FC Bayern Munich

This article is about the men's football club. For the women's team, see FC Bayern Munich (women). For the basketball team, see FC Bayern Munich (basketball).
"Bayern München" redirects here. For the fifteenth-century duchy, see Bavaria-Munich.
"FC Bayern" redirects here. For other football clubs, see FC Bayern (disambiguation).

Bayern Munich
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Full nameFußball-Club Bayern München e. V.
Nickname(s)
  • Die Bayern (The Bavarians)
  • Stern des Südens (Star of the South)
  • Die Roten (The Reds)[1]
  • FC Hollywood[2]
Short name
  • Bayern Munich
  • FC Bayern
  • Bayern
  • FCB
Founded27 February 1900; 124 years ago (1900-02-27)
StadiumAllianz Arena,
Munich
Capacity75,024[3]
PresidentHerbert Hainer
CEOJan-Christian Dreesen
Head coachVincent Kompany
LeagueBundesliga
2023–24Bundesliga, 3rd of 18
Websitefcbayern.com
Current season
Active departments of
FC Bayern Munich
Football
(men's)		Football II
(men's)		Football JT
(men's)
Football
(women's)		Football
(seniors)		Football
(AllStars)
HandballChessBowling
Table tennisRefereesBasketball
Closed departments of
FC Bayern Munich
BaseballIce hockeyGymnastics

Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, German pronunciation: [ˈfuːsbalˌklʊp ˈbaɪɐn ˈmʏnçn̩]), commonly known as Bayern Munich (German: Bayern München) or FC Bayern (pronounced [ˌɛft͡seː ˈbaɪɐn] ⓘ), is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, who play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Bayern are the most successful club in German football, having won a record 33 national titles, including eleven consecutive titles from 2013 to 2023 and a record 20 national cups, alongside numerous European titles.

Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 by eleven players, led by Franz John.[4] Although Bayern won its first national championship in 1932, the club was not selected for the Bundesliga during its inception in 1963. The club found success in the mid-1970s when, under the captaincy of Franz Beckenbauer, they won the European Cup three consecutive times (1974–1976). Overall, Bayern have won six European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles (a German record), winning their sixth title in the 2020 final as part of the Treble, and it became the second European club to achieve this feat twice. Bayern has also won one UEFA Cup, one European Cup Winners' Cup, two UEFA Super Cups, two FIFA Club World Cups and two Intercontinental Cups, making it one of the most successful European clubs internationally, and the only German club to have won both international titles. Bayern players have accumulated five Ballon d'Or awards, two The Best FIFA Men's Player awards, five European Golden Shoe and three UEFA Men's Player of the Year awards, including UEFA Club Footballer of the Year.

By winning the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup, Bayern Munich became only the second club to win the "sextuple" (winning the League, Cup, and Champions League in one season followed by the Domestic Supercup, UEFA Supercup and Club World Cup in the next season), or all trophies that a club can win in a calendar year. Bayern Munich are one of five clubs to have won all three of UEFA's main club competitions and the only German club to achieve that. As of May 2023, Bayern Munich are ranked second in UEFA club rankings. The club has traditional local rivalries with 1860 Munich and 1. FC Nürnberg.

Since the beginning of the 2005–06 season, Bayern has played its home games at the Allianz Arena. Previously, the team had played at Munich's Olympiastadion for 33 years. The team colours are red and white, and the crest shows the white and blue flag of Bavaria. Bayern Munich has the largest revenue out of any German sports club and the third highest-earning football club in the world, behind Barcelona and Real Madrid, earning €634.1 million in 2021.[5] In August 2023, Bayern had more than 300,000 official members and 4,557 officially registered fan clubs, with over 362,000 members. The club has other departments for chess, handball, basketball, gymnastics, bowling, table tennis and senior football, with more than 1,100 active members.[6]

  1. ^ "Never-say-die Reds overcome Ingolstadt at the death". FC Bayern Munich. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ^ Whitney, Clark (8 April 2010). "CL Comment: Van Gaal's Bayern Give New Meaning to "FC Hollywood"". Goal (website). Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Facts, figures & information about the Allianz Arena". allianz-arena.com. FC Bayern Munich. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  4. ^ Schulze-Marmeling, Dietrich (2003). Die Bayern. Die Geschichte des deutschen Rekordmeisters (in German). Die Werkstatt. pp. 17–33. ISBN 3-89533-426-X.
  5. ^ "Deloitte Football Money League 2019". Deloitte. January 2019. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Other Sports". FC Bayern Munich Official Website. 2007. Archived from the original on 15 August 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.