FC Bayern München Basketball GmbH, commonly referred to as Bayern Munich, is a professional

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club, a part of the

FC 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 ...

sports club, based in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

, Germany. The club competes domestically in the

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(BBL) and internationally in the EuroLeague. The team plays its home games at Audi Dome, which was opened in 1972. FC Bayern Munich Basketball also has a

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that plays in German third-tier level

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History

Bayern Munich has a long basketball tradition. Besides its most successful years in the 1950s and 1960s ( German Championships in 1954, 1955, and

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in 1968), the club enjoyed remarkable popularity in 1956, when it even drew 40,000 fans to an open-air test game against

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, once a top basketball club from Italy. Later, in 1966, the club was a founding member of the

. In the following years, the club slowly, but surely, faded into obscurity, and in 1974, was even relegated to the German 2nd Division. For a long time after that, the club never completely recovered, and only had a few successful years (Bayern moved up to the Basketball Bundesliga in 1987, and stayed there until 1989). In 2008, the declared goal of the team was to return to the club's former glory, and return to the top German League, which it eventually did. In the near future, the club seeks to become a major force in European basketball, so that Bayern Munich will not only be well known for its football (soccer) operations, but also for its basketball operations as well. In the 2012–13 season the club reached the semifinals, where it lost 3–2 against the reigning champions Brose Baskets. Thanks to a wild card, Bayern Munich played in the EuroLeague in the 2013–14 season. This was its first appearance in the top European championship, and it reached the Top 16 stage. On 18 June 2014, Bayern won its third national title when it beat

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3–1 in the Finals. It was the first title for the team since 1955; 59 years before. Star player of the team was Malcolm Delaney, who won both the MVP and Finals MVP. In the 2014–15 season, Bayern failed to win a title. In the BBL Finals they were defeated by Brose Baskets, 3–2. The team had to wait until 2018 for its next championship, as they beat

3–2 in the Finals that year. By winning the BBL, Bayern also qualified for the following EuroLeague season.

Home arena

The team's home arena is called Audi Dome, which seats 6,700 spectators.

New arena

SAP Garden is a planned 11,500-capacity indoor arena, to be built in Oympiapark,

. It is expected to be completed in 2024 at the earliest.

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Players at the NBA draft

Head coaches

Honours

Domestic competitions

* German Championship :Winners (5): 1953–54, 1954–55, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19 :''Runners-up (3)'': 2014–15,

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, 2021–22 *

:Winners (3): 1968,

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:''Runners-up (2)'': 2016,

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* German Super Cup :''Runners-up (1)'':

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* German 2nd League :Winners (1): 2010–11

European competitions

* EuroLeague: **

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(2):

, 2021–22 **

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(1): 2013–14 * EuroCup **

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(1): 2017–18

Worldwide competitions

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:Winners (1): 2019

Other competitions

* Zadar Basketball Tournament :''Runners-up (1)'': 2015

Individual awards

BBL Most Valuable Player * Malcolm Delaney – 2014 BBL Finals MVP * Malcolm Delaney – 2014 * Danilo Barthel – 2018 *

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– 2019 German Cup MVP * Vladimir Lučić – 2021 BBL Best German Young Player *

Paul Zipser Paul Victor Louis Zipser (born 18 February 1994) is a German professional basketball player for Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague. Standing at 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in), he plays at the small forward position. He ...

– 2016 All-BBL First Team * Malcolm Delaney – 2014 * John Bryant – 2015 * Bryce Taylor – 2016 All-BBL Second Team * Chevon Troutman – 2012, 2013 * Tyrese Rice – 2013 * Bryce Taylor – 2014 *

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– 2014 *

– 2015 * Maxi Kleber – 2017 * Danilo Barthel – 2018, 2019 * Devin Booker – 2018 * Vladimir Lučić – 2019 BBL Most Effective Player * Maxi Kleber – 2017

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* Bastian Doreth – 2011

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''Nominated:'' *

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''Nominated:'' * James Gist All-EuroLeague First Team * Vladimir Lučić –

All-EuroLeague Second Team * Vladimir Lučić – 2021–22

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* Malcolm Delaney – 2013–14, Top 16, Week 10 * Duško Savanović – 2014–15, Regular Season, Week 9 * Derrick Williams – 2018–19, Regular Season, Round 12 * Vladimir Lučić –

, Regular Season, Round 3–4 * Vladimir Lučić –

, Regular Season, Round 8 * Wade Baldwin –

, Regular Season, Round 17 * Nick Weiler-Babb –

, Regular Season, Round 22–23 * Jalen Reynolds –

, Regular Season, Round 24

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* Devin Booker – 2017–18 All-EuroCup Second Team * Maxi Kleber – 2016–17 EuroCup Basketball MVP of the Week *

– 2015–16, Quarterfinals, Game 1 * Danilo Barthel – 2017–18, Regular Season, Round 8 * Devin Booker – 2017–18, Top 16, Round 3 * Danilo Barthel – 2017–18, Top 16, Round 5 NBA G League International Challenge Finals MVP *

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– 2019

Season by season

International record

Sponsorships

Esports

Bayern Munich was featured in the

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, 2K16 & 2K17 video games. The official FC Bayern Basketball

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esports team "Bayern Ballers Gaming" was founded in April 2018. The Ballers quickly became one of the best virtual basketball teams in the world: together with their coach Swen Müller, the team continued to climb the NBA 2K ProAM world ranking, making them one of the Top 5 European teams.

References

External links

Official website

Bayern Munich
at easycredit-bbl.de
Bayern Munich
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