Bayern Munich - Definition and Overview

Bayern Munich

Full name	FC Bayern München
Nickname	Die Bayern (the Bavarians)
Founded	1900
Ground	Olympic Stadium, Munich
Capacity	69,300
Chairman	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Manager	Felix Magath
League	First Bundesliga
2003-04	First Bundesliga, 2nd
Home colours 　 Away colours

Bayern Munich (German: FC Bayern München) is a German football club.

Founded in 1900, it is based in Munich. It currently plays in the Olympic Stadium, but will move to a new ground, Allianz Arena, in 2005. The club is the most famous and successful in Germany and has a fanbase consisting of 97,745 members.

Honors

German Championships (18): 1932, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003

German Cup titles (11): 1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1998, 2000, 2003

European Champions' Cup/League titles (4): 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001

European Cup Winners' Cup title: 1967

UEFA Cup title: 1996

Intercontinental Cup: 1976, 2001

Famous players of the club

• Raimond Aumann
• Michael Ballack
• Franz Beckenbauer
• Andreas Brehme
• Paul Breitner
• Ali Daei
• Stefan Effenberg
• Giovane Elber
• Oliver Kahn
• Jürgen Klinsmann
• Bixente Lizarazu
• Sepp Maier
• Roy Makaay
• Lothar Matthäus
• Allan McInally
• Gerd Müller
• Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
• Mehmet Scholl
• Hasan Salihamidzic
• Rainer Zobel

Coaches

• Tschik Cajkovski (1965-1968)
• Branko Zebec (1968-1970)
• Udo Lattek (1970-1975)
• Dettmar Cramer (1975-1977)
• Gyula Lóránt (1977-1979)
• Pál Csernai (1979-1983)
• Reinhard Saftig (1983)
• Udo Lattek (1983-1987)
• Jupp Heynckes (1987-1991)
• Søren Lerby (1991-1992)
• Erich Ribbeck (1992-1993)
• Franz Beckenbauer (1993-1994)
• Giovanni Trapattoni (1994-1995)
• Otto Rehhagel (1995-1996)
• Franz Beckenbauer (1996)
• Giovanni Trapattoni (1996-1998)
• Ottmar Hitzfeld (1998-2004)
• Felix Magath (from June 28, 2004)

External link

• Official site (http://www.fcbayern.de)