The FC Bayern Campus is a
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located in the north of Munich. It was built between 2015 and 2017 on the northern part of the
Fürst-Wrede-Kaserne by football club
Bayern Munich
Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...
to create a central location for the clubs'
youth teams. The construction costs amounted to €70 million. The campus has facilities for
football
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,
basketball
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,
handball
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and
table tennis
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, spread over an area of 30
hectares
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. The campus has 8 football pitches for youth teams from the U-9s to the U-19s and the women's and girls' teams. The Allianz FC Bayern Akademie is located on the campus site and the academy has 35 apartments for young talents who don't live in the Greater Munich area. The academy building also has offices for youth coaches and staff. It includes a stadium with a capacity of 2,500 for matches in
Under 17 Bundesliga
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,
Under 19 Bundesliga
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,
DFB Youth Cup and the
UEFA Youth League
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. Jochen Sauer is the director of the academy and
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 ...
is the athletic director.
The first sold-out match took place on 17 June 2018 in the
final of the Under 17 Bundesliga between the Under-17 teams of
Bayern Munich
Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...
and
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...
.
References
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Sports venues completed in 2017
Football venues in Munich
FC Bayern Munich