FC Bayern Munich facts for kids

FC Bayern Munich
Full name	Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V.
Nickname(s)	Der FCB (The FCB); Die Bayern (The Bavarians); Die Roten (The Reds); FC Hollywood
Founded	1900
Ground	Allianz Arena
Capacity	69,901
Chairman	Uli Hoeneß
Manager	Carlo Ancelotti
League	Bundesliga
2015–16	Bundesliga, 1st
Home colours	Away colours

FC Bayern Munich, also known as FC Bayern München, is a German football club. The club was founded in 1900 and has over 200,000 paying members. It has won the most titles in the Bundesliga and in the German cup.

The football team is playing in the Allianz Arena. The team also has the most supporters in all of Germany.

Bayern Munich won its first national title in 1932. This was the last season before the Nazi Regime took over the power. Bayern Munich was blamed to be a 'Club of Jews', the president, Kurt Landauer, was forced to flee and several players were punished. After the war ended, erroneously the local rival 1860 München was considered to be better and let into the first German league. But in the first season 1963, Bayern Munich won most of its games, ascended into the first league and still plays there without any descend.

Bayern Munich won the UEFA Champions League in 2001 and in 2013. 2013 also was the year of the victory of the historic triple - an achievement no other German club ever gained before.

Current squad

As of 26 January 2014

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Manuel Neuer
4	DF	Dante
5	DF	Daniel Van Buyten
6	MF	Thiago Alcântara
7	MF	Franck Ribéry
8	MF	Javi Martínez
9	FW	Mario Mandžukić
10	MF	Arjen Robben
11	MF	Xherdan Shaqiri
13	DF	Rafinha
14	FW	Claudio Pizarro
17	DF	Jérôme Boateng
19	MF	Mario Götze
20	FW	Patrick Weihrauch

No.	Position	Player
21	DF	Philipp Lahm (captain)
22	GK	Tom Starke
23	MF	Mitchell Weiser
25	FW	Thomas Müller
26	DF	Diego Contento
27	DF	David Alaba
31	MF	Bastian Schweinsteiger (vice-captain)
32	GK	Lukas Raeder
34	MF	Pierre Højbjerg
36	MF	Alessandro Schöpf
37	MF	Julian Green
38	DF	Ylli Sallahi
39	MF	Toni Kroos

Famous players of the club

Bayern Munich (in the red kit) against São Paulo in 2007.

A Bayern Munich fan shop in Munich, Germany.

Raimond Aumann
Michael Ballack
Franz Beckenbauer
Andreas Brehme
Paul Breitner
Ali Daei
Stefan Effenberg
Giovane Elber
Oliver Kahn
Jürgen Klinsmann
Miroslav Klose
Bixente Lizarazu
Sepp Maier

Roy Makaay
Lothar Matthäus
Alan McInally
Gerd Müller
Lukas Podolski
Franck Ribéry
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Mehmet Scholl
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Hasan Salihamidzic
Luca Toni
Arjen Robben
Carl Hoppe

Coaches

Jupp Heynckes, coach of Bayern Munich from 1987 to 1991 and again from 2011 to mid-2013.

Tschik Cajkovski (1965–1968)
Branko Zebec (1968–1970)
Udo Lattek (1970–1975)
Dettmar Cramer (1975–1977)
Gyula Lorant (1977–1979)
Pal Csernai (1979–1983)
Reinhard Saftig (1983)
Udo Lattek (1983–1987)
Jupp Heynckes (1987–1991)
93–1994)

Giovanni Trapattoni (1994–1995)
Otto Rehhagel (1995–1996)
Franz Beckenbauer (1996)
Giovanni Trapattoni (1996–1998)
Ottmar Hitzfeld (1998–2004)
Felix Magath (2004–2007)
Ottmar Hitzfeld (2007–2008)
Jürgen Klinsmann (2008–2009)
Jupp Heynckes (2009)
Louis van Gaal (2009-2011)
Jupp Heynckes (2011-2013)
Pep Guardiola (2013–)

League position

Season	League	Position
2007–08	Bundesliga	Champions
2008–09	Bundesliga	2nd
2009–10	Bundesliga	Champions
2010–11	Bundesliga	3rd
2011–12	Bundesliga	2nd
2012–13	Bundesliga	Champions
2013–14	Bundesliga	Champions
2014–15	Bundesliga	Champions
2015–16	Bundesliga	Champions

Former position

2006–07 : Bundesliga - 4th
2005–06 : Bundesliga - Champions
2004–05 : Bundesliga - Champions
2003–04 : Bundesliga - 2nd
2002–03 : Bundesliga - Champions
2001–02 : Bundesliga - 3rd
2000–01 : Bundesliga - Champions
1999–00 : Bundesliga - Champions
1998–99 : Bundesliga - Champions
1997–98 : Bundesliga - 2nd
1996–97 : Bundesliga - Champions
1995–96 : Bundesliga - 2nd
1994–95 : Bundesliga - 5th
1993–94 : Bundesliga - Champions
1992–93 : Bundesliga - 2nd
1991–92 : Bundesliga - 10th
1990–91 : Bundesliga - 2nd
1989–90 : Bundesliga - Champions
1988–89 : Bundesliga - Champions
1987–88 : Bundesliga - 3rd
1986–87 : Bundesliga - Champions
1985–86 : Bundesliga - Champions
1984–85 : Bundesliga - Champions
1983–84 : Bundesliga - 4th
1982–83 : Bundesliga - 4th
1981–82 : Bundesliga - 3rd
1980–81 : Bundesliga - Champions
1979–80 : Bundesliga - Champions
1978–79 : Bundesliga - 4th
1977–78 : Bundesliga - 12th
1976–77 : Bundesliga - 7th
1975–76 : Bundesliga - 3rd
1974–75 : Bundesliga - 10th
1973–74 : Bundesliga - Champions
1972–73 : Bundesliga - Champions
1971–72 : Bundesliga - Champions
1970–71 : Bundesliga - 2nd
1969–70 : Bundesliga - 2nd
1968–69 : Bundesliga - Champions
1967–68 : Bundesliga - 5th
1966–67 : Bundesliga - 6th
1965–66 : Bundesliga - 3rd

Images for kids

The first game of FC Bayern Munich against 1. FC Nürnberg in 1901
FC Bayern Munich against 1. FC Magdeburg in 1974
Bayern Munich playing against Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga in September 2011
Model of Bayern's first stadium, their home from 1906 to 1924
For Bayern home games, the Allianz Arena is lit in red.
Bayern Munich won 2–1 against rivals Borussia Dortmund to win the 2013 UEFA Champions League on 25 May 2013
The Bayern Munich team bus provided by their sponsor MAN
Entrance of Bayern Munich Headquarters
The three consecutive Champions League trophies won by FC Bayern Munich from 1974 to 1976. The one on the far right is the real trophy, given to Bayern permanently. The ones on the left are slightly smaller replicas.
Manager Carlo Ancelotti
Executive board chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Opened in 2005: the Allianz Arena, one of the world's most modern football stadiums.
The Olympiastadion, home of Bayern Munich from 1972 to 2005
Bayern's former president from 1994 to 2009 and former player Franz Beckenbauer
FC Bayern Football pitch (training only)
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