FC Bayern Munich is a German women's

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team based in Munich, Bavaria. It currently plays in the

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, the top women's league in Germany.

History

Bayern's women's football team was officially founded in 1970 although women had been playing at the club since 1967. However, because the DFB had outlawed women's football from 1955 to 1970 Bayern could only officially register the team in 1970. They won their first national championship in 1976. In 1990 Bayern were founding members of the

, but they were relegated after next season. The club returned to the Bundesliga in 2000. In 2009, Bayern were runners-up in the Bundesliga, trailing champion

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by a single goal. In the 2011–12 season on 12 May 2012, FC Bayern Munich dethroned the

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title holders

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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

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, for the second time in a row.

Players

First-team squad

Reserves

Bayern II, the women's reserves team, have played in the newly formed

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since 2018. They are managed by

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. Bayern II won the 2008–09 Regionalliga (Süd) and the 2001–02 Bavarian Cup. The team played in the Second Bundesliga (Süd) from 2009 to 2010 to 2018.

Honours

Domestic

(4): 1976, 2014–15, 2015–16,

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* DFB-Pokal (1):

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*Bundesliga Cup (2): 2003, 2011

Regional

*Bavarian women's football championship (21): 1972–1990 (19 consecutive), 2000, 2004 *Bavarian cup: 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990

Invitational

* Valais Cup: 2015

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

Bayern Munich set a few international records in their campaign to qualify for the

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: *Most goals scored throughout an UEFA Women's Champions League group stage: 32 ( 2009–10) *Best goal difference throughout an UEFA Women's Champions League group stage: +30 (2009–10) ''All results (away, home and aggregate) list Bayern Munich's goal tally first.'' ^f First leg.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Munich, Bayern Women

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