Arena Capacity 6,700 Arena/Stadium Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle Founded 1946 President Uli Hoeneß | Team colors Red, White, Navy Retired numbers 2 (6, 24) Head coach Aleksandar Đorđević Parent organization FC Bayern Munich | |
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History FC Bayern Munich Basketball(1946–Present) Championships 3 German Championships1 German Cup Profiles | ||
FC Bayern Munich Basketball is a professional basketball club, part of the FC Bayern Munich sports club based in Munich, Germany. The club play their national domestic league games in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and internationally in the EuroCup.
Contents
- History
- Arena
- Domestic competitions
- International success
- Notable players
- Notable coaches
- Video game
- References
The team plays its home games at Audi Dome, which was opened in 1972.
FC Bayern Munich Basketball also has a reserve team that plays in ProB.
History
Bayern Munich has a long basketball tradition. Besides its most successful years in the 1950s and 1960s (German Championships in 1954, 1955, and German Cup in 1968), the club enjoyed remarkable popularity in 1956, when it even drew 40,000 fans to an open-air test game against Lancia Bozen, once a top basketball club from Italy. Later, in 1966, the club was a founding member of the German League.
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 German First Division 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 semi-finals, where it lost 3–2 against the reigning champions Brose Baskets.
Thanks to a wild card, Bayern Munich played 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 June 18, 2014, Bayern won its third national title when it beat Alba Berlin 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 2–3.
Arena
The team's home arena is called Audi Dome, which seats 6,700 spectators.
Domestic competitions
International success
Notable players
To appear in this section a player must have either:Notable coaches
Video game
Bayern Munich was featured in the NBA 2K15, 2K16 & 2K17 video games.