FC Bayern Munich

The first game of FC Bayern Munich against 1. FC Nürnberg in 1901

FC Bayern Munich was founded by members of a Munich gymnastics club (MTV 1879). When a congregation of members of MTV 1879 decided on 27 February 1900 that the footballers of the club would not be allowed to join the German Football Association (DFB), 11 members of the football division left the congregation and on the same evening founded Fußball-Club Bayern München. Within a few months, Bayern achieved high-scoring victories against all local rivals, including a 15–0 win against FC Nordstern,[7] and reached the semi-finals of the 1900–01 South German championship.[4] In the following years, the club won some local trophies and in 1910–11 Bayern joined the newly founded "Kreisliga", the first regional Bavarian league. The club won this league in its first year, but did not win it again until the beginning of the First World War in 1914, which halted all football activities in Germany.[8][9] By the end of its first decade of founding, Bayern had attracted its first German national team player, Max Gaberl Gablonsky.[10] By 1920, it had over 700 members, making it the largest football club in Munich.[10]

In the years after the war, Bayern won several regional competitions before winning its first South German championship in 1926, an achievement repeated two years later.[8][11] Its first national title was gained in 1932, when coach Richard "Little Dombi" Kohn led the team to the German championship by defeating Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 in the final.[8]

The rise of Adolf Hitler to power put an abrupt end to Bayern's development. Club president Kurt Landauer and the coach, both of whom were Jewish, left the country. Many others in the club were also purged. Bayern was taunted as the "Jew's club" while local rival 1860 Munich gained much support. Josef Sauter, who was inaugurated in 1943, was the only NSDAP member as president. After a friendly match in Switzerland, some Bayern players greeted Landauer, who was a spectator, and the club was subject to continued discrimination.[12] Bayern was also affected by the ruling that football players had to be full amateurs again, which led to the move of the gifted young centre-forward Oskar Rohr to Switzerland. In the following years, Bayern could not sustain its role of contender for the national title, achieving mid-table results in its regional league instead.[13]

After the end of the Second World War in 1945, Bayern became a member of the Oberliga Süd, the southern conference of the German first division, which was split five ways at that time. Bayern struggled, hiring and firing 13 coaches between 1945 and 1963. Landauer returned from exile in 1947 and was once again appointed club president, the tenure lasted until 1951. He remains as the club's president with the longest accumulated tenure. Landauer has been deemed as inventor of Bayern as a professional club and his memory is being upheld by the Bayern ultras Schickeria.[14][15] In 1955, the club was relegated but returned to the Oberliga in the following season and won the DFB-Pokal for the first time, beating Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–0 in the final.[16][17]

The club struggled financially, though, verging on bankruptcy at the end of the 1950s. Manufacturer ousted president Reitlinger, who was later convicted for financial irregularities, was ousted in the elections of 1958 by the industrialist Roland Endler. He provided financial stability for the club. Under his reign, Bayern had its best years in the Oberliga.[18] Endler was no longer a candidate in 1962, when Wilhelm Neudecker, who became wealthy in the postwar construction boom, replaced him.

In 1963, the Oberligas in Germany were consolidated into one national league, the Bundesliga. Five teams from the Oberliga South were admitted. The key to qualifying for the Bundesliga was the accumulated record of the last twelve years, where Bayern was only the sixth-ranked club. To boot, local rivals TSV 1860 Munich, ranked seventh, were champions of the last Oberliga-Süd season and were given preference on the basis of this achievement.[19][20] After initial protests by Bayern for alleged mistreatment remained fruitless, president Neudecker rose to the challenge and hired Zlatko Čajkovski, who in 1962 led 1. FC Köln to the national championship. Fielding a team with young talents like Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller and Sepp Maier – who would later be collectively referred to as the axis, they achieved promotion to the Bundesliga in 1965.[17]

Gerd Müller

Franz Beckenbauer and Roberto Perfumo before a friendly v Argentina in 1970

In their first Bundesliga season, Bayern finished third and also won the 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, when Franz Roth scored the decider in a 1–0 extra time victory.[17] In 1967, Bayern retained the DFB-Pokal, but slow overall progress saw Branko Zebec take over as coach. He replaced Bayern's offensive style of play with a more disciplined approach, and in doing so achieved the first league and cup double in Bundesliga history in 1969. Bayern Munich are one of four German clubs to win the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal in the same season along with Borussia Dortmund, 1. FC Köln and Werder Bremen. Zebec used only 13 players throughout the season.[21]

Udo Lattek took charge in 1970. After winning the DFB-Pokal in his first season, Lattek led Bayern to their third German championship. The deciding match in the 1971–72 season against Schalke 04 was the first match in the new Olympiastadion, and was also the first live televised match in Bundesliga history. Bayern beat Schalke 5–1 and thus claimed the title, also setting several records, including points gained and goals scored.[22] Bayern also won the next two championships, but the zenith was their triumph in the 1974 European Cup Final against Atlético Madrid, which Bayern won 4–0 after a replay.[23] This title – after winning the Cup Winners' trophy 1967 and two semi-finals (1968 and 1972) in that competition – marked the club's breakthrough as a force on the international stage.

FC Bayern Munich against 1. FC Magdeburg in 1974

During the following years, the team was unsuccessful domestically but defended their European title by defeating Leeds United in the 1975 European Cup Final when Roth and Müller secured victory with late goals. "We came back into the game and scored two lucky goals, so in the end, we were the winners, but we were very, very lucky", stated Franz Beckenbauer. Billy Bremner believed the French referee was "very suspicious". Leeds fans then rioted in Paris and were banned from European football for three years.[24] A year later in Glasgow, Saint-Étienne were defeated by another Roth goal and Bayern became the third club to win the trophy in three consecutive years. The final trophy won by Bayern in this era was the Intercontinental Cup, in which they defeated Brazilian club Cruzeiro over two legs.[25] The rest of the decade was a time of change and saw no further titles for Bayern. In 1977, Franz Beckenbauer left for New York Cosmos and, in 1979, Sepp Maier and Uli Hoeneß retired while Gerd Müller joined the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.[26] Bayerndusel was coined during this period as an expression of either contempt or envy about the sometimes narrow and last-minute wins against other teams.

The 1980s were a period of off-field turmoil for Bayern, with many changes in personnel and financial problems. On the field, Paul Breitner and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, termed FC Breitnigge, led the team to Bundesliga titles in 1980 and 1981. Apart from a DFB-Pokal win in 1982, two relatively unsuccessful seasons followed, after which Breitner retired, and former coach Udo Lattek returned. Bayern won the DFB-Pokal in 1984 and went on to win five Bundesliga championships in six seasons, including a double in 1986. European success, however, was elusive during the decade; Bayern managed to claim the runners-up spot in the European Cup in 1982 and 1987.[27]

Jupp Heynckes was hired as coach in 1987, but after two consecutive championships in 1988–89 and 1989–90, Bayern's form dipped. After finishing second in 1990–91, the club finished just five points above the relegation places in 1991–92. In 1993–94, Bayern was eliminated in the UEFA Cup second round to Premier League side Norwich City, who remain the only English club to beat Bayern at the Olympiastadion.[28] Success returned when Franz Beckenbauer took over for the second half of the 1993–94 season, winning the championship again after a four-year gap. Beckenbauer was then appointed club president.[29]

His successors as coach, Giovanni Trapattoni and Otto Rehhagel, both finished trophyless after a season, not meeting the club's high expectations.[30] During this time, Bayern's players frequently appeared in the gossip pages of the press rather than the sports pages, resulting in the nickname FC Hollywood.[31] Franz Beckenbauer briefly returned at the end of the 1995–96 season as caretaker coach and led his team to victory in the UEFA Cup, beating Bordeaux in the final.[32] For the 1996–97 season, Trapattoni returned to win the championship. In the following season, Bayern lost the title to newly promoted 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Trapattoni had to take his leave for the second time.[33][34]

The Allianz Arena, opened in 2005, is one of the world's most modern football stadiums.

After his success at Borussia Dortmund, Bayern were coached by Ottmar Hitzfeld from 1998 to 2004. In Hitzfeld's first season, Bayern won the Bundesliga and came close to winning the Champions League, losing 2–1 to Manchester United into injury time after leading for most of the match.[35] The following year, in the club's centenary season, Bayern won the third league and cup double in its history. A third consecutive Bundesliga title followed in 2001, won with a stoppage time goal on the final day of the league season.[36][37] Days later, Bayern won the Champions League for the fourth time after a 25-year gap, defeating Valencia on penalties.[38] The 2001–02 season began with a win in the Intercontinental Cup,[39] but ended trophyless otherwise. In 2002–03, Bayern won their fourth double, leading the league by a record margin of 16 points.[40] Hitzfeld's reign ended in 2004, with Bayern underperforming, including defeat by second division Alemannia Aachen in the DFB-Pokal.[41]

Felix Magath took over and led Bayern to two consecutive doubles. Prior to the start of the 2005–06 season, Bayern moved from the Olympiastadion to the new Allianz Arena, which the club shared with 1860 Munich.[42] On the field, their performance in 2006–07 was erratic. Trailing in the league and having lost to Alemannia Aachen in the cup yet again, coach Magath was sacked shortly after the winter break.[43]

Hitzfeld returned as a trainer in January 2007, but Bayern finished the 2006–07 season in fourth position, thus failing to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in more than a decade. Additional losses in the DFB-Pokal and the DFB-Ligapokal left the club with no honours for the season.

For the 2007–08 season, Bayern made drastic squad changes to help rebuild. They signed a total of eight new players and sold, released or loaned out nine of their players.[44] Among new signings were 2006 World Cup stars such as Franck Ribéry, Miroslav Klose and Luca Toni. Bayern went on to win the Bundesliga in convincing fashion, leading the standings on every single week of play, and the DFB-Pokal against Borussia Dortmund.[45]

After the season, Bayern's long-term goalkeeper Oliver Kahn retired, which left the club without a top-tier goalkeeper for several seasons.[46] The club's coach Ottmar Hitzfeld also retired and Jürgen Klinsmann was chosen as his successor.[47] However, Klinsmann was sacked even before the end of his first season as Bayern trailed Wolfsburg in the league, had lost the quarterfinal of the DFB-Pokal to Bayer Leverkusen, and had been made look silly in the quarterfinal of the Champions League when FC Barcelona scored four times in the first half of the first leg and over the course of both legs Bayern never looked like they could keep up. Jupp Heynckes was named caretaker coach and led the club to a second-place finish in the league.[48]

Bayern Munich playing against Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga in September 2011

For the 2009–10 season, Bayern hired Dutch manager Louis van Gaal,[49] and Dutch forward Arjen Robben joined Bayern.[50] Robben, alongside Ribéry, would go on to shape Bayern's playstyle of attacking over the wings for the next ten years. The press quickly dubbed the duo "Robbery". In addition, David Alaba and Thomas Müller were promoted to the first team. With Müller, van Gaal went so far as to proclaim, "With me, Müller always plays," which has become a much-referenced phrase over the years.[51] On the pitch Bayern had its most successful season since 2001, securing the domestic double[52] and losing only in the final of the Champions League to Inter Milan 0–2.[53] Despite the successful 2009–10 campaign, van Gaal was fired in April 2011 as Bayern was trailing in the league and eliminated in the first knockout round of the Champions League, again by Inter. Van Gaal's second in command, Andries Jonker, took over and finished the season in third place.[54]

Jupp Heynckes returned for his second permanent spell in the 2011–12 season. Although the club had signed Manuel Neuer, ending Bayern's quest for an adequate substitute for Kahn, and Jérôme Boateng for the season, Bayern remained without a title for the second consecutive season, coming in second to Borussia Dortmund in the league and the cup.[55] 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.[56] For the 2012–13 season, Bayern signed Javi Martínez.[57] After Bayern had finished as runner-up to all titles in 2011–12, Bayern went on to win all titles in 2012–13, setting various Bundesliga records along the way,[58] and becoming the first German team to win the treble. Bayern finished the Bundesliga on 91 points, only 11 points shy of a perfect season, and to date, still, the best season ever played. In what was Bayern's third Champions League final appearance within four years, they beat Borussia Dortmund 2–1.[59] A week later, they completed the treble by winning the DFB-Pokal final over VfB Stuttgart.[60] During the season, in January, Bayern had already announced that they would hire Pep Guardiola as coach for the 2013–14 season. Originally the club presented this as Heynckes retiring on the expiration of his contract, but Uli Hoeneß later admitted that it was not Heynckes's decision to leave Bayern at the end of the season. It was actually forced by the club's desire to appoint Guardiola.[61]

Bayern fulfilled Guardiola's wish of signing Thiago Alcântara from FC Barcelona,[62] and Guardiola's first season started off well with Bayern extending a streak of undefeated league matches from the last season to 53 matches. The eventual loss to Augsburg came two match days after Bayern had already claimed the league title.[63] During the season, Bayern had also claimed two other titles, the FIFA Club World Cup and the UEFA Super Cup,[64][65] the latter being the last major trophy the club had not yet won. Bayern also won the cup to complete their tenth domestic double,[66] but lost in the semi-final of the Champions League to Real Madrid.[67] Off the pitch, Bayern's president Uli Hoeneß was convicted of tax evasion on 13 March 2014 and sentenced to three and a half years in prison. Hoeneß resigned the next day.[68] Vice-president Karl Hopfner was elected president on 2 May. Before the 2014–15 season, Bayern picked up Robert Lewandowski after his contract had ended at Borussia Dortmund,[69] and loaned out Xabi Alonso from Real Madrid.[70] Bayern also let Toni Kroos leave for Real.[71] Club icons Bastian Schweinsteiger and Claudio Pizarro left before the 2015–16 season.[72][73] In these two seasons, Bayern defended their league title, including another double in 2015–16,[74] but failed to advance past the semi-finals in the Champions League. Although the club's leadership tried to convince Guardiola to stay, the coach decided not to extend his three-year contract.[75]

Carlo Ancelotti was hired as successor to Guardiola.[76] The key transfer for the 2016–17 campaign was Mats Hummels from Borussia Dortmund.[77] Off the pitch Uli Hoeneß had been released early from prison and reelected as president in November 2016.[78] Under Ancelotti, Bayern claimed their fifth consecutive league title,[79] but did not win the cup or the Champions League. In July 2017, Bayern announced that 1860 Munich would leave the Allianz for good as the club had been relegated to the 4th division.[80] Before the 2017–18 season, Bayern made extensive changes to their squad, signing amongst others young prospects such as Kingsley Coman, Corentin Tolisso, Serge Gnabry and Niklas Süle, and loaning James Rodríguez from Real. Meanwhile, the club's captain, Philipp Lahm, and Xabi Alonso retired, and several other players left the club.[81] As Bayern's performances were perceived to be increasingly lacklustre, Ancelotti was sacked after a 0–3 loss to Paris St. Germain in the Champions League, early in his second season.[82] Willy Sagnol took over as interim manager for a week before it was announced that Jupp Heynckes would finish the season in his fourth spell at the club.[83] During the season, the club urged Heynckes —even publicly— to extend his contract, but Heynckes, aged 73, stayed firm that he would retire for good after the season.[84] The club began a long and extensive search to find a replacement, and eventually Niko Kovač was presented as Heynckes's successor, signing a three-year contract.[85] Heynckes led the club to another championship. In the cup final, Heynckes's last match as coach, Heynckes met his successor on the pitch. Kovač's Eintracht Frankfurt denied Bayern the title, winning 3–1.[86]

Kovač's first season at the club started slowly, with Bayern falling behind Dortmund in the league throughout the first half of the season. In contrast to similar situations with van Gaal and Ancelotti, the club's leadership decided to protect their coach from criticisms.[87] However, after the winter break, Bayern quickly closed the distance and put themselves first-place in the league. In the Champions League, the club was eliminated by Liverpool in the round of 16, the first time since 2011 that Bayern did not reach the quarterfinal.[88] During the season Arjen Robben announced that it would be his last season for the club,[89] while Uli Hoeneß announced that Franck Ribéry would be leaving at the end of the season.[90] In March 2019, Bayern announced that they had signed Lucas Hernandez from Atlético Madrid for a club and Bundesliga record fee of €80 million.[91][92] On 18 May 2019, Bayern won their seventh straight Bundesliga title as they finished two points above second-place Dortmund with 78 points. This Bundesliga title was Ribéry's ninth and Robben's eighth.[93] A week later, Bayern defeated RB Leipzig 3–0 in the 2019 DFB-Pokal Final. With the win, Bayern won their 19th German Cup and completed their 12th domestic double.[94]

Hansi Flick joined Bayern Munich on 1 July 2019 as an assistant coach.[95] Under Kovač, Bayern was off to a slow start in the league and after a 5–1 loss to Frankfurt, Kovač and Bayern parted ways on 3 November 2019 with Flick being promoted to interim manager.[96][97] After a satisfying spell as interim coach, Bayern announced on 22 December 2019 that Flick would remain in charge until the end of season.[98] Bayern's performances on the pitch picked up noticeably and in April 2020, the club agreed with Flick to a new permanent contract through 2023.[99] Under Flick the club won the league, having played the most successful leg of a Bundesliga season in history,[100] and went on to claim the cup, thus completing the club's 13th domestic double.[101] In the Champions League, Bayern reached their first final since 2013, en route beating FC Barcelona 8–2 in the quarter-finals[102] and Lyon 3–0 in the semi-final.[103] In the final, which was held in Lisbon behind closed doors due to the severity of COVID-19 pandemic, they defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1–0. Former PSG player Kingsley Coman scored the only goal of the match.[104] With the victory, they became the second European club to complete the seasonal treble in two different seasons, matching the 2014–15 FC Barcelona team.[105]

After a short break, Bayern started the new season by winning the UEFA Super Cup for the second time in their history. In a closely contested match, Bayern defeated Sevilla 2–1 after extra time, with Javi Martínez scoring the winning goal.[106] On 30 September 2020, they won the 2020 DFL-Supercup after defeating the runners-up of the Bundesliga Dortmund 3–2.[107] In February 2021, they won the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup (postponed from December 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) after defeating African champions Al Ahly SC 2–0 by a brace from Robert Lewandowski,[108] and then winning in the final against Mexican team Tigres UANL 1–0 after a goal from Benjamin Pavard and became only the second club to win the sextuple, after Barcelona won it in 2009.[109] Later, Bayern failed to defend its Champions League title, losing to PSG in the quarter-finals on away goals following a 3–3 aggregate draw.[110] However, it managed to win its 9th Bundesliga title in a row.[111] During the season, Robert Lewandowski broke Gerd Müller's record for the number of goals scored in a Bundesliga season after scoring 41 times.[112]

On 27 April 2021, Bayern announced that Flick would be leaving at the end of the season, at his request, and that RB Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann would become the new manager, effective 1 July.[113] According to multiple reports, Bayern paid Leipzig €25m, a world record for a manager, as compensation for Nagelsmann's services.[114] It was later announced that Flick was leaving to take charge of the German national team of which he had previously been the assistant coach under manager Joachim Löw.[115]

Under new coach Julian Nagelsmann, Bayern have completed the feat of winning 10 consecutive Bundesliga titles following a 3–1 Der Klassiker win.[116] However, the team unexpectedly lost to Villarreal in the Champions League quarter-finals, going out at that stage for the second year in a row.[117] On 24 March 2023, Nagelsmann was released by Bayern and replaced by Thomas Tuchel, who received a contract until 30 June 2025.[118]

On 25 March 2023, Thomas Tuchel was presented at a press conference as the new Bayern manager.[119] With Tuchel in charge, Bayern was immediately eliminated from the DFB-Pokal in the quarter-finals by SC Freiburg,[120] and also in the quarter-finals of the Champions League by Manchester City F.C.[121] However, he led them to a record 11th consecutive title by beating 1. FC Köln and winning a close title race with Borussia Dortmund.[122] Oliver Kahn and Hasan Salihamidzic were both dismissed after the club secured the Bundesliga title. Jan-Christian Dreesen replaced Kahn as CEO with a new sporting director yet to be announced.[123] Bayern appointed Karl-Heinz Rummenigge as member of the FC Bayern München AG supervisory board at their regular meeting on 30 May 2023.[124] Bayern Munich have appointed Christoph Freund as the club's new sporting director from 1 September.[125]

On 12 August 2023, Bayern broke the German transfer record again, this time to sign England's captain and all-time leading goalscorer Harry Kane from Tottenham Hotspur for a reported fee of €110m.[126]

Bayern Munich has completed all available Trebles (seasonal treble, domestic treble and European treble).[225]

• 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 competitions, which consist of a single match involving only two teams (for example, the UEFA Super Cup or DFL Supercup) are generally not counted as part of a treble but are included in a sextuple.

During each calendar year, Bayern Munich only have 6 trophies available to them. A sextuple consists of going "6 for 6" in those competitions, which Bayern accomplished in 2020. This rare feat consists of winning the Continental treble in one season followed by winning each of the three additional competitions to which the treble gives a club access in the following season.

• 2020 Sextuple
  • 2019–20 season
    • 2019–20 Bundesliga
    • 2019–20 DFB-Pokal
    • 2019–20 UEFA Champions League
  • 2020–21 season
    • 2020 DFL-Supercup
    • 2020 UEFA Super Cup
    • 2020 FIFA Club World Cup

As of 1 September 2023[226]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Manuel Neuer (captain) 2 DF  FRA Dayot Upamecano 3 DF  KOR Kim Min-jae 4 DF  NED Matthijs de Ligt 6 MF  GER Joshua Kimmich (3rd captain) 7 FW  GER Serge Gnabry 8 MF  GER Leon Goretzka 9 FW  ENG Harry Kane 10 FW  GER Leroy Sané 11 FW  FRA Kingsley Coman 13 FW  CMR Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting 18 GK  ISR Daniel Peretz

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  CAN Alphonso Davies 20 DF  SEN Bouna Sarr 22 DF  POR Raphaël Guerreiro 25 FW  GER Thomas Müller (vice-captain) 26 GK  GER Sven Ulreich 27 MF  AUT Konrad Laimer 28 DF  GER Tarek Buchmann 39 FW  FRA Mathys Tel 40 DF  MAR Noussair Mazraoui 41 DF  GER Frans Krätzig 42 MF  GER Jamal Musiala

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  GER Paul Wanner (at SV Elversberg until 30 June 2024) 32 MF  CRO Gabriel Vidović (at Dinamo Zagreb until 30 June 2024) 35 GK  GER Johannes Schenk (at SC Preußen Münster until 30 June 2024) 36 GK  GER Alexander Nübel (at VfB Stuttgart until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 FW  USA Malik Tillman (at PSV until 30 June 2024) 44 DF  CRO Josip Stanišić (at Bayer Leverkusen until 30 June 2024) — MF  GER Arijon Ibrahimović (at Frosinone until 30 June 2024) — FW  GER Yusuf Kabadayı (at Schalke 04 until 30 June 2024)

• 12 – "The twelfth man", dedication to fans[227]

At his farewell game, Oliver Kahn was declared honorary captain of Bayern Munich.[229] The players below are part of the FC Bayern Munich Hall of Fame.[230]

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)

As of 21 April 2023[231]

Coaching staff
Thomas Tuchel	Manager
Arno Michels Zsolt Lőw Anthony Barry	Assistant manager
Michael Rechner	Goalkeeping coach
Analysis department
Michael Niemeyer	Head of video analyst
Vitus Angerer	Video analysts
Michael Cuper
Maximilian Schwab
Fitness coaches
Holger Broich	Scientific director and head of fitness
Simon Martinello	Fitness coaches
Peter Schlösser
Thomas Wilhelmi
Soner Mansuroglu	Data analyst
Medical department
Roland Schmidt	Internist and cardiologist
Jochen Hahne	Team doctor
Peter Ueblacker	Chief medical officer
Helmut Erhard	Head of physiotherapy
Gerry Hoffmann	Deputy head of physiotherapy
Gianni Bianchi	Physiotherapists
Florian Brandner
Knut Stamer
Christian Huhn
Stephan Weickert
Sport management and organisation
Kathleen Krüger	Head of team management
Bastian Wernscheid	Team manager

Bayern has had 19 coaches since its promotion to the Bundesliga in 1965. Udo Lattek, Giovanni Trapattoni and Ottmar Hitzfeld served two terms as head coach. Franz Beckenbauer served one term as head coach and one as caretaker, while Jupp Heynckes had four separate spells as coach, including one as caretaker.[232] Lattek was the club's most successful coach, having won six Bundesliga titles, two DFB Cups and the European Cup; following closely is Ottmar Hitzfeld, who won five Bundesliga titles, two DFB Cups and the Champions League. The club's least successful coach was Søren Lerby, who won less than a third of his matches in charge and presided over the club's near-relegation in the 1991–92 campaign.

On 3 November 2019, Bayern sacked Niko Kovač after a 5–1 loss to Eintracht Frankfurt and appointed Hansi Flick as a coach. Initially, Flick was installed as caretaker coach only, however on 15 November, after Flick's team had won 4–0 against Borussia Dortmund, Bayern announced that Flick would be in charge at least until Christmas 2019.[233] Later on, Flick signed a new contract until 2023.[99]

No.	Coach	Period			Major Titles	Domestic				European				Worldwide
		from	until	days		BL	DP	LP	SC	CL	EL	SC	WC	ICC	CWC
1	Zlatko Čajkovski	1 July 1963	30 June 1968	1,826	3	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
2	Branko Zebec	1 July 1968	13 March 1970	620	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
3	Udo Lattek	14 March 1970	2 January 1975	1,755	5	3	1	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
4	Dettmar Cramer	16 January 1975	30 November 1977	1,049	3	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	1	–
5	Gyula Lóránt	2 December 1977	18 December 1978	453	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	Pál Csernai	19 December 1978	16 May 1983	1,537	3	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	Reinhard Saftig (caretaker)	17 May 1983	30 June 1983	44	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	Udo Lattek	1 July 1983	30 June 1987	1,460	5	3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
9	Jupp Heynckes	1 July 1987	8 October 1991	1,560	4	2	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
10	Søren Lerby	9 October 1991	10 March 1992	153	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
11	Erich Ribbeck	11 March 1992	27 December 1993	656	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	Franz Beckenbauer	28 December 1993	30 June 1994	184	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	Giovanni Trapattoni	1 July 1994	30 June 1995	364	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
14	Otto Rehhagel	1 July 1995	27 April 1996	301	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	Franz Beckenbauer (caretaker)	29 April 1996	30 June 1996	62	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
16	Giovanni Trapattoni	1 July 1996	30 June 1998	729	3	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	Ottmar Hitzfeld	1 July 1998	30 June 2004	2,191	11	4	2	3	–	1	–	–	–	1	–
18	Felix Magath	1 July 2004	31 January 2007	944	5	2	2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
19	Ottmar Hitzfeld	1 February 2007	30 June 2008	515	3	1	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
20	Jürgen Klinsmann	1 July 2008	27 April 2009	300	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	Jupp Heynckes (caretaker)	28 April 2009	30 June 2009	63	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
22	Louis van Gaal	1 July 2009	9 April 2011	647	3	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
23	Andries Jonker (caretaker)	10 April 2011	30 June 2011	81	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
24	Jupp Heynckes	1 July 2011	30 June 2013	730	4	1	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
25	Pep Guardiola	1 July 2013	30 June 2016	1,095	7	3	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1
26	Carlo Ancelotti	1 July 2016	28 September 2017	454	3	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
27	Willy Sagnol (caretaker)	29 September 2017	8 October 2017	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
28	Jupp Heynckes	9 October 2017	1 July 2018	265	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
29	Niko Kovač	1 July 2018	3 November 2019	490	3	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
30	Hansi Flick	3 November 2019	30 June 2021	605	7	2	1	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	1
31	Julian Nagelsmann	1 July 2021	24 March 2023	631	3	1	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–
32	Thomas Tuchel	25 March 2023	present	214	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

The reserve team serves mainly as the final stepping stone for promising young players before being promoted to the main team. The second team is coached by Sebastian Hoeneß.[238] The second team play in the 3. Liga for the 2019–20 season. Since the inception of the Regionalliga in 1994, the team played in the Regionalliga Süd, after playing in the Oberliga since 1978. In the 2007–08 season, they qualified for the newly founded 3. Liga, where they lasted until 2011 when they were relegated to the Regionalliga. This ended 33 consecutive years of playing in the highest league that the German Football Association permits the second team of a professional football team to play.[45][239]

The FC Bayern Academy at the campus in Munich

The youth academy has produced some of Europe's top football players, including Thomas Hitzlsperger, Owen Hargreaves, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thomas Müller. On 1 August 2017, the FC Bayern Campus became the new home of the youth teams. It consists of ten teams, with the youngest being under 9.[240][241] Jochen Sauer is the FC Bayern Campus director and Bayern legend coach Hermann Gerland is the sporting director.

The women's football department consists of five teams, including a professional team, a reserve team, and two youth teams. The women's first team, which is led by head coach Thomas Wörle, features several members of the German national youth team. In the 2008–09 season, the team finished second in the women's Bundesliga. The division was founded in 1970 and consisted of four teams with 90 players. Their greatest successes were winning the championships in 1976, 2015, and 2016.[242] In the 2011–12 season on 12 May 2012, FC Bayern Munich dethroned the German Cup title holders 1. FFC Frankfurt with a 2–0 in the 2011–12 final in Cologne and celebrated the biggest success of the club's history since winning the championship in 1976. In 2015 they won the Bundesliga for the first time, without any defeat. They won the 2015–16 Bundesliga for the second consecutive time.[243]

The senior football department was founded in 2002, making it the youngest division of the club, and consists of five teams. The division is intended to enable senior athletes to participate in the various senior citizen competitions in Munich.[244]

The FC Bayern AllStars were founded in summer 2006, and consists of former Bayern players, including Klaus Augenthaler, Raimond Aumann, Andreas Brehme, Paul Breitner, Hans Pflügler, Stefan Reuter, Paulo Sérgio, and Olaf Thon. The team is coached by Wolfgang Dremmler, and plays matches with other senior teams around the world. For organisational reasons, the team can only play a limited number of games annually.[245]

Bayern has other departments for a variety of sports.[6]

The basketball department was founded in 1946, and currently contains 26 teams, including four men's teams, three women's teams, sixteen youth teams, and three senior teams. The men's team are five-time German champions, having won in 1954, 1955, 2014, 2018, and 2019. The team also won the German Basketball Cup in 1968, 2018, and 2021. The team plays its home games at the Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, located in the Sendling-Westpark borough of Munich.[246][247]

The bowling department emerged from SKC Real-Isaria in 1983 and currently consists of five teams. Directly next to the well-known club building of the football department, the team plays at the bowling alley of the Münchner Kegler-Verein. The first team plays in the second highest division of the Münchner Spielklasse Bezirksliga.[248][249]

The department was created in 1908 and consists of nine teams, including seven men's teams and two women's teams. The men's team, which currently plays in the Chess Bundesliga following promotion in 2013 from the 2. Bundesliga Ost, was nine-time German Champion from 1983 to 1995. The team also won the European Chess Club Cup in 1992. The women currently play in the 2. Bundesliga with their biggest successes being promotion to the Frauenbundesliga in 2016[250] and 2018.[251]

Logo of the handball department

The handball department was founded in 1945, and consists of thirteen teams, including three men's teams, two women's teams, five boys teams, two girls teams, and a mixed youth team. The first men's team plays in the Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern, while the women's first teams plays in the Bezirksliga Oberbayern.[252][253]

The refereeing department was established in 1919 and is currently the largest football refereeing division in Europe, with 110 referees, with 2 of them women. The referees mainly officiate amateur games in the local Munich leagues.[254][255]

The table tennis department was founded in 1946 and currently has 220 members. The club currently has fourteen teams, including eight men's teams, a women's team, three youth teams, and two children teams. The women's first team is currently playing in the Landesliga Süd/Ost, while the men's first team plays in the 3. Bundesliga Süd. The focus of the department is on youth support.[256][257]

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.

In the summer of 1965, the Münchner Eislauf Verein negotiated with Bayern Munich about joining the club. Although the talks came to nothing, the ice hockey department of Münchner Eislauf Verein decided to join Bayern –mid-season– in January 1966. The team finished the season under the name of Bayern Munich in third place of the second-tier Oberliga. The following season Bayern achieved promotion to the Bundesliga where the club stayed for two seasons. However, in 1969 the club disbanded the department and sold the hockey team to Augsburger EV, citing lack of local support and difficulty in recruiting players as reasons.[258]

The gymnastics department was founded in 1974 and was most successful in the 1980s. During this time, the team won four German championships in 1983, 1986, 1987, and 1988. In 2014, the division was dissolved.