Football's Greatest Teams - Bayern Munich
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Bayern Munich A look at the Bayern Munich team that won the European Cup three times in a row between 1974 and 1976, featuring interviews with Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Muller.
Football's Greatest was a TV series that started on the 10 June 2010 and finished on 11 July 2010 on Sky Sports for the World Cup. There were 26 shows in total all narrated by Richard Keys, 25 featuring one footballer for each show. The first episode, The Contenders, was about players that didn't make the following shows but were still notable; these players were Bobby Moore, Franco Baresi, George Weah, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lothar Matthäus, Gheorghe Hagi, Romário, Dennis Bergkamp, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Eric Cantona, Denis Law, David Beckham, Thierry Henry, Paolo Rossi, Sócrates, Steven Gerrard, Hristo Stoichkov, Ryan Giggs, Hugo Sánchez, Dino Zoff, Emilio Butragueño, Kaká, Roberto Baggio, Luis Figo and Lionel Messi.
The series was then followed by Football's Greatest Managers around Christmas 2011, running to a similar format.This series was narrated by Gabriel Clarke and features shows for José Mourinho, Bill Shankly, Alex Ferguson, Bob Paisley, Giovanni Trapattoni, Fabio Capello, Arrigo Sacchi, Rinus Michels, Mário Zagallo and Ottmar Hitzfeld.
There were additional episodes created of Football's Greatest created in 2014, Andres Iniesta, Ryan Giggs, Dennis Bergkamp, Steven Gerrard, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Luis Figo and Clarence Seedorf.
Ten for Football's Greatest International Teams; West Germany, Netherlands (1974 and 1988), Brazil (1958/1962, 1970 and 1982), France (1984 and 1998/2000), Hungary, Spain.
Sixteen for Football's Greatest Club Teams; Chelsea, Manchester United, Barcelona, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Ajax, Benfica, Celtic, Juventus, Liverpool, AC Milan, Santos, Red Star Belgrade, Nottingham Forest and Real Madrid (1954-1966 and 1996-2003).
Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V., commonly known as FC Bayern München , FCB, Bayern Munich, or FC Bayern, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system, and is the most successful club in German football history, having won a record 25 national titles and 17 national cups.
FC Bayern was founded in 1900 by eleven football players led by Franz John. Although Bayern won its first national championship in 1932, the club was not selected for the Bundesliga at its inception in 1963. The club had its period of greatest success in the middle of the 1970s when, under the captaincy of Franz Beckenbauer, it won the European Cup three times in a row (1974–76). Overall, Bayern has reached ten European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals, most recently winning their fifth title in 2013 as part of a continental treble. Bayern has also won one UEFA Cup, one European Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one FIFA Club World Cup and two Intercontinental Cups, making it one of the most successful European clubs internationally. Since the formation of the Bundesliga, Bayern has been the dominant club in German football with 25 titles and has won 7 of the last 11 titles. They have traditional local rivalries with TSV 1860 München and 1. FC Nürnberg, as well as with Borussia Dortmund since the mid-90s.
Since the beginning of the 2005–06 season, Bayern has played its home games at the Allianz Arena. Previously the team had played at Munich's Olympiastadion for 33 years. The team colours are red and white, and the team crest shows the white and blue flag of Bavaria. In terms of revenue, Bayern Munich is the biggest sports club in Germany and the third biggest football club in the world, generating €487.5 million for the 2013–2014 season. Bayern has over 251,000 members.There are more than 3,800 officially-registered fan clubs with over 285,000 members. The club has other departments for chess, handball, basketball, gymnastics, bowling, table tennis, referees, and senior football with more than 1,100 active members.
FC Bayern is ranked second in the current UEFA club coefficient rankings and second in IFFHS's latest IFFHS Club World Ranking.
Football's Greatest was a TV series that started on the 10 June 2010 and finished on 11 July 2010 on Sky Sports for the World Cup. There were 26 shows in total all narrated by Richard Keys, 25 featuring one footballer for each show. The first episode, The Contenders, was about players that didn't make the following shows but were still notable; these players were Bobby Moore, Franco Baresi, George Weah, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lothar Matthäus, Gheorghe Hagi, Romário, Dennis Bergkamp, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Eric Cantona, Denis Law, David Beckham, Thierry Henry, Paolo Rossi, Sócrates, Steven Gerrard, Hristo Stoichkov, Ryan Giggs, Hugo Sánchez, Dino Zoff, Emilio Butragueño, Kaká, Roberto Baggio, Luis Figo and Lionel Messi.
The series was then followed by Football's Greatest Managers around Christmas 2011, running to a similar format.This series was narrated by Gabriel Clarke and features shows for José Mourinho, Bill Shankly, Alex Ferguson, Bob Paisley, Giovanni Trapattoni, Fabio Capello, Arrigo Sacchi, Rinus Michels, Mário Zagallo and Ottmar Hitzfeld.
There were additional episodes created of Football's Greatest created in 2014, Andres Iniesta, Ryan Giggs, Dennis Bergkamp, Steven Gerrard, Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Luis Figo and Clarence Seedorf.
Ten for Football's Greatest International Teams; West Germany, Netherlands (1974 and 1988), Brazil (1958/1962, 1970 and 1982), France (1984 and 1998/2000), Hungary, Spain.
Sixteen for Football's Greatest Club Teams; Chelsea, Manchester United, Barcelona, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Ajax, Benfica, Celtic, Juventus, Liverpool, AC Milan, Santos, Red Star Belgrade, Nottingham Forest and Real Madrid (1954-1966 and 1996-2003).
Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V., commonly known as FC Bayern München , FCB, Bayern Munich, or FC Bayern, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system, and is the most successful club in German football history, having won a record 25 national titles and 17 national cups.
FC Bayern was founded in 1900 by eleven football players led by Franz John. Although Bayern won its first national championship in 1932, the club was not selected for the Bundesliga at its inception in 1963. The club had its period of greatest success in the middle of the 1970s when, under the captaincy of Franz Beckenbauer, it won the European Cup three times in a row (1974–76). Overall, Bayern has reached ten European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals, most recently winning their fifth title in 2013 as part of a continental treble. Bayern has also won one UEFA Cup, one European Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one FIFA Club World Cup and two Intercontinental Cups, making it one of the most successful European clubs internationally. Since the formation of the Bundesliga, Bayern has been the dominant club in German football with 25 titles and has won 7 of the last 11 titles. They have traditional local rivalries with TSV 1860 München and 1. FC Nürnberg, as well as with Borussia Dortmund since the mid-90s.
Since the beginning of the 2005–06 season, Bayern has played its home games at the Allianz Arena. Previously the team had played at Munich's Olympiastadion for 33 years. The team colours are red and white, and the team crest shows the white and blue flag of Bavaria. In terms of revenue, Bayern Munich is the biggest sports club in Germany and the third biggest football club in the world, generating €487.5 million for the 2013–2014 season. Bayern has over 251,000 members.There are more than 3,800 officially-registered fan clubs with over 285,000 members. The club has other departments for chess, handball, basketball, gymnastics, bowling, table tennis, referees, and senior football with more than 1,100 active members.
FC Bayern is ranked second in the current UEFA club coefficient rankings and second in IFFHS's latest IFFHS Club World Ranking.