FC Bayern Munich (basketball)


FC Bayern München Basketball GmbH, commonly referred to as Bayern Munich, is a professional basketball club, a part of the FC Bayern Munich sports club, based in Munich, Germany. The club competes domestically in the Basketball Bundesliga 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 reserve team that plays in German third-tier level ProB.

History

Bayern Munich has a long basketball tradition. Besides its most successful years in the 1950s and 1960s, the club enjoyed remarkable popularity in 1956, when it even drew 40,000 fans to an open-air test game against Lancia Bolzano, once a top basketball club from Italy. Later, in 1966, the club was a founding member of the Basketball Bundesliga.
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.
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 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 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, 3–2. The team had to wait until 2018 for its next championship, as they beat Alba Berlin 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.

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Head coaches

Honours

Domestic competitions

BBL Most Valuable Player
  • Malcolm Delaney – 2014
BBL Finals MVP
  • Malcolm Delaney – 2014
  • Danilo Barthel – 2018
  • Nihad Đedović – 2019
BBL Best German Young Player
  • Paul Zipser – 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
  • Deon Thompson – 2014
  • Nihad Đedović – 2015
  • Maxi Kleber – 2017
  • Danilo Barthel – 2018, 2019
  • Devin Booker – 2018
  • Vladimir Lučić – 2019
BBL Most Effective Player
  • Maxi Kleber – 2017
ProA Young Player of the Year
  • Bastian Doreth – 2011
50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors


Nominated:
  • Svetislav Pešić
EuroLeague MVP of the Round
All-EuroCup First Team
All-EuroCup Second Team
EuroCup Basketball MVP of the Week
  • Deon Thompson – Season 2015–16, Quarterfinals, Game 1
  • Danilo Barthel – Season 2017–18, Regular Season, Round 8
  • Devin Booker – Season 2017–18, Top 16, Round 3
  • Danilo Barthel – Season 2017–18, Top 16, Round 5
NBA G League International Challenge Finals MVP
  • Greg Monroe – 2019
NBA Draft Pick

International record

Sponsorships

eSports

Bayern Munich was featured in the NBA 2K15, 2K16 & 2K17 video games.
Since 6 June 2018, Bayern has an NBA 2K eSports team called "Bayern Ballers Gaming". The team uses Pro-Am mode for its games like in the NBA 2K League. The players were selected at the "Audi Dome eCup".

Roster