FC Bayern Munich II (''FC Bayern Munich Amateure'' until 2005) are the
reserve team
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...
of
German association football club FC Bayern Munich, they currently play in the
Regionalliga Bayern
The Regionalliga Bayern, ( en, Regional league Bavaria), is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tie ...
. In 2010–11 they played in the
3. Liga, having qualified for its inaugural season in 2008, and have consistently played at the third level of German football (the highest permissible level for reserve teams) – they played in the
Regionalliga Süd from its formation in 1994 to 2008, when it was usurped by the
3. Liga. They have generally achieved at least mid-table finishes at this level, and won the Regionalliga Süd title in 2004. In 2010–11 Bayern II finished last in the 3. Liga and was thus relegated to the Regionalliga. They afterwards regained promotion by winning the
2018–19 Regionalliga and won the 3. Liga in
2019–20. The following season, they were relegated from the 3. Liga after an 18th-place finish.
Overview
The team is intended to be the final step between
Bayern's youth setup and the first team, and is usually made up of promising youngsters between the age of 18 and 23, with a few veteran players drafted in to provide experience.
Bayern II has made several appearances in the
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered ...
, even facing the senior Bayern side in a fourth round tie in 1977 losing 5–3.
History
The team's first appearance in the top-league of Bavarian football, the southern group of the
Amateurliga Bayern, came in 1956, when it won the tier-four
2nd Amateurliga Oberbayern A and advanced to the next level through the promotion round.
[''Die Bayernliga 1945–1997'' publisher: DSFS, page: 35. Retrieved 30 June 2009] After finishing its first season in this league in mid-table, it ended 1957–58 as runners-up, two points behind local rival
FC Wacker München
FC Wacker München is a German association football club of about 200 members based in the Sendling borough of Munich, Bavaria. At their zenith in the 1920s the ''Blue Stars'' twice reached the semi-finals of the German Championship. After Worl ...
.
[''Die Bayernliga 1945–1997'' publisher: DSFS, page: 40. Retrieved 30 June 2009] It repeated this achievement in 1960–61, this time coming second to
TSV 1860 Munich II
The TSV 1860 Munich II (german: TSV 1860 München II) is the reserve team of German football club TSV 1860 Munich, from the city of Munich, Bavaria.
Until 2005, the team played under the name of TSV 1860 München Amateure. In the 2018–19 seaso ...
.
[''Die Bayernliga 1945–1997'' publisher: DSFS, page: 49. Retrieved 30 June 2009] Both reserve sides then descended in the league table and, in 1963, when the
German football league system
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was severely altered, they both missed the cut-off for the new single-tier Amateurliga Bayern. ''Bayern Amateure'' had to finish seventh to qualify but came only 14th and found itself grouped in the new tier-four
Landesliga Bayern-Süd
The Landesliga Bayern-Süd ( en, State League Bavaria-South) was the sixth tier of the German football league system in southern Bavaria. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga (Third League) in 2008, it was the fifth tier of the league system, un ...
.
[''Die Bayernliga 1945–1997'' publisher: DSFS, page: 55. Retrieved 30 June 2009]
![FCB II](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/FCB_II.JPG)
It took the team four seasons in this league to work its way back up, improving year by year and, in 1966–67, it finished first and earned promotion back to the ''Bayernliga''.
[Landesliga Süd Bayern 1966/67](_blank)
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv. Retrieved 30 June 2009 ''Bayern'' started well in the league, coming fourth in the first year, but then declined and was relegated again in 1971.
[''Die Bayernliga 1945–1997'' publisher: DSFS, page: 106. Retrieved 30 June 2009] It only took two seasons this time for the team to return to the third division and another league win in 1973 moved the team back up.
[Landesliga Süd Bayern 1972/73](_blank)
Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv. Retrieved 30 June 2009
For the next 21 seasons, the team was to be a member of the ''Bayernliga'' without interruption. However, in all the 21 seasons there, the team could never win the league either, being ineligible for promotion from there to professional football anyway.
The team had few bad seasons in this time, coming relatively close to relegation only once, in 1982. It managed three runners-up finishes in the league, in 1983, 1984 and 1987 and generally existed as an upper-table side.
[''Die Bayernliga 1945–1997'' FC Bayern Munich II league record, publisher: DSFS, page: 158. Retrieved 30 June 2009]
In 1994, with the introduction of the new tier-three
Regionalliga Süd, the team qualified comfortably. It was to be a long-term member of this league, too, belonging to it until 2008, when the 3. Liga was formed. After mostly finishing in mid-table in the league, ''Bayern'' earned its first league title in over 30 years when it won the Regionalliga in 2004. Being already a member of the highest league in which reserve teams are permitted, the side could not take up promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga and had to stay at this level. In 2005, all reserve sides of clubs in the first and second Bundesliga changed their name from ''Amateure'' to ''II'', meaning ''FC Bayern Munich Amateure'' became ''FC Bayern Munich II''.
In 2008, the team earned promotion to the new 3. Liga, finishing eighth when a top-ten finish was needed. The club played at this level for three seasons before suffering relegation to the Regionalliga in 2010–11. It was the first time since 1973 that the team would not play in the third division and also meant the end of
Hermann Gerland
Hermann "Tiger" Gerland (born 4 June 1954) is a German professional football manager and former player who has most recently worked as an assistant coach of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.
Playing career
Born in Bochum, Gerland spent his entire ...
as the team's coach.
After coming second in the inaugural
Regionalliga Bayern
The Regionalliga Bayern, ( en, Regional league Bavaria), is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tie ...
season in 2012–13 the team won the league the following year. This entitled the club to enter the promotion round to the 3. Liga. After two games against Regionalliga West champions
Fortuna Köln
Fortuna ( la, Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular through the Middle Ages until a ...
they lost due to the away goal rule making their opponents one of the three promoted teams to the third division.
In 2019, Bayern Munich II earned promotion to the 3. Liga, after winning Regionalliga 2018–2019 and defeating Wolfsburg II in the two-game promotion-playoff (1–3 and 4–1). The following season, while placing 15th after the first half of the season, Bayern Munich II won the 3. Liga. However, since secondary teams aren't eligible for promotion to
2.Bundesliga, Bayern Munich II will remain in 3. Liga for the 2020–21 season. Bayern II failed to defend their 3. Liga title in the 2020-21 season, finishing 18th, and were relegated to the Regionalliga Bayern.
Stadium
''Bayern II'' play at the
Grünwalder Stadion
Städtisches Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße (also known as ''Grünwalder Stadion'' and ''Sechzger Stadion'') is a football stadium in Munich, Germany. It was built in 1911 and was the home ground for 1860 Munich until 1995. Local rival Bayern ...
, which was the first team's venue until the opening of the
Olympiastadion
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* Stockholm Olympic Stadium, the host of the 1912 Summer Olympics (though mostly referred as simply ''Stockholms Stadion'')
* Olympiastadion (Berlin), the ...
in 1972. During the 2012–13 season ''Bayern II'' moved to
Sportpark Heimstetten, the home stadium of
SV Heimstetten, caused by renovation of the Grünwalder Stadion.
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Players
Squad
Out on loan
Coaching staff
Recent managers
Recent managers of the club:
![Gerland, Hermann](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Gerland%2C_Hermann.JPG)
* Heinz Lettl (1 July 1973 – 30 June 1974)
*
Werner Kern (1 July 1976 – 31 May 1977)
* Fritz Bischoff (1 July 1986 – 30 June 1987)
*
Hans-Dieter Schmidt
Hans-Dieter Schmidt (born 9 January 1948) is a former German football player turned manager.
Playing career
Schmidt's playing career – part of which he spent with Hannover 96 – ended early after a severe injury at the age of 23.
Coaching ...
(1 July 1987 – 30 June 1989)
* Fritz Bischoff (1 July 1989 – 30 June 1990)
*
Wolf Werner
Wolf Werner (8 April 1942, Kalisz, German-occupied Poland – 29 June 2018, Kiel) was a German association football, football player and coach who played as a midfielder. He was also manager at Fortuna Düsseldorf from 2007 to 2014.
Career Play ...
(1 July 1990 – 30 June 1992)
*
Hermann Gerland
Hermann "Tiger" Gerland (born 4 June 1954) is a German professional football manager and former player who has most recently worked as an assistant coach of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich.
Playing career
Born in Bochum, Gerland spent his entire ...
(1 July 1991 – 30 June 1995)
*
(1 July 1995 – 30 June 1998)
* Udo Bassemir (1 July 1998 – 28 March 2001)
*
Kurt Niedermayer (29 March 2001 – 30 June 2001)
* Hermann Gerland (1 July 2001 – 26 April 2009)
*
Mehmet Scholl
Mehmet Tobias Scholl (born Mehmet Tobias Yüksel; 16 October 1970) is a German football manager and former player.
He played most of his career as an attacking midfielder for Bayern Munich. During his career he won the UEFA Cup in 1996 (scoring ...
(27 April 2009 – 30 June 2010)
* Hermann Gerland (1 July 2010 – 13 April 2011)
* Rainer Ulrich (13 April 2011 – 30 June 2011)
*
Andries Jonker
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Jonker was at the helm of Dutch outfits Willem II, MVV and Volendam and was the assistant manager of VfL Wolfsburg, FC Barcelona ...
(1 July 2011 – 30 June 2012)
* Mehmet Scholl (1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013)
*
Erik ten Hag
Erik ten Hag (, born 2 February 1970) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player, who is currently the manager of Premier League club Manchester United. As a player, Ten Hag played as a centre-back in the Dutch league for 13 ye ...
(1 July 2013 – 30 June 2015)
*
Heiko Vogel
Heiko Vogel (born 21 November 1975) is a German football manager who is the current sporting director and interim coach of FC Basel.
Vogel grew up in Wachenheim and played football for his local clubs TuS Wachenheim and FC 08 Hassloch. Later he ...
(1 July 2015 – 21 March 2017)
*
Danny Schwarz (21 March 2017 – 30 June 2017)
*
Tim Walter
Tim Laszlo Walter (born 8 November 1975) is a German football coach, who coaches Hamburger SV.
Coaching career
In June 2019, Walter became the new head coach of VfB Stuttgart. He was sacked on 23 December 2019. He was named the new head coach o ...
(1 July 2017 – 30 June 2018)
*
Holger Seitz (1 July 2018 – 30 June 2019)
*
Sebastian Hoeneß (1 July 2019 – 26 July 2020)
* Holger Seitz (25 August 2020 – 4 April 2021)
* Danny Schwarz (4 April 2021 – 30 June 2021)
*
Martín Demichelis
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Dem ...
(4 April 2021 – 13 September 2022)
* Holger Seitz (September 2022 – present)
Honours
The club's honours:
League
*
German amateur football championship
The German amateur football championship was a national football competition in Germany organized by the German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund; DFB) and in existence from 1950 to 1998.
History
Overview
The championship was ...
** Runners-up: 1982–83, 1986–87
** Quateur Finals: 1983–84
*
Amateurliga Südbayern (III)
** Runners-up: 1957–58, 1960–61
*
Amateur Oberliga Bayern (III)
** Runners-up: 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87
*
Regionalliga Süd (III)
** Champions:
2003–04
*
3. Liga (III)
** Champions:
2019–20*
*
2. Amateurliga Oberbayern A (IV)
** Champions: 1955–56
*
Landesliga Bayern-Süd
The Landesliga Bayern-Süd ( en, State League Bavaria-South) was the sixth tier of the German football league system in southern Bavaria. Until the introduction of the 3. Liga (Third League) in 2008, it was the fifth tier of the league system, un ...
(IV)
** Champions: 1966–67, 1972–73*
*
Regionalliga Bayern
The Regionalliga Bayern, ( en, Regional league Bavaria), is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tie ...
(IV)
** Champions:
2013–14*,
2018–19*
** Runners-up:
2012–13,
2014–15,
2016–17,
2017–18,
2021–22
20xx* both champions with first team: FC Bayern Munich
Cup
*
DFB Pokal
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** Participations: 1975, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2005.
** Quarter-finals: 1995, 2005
*
Bavarian Cup
The Bavarian Cup (german: Bayerischer Toto-Pokal), was created in 1998 and functions as a qualifying competition to the German Cup. It is one of the 21 regional cups in Germany. It is one of three regional associations who are permitted to send ...
** Winners:
2002
** Finalist:
1995 (share with 1.FC Numberg II – no winner)
* Oberbayern Cup
** Winners: 1995,
2001,
2002
International
*
Premier League International Cup
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** Winners:
2019
*
IFA Shield
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(
IFA
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)
** Winners: 2005
Recent record
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:
Fussball.de – Ergebnisse
Tables and results of all German football leagues
DNQ = Bayern II did not qualify for the cup in that season;
— = Since 2008–09 season reserve teams of professional clubs are no longer allowed to compete in the cup
*With the introduction of the Bezirksoberligas in 1988 as the new fifth tier, below the Landesligas, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier. With the establishment of the Regionalliga Bayern
The Regionalliga Bayern, ( en, Regional league Bavaria), is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tie ...
as the new fourth tier in Bavaria in 2012 the Bayernliga
The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one o ...
was split into a northern and a southern division, the number of Landesligas expanded from three to five and the Bezirksoberligas abolished. All leagues from the Bezirksligas onward were elevated one tier.
Past players
References
External links
*
Statistics at fussballdaten.de
FC Bayern Munich II profile at Weltfussball.de
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Reserves
Bavarian reserve football teams
German reserve football teams
Association football clubs established in 1900
Premier League International Cup
3. Liga clubs