 1966|
|7.|25 July 1966|Liverpool, England||2–0|2–1|FIFA World Cup 1966|
|8.|1 June 1968|Hanover, Germany||1–0|1–0|Friendly|
|9.|14 June 1970|León, Mexico||1–2|3–2 (a.e.t.)|FIFA World Cup 1970|
|10.|22 November 1970|Athens, Greece||3–1|3–1|Friendly|
|11.|22 June 1971|Oslo, Norway||3–0|7–1|Friendly|
|12.|30 June 1971|Copenhagen, Denmark||3–1|3–1|Friendly|
|13.|12 May 1973|Hamburg, Germany||1–0|3–0|Friendly|
|14.|6 October 1976|Cardiff, Wales||1–0|2–0|Friendly|

### Managing statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="6"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|West Germany|1984|1990||||||
|Olympique Marseille|1 September 1990|31 December 1990||||||
|Bayern Munich|28 December 1993|30 June 1994||||||
|Bayern Munich|28 April 1996|30 June 1996||||||

### Player

**Bayern Munich**
- Regionalliga Süd: 1964–65
- Bundesliga: 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74
- DFB-Pokal: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71
- European Cup: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1966–67
- Intercontinental Cup: 1976

**Hamburger SV**
- Bundesliga: 1981–82

**New York Cosmos**
- North American Soccer League: 1977, 1978, 1980

**West Germany**
- FIFA World Cup: 1974
- UEFA European Championship: 1972

### Manager

**West Germany**
- FIFA World Cup: 1990

**Marseille**
- Ligue 1: 1990–91

**Bayern Munich**
- Bundesliga: 1993–94
- UEFA Cup: 1995–96

### Individual

**Player**
- Ballon d'Or: 1972, 1976
- Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1966, 1968, 1974, 1976
- _kicker_ Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77
- FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award: 1966
- FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot: 1966
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1966, 1970, 1974
- FIFA XI: 1968
- FIFA World Cup Silver Ball: 1974
- NASL Most Valuable Player Award: 1977
- FIFA Order of Merit: 1984
- FIFA World Cup All-Time Team: 1994
- UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 1972, 1976
- World Team of the 20th Century: 1998
- FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2002
- FIFA Centennial Player and Football Personality Award: 2004
- FIFA 100: 2004
- Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: 2007
- IFFHS Universal Genius of World Football: 2007
- Golden Foot: 2010, as football legend
- Marca Leyenda: 2012
- FIFA Presidential Award: 2012
- UEFA President's Award: 2012
- World Soccer Greatest XI of all time: 2013
- UEFA Euro All-time XI: 2016
- UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll (2004): second place
- World Soccer (magazine) The greatest players of 20th century: fourth place
- IFFHS Best European Player 1956–1990
- IFFHS World Player of the Century: third place
- IFFHS European Player of the Century: second place
- IFFHS Legends
- Bayern Munich All-time XI
- Member of Germany's Sports Hall of Fame
- Ballon d'Or Dream Team: 2020
- IFFHS All-time Men's Dream Team: 2021

**Manager**
- World Soccer Awards Manager of the Year: 1990
- World Soccer 29th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013

### Civil

- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany: 1976
- Bavarian Order of Merit: 1982
- Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany: 1986
- Honorary Golden Coin of the City of Munich: 1995
- Honorary Doctor of the National Sports Academy: 2004
- Commanders' Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany: 2006
- Lower Saxon Merit 1st Class: 2008
- Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia: 2009
- Honorary consul of the Republic of Kosovo: 2011

## Literature

- Beckenbauer, Franz, Cramer, Dettmar: _Nicht nur ein Spiel!_. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2006, .
- Körner, Torsten: _Franz Beckenbauer – der freie Mann_. Scherz, Frankfurt 2005, .
- Kratzert, Armin: _Beckenbauer taucht nicht auf_. Roman. Kirchheim Verlag, München 2012,
- Kummermehr, Petra (Hrsg.): _Das Buch Franz. Botschaften eines Kaisers_. Diederichs, München 2011, .

## Other websites

- Franz Beckenbauer Foundation
- Facts on Beckenbauer
- Portrait of Franz Beckenbauer

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## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Franz Beckenbauer
- **image**: Franz Beckenbauer - 2019102190253 2019-04-12 Radio Regenbogen Award 2019 - Sven - 1D X MK II - 0369 - AK8I9538.jpg
- **caption**: Beckenbauer in April 2019
- **fullname**: Franz Anton Beckenbauer
- **birth place**: Munich, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany
- **death place**: Salzburg, Austria
- **height**: 1.81 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **youthyears1**: 1951–1959
- **youthclubs1**: SC München von 1906
- **youthyears2**: 1959–1964
- **youthclubs2**: Bayern Munich Junior Team, Bayern Munich
- **years1**: 1964–1977
- **years2**: 1977–1980
- **years3**: 1980–1982
- **years4**: 1983
- **clubs1**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **clubs2**: New York Cosmos (1971–1985), New York Cosmos
- **clubs3**: Hamburger SV
- **clubs4**: New York Cosmos (1971–1985), New York Cosmos
- **caps1**: 427
- **caps2**: 80
- **caps3**: 28
- **caps4**: 25
- **totalcaps**: 560
- **goals1**: 60
- **goals2**: 17
- **goals3**: 0
- **goals4**: 2
- **totalgoals**: 79
- **nationalyears1**: 1964
- **nationalyears2**: 1965
- **nationalyears3**: 1965–1977
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national youth football team, West Germany Youth
- **nationalteam2**: Germany national football B team, West Germany B
- **nationalteam3**: Germany national football team, West Germany
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalcaps2**: 2
- **nationalcaps3**: 103
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalgoals3**: 14
- **manageryears1**: 1984–1990
- **manageryears2**: 1990–1991
- **manageryears3**: 1993–1994
- **manageryears4**: 1996
- **managerclubs1**: Germany national football team, West Germany
- **managerclubs2**: Olympique de Marseille, Marseille (sport director)
- **managerclubs3**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **managerclubs4**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich