Bayern Munich

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FC Bayern Munich was founded by members of the Munich Gymnastics Club (MTV 1879). A group of MTV participants from MTV 1879 decided on 27 February 1900 that the players of the club wouldn't be permitted be admitted to the German Football Association (DFB) 11 players of the football division resigned the church and that same night formed the Fussball-Club Bayern Munchen. In the space of a few months Bayern had scored high-scoring wins against every local rival with a record of 15-0 wins over FC Nordstern, and reached the semi-finals of the 1900-01 South German championship. In the years following the club also won a few local trophies. In 1910-11, Bayern joined the newly formed "Kreisliga" as one of the first regions in the Bavarian league. Bayern won the league its first year but failed to be able to win it again until the onset in the First World War in 1914, which stopped all football in Germany. At the close of its first decade of existence, Bayern had attracted its first German national athlete, Max Gaberl Gablonsky. In 1920, the club was home to over 700 players and was the largest team in football within Munich.

In the following years, after during the postwar period, Bayern won several regional tournaments, before winning its inaugural South German championship in 1926 the same year, which was repeated two years afterward. The first title of national significance was achieved by 1932 the year that head coach Richard "Little Dombi" Kohn led the team to the German championship after defeating Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 in the final.

It was the rise of Adolf Hitler to power brought an abrupt end to the development of Bayern. The president of the club, Kurt Landauer and the coach both Jewish were exiled from the country. The rest of the team were also removed. Bayern was ridiculed for being the " Jew's club" and local rival Munich was slammed as the "Jew's club" while local rival Munich received a lot of popularity. Josef Sauter, who was inaugurated in 1943, was the sole NSDAP President of the NSDAP. The way that certain Bayern players welcomed Landauer as he watched the Bayern game in Switzerland this led to ongoing discrimination. Bayern was also impacted by the decision that footballers had to be fully amateurs that resulted in the transfer of the talented young centre forward Oskar Rohr to Switzerland. In the years following, Bayern could not sustain its status as a an opponent for the title of national champion with mid-table performances for its league regionally.

Following the conclusion in 1945, the Second World War in 1945, Bayern became a member of the Oberliga Sud, the conference that was the southern part from the German first division. It was divided five ways at the time. Bayern had a difficult time with the hiring and dismissal of 13 coaches between 1945 and 1963. Landauer returned to the club in 1947 after a lengthy exile. He was appointed president of the club. His term was extended to 1951. He is the club's president , with the longest-running time. Landauer has been described as the creator of Bayern as a professional football club and his legacy is honored by Bayern Ultras Schickeria. The year 1955 was the first time that Bayern won the DFB-Pokal the club was demoted but they were relegated back to the Oberliga following the season. They was crowned the DFB-Pokal for the first time, defeating Fortuna Dusseldorf 1-0 in the final.

The club was financially struggling however, and was close to bankruptcy by the close in the 50s. The president was removed by the manufacturer. Reitlinger who, later found guilty of financial misconduct which led to his removal during the 1958 elections by industrialist Roland Endler. He maintained financial stability to the team. Under his leadership, Bayern had its best times during the Oberliga. Endler was no longer a contender in 1962, and Wilhelm Neudecker who was a millionaire after the postwar boom in construction and was his replacement.

In 1963 in 1963, in 1963, the Oberligas of Germany were joined in one national league called the Bundesliga. The league was comprised of five teams. Oberliga South were accepted into the. The primary factor for being eligible for to play in the Bundesliga was the performance of the previous 12 years, in which Bayern was just the sixth club in the league. Additionally local opponents TSV Munich 1860 7th in the rankings were the champions of last year's Oberliga-Sud season , and received preference based on the achievement. Following initial protests by Bayern over alleged abuse remained ineffective, the President Neudecker took on the challenge and appointed Zlatko Cajkovski in 1962. He was the captain of 1. FC Koln to the national championship. With a young team of players such as Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller and Sepp Maier who later would be known as "the axis" and were promoted in the Bundesliga in the year 1965.

In their very first Bundesliga year, Bayern finished third and also took home their first DFB-Pokal. This qualified them for the following year's European Cup Winners' Cup, which they won in a dramatic final against Scottish club Rangers in the year when Franz Roth scored the decider in an extra-time 1-0 victory. The year was 1967. Bayern continued to play in its DFB-Pokal however, slow progress in general was the reason for Branko Zebec succeed as coach. He replaced Bayern's attacking style of game with a more disciplined approach, and this, he was the first to achieve the League as well as cup double in Bundesliga history in the year 1969. Bayern Munich are one of four German clubs that have won the Bundesliga as well as the DFB-Pokal in the same year together with Borussia Dortmund 1. FC Koln and Werder Bremen. Zebec had only 13 players for the entire season.

Udo Lattek took charge in 1970. In the 1970 season, after winning the DFB-Pokal in the first season of his tenure Lattek was the one who led Bayern through to winning its 3rd German champion. The final game of the 1971-72 season against Schalke 04 was the first game at the brand new Olympiastadion as well as is also the first live broadcast event to be telecast in Bundesliga history. Bayern defeated Schalke 5-1, and thus won the title. In addition, they set numerous records in terms of points scored in goals and points scored. Bayern additionally won their following two championships, however the most memorable moment was at their victory in the 1974 European Cup Final against Atletico Madrid in which Bayern beat 4-0 after replay. This trophy - following the winning of the Cup Winners' trophy 1967 and two semi-finals ( 1968 and 1972) during that tournament it marked the club's first step as a major player in the world stage.

During the following years, the team was unsuccessful domestically but defended their European title by defeating Leeds United at the time of The 1995 European Cup Final when Roth and Muller scored a win with a couple of the last minute goals. "We returned to match and got two fantastic goals, so in final game, we were winners however, we were extremely fortunate" explained Franz Beckenbauer. Billy Bremner believed that the French referees were "very inquisitive". Leeds fans protested Paris as they were barred out of European football for three seasons. In the following year at Glasgow, Saint-Etienne were defeated by a second Roth goal, and Bayern was the 3rd team to be awarded the trophy over the span of three years. The trophy that Bayern won the last time Bayern in the era of this one came in the form of in the Intercontinental Cup, where they beat Brazilian Club Cruzeiro in two matches. The remainder period of this decade marked a period of change , and there were no other titles won by Bayern. After 1977, Franz Beckenbauer left for New York Cosmos and in 1979, Sepp Maier, as well as Uli Hoeness left the club as Gerd Muller joined Fort Lauderdale Strikers. Bayerndusel has been coined during this time as a way to express displeasure or envy over the often tinier and final-minute victories against other teams.

The 1980s saw a lot of turmoil on the off field for Bayern that saw a number of personnel changes and financial issues. In the football field, Paul Breitner and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, who was referred to as FC Breitnigge, led the team to Bundesliga championships in the years the years 1980 and 1981. With the exception of a victory in the DFB-Pokal during 1982 and a couple of mediocre seasons followed. After that, Breitner quit, and the his former manager Udo Lattek came back. Bayern took home in the DFB-Pokal during the year 1984 and continued to achieve five Bundesliga championships over the course of six seasons which included winning a two-time win at the end of the year 1986. European victory, however, was not a certainty throughout the decade. Bayern did manage to secure the second place during the European Cup in 1982 and 1987..

Jupp Heynckes was appointed coach in 1987. However, after two consecutive titles between the years 1988-1989 in 1988-89 and 1989-90 The Bayern team's performance declined. In the aftermath of finishing 2nd in 1990-91 The club was just five points higher than the relegation zone the season of the 1991-1992. In 1993-94, Bayern was eliminated in the UEFA Cup second round to Premier League side Norwich City. City are as the sole English club to defeat Bayern in the Olympiastadion. It was a successful season when Franz Beckenbauer took over for the second part of the 1993-94 season and won the championship again following an absence of four years. Beckenbauer was later appointed president of the club.

The two coaches who succeeded him, Giovanni Trapattoni and Otto Rehhagel were both unlucky to win trophies in the course of a season, not living up to the club's lofty expectations. In the time between Bayern's players often appeared in the gossip pages of the media instead of on the sports pages, which resulted in the name FC Hollywood. Franz Beckenbauer briefly returned at the conclusion of 1995-1996 season as a caretaker coach. He also led the side to victory over the UEFA Cup, winning against Bordeaux during the final. In during the 1995-97 football season, Trapattoni returned to be victorious in the title. In the subsequent campaign, Bayern lost the title to newly promoted 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Trapattoni had to leave in the second season.

After his successes in the Borussia Dortmund club Borussia Dortmund, Bayern were under the direction of Ottmar Hitzfeld from 1998 until the year 2004. In Hitzfeld's first season, Bayern won the Bundesliga and came close to winning the Champions League, losing 2-1 to Manchester United in the final minute of injury time, having led for the majority of the match. The following year, during the centenary season of the club, Bayern won the third league and cup double in the club's history. Another consecutive Bundesliga trophy was won with the title in 2001 and was won by an overtime goal in the final day of the Bundesliga season. A few days later, Bayern won the Champions League for the fourth time in a span of 25 years gap, beating Valencia in penalty kicks. It was the year 2001/02 started with a win of the Intercontinental Cup, but the season ended without a trophy. The season of 2002 and 2003, Bayern won their fourth double, and were leading their team in the League by the record amount that was 16 points. In 2004, Hitzfeld's reign came to an end and the team was unable to compete. Bayern struggling, with a loss against the second division Alemannia Aachen in the DFB-Pokal.

Felix Magath was appointed as the new manager and helped lead Bayern in two successive Doubles. Before the beginning in 2005-06, year 2005/06, Bayern moved from the Olympiastadion to the newly constructed Allianz Arena, that the club shared together with 1860 Munich. On the field the team's results during the 2006/07 season was not consistent. In the league, they were trailing and losing against Alemannia Aachen in the cup again Coach Magath was fired immediately following the winter break.

Hitzfeld was hired as a trainer in January 2007, however, Bayern ended the season 2006-07 in fourth place which meant they were not able to make it into the Champions League for the first time in nearly 10 years. Other loss to both the DFB-Pokal as well as in the DFB-Ligapokal ended the season with no awards for the season.

In during the year 2007/08, Bayern made drastic team changes to aid in rebuilding. They signed eight new players. They also were released, sold or loaned out nine players. Some of the new signings were the 2006 World Cup stars such as Franck Ribery, Miroslav Klose and Luca Toni. Bayern were able to win the Bundesliga with a convincing win and led the standings each week, as well as they also won the Bundesliga's DFB-Pokal with Borussia Dortmund.

Following the season, Bayern's longest-running goalkeeper Oliver Kahn retired and the club was with no top goalie for a few seasons. The coach of the club, Ottmar Hitzfeld was also fired as did Jurgen Klinsmann was picked as his successor. However, Klinsmann was sacked even prior to the conclusion of his first season . Bayern were trailing Wolfsburg within the Bundesliga. losing the quarterfinal of the DFB-Pokal against Bayer Leverkusen, and had been criticized for his performance in the quarterfinals in the Champions League when FC Barcelona scored four goals in the first 45 minutes during the initial leg. throughout both games Bayern didn't appear to be able were able to keep pace. Jupp Heynckes was appointed caretaker coach, and led the team to second place in the league.

In the 2009-2010 campaign, Bayern hired Dutch manager Louis van Gaal Then, Dutch forward Arjen Robben joined Bayern. Robben along with Ribery will be the guiding force behind Bayern's style of attacking on the wings over the following 10 years. The press soon called the pair "Robbery". Additionally, David Alaba and Thomas Muller were made first team players. In the case of Muller, van Gaal went to the extent of saying, "With me, Muller always is playing," which has become a popular phrase throughout the years. On the field Bayern enjoyed its best campaign since 2001 winning the domestic double, and defeating only once in the final of the Champions League to Inter Milan with a score of 0-2. Despite the impressive 2009-10 season, van Gaal was fired in April of 2011 because Bayern was in a slump in the league. They were eliminated in the opening knockout phase in the Champions League, again by Inter. Van Gaal's deputy in charge, Andries Jonker was appointed and ended the season in third position.

Jupp Heynckes was back for his second stint as a permanent player during his 2012-2013 season. While Bayern had made a deal with Manuel Neuer which ended Bayern's search to find a suitable replacement for Kahn along with Jerome Boateng for the duration of the season, Bayern remained without a title for the second time in a row. season. They finished second only to Borussia Dortmund both in league as well as the cup. The Champions League final was held at the Allianz and Bayern indeed reached the final in their home stadium but lost the "Finale dahoam" as they had termed it to Chelsea on penalties. In this year 2012-13, Bayern signed Javi Martinez. After Bayern finished second to all the titles in 2011-12, Bayern went on to take home all the titles in 2012-13, establishing numerous Bundesliga records in the process and being the very first German team to achieve the triple. Bayern ended the Bundesliga with 91 points, just 11 points short of an unbeatable season. It is until today the best ever season played. In the three-time Champions League final appearance in 4 years of each other, the team defeated Borussia Dortmund 1-1. The following week they completed their triple through winning the DFB-Pokal final against VfB Stuttgart. In the month of January Bayern were already making announcements that they were going to hire Pep Guardiola as their new coach in this 2013-2014 season. The club originally claimed that it was Heynckes leaving at the end of his contract. However, Uli Hoeness afterwards acknowledged that it wasn't Heynckes's intention to quit Bayern at the conclusion this season. The decision was actually prompted by the club's decision to select Guardiola.

Bayern satisfied Guardiola's desire to sign Thiago Alcantara from FC Barcelona and Guardiola's debut season began very well, with Bayern expanding their streak of league matches that were undefeated from last season's 53 games. The final defeat at Augsburg was just two match weeks following the time Bayern had already taken home their league championship. In the course of the season, Bayern also won two other titles: that of the FIFA Club World Cup as well as the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Super Cup, which is the only major trophy the club has not yet claimed. Bayern also took home their first Cup in order to finish their domestic double, but they lost in the semi-finals in the Champions League to Real Madrid. Outside the pitch The Bayern President Uli Hoeness was found guilty of tax-evasion March 13 2014 and sentenced to 3 and five year in jail. Hoeness was dismissed the following day. Vice President Karl Hopfner was elected president on May 2nd. In the 2014-15 season, Bayern signed Robert Lewandowski after his contract was up at Borussia Dortmund. They also the club loaned Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid. Bayern has also permitted Toni Kroos go to Real. Club icons Bastian Schweinsteiger and Claudio Pizarro left before the 2015-16 season. The two seasons that followed, Bayern defended their league title, winning a second time in 2015-16, but they failed to make it past the semifinals in the Champions League. While the team's management tried to persuade Guardiola to remain, the coach chose not to extend his three-year contract.

Carlo Ancelotti was appointed as Guardiola's successor. The main transfer during the 2016-17 season is Mats Hummels from Borussia Dortmund. On the pitch Uli Hoeness was released in the early hours from prison , and was elected president in November of 2016. Under the leadership of Ancelotti, Bayern achieved five consecutive titles in the Bundesliga however, they failed to take home the trophy or in the Champions League. In July of 2017, Bayern announced that 1860 Munich will leave their club Allianz in the future for time as they was downgraded into the 4th division. In the 2017-18 season, Bayern made a series of adjustments to their team by signing young players such as Kingsley Coman, Corentin Tolisso, Serge Gnabry and Niklas Sule. They also loaned James Rodriguez from Real. Meanwhile, the club's captain, Philipp Lahm, and Xabi Alonso retired, and several other players left the club. As Bayern's performances were perceived to be increasingly lacklustre, Ancelotti was sacked after a 0-3 loss Paris St. Paris Germain during their participation in Champions League, early in his second season. Willy Sagnol took charge as interim manager for the duration of a week, before it was revealed the fact that Jupp Heynckes was set to finish the season with his fourth stint with the team. During the course of the season the club tried to persuade Heynckes even in public for a contract extension however Heynckes age-related 73 was steadfast in his decision to end his career after the season. The club embarked on a long and exhaustive search to find the right replacement. Eventually, Niko Kovac was chosen as the replacement for Heynckes. He signed an agreement for three years. Heynckes helped the club win another cup final. At the final of the cup Heynckes's final game as coach, Heynckes met his successor on the field. Kovac's Eintracht Frankfurt denied Bayern the title, winning 3-1.

Kovac's debut season with the club was not as smooth and saw Bayern being a step behind Dortmund at the top of their league in the initial portion in the league. As opposed to similar situations that were experienced by Van Gaal and Ancelotti the management of the club took the decision to shield Kovac from criticism. After their winter break Bayern rapidly slowed down and were able to secure first place on the table. In the Champions League, the club was eliminated by Liverpool in the round of 16 this was the only time in 2011 Bayern didn't make it to the quarterfinal. In the course of the season, Arjen Robben declared that it was his final season at the club. Meanwhile, Uli Hoeness declared that Franck Ribery was going home at the end this season. In March of 2019, Bayern announced that they had signed Lucas Hernandez from Atletico Madrid for the club's Bundesliga record sum in the amount of EUR80 million. On the 18th of May, 2019 Bayern took home their seventh consecutive Bundesliga title when they finished two points clear of second-placed Dortmund who had 78 points. The Bundesliga title was the ninth for Ribery and Robben's eighth. One week later, Bayern defeated RB Leipzig 3-1 in the DFB-Pokal Final in 2019. By winning, Bayern won their 19th German Cup and completed their 12th domestic double.

Hansi Flick joined Bayern Munich on 1 July 2019 as an assistant coach. Under the leadership of Kovac, Bayern was off with a slow start to the league. After losing 5-1 at Frankfurt, Kovac and Bayern quit on November 3rd, 2019, and Flick being elevated to interim manager. After a successful stint as the interim coach Bayern announced on 22nd December, 2019 Flick will continue to be in charge until the conclusion of the season. The performance of Bayern on the pitch improved noticeably and, on April 20, 2020 the team negotiated with Flick to renew his contract until 2023. In the time of Flick the club was crowned champions of in the league and had the most successful half of the Bundesliga season in the history of the sport, and then went on to win the trophy and complete its 13th consecutive domestic double. For the Champions League, Bayern reached their first final since 2013 in the process beating FC Barcelona 8-2 in the quarter-finals , and Lyon 3-1 at the end of the quarter-final. The final that was played in Lisbon with the doors closed due to the seriousness of the COVID-19 and they beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0. The former PSG players Kingsley Coman scored the only goal in the match. In the end, PSG become the 2nd European club to achieve the season-long treble in two seasons, and match that of the 2013-14 FC Barcelona team.

After a brief break Bayern began their new season with a win in the UEFA Super Cup for the second time in their history. In a highly contested game, Bayern defeated Sevilla with a score of 2-1 following extra time and Javi Martinez scoring the winner. 30 September 2020 was the day that they took home their Supercup of the 2020 DFL after beating the runners-up from their league Bundesliga Dortmund 3-1. In February 2021 they were the winners of their 2020 FIFA Club World Cup (postponed in December 2020 due to the COVID-19 virus) after losing to African champions Al Ahly SC 2-0 by Robert Lewandowski's brace and winning their final match with Mexican club Tigres UANL 1-0 after a goal by Benjamin Pavard and became only the second team to win the sextuple following Barcelona took it home in 2009. Then, Bayern failed to defend its Champions League title after being defeated by PSG in the quarter-finals. However, the club managed to claim it's nineth Bundesliga trophy in succession. In the course of the season, Robert Lewandowski broke Gerd Muller's record for the highest number of goals scored during the Bundesliga season by scoring 41 goals.

On April 27, 2021 Bayern declared that Flick was to leave at the close of the season at his request. He also announced the announcement that RB Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann was to take over as the new manager effective 1 July. According to various accounts, Bayern paid Leipzig EUR25m an amount that was the highest ever paid to managers, in an incentive for Nagelsmann's service. Later, it was confirmed that Flick left to become the manager for coaching the German National team where he had been previously the Assistant coach for manager Joachim Low.

With the supervision and under new coach Julian Nagelsmann, Bayern have completed the feat of winning 10 consecutive Bundesliga titles following a 3–1 Der Klassiker win.

In the constitution of the club's beginning Bayern's colors were referred to as blue and white, however, the club wore white shirts and black shorts, until 1905 which was the year that Bayern became part of MSC. MSC stipulated that footballers had to wear with red shorts. The younger players were nicknamed red shorts. This was meant to be an insult. For the majority of the club's history, Bayern had primarily worn maroon and white home kits. In the the season 1968-69, Bayern changed to blue and red striped shirts together with blue socks and shorts. From 1969 to 1973 the team had a home strip of white and red striped uniforms with either white or red shorts, and red socks. Then, in the 1973-74 season the team changed to a white-only kit with only vertical blue and red stripes in the shirt. From 1974, Bayern has mostly worn the red home kit, that was white with a trim. Bayern brought back the blue and red stripes color scheme in 1995 between 1995 and 1997. In 1997 blue was the most dominant color at first since Adidas launched a navy blue house kit, with a an red chest band. The year 1999 saw Bayern went back to their predominantly red uniform, which had blue sleeves. Then, in 2000, the club unveiled the traditional red and blue kit that had white trim to wear for Champions League matches. Bayern also wore Rotwein colour home kit during Bundesliga matches from 2001 to 2003, as well as throughout their 2007-2006 Champions League campaign, in reference to their initial choice of colors before the 1960s.

The away kit of Bayern has featured a variety of colours throughout the years which include black, white blue, gold-green and blue. Bayern also has a distinctive international kit. The 2013-14 season saw Bayern utilized an all-red home uniform with the Bavarian flag diamond watermark and an Lederhosen inspired black and white Oktoberfest away shirt, as well as an all blue and navy international uniform.

In the 80s and 90s, Bayern used a special away kit while playing at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, representing the Brazilian colours of blue and yellow. This was the latter being a belief that was rooted in it being known that the team was unable to score there.

The Bayern crest has been changed numerous times. The initial version consisted of stylized letters F C, B M, joined together to form one symbol. The initial emblem was blue. The colors from Bavaria was introduced as the initial time around 1954. The crest of 1919 until 1924 signifies "Bayern FA", whereby "FA" signifies Fussball Abteilung, i.e., Football Department; Bayern then was included in TSV Jahn Munich and constituted its own football department.

The present design of the crest is different from the version of 1954 by a number of steps. The crest was one color in the majority of times that was blue or red the present design is composed of red, blue and white. It is adorned with the colors of Bavaria in the center and FC Bayern Munchen is written in white on a red ring, which is then enclosed with the Bavarian colors.

Bayern started its first games of training on the Schyrenplatz located in central Munich. The first games that were officially played were played on Theresienwiese. In the year 1901, Bayern moved to a field of their own, which was located at Schwabing at Clemensstrasse. Following the joining of to the Munchner Sport-Club (MSC) in 1906, Bayern moved in May 1907 to the MSC's field located at Leopoldstrasse. As the number of people attending Bayern's home games grew, in the early 1920s Bayern needed to relocate to different facilities in Munich.

From 1925 onwards, Bayern was a part of the Grunwalder Stadion in 1925 with the team of 1860 Munich. Up to World War II, the stadium was owned by the 1860 Munich which is commonly referred to by the name of Sechz'ger ("Sixties") Stadium. It was destroyed in the war and efforts to reconstruct it led to an incomplete. Bayern's record attendance in the Grunwalder Stadion is reported as over 50,000 during the game at home against 1. FC Nurnberg in the 1961-62 season. Under the Bundesliga period, the stadium was designed with an upper capacity of 44,000 that was exceeded several times however the capacity has decreased to 21,272. Similar to the majority of stadiums during this time the vast portion of the venue was turned to landscaping. The second teams from both clubs play at the stadium.

In preparation for during the 1972 Summer Olympics, the city of Munich constructed Munich's Olympiastadion. The stadium, famous for its design and design, was officially opened in the final Bundesliga game in the 1971-72 season. The game was attended by a attendance of 79,000 that was surpassed several occasions. In its beginnings the stadium was considered to be one of the top stadiums in the world . It also hosted many major finals, like the the 1974 FIFA World Cup. The following years, the stadium saw several changes that included the expansion of seating capacity from 50 percent to 66 percent. In the end, the stadium was the capacity of 63,000 seats for national events in addition to 59,000 at international events like European Cup competitions. A lot of people started to complain that the venue was too cold in winter, with a quarter of the spectators exposed to elements due to the absence of shelter. Another complaint was the distance that existed between stadium and the spectators which was in violation of the track-and-field stadium's history. The stadium's renovation proved to be impossible as The design architect Gunther Behnisch opposed major changes to the stadium.

After many discussions and debate, Munich's city, Munich as well as Bavaria's state Bavaria, Bayern Munich and the state of Bavaria, Bayern Munich and Munich came to a consensus towards the end of 2000 to construct a new stadium. The stadium was built in Bayern had been looking for an all-purpose football stadium for a number of years and the awarding in the 2006 FIFA World Cup to Germany brought up the issue because the Olympiastadion did not meet criteria for the FIFA requirements for hosting the World Cup game. The stadium is located in the northern part of Munich and the Allianz Arena is been operating since the start in the season 2005/06 season. The initially capacity was 66,000 seats fully covered was later increased for games at national scale to 69,901 seats by changing 3,000 seats into the terracing ratio of 2:1. In August 2012, an additional 2,000 seats have been added to the final row of the highest tier making the capacity increase to 71,000. In January of 2015 the proposal to expand the capacity was accepted by city council. As a result, the Allianz Arena has capacity of 75,000 (70,000 in the Champions League).

The most notable feature of the stadium is its translucent outer layer that can be illuminated in various shades to create stunning effects. The red lighting is utilized in Bayern home games, and white to play German the national side home matches.

The month of May was when Bayern inaugurated a new museum on its history, FC Bayern Erlebniswelt, located in the Allianz Arena.

Bayern has one of the the three professional clubs of football located in Munich. Bayern's principal rival locally can be found in 1860 Munich, which was the more prosperous club in the 1950s . They were controversially chosen for the first Bundesliga year in the season of 1963. They won an award and a cup. In the 70s and 1980s, 1860 Munich moved between the first and third division. Its Munich derby is still a highly-anticipated eventthat draws a lot of attention from the fans of both teams. The year is 1860. Munich is regarded as more working-class and suffers from the decline of its number of fans in a city that has a manufacturing sector in decline. Bayern is regarded as the establishment club, as evidenced by many of the board members who are business leaders and also including former Bavarian minister-president Edmund Stoiber. Even though there is a rivalry between them, Bayern has repeatedly supported the 1860 team in times of financial chaos.

Since the 1920s in the 1920s. FC Nurnberg has been Bayern's principal and most enduring adversaries in Bavaria. Philipp Lahm said that playing in Nurnberg is "always unique" and provides an "heated setting". Both clubs competed in the same league from the 1920s. However, during those years, the 20's and 30's Nurnberg was more than successful with the league five championships during the 1920s, which made the club the world's most successful champion. Bayern won the title over sixty years later, and had their 10th championship win during 1987 and thus surpassed Nurnberg's record of seven championships held in the history of Nurnberg. The match among Bayern as well as Nurnberg is commonly known as"the" Bavarian Derby.

Bayern is also a renowned rivalry with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, originating in the aftermath of a match in 1973, where Bayern fell 7-4 in the end after leading by 4-1, as well as from the two teams competing for German championships at various time in the Bundesliga and also Kaiserslautern, the capital city. Kaiserslautern along with nearby Palatinate which was an integral part of Bavaria until a plebiscite was held after the end of Second World War.

In the 70s and 80s, Bayern's most significant opponents have been the clubs that have put up the toughest struggle against the national powerhouse. In the 1970s, this was Borussia Monchengladbach. However but in the late 1980s the classification was extended into Hamburger SV. Through the 90s Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen emerged as the strongest rivals. In recent years, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke as well as Werder Bremen are the top opponents for the Bundesliga. In recent times, Bayern's primary Bundesliga opponent is Borussia Dortmund. Bayern as well as Dortmund have played each other for a variety of Bundesliga titles. They have also played each one another in the DFB-Pokal finals in the year 2008, 2012, 2014, and the 2016 final. The loss of 2-5 to Dortmund in the final of 2012 was the most devastating loss for Bayern in an DFB-Pokal final. Bayern along with Dortmund are also playing their counterparts in the DFL Supercup between them in the years 1989, 2012 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 as well as in the years 2017, 2019 and in 2020. The most intense match for the teams came the time Bayern defeated Dortmund with a 2-1 win during the final of the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League.

Amongst Bayern's chief European rivals are Real Madrid, A.C. Milan, and Manchester United thanks to a variety of iconic wins, draws and defeats. Real Madrid versus Bayern is the one that has traditionally been played the most often in the Champions League/European cup with 24 games. Because of Bayern being a team that is difficult to beat in Madrid, Madrid supporters often refer to Bayern as the " Bestia negra" ("Black Beast"). Despite the many fights, Bayern and Real have never played each other at the end of the Champions League or European Cup.

Bayern is run by former players from the club. From 2016 until 2019, Uli Hoeness was the president of the club in the wake of Karl Hopfner who was president since 2014. Hoeness was forced to quit in 2014 following her conviction of fraud in the tax system. Oliver Kahn is the chairman of the executive board of the AG. Its Supervisory Board comprised of nine members is made up of the managers of large German companies. Apart from the president of the club and chairman of the board the members include Herbert Hainer former CEO of (Adidas) and Dr. Herbert Diess chairman of (Volkswagen) and the Dr. Werner Zedelius senior advisor at (Allianz) and Timotheus Hottges , CEO at (Deutsche Telekom) and Professor. of (Deutsche Telekom), Dr. Dieter Mayer, Edmund Stoiber, Theodor Weimer CEO of (Deutsche Borse) as well as the Dr. Michael Diederich speaker of the board of (UniCredit bank).

Football professional at Bayern is operated by the spin-off company FC Bayern Munchen AG. AG stands for abbreviation meaning Aktiengesellschaft which means Aktiengesellschaft, and Bayern operates as an jointly-owned company that is a firm which does not trade on the exchange for public stocks however, it is privately owned. 75 percent of FC Bayern Munchen AG is owned by the club itself, the FC Bayern Munchen e. V. (e. V. is abbreviation for Eingetragener Verein which translates to "Registered Club"). Three German companies, the sporting goods maker Adidas as well as the automotive company Audi as well as the finance firm Allianz Each own 8.33 percent of the shares, which is 25 percent of the shares. Adidas bought their shares back in 2002 at EUR77 million. The money was used for the purpose of financing the Allianz Arena. In 2009, Audi was paid EUR90 millions for its portion. The money was used to pay back the loan secured by the Allianz Arena. Then, in the early part of 2014 Allianz was the 3rd shareholder in the company, buying their own share at EUR110 million. The sale of the company saw Bayern has paid off the remaining dues in the Allianz Arena 16 years ahead of time. The other sports departments of Bayern are operated by the club.

Bayern's shirt sponsor is Deutsche Telekom. Deutsche Telekom has been Bayern's shirt sponsor since the beginning of the 2002-03 football season. The company renewed their sponsorship agreement in August 2015 to the closing of the 2022-23 season. Bayern's kit sponsor is Adidas. Adidas have been the kit sponsor of Bayern since 1974. Adidas renewed their partnership with Bayern on April 29, 2015. The deal will run until the close at the end of 2029-30 season.The premier partners include Audi, Allianz, HypoVereinsbank, Goodyear, Qatar Airways, Siemens, Paulaner Brewery, SAP, DHL, Hamad International Airport and Tipico. Gold sponsors include Coca-Cola, Man, Procter & Gamble. The classic sponsors include Apple Music, Bayern 3, Beats Electronics, EA Sports, Gigaset, Hugo Boss, Courtyard by Marriott, Veuve Clicquot, and Adelholzener. In past years, the rights to the jersey were owned by Adidas (1974-78), Magirus Deutz and Iveco (1978-84), Commodore (1984-89) and Opel (1989-2002).

Bayern is an exceptional club when it comes to professional soccer, as they have earned profits for 27 straight years. Other clubs typically suffer losses and have to make loans to fund transfers, but Bayern always utilizes the current asset. In the latest season of the Deloitte Football Money League, Bayern had the fourth highest revenue in club football and earned EUR629.2 million. Bayern is different in comparison to others European top clubs with regards to their income distribution. In the top twenty European soccer clubs made 43 percent of their revenue per an average, through broadcasting licenses. Bayern received just 28 percent of their income this way. Bayern had the second highest revenues from commercial operations in 2019's Deloitte Football Money League, second only to Real Madrid. Bayern's revenue from commercial activities was EUR348.7 million (55 percent of the all revenue). The Bayern's Matchday revenues are lower than that of other top clubs by EUR103.8 million (17 percent in their revenue total).

As the other European clubs have mostly marketed to international publics, Bayern had focused on Germany. In recent times, Bayern have begun to focus their marketing towards Asia in addition to in the United States. Bayern played summer tours in United States in 2014 and 2016. United States in 2014 and in the year 2016. Bayern visited China during this summer. They was back for the 2017 summer when they also played at Singapore. In August 2014, Bayern established a branch at New York City as the club seeks to enhance their image and position themselves against leading European teams that are located in their respective countries in the United States. In March of 2017, Bayern was the first foreign football club to establish the office on mainland China. Bayern hopes to find new sponsors as well as boost their sales of merchandising. In 2017 Forbes lists Bayern as the fourth most important football club on their annual rankings and estimates that the value of the club is EUR2.5 billion.

Due to Bayern's appearance at this year's UEFA Champions League Final, the value of their brand has risen to $786 million, an increase of 59 % over the prior year. Among European teams, this is ahead of Real Madrid's US$600 million and behind first-placed Manchester United. The name is valued at $853 million. 2013 was the year that Bayern beat Manchester United to claim the top spot in the valuation of brands.

Bayern's 2018-19 financial reports showed revenues of EUR750.4 million, and operating profits in the amount of EUR146.1 million. Post-tax profit was EUR52.5 million, meaning that it was the 27th year in a row that Bayern has been that they made an operating profit.

The year 2022 was the time FC Bayern announced the opening of an international office in Bangkok in 2022, marking their third branch office in this manner.

Bayern was involved in charitable initiatives for a long time, helping other soccer clubs that are in financial trouble as well as everyday people suffering. In the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami, in 2004, the "FC Bayern - Help e.V." was formed to be a foundation whose goal is to focus the social activities that the team engages in. The venture was founded in the year 2000. was funded by EUR600,000 collected by the players and officials from the team. The funds were among other things used to construct schools at Marathenkerny, Sri Lanka as well as to repair the region in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. In April 2007, it became clear that the main focus of the foundation should shift to aiding those in need locally.

The club has time and time again proved to have a fondness for teams in financial turmoil. In the past, the club has aided the local team the 1860 Munich by hosting free friendly games and transfers with favourable rates, as well as direct cash transfers. Also , when St. Pauli threatened to cancel its license to play professional football because of financial difficulties, Bayern met the club to play a friendly match free of charge, and gave all the profits in the game to St. Pauli. In the past, as Mark van Bommel's home club Fortuna Sittard was in financial trouble, Bayern attended play a charity match with St. Pauli. Dutch club. Another famous example is the purchase from Alexander Zickler in 1993 from Dynamo Dresden. The time Bayern took over Zickler for 2.3 million DM many believed that the amount to be a subvention to the financially weakened Dresdeners.[ in 2003 Bayern gave a EUR2 million loan without collateral to the bankruptcy-ridden Borussia Dortmund which has since been paid back. On July 14, 2013 Bayern held a fundraising game against financially troubled the third division Hansa Rostock. The game generated around EUR1 million, which was enough to secure Hansa's license. On August 30, 2017 Bayern held a charity match with financially struggling the Kickers Offenbach. The entire revenue generated from the game was donated directly to Kickers Offenbach. The chairman of Bayern, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge declared, "Kickers Offenbach are a club that has a long history They've always been a prestigious club in Germany We'll be glad to support them with a charity match." On the 27th of May, 2019 Bayern held a charity match with 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The game was played to ensure that Kaiserslautern could get their license for playing for the German third division. The entire profit from the match was given to Kaiserslautern. "1. FC Kaiserslautern are one of the biggest clubs in Germany," the Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz rummenigge, stated. "For many years , there were a lot of tension and, in the end, famous, Bayern matches at Kaiserslautern. Football is about emotions and rivalries between sports, but it's also about the spirit of solidarity. This is why we're delighted to assist and we hope 1. FC Kaiserslautern can once again get promoted in Bundesliga. Bundesliga in the near future."

In March 2020 Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, and Bayer Leverkusen, the four German UEFA Champions League teams for the 2019/20 season collectively donated EUR20 millions to Bundesliga and two. Bundesliga teams who struggled financially in the COVID-19 epidemic..

In the middle of 2013, Bayern was the first club to offer financial assistance towards the Magnus Hirschfeld National Foundation. The foundation conducts research on the living conditions of LGBT individuals and created an education plan to help facilitate the unbiased handling of LGBT topics in football.

In 2016 FC Bayern received the Nine Values Cup the highest prize from the international programme for social children's Football for Friendship..

FC Bayern Munich headquarters and training facility is called Sabener Strasse and it is located in the Untergiesing-Harlaching borough of Munich. The first team as well as the reserve team train in the facility. The facility has five pitches of grass Two of them have undersoil heating. There are also two artificial grass fields and a beach volleyball court and a multi-purpose sports hall.

The player's quarters were began in 1990, and were rebuilt following the 2007-08 season based on the suggestions of then-new coach Jurgen Klinsmann who was influenced from several major sports clubs. The quarters have been renamed the performance center and include gyms and weights and a massage room as well as dressing rooms, the coaches' office as well as a conference room that has the ability to screen video for analysis. Cafes, libraries and an electronic learning room and a family room are also available.

From August 2017 to August 2018 until August 2017, the Youth House was located at the main office at Sabener Strasse. It was a Youth House housed up to 14 talented young people aged 15 to 18 years old from outside Munich. The former members at the Youth House include Bastian Schweinsteiger, David Alaba, Owen Hargreaves, Michael Rensing, Holger Badstuber and Emre Can.

The year 2006 was the time that Bayern acquired land adjacent to The Allianz Arena with the purpose of creating a youth academy. In 2015 , the project, estimated at EUR70 millions, launched after having overcome internal resistance. The main reason for the project was that the facilities in place were insufficient and the club, though efficient at the top level but was not as competitive as the other German or European teams at junior level. This new building was set to open during the season 2017-18. The 21st of August was the day that The FC Bayern Campus was officially opened for business at EUR70 million. It is situated to the north of Munich in Ingolstadter Strasse. The campus covers 30 hectares and contains 8 football fields for youngsters from U-9s through the U-19s as well as girls' and women's teams. The campus also houses a stadium with a capacity of 2,500, that is where the U-17s and U-19s compete. There is also the Allianz FC Bayern Akademie is located on campus and offers 35 apartments to youngsters who do not reside outside Germany's Greater Munich area. The building is also home to rooms for young coaches as well as staff.

At the annual general meeting at the 2018 annual general meeting, the Bayern board announced that the club has 291,000 members who are officially registered and there are officially registered 4,433 fan clubs that have more than 390,000 members. This makes Bayern the largest fan-membership organization in the world. Bayern has fan clubs and supporters across Germany. Fans from all across Germany and even nearby Austria and Switzerland frequently travel over 200 km (120 miles) from Munich to watch home matches on the Allianz Arena. Bayern is home to an average of 75,000 people in the Allianz Arena which is at 100% capacity. Every Bundesliga match has been sold out for a long time. The home games of Bayern have been sold-out for a long time. According to a report done by Sport Markt Bayern is the fifth-most famous soccer club across Europe that has 20.7 million fans, and the most popular soccer club of Germany having 10 million fans.

Bayern Munich is also renowned for its well-organized Ultra scene. The most famous groups include the Schickeria Munchen, the Inferno Bavaria and The Red Munichs '89, the Sudkurve '73 Munichmaniacs 1996 and the Red Angels, and the Red Sharks. The ultras scene in Bayern Munch has been recognised by certain groups that have taken a stand against racism, right-wing extremism and homophobia. In 2014, the Schickeria Munchen Schickeria Munchen received the Julius Hirsch Award from the DFB for its stance to combat discrimination and antisemitism.

FC Bayern Munich are the most prestigious football club in the world in terms of membership. They are the Red Ladies are Bayern Munich's very first and only club that is all female and has more than 200 members. They are known as extremely passionate and have created an environment for women to discuss the club.

Stern Des Sudens is the song that fans sing during FCB home matches. In the 1990s , they sang FC Bayern, Forever number One. Another popular song was Mia San Mia ( Bavarian meaning "we make up who we") that is the most well-known motto of the team as well. The most well-known slogan that the club uses can be found in " Packmas" which is an Bavarian phrase that translates to"packen wir es," which is a Bavarian word meaning "we German " Packen wir es" meaning "let's take on it". The team's team's mascot is known as "Berni" since 2004.

There are also a lot of prominent supporters, among the list are Pope Benedict XVI, Boris Becker, Wladimir Klitschko, Horst Seehofer, and Edmund Stoiber, former Minister-President of Bavaria.

Bayern is the longest-running and historically greatest team to be successful in German football, since they have been the winners of many championships and also the most cups. They also are the top team for international matches. They have won 14 trophies. Bayern has the distinction of being only one team that has been a winner in the three important European tournaments as well as the three successive European Cups in a row, and have won the Triple twice.

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Bayern Munich has completed all available Trebles (seasonal treble, domestic treble and European treble).

• Treble
  • Seasonal treble (Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, UEFA Champions League)
    • 2012–13, 2019–20
  • European treble (UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup, UEFA Cup)
    • 1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1973–74 European Cup, 1995–96 UEFA Cup
  • Domestic treble (Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, DFL-Ligapokal)
    • 1999–2000

The football competitionsthat consist of one match that involves just two teams (for instance such as the UEFA Super Cup or DFL Supercup) are usually not considered part of a triple.

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12 – "The twelfth man", dedication to fans

1930s

•  Conrad Heidkamp (DF)

1970s:

•  Franz Beckenbauer (DF)
•  Gerd Müller (FW)
•  Uli Hoeneß (FW)
•  Paul Breitner (MF)
•  Sepp Maier (GK)
•  Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (DF)
•  Franz Roth (MF)

1980s:

•  Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FW)
•  Klaus Augenthaler (DF)

1990s:

•  Lothar Matthäus (MF/DF)
•  Stefan Effenberg (MF)

2000s:

•  Oliver Kahn (GK)
•  Mehmet Scholl (MF)
•  Bixente Lizarazu (DF)
•  Giovane Élber (FW)

2010s:

•  Philipp Lahm (DF)
•  Bastian Schweinsteiger (MF)

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Bayern has been coached by 19 coaches since it was promoted to the Bundesliga in 1965. Udo Lattek, Giovanni Trapattoni and Ottmar Hitzfeld were the two coaches who served as head coaches. Franz Beckenbauer served for one season as head coach and as caretaker. Jupp Heynckes was coach for four different times as a coach, with the role of caretaker. Lattek was the most successful coach at the club with six Bundesliga titles and the two DFB Cups and the European Cup followed by Ottmar Hitzfeld who won five Bundesliga titles and 2 DFB Cups and the Champions League. The club's most unsuccessful coach has been Soren Lerby who scored less than a third his games under his direction and was the one to oversee the club's close-to-relegation during the 1991-92 campaign.

On 3 November 2019, Bayern sacked Niko Kovac after a 5-1 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt and appointed Hansi Flick as a coach. In the beginning, Flick was installed as the caretaker coach, but the 15th of November, following Flick's team won 4-0 over Borussia Dortmund, Bayern announced that Flick was going to take over for at least the duration of Christmas 2019. In the following days, Flick signed a new contract for 2023.

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The reserve team acts as a final stage for promising youngsters prior to being elevated to the main team. This second group is managed by Sebastian Hoeness. The second team plays in the 3. Liga for the 2019-20 season. Since the creation of the Regionalliga in 1994, the team was playing for the Regionalliga Sud, following their stint within the Oberliga since 1978. For the season 2007/08, they were able to qualify for the newly-formed 3. Liga and remained there until 2011 , when they were sent back to Regionalliga. The club was relegated after 33 years being in the most prestigious league in which is allowed by the German Football Association allows players from the 2nd team an elite football team to participate in.

The academy's youth teams have created some of the world's best footballers, including Thomas Hitzlsperger, Owen Hargreaves, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thomas Muller. The 1st of August, 2017 The FC Bayern Campus was officially named the new home for young teams. It is comprised of 10 teams and the youngest is younger than 9.Jochen Sauer, director of the FC Bayern Campus director and Bayern legendary coach. Hermann Gerland is the director of sports.

The women's soccer department is comprised of five teams, which include professional teams and a reserve team along with two junior teams. The women's team, that is coached by the head coach Thomas Worle, has several players from the German national youth team. The 2009-09 season the team was 2nd on the women's Bundesliga. The division was established in 1970, and was comprised of four teams, each with 90 players. The most notable achievements were taking home their respective champions in 1976, in 2015 and the year 2016. The 2011-12 season began on the 12th of May in the 12th of May 2012 FC Bayern Munich dethroned the German Cup title holders 1. FFC Frankfurt with a 2-0 in the final of the 2011-12 season in Cologne as they celebrated their greatest achievement of the club's existence since winning the title in 1976. In 2015, they won the Bundesliga for the first time and without losing. They also won in the league of 15-16 Bundesliga in the same season for the 2nd time in a row. time.

The senior football division was created in 2002 which makes it the newest division in the club comprising five teams. This division was created to allow senior players to compete in various senior citizen tournaments that take place in Munich.

The FC Bayern AllStars were founded in the summer of 2006 and is comprised of the former Bayern players, which includes Klaus Augenthaler, Raimond Aumann, Andreas Brehme, Paul Breitner, Hans Pflugler, Stefan Reuter, Paulo Sergio as well as Olaf Thon. The team is led by Wolfgang Dremmler, and also plays games with other senior teams across the globe. To ensure organisational purposes the team is only able to play a certain number of games per year.

Bayern has other departments for a variety of sports.

The basketball team was formed in 1946. It currently includes 26 teams, which include four teams of men as well as three women's teams. sixteen youth teams, as well as three seniors teams. The men's team is 3 times German winners having been crowned in 1954 three times, in 1955 and in 2014. They also took home their first German Basketball Cup in 1968. The team plays its home games at the Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, located in the Sendling-Westpark borough of Munich.

The bowling team was established in SKC Real-Isaria in 1983 and is currently comprised of five teams. Right near the well-known club house for the soccer department teams play on the bowling alley that is part of the Kegler-Verein Munchner. The first team is in the second class in Munchner Spielklasse Bezirksliga. Munchner Spielklasse Bezirksliga.

The department was established in 1908 and is comprised of nine teams. There are seven teams of men's along with two female teams. The team for men, which currently competes in the Chess Bundesliga following its promotion in 2013 from the 2. Bundesliga Ost The team was a nine-time German champion from 1983 to 1995. They also took home the European Chess Club Cup in 1992. The women are currently playing in the two. Bundesliga and their greatest achievements were their advancement to the Frauenbundesliga in 2016 as well as in 2018.

The handball department was created in 1945 and is comprised of 13 teams, comprising three teams of men as well as two women's teams. five teams of boys two teams for girls, and a mixed team for youth. The first team for men is within the Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern, while the women's first team plays within the Bezirksliga Oberbayern.

The department for refereeing was created in 1919. It is the largest soccer refereeing department in Europe with 110 referees, and two of them being women. The referees mostly oversee amateur games within the regional Munich leagues.

The table tennis club was founded in 1946 , and it currently counts 220 participants. The club currently has 14 teams, comprising eight teams of men and a women's squad, three teams for youth and two teams for children. First team for women are currently competing in the league Sud/Ost and the men's first team is within the 3. Bundesliga Sud. The main focus for the team is youth support.

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Bayern has the baseball division existed during the 1960s and 1970s, during which the team won two German championships in 1962 and 1969.

From 1966 to 1969, Bayern had an ice hockey team, which completed two seasons in the Eishockey-Bundesliga.

At the end of summer 1965 in 1965, the Munchner Eislauf Verein was in talks in negotiations with Bayern Munich about joining the club. Although the talks ended in nothing the ice hockey team of the Munchner Eislauf Verein decided to join Bayern mid-season, in January of 1966. The team concluded their season with its name Bayern Munich in third place in the lower tier of Oberliga. The next season Bayern were promoted up to Bundesliga which is where the team played until the end of. In 1969, however, the club broke up and the team was sold in 1969 to Augsburger Electric with the excuse of the lack of support locally and difficulties in finding players as the reasons.

The department of gymnastics was established in 1974, and it was the most successful during the 1980s. In the 1980s, the team was successful in winning the four German championships in the years 1983, 1986, 1987 and 1988. In 2014 the division was disbanded.