Franz Beckenbauer Captaincy

The most successful club in German football and one of the most decorated in the world.

Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, German: [ˈfuːsbalˌklʊp ˈbaɪɐn ˈmʏnçn̩]), commonly known as Bayern Munich (German: Bayern München), FC Bayern (German: [ˌɛft͡seː ˈbaɪɐn] ) or simply Bayern, is a professional sports club based in Munich, Germany. They are most known for their men's professional football team, who play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Bayern are the most successful club in German football and are among the world's most decorated, having won a record 35 national titles, including eleven consecutive titles from 2013 to 2023 and a record 21 national cups, the DFB-Pokal, alongside one of the highest number of top European titles.

Quick Facts

Role: Captain
Club affiliation: FC Bayern Munich
Major honours: 3x European Cups (1974, 1975, 1976)

Lore & Background

Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 by eleven players, led by Franz John. The club found success in the mid/late-1960s, but the pinnacle came in the 1970s under the captaincy of Franz Beckenbauer, as they won the European Cup three consecutive times (1974–1976).

Reader's Guide

The club had at least one player in eleven consecutive FIFA World Cup finals from 1986 to 2022. By winning the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup, Bayern Munich became only the second club to win the 'sextuple'. Bayern Munich is one of five clubs to have won all three of UEFA's main club competitions and the only German club to achieve that. The club has traditional local rivalries with 1860 Munich and 1. FC Nürnberg. The rivalry it has with Borussia Dortmund is known as Der Klassiker.

Did You Know?

The club won its first national championship in 1932.
Bayern have won six European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, a German record.
The club is one of five teams that have earned the right to keep the trophy and to wear a multiple-winner badge.