FC Bayern Munich (women) facts for kids

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Bayern Munich

Full name	FC Bayern München
Founded	7 June 1970; 55 years ago (1970-06-07)
Ground	FC Bayern Campus
Ground Capacity	2,500
President	Herbert Hainer
General manager	Bianca Rech
Head coach	José Barcala
League	Bundesliga
2024–25	Bundesliga, 1st of 12 (champions)
Home colours Away colours

FC Bayern Munich is a professional women's football team from Munich, Germany. The club started in 1970. They play in the Frauen-Bundesliga, which is the top women's football league in Germany. Bayern Munich Women were one of the first teams in the Frauen-Bundesliga when it began in 1990. They have won seven German league titles and the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) twice.

History of the Team

Bayern's women's football team officially started in 1970. However, women were playing football at the club even earlier, since 1967. The DFB (Germany's football association) did not allow women's football from 1955 to 1970. Because of this, Bayern could only officially register their women's team in 1970.

They won their first national championship in 1976. In 1990, Bayern was one of the founding teams of the Frauen-Bundesliga. But they moved down to a lower league the very next season.

The team returned to the Bundesliga in 2000. In 2009, Bayern finished second in the Bundesliga. They were just one goal behind the champions, Turbine Potsdam. On May 12, 2012, FC Bayern Munich won the German Cup. They beat the previous champions, 1. FFC Frankfurt, 2–0 in the final. This was their biggest success since winning the championship in 1976.

In 2015, they won the Bundesliga for the first time without losing any games. They won the Bundesliga again in 2016, making it two wins in a row.

In May 2023, both the women's team and the men's team of Bayern Munich won their top national leagues. This happened within two days, which was a huge celebration for the club! The FCB women's team won their fourth Bundesliga championship. This was also their fifth national championship overall. They secured the win with a big 11–1 victory over Turbine Potsdam on the last day of the season. This was the club's largest win ever.

Historical league performance of Bayern Munich

Meet the Players

First-team squad

Here are the players currently on the main team:

No. Position Player 1 GK Maria Luisa Grohs 2 DF Vanessa Gilles 3 DF Stine Ballisager 4 DF Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir (captain) 5 DF Magdalena Eriksson 6 DF Tuva Hansen 7 DF Giulia Gwinn 8 MF Lena Oberdorf 9 FW Jovana Damnjanović 10 MF Linda Dallmann 11 FW Lea Schüller 14 MF Alara Şehitler 16 MF Julia Zigiotti Olme

No. Position Player 17 FW Klara Bühl 18 MF Momoko Tanikawa 19 DF Katharina Naschenweng 20 FW Franziska Kett 21 FW Pernille Harder 23 FW Natalia Padilla 25 MF Sarah Zadrazil (vice-captain) 27 MF Arianna Caruso 28 MF Barbara Dunst 30 DF Carolin Simon 31 MF Georgia Stanway (vice-captain) 32 GK Ena Mahmutovic 38 GK Anna Klink

Players on Loan

These players are currently playing for other teams for a set period:

No. Position Player 15 DF Ana María Guzmán (on loan at Palmeiras until 30 June 2026) FW Edna Imade (on loan at Real Sociedad until 30 June 2026)

Reserve Team

Bayern II is the women's reserve team. They have been playing in the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga since 2018. Nathalie Bischof is their manager.

Bayern II won the Regionalliga (Süd) in 2008–09. They also won the Bavarian Cup in 2001–02. The team played in the Second Bundesliga (Süd) from 2009 to 2018.

Team Achievements

National Titles

• German Championship:
  • 1976
• Frauen-Bundesliga:
  • Winners (6): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
• DFB-Pokal (German Cup):
  • Winners: 2011–2012, 2024–2025
• DFB-Supercup:
  • Winners: 2024
• Bundesliga Cup: 2003, 2011

Regional Titles

• Bavarian women's football championship (21): 1972–1990 (19 times in a row!), 2000, 2004
• Bavarian cup: 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990

Special Tournaments

• Valais Cup: 2015
• World Sevens Football Tournament: 2025

Playing in the UEFA Women's Champions League

Bayern Munich has set some cool international records in the UEFA Women's Champions League. For example, in the 2009–10 season, they scored the most goals in a group stage (32) and had the best goal difference (+30).

The table below shows how Bayern Munich has performed in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The scores always list Bayern Munich's goals first.

Season	Round	Opponents	Away	Home	Aggregate
2009–10	Qualifying round	Glasgow City	5–2	–	–
		Norchi Dinamoeli Tbilisi	19–0	–	–
		Gintra Universitetas (Host)	8–0	–	–
	Round of 32	Viktória Szombathely	5–0 f	4–2	9–2
	Round of 16	Montpellier	0–0 f	0–1 (aet)	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
	Round of 16	Rossiyanka	4–0	4–0 f	8–0
	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
	Round of 16	FC Zürich	2–0 f	3–0	5–0
	Quarter-finals	Slavia Prague	1–1 f	5–1	6–2
	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)
	Round of 16	BIIK Kazygurt	5–0 f	2–0	7–0
	Quarter-finals	Lyon	1–2
2020–21	Round of 32	Ajax	3–1 f	3–0	6–1
	Round of 16	BIIK Kazygurt	6–1 f	3–0	9–1
	Quarter-finals	FC Rosengård	1–0	3–0 f	4–0
	Semi-finals	Chelsea	1–4	2–1 f	3–5
2021–22	Group stage	Benfica	0–0 f	4–0	2nd
		BK Häcken	4–0 f	5–1
		Lyon	1–2 f	1–0
	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
	Group stage	Barcelona	0–3 f	3–1	2nd
		Benfica	3–2 f	2–0
		Rosengård	4–0	2–1 f
	Quarter-finals	Arsenal	0–2	1–0 f	1–2
2023–24	Group stage	Ajax	0–1	1–1 f	3rd
		Paris Saint-Germain	1–0 f	2–2
		Roma	2–2	2–2 f
2024–25	Group stage	Arsenal	2–3	5–2 f	2nd
Juventus	2–0 f	4–0
Vålerenga	1–1	3–0 f
Quarter-finals	Lyon	1–4	0–2 f	1–6

^f First game of two.

Coaching Staff

Here are the people who help coach and manage the team:

Position	Name
Head coach	Alexander Straus
Assistant coach	Clara Schöne Kjetil Lone
Goalkeeping coach	Michael Netolitzky
Fitness coach	Hamid Masoum Beygi Moritz Lemmle
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
Kit man	Thomas Fräßdorf
Match analyst	Finn Arnold-Brogan

See also

In Spanish: Bayern de Múnich (femenino) para niños