FC Bayern München

FC Bayern M端nchen

By Laurel Chan

Contents Introduction --------------------------- Page 1 History --------------------------------- Page 2 Manager ------------------------------- Page 3 Stadium -------------------------------- Page 4,5 Players --------------------------------- Page 6 Rivalry ----------------------------------- Page 7 Oliver Kahn --------------------------- Page 8,9,10 Honors --------------------------------- Page 11

Introduction FuĂ&#x;ball Club Bayern Munchen e.V commonly know as FC Bayern Munchen, Bayern Munich or Bayern is a German sports club.

They are based in Munich, Bavaria, that is why they are nicknamed the Bavarians. It is best known for their amazing football team. They play in the Bundesliga A, the top tier in the German League. They are also the most successful club in German football history, with a record of 23 national titles and 16 national cups won.

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History

The history of Bayern is a century long. Bayern Munich was formed on 1900 by football enthusiasts who left Münchner TurnVerein because of their gymnasts who were not interested in football. In 1906, for financial reasons, they joined forces with Münchner Sport Club.

As part of the deal they had to change their team colour from black, to red, the colour they still use today. Also, in 1906, they won their first title as the Bavarian Champions. In 1919, after WWI, they left MSC to focus on field hockey and tennis. After they left MSC, they joined forces with Turn- und Sportverein 1890 Jahn München until 1923. Since then, they have been an independent club. Bayern is the most successful football team in Germany’s history.

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Manager

The manager of Bayern is Josep “Pep” Guardiola i Sala, better known as Pep. He was born on 19th January 1971 in Santpedor, Spain. He played as a defensive midfielder and spent majority of his career playing with Barcelona. After he retired as a player he coached FC Barcelona B, but in the mid 2008 he was the coach of Barcelona.

His first season with Barca was really successful, they won six trophies in a year, the most they can win. After having a brilliant time at Barca he left after the 2011- 2012 season to recover in Manhattan, New York.

On January 16th 2013 Guardiola announced he would be taking over Bayern after the 20122013 season, to replace Jupp Heynckes who left in July 2013. He was presented to the press as Bayern’s Manager in June 24th 2013 and had some pretty good German at his unveiling. The first trophy he won at Bayern was the 2013 Super Cup defeating longtime rival Jose Mourinho, who had returned to coach Chelsea.

Bayern won the game on penalties after Manuel Neuer saved Romelu Lukaku’s kick.

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The Allianz Arena is the home of Bayern. Bayern Munich plays all of its home games in the Allianz Arena. They moved there in 2006.  It is the third home venue in the team’s long history after the Olympic Stadium and the Grunwald Stadium. WIth seats enough for 70,000 people, it established itself as one of the most spectacular and modern stadiums in Europe. This stadium is the heart of Bayern.

Allianz Arena at the 2012 Champions League Final

Everyone who sees the arena is very impressed. They are impressed by the 2,760 pieces of diamond-shaped cushions which make the biggest membrane covering in the world. Even when one sees the Allianz Arena a many times, it is still hard to believe it is a stadium. When Bayern plays its home games in the the stadium the membrane covering is lighted bright red.The stadium has extraordinary technology which makes it completely soundproof. It is one of the greatest structure in Europe 4

The arena is always nearly full. Last season, over two million fans visited the arena and all the 69,000 seats in the stadium was sold out for 17 Bundesliga games. After 27 competitive games, 1.824 million fans attended with an record average of 67,555 per match. When the Bundesliga fixtures were announced in July more than half of Bayern’s home games this season was sold out.

It’s one of the most packed stadiums in the world.

Bayern stars after scoring againist Dortmund. (left to right) Muller, Alaba, Schweinsteiger, Lahm

The fans attend the games because of Bayern’s stars and good facilities. They have players such as, Ribery, Robben, Lahm, Muller, Schweinsteiger, etc. They have 6,000m2 of catering facilities and culinary requirement moreover they have the biggest multi-storey car park with nearly 10,000 parking spaces. The fans come because they treat them like angels.

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Bayern has the most talented team in the world. Even regulars in other world class team has to be a substitute in Bayern Munich. For example, the wonder kid Mario Gotze has to be a sub very often for Bayern but when he was at Dortmund he was a regular and he always played a full 90 minutes. They are already have two really good forwards but they even want more. They signed a pre-contract with Lewandowski for the 2014/2015 season so the three of them will have to fight for one spot next season. Bayern is the most

Bayern’s formation with the fake number nine

Players

Front: Xherdan Shaqiri*, Rafinha, Diego Contento, Lukas Raeder, Neuer, Tom Starke, Franck Ribery, Arjen Robben, Phillip Lahm* Middle:David Alaba, Mitchell Weiser, Toni Tapalovic, Hermann Gerland, Pep Guardiola, Domence Torrent, Mario Gotze, Pierre Hojberg 2nd Middle: Claudio Pizzaro, Dante, Javi Martinez, Thomas Muller, Toni Kroos, Thiago Alcantara, Patrick Weilhrauch Back: Luis Gustavo*, Holger Badstuber, Jerome Boateng, Jan Krischoff, Daniel van Buyten, Mario Mandzukic, Emre Can, Bastian Schweinsteiger 6

Rivalry The statistics of Bayern vs Dortmund’s most recent Bundesliga Match.

Bayern have a big rivalry with Dortmund. They have always competed neck to neck in the Bundesliga because they are the two biggest clubs in Germany. They have met in 2 finals of the DFB- Pokal with Bayern losing the final in 2012 5-2. That is the worst defeat Bayern ever suffered in the DFB-Pokal. They also meet frequently in the DFB Supercup. The two teams met in the 1989, 2008, 2012 and the most recent in 2013.

With Dortmund winning it 4-2. The rivalry raised when Bayern beat Dortmund 2-1 in the final of the 2013 Champions League in May 25th. That was the first time an allGerman final was played in the Champions League. Now Bayern and Dortmund are worst enemies.

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One of the players on the Bayern Hall of Fame is Oliver Rolf Kahn, nicknamed Der Titan (The Titan). He was born on 15th June 1969 in Karlsruher, Germany. He started his amazing career in Karlsruher SC Junior Team in 1975. Twelve years later, he made his debut for the professional squad.

Oliver Kahn

Kahn’s performance for Karlsruher SC interested Bayern to sign him. In 1994, Bayern signed him for €2.385 million, record transfer fee for a goalkeeper at that time, to replace Ralmond Auman at the beginning of the 1994- 1995 season. He was established as Bayern’s starting keeper.

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In the 1996- 1997 season Kahn won his first Bundesliga Tittle and German League Cup with Bayern, furthermore he was also named German Goalkeeper of the Year for the second time. (first time in 1994) In 1999, although Bayern lost the Champions League Final against Man Utd, after Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored in injury time, he was named World Goalkeeper of the Year by FIFA.

He was the Man of the Match in the 2001 Champions League Final after saving three penalty kicks in the penalty shoot-out against Valencia.

Also, he received the Fair Play Award after trying to comfort Santiago Canizares after the shootout. In the same year, Bayern won the International Cup at Tokyo’ National Stadium against Argentine team Boca Juniors. The next year was devastating for Bayern as they were knock out of the Champions League after Kahn let in a easy shot.

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His twenty years of his career was amazing.

Fourteen years of his career was with Bayern.

Kahn is the all time clean sheet leader in the Bundesliga with 197. On September 2 2007 when he was 38 years old he played his 535th Bundesliga Match making him become the leagues all time leader among goalkeepers in matches played. His last European appearance for Bayern was against Zenit in the UEFA Cup semi- finals where Bayern lost 4-0. The last league appearance for Bayern was against Hertha Berlin on May 17 2008, which they won 4-1. His final appearance for Bayern was on May 27 2008 in Salt Lake Stadium, a friendly against Mohun Bagan during their Asia Tour 2008. 120,000 people turned up to watch the match. Bayern won the game 3-0 with Michael Rensing substituting Kahn on the 55th minute

Kahn finished his career at Bayern winning eight Bundesliga Tittles, six DFB- Pokals, six DFB- Liga Pokals and a Champions League Trophy. He won a total of twentyone trophies with Bayern in his amazing career. That is why he is one the players in Bayern’s Hall of Fame.

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Honors Bayern Munich is a Super Team. Bayern Munich had one of the most successful years in its history last season, 2013/2014. They won a total of 5 trophies in The Champions League, Bundesliga Title, DFB Pokal, Club World Cup and The Super Cup. The last twelve months was the best one for the club’s history because of all the trophies won and the transfer of “ The German Ronaldo”, Mario Gotze, from their rivals, Dortmund.

People refer to Bayern Munich as a “Super Team”.

Four trophies won by Bayern Munich in the 2012/13 season. From left to right: the German Super Cup, the Champions League, the Bundesliga, and the German Cup.

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Glossary Champions League- A competition for top European Clubs catering- providing food and drinks at a social event fixtures- a scheduled match membrane- a thin layer of material covering an object regulars- players that play really often in matches rivalry- competing a team/ individual who’s skills are as good as yours for the same objective venue- a place where a event is held world class- professional players which are good enough to represent their country

About the Author

I’m Laurel. My birthday is on May 7th 2003. I go to school at Shanghai American School. I love football. I I like to play as a forward in football. I played in many different competitions for football, winning more than 7 medals in football. Also, I play different sports like rugby, t-ball and athletics. My favourite team is Bayern Munich and My favourite player is Thomas Muller. I watch nearly everyone of their matches. I go crazy when they win. GO BAYERN!!!!!

In this book you will know everything about the super club FC Bayern Munchen. It is exciting and easy, making it a great book to read Great information, pictures really match the text. If you ever want to know anything it is the book for you - Mr Curran