When was bayern munich established

FC Bayern was founded in by 11 football players, led by Franz John. Although Bayern won its first national championship in , the club was not selected for the Bundesliga at its inception in The club had its period of greatest success in the middle of the s when, under the captaincy of Franz Beckenbauer, it won the European Cup three times in a row Since the formation of the Bundesliga, Bayern has been the dominant club in German football with 28 titles and has won 10 of the last 14 titles.

They have traditional local rivalries with Munich and 1. Since the beginning of the season, Bayern has played its home games at the Allianz Arena.

Previously the team had played at Munich's Olympiastadion for 33 years. The team colours are red and white, and the team crest shows the white and blue flag of Bavaria. In terms of revenue, Bayern Munich is the biggest sports club in Germany and the fourth highest-earning football club in the world, generating EUR As of November , Bayern has over , members.

There are more than 4, officially registered fan clubs with over , members. The club has other departments for chess, handball, basketball, gymnastics, bowling, table tennis and senior football with more than 1, active members. Within a few months, Bayern achieved high-scoring victories against all local rivals, including a win against FC Nordstern, and reached the semi-finals of the South German championship. In the following years, the club won some local trophies and in 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 World War I in , which halted all football activities in Germany. In the years after the war, Bayern won several regional competitions before winning its first South German championship in , an achievement repeated two years later.

Its first national title was gained in , when coach Richard "Little Dombi" Kohn led the team to the German championship by defeating Eintracht Frankfurt in the final. The advent of Nazism 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 Munich gained much support. Josef Sauter, who was inaugurated , was the only Nsdap member as president. As some Bayern players greeted Landauer, who was watching a friendly in Switzerland lead to continued discrimination. Bayern was also affected by the ruling that football players had to be full amateurs again.

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.

Bayern struggled, hiring and firing 13 coaches between and Landauer returned from exile in and was once again appointed club president, the tenure lasted until 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. European trophies were harder to come by, however, as the club lost its only two European Cup finals in and In comparison, the early 90s were a time of turmoil at the club.

Losing to Norwich in the UEFA Cup was the final straw, and the club resorted to a change of personnel, appointing Beckenbauer as coach. Naturally, Der Kaiser proved himself a capable manager, and Bayern won its 13th title that same year, following it up with another one in and a DFB-Pokal in During his six years with the club, Bayern won a Champions League and further asserted themselves as the top dog in German football, winning four Bundesligas and two DFB-Pokals. Even though Bayern won seven additional Bundesliga titles and six DFB-Pokals in the years that followed, international success was once again proving elusive.

The club won its first title a mere ten years later, in , when it won the Munich East District League, which it defended the following year.

Even this early, Bayern could boast its first international player, Max Gablonsky. By membership of FC Bayern Munich had risen to and it was already the largest football club in Munich, a position that it maintains to this day. In the club won its first German national championship with a victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. Picture source: FlickR Themeplus. To get the best out of his players, new coach Branco Zebec banned them from drinking beer.

The years from are amongst the most glorious in the history of German football.