FC Bavaria München was a short-lived
German association football club from
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
, Bavaria. Alongside
FC Nordstern 1896 München
FC Nordstern 1896 München was a short-lived German association football club in Munich, Bavaria. Both ''Nordstern'' and ''1. Münchner FC 1896'' laid claim to being the oldest football clubs in the city. Alongside ''FC Bavaria 1899 München'', t ...
and
1. Münchner FC 1896, Bavaria was notable as one of the
founding members of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball Bund) at Leipzig in 1900.
Established on 1 November 1899, in addition to its football side, the association had departments for
athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
,
croquet, and ladies'
hockey. Bavaria was an independent side until 1907 when they joined the gymnastics club Turngemeinde Munich AV.
The footballers of Bavaria played at the Sportplatz Loco-Kaiserstraße in a kit of blue-and-white jerseys and black shorts.
Defunct football clubs in Germany
Defunct football clubs in Bavaria
Association football clubs established in 1899
Football clubs in Munich
Multi-sport clubs in Germany
1899 establishments in Germany
1907 disestablishments in Germany
Association football clubs disestablished in 1907
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