CHELSEAFC AS A HISTORICAL CLUB: HISTORY AND LATEST UPDATES

Chelsea F.C.

Professional association football club based in London, England

Chelsea

Full name Chelsea Football Club

Nickname(s) The Blues, The Pensioners

Short name CFC

Founded 10 March 1905; 112 years ago

Ground Stamford Bridge

Capacity 41,631[3]

Coordinates 51°28′54″N 0°11′28″W

Owner Roman Abramovich

Chairman Bruce Buck

Manager Antonio Conte

League Premier League

2015–16 Premier League, 10th

Website Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

 Current season

Chelsea Football Club (/ˈtʃɛlsiː/) is an English professional football club based in Fulham, London, that competes in the Premier League. Founded in 1905, the club's home ground since then has been Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea had their first major success in 1955, when they won the league championship. They then won various cup competitions between 1965 and 1996. The club's greatest period of success has come during the last two decades; winning 21 trophies since 1997. Chelsea have won five national league titles, seven FA Cups, five League Cups and four FA Community Shields, one UEFA Champions League, two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, one UEFA Europa League and one UEFA Super Cup. Chelsea are the only London club to win the UEFA Champions League, and one of four clubs, and the only British club, to have won all three main UEFA club competitions.

Chelsea's regular kit colours are royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks. The club's crest has been changed several times in attempts to re-brand the club and modernise its image. The current crest, featuring a ceremonial lion rampant regardant holding a staff, is a modification of the one introduced in the early 1950s. The club have the sixth-highest average all-time attendance in English football. Their average home gate for the 2015–16 season was 41,500, the seventh highest in the Premier League. Since 2003, Chelsea have been owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. In 2016, they were ranked by Forbes magazine as the seventh most valuable football club in the world, at £1.15 billion ($1.66 billion).

History of Chelsea F.C.

The first Chelsea team in September 1905

In 1904, Gus Mears acquired the Stamford Bridge athletics stadium with the aim of turning it into a football ground. An offer to lease it to nearby Fulham was turned down, so Mears opted to found his own club to use the stadium. As there was already a team named Fulham in the borough, the name of the adjacent borough of Chelsea was chosen for the new club; names like Kensington FC, Stamford Bridge FC and London FC were also considered. Chelsea were founded on 10 March 1905 at The Rising Sun pub (now The Butcher's Hook), opposite the present-day main entrance to the ground on Fulham Road, and were elected to the Football League shortly afterwards.

The club won promotion to the First Division in their second season, and yo-yoed between the First and Second Divisions in their early years. They reached the 1915 FA Cup Final, where they lost to Sheffield United at Old Trafford, and finished third in the First Division in 1920, the club's best league campaign to that point. Chelsea attracted large crowds and had a reputation for signing big-name players, but success continued to elude the club in the inter-war years.

Former Arsenal and England centre-forward Ted Drake became manager in 1952 and proceeded to modernise the club. He removed the club's Chelsea pensioner crest, improved the youth set-up and training regime, rebuilt the side with shrewd signings from the lower divisions and amateur leagues, and led Chelsea to their first major trophy success – the League championship – in 1954–55. The following season saw UEFA create the European Champions' Cup, but after objections from The Football League and the FA Chelsea were persuaded to withdraw from the competition before it started. Chelsea failed to build on this success, and spent the remainder of the 1950s in mid-table. Drake was dismissed in 1961 and replaced by player-coach Tommy Docherty.

Chart showing the progress of Chelsea's league finishes from 1906–2016

Docherty built a new team around the group of talented young players emerging from the club's youth set-up and Chelsea challenged for honours throughout the 1960s, enduring several near-misses. They were on course for a treble of League, FA Cup and League Cup going into the final stages of the 1964–65 season, winning the League Cup but faltering late on in the other two. In three seasons the side were beaten in three major semi-finals and were FA Cup runners-up. Under Docherty's successor, Dave Sexton, Chelsea won the FA Cup in 1970, beating Leeds United 2–1 in a final replay. Chelsea took their first European honour, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph, the following year, with another replayed win, this time over Real Madrid in Athens.

The late 1970s through to the '80s was a turbulent period for Chelsea. An ambitious redevelopment of Stamford Bridge threatened the financial stability of the club, star players were sold and the team were relegated. Further problems were caused by a notorious hooligan element among the support, which was to plague the club throughout the decade. In 1982, Chelsea were, at the nadir of their fortunes, acquired by Ken Bates for the nominal sum of £1, although by now the Stamford Bridge freehold had been sold to property developers, meaning the club faced losing their home. On the pitch, the team had fared little better, coming close to relegation to the Third Division for the first time, but in 1983 manager John Neal put together an impressive new team for minimal outlay. Chelsea won the Second Division title in 1983–84 and established themselves in the top division, before being relegated again in 1988. The club bounced back immediately by winning the Second Division championship in 1988–89.

Chelsea players celebrate their first UEFA Champions League title against Bayern Munich.

After a long-running legal battle, Bates reunited the stadium freehold with the club in 1992 by doing a deal with the banks of the property developers, who had been bankrupted by a market crash. Chelsea's form in the new Premier League was unconvincing, although they did reach the 1994 FA Cup Final with Glenn Hoddle. It was not until the appointment of Ruud Gullit as player-manager in 1996 that their fortunes changed. He added several top international players to the side, as the club won the FA Cup in 1997 and established themselves as one of England's top sides again. Gullit was replaced by Gianluca Vialli, who led the team to victory in the League Cup Final, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final and the UEFA Super Cup in 1998, the FA Cup in 2000 and their first appearance in the UEFA Champions League. Vialli was sacked in favour of Claudio Ranieri, who guided Chelsea to the 2002 FA Cup Final and Champions League qualification in 2002–03.

In June 2003, Bates sold Chelsea to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich for £140 million. Over £100 million was spent on new players, but Ranieri was unable to deliver any trophies, and was replaced by José Mourinho. Under Mourinho, Chelsea became the fifth English team to win back-to-back league championships since the Second World War (2004–05 and 2005–06), in addition to winning an FA Cup (2007) and two League Cups (2005 and 2007). Mourinho was replaced by Avram Grant, who led the club to their first UEFA Champions League final, which they lost on penalties to Manchester United.

In 2009, Guus Hiddink guided Chelsea to another FA Cup success. In 2009–10, his successor Carlo Ancelotti led them to their first Premier League and FA Cup "Double", and becoming the first English top-flight club to score 100 league goals in a season since 1963. In 2012, caretaker manager Roberto Di Matteo led Chelsea to their seventh FA Cup, and their first UEFA Champions League title, beating Bayern Munich 4–3 on penalties, the first London club to win the trophy. In 2013, interim manager Rafael Benítez guided Chelsea to win the UEFA Europa League against Benfica, becoming the first club to hold two major European titles simultaneously and one of four clubs, and the only British club, to have won all three of UEFA's major club competition. In the summer of 2013, Mourinho returned as manager, leading Chelsea to League Cup success in March 2015, and their fifth league title two months later

Stamford Bridge (stadium)

Stamford Bridge, West Stand

Chelsea have only had one home ground, Stamford Bridge, where they have played since the team's foundation. It was officially opened on 28 April 1877 and for the first 28 years of its existence it was used almost exclusively by the London Athletic Club as an arena for athletics meetings and not at all for football. In 1904 the ground was acquired by businessman Gus Mears and his brother Joseph, who had also purchased nearby land (formerly a large market garden) with the aim of staging football matches on the now 12.5 acre (51,000 m²) site. Stamford Bridge was designed for the Mears family by the noted football architect Archibald Leitch, who had also designed Ibrox, Craven Cottage and Hampden Park. Most football clubs were founded first, and then sought grounds in which to play, but Chelsea were founded for Stamford Bridge.

Starting with an open bowl-like design and one covered terrace, Stamford Bridge had an original capacity of around 100,000. The early 1930s saw the construction of a terrace on the southern part of the ground with a roof that covered around one fifth of the stand. It eventually became known as the "Shed End", the home of Chelsea's most loyal and vocal supporters, particularly during the 1960s, 70s and 80s. The exact origins of the name are unclear, but the fact that the roof looked like a corrugated iron shed roof played a part.

In the early 1970s, the club's owners announced a modernisation of Stamford Bridge with plans for a state-of-the-art 50,000 all-seater stadium. Work began on the East Stand in 1972 but the project was beset with problems and was never completed; the cost brought the club close to bankruptcy, culminating in the freehold being sold to property developers. Following a long legal battle, it was not until the mid-1990s that Chelsea's future at the stadium was secured and renovation work resumed. The north, west and southern parts of the ground were converted into all-seater stands and moved closer to the pitch, a process completed by 2001.

When Stamford Bridge was redeveloped in the Bates era many additional features were added to the complex including two hotels, apartments, bars, restaurants, the Chelsea Megastore, and an interactive visitor attraction called Chelsea World of Sport. The intention was that these facilities would provide extra revenue to support the football side of the business, but they were less successful than hoped and before the Abramovich takeover in 2003 the debt taken on to finance them was a major burden on the club. Soon after the takeover a decision was taken to drop the "Chelsea Village" brand and refocus on Chelsea as a football club. However, the stadium is sometimes still referred to as part of "Chelsea Village" or "The Village".

*Chelsea vs. West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge on 23 September 1905; Chelsea won 1–0.

The Stamford Bridge freehold, the pitch, the turnstiles and Chelsea's naming rights are now owned by Chelsea Pitch Owners, a non-profit organisation in which fans are the shareholders. The CPO was created to ensure the stadium could never again be sold to developers. As a condition for using the Chelsea FC name, the club has to play its first team matches at Stamford Bridge, which means that if the club moves to a new stadium, they may have to change their name. Chelsea's training ground is located in Cobham, Surrey. Chelsea moved to Cobham in 2004. Their previous training ground in Harlington was taken over by QPR in 2005. The new training facilities in Cobham were completed in 2007.

Stamford Bridge has been used for a variety of other sporting events since 1905. It hosted the FA Cup Final from 1920 to 1922, has held ten FA Cup Semi-finals (most recently in 1978), ten FA Charity Shield matches (the last in 1970), and three England international matches, the last in 1932; it was also the venue for an unofficial Victory International in 1946. The 2013 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was played at Stamford Bridge.

*View from the West Stand of Stamford Bridge during a Champions League game, 2008

In October 1905 it hosted a rugby union match between the All Blacks and Middlesex, and in 1914 hosted a baseball match between the touring New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox. It was the venue for a boxing match between world flyweight champion Jimmy Wilde and Joe Conn in 1918. The running track was used for dirt track racing between 1928 and 1932, greyhound racing from 1933 to 1968, and Midget car racing in 1948. In 1980, Stamford Bridge hosted the first international floodlit cricket match in the UK, between Essex and the West Indies.[50] It was also the home stadium of the London Monarchs American Football team for the 1997 season.

The current club ownership have stated that a larger stadium is necessary in order for Chelsea to stay competitive with rival clubs who have significantly larger stadia, such as Arsenal and Manchester United. Owing to its location next to a main road and two railway lines, fans can only enter the ground via the Fulham Road exits, which places constraints on expansion due to health and safety regulations. The club have consistently affirmed their desire to keep Chelsea at their current home, but have nonetheless been linked with a move to various nearby sites, including the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Battersea Power Station and the Chelsea Barracks. In October 2011, a proposal from the club to buy back the freehold to the land on which Stamford Bridge sits was voted down by Chelsea Pitch Owners shareholders. In May 2012, the club made a formal bid to purchase Battersea Power Station, with a view to developing the site into a new stadium, but lost out to a Malaysian consortium. The club subsequently announced plans to redevelop Stamford Bridge into a 60,000-seater stadium. On 11 January 2017, it was announced that the stadium was given the go ahead from Hammersmith and Fulham council for the new 60,000 stadium to be built.

Crest and colours

Crest

Chelsea have had four main crests, which all underwent minor variations. The first, adopted when the club was founded, was the image of a Chelsea pensioner, the army veterans who reside at the nearby Royal Hospital Chelsea. This contributed to the club's original "pensioner" nickname, and remained for the next half-century, though it never appeared on the shirts. When Ted Drake became Chelsea manager in 1952, he began to modernise the club. Believing the Chelsea pensioner crest to be old-fashioned, he insisted that it be replaced. A stop-gap badge which comprised the initials C.F.C. was adopted for a year. In 1953, the club crest was changed to an upright blue lion looking backwards and holding a staff. It was based on elements in the coat of arms of the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea with the "lion rampant regardant" taken from the arms of then club president Viscount Chelsea and the staff from the Abbots of Westminster, former Lords of the Manor of Chelsea. It also featured three red roses, to represent England, and two footballs. This was the first Chelsea crest to appear on the shirts, in the early 1960s.

In 1986, with Ken Bates now owner of the club, Chelsea's crest was changed again as part of another attempt to modernise and because the old rampant lion badge could not be trademarked. The new badge featured a more naturalistic non-heraldic lion, in white and not blue, standing over the C.F.C. initials. This lasted for the next 19 years, with some modifications such as the use of different colours, including red from 1987 to 1995, and yellow from 1995 until 1999, before the white returned. With the new ownership of Roman Abramovich, and the club's centenary approaching, combined with demands from fans for the popular 1950s badge to be restored, it was decided that the crest should be changed again in 2005. The new crest was officially adopted for the start of the 2005–06 season and marked a return to the older design, used from 1953 to 1986, featuring a blue heraldic lion holding a staff. For the centenary season this was accompanied by the words '100 YEARS' and 'CENTENARY 2005–2006' on the top and bottom of the crest respectively.

Colours

Chelsea's first home colours, used from 1905 until 1912.

Chelsea have always worn blue shirts, although they originally used the paler eton blue, which was taken from the racing colours of then club president, Earl Cadogan, and was worn with white shorts and dark blue or black socks. The light blue shirts were replaced by a royal blue version in around 1912. In the 1960s Chelsea manager Tommy Docherty changed the kit again, switching to blue shorts (which have remained ever since) and white socks, believing it made the club's colours more modern and distinctive, since no other major side used that combination; this kit was first worn during the 1964–65 season. Since then Chelsea have always worn white socks with their home kit apart from a short spell from 1985 to 1992, when blue socks were reintroduced.

Chelsea's away colours are usually all yellow or all white with blue trim. More recently, the club have had a number of black or dark blue away kits. As with most teams, they have also had some more unusual ones. At Docherty's behest, in the 1966 FA Cup semi-final they wore blue and black stripes, based on Inter Milan's kit. In the mid-1970s, the away strip was a red, white and green kit inspired by the Hungarian national side of the 1950s. Other memorable away kits include an all jade strip worn from 1986–89, red and white diamonds from 1990–92, graphite and tangerine from 1994–96, and luminous yellow from 2007–08. The graphite and tangerine strip often appears in lists of the worst football kits ever.

Support

Chelsea fans at a match against Tottenham Hotspur, on 11 March 2006

Chelsea are among the most widely supported football clubs in the world. They have the sixth highest average all-time attendance in English football and regularly attract over 40,000 fans to Stamford Bridge; they were the seventh best-supported Premier League team in the 2013–14 season, with an average gate of 41,572. Chelsea's traditional fanbase comes from all over the Greater London area including working-class parts such as Hammersmith and Battersea, wealthier areas like Chelsea and Kensington, and from the home counties. There are also numerous official supporters clubs in the United Kingdom and all over the world. Between 2007 and 2012, Chelsea were ranked fourth worldwide in annual replica kit sales, with an average of 910,000. Chelsea's official Twitter account has 6.29 million followers, the fifth highest among football clubs.

At matches, Chelsea fans sing chants such as "Carefree" (to the tune of "Lord of the Dance", whose lyrics were probably written by supporter Mick Greenaway, "Ten Men Went to Mow", "We All Follow the Chelsea" (to the tune of "Land of Hope and Glory"), "Zigga Zagga", and the celebratory "Celery", with the latter often resulting in fans ritually throwing celery. The vegetable was banned inside Stamford Bridge after an incident involving Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fàbregas at the 2007 League Cup Final.

Mural at a Chelsea pub in Tashkent

During the 1970s and 1980s in particular, Chelsea supporters were associated with football hooliganism. The club's "football firm", originally known as the Chelsea Shed Boys, and subsequently as the Chelsea Headhunters, were nationally notorious for football violence, alongside hooligan firms from other clubs such as West Ham United's Inter City Firm and Millwall's Bushwackers, before, during and after matches. The increase of hooligan incidents in the 1980s led chairman Ken Bates to propose erecting an electric fence to deter them from invading the pitch, a proposal that the Greater London Council rejected.

Since the 1990s, there has been a marked decline in crowd trouble at matches, as a result of stricter policing, CCTV in grounds and the advent of all-seater stadia. In 2007, the club launched the 'Back to the Shed' campaign to improve the atmosphere at home matches, with notable success. According to Home Office statistics, 126 Chelsea fans were arrested for football-related offences during the 2009–10 season, the third highest in the division, and 27 banning orders were issued, the fifth-highest in the division.



West London derby, Arsenal F.C.–Chelsea F.C. rivalry, Chelsea F.C.–Tottenham Hotspur F.C. rivalry, and Chelsea F.C.–Leeds United F.C.


Rivalry

Chelsea have long-standing rivalries with North London clubs, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. A strong rivalry with Leeds United dates back to several heated and controversial matches in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly the 1970 FA Cup Final. More recently a rivalry with Liverpool has grown following repeated clashes in cup competitions. Chelsea's fellow West London sides Brentford, Fulham and Queens Park Rangers are generally not considered major rivals, as matches have only taken place intermittently due to the clubs often being in separate divisions. A 2004 survey by Planetfootball.com found that Chelsea fans consider their main rivalries to be with (in order): Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United. In the same survey, fans of six clubs (Arsenal, Fulham, Leeds United, QPR, Tottenham and West Ham United) named Chelsea as one of their three main rivals. In a 2008 poll conducted by the Football Fans Census, Chelsea fans named Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United as their most disliked clubs. However, a new 2012 survey has shown that Chelsea fans consider Tottenham to be their main rival, above Arsenal and Manchester United.


Records

Frank Lampard is Chelsea's all-time highest goalscorer.
Chelsea's highest appearance-maker is ex-captain Ron Harris, who played in 795 competitive games for the club between 1961 and 1980. The record for a Chelsea goalkeeper is held by Harris's contemporary, Peter Bonetti, who made 729 appearances (1959–79). With 103 caps (101 while at the club), Frank Lampard of England is Chelsea's most capped international player.

Frank Lampard is Chelsea's all-time top goalscorer, with 211 goals in 648 games (2001–2014);[97] he passed Bobby Tambling's longstanding record of 202 in May 2013. Seven other players have also scored over 100 goals for Chelsea: George Hilsdon (1906–12), George Mills (1929–39), Roy Bentley (1948–56), Jimmy Greaves (1957–61), Peter Osgood (1964–74 and 1978–79), Kerry Dixon (1983–92) and Didier Drogba (2004–12 and 2014–2015). Greaves holds the record for the most goals scored in one season (43 in 1960–61).

Chelsea's biggest winning scoreline in a competitive match is 13–0, achieved against Jeunesse Hautcharage in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1971. The club's biggest top-flight win was an 8–0 victory against Wigan Athletic in 2010, which was matched in 2012 against Aston Villa. Chelsea's biggest loss was an 8–1 reverse against Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1953. Officially, Chelsea's highest home attendance is 82,905 for a First Division match against Arsenal on 12 October 1935. However, an estimated crowd of over 100,000 attended a friendly match against Soviet team Dynamo Moscow on 13 November 1945. The modernisation of Stamford Bridge during the 1990s and the introduction of all-seater stands mean that neither record will be broken for the foreseeable future. The current legal capacity of Stamford Bridge is 41,837. Every starting player in Chelsea's 57 games of the 2013–14 season was a full international – a new club record.


Chelsea signed Fernando Torres for £50 million, then the record for a purchase by a British club.
Chelsea hold the English record for the highest ever points total for a league season , the fewest goals conceded during a league season (15), the highest number of Premier League victories in a season (29), the highest number of clean sheets overall in a Premier League season (25) (all set during the 2004–05 season), and the most consecutive clean sheets from the start of a league season (6, set during the 2005–06 season). The club's 21–0 aggregate victory over Jeunesse Hautcharage in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1971 remains a record in European competition. Chelsea hold the record for the longest streak of unbeaten matches at home in the English top flight, which lasted 86 matches from 20 March 2004 to 26 October 2008. They secured the record on 12 August 2007, beating the previous record of 63 matches unbeaten set by Liverpool between 1978 and 1980. Chelsea's streak of eleven consecutive away league wins, set between 5 April 2008 and 6 December 2008, is also a record for the English top flight. Their £50 million purchase of Fernando Torres from Liverpool in January 2011 was the record transfer fee paid by a British club[113] until Ángel Di María signed for Manchester United in August 2014 for £59.7 million.

Chelsea, along with Arsenal, were the first club to play with shirt numbers, on 25 August 1928 in their match against Swansea Town. They were the first English side to travel by aeroplane to a domestic away match, when they visited Newcastle United on 19 April 1957, and the first First Division side to play a match on a Sunday, when they faced Stoke City on 27 January 1974. On 26 December 1999, Chelsea became the first British side to field an entirely foreign starting line-up (no British or Irish players) in a Premier League match against Southampton.[117]

In May 2007, Chelsea were the first team to win the FA Cup at the new Wembley Stadium, having also been the last to win it at the old Wembley.[118] They were the first English club to be ranked No. 1 under UEFA's five-year coefficient system in the 21st century.[119] They were the first team in Premier League history to score at least 100 goals in a single season, reaching the milestone on the final day of the 2009–10 season.[30] Chelsea are the only London club to win the UEFA Champions League, after beating Bayern Munich in the 2012 final.[6][120] Upon winning the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Chelsea became the first English club to win all four European trophies and the only club to hold the Champions League and the Europa League at the same time.[121]

Ownership and finances


Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich
Chelsea Football Club were founded by Gus Mears in 1905. After his death in 1912, his descendents continued to own the club until 1982, when Ken Bates bought the club from Mears' great-nephew Brian Mears for £1. Bates bought a controlling stake in the club and floated Chelsea on the AIM stock exchange in March 1996.[122] In July 2003, Roman Abramovich purchased just over 50% of Chelsea Village plc's share capital, including Bates' 29.5% stake, for £30 million and over the following weeks bought out most of the remaining 12,000 shareholders at 35 pence per share, completing a £140 million takeover. Other shareholders at the time of the takeover included the Matthew Harding estate (21%), BSkyB (9.9%) and various anonymous offshore trusts.[123] After passing the 90% share threshold, Abramovich took the club back into private hands, delisting it from the AIM on 22 August 2003. He also took on responsibility for the club's debt of £80 million, quickly paying most of it.[124]

Thereafter, Abramovich changed the ownership name to Chelsea FC plc, whose ultimate parent company is Fordstam Limited, which is controlled by him.[125] Chelsea are additionally funded by Abramovich via interest free soft loans channelled through his holding company Fordstam Limited. The loans stood at £709 million in December 2009, when they were all converted to equity by Abramovich, leaving the club themselves debt free,[126][127] although the debt remains with Fordstam.[128] Since 2008 the club have had no external debt.[129]

Chelsea did not turn a profit in the first nine years of Abramovich's ownership, and made record losses of £140m in June 2005.[130] In November 2012, Chelsea announced a profit of £1.4 million for the year ending 30 June 2012, the first time the club had made a profit under Abramovich's ownership.[130][131] This was followed by a loss in 2013 and then their highest ever profit of £18.4 million for the year to June 2014.[132]

Chelsea have been described as a global brand; a 2012 report by Brand Finance ranked Chelsea fifth among football brands and valued the club's brand value at US$398 million – an increase of 27% from the previous year, also valuing them at US$10 million more than the sixth best brand, London rivals Arsenal – and gave the brand a strength rating of AA (very strong).[133][134] In 2016, Forbes magazine ranked Chelsea the seventh most valuable football club in the world, at £1.15 billion ($1.66 billion).[13] As of 2016, Chelsea are ranked eighth in the Deloitte Football Money League with an annual commercial revenue of £322.59 million.[135]

Sponsorship

The Sauber F1 Team, an official partner of the club, displaying the Chelsea crest
Chelsea's kit has been manufactured by Adidas since 2006, which was originally contracted to supply the club's kit from 2006 to 2018. The partnership was extended in October 2010 in a deal worth £160 million over eight years.[136] This deal was again extended in June 2013 in a deal worth £300 million over another ten years.[137][138] In May 2016, Adidas announced that by mutual agreement, the kit sponsorship would end 6 years early on 30 June 2017.[139] Chelsea had to pay £40m in compensation to Adidas. In October 2016, Nike was announced as the new kit sponsor, in a deal worth £900m over 15 years, until 2032.[140] Previously, the kit was manufactured by Umbro (1975–81), Le Coq Sportif (1981–86), The Chelsea Collection (1986–87) and Umbro again (1987–2006).

Chelsea's first shirt sponsor was Gulf Air, agreed during the 1983–84 season. The club were then sponsored by Grange Farms, Bai Lin Tea and Simod before a long-term deal was signed with Commodore International in 1989; Amiga, an offshoot of Commodore, also appeared on the shirts. Chelsea were subsequently sponsored by Coors beer (1994–97), Autoglass (1997–2001), Emirates (2001–05), Samsung Mobile (2005–08) and Samsung (2008–15).[141][142] Chelsea's current shirt sponsor is the Yokohama Rubber Company. Worth £40 million-per-year, the deal is second in English football to Chevrolet's £50 million-per-year sponsorship of Manchester United.[141]

The club has a variety of other sponsors and official partners, which include Gazprom,[143] Delta Air Lines,[144] Sauber, Audi, Singha, EA Sports, Dolce & Gabbana,[145] Barbados Tourism Authority, Atlas, AZIMUT Hotels, BNI, Indosat, Vietinbank, Nitto Tire, Orico, Guangzhou R&F, Coca-Cola, Grand Royal, Digicel, Lucozade Sport, and Viagogo.[146]

Popular culture


Chelsea parade through the streets of Fulham and Chelsea after winning their league and cup double, May 2010
In 1930, Chelsea featured in one of the earliest football films, The Great Game.[147] One-time Chelsea centre forward, Jack Cock, who by then was playing for Millwall, was the star of the film and several scenes were shot at Stamford Bridge, including the pitch, the boardroom, and the dressing rooms. It included guest appearances by then-Chelsea players Andrew Wilson, George Mills, and Sam Millington.[148] Owing to the notoriety of the Chelsea Headhunters, a football firm associated with the club, Chelsea have also featured in films about football hooliganism, including 2004's The Football Factory.[149] Chelsea also appear in the Hindi film Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.[150] In April 2011, Montenegrin comedy series Nijesmo mi od juče made an episode in which Chelsea play against FK Sutjeska Nikšić for qualification of the UEFA Champions League.[151]

Up until the 1950s, the club had a long-running association with the music halls; their underachievement often provided material for comedians such as George Robey.[152] It culminated in comedian Norman Long's release of a comic song in 1933, ironically titled "On the Day That Chelsea Went and Won the Cup", the lyrics of which describe a series of bizarre and improbable occurrences on the hypothetical day when Chelsea finally won a trophy.[18] In Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film The 39 Steps, Mr Memory claims that Chelsea last won the Cup in 63 BC, "in the presence of the Emperor Nero."[153] Scenes in a 1980 episode of Minder were filmed during a real match at Stamford Bridge between Chelsea and Preston North End with Terry McCann (played by Dennis Waterman) standing on the terraces.[154]

The song "Blue is the Colour" was released as a single in the build-up to the 1972 League Cup Final, with all members of Chelsea's first team squad singing; it reached number five in the UK Singles Chart.[155] The song has since been adopted as an anthem by a number of other sports teams around the world, including the Vancouver Whitecaps (as "White is the Colour")[156] and the Saskatchewan Roughriders (as "Green is the Colour").[157] In the build-up to the 1997 FA Cup Final, the song "Blue Day", performed by Suggs and members of the Chelsea squad, reached number 22 in the UK charts.[158] Bryan Adams, a fan of Chelsea,[159] dedicated the song "We're Gonna Win" from the album 18 Til I Die to the club.[160]

Chelsea Ladies


Katie Chapman, current captain of Chelsea Ladies
For more details on this topic, see Chelsea L.F.C..
Chelsea also operate a women's football team, Chelsea Ladies. They have been affiliated to the men's team since 2004[161] and are part of the club's Community Development programme. They play their home games at Wheatsheaf Park, the home ground of Conference South club Staines Town.[162] The club were promoted to the Premier Division for the first time in 2005 as Southern Division champions and won the Surrey County Cup in 2003–04, 2006–10, 2012, and 2013.[163] In 2010 Chelsea Ladies were one of the eight founder members of the FA Women's Super League.[164] In 2015, Chelsea Ladies won the FA Women's Cup for the first time, beating Notts County Ladies at Wembley Stadium,[165] and a month later clinched their first FA WSL title to complete a league and cup double.[166] John Terry, the current captain of the Chelsea men's team, is the President of Chelsea Ladies.[167]

Players

First team squad
As of 21 February 2017.[168]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Asmir Begović
3 DF Marcos Alonso
4 MF Cesc Fàbregas
5 DF Kurt Zouma
6 DF Nathan Aké
7 MF N'Golo Kanté
10 MF Eden Hazard
11 MF Pedro
13 GK Thibaut Courtois
14 MF Ruben Loftus-Cheek
15 MF Victor Moses
16 MF Kenedy
19 FW Diego Costa
No. Position Player
21 MF Nemanja Matić
22 MF Willian
23 FW Michy Batshuayi
24 DF Gary Cahill (vice-captain)
26 DF John Terry (captain)
28 DF César Azpilicueta
29 MF Nathaniel Chalobah
30 DF David Luiz
34 DF Ola Aina
35 MF Charly Musonda
37 GK Eduardo
41 FW Dominic Solanke
For recent transfers, see 2016–17 Chelsea F.C. season.

Other players under contract
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
— GK Mitchell Beeney
— DF Alex Davey
No. Position Player
— DF Todd Kane
— MF Jordan Houghton
Out on loan
[169] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
— GK Nathan Baxter (on loan to Solihull Moors until 14 May 2017)
— GK Jamal Blackman (on loan to Wycombe Wanderers until 30 June 2017)
— GK Matej Delač (on loan to Mouscron-Péruwelz until 30 June 2017)
— DF Baba Rahman (on loan to Schalke 04 until 30 June 2017)
— DF Andreas Christensen (on loan to Borussia Mönchengladbach until 30 June 2017)
— DF Jake Clarke-Salter (on loan to Bristol Rovers until 30 June 2017)
— DF Fankaty Dabo (on loan to Swindon Town until 30 June 2017)
— DF Jay Dasilva (on loan to Charlton Athletic until 30 June 2017)
— DF Michael Hector (on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt until 30 June 2017)
— DF Tomáš Kalas (on loan to Fulham until 30 June 2017)
— DF Matt Miazga (on loan to Vitesse until 30 June 2017)
— DF Kenneth Omeruo (on loan to Alanyaspor until 30 June 2017)
— DF Fikayo Tomori (on loan to Brighton & Hove Albion until 30 June 2017)
— DF Wallace (on loan to Grêmio until 30 June 2017)
— MF Mukhtar Ali (on loan to Vitesse until 30 June 2017)
— MF Victorien Angban (on loan to Granada until 30 June 2017)
— MF Christian Atsu (on loan to Newcastle United until 30 June 2017)
— MF Lewis Baker (on loan to Vitesse until 30 June 2017)
No. Position Player
— MF Jérémie Boga (on loan to Granada until 30 June 2017)
— MF Charlie Colkett (on loan to Swindon Town until 30 June 2017)
— MF Juan Cuadrado (on loan to Juventus until 30 June 2019)
— MF Cristián Cuevas (on loan to Sint-Truiden until 30 June 2017)
— MF Miro Muheim (on loan to Zürich until 30 June 2017)
— MF Nathan (on loan to Vitesse until 30 June 2017)
— MF Kasey Palmer (on loan to Huddersfield Town until 30 June 2017)
— MF Danilo Pantić (on loan to Excelsior until 30 June 2017)
— MF Mario Pašalić (on loan to Milan until 30 June 2017)
— MF Lucas Piazon (on loan to Fulham until 30 June 2017)
— MF Marco van Ginkel (on loan to PSV until 30 June 2017)
— FW Tammy Abraham (on loan to Bristol City until 30 June 2017)
— FW Isaiah Brown (on loan to Huddersfield Town until 30 June 2017)
— FW Islam Feruz (on loan to Swindon Town until 30 June 2017)
— FW Alex Kiwomya (on loan to Crewe Alexandra until 30 June 2017)
— FW Loïc Rémy (on loan to Crystal Palace until 30 June 2017)
— FW Joao Rodríguez (on loan to Cortuluá until 30 June 2017)
.— FW Bertrand Traoré (on loan to Ajax until 30 June 2017)

Reserves and Academy
For further information: Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Academy

Player of the Year

Year Winner
1967 Peter Bonetti
1968 Charlie Cooke
1969 David Webb
1970 John Hollins
1971 John Hollins
1972 David Webb
1973 Peter Osgood
1974 Gary Locke
1975 Charlie Cooke
1976 Ray Wilkins
 
Year Winner
1977 Ray Wilkins
1978 Micky Droy
1979 Tommy Langley
1980 Clive Walker
1981 Petar Borota
1982 Mike Fillery
1983 Joey Jones
1984 Pat Nevin
1985 David Speedie
1986 Eddie Niedzwiecki
 
Year Winner
1987 Pat Nevin
1988 Tony Dorigo
1989 Graham Roberts
1990 Ken Monkou
1991 Andy Townsend
1992 Paul Elliott
1993 Frank Sinclair
1994 Steve Clarke
1995 Erland Johnsen
1996 Ruud Gullit
 
Year Winner
1997 Mark Hughes
1998 Dennis Wise
1999 Gianfranco Zola
2000 Dennis Wise
2001 John Terry
2002 Carlo Cudicini
2003 Gianfranco Zola
2004 Frank Lampard
2005 Frank Lampard
2006 John Terry
 
Year Winner
2007 Michael Essien
2008 Joe Cole
2009 Frank Lampard
2010 Didier Drogba
2011 Petr Čech
2012 Juan Mata
2013 Juan Mata
2014 Eden Hazard
2015 Eden Hazard
2016 Willian

Frank Lampard was named Chelsea's Player of the Year a record three times.
Source: Chelsea F.C.

Notable managers

For more details on this topic, see List of Chelsea F.C. managers.
The following managers won at least one trophy when in charge of Chelsea:

Name Period Trophies
 Ted Drake 1952–1961 First Division Championship, Charity Shield
 Tommy Docherty 1962–1967 League Cup
 Dave Sexton 1967–1974 FA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
 John Neal 1981–1985 Second Division Championship
 John Hollins 1985–1988 Full Members Cup
 Bobby Campbell 1988–1991 Second Division Championship, Full Members Cup
 Ruud Gullit 1996–1998 FA Cup
 Gianluca Vialli 1998–2000 FA Cup, League Cup, Charity Shield, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup
 José Mourinho 2004–2007
2013–2015 3 Premier Leagues, 3 League Cups, FA Cup, Community Shield
 Guus Hiddink 2009
2015–2016[nb 1] FA Cup
 Carlo Ancelotti 2009–2011 Premier League, FA Cup, Community Shield
 Roberto Di Matteo 2012[nb 2] FA Cup, UEFA Champions League
 Rafael Benítez 2012–2013[nb 3] UEFA Europa League
Management team

Position Staff
First-team Manager Antonio Conte
Assistant Manager Angelo Alessio
 Gianluca Conte
 Steve Holland
Technical Director Michael Emenalo
Goalkeeper Coach Gianluca Spinelli
 Henrique Hilário
Head Fitness Coach Paolo Bertelli
 Julio Tous
 Chris Jones
Assistant Fitness Coach Constantino Coratti
Club Ambassador Carlo Cudicini
Consultant Personal Trainer/Nutritionist Tiberio Ancora
Senior Opposition Scout Mick McGiven
Medical Director  Paco Biosca
Head of Youth Development  Neil Bath
Under-21 Team Manager  Adi Viveash
Under-18 Team Manager  Jody Morris
Head of Match Analysis  James Melbourne
Source: Chelsea F.C.

Club personnel

Chelsea FC plc is the company which owns Chelsea Football Club. The ultimate parent company of Chelsea FC plc is Fordstam Limited and the ultimate controlling party of Fordstam Limited is Roman Abramovich.[170]

On 22 October 2014, Chelsea announced that Ron Gourlay, after ten successful years at the club including five as Chief Executive, is leaving Chelsea to pursue new business opportunities.[171] On 27 October 2014, Chelsea announced that Christian Purslow is joining the club to run global commercial activities and the club do not expect to announce any other senior appointments in the near future having chairman Bruce Buck and Director Marina Granovskaia assumed the executive responsibilities.[172]

Chelsea Ltd.

Owner: Roman Abramovich
Chelsea F.C. plc Board[170]

Chairman: Bruce Buck
Directors: Eugene Tenenbaum[173] and Marina Granovskaia[174][175]
Executive Board[170]

Club Secretary: David Barnard
Chairman: Bruce Buck
Directors: Eugene Tenenbaum and Marina Granovskaia
Head of Global Commercial Activities: Christian Purslow
Life President

Lord Attenborough (1923–2014)
Vice-Presidents

Peter Digby
Sir Peter Harrison
Joe Hemani
John Leigh
Anthony Reeves
Alan Spence
Source: Chelsea F.C.

Honours

Upon winning the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, Chelsea became the fourth club in history to have won the "European Treble" of European Cup/UEFA Champions League, European Cup Winners' Cup/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League after Juventus, Ajax and Bayern Munich. Chelsea are the first English club to have won all three major UEFA trophies.[176]

Domestic
Leagues
First Division/Premier League[nb 4]
Winners (5): 1954–55, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15
Second Division[nb 4]
Winners (2): 1983–84, 1988–89
Cups
FA Cup
Winners (7): 1969–70, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12
Football League Cup
Winners (5): 1964–65, 1997–98, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2014–15
FA Community Shield[nb 5]
Winners (4): 1955, 2000, 2005, 2009
Minor Cups
Full Members Cup
Winners (2): 1985–86, 1989–90
European
UEFA Champions League
Winners (1): 2011–12
UEFA Europa League
Winners (1): 2012–13
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Winners (2): 1970–71, 1997–98
UEFA Super Cup
Winners (1): 1998
Source: Chelsea F.C.

Doubles
1997–98: League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup
2004–05: League and League Cup
2006–07: FA Cup and League Cup
2009–10: League and FA Cup
2011–12: FA Cup and UEFA Champions League
2014–15: League and League Cup
Notes

^ Includes Caretaker manager
^ Won as Interim first team coach
^ Includes Interim manager
^ a b Upon its formation in 1992, the Premier League became the top tier of English football; the First and Second Divisions then became the second and third tiers, respectively. The First Division is now known as the Football League Championship and the Second Division is now known as Football League One.
^ The trophy was known as the Charity Shield until 2002, and as the Community Shield ever since.
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• National team boss believes Kante is one of world's best in midfield 
• Deschamps said: 'He's one of the best players in Europe and the world' 
• He added that Kante is 'certain' to win second Premier League title in a row 

N'Golo Kante has drawn widespread praise for his performances this season and his latest admirer is France boss Didier Deschamps. 

The Chelsea star is one of the best players in the world according to Deschamps who unsurprisingly included the diminutive midfielder into his latest national squad. 

Deschamps said: 'N'Golo was performing well with us. He was with Leicester. He's doing it this year in Chelsea. He will certainly win a second consecutive title in England.

N'Golo Kante is one of the world's best players in his position according to Didier Deschamps

The France manager is delighted with the way Kante is performing for Chelsea this season

'In his position, he's one of the best players in Europe and the world. I will not complain.'

Having lavished praise on his man, Deschamps was quick to add that Kante is not guaranteed a starting role for his country. 

'He's been with us a while. He didn't play all the matches either. It all depends on the system I choose,' he added.

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Chelsea players celebrating N' Golo Kante's goal against Manchester United in FA cup quarter final match at Stamford Bridge today

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Eden Hazard was causing United defense unit a lot of problems and was fouled severally. He was fouled four times in 26 first half minutes.  In the 35 minutes, Andet Herrera was booked for the second time for fouling the Belgium National team playmaker, and was sent off by referee Michael Oliver.

Jose Mourinho reacted angrily over the sending off of his player, then had burst up with Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, and they were separated by the fourth official.

                              N'Golo Kante battling with United's Paul Pogba for the ball

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As Manchester United have crashed out of the FA cup, they can now focus fully on EPL and Europa league cup as options for UEFA champions league qualification.

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Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V., commonly known as FC Bayern München (German pronunciation: [ʔɛf tseː ˈbaɪɐn ˈmʏnçn̩]), FCB, Bayern Munich, or FC Bayern, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany. 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 26 national titles and 18 national cups.[4]

FC Bayern was founded in 1900 by 11 football players, led by Franz John.[5] Although Bayern won its first national championship in 1932,[6] the club was not selected for the Bundesliga at its inception in 1963.[7] 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 (1974–1976). 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 26 titles and has won 8 of the last 12 titles. They have traditional local rivalries with 1860 Munich and 1. FC Nürnberg, as well as with Borussia Dortmund since the mid-1990s.

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.[8] In terms of revenue, Bayern Munich is the biggest sports club in Germany and the third biggest football club in the world, generating €488 million for the 2013–14 season.[9] As of November 2016, Bayern has over 284,000 members.[10] There are more than 4,000 officially-registered fan clubs with over 314,000 members.[11] The club has other departments for chess, handball, basketball, gymnastics, bowling, table tennis and senior football with more than 1,100 active members.[12]

FC Bayern is ranked second in the current UEFA club coefficient rankings[13] and fourth in IFFHS's latest IFFHS Club World Ranking.[14]

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History Edit

Main article: History of FC Bayern Munich

Early years (1900–1965) Edit

The first game of FC Bayern Munich against 1. FC Nürnberg in 1901

FC Bayern Munich was founded by members of a Munich gymnastics club (MTV 1879). When a congregation of members of MTV 1879 decided on 27 February 1900 that the footballers of the club would not be allowed to join the German Football Association (DFB), 11 members of the football division left the congregation and on the same evening founded Fußball-Club Bayern München. Within a few months, Bayern achieved high-scoring victories against all local rivals, including a 15–0 win against FC Nordstern,[15] and reached the semi-finals of the 1900–01 South German championship.[5] In the following years, the club won some local trophies and in 1910–11 Bayern joined the newly founded "Kreisliga", the first regional Bavarian league. The club won this league in its first year, but did not win it again until the beginning of World War I in 1914, which halted all football activities in Germany.[6][16]

In the years after the war, Bayern won several regional competitions before winning its first South German championship in 1926, an achievement repeated two years later.[6][17] Its first national title was gained in 1932, when coach Richard "Little Dombi" Kohn led the team to the German championship by defeating Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 in the final.[6]

The advent of Nazism put an abrupt end to Bayern's development. Club president Kurt Landauer and the coach, both of whom were Jewish, left the country. Many others in the club were also purged. Bayern was taunted as the "Jew's club", while local rival 1860 Munich gained much support. Josef Sauter, who was inaugurated 1943, was the only NSDAP member as president. As some Bayern players greeted Landauer, who was watching a friendly in Switzerland lead to continued discrimination.[18] Bayern was also affected by the ruling that football players had to be full amateurs again. In the following years, Bayern could not sustain its role of contender for the national title, achieving mid-table results in its regional league instead.[19]

After the war, Bayern became a member of the Oberliga Süd, the southern conference of the German first division, which was split five ways at that time. Bayern struggled, hiring and firing 13 coaches between 1945 and 1963. Landauer returned from exile in 1947 and was once again appointed club president, the tenure lasted until 1951. He remains as the club's president with the longest accumulated tenure. Landauer has been deemed as inventor of Bayern as a professional club and his memory is e.g. being upheld by the Bayern ultras Schickeria.[20][21] In 1955, the club was relegated but returned to the Oberliga in the following season and won the DFB-Pokal for the first time, beating Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–0 in the final.[22][23] The club struggled financially though, verging on bankruptcy at the end of the 1950s. Manufacturer Roland Endler provided the necessary funds and was rewarded with four years at the helm of the club.[24] In 1963, the Oberligas in Germany were consolidated into one national league, the Bundesliga. Five teams from the Oberliga South were admitted. Bayern finished third in that year's southern division, but another Munich team, 1860 Munich, had won the championship. As the DFB preferred not to include two teams from one city, Bayern was not chosen for the Bundesliga.[7] They gained promotion two years later, fielding a team with young talents like Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller and Sepp Maier — who would later be collectively referred to as the axis.[23]

Golden years (1965–1979) Edit

FC Bayern Munich against 1. FC Magdeburg in 1974

In their first Bundesliga season, Bayern finished third and also won the DFB-Pokal. This qualified them for the following year's European Cup Winners' Cup, which they won in a dramatic final against Scottish club Rangers, when Franz Roth scored the decider in a 1–0 extra time victory.[23] In 1967, Bayern retained the DFB-Pokal, but slow overall progress saw Branko Zebec take over as coach. He replaced Bayern's offensive style of play with a more disciplined approach, and in doing so achieved the first league and cup double in Bundesliga history in 1969. Bayern Munich are one of four German clubs to win the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal in the same season along with Borussia Dortmund, 1. FC Köln and Werder Bremen. Zebec used only 13 players throughout the season.[25]

Udo Lattek took charge in 1970. After winning the DFB-Pokal in his first season, Lattek led Bayern to their third German championship. The deciding match in the 1971–72 season against Schalke 04 was the first match in the new Olympiastadion, and was also the first live televised match in Bundesliga history. Bayern beat Schalke 5–1 and thus claimed the title, also setting several records, including points gained and goals scored.[26] Bayern also won the next two championships, but the zenith was their triumph in the 1974 European Cup Final against Atlético Madrid, which Bayern won 4–0 after a replay.[27] This title – after winning the Cup Winners' trophy 1967 and two semi-finals (1968 and 1972) in that competition – marked the club's breakthrough as a force on the international stage. During the following years, the team was unsuccessful domestically but defended their European title by defeating Leeds United in the 1975 European Cup Final when Roth and Müller secured victory with late goals. "We came back into the game and scored two lucky goals, so in the end we were the winners but we were very, very lucky", stated Franz Beckenbauer. Billy Bremner believed the French referee was "very suspicious". Leeds fans then rioted in Paris and were banned from European football for three years.[28] A year later in Glasgow, Saint-Étienne were defeated by another Roth goal and Bayern became the third club to win the trophy in three consecutive years. The final trophy won by Bayern in this era was the Intercontinental Cup, in which they defeated Brazilian club Cruzeiro over two legs.[29] The rest of the decade was a time of change and saw no further titles for Bayern. In 1977, Franz Beckenbauer left for New York Cosmos and, in 1979, Sepp Maier and Uli Hoeneß retired while Gerd Müller joined the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.[30] Bayerndusel was coined during this period as an expression of either contempt or envy about the sometimes narrow and last-minute wins against other teams.

From FC Breitnigge to FC Hollywood (1979–1998) Edit

The 1980s were a period of off-field turmoil for Bayern, with many changes in personnel and financial problems. On the field, Paul Breitner and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, termed FC Breitnigge, led the team to Bundesliga titles in 1980 and 1981. Apart from a DFB-Pokal win in 1982, two relatively unsuccessful seasons followed, after which Breitner retired and former coach Udo Lattek returned. Bayern won the DFB-Pokal in 1984 and went on to win five Bundesliga championships in six seasons, including a double in 1986. European success, however, was elusive during the decade; Bayern managed to claim the runners-up spot in the European Cup in 1982 and 1987.[31]

Jupp Heynckes was hired as coach in 1987, but after two consecutive championships in 1988–89 and 1989–90, Bayern's form dipped. After finishing second in 1990–91, the club finished just five points above the relegation places in 1991–92. In 1993–94, Bayern was eliminated in the UEFA Cup second round to Premier League side Norwich City, who remain the only English club to beat Bayern at the Olympiastadion. Success returned when Franz Beckenbauer took over for the second half of the 1993–94 season, winning the championship again after a four-year gap. Beckenbauer was then appointed club president.[32]

His successors as coach, Giovanni Trapattoni and Otto Rehhagel, both finished trophyless after a season, not meeting the club's high expectations.[33] During this time, Bayern's players frequently appeared in the gossip pages of the press rather than the sports pages, resulting in the nickname FC Hollywood.[34] Franz Beckenbauer briefly returned at the end of the 1995–96 season as caretaker coach and led his team to victory in the UEFA Cup, beating Bordeaux in the final. For the 1996–97 season, Trapattoni returned to win the championship. In the following season, Bayern lost the title to newly promoted 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Trapattoni had to take his leave for the second time.[35]

Renewed international success (1998–present) Edit

Opened in 2005: the Allianz Arena, one of the world's most modern football stadiums.

After his success at Borussia Dortmund, Bayern were coached by Ottmar Hitzfeld from 1998 to 2004. In Hitzfeld's first season, Bayern won the Bundesliga and came close to winning the Champions League, losing 2–1 to Manchester United into injury time after leading for most of the match. The following year, in the club's centenary season, Bayern won the third league and cup double in its history. A third consecutive Bundesliga title followed in 2001, won with a stoppage time goal on the final day of the league season.[36][37] Days later, Bayern won the Champions League for the fourth time after a 25-year gap, defeating Valencia on penalties. The 2001–02 season began with a win in the Intercontinental Cup, but ended trophyless otherwise. In 2002–03, Bayern won their fourth double, leading the league by a record margin of 16 points.[38] Hitzfeld's reign ended in 2004, with Bayern underperforming, including defeat by second division Alemannia Aachen in the DFB-Pokal.

Felix Magath took over and led Bayern to two consecutive doubles. Prior to the start of the 2005–06 season, Bayern moved from the Olympiastadion to the new Allianz Arena, which the club shares with 1860 Munich. On the field, their performance in 2006–07 was erratic. Trailing in the league and having lost to Alemannia Aachen in the cup yet again, coach Magath was sacked shortly after the winter break.[39]

Hitzfeld returned as trainer in January 2007, but Bayern finished the 2006–07 season in fourth position, thus failing to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in more than a decade. Additional losses in the DFB-Pokal and the DFB-Ligapokal left the club with no honours for the season.

For the 2007–08 season, Bayern made drastic squad changes to help rebuild. They signed a total of eight new players and sold, released or loaned out nine of their players.[40] Among new signings were 2006 World Cup stars such as Franck Ribéry, Miroslav Klose and Luca Toni. Bayern went on to win the Bundesliga, being on top of the standings on every single week of play, and the DFB-Pokal against Borussia Dortmund.[41]

On 11 January 2008, Jürgen Klinsmann was named as Hitzfeld's successor, taking charge on 1 July 2008 after signing a two-year contract.[42] Bayern Munich lost the DFL-Supercup 1–2 against Borussia Dortmund in 2008 then was eliminated by Bayer Leverkusen in the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal. In the Champions League Bayern also reached the quarter-finals after winning Group F and defeating Sporting CP in the first knockout round, achieving a Champions League record aggregate of 12–1. On 27 April, two days after a home defeat against Schalke 04 which saw Bayern drop to the third place in the table, Klinsmann was fired. Former trainer Jupp Heynckes was named as caretaker until the end of the season.[43] Bayern eventually finished second, thus qualifying directly for the Champions League in 2009–10.

Bayern Munich playing against Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga in September 2011

Bayern then signed Dutch manager Louis van Gaal for the 2009–10 season. Multi-million signings of Arjen Robben and Mario Gómez also followed in a bid to return Bayern to the top of the European scene. On 8 May 2010, Bayern Munich won the 2009–10 Bundesliga after a 3–1 win at Hertha BSC.[44] Bayern then won the DFB-Pokal on 15 May 2010 to secure the domestic double.[45] Bayern also reached the 2010 Champions League final, but were beaten 2–0 by Inter Milan, failing to become the first German club to complete the treble.[46]

In the 2010–11 season, Bayern were eliminated in the first round of the Champions League knockout phase by Inter Milan on the away goals rule and finished third in the Bundesliga.[47] Van Gaal was fired by Bayern in April 2011.

In the 2011–12 season, Heynckes returned to coach Bayern for a second permanent spell but the team was to end the season without a trophy for the second season running. Domestically they finished second in the Bundesliga and lost the DFB-Pokal final 2–5, both times finishing runner-up to Borussia Dortmund. They also reached the final of the Champions League in their home stadium, but lost to Chelsea on penalties (3–4) in what was only the club's second defeat to an English team in Munich, and their first at the Allianz Arena.[48][49]

In the 2012–13 season, Bayern won the 2012 DFL-Supercup 2–1 against rivals Borussia Dortmund.[50] Bayern became the first team in history to win their first eight matches in the Bundesliga after their 5–0 away win to Fortuna Düsseldorf.[51][52] On 6 April 2013, Bayern won the 2012–13 Bundesliga after a 1–0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt with six games left, setting a new record for being the earliest ever Bundesliga winners.[53] Other Bundesliga records set by Bayern in the 2012–13 season include most points in a season (91), highest league winning points margin (25), most wins in a season (29) and fewest goals conceded in a season (18). Bayern also equaled the record for fewest defeats in a season, losing once, to Bayer Leverkusen. Bayern also reached the Champions League final for the third time in four seasons, winning the club's fifth European Cup with a 2–1 defeat of domestic rivals Borussia Dortmund at Wembley Stadium.[54] On 1 June 2013, Bayern beat VfB Stuttgart 3–2 in the 2013 DFB-Pokal final to become the first German club in men's football to complete the treble; Bayern had missed out on trebles in 1999 and 2010.[55]

On 1 July 2013, Pep Guardiola took over as manager ahead of the 2013–14 season.[56] Bayern also completed the signing of Mario Götze from Borussia Dortmund for €37 million, who became the most expensive German player in history (this was later surpassed by Mesut Özil's transfer from Real Madrid to Arsenal for €50 million).[57] On 24 July 2013, it was reported that Bayern had become the first German club with over 200,000 members.[58][59] On 27 July 2013, Bayern Munich lost against rivals Borussia Dortmund 2–4 in the 2013 DFL-Supercup at Signal Iduna Park.[60] On 30 August 2013, Bayern won the UEFA Super Cup against Chelsea.[61] On 9 November 2013, Bayern set a new record for most successive Bundesliga matches without defeat, breaking Hamburger SV's 30-year-old record of 36 matches.[62] This record was eventually extended to 53 matches, before Bayern lost 1–0 to FC Augsburg in April 2014.[63] On 27 November 2013, Bayern became the first team to win ten consecutive Champions League matches with a 3–1 away victory over CSKA Moscow.[64] On 21 December 2013, Bayern beat Raja Casablanca 2–0 at the Stade de Marrakech to win the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup.[65]

After almost a year of investigations against Uli Hoeneß, Bayern's former player, former long time general manager, and president at the time, he was convicted of tax evasion on 13 March 2014. Hoeneß resigned as president the next day, and Karl Hopfner was elected president on 2 May. Just days after Hoeneß conviction, on 25 March, Bayern won their 24th Bundesliga title by beating Hertha BSC 3–1 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. With seven matches remaining in the season, it was the earliest the championship had been won in Bundesliga history, breaking the record Bayern had set in the previous season.[66] At the end of the season Bayern beat Borussia Dortmund 2–0 in the 2014 DFB-Pokal Final to give the club the tenth league and cup double in its history.[67] In 2014–15, Bayern defended their league title, and, the following season, won an 11th double, including a record fourth consecutive Bundesliga title.[68] At the end of the 2015–16 season, Guardiola left Bayern to take over as manager of Manchester City and was replaced by Carlo Ancelotti.[69]

Colours Edit

In the original club constitution, Bayern's colours were named as white and blue, but the club played in white shirts with black shorts until 1905, when Bayern joined MSC. MSC decreed that the footballers would have to play in red shorts. Also the younger players were called red-shorts, which was meant as an insult.[5] For most of the club's early history, Bayern had primarily worn white and maroon home kits. In 1968–69 season, Bayern changed to red and blue striped shirts, with blue shorts and socks. Between 1969 and 1973, the team wore a home strip of red and white striped shirts with either red or white shorts and red socks. In the 1973–74 season, the team switched to an all white kit featuring single vertical red and blue stripes on the shirt. From 1974 onwards, Bayern have mostly worn an all red home kit, with white trim. Bayern revived the red and blue striped colour scheme between 1995 and 1997. In 1997, blue was the dominant colour for the first time when Adidas released an all navy blue home kit with a red chest band. In 1999, Bayern returned to a predominantly red kit, which featured blue sleeves, and in 2000 the club released a traditional all red kit with white trim to be worn for Champions League matches.[8] Bayern also wore a Rotwein coloured home kits in Bundesliga matches between 2001 and 2003, and during the 2006–07 Champions League campaign, in reference to their first choice colours prior to the late 1960s.[70]

The club's away kit has had a wide range of colours over the years, including white, black, blue, and gold-green. Bayern also features a distinct international kit. During the 2013–14 season, Bayern have used an all red home kit with a Bavarian flag diamond watermark pattern, a Lederhosen inspired white and black Oktoberfest away kit, and an all navy blue international kit.[71]

In the 1980s and 1990s, Bayern used a special away kit when playing at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, representing the Brazilian colours blue and yellow, a superstition borne from the fact that the club found it hard to win there.[72]

Historical kits Edit

1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

1968–69 Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal winners

1971–72 and 1972–73 Bundesliga winners

1973–74 Bundesliga winners

1974 and 1976 European Cup Finals

1975 and 1982 European Cup Finals

1976 Intercontinental Cup

1987

European Cup Final

1993–94 Bundesliga winners

1996 UEFA Cup Final

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1996 UEFA Cup Final

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1998–99 Bundesliga winners

1999 UEFA Champions League Final

1999 DFB-Pokal Final

1999–2000 and 2000–01 Bundesliga winners

2001 UEFA Champions League Final

2002–03 Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal winners

2003 DFB-Pokal Final

2004–05 Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal winners

2005–06 Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal winners

2007–08 Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal winners

2009–10 Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal winners

2010 UEFA Champions League Final

2012 UEFA Champions League Final

2013 UEFA Champions League Final, 2013 DFB-Pokal Final, and 2013–14 Bundesliga winners

2014–15 Bundesliga winners and 2014 DFB-Pokal Final

2015–16 Bundesliga winners

2016 DFB-Pokal Final

Crest Edit

Bayern's crest has changed several times. Originally it consisted of the stylised letters F, C, B, M, which were woven into one symbol. The original crest was blue. The colours of Bavaria were included for the first time in 1954.[8]

The modern version of the crest has changed from the 1954 version in several steps.[8] While the crest consisted of a single colour only for most of the time, namely blue or red, the current (2008) crest is blue, red, and white. It has the colours of Bavaria in its centre and FC Bayern München is written in white on a red ring enclosing the Bavarian colours.

Bayern Munich logo history

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1906–19 

1923–38

1945–54 

1954–61 

1961–65 

1965–70 

1970–79 

1979–96 

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Stadiums Edit

Model of Bayern's first stadium, their home from 1906 to 1924

Bayern played its first training games at the Schyrenplatz in the centre of Munich. The first official games were held on the Theresienwiese. In 1901, Bayern moved to a field of its own, located in Schwabing at the Clemensstraße. After joining the Münchner Sport-Club (MSC) in 1906, Bayern moved in May 1907 to MSC's ground at the Leopoldstraße.[73] As the crowds gathering for Bayern's home games increased at the beginning of the 1920s, Bayern had to switch to various other premises in Munich.[74]

From 1925, Bayern shared the Grünwalder Stadion with 1860 Munich.[75] Until World War II, the stadium was owned by 1860 Munich, and is still colloquially known as Sechz'ger ("Sixties") Stadium. It was destroyed during the war, and efforts to rebuild it resulted in a patchwork. Bayern's record crowd at the Grünwalder Stadion is reported as more than 50,000 in the home game against 1. FC Nürnberg in the 1961–62 season.[76] In the Bundesliga era the stadium had a maximum capacity of 44,000 which was reached on several occasions, but the capacity has since been reduced to 21,272. As was the case at most of this period's stadiums, the vast majority of the stadium was given over to terracing. Today the second teams of both clubs play in the stadium.[77][78]

The Olympiastadion, home of Bayern Munich from 1972 to 2005

For the 1972 Summer Olympics the city of Munich built the Olympiastadion. The stadium, renowned for its architecture,[79] was inaugurated in the last Bundesliga match of the 1971–72 season. The match drew a capacity crowd of 79,000, a total which was reached again on numerous occasions. The stadium was, in its early days, considered to be one of the foremost stadia in the world and played host to numerous major finals, such as that of 1974 FIFA World Cup.[80] In the following years the stadium underwent several modifications, such as an increase in seating space from approximately 50% to ca. 66% [clarification needed]. Eventually the stadium had a capacity of 63,000 for national matches, and 59,000 for international occasions such as European Cup competitions. Many people, however, began to feel that the stadium was too cold in winter, with half the audience exposed to the weather due to lack of cover. A further complaint was the distance between the spectators and the pitch, the stadium betraying its track and field heritage. Modification of the stadium proved impossible as the architect Günther Behnisch vetoed major modifications of the stadium.[81]

For Bayern home games, the Allianz Arena is lit in red.

After much discussion, the city of Munich, the state of Bavaria, Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich jointly decided at the end of 2000 to build a new stadium. While Bayern had wanted a purpose-built football stadium for several years, the awarding of the 2006 FIFA World Cup to Germany stimulated the discussion as the Olympiastadion no longer met the FIFA criteria to host a World Cup game. Located on the northern outskirts of Munich, the Allianz Arena has been in use since the beginning of the 2005–06 season.[81] Its initial capacity of 66,000 fully covered seats has since been increased for matches on national level to 69,901 by transforming 3,000 seats to terracing in a 2:1 ratio.[82] Since August 2012, 2,000 more seats were added in the last row of the top tier increasing the capacity to 71,000.[83] In January 2015, a proposal to increase the capacity was approved by the city council so now Allianz Arena has a capacity of 75,000 (70,000 in Champions League).[84]

The most prominent feature of the stadium is the translucent outer layer, which can be illuminated in different colours for impressive effects. Usually, red lighting is used for Bayern home games, blue for 1860 Munich games and white for German national team home games.[85]

In May 2012, Bayern opened a museum about its history, FC Bayern Erlebniswelt, inside the Allianz Arena.[86]

Supporters Edit

The Fan shop at Bräuhausstraße in Munich.

Bayern considers itself a national club.[87] The club had 3,202 fanclubs with total 231,197 members in 2012, making it the club with the largest number of organised supporters in Germany.[88] Owing partly to the club having supporters all over the country,[11] all of Bayern's away games have been sold out in recent years.[89] Their following is mainly recruited from the aspiring middle class and regional Bavaria.[citation needed] Despite a large proportion of their supporters having to travel more than 200 km (ca. 120 miles) regularly,[90] the club's home matches in the Allianz Arena have almost always been sold out.[89][91] According to a study by Sport+Markt Bayern is the fifth-most popular football club in Europe with 20.7 million supporters, and the most popular football club in Germany with 10 million supporters.[92]

Bayern Munich is also renowned for its well-organised ultra scene. The most prominent groups are the Schickeria München, the Inferno Bavaria, the Red Munichs '89, the Südkurve '73, the Munichmaniacs 1996, the Red Angels, and the Red Sharks. The ultras scene of Bayern Munch has been recognized for certain groups taking stance against right-wing extremism, racism and homophobia,[93][94][95] and in 2014 the group Schickeria München received the Julius Hirsch Award by the DFB for its commitment against antisemitism and discrimination.[96][97][98][99]

Stern des Südens is the song which fans sing at FCB home games. In the 1990s they also used to sing FC Bayern, Forever Number One.[100]

The club also has quite a number of high-profile supporters, among them Pope Benedict XVI,[101] Boris Becker, retired German tennis player, Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer, Horst Seehofer and Edmund Stoiber, former Minister-President of Bavaria, to name just a few.[102]

Rivalries Edit

Main article: Bavarian football derbies

Bayern Munich won 2–1 against rivals Borussia Dortmund to win the 2013 UEFA Champions League on 25 May 2013

Bayern Munich has a rivalry with Borussia Dortmund.[103] Bayern and Dortmund have competed against each other for many Bundesliga titles. Bayern and Dortmund have played against each other in the DFB-Pokal final in 2008, 2012, and 2014. The 2–5 loss against Dortmund in the 2012 DFB-Pokal final was Bayern's worst ever loss in a final. Bayern and Dortmund have also played against each other in the DFL-Supercup in 1989, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016. The height of the rivalry was when Bayern defeated Dortmund, 2–1 in the final of the 2013 UEFA Champions League.

Bayern is one of three professional football clubs in Munich. Bayern's main local rival is 1860 Munich, who were the more successful club in the 1960s, winning a cup and a championship. In the 1970s and 1980s, 1860 Munich moved between the first and the third division, but lately have settled in the second division. The Munich derby is still a much anticipated event, getting a lot of extra attention from supporters of both clubs.[104] 1860 Munich is considered more working-class, and therefore suffers from a diminishing fan base in a city where the manufacturing sector is declining.[citation needed] Bayern is considered the establishment club,[105] which is reflected by many board members being business leaders[dubious ] and including the former Bavarian minister president, Edmund Stoiber. Despite the rivalry, Bayern has repeatedly supported 1860 in times of financial disarray.[105]

Since the 1920s, 1. FC Nürnberg has been Bayern's main and traditional[106] rival in Bavaria. Philipp Lahm said that playing Nürnberg is "always special" and is a "heated atmosphere".[106] Both clubs played in the same league in the mid-1920s, but in the 1920s and 1930s, Nürnberg was far more successful, winning five championships in the 1920s, making the club Germany's record champion. Bayern took over the title more than sixty years later, when they won their tenth championship in 1987, thereby surpassing the number of championships won by Nürnberg.[106][107] The duel between Bayern and Nürnberg is often referred to as the Bavarian Derby.

Bayern also enjoys a strong rivalry with the 1. FC Kaiserslautern, originating in parts from a game in 1973, when Bayern lost 7–4 after leading 4–1,[108][109] but also from the two clubs competing for German championship honours at various times in the Bundesliga as well as the city of Kaiserslautern together with the surrounding Palatinate having been part of Bavaria until a plebiscite after the end of the Second World War.

Since the 1970s, Bayern's main rivals have been the clubs who put up the strongest fight against its national dominance. In the 1970s this was Borussia Mönchengladbach,[27] in the 1980s the category expanded to include Hamburger SV. In the 1990s, Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen[110][111] emerged as the most ardent opponents. Recently Borussia Dortmund, Schalke,[112] and Werder Bremen have been the main challengers in the Bundesliga.

Amongst Bayern's chief European rivals are Real Madrid,[113] A.C. Milan,[114] and Manchester United due to many classic wins, draws and losses.[110] Real Madrid versus Bayern is the match that has historically been played most often in the Champions League with 14 matches and the European Cup with 19 matches. Real's biggest loss at home in the Champions League came at the hands of Bayern on 29 February 2000 (2–4).[115] Due to Bayern being traditionally hard to beat for Madrid, Madrid supporters often refer to Bayern as the "Bestia negra" ("Black Beast"). Despite the number of duels, Bayern and Real have never met in the final of a Champions League or European Cup.

Organization and finance Edit

Bayern's former president from 1994 to 2009 and former player Franz Beckenbauer

See also: Most valuable sports teams

Bayern is led mostly by former club players. Since 2 May 2014, Karl Hopfner serves as the club's president, following Uli Hoeneß who had been in office from 2009 to 2014; Hoeneß had resigned after being convicted of tax fraud.[116][117] Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is the chairman of the executive board of the AG.[118] The supervisory board of nine consists mostly of managers of big German corporations. Besides the club's president and the board's chairman Karl Hopfner, they are Herbert Hainer (Adidas), Rupert Stadler (Audi), Werner Zedelius (Allianz), Timotheus Höttges (Deutsche Telekom), Rudolf Schels, Edmund Stoiber, Theodor Weimer (UniCredit Bank), and Martin Winterkorn (Volkswagen).[119][120]

Professional football at Bayern is run by the spin-off organization FC Bayern München AG. AG is short for Aktiengesellschaft, and Bayern is run like a joint stock company, a company whose stock are not listed on the public stock exchange, but is privately owned. 75% of FC Bayern München AG is owned by the club, the FC Bayern München e. V. (e. V. is short for Eingetragener Verein, which translates into "Registered Club"). Three Germany-based corporations, the sports goods manufacturer Adidas, the automobile company Audi and the financial services group Allianz each hold 8.33% of the shares, 25% in total.[118] Adidas acquired its shares in 2002 for €77 million. The money was designated to help finance the Allianz Arena.[121] In 2009 Audi paid €90 million for their share. The capital was reportedly going to be used to repay the loan for the Allianz Arena quicker than originally planned.[122] And in early 2014, Allianz became the fourth stakeholder of the company acquiring theirs share for €110 million.[123] Bayern's other sports departments are run by the club.

The Bayern Munich team bus provided by their sponsor MAN

Bayern's main advertising partner and current holder of the jersey rights is Deutsche Telekom.[124] The main supplier of the club is Adidas.[124] The premium partners include Audi, HypoVereinsbank, Imtech, Lufthansa, MAN, Paulaner Brewery, Samsung, DHL and Yingli Solar. Classic sponsors include Coca-Cola, Siemens, Hublot, Henkel, Flyeralarm, Nestle Schoeller, Adelholzener,[125] Fitness First, Schaeffler Group, s.Oliver, Viagogo, Trentino, Thomas Sabo and Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Food sponsors include Albi, BiFi, Ehrmann and MF.[124] In previous years the jersey rights were held by Adidas[126] (1974–78), Magirus Deutz and Iveco[127] (trucks / 1978–84), Commodore[128] (computers / 1984–89) and Opel[129] (cars / 1989–2002).

Bayern is an exception in professional, international football, having generated profits in nine of the last ten seasons. Other clubs often report losses, realizing transfers via loans, whereas Bayern always uses current assets. Also Bayern differs from other European top clubs in their income composition. While other clubs derive more than 35% of their revenues from broadcasting right, Bayern earn only 22% of their revenues that way.[130] This is often accounted for by Bayern not marketing their broadcasting right themselves.[citation needed] Instead the Deutsche Fußball Liga negotiates broadcasting rights for the whole Bundesliga.

In 2011–12, Bayern reported revenues of €373 million, marking the eighth consecutive time that Bayern has topped their previous record earnings.[131] According to the 2013 edition of Deloitte's annual Football Money League, Bayern was the fourth richest club in the world in 2012, generating revenues of €368.4 million.[132]

While other European clubs have mainly marketed to international audiences, Bayern has focused on Germany.[133] Forbes ranks Bayern as the world's fifth-most valuable football club in their annual list, estimating the club's value at US$1.235 billion.[134] As a result of Bayern's finals appearance in the 2012 UEFA Champions League, the club's brand value has reached US$786 million, up 59% from the previous year. Among European teams, this is ahead of Real Madrid's US$600 million and behind first-placed Manchester United, whose brand is valued at US$853 million. In 2013, Bayern overtook Manchester United to take first place in brand valuation.[135]

Social engagement and charity Edit

Bayern has been involved with charitable ventures for a long time, helping other football clubs in financial disarray as well as ordinary people in misery. In the wake of the 2004 Tsunami the "FC Bayern – Hilfe e.V." was founded, a foundation that aims to concentrate the social engagements of the club.[136] At its inception this venture was funded with €600,000, raised by officials and players of the club.[137] The money was amongst other things used to build a school in Marathenkerny, Sri Lanka[137] and to rebuild the area of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. In April 2007 it was decided that the focus of the foundation would shift towards supporting people in need locally.[136]

The club has also time and again shown to have a soft spot for clubs in financial disarray. Repeatedly the club has supported its local rival 1860 Munich with gratuitous friendlies, transfers at favourable rates, and direct money transfers.[138] Also when St. Pauli threatened to lose its license for professional football due to financial problems, Bayern met the club for a friendly game free of any charge, giving all revenues to St. Pauli.[139] More recently when Mark van Bommel's home club Fortuna Sittard was in financial distress Bayern came to a charity game at the Dutch club.[140] Another well known example was the transfer of Alexander Zickler in 1993 from Dynamo Dresden. When Bayern picked up Zickler for 2.3 Million DM many considered the sum to be a subvention for the financially threatened Dresdeners.[141] In 2003, Bayern provided a 2 Million Euro loan without collateral to the nearly bankrupt Borussia Dortmund which has since been repaid.[142][143][144] On 14 July 2013, Bayern played a charity game against financially threatened third division Hansa Rostock. The game raised about €1 million, securing Hansa's licence.[145]

In the summer of 2013 Bayern was the first club to give financial support to the Magnus Hirschfeld National Foundation. The foundation researches the living environment LGBT people, and developed an education concept to facilitate unbiased dealing with LGBT themes in football.[146]

Training facility Edit

Entrance of Bayern Munich Headquarters

FC Bayern Munich training facilities, for both the professional and the Junior Team, are located at the Bayern Munich Headquarters.[147][148] There are four grass pitches, one of which has undersoil heating, one artificial grass field and a multi-functional sports hall.[149] After the closure of Munich American High School, FC Bayern purchased the DoDDS adjacent sporting fields that previously held MAHS's football pitch and baseball field. A new grass pitch was placed over the existing football pitch while an artificial turf field was placed over the baseball diamond.[citation needed]

FC Bayern Football pitch (training only)

The players' quarters opened in 1990 and were reconstructed after the 2007–08 season on suggestions by the new coach, Jürgen Klinsmann, who took inspiration from various major sports clubs. The quarters are now called the performance centre and feature a weights and fitness area, a massage unit, dressing rooms, the coaches' office, and a conference room with screening facilities for video analysis. A café, a library, an e-Learning room, and a family room are also included.[147]

Located at the headquarters is also the Youth academy, which houses up to 13 young talents from outside the city. While being part of Bayern's Junior Team they can work there on their development as footballers. Former residents of the Youth House include Owen Hargreaves, Michael Rensing, and Bastian Schweinsteiger.[148]

In 2006 Bayern purchased land near the Allianz Arena with the purpose of building a new youth academy. In 2015 the project, estimated to cost €70 million, was started, after overcoming internal resistance. The main reasons for the project were that the existing facilities were too small and that the club, while very successful at senior level, lacked competitiveness with other German and European clubs at youth level. The new facility is scheduled to open in the 2017–18 season.[150]

Honours Edit

Main article: List of FC Bayern Munich records and statistics § Honours

Bayern is historically the most successful team in German football, as they have won the most championships and the most cups. They are also Germany's most successful team in international competitions, having won eleven trophies. Bayern is one of only four clubs to have won all three major European competitions and also the last club to have won the European Cup three times in a row, entitling them to wear a multiple-winner badge during Champions League matches.

The three consecutive Champions League trophies won by FC Bayern Munich from 1974 to 1976. The one on the far right is the real trophy, given to Bayern permanently. The ones on the left are slightly smaller replicas.

Domestic Edit

German Champions

Winners (26): 1931–32, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 (record)

DFB-Pokal

Winners (18): 1956–57, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16 (record)

DFB/DFL-Supercup

Winners (5): 1987, 1990, 2010, 2012, 2016 (shared record)

Unofficial winners: 1983[151]

DFL-Ligapokal

Winners (6): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007 (record)

European Edit

UEFA Champions League / European Cup

Winners (5): 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 2000–01, 2012–13

UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup

Winners: 1995–96

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Winners: 1966–67

UEFA Super Cup

Winners: 2013

Worldwide Edit

Intercontinental Cup

Winners (2): 1976, 2001

FIFA Club World Cup

Winners: 2013

Trebles Edit

Bayern Munich is the first team in Europe to have completed all available Trebles (continental treble, domestic treble and European treble).

Treble

Continental Treble (Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, UEFA Champions League)

2012–2013

Domestic Treble (Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, DFB-Ligapokal)

1999–2000

European Treble (European Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup, UEFA Cup)

1966–67 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1973–74 European Cup, 1995–96 UEFA Cup

Players

Current squad

As of 10 January 2017 [152][153]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player

1 GK Manuel Neuer (vice-captain)

5 DF Mats Hummels

6 MF Thiago

7 MF Franck Ribéry

8 MF Javi Martínez

9 FW Robert Lewandowski

10 MF Arjen Robben

11 MF Douglas Costa

13 DF Rafinha

14 MF Xabi Alonso

17 DF Jérôme Boateng

18 DF Juan Bernat

No. Position Player

21 DF Philipp Lahm (captain)

22 GK Tom Starke

23 MF Arturo Vidal

25 FW Thomas Müller (3rd captain)

26 GK Sven Ulreich

27 DF David Alaba

29 FW Kingsley Coman (on loan from Juventus)

30 MF Niklas Dorsch

32 MF Joshua Kimmich

35 MF Renato Sanches

40 MF Fabian Benko

Out on loan Edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player

4 DF Medhi Benatia (at Juventus until 30 June 2017)

16 MF Gianluca Gaudino (at FC St. Gallen until 30 June                                     2017)

28 DF Holger Badstuber (at Schalke 04 until 30 June 2017)

For recent transfers, see List of German football transfers winter 2016–17.

See also: FC Bayern Munich II and FC Bayern Munich Junior Team

Notable past players Edit

Main article: List of FC Bayern Munich players

MaierAugenthalerSchwarzenbeckBeckenbauerBreitnerSchollEffenbergMatthäusK. RummeniggeÉlberG. Müller

The "Greatest Ever" squad chosen by more than 79,901 fans, in 2005. The coach chosen was Ottmar Hitzfeld.[154]

At his farewell game, Oliver Kahn was declared honorary captain of Bayern Munich.[155] The players below are part of the FC Bayern Munich Hall of Fame.[156]

1930s

 Conrad Heidkamp (DF)

1970s:

 Franz Beckenbauer (DF)

 Gerd Müller (FW)

 Uli Hoeneß (FW)

 Paul Breitner (MF)

 Sepp Maier (GK)

 Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (DF)

 Franz Roth (MF)

1980s:

 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FW)

 Klaus Augenthaler (DF)

1990s:

 Lothar Matthäus (DF/MF)

 Stefan Effenberg (MF)

2000s:

 Oliver Kahn (GK)

 Mehmet Scholl (MF)

 Bixente Lizarazu (DF)

 Giovane Élber (FW)

Captains Edit

Philipp Lahm has been the captain since 2011.

Years Captain

1965 Adolf Kunstwadl (DF)

1965–1970 Werner Olk (DF)

1970–1977 Franz Beckenbauer (DF)

1977–1979 Sepp Maier (GK)

1979 Gerd Müller (FW)

1979–1980 Georg Schwarzenbeck (DF)

1980–1983 Paul Breitner (MF)

1983–1984 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FW)

1984–1991 Klaus Augenthaler (DF)

1991–1994 Raimond Aumann (GK)

1994–1996 Lothar Matthäus (DF)

1997–1999 Thomas Helmer (DF)

1999–2002 Stefan Effenberg (MF)

2002–2008 Oliver Kahn (GK)

2008–11 Mark van Bommel (MF)

2011– Philipp Lahm (DF)

Retired numbers Edit

Main article: Retired numbers in football

12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man)

Coaches Edit

See also: Category:FC Bayern Munich managers and List of FC Bayern Munich records and statistics § Coaches

Manager Carlo Ancelotti

Current staff Edit

As of 3 January 2017 [157][158]

 Carlo Ancelotti Head coach

 Hermann Gerland Assistant coach

 Davide Ancelotti Assistant coach

 Toni Tapalović Goalkeeping coach

 Giovanni Mauri Fitness coach

 Francesco Mauri Fitness coach

 Volker Braun Physician

 Roland Schmidt Cardiologist

 Holger Broich Head of Health and Fitness

 Christian Huhn Physiotherapist

 Helmut Erhard Physiotherapist

 Stephan Weickert Physiotherapist

 Gianni Bianchi Physiotherapist

 Bernd Schosser Physiotherapist

 Mino Fulco Nutrition adviser

Coaches since 1963 Edit

Bayern had 19 coaches since its promotion to the Bundesliga in 1965. Udo Lattek, Giovanni Trapattoni, Ottmar Hitzfeld and Jupp Heynckes served two terms as head coach. Franz Beckenbauer served one term as head coach and one as caretaker.[159] Lattek was the club's most successful coach, having won six Bundeslige titles, two DFB Cups and the European Cup; following closely is Ottmar Hitzfeld, who won five Bundeslige titles, two DFB cups and the Champions League. The club's least successful coach was Søren Lerby, who won less than a third of his matches in charge and presided over the club's near-relegation in the 1991–92 campaign.

The present manager, since July 2016, is Carlo Ancelotti, Real Madrid's former coach. On 20 December 2015, the club announced that Guardiola would not extend his contract beyond the end of the 2015–16 season. Carlo Ancelotti would be presented as his successor.[160]

* Served as caretaker coach.

No. Coach from until days Major Titles

1 Zlatko Čajkovski 1 July 1963 30 June 1968 1096 3 two Cups, one European Cup Winners' Cup

2 Branko Zebec 1 July 1968 13 March 1970 621 2 one Championship, one Cup

3 Udo Lattek 14 March 1970 2 January 1975 1756 5 three Championships, one Cup, one European Cup

4 Dettmar Cramer 16 January 1975 1 December 1977 1051 3 two European Cups, one Intercontinental Cup

5 Gyula Lóránt 2 December 1977 28 February 1979 454 0

6 Pál Csernai 1 March 1979 16 May 1983 1538 3 two Championships, one Cup

7 Reinhard Saftig* 17 May 1983 30 June 1983 45 0

8 Udo Lattek 1 July 1983 30 June 1987 1461 5 three Championships, two Cups

9 Jupp Heynckes 1 July 1987 8 October 1991 1561 4 two Championships, two SuperCups

10 Søren Lerby 9 October 1991 11 March 1992 155 0

11 Erich Ribbeck 12 March 1992 27 December 1993 656 0

12 Franz Beckenbauer 7 January 1994 30 June 1994 175 1 one Championship

13 Giovanni Trapattoni 1 July 1994 30 June 1995 365 0

14 Otto Rehhagel 1 July 1995 27 April 1996 302 0

15 Franz Beckenbauer* 29 April 1996 30 June 1996 63 1 one UEFA Cup

16 Giovanni Trapattoni 1 July 1996 30 June 1998 730 3 one Championship, one Cup, one League Cup

17 Ottmar Hitzfeld 1 July 1998 30 June 2004 2192 11 four Championships, two Cups, three League Cups, one Champions League, one Intercontinental Cup

18 Felix Magath 1 July 2004 31 January 2007 945 5 two Championships, two Cups, one League Cup

19 Ottmar Hitzfeld 1 February 2007 30 June 2008 516 3 one Championship, one Cup, one League Cup

20 Jürgen Klinsmann 1 July 2008 27 April 2009 302 0

21 Jupp Heynckes* 27 April 2009 31 May 2009 35 0

22 Louis van Gaal 1 July 2009 10 April 2011 648 3 one Championship, one Cup, one SuperCup

23 Andries Jonker* 10 April 2011 26 June 2011 61 0

24 Jupp Heynckes 1 July 2011 25 June 2013 725 4 one SuperCup, one Championship, one Champions League, one Cup

25 Pep Guardiola[161][162] 26 June 2013 30 June 2016 1362 7 one UEFA Super Cup, one FIFA Club World Cup, three Championships, two Cups

26 Carlo Ancelotti[160] 1 July 2016 n/a 1 one Super Cup

Current board Edit

Current board Edit


Executive board chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Supervisory board
Members Notes Source
Uli Hoeneß President FC Bayern Munich e.V. and chairman of the board [120]
Herbert Hainer Vice-Chairman of the board and Adidas AG chairman [120]
Prof. Rupert Stadler Vice-Chairman of the board and Audi AG chairman [120]
Dr. Werner Zedelius Vice-Chairman of the board and Allianz SE board member [120]
Timotheus Höttges Deutsche Telekom AG chairman [120]
Rudolf Schels Vice-President FC Bayern München e.V. [120]
Dr. Edmund Stoiber Former Minister-President of Bavaria, Bayern Munich e.V. advisory board chairman [120]
Dr. Theodor Weimer UniCredit Bank AG member of the management board [120]
Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn Former Volkswagen AG chairman [120]
Executive board
Members Position Source
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Chairman [118]
Jan-Christian Dreesen Executive board member (Finance) [118]
Matthias Sammer Executive board member (Sport) [118]
Andreas Jung Executive board member (Marketing) [118]
Jörg Wacker Executive board member (Strategy) [118]
For a list of former presidents, see List of FC Bayern Munich records and statistics#Presidents.
Statistics Edit

Main article: List of FC Bayern Munich records and statistics
Recent seasons Edit
Main article: List of FC Bayern Munich seasons
The season-by-season performance of the club over the last ten years:[163][164]

As of 28 April 2015 [165]
Season Rank P W D L F A GD Pts Cup EL CL
2006–07 4 34 18 6 10 55 40 15 60 3R — QF
2007–08 1 34 22 10 2 68 21 47 76 Won SF —
2008–09 2 34 20 7 7 71 42 29 67 QF — QF
2009–10 1 34 20 10 4 72 31 41 70 Won — Runner-up
2010–11 3 34 19 8 7 81 40 41 65 SF — R16
2011–12 2 34 23 4 7 77 22 55 73 Runner-up — Runner-up
2012–13 1 34 29 4 1 98 18 80 91 Won — Won
2013–14 1 34 29 3 2 94 23 71 90 Won — SF
2014–15 1 34 25 4 5 80 18 62 79 SF — SF
2015–16 1 34 28 4 2 80 17 63 88 Won — SF
Key
Rank = Rank in the Bundesliga; P = Played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; Cup = DFB-Pokal; EL = UEFA Europa League; CL = UEFA Champions League.
in = Still in competition; — = Not attended; 1R = 1st round; 2R = 2nd round; 3R = 3rd round; R16 = Round of sixteen; QF = Quarterfinals; SF = Semifinals.

In Europe Edit
As of 14 October 2016
Competition Record[166]
G W D L Win %
UEFA Champions League / European Cup 315 179 68 68 56.83
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup 68 39 13 16 57.35
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 39 19 14 6 48.72
UEFA Super Cup 6 1 1 4 16.67
Total 428 238 96 94 55.61
Other departments Edit

Football Edit
Reserve team Edit
Main article: FC Bayern Munich II
The reserve team serves mainly as the final stepping stone for promising young players before being promoted to the main team. The second team coached by Heiko Vogel, assisted by Danny Schwarz and Rainer Ulrich.[167] Since the inception of the Regionalliga in 1994, the team played in the Regionalliga Süd, after playing in the Oberliga since 1978. In the 2007–08 season they qualified for the newly founded 3. Liga, where they lasted until 2011, when they were relegated to the Regionalliga. This ended 33 consecutive years of playing in the highest league that the German Football Association permits the second team of a professional football team to play.[41][168]

Junior teams Edit
Main article: FC Bayern Munich Junior Team
The youth academy has produced some of Europe's top football players, including Owen Hargreaves, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Müller and Bastian Schweinsteiger. The division was founded in 1902 and is run by Werner Kern and Björn Andersson. It consists of ten teams, with the youngest being under 9.[169][170]

Women's team Edit
Main article: FC Bayern Munich (women)
The women's football department consists of five teams, including a professional team, a reserve team, and two youth teams. The women's first team, which is led by head coach Thomas Wörle, features several members of the German national youth team. In the 2008–09 season the team finished second in the women's Bundesliga. The division was founded in 1970 and consists of four teams with 90 players. Their greatest successes were winning the championships in 1976, 2015 and 2016.[171] In the 2011–12 season on 12 May 2012, FC Bayern Munich dethroned the German Cup title holders 1. FFC Frankfurt with a 2–0 in the 2011–12 final in Cologne and celebrated the biggest success of the club's history since winning the championship in 1976. In 2015 they won the Bundesliga for the first time, without any defeat. They won the 2015–16 Bundesliga, for the second time in a row.[172]

Senior football Edit
The senior football department was founded in 2002, making it the youngest division of the club, and consists of five teams. The division is intended to enable senior athletes to participate in the various senior citizen competitions in Munich.[173]

AllStars Edit
The FC Bayern AllStars were founded in summer 2006, and consists of former Bayern players, including Klaus Augenthaler, Raimond Aumann, Andreas Brehme, Paul Breitner, Hans Pflügler, Stefan Reuter, Paulo Sérgio, and Olaf Thon. The team is coached by Wolfgang Dremmler, and plays matches with other senior teams around the world. For organisational reasons, the team can only play a limited number of games annually.[174]

Other sports Edit
Bayern has other departments for a variety of sports.[12]

Basketball Edit
Main article: FC Bayern Munich (basketball)
The basketball department was founded in 1946, and currently contains 26 teams, including four men's teams, three women's teams, sixteen youth teams, and three senior teams. The men's team a three time German champions, having won in 1954, 1955, and 2014. The team also won the German Basketball Cup in 1968.[175][176]

Bowling Edit
The bowling department emerged from SKC Real-Isaria in 1983 and currently consists of five teams. Directly next to the well-known club building of the football department, the team plays at the bowling alley of the Münchner Kegler-Verein. The first team plays in the second highest division of the Münchner Spielklasse Bezirksliga.[177][178]

Chess Edit
The department was created in 1908, and consists of nine teams, including seven men's teams and two women's teams. The men's team, which currently plays in the Chess Bundesliga following promotion in 2013 from the 2. Bundesliga Ost, was nine time German Champion from 1983 to 1995. The team also won the European Chess Club Cup in 1992. The women play in the 2. Bundesliga, with their biggest success being the rise to the league in 2002.[179][180][181]

Handball Edit
The handball department was founded in 1945, and consists of thirteen teams, including three men's teams, two women's teams, five boys teams, two girls teams, and a mixed youth team. The first men's team plays in the Bezirksoberliga Oberbayern, while the women's first teams plays in the Bezirksliga Oberbayern.[182][183]

Referees Edit
The refereeing department was established in 1919 and is currently the largest football refereeing division in Europe, with 110 referees, with 2 of them women. The referees mainly officiate amateur games in the local Munich leagues.[184][185]

Table tennis Edit
The table tennis department was founded in 1946 and currently has 220 members. The club currently has fourteen teams, including eight men's teams, a women's team, three youth teams, and two children teams. The women's first team is currently playing in the Landesliga Süd/Ost, while the men's first team plays in the 3. Bundesliga Süd. The focus of the department is on youth support.[186][187]

Defunct Edit
Baseball Edit
The baseball division existed during the 1960s and 1970s, during which the team won two German championships, in 1962 and 1969.

Ice hockey Edit
From 1966 to 1969 there existed an ice hockey team, which completed two seasons in the Eishockey-Bundesliga.

Gymnastics Edit
The gymnastics department was founded in 1974, and were most successful in the 1980s. During this time, the team won four German championships in 1983, 1986, 1987, and 1988. In 2014, the division was dissolved.

Literature Edit

Hüetlin, Thomas: Gute Freunde. Die wahre Geschichte des FC Bayern München. Blessing, München 2006, ISBN 3-89667-254-1.
Schulze-Marmeling, Dietrich: Der FC Bayern und seine Juden. Aufstieg und Zerschlagung einer liberalen Fußballkultur. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-89533-781-9.[188]
Bausenwein, Christoph, Schulze-Marmeling, Dietrich: FC Bayern München. Unser Verein, unsere Geschichte. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-89533-894-6.
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